7/20/25 9AM - Dr. Gene Bailey

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- GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH!

IT IS TIME TO RAISE IT UP, GIVE HIM PRAISE, GIVE HIM GLORY. WE

SERVE A KING THAT HAS NEVER LOST A BATTLE.

WE SERVE THE VICTORIOUS KING! COME ON!

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- HALLELUJAH, COME ON, GIVE HIM A PRAISE, LIFT IT UP, COME ON.

AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY

PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND ONLINE, LORD. WE GIVE YOU A PRAISE THIS

SUNDAY MORNING FOR YOU ARE GOOD AND YOUR MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.

AMEN, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TODAY? AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. WELL,

GREETINGS THIS AMAZING SUNDAY. PASTORS ARE ON VACATION STILL.

THEY'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. SO AGAIN, I AM NOT PASTOR HANK.

HE'S NOT PASTOR BRENDA, BUT WE ARE UP HERE SAYING GREETINGS

FROM LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU COULD

JOIN US THIS MORNING HERE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. WE GOT A SPECIAL,

SPECIAL GUEST. PASTOR GENE IS IN THE HOUSE TODAY. WE LOVE YOU,

AMEN. AND AREN'T YOU HAPPY FOR WHAT PASTOR GENE AND FLASHPOINT

IS DOING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW? COME ON, AMEN, WE HONOR YOU. BUT

PASTOR ANTHONY, WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON WITH THE MINISTRY

AND THINGS LATELY, AND I'M JUST EXCITED FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING.

PASTORS SEND THEIR GREETINGS. BY THE WAY, THEIR ANNIVERSARY IS

THIS TUESDAY AS WELL. SO YES, SO THEY'RE CELEBRATING, DOING SOME

FUN THINGS. MOM SAID TO LET Y'ALL KNOW SHE GOT A NEW PATIO

SET TO ENJOY FOR THE SUMMER HERE IN THE LAST REMAINING MONTH.

- IN HONOR OF THEIR UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY, I HAVE A LITTLE

STORY TO TELL FOR PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA. SO, PASTOR

MATT, MY WIFE SHANA DECIDED THAT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO GO FOR A

LITTLE BIT OF A BIKE RIDE. SO I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S COOL, BABE,

NO PROBLEM. LET'S GO FOR SOME EXERCISE. SO I WENT TO THE

STORAGE SHED TO GET THE BIKES AND I JUST COULDN'T GET 'EM OFF

THE GROUND. I WAS TRYING, I WAS TRYING, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T

UNDERSTAND WHY THESE BIKES WON'T GET OFF THE GROUND. YOU KNOW

WHAT I FOUND OUT? THE BIKES WERE TOO TIRED.

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WHAT, ARE YOU GUYS BE-WHEEL-DERED?

ARE YOU BEWILDERED?

- I THINK THAT ONE WAS BETTER THAN LAST WEEK. WOULD YOU GUYS

SAY? I THINK HE TOOK IT UP A NOTCH THIS WEEK.

- ARLIE, MY FATHER-IN-LAW LOVES THAT ONE. HE LOVED IT.

- THAT WAS GOOD. - ARLIE, I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT.

- I'M NOT GONNA LIE, THAT WAS GOOD. PASTOR HANK, THAT WAS

GOOD. IT'S BETTER THAN YOUR DAD JOKES.

- PASTOR GENE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

THAT WAS A GREAT JOKE, RIGHT?

- THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, I'M NOT GONNA LIE. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD,

MAN. ALSO, I WANNA GREET CADENCE, MY COUSIN, WHO

CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.

WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR ANOINTING, AMEN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. BUT

YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE JUST SEEING WHAT

GOD'S BEEN DOING. I KNOW YOU AND I, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING READY

TO TRAVEL HERE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. YOU AND I WILL BE

SPEAKING OVER AT JOAN HUNTER'S LEGACY CONFERENCE JUST OUTSIDE

OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. SO THAT'LL BE ON FRIDAY

NIGHT, AUGUST 1ST, AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2ND. SO

CHECK THOSE OUT. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND I KNOW YOU

AND I ARE RELEASING A BOOK TOGETHER AT OTH THIS COMING

SEPTEMBER. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. THAT'LL BE OUT

FOR YOU GUYS. AND WE'RE PRETTY DEEP IN THE WORDS NOW, MAN, WITH

ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA SHARE ANYTHING YET. WE'VE

KIND OF KEPT IT UNDER WRAPS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA ALLOW THE

PEOPLE IN HOUSTON TO TAKE PRE-ORDERS ON THAT WHILE WE'RE

OUT THERE. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT TITLE RELEASED AS

WE GET CLOSER TO MY BIRTHDAY, AUGUST 23RD.

- AND WE'LL HAVE THE PRE-ORDERS ONLINE AS WELL.

- YES, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT GUYS, I AM SO EXCITED

FOR TODAY. I REALLY BELIEVE PASTOR GENE HAS A WORD FOR YOU,

WHICH IF YOU'RE IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA NEXT

WEEK, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO FLASHPOINT LIVE AT KENNETH

COPELAND'S CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK ON SUNDAY. DAD AND I WILL BE

HERE FOR SERVICE ON SUNDAY. HE'S GONNA PREACH, AND THEN WE'RE

IMMEDIATELY GETTING ON A FLIGHT RIGHT TO DALLAS AND COMING OUT

TO JOIN YOU GUYS. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. NEXT SUNDAY, IT'S

GONNA BE A POWERFUL, POWERFUL TIME. AND GUYS, I JUST LOVE WHAT

FLASHPOINT IS DOING. AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT IN

THIS NATION. COMPLACENCY'S GONE, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE

BIT LATER, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING WITH OTH IN REGARDS TO

THAT. BUT GUYS, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, GOD IS DOING

SOMETHING, AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD, AMEN,

IN THIS TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT AROUND AND PLAY PATTY

CAKE ANYMORE, OKAY? SO I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A

STAND, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THIS NATION, AMEN. AND

GOD IS DOING SOME VERY BIG THINGS IN THIS

COUNTRY, WOULDN'T YOU SAY, PASTOR ANTHONY?

- ABSOLUTELY, AMEN.

- AMEN, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU PRAY FOR US AND

LET'S GET THIS SERVICE UNDERWAY, AMEN.

- WELL, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANNA HONOR YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.

WE LOVE YOU, GOD, WE TRUST IN YOUR CHARACTER AND WE KNOW THAT

YOU ARE GOOD. WE INVITE YOU INTO THIS PLACE, FATHER, TO RELEASE

MIRACLE SIGNS AND WONDERS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AS WE RAISE UP A

PRAISE TO YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN.

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- COME ON, LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER.

LET'S GIVE GOD GLORY NOW.

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WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH

WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH

WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH

WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH

OH COME ON SOMEBODY, HE'S GOOD! ALL THE TIME!

COME ON! LORD YOU ARE GOOD.

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IF YOU KNOW HE'S GOOD, SOMEBODY SAY "JESUS".

OH YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT, SAY "JESUS"!

LORD, YOU'RE GOOD.

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- COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.

- Y'ALL READY TO DECLARE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD

THIS MORNING? COME ON. IT'S CHASING YOU DOWN.

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IT'S CHASING ME DOWN. COME ON, CHURCH!

YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.

AS THE LIGHT OF YOUR GLORY BREAKS OUT.

YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.

CHASING ME DOWN, IT'S CHASING ME DOWN.

YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.

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YOUR GOODNESS. YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THIS NATION DOWN.

YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN.

YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THE SCHOOLS DOWN.

HIS GOODNESS IS CHASING YOUR FAMILIES DOWN.

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GOD, YOU ARE SO, SO GOOD.

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WE TRUST IN YOUR CHARACTER, GOD. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS

LIKE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.

BECAUSE GOD SPOKE IT, IT IS AND WILL BE DONE. IN JESUS' NAME.

I FEEL THAT IN THE MORNING, IN

THE ROOM THIS MORNING. GUYS, COME

ON. YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHO IT IS THAT YOU SERVE.

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STOP GLORIFYING YOUR HUMANITY AND

START HONORING THE DIVINITY OF GOD.

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YOUR GOODNESS. OH, YOU'RE SO GOOD.

YOU'RE SO GOOD. SO GOOD.

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YOU KNOW, OUR GOD, HE IS FAITHFUL.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. TEN YEARS

AGO, JULY 8TH, MIKE BARTHOLOMEW WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS, I DON'T

KNOW IF HE'S HERE TODAY, BUT HE WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS HE WASN'T

GONNA MAKE IT. HE WAS ON THE ROAD. HE FELL OFF A BIKE AND WAS

ON THE ROAD, AND HE LITERALLY DIED. BUT GOD. BUT GOD. YOU SEE

HIM SERVING TODAY. HE'S STILL HERE. HALLELUJAH.

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- HALLELUJAH. HE CAN DO IT. HE'S THE ONE. HALLELUJAH.

HALLELUJAH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY LORD. HALLELUJAH,

WE MAGNIFY YOUR NAME IN THIS PLACE.

WE GIVE YOU GLORY. OH, HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO GOD.

HERE WE HAVE THE MAN RIGHT IN FRONT

OF US, THAT 10 YEARS AGO, HA HA HA, RECEIVED

NEW LIFE, NOT JUST BY THE SPIRIT, BUT IN HIS

PHYSICAL BODY. HE WAS DECLARED DEAD, AND BECAUSE THE PRAYERS OF

THE SAINTS AND THE FAITHFUL, HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. AND

THEN HE FOUND CHRIST AND HIS SPIRIT BECAME ALIVE. HALLELUJAH.

THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. YOU DO MIRACLES, FATHER.

YOU DO MIRACLES IN OUR MIDST. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, LORD.

YOU USE EACH ONE OF US TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU'VE CALLED US

TO DO. IT HAPPENED TO BE JUDY ARMSTRONG THAT WAS DRIVING BY AT

THE TIME AND FOUND HIM IN THE DITCH ON THE BICYCLE AND LAID

HER HANDS ON HIM AND PRAYED. YOU KNOW WHAT, EACH ONE OF US ARE

CALLED TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO BE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR HIM

CONTINUOUSLY, ON ASSIGNMENT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE

HAVE A SHORT TIME ON THIS EARTH TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT

GOD HAS FOR US, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORTH AND LISTEN TO THE

HOLY SPIRIT AND THEN OBEY TO MOVE INTO WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO

DO. DON'T GET SO CONSUMED WITH THE DAILY PRESSURES OF LIFE.

THINK OUTSIDE OF THAT. WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO? HEAR HIS

VOICE, HALLELUJAH. LET'S GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF PRAISE TODAY.

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

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

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THANK YOU, JESUS. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN THIS PLACE TODAY.

LORD, WE GIVE THIS SERVICE TO YOU. HALLELUJAH, YOU MOVE BY

YOUR POWER, YOUR SPIRIT. YOU DIRECT US, LORD, AND GUIDE US.

THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. HERE'S WHAT

I'M SEEING TODAY IN MY HEART. I BELIEVE, AND I WANNA EXPLAIN IT

RIGHT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE ONLINE, IT COULD BE

SOMEONE HERE. BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS A SITUATION WHERE

THERE'S A FAMILY THAT'S EMBROILED IN SOME KIND OF A

LEGAL CHALLENGE, LEGAL BATTLE, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH CHILDREN

AND CUSTODY. MIGHT BE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, SOMEONE THAT'S

HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR THE RIGHT OUTCOME IN THIS.

AND HERE'S KIND OF WHAT I'M SEEING IS, THIS IS WHAT THE LORD

SHOWED ME. IT'S LIKE A TUG OF WAR. LIKE YOU HAVE ONE ENTITY ON

THIS END PULLING, THE OTHER ENTITY'S PULLING THE OTHER WAY,

AND THE CHILDREN ARE IN THE MIDDLE. AND WE NEED TO BELIEVE

FOR THOSE CHILDREN. WHO IS, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND

THAT FITS YOU, YOU'D SAY, I'M IN THAT SITUATION, OR MY FAMILY. IS

THERE SOMEONE HERE? COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. THE LORD HAS A

WORD FOR YOU TODAY. THE LORD HAS A WORD FOR YOU.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

THANK YOU, JESUS. AND THAT COULD BE SOMEONE ONLINE TODAY. AND IF

THAT'S YOU, YOU CAN COMMENT OR EMAIL US OR LET US KNOW WHAT THE

LORD IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. I

WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS WORD TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS

GONNA BE A TURNING POINT IN THE SITUATION WITH THOSE CHILDREN.

GOD LOVES CHILDREN AND HE WANTS THEM TAKEN CARE OF AND

PROTECTED. IN LUKE 3:5, LUKE, THE EVANGELIST, QUOTES A

Luke 3:5

SCRIPTURE, IS THAT YOU TOO, MA'AM? OKAY, OKAY, TWO OF YOU.

AND WHOEVER'S ONLINE, YOU LISTEN TO ME ALSO. LUKE THE EVANGELIST

QUOTES A SCRIPTURE FROM ISAIAH 40:4, AND HE'S SAYING, "THE

Isaiah 40:4

CROOKED PLACES SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH PLACES

SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH." AND IF YOU GO TO THAT WORD CROOKED IN

THE VINES GREEK DICTIONARY, THAT WORD CROOKED MEANS "UNJUST,

PERVERSE, OR CURVED." AND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, THE

LORD SAYS, HAS BEEN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. IT'S BEEN CROOKED,

IT'S BEEN PERVERSE, AND IT HAS BEEN UNFAIR OR UNJUST, NOT ONLY

FOR YOU, BUT FOR THOSE CHILDREN. AND I BELIEVE TODAY, GOD'S

SAYING, HE'S STEPPING IN TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. AND

WHATEVER IT IS THAT SATAN HAS THROWN UP, THOSE OBSTACLES,

THOSE PLANS OF DIVISION, THAT THE ENEMY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE

PLACE, THEY'RE GONNA BE REVERSED IN JESUS' NAME. GOD'S GONNA DO A

MIGHTY WORK IN THIS SITUATION TODAY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A

CROOKED GARDEN HOSE. IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN HOSE AND IT'S ALL IN A

KNOT AND A CROOKED, THE WATER DOESN'T FLOW, DOES IT? IT WON'T

FLOW THROUGH. GOD'S UNSTRAIGHTENING THAT TODAY. HE'S

MAKING IT A STRAIGHT PATH SO IT CAN FLOW IN HIS DIRECTION AND

TOWARDS WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THOSE CHILDREN. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M

BELIEVING TODAY. AND WHAT I WANNA DO IS JUST COME DOWN AND

QUICKLY LAY MY HANDS ON YOU. AUDIENCE, CONGREGATION, STRETCH

YOUR HAND FORTH TOWARDS THESE. AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR THEM IN

JESUS' NAME. FATHER, WE'RE PRAYING FOR WISDOM, DIRECTION,

AND THAT YOU COMFORT THESE TWO, GIVE THEM DIRECTION. AND WE'RE

SAYING BE BLESSED, AND THIS SITUATION IS RECTIFIED, THE CASE

IS DISMISSED, AND IT IS RESOLVED IN JESUS' NAME, IN THE NAME OF

JESUS. BE RESOLVED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THANK YOU, LORD,

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

JESUS, WE BELIEVE THAT NOW. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, LORD. YOU

CAN BE SEATED WHENEVER YOU CAN. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

DO I HAVE A SALLY HERE TODAY? IS THERE ANYONE BY THE NAME OF

SALLY? IS THERE A SALLY IN THE AUDIENCE IS WHAT I'M ASKING.

THERE IS A SALLY HERE? SALLY, COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. IF YOU

CAN COME QUICKLY, COME QUICKLY. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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

JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,

LORD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.

SALLY, THE LORD CALLED YOU OUT TODAY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN

DEALING WITH SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVY ON YOUR HEART.

YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT SOME THINGS AND YOU'VE SAID, "LORD,

HOW COME IT HASN'T COME TO PASS YET? WHY ISN'T IT COMING AS

QUICK AS I WOULD DESIRE? I NEED THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN." AND THE

LORD IS SAYING TO YOU, I CALLED YOU OUT TODAY, SALLY, AS AN

ENCOURAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. KEEP

YOUR FAITH STRONG, CONTINUE TO PULL, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A

DIVINE TURNAROUND IN THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO,

IN THE THINGS YOU'RE PRAYING FOR, AND FOR THOSE THAT YOU'RE

PRAYING FOR IN YOUR FAMILY. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME FAMILY

SITUATIONS YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND GOD'S SAYING, I'M

GONNA TURN THOSE AROUND, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A CHANGE. YOU

NEED TO DO WHAT GOD'S SAYING IS, REACH OUT TO THE ONES THAT

YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THE LOVE OF GOD. DON'T NEED TO

PREACH TO 'EM. YOU JUST REACH OUT TO 'EM WITH GOD'S LOVE. AND

THE BIBLE SAYS A GIFT WILL OPEN THE DOOR. AND I BELIEVE IN YOUR

SITUATION, WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, THAT'S ON

YOUR HEART, YOU PLANT A GIFT IN THEIR LIFE JUST TO SHOW THEM

LOVE. IT WILL DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP, IT'LL BRING THAT

COMMUNICATION BACK, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE AN OPEN DOOR TO

COMMUNICATE YOUR LOVE, FIRST OF ALL, AND THEN GOD'S LOVE WILL

MOVE IN ON TOP OF THAT. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A MIRACLE IN

JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU,

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

PRAISE THE LORD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. WELL, LET'S DO

THIS TODAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND AND GREET YOUR NEIGHBOR TODAY

AND TELL HIM IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A

SUNDAY, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY GOOD TO HAVE DR. GENE BAILEY

AND HIS WIFE, TERI, HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE

GONNA RECEIVE TODAY, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

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- WELL, GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. HOW

MANY LOVE TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

GUYS, DON'T EVER TAKE FOR GRANTED COMING INTO THE ROOM OR

FOR THOSE OF YOU TUNING ONLINE AND COMING TOGETHER AS THE BODY

OF CHRIST AND COMING TO WORSHIP THE LORD. YOU ARE CHANGING

DESTINIES, YOU ARE RESHAPING THE NATIONS, AND YOU ARE BRINGING

THE POWER OF GOD TO DO MIRACULOUS THINGS EVERY TIME YOU

COME IN HERE, AMEN? WELL, WE WANNA WELCOME OUR

FIRST-TIME VISITORS. IF YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME VISITOR, PLEASE RAISE

YOUR HAND. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A GREETING AND SAY HELLO AND

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN. THANK YOU

SO MUCH. I SEE A COUPLE HANDS OVER THERE.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

IF YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME VISITOR AND YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN TO GET ONE

OF THE BLUE GIFT BAGS IN YOUR HANDS, BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR

HANDS UP. THERE'LL BE AN USHER IN THE AISLE THAT'LL HAND YOU

ONE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GOODIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT

LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND THE OTHER MINISTRIES HERE AND WAYS

TO GET CONNECTED. ALSO, THERE'S AN INFORMATION GUEST CARD. IF

YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT AND DROP IT IN

THE OFFERING BUCKET WHEN THE USHERS COME BY. IT'S JUST A WAY

FOR US TO STAY CONNECTED WITH YOU. YOU CAN SEND US

INFORMATION, YOU CAN SEND US TESTIMONIES OF ALL THE AMAZING

THINGS GOD'S DOING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

PASTORS LOVE HEARING FROM YOU AND THEY WANNA CONNECT WITH YOU,

AMEN. FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE, WE WANNA SEND YOU A

GREETING AS WELL AND SAY THAT WE LOVE YOU, THANK YOU. BIG SHOUT

OUT TO ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS. WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU IN

PERSON AT OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING, MAKE

SURE TO CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK, WE'RE ON

INSTAGRAM, WE'RE ON YOUTUBE. WE ARE ALSO ON

ONEVOICETV.NET, WHERE WE CANNOT BE CANCELED.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

MAKE SURE TO CHECK US OUT, ALL OF THE PREVIOUS SERVICES AND

ALSO DIFFERENT SHOWS LIKE GET REAL WITH HANK, GAME CHANGERS,

DAILY DECREE, THEY'RE ALL ON ONEVOICETV.NET, SO YOU CAN GO

BACK AND GET YOUR PRAISE ON AT ANY TIME. AMEN. WELL, WITHOUT

FURTHER ADO, I WANNA WELCOME MY GOOD BUDDY, MY BROTHER FROM

ANOTHER, PASTOR MATT, AS HE GIVES A SPECIAL MESSAGE.

- AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR ANTHONY. LISTEN, HE JUST

MENTIONED OPENING THE HEAVENS, AND I MENTIONED ON WEDNESDAY,

IT'S TIME TO GET REGISTERED IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY. WHO

IN THIS ROOM IS REGISTERED FOR OTH? COME ON, OH, COME ON NOW.

WE GOTTA, I SAID WHO'S REGISTERED FOR OTH?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

THANK YOU, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. AND SOME OF YOU

STILL DON'T HAVE YOUR HANDS UP, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA

ADDRESS RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOUR HAND WAS NOT RAISED AND YOU'RE

NOT REGISTERED, I WANNA ASK WHY. I WANNA ASK, I'M SURE YOU STILL

HAVE PRAYER REQUESTS, THINGS YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR BACK IN

2019, BACK IN 2020, THINGS THAT ARE UNADDRESSED CLIFFHANGERS IN

YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS STILL NOT

BROKE THROUGH YET IN MY LIFE. MAYBE IT WAS THAT STANCE YOU

TOOK WHEN YOU SAID, I'M NOT GETTING A VACCINE AND YOU LOST

YOUR JOB. AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH AND YOU'RE LIKE,

GOD, IT'S BEEN FIVE, SIX YEARS NOW, WHERE'S MY BREAKTHROUGH?

CAN WE REMEMBER WHAT THE PROPHET SAID? THAT THE DECADE WOULD

START OFF HARSH, BUT THAT WE'RE COMING

INTO A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE, AMEN?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

IF YOU'RE ONLINE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, COMMENT IF YOU ARE

REGISTERED. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, I WANT YOU

AT THE END OF THIS BROADCAST TO GO REGISTER. THOSE MONITORING

COMMENTS, PUT THE LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION OR IN THE COMMENTS,

PIN IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. AND I'M TELLING YOU, PASTORS

WANTED ME TO SAY THIS TO YOU GUYS. WE'RE GONNA BE MINISTERING

AND HEALING, NOT JUST FOR YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, OVER THIS NATION,

WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR. AND I AM GONNA STAND IN THE GAP

AND BELIEVE THAT THESE PRAYER REQUESTS IN YOUR PERSONAL LIVES

ARE GONNA START MANIFESTING AND COMING TO PASS. THE SPIRIT OF

DELAY IS OVER. AMEN. BUT MY QUESTION TO EACH AND EVERY

PERSON IN HERE WATCHING ONLINE AND IN THIS ROOM, AND I SAID

THIS ON WEDNESDAY, IS HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT

A MANIFESTATION OF GOD? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT

LEVEL THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU? HOW BAD ARE YOU READY TO SEE THE

SHIFT IN YOUR LIFE, THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE IN GOD FOR,

PRODIGALS TO RETURN, THIS NATION TO BE HEALED? I'M NOT SITTING ON

THE SEAT OF COMPLACENCY ANYMORE. AND BY GOD, PASTOR HANK AND

PASTOR BRENDA AND THOSE STANDING WITH THEM AREN'T EITHER. AND SO

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU ARE NOT GONNA SIT ON THE SEAT OF

COMPLACENCY, WATCH THIS VIDEO, GET YOURSELF

REGISTERED, AND LET'S GET IN THE ARENA, AMEN?

- OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 11TH

THROUGH 14TH AT THE MID-AMERICA CENTER, HOSTED BY PASTORS HANK

AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER LORENZO SEWELL.

- WHEN YOU ARE A TRUE BELIEVER, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT

LIKE YOU BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING ON YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU

ARE ANOINTED, IT'S NOT THE PERSON THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU,

IT'S THE DEVIL THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU. WHEN YOU ARE ANOINTED,

PLEASE HEAR ME, YOU WILL ALWAYS INTIMIDATE THE DEVIL. WHEN YOU

ARE ANOINTED, WHEN YOU ARE CALLED BY GOD, YOU WILL ALWAYS

INTIMIDATE THE ENEMY. IT'S OKAY IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE YOU BECAUSE

YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT LOVES YOU. YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY

FATHER THAT DIED FOR YOU. YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT SENT

HIS SON TO BE BRUISED AND BROKEN FOR YOU. AND AS LONG AS YOU'VE

GOT KING JESUS, YOU DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE.

- REGISTER TODAY AT OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

- I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT. IT'S COMING SOON TO A

THEATER NEAR YOU, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAC,

MID-AMERICA CENTER. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME, CAN'T WAIT FOR IT.

WELL, FOLKS, IT IS OFFERING TIME.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

AND I WANNA GIVE OUR ESTEEMED GUEST, DR. GENE, PLENTY OF TIME,

SO I'M GONNA BE QUITE BRIEF. I HAVE ONE SCRIPTURE THAT I WANNA

READ IN THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS, BUT IT IS BRIEF. IT'S

PROVERBS 3:9, OUT OF THE EASY READING VERSION. IT SAYS, "HONOR

Proverbs 3:9

THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND THE FIRST PART OF YOUR HARVEST.

THEN YOUR BARNS WILL BE FULL OF GRAIN AND YOUR BARRELS WILL BE

OVERFLOWING WITH WINE." NEXT, I WANT TO READ IT OUT OF THE NLT,

AND THAT GOES LIKE THIS, "HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND

WITH THE BEST PART OF YOUR PRODUCE. THEN HE WILL FILL YOUR

BARNS WITH GRAIN AND YOUR VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH GOOD WINE."

AND FINALLY, I LIKE THIS IN THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC, IT SAYS,

"HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR CAPITAL AND SUFFICIENCY FROM

RIGHTEOUS LABORS AND WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCOME.

SO SHALL YOUR STORAGE PLACES BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND YOUR VATS

SHALL BE OVERFLOWING WITH NEW WINE." NOW, WHY DID I READ THAT

THREE TIMES? BECAUSE I LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE

AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN PULL OUT OF

THIS BRIEF SCRIPTURE, BUT WHAT I WANNA START WITH IS HONOR. AND

IT'S INTERESTING THAT IF WE HONOR THE LORD, IT SAYS IN ONE

VERSION, WITH OUR WEALTH AND WITH THE FIRST PART OF OUR

HARVEST, AND IN ANOTHER, WITH OUR WEALTH AND WITH THE BEST

PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE PRODUCE. AND FINALLY, WITH OUR

CAPITAL AND OUR SUFFICIENCY FROM RIGHTEOUS LABORS AND WITH THE

FIRST FRUITS OF ALL OF OUR INCOME. WELL, THE KEY TO ME

HERE, I COULD GO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT THE KEY TO ME

HERE IS THAT IT ALL BEGINS WITH HONOR. SO ALL OF THAT BLESSING,

ALL OF THAT OVERFLOW, ALL OF THAT ABUNDANCE FOLLOWS YOU

HONORING THE LORD. AND HONORING THE LORD HERE MEANS USING YOUR

WEALTH FOR RIGHTEOUS PURPOSES AS WE SAW, BUT ALSO I WANT TO POINT

OUT THAT GIVING YOUR HARVEST OR YOUR INCREASE FROM YOUR, OR

GIVING OUT OF YOUR INCREASE RATHER, IS A RECOGNITION I

THINK, OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IS

ALL FROM GOD. IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT REALLY IT'S

ALL HIS. AND PSALM 24:1 SAYS THIS, "THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S

Psalms 24:1

AND EVERYTHING IN IT." AND JAMES 1:17 SAYS, "EVERY GOOD

James 1:17

GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE AND COMES DOWN FROM

THE FATHER OF LIGHTS WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION OR SHADOW

OF TURNING." SO TWO POINTS, GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY,

AND FOREVER. HE'S UNCHANGING AND HE IS A GENEROUS GOD. AND SO IF

WE HONOR THAT CHARACTER, THAT IF WE HONOR THAT GENEROSITY, WE

EMULATE THAT, AND WE OBSERVE HIS COMMANDMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO

LIVE IN THE BLESSING, AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE

PROSPERITY THAT'S DESCRIBED IN DEUTERONOMY 28:8. AND IT SAYS,

Deuteronomy 28:8

"THE LORD WILL COMMAND THE BLESSING ON YOU IN YOUR BARNS

AND IN ALL THAT YOU SET YOUR HAND TO DO, AND HE WILL BLESS

YOU IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU." AND

FOLKS, WE CAN SEE THE MANIFESTATION OF THIS RIGHT HERE

IN THIS CHURCH. WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MODELS THERE IS. PASTOR

HANK, PASTOR BRENDA ARE GENEROUS PEOPLE, AMAZINGLY SO. LORD OF

HOSTS CHURCH IS A GENEROUS GIVER. WE ALWAYS REAP A HARVEST.

WE'RE CONTINUALLY INCREASING. WE RECEIVE THE COVENANT BLESSING

BECAUSE WE GIVE OF OUR INCREASE. AND THIS CHURCH IS GOOD GROUND

BECAUSE WE SOW INTO GOOD GROUND. AND WE'RE GENEROUS GIVERS

WHENEVER WE IDENTIFY NEEDS THAT WE ALL CAN AND PROBABLY SHOULD

HELP WITH. AND JUST AS A CURRENT EXAMPLE, I KNOW WE'VE PROBABLY

ALL BEEN FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC DESTRUCTION AND DEATH INVOLVED

WITH THE FLOODING IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF TEXAS, KERR COUNTY

AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AND WE'VE BEEN PRAYING HERE INDIVIDUALLY

AND CORPORATELY FOR ALL THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED. BUT

IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS MINISTRY'S GOOD FRIEND, RICK

GREEN, WHO RUNS PATRIOT ACADEMY, SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF ALL

OF THAT. AND HE'S BEEN OUT DOING ALL THAT HE CAN, BEING THE HANDS

AND FEET OF JESUS TO HELP ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING.

NOW, LORD OF HOSTS, BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS IN

GIVING INTO THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND, WAS ABLE TO HELP IN A

SIGNIFICANT WAY. AND WE JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAVE

A BRIEF VIDEO FROM RICK, AND HE'LL TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT

MORE ABOUT IT. SO IF WE CAN ROLL THAT VIDEO, PLEASE.

- HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH, GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, PATRIOT ACADEMY, WE SIT RIGHT

HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HILL COUNTRY, THE FLOODING

AND THE DAMAGE WAS ALL AROUND OUR CAMPUS. THANKFULLY, GOD

PROTECTED OUR CAMPUS AND WE TOOK SOME WATER DAMAGE, BUT NOTHING

LIKE WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS TOOK. I MEAN, WE'RE 10 MINUTES FROM THE

RIVER WHERE A LOT OF THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION HAPPENED, AND SO

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP SOME. WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE

ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP MORE BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT. YOU

KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS COMING ALONGSIDE US AT PATRIOT ACADEMY

WHEN WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND IN THIS REALLY DIFFICULT TIME, YOU

CAME ALONGSIDE US IN A BIG WAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

PRAYERS. AND THANK YOU FOR JUST CONTINUING TO STAND WITH US AT

PATRIOT ACADEMY AS WE STAND WITH YOU. WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO

COME ALONGSIDE YOU WHEN WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND

WE'RE REALLY BLESSED WHEN YOU COME ALONGSIDE US. SO GOD BLESS

Y'ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING US IN TEXAS AND

ESPECIALLY THOSE VICTIMS HERE IN THE HILL COUNTRY. WE'RE ABLE TO

SHOW THEM GOD'S LOVE AND RESTORATION BY LITERALLY

GOING AND BEING THE HANDS AND FEET OF

CHRIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT.

- WELL, PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU, RICK, FOR EVERYTHING

THAT YOU DO THERE AT PATRIOT ACADEMY AND BEYOND, AND OF

COURSE FOR BEING THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS AND GOING OUT AND

HELPING ALL THOSE FOLKS IN YOUR REGION. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE

SALUTE YOUR EFFORTS, SIR. WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH

YOU. GIVING INFORMATION, THEY CAN PUT UP ON THE SCREENS.

MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT ENVELOPES

IN THE TABERNACLE. THE USHERS CAN HELP YOU WITH THOSE. IF

THAT'S NOT YOUR PREFERENCE AND IT'S NOT MINE, YOU CAN TEXT TO

GIVE. THAT'S MY FAVORITE METHOD. YOU CAN USE OUR MOBILE APP. YOU

CAN ALSO GO TO THE WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE. USE OUR,

SCAN THE QR CODE THERE AT THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY.

AND YOU CAN STILL ALSO SEND YOUR GIFTS BY MAIL. AND THE ADDRESS

IS THERE ON THE SCREEN. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY MAKE MENTION

HERE, THOUGH, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, PASTOR MATT WAS

TALKING ABOUT GETTING OUT TO OTH AND ALL OF THAT. AND I JUST WANT

YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR YOU TO SOW

INTO THE CONFERENCE. AND IT'S GONE LIVE NOW ON THE DROP-DOWN

MENU ON THE GIVING PAGE, AND THAT IS OPENING THE HEAVENS ’25.

OPENING THE HEAVENS ’25. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN REFERENCED

HERE RECENTLY, SO JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD

A SMALL DEFICIT AFTER THE CONFERENCE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE

SURE THAT WE DON'T EXPERIENCE THAT AGAIN. WE WANT TO SOW BIG

INTO THAT. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET IS MET BEFORE WE

EVEN GO DOWN THERE, AND WE EVEN EXCEED IT THIS YEAR. AND NOW I

KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO PREVIOUS OTHS. YOU UNDERSTAND

COMPLETELY WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, WHAT A GREAT

CONFERENCE IT IS, HOW CRITICAL IT IS RIGHT NOW IN OUR NATION.

SO THERE MAY BE REASONS STILL THAT YOU CAN'T MAYBE JOIN US

THIS SEPTEMBER, WHATEVER THOSE REASONS MIGHT BE, BUT STILL

CONSIDER, IF YOU WOULD, SOWING A SEED INTO THE CONFERENCE TO

BLESS OTHERS, KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE THAT THERE IS THERE.

AND JUST KNOW THAT WHATEVER ANY OF YOU CAN DO WILL CERTAINLY BE

GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE PASTORS, PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA,

TO PUT THIS BUDGET OVER FOR THIS CONFERENCE, AND WE'LL SAIL INTO

IT WITHOUT A CONCERN. SO WE THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO ASK

THAT WE GIVE GREAT HONOR TO GOD TODAY, THAT WE GIVE VERY

GENEROUSLY, THAT WE SOW BIG INTO THE GOOD GROUND THAT WE HAVE

HERE AT THIS CHURCH AND THAT WE'RE ALL A PART OF. YOU ONLINE

AS WELL. AND AS WE DO THAT, AS WE CONNECT OURSELVES TO THE

BLESSING THAT IS ON THIS HOUSE, WE CAN EXPECT AN ABUNDANT

HARVEST. YES, PASTOR DOUG'S REMINDING ME THAT THERE WILL BE

A SEPARATE OFFERING FOR OUR GUESTS AT THE END OF THE

SERVICE, AND HE'LL CONDUCT THAT. SO IF EVERYONE HERE AND ONLINE

IS READY, WE CAN HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES OR OUR DEVICES, AND

WE'LL PRAY OVER THOSE. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE THANK

YOU FOR THE BLESSING. WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE POWER TO

GET WEALTH AND FOR TEACHING US TO PROFIT. WE KNOW THAT YOU TAKE

PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF YOUR SERVANTS, SO WE HONOR YOU

TODAY. WE GIVE YOU OUR FIRST AND WE GIVE YOU OUR BEST. WE GIVE

GENEROUSLY FROM THE PRODUCE OF WHAT WE'VE SET OUR HANDS TO DO

BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN GENEROUSLY TO US AND WE KNOW

THAT WE CAN'T OUT GIVE YOU, GOD. WE DECLARE AN ABUNDANT HARVEST

FROM THE PRECIOUS SEEDS THAT WE ARE SOWING HERE TODAY AND WE

THANK YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS. AND ALL

WHO AGREED SAID AMEN. AND NOW LET'S WELCOME PASTOR MATT AS HE

COMES TO LEAD US IN THE DECLARATION.

- THANK YOU, PASTOR MARK, APPRECIATE THAT, AMEN, AMEN.

WELL, CHURCH, LET'S DECREE TOGETHER. AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU

DECREE THIS, MAKE SURE YOU ALSO RELATE THIS TO YOUR PERSONAL

LIFE AND THE BREAKTHROUGHS AND MANIFESTATIONS YOU'RE BELIEVING

FOR, 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 GOD'S GONNA DO IT, AMEN? GOD IS GONNA

DO IT, AMEN? AMEN. WELL, AS YOU'RE BEING SEATED, TURN YOUR

ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS HERE AS WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE FROM

MY PARENTS, PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA, AMEN.

- GOOD MORNING, CHURCH FAMILY. HEY, WE'RE STILL ON VACATION.

PASTORS HANK AND BRENDA HERE, AND WE LOVE YOU. WE'RE HAVING

A GREAT TIME. SHE IS SPOILING ME, LIKE SHE

ALWAYS DOES, BUT WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME.

- WE'RE COOKING, WE'RE GOING ON PICNICS,

WE'RE DOING A LOT OF FUN THINGS.

- WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN THINGS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU

THIS, IF YOU ARE OUR GUEST TODAY, AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST

TIME, WELCOME TO GOD'S HOUSE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND WE CAN'T

WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. BUT I WANT YOU TO GET READY, BECAUSE

WE HAVE GREAT, GREAT, GREAT FRIENDS. WE HAVE GENE AND TERI

BAILEY THAT IS HERE, AND GENE IS GOING TO PREACH, LIKE HE DOES ON

FLASHPOINT WITH ME. HANK, YOU GOT 10 SECONDS. HE'S GONNA

PREACH A 10-SECOND MESSAGE. I CAN'T WAIT TO

HEAR WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY IN 10 SECONDS, BRENDA.

- I DON'T KNOW, BUT ALL I KNOW IS THIS IS AN ANOINTED MAN OF

GOD, AND HE HAS A WORD IN HIS MOUTH, AND HE IS GONNA BLESS

YOUR LIFE. ALONG WITH OUR SWEET TERI, WE LOVE YOU GUYS, BOTH

GENE AND TERI, BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. LET'S

MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM A GREAT WARM WELCOME AND WELCOME THEM TO

OMAHA, NEBRASKA. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY.

- AMEN, AMEN. HI, MOM AND DAD, WE LOVE YA. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON,

AMEN, AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU. BUT GUYS, I WANNA INTRODUCE

OUR GUEST HERE, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS. HOW MANY OF YOU

BELIEVE AMERICA SHALL BE SAVED? AMEN, AMEN. WELL, THIS MAN OF

GOD MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, TO MOM AND DAD. POWERFUL MAN OF GOD

WHO'S TAKING A STAND FOR THIS NATION THAT SAID, "I WANNA SEE

SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR MY COUNTRY." COME ON. IS IT

"SMOKE ON THE WATER"? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE PLAYING?

LET'S WELCOME PASTOR GENE TO "SMOKE ON THE WATER".

COME ON. COME ON, UNCLE PASTOR GENE, AMEN.

(MUSIC)

WHOO! COME ON. COME ON, GIVE HIM A HAND, WOULD YOU? ALL RIGHT,

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. DANNY, I NEED A

SOLO. COME ON. COME ON, LET IT RIP.

(MUSIC)

- I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! COME ON, GIVE IT UP!

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

THAT'S AWESOME. AWESOME, I TOLD THEM LAST TIME,

IF THEY DIDN'T PLAY "SMOKE ON THE WATER," IT'S

NOT RIGHT. WOULD YOU WELCOME MY WIFE, TERI?

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

- DANNY, I'M SO GLAD YOU DID THAT, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK

HIM TO DO IT IF HE WASN'T GONNA DO IT.

(LAUGHING)

- GO AHEAD, GET THAT MESSAGE YOU HAD PREPARED.

- HE TOLD ME, HE SAID IN THE SEAT, "OH, BY THE WAY, HERE,

YOU'RE GONNA GO UP THERE." I SAID, "OH, OKAY."

- AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE?

- WELL, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, A LOT OF TIMES...

- BE SEATED.

- MOST OF THE TIME, LET'S FACE IT, THE

DEVIL'S WORKING OVERTIME TO TAKE AWAY YOUR

FAITH AND YOUR BELIEF IN GOD, AND SOMETIMES, THAT'S

WHY WE DON'T SEE THOSE MIGHTY MIRACLES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING.

AND KELLIE COPELAND SAID AT A BREAKFAST WE WERE JUST AT, "THE

LAST 10 YEARS," I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN YOUR LIFE, BUT

IT'S LIKE THE DEVIL HAS BEEN WORKING OVERTIME BEATING US UP.

WHY WOULD THAT BE? MAYBE HE KNOWS HIS TIME'S SHORT, AND

MAYBE, MAYBE HE ATTACKS THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE

SOMETHING TO DO FOR CHRIST, BECAUSE YOU'RE A THREAT IF YOU

COME TO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. SO SOMETIMES IN YOUR LIFE

TOO, YOU NEED TO REPENT SO YOU CAN BE RESTORED, BECAUSE GOD'S

TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO HEAVEN, NOT KEEP THEM OUT. BUT

SOMETIMES YOU THINK, "YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR MY KIDS, YOU

KNOW, I'M SO EMBARRASSED." OKAY? "THEY DID THAT," OR MAYBE "I DID

SUCH A HORRIBLE THING. GOD COULD NEVER USE ME IF

PEOPLE JUST FOUND OUT WHAT I DID", OKAY? IF YOU

FOUND OUT WHAT SO AND SO DID IN YOUR FAMILY,

YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY? GOD USES US. AND WE

HAVE VERY, VERY IMPERFECT LIVES. AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH VERY MANY

STORMS AND BATTLES. AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TOO. SO THE MESSAGE

THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER IS REPENT SO YOU CAN BE

RESTORED. AND NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER GIVE UP. ALSO, TWO, INSTEAD

OF THINKING AND MEDITATING ON WHAT THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME

COULD BE, SOMETIMES YOU NEED NOT JUST TO BE HERE IN CHURCH, BUT

HAVE A DAILY ENCOUNTER WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR EVERY DAY IN

YOUR BED. I MEAN, JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND START IMAGINING

THE MIRACLE THAT YOU ARE BELIEVING FOR. AND YOU KNOW

WHAT? YOU ARE AN AUTOPILOT. WITH THE LORD, WE CAN DO ALL THINGS

THROUGH CHRIST. AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH HELL AND

THERE'S PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT HAVE FREE WILL THAT HAVE CAUSED

YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT PAINS, GOD CAN REMOVE THAT FROM YOU, HE

HAS BEEN THERE WITH YOU OR YOU WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TODAY.

AND SO HE WANTS TO USE YOUR LIFE, DO NOT LET ANYTHING

OR ANYONE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE LORD AND BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE FOR

HIM RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE HE NEEDS US ALL.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

- GIVE HER A HAND. THANK YOU, HONEY.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER TODAY,

BUT I HEARD THAT I HAVE TO LIKE, WHAT WAS IT, ONE

OR TWO O'CLOCK? JUST KIDDING. PEOPLE ARE GETTING UP TO LEAVE

ALREADY. YEAH, LIKE, "I'M OUT. PEACE. I'M OUT." LISTEN, YOU

KNOW, TODAY IS JULY 20TH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU

PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA. BUT I KNOW THE REAL REASON, AND IF YOU

WERE WATCHING MY SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU FOUND OUT WHY TODAY IS SO

IMPORTANT, BECAUSE TODAY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY. SO

PASTOR HANK, YOU NEED TO GET SOME ICE CREAM TODAY. GO GET

SOME ICE CREAM. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. YOU

PROBABLY ALREADY HAD ICE CREAM. SO WE CELEBRATE ICE CREAM DAY.

BUT LISTEN, I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING BECAUSE OF ALL THE

ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT OPENING THE HEAVENS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY

WE DID "SMOKE ON THE WATER", STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT OPENING

THE HEAVENS. AND IT JUST KIND OF KEEPS GOING, YOU KNOW. SO I WANT

TO RECOMMEND, LIKE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS OPEN.

YOU OUGHT TO COME JUST FOR LORENZO SEWELL, YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE LORENZO IS A GOOD FRIEND AND, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO DO MY,

HE WAS LATE ON A FLIGHT, WE WERE DOING FLASHPOINT COLORADO AND HE

WAS LATE, HIS FLIGHT GOT DELAYED, SO I TRIED TO DO MY

LORENZO IMPRESSION, YOU KNOW, "FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF

COLORADO." IT DIDN'T WORK, IT DIDN'T WORK, THEN HE CAME IN AND

HE DID IT, SO IT WAS GOOD. BUT HE'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MAN.

AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE, FLASHPOINT'S GOING TO BE THERE

ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 9/11, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY

FOR US TO CELEBRATE TERI'S BIRTHDAY, IS ON 9/11, SO WE'LL

BE CELEBRATING FLASHPOINT. PASTOR HANK WILL BE SPEAKING,

RICK GREEN, LANCE WALLNAU, AND OUR GOOD FRIEND PASTOR JOHN

AMANCHUKWU. YEAH, HE'S GONNA BE WITH US. SO YOU WANT TO, THAT'S

JUST A ONE NIGHT ONLY FLASHPOINT, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE

SURE YOU GUYS COME, MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE

GET THINGS KICKED OFF AND THEY FIGURE IT CAN ONLY GO UP FROM

THERE. COME ON GUYS, IT'S YOU'RE AWAKE NOW, OKAY? YOU'RE AWAKE,

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND. I DO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL

WELCOME TODAY. WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON ONE VOICE

TV, BUT A SPECIAL WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON THE

FLASHPOINT NETWORK. ALL OF US, WE'VE COMBINED THIS SUNDAY, SO

WE ARE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU, FLASHPOINT NETWORK,

FOR JOINING US. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FLASHPOINT

NETWORK, WE ANNOUNCED THAT JULY 3RD WHEN WE WERE IN LOUISVILLE,

KENTUCKY, ABOUT HOW WE COMBINED WITH INTEGRITY TELEVISION, AND

WE DO MORE TOGETHER. FLASHPOINT IS GOING TO EXPAND AND DO MORE.

ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A DAY IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. THERE'S

PROGRAMMING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE, AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE

WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, AND WE HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE

PURCHASED TO BE ABLE TO GO STREAM LIVE EVENTS LIKE THIS TO

OUR FORMAT. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS, AND THIS HAS BEEN MY HEART'S

THING WHEN FLASHPOINT HAS REALLY BEEN A PART OF THAT, IS THAT WE

IN THE CHURCH WORLD HAVE BEEN SO SEGREGATED, AND I DON'T MEAN

BLACK AND WHITE, I MEAN YOU GET THAT TOO I GUESS IN SOME

CHURCHES, BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE CAMPS THAT

WE GO INTO, YOU KNOW, THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CAMP, THE CHURCH

OF GOD CAMP, THE WORD OF FAITH CAMP, THE WHATEVER CAMP, THE

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CAMP, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE YOUR OWN

CAMP AND NOT BE NON-DENOMINATIONAL, BUT IT

HAPPENS. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT I JUST

THINK IS, I HAD NOT SEEN IT THIS WAY BEFORE, AND I WANNA READ IT,

IT'S IN JOHN CHAPTER 10. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THERE, YEAH,

John 10 · chapter mention

JOHN 10:16. AND THIS IS IN THE AMPLIFIED, SO I'M JUST GONNA

John 10:16

READ IT REAL QUICK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN IF

YOU DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S JUST JESUS SAYING, LET ME BACK UP A

LITTLE BIT HERE. “EVEN AS,” 15, “EVEN AS MY FATHER KNOWS ME, AND

I KNOW THE FATHER, AND I LAY DOWN MY VERY OWN LIFE,

SACRIFICING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SHEEP, I HAVE OTHER SHEEP

BESIDES THESE THAT ARE NOT IN THIS FOLD. I MUST BRING THOSE

ALSO, AND THEY WILL LISTEN TO MY VOICE, AND PAY ATTENTION TO MY

CALL, AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE FLOCK WITH ONE SHEPHERD.” THAT'S

WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHAT FLASHPOINT NETWORK IS

DOING, IS WE'RE BEING ABLE TO EXPAND AND BRING US ALL

TOGETHER. WE'VE CARRIED ALREADY SEVERAL CONFERENCES, SERVICES

LIVE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY IN OUR SOFT ROLLOUT. SO MAKE SURE

YOU SUBSCRIBE TO ONE VOICE TV AND THE FLASHPOINT NETWORK. YOU

CAN FIND US RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A TRANSITION TIME.

BUT ON ROKU IS, IT'S INTEGRITY TELEVISION. JUST SEARCH FOR THE

INTEGRITY TELEVISION APP. THAT WILL SOON BE CHANGING. THE

PROGRAMMING WILL BE CHANGING, BUT IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE. AND

YOU CAN BE A PART OF WHAT, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT

PROGRAMMING, SOME OLD MOVIES AND OLD STUFF THAT YOU COULD LET

YOUR GRANDMOTHER WATCH WITH YOU. AND YOU'D NOT BE EMBARRASSED,

YOU KNOW. SO IT'S GOOD FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT. OKAY, SO TODAY I

WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND SO GOOD TO HAVE THE BAND HERE AND THE

SINGERS, BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE

JACOB ON THE BASS AND DEE ON THE KEYS, MAN, THAT JUST, WE GO BACK

A LONG WAY, SO WHEREVER YOU GUYS ARE, IF YOU'RE OUT, YOU KNOW,

HAVING COFFEE SOMEWHERE, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THEY

WENT FOR ICE CREAM, THAT'S WHERE THEY WENT. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

I HEARD THAT, I HEARD THAT. I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW, DEE. ALL

RIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING, AND I SAW THIS LAST

NIGHT AS I WAS GETTING READY FOR THIS MORNING, KIND OF GOING OVER

SOME NOTES, AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT PASTOR

HANK ISN'T HERE SO I CAN JUST SAY WHAT I WANT, AND THEN HE HAS

TO FIX IT NEXT WEEK. YEAH, SO YOU KNOW, YEAH, OKAY, WHATEVER.

OKAY. I'M HERE TO, AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, I'M LOOKING FOR

SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS. IS THERE A SMALL GROUPS PASTOR? IS THERE

LIKE A PASTOR THAT DOES THAT? JUST THAT WE ALL DO IT. WE, YOU

DO IT. YEAH, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT JESUS WAS THE WORST

SMALL GROUPS PASTOR. HE WAS THE ABSOLUTE WORST ONE. YOU GO,

"WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S SAYING THAT. HE'S SACRILEGIOUS.

HE'S HERESY ALREADY." WELL, LISTEN. THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS

SAID. JESUS NEVER GAVE US A LOT OF BACKGROUND. HE ACTUALLY

EXPECTED US TO THINK AND DIVE INTO IT. HE SAID, "WHAT IS THE

KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE?" ONE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "IT'S LIKE A

FIELD." SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, "WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE?"

JESUS SAYS, "IT'S LIKE A SMALL CHILD." YOU CAN'T COME INTO THE

KINGDOM LIKE A SMALL CHILD. OKAY, SO IT'S A FIELD, IT'S A

SMALL CHILD. I MEAN, JESUS NEVER GAVE US THE WHOLE, WE WANT THE

WHOLE THING. THIS IS THE WAY I AM. I'M LIKE, GIVE ME YOUR

SERMON NOTES. I WILL SOMEWHAT FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOU. AND SO I

CAN KIND OF GET THE GET THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE

WANT IT REALLY NICE AND CONDENSED, BUT JESUS NEVER DOES

IT THAT WAY. AND IMAGINE IF THIS WAS THE SMALL GROUPS PASTOR, AND

THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON TELEVISION, THE INTERNET,

EVERYWHERE, IMAGINE IF JESUS WAS YOUR SMALL GROUPS PASTOR AND IT

WAS HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE TOGETHER. I MEAN, JESUS HAD A

SMALL GROUP OF 12, AND THEY DIDN'T STAY TOGETHER. MAYBE THEY

ASKED HIM, "JESUS, WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS?" AND HE SAYS,

"DEATH." I'M THINKING, I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SMALL GROUP

AT THIS POINT. OF COURSE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE

RESURRECTION, AND WE THANK GOD FOR ALL OF THAT. WHAT HAPPENED

IS ALL THE DISCIPLES CAME BACK IN, THE SMALL GROUP CAME BACK

TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE HE'S GONE TO HEAVEN, HE'S GONE UP TO

PREPARE A PLACE FOR US, I HAVE TO LEAVE, AND THEN YOU'RE

LIKE GOING, OH, THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT. STILL

CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT FIELD THING, BUT OKAY.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BECOME SO LOCKED INTO, AND I TALK ABOUT

WE, I'M REFERRING TO US AS THE CHURCH, THOSE OF US IN CHURCH,

THOSE OF US THAT PROCLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN, THAT WE HAVE COME

TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THIS TENDENCY, AND THIS USED TO BE,

USED TO SEE THIS IN THE 70S AND 80S, MORE CHRISTIAN TELEVISION,

WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SLYER NOW ABOUT DOING THIS, BUT WE WANT A

FORMULA. GIVE ME THE SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESS, GIVE ME THE EIGHT

WAYS, GIVE ME THE TEN THINGS, GIVE ME THE THREE POINTS, AND,

OH, I'M PREACHING GOOD. Y'ALL GOT REAL QUIET NOW.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

BUT WE WANT THAT TYPE OF ANSWER BECAUSE WE LIVE SUCH FAST LIVES.

AND I REMEMBER MY PARENTS, MY DAD, GOD BLESS HIM, HE CAN'T DO

ANYTHING TO ME NOW EITHER. WHEN THE MICROWAVES CAME OUT, I DON'T

NEED A MICROWAVE, DON'T NEED ANYTHING THAT FAST. SO DID THE

GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, SAID THAT THE TRAIN THAT GOES A NEEDLESS

SPEED OF 17 AND A HALF MILES AN HOUR IS WAY TOO FAST. WE HAVE A

TENDENCY TO THINK OF THINGS IN QUICKER WAYS AND WE DON'T

EMBRACE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE

A LOT OF GROUND TO OVERCOME. BUT HERE'S THE POINT THAT I WANT TO

MAKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT WHILE JESUS SPOKE IN PARABLES AND

STORIES, HE EXPECTS US TO WORK OUT OUR OWN SALVATION. SO I KNOW

TODAY'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT MESSAGE, BUT LET ME

TELL YOU, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M DEALING WITH, SO

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

IT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT GOES. THE USHERS LOCKED THE DOORS, YOU

CAN'T GET OUT. NO, I'M KIDDING. THEY DID NOT LOCK THE DOORS IN

CASE THEIR RIGHT WING WATCH IS WATCHING, THEY DIDN'T LOCK THE

DOORS. THE TRUTH IS WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOOK FOR, LIKE I

SAID, THE THREE STEPS TO SUCCESS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE

WE LIKE TO STRIVE FOR SOMETHING. WE LIKE TO PUSH MANY OF US, HOW

MANY OF YOU ARE TYPE A? AND HUSBANDS DON'T ELBOW YOUR WIFE.

BUT IF YOU'RE TYPE A AND YOU LIKE TO TAKE A GOAL, TAKE THE

MOUNTAIN, IT'S OKAY, IT'S NOT LIKE A SIN OR ANYTHING. YOU'RE

TYPE A, YOU WANT TO GO, YOU'RE LIKE LET'S DO IT, LET'S GET IT

DONE, LET'S GET OVER, THAT'S GREAT. Y'ALL ARE LIKE SCARED.

AND WHAT'S FUNNY IS I SEE SOME GUYS, I'M NOT GONNA LOOK AT ANY

OF THEM, THEY'RE GOING... "ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND?" WE WANT

TO STRIVE BECAUSE WE WANT, WE HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND THE GRACE

OF GOD, THE MERCY OF GOD. AND WE WANT TO, AND I SEE THIS BECAUSE

I SPENT MANY YEARS IN THE FAITH CAMP, AND WORD OF FAITH CAMP,

AND THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HURDLE, I THINK, WITH

THAT PARTICULAR VEIN, AND I'M NOT AGAINST ANYBODY, OKAY, SO

DON'T TAKE THAT WRONG. FAITH IS NOT ABOUT STRIVING, FAITH IS

ABOUT SURRENDER. SO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. IF FAITH IS

REALLY ABOUT SURRENDER, THAT MEANS I CAN'T DO IT. YOU KNOW, I

DON'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO MAKE IT, ALL I AM DOING. AND THE

MORE YOU READ SCRIPTURE, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT

GOD IS ASKING FOR US TO DO, IS TO SURRENDER, RIGHT? THE MORE WE

SURRENDER, THE MORE WE'RE GOING TO SEE GOD MOVE. SO LET'S TALK

ABOUT MINISTRY. WHEN YOU GO INTO MINISTRY, IT'S VERY EASY TO GET

INTO THIS VEIN OF HEALING MINISTRY. I'VE GOT TO DO THINGS

A CERTAIN WAY. I'VE GOT TO BE A CERTAIN THING. I GOT TO DO THIS,

THIS SONG'S GOT TO PLAY, THAT THING'S GOT TO HAPPEN, AND IF I

DON'T GET A TINGLE IN MY HAND, IT'S NOT WORKING. AND THERE'S

NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THAT. WHAT'S WRONG IS IF WE DON'T

PRAY, WE DON'T LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING

BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS. SO WHAT WE MUST

UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE SURRENDER, OUR SURRENDER OPENS THE

DOOR FOR GOD TO MOVE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE

DON'T SURRENDER ABOUT, LIKE AMERICA. LIKE AMERICA.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

THANK YOU. JACK, IS THIS ON? ONE, TWO, THREE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

WE DON'T SURRENDER ABOUT THAT, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO LET GOD USE YOU.

WE MUST EMBRACE THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

AND I KNOW, YEAH, I KNOW IT'S EASY TO SAY "YES, AMEN." IT'S

VERY HARD TO WORK TO WALK THAT OUT. IT'S VERY HARD TO

REALIZE, BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS HOW BAD YOU

ARE OR WHAT A LOSER, I'M SORRY, MAYBE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

NO ONE KNOWS YOUR FAULTS LIKE YOU DO, RIGHT? I DIDN'T MEAN THE

LOSER COMMENT, I'M SORRY. BUT NOBODY KNOWS THAT. SO IF

WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER TO GOD, HOW MANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM WANT

TO BE USED BY GOD IN SOME WAY? OKAY, GREAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY

THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HAND ARE HERE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

FAITH IS NOT ABOUT STRIVING, FAITH IS ABOUT SURRENDER. THE

HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT SOMETHING WE STRUGGLE TO OBTAIN, IT'S SOMEONE

WE SURRENDER TO. SO WHEN WE SURRENDER THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT

WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THAT SIDE OF OUR BRAIN THAT SAYS

I NEED TO DO THIS AND WE'RE RELEASING THAT AND SAYING I

DON'T HAVE ANY POWER TO HEAL ANYONE. I DON'T HAVE THE

WHEREWITHAL TO UNDERSTAND THIS ENTIRE BOOK OF THE BIBLE, THIS

ENTIRE SCRIPTURE. WHAT I DO HAVE IS THE ABILITY TO SURRENDER. SO

WHEN WE SURRENDER, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, GOD, I UNDERSTAND MY

PLACE IN THIS AND MY ROLE IN THIS IS TO SURRENDER. NOW, IF

YOU NOTICE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT

WHAT I'VE SAID IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU

CAN BREATHE. LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.

I'M NOT THAT HOLY. I CAN'T GET TO BE THAT HOLY. I CANNOT ATTAIN

THAT LEVEL OF HOLINESS. NOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY

THIS SO OURSELVES APPROVED, YOU KNOW, A WORKMAN AT NEED IS NOT.

SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT SAYING YOU'VE GOT A FREE

PASS. BUT WHEN, WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT IN THE CHURCH AND IN

CHRISTIANITY TODAY, WE WANT REVIVAL, BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT

IS REFORMATION. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS TO GET REFORMATION

REVIVAL IS THAT YOU SKIP THE SUFFERING. OF COURSE, NONE OF US

WANT TO SUFFER TO GET TO THE PLACE OF REFORMATION. SO, WHAT I

MEAN BY THAT, THAT'S A NICE FANCY WORD FOR THINGS REALLY

CHANGING IN OUR CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY. BUT THERE HAS TO BE A

DEATH ON THE CROSS. THERE HAS TO BE A RESURRECTION FOR THERE TO

BE A REFORMATION. SO REVIVAL IS MESSY. REVIVAL IS NEVER

SOMETHING THAT WORKS OUT THE WAY YOU THINK IT WILL. YOU KNOW, I

WAS GOING BACK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LOOKING AT OLD

VIDEOS AGAIN BECAUSE I ENJOY WATCHING THE OLD GUYS DO IT. I

REMEMBER, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING, I WAS SITTING

THERE, OR I WAS STANDING THERE DURING THE MUSIC THINKING ABOUT,

"OH, ROBERT, HE SAID, A MIRACLE IS EITHER MOVING TOWARDS YOU OR

IT'S MOVING PAST YOU." AND I THOUGHT, "WOW, THAT'S TRUE."

IT'S NOT GOD'S PROBLEM IF THERE'S NOT A MIRACLE. MATTHEW

Matthew 19:26

19:26. MATTHEW 19:26. LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT, IF YOU

Matthew 19:26

CAN GRASP THIS, IT WAS WORTH THE PRICE HE PAID TO GET IN TODAY.

MATTHEW 19:26, AND THE KING JAMES SAYS, "BUT JESUS BEHELD

Matthew 19:26

THEM AND SAID UNTO THEM, ‘WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH

GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.’" SO IMAGINE UP HERE, THIS IS

A RIVER RIGHT HERE. I'M NOT GOING OVER THERE

BECAUSE I'VE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES OVER THERE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

THIS IS A RIVER RIGHT HERE. NOW, THE FLOODS IN TEXAS THAT WE

RECENTLY WENT THROUGH, THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE LAND

IS, AND THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE BASEMENTS A LOT IN HOMES THERE

IN TEXAS IS BECAUSE OF THE BEDROCK. IT'S ROCK, IT'S HARD TO

GET, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET A BASEMENT IN

THERE SO PEOPLE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE THEM AS MUCH AS THEY DO

HERE. SO WHEN THERE'S A BIG RAINSTORM, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT

THIS MUCH, IN A LOT OF PLACES, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT THAT MUCH

SOIL. SO IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE SOIL TO GET SATURATED.

AND SO AGAIN, WHERE IS THE WATER GONNA GO? SO IT JUST STARTS

BECOMING A WASHBOARD AND IT JUST FLIES, CREATES FLOODS. IF YOU

SAW SOME OF THE VIDEOS OF THE FLOODS, THE PERSON HOLDING THE

CAMERA WOULD ALWAYS GET AS CLOSE AS THEY COULD TO THE FLOOD AND

THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND GOING, "BACK UP, BACK

UP." AND YOU'D SEE THIS TORRENTIAL, YOU KNOW, WATER

MOVING HOUSES AND CARS AND TREES AND BUILDINGS AND TRASH AND

LIMBS AND ALL THAT. BUT THEY WERE NOT IN THAT FLOOD, THEY

WERE SHOWING YOU THE FLOOD. SO BACK TO MY DESCRIPTION OF A

RIVER RIGHT HERE. WE KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVES. WE KNOW THAT

WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT OTHER THAN PROVIDING AN

ATMOSPHERE FOR HIM TO MOVE IN. BUT I CAN STAND RIGHT, IF THE

RIVER'S RIGHT HERE, I CAN STAND RIGHT HERE ALL DAY LONG. I CAN

EVEN PULL OUT MY CAMERA AND SHOW WHAT GOD'S DOING AT THE ALTAR.

LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT PERSON GET HEALED. WHOO, WHOOP,

SHE WENT DOWN. IT'S EASY TO STAY IN CHURCH.

IT'S EASY TO BE IN CHURCH WITH YOUR CELL PHONE AND

BE ABLE TO TAKE VIDEOS OF STUFF. MAYBE YOU'RE AT A CONFERENCE,

MAYBE YOU'RE AT OPENING THE HEAVENS AND THEY'RE PLAYING

"SMOKE ON THE WATER" AND YOU'RE... IT'S EASY TO

GET WRAPPED UP IN WATCHING. I'M COMING BACK TO THE

RIVER. I USED TO LIVE IN FLORIDA, AND IN FLORIDA WHERE I

LIVED, EVERY DAY ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK IT WOULD RAIN. ONE OF MY

FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, OTHER THAN STAYING AWAY FROM

ALLIGATORS, WAS TO WATCH IT RAIN. BECAUSE FLORIDA

HAS THESE TORRENTIAL RAINSTORMS. I MEAN IT JUST LIKE... BLAH.

THEN IT WOULD BE DONE, THE SUN WOULD COME OUT. AND YOU'D HAVE

HUMIDITY OF LIKE A THOUSAND PERCENT. BUT THE, UM... UM...

BUT I WOULD PUT THE GARAGE DOOR UP AND I WOULD GET RIGHT TO THE

EDGE OF THAT GARAGE DOOR AND WATCH IT RAIN. IT WAS JUST SO

COOL. I'M DRY AND I'M WATCHING IT RAIN. AND

YOU'D WATCH THE PALM TREES BEND AND, YOU KNOW,

EVERYTHING AND THE WIND BLOW AND YOU'D FEEL, EVERY

ONCE IN A WHILE YOU'D FEEL A BREEZE. BUT I WASN'T WET. SO

THIS RIVER, THIS RIVER, HOLY SPIRIT RIVER, THE ONLY WAY TO

GET WET IS TO GET IN THE WATER. NOW, JUST LIKE I COULD STEP OUT

OF MY GARAGE INTO THE RAIN AND FEEL THE RAIN, IN THE RIVER YOU

HAVE A CHOICE. I CAN STAND HERE IF IT'S MOVING, IF IT'S NOT

MOVING TOO FAST, IF IT'S ANKLE DEEP I CAN STAND HERE AND WATCH

THE WATER GO BY AND THINGS CAN HAPPEN. MAN, THIS IS GREAT. LOOK

AT THIS. I CAN WALK DOWN HERE. BUT I'M NOT SURRENDERED YET. I

CAN EVEN GET ON MY KNEES AND TALK ABOUT THE WATER, TALK ABOUT

HOW THE FLOW IS HAPPENING, BUT I'M NOT SURRENDERED YET. TOTAL

SURRENDER MEANS I'VE GOT TO LAY DOWN AND SURRENDER ALL MY

FACULTIES TO WHAT? OR LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. I HAVE TO LOSE

CONTROL. SO OFTEN WE FEEL POWERLESS. WE FEEL POWERLESS. 2

2 Corinthians 12:9

CORINTHIANS 12:9 SAYS THIS, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE.

MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. THEREFORE I WILL BOAST

THE MORE GLADLY OF MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRIST'S

POWER MAY REST ON ME." SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO GET. THIS IS

THE WHOLE, THIS IS THE EXEGESIS, THE HERMENEUTICAL PROCESS OF

TODAY, IS TO STOP STRIVING. MANY OF US, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN, I

HAVE TO ALWAYS CLARIFY THIS, IT DOES NOT MEAN I STOP PRAYING, I

GOT LOVED ONES THAT NEED HEALED, I DON'T, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SURRENDERING. IT'S IN THE

SURRENDER THAT THE STRIVE LEAVES. IF I'M TO LAY DOWN IN

THIS RIVER THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, NOT ONLY AM I WET, I'M

SATURATED. I GOT NO CONTROL. AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS I GO WHERE

THE RIVER GOES. I'M NOT FIGHTING THE RIVER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT

MY CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF MY CHURCH DENOMINATION. I'M GOING

WHERE THE HOLY GHOST GOES. SO WE LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE GET HEALED

AND THE PEOPLE GET HEALED. SO WHY DO PEOPLE NOT, WHY DOES NOT

EVERYBODY GET HEALED? WHY IS THIS NOT ALWAYS WORKING? AND

THERE'S A WHOLE, WE COULD PREACH ON THAT FOR HOURS. BUT HERE'S,

LET ME GIVE YOU ONE ASPECT OF IT. OKAY, THIS IS, YOU MIGHT

WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO KNOW THIS. WHEN

I'M IN THAT WATER, AND I'M IN THE, I'M GOING WHERE THE HOLY

GHOST IS GOING, AND I HAVE NO CONTROL, IT'S WHEN I FEEL THE

BEST. IT'S WHEN I KNOW THAT MY LIFE OR MY WHATEVER IS, WHATEVER

I'M DEALING WITH, WHETHER IT'S SICKNESS OR SOMETHING AT HOME,

THAT'S WHERE I FEEL THE BEST. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT

ANYMORE. WHY? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, GOD'S GOT IT.

HE'S GOT IT. ALL I GOT TO DO IS SURRENDER

IT. AND I'VE HEARD THESE TYPE OF MESSAGES BEFORE

AND I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THAT ONE YOU GO, "I DON'T

KNOW, HE JUST SAID SURRENDER A LOT." BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE

THINGS CHANGE, THE GRASPING THE ACT OF SURRENDER IN THE CHURCH

HAS BEEN LOST, I BELIEVE. THE LEVEL OF WHAT WE NEED, WE TRY TO

MAKE IT VERY, SOME PEOPLE IN MINISTRIES HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT

VERY HARD FOR YOU, THAT YOU'VE GOT TO ATTAIN A LEVEL OF FAITH,

YOU MUST ATTAIN A LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY, I MUST DO THESE

THINGS RIGHT IN ORDER TO BE GOOD ENOUGH. NOW THEY WILL NEVER SAY

THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT'S WRONG, BUT THAT'S HUMAN NATURE,

HUMAN NATURE WANTS TO WORK TO BE GOOD. REMEMBER THE MOM THAT

SAID, "HEY, SO WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN, CAN MY SON SIT ON YOUR

RIGHT AND YOUR LEFT?" WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? AND JESUS SAYS,

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING." WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND,

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW POWERFUL LETTING GO CAN BE. LET

ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, A VERY REAL FINANCIAL EXAMPLE. THE LAST

TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, FLASHPOINT WAS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE

WERE WORKING WITH OTHERS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS AND STANDING UP

FOR WHAT'S BIBLICAL VALUES AND WHAT'S RIGHT, AND WE'RE STILL

DOING THAT. BUT I WAS UNDER DIRECTION THAT ABSOLUTELY EVERY

EVENT HAD TO PAY FOR ITSELF, BECAUSE I WAS WORKING FOR A

MINISTRY AND I HAD A BOSS AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO

PAY FOR ITSELF OR YOU'RE GOING TO STOP DOING THEM. NOTHING

WRONG WITH THAT. I UNDERSTOOD THAT. AND THEY USUALLY COST

ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM $250,000 TO $400,000 TO PUT ON. JUST CRAZY.

A CRAZY AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO I WOULD START STRESSING ABOUT IT.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT? YOU

KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE. MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT.

MAYBE WE SHOULD GET THIS DONE. AND PRETTY SOON I'M SPENDING

MORE TIME THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT'S FINANCES THAN I AM

THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT. RIGHT. THIS IS REAL. THIS IS GROUND

ZERO MINISTRY RIGHT HERE. SO I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT THE EVENT,

I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAVE I GOTTA DO TO GET, WHAT

HAVE, IS THIS WHAT I SAID? WHAT HAVE I GOTTA DO TO GET THE

FINANCES IN? AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM THAT'S AROUND ME, CURT

WORKS WITH ME AND DALE AND REID AND TERI, EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW,

BEING KIND TO ME, BUT I'M THE ONE THAT'S CARRYING THE LOAD OF

THIS. AGAIN, DID YOU HEAR HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SAID I? I'M

CARRYING THE LOAD OF THIS, YOU PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M

DOING. SACRIFICING FOR JESUS. AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT EVENT

IT WAS, BUT IT WAS ONE THAT WE WERE, OUR REGISTRATION NUMBERS

WERE SO LOW, OH I KNOW WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN

TEXAS. WAS IT LUBBOCK WE WENT TO? LUBBOCK. AND WE DID NOT

REALIZE WHEN WE BOOKED THE VENUE FOR THAT FLASHPOINT LIVE, IT

HAPPENED TO BE GRADUATION WEEKEND FOR TEXAS TECH. NOW I

DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO LUBBOCK. THERE'S TEXAS TECH,

A FEW HOTELS, A FEW CHURCHES, AND A GAS STATION OR TWO, AND

THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO WE HAD A MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL, MUCH

LOWER THAN NORMAL ATTENDANCE. AND I'M LIKE, OH GOD, I'M IN

BACKSTAGE, I'M LOOKING OUT, LOOKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW,

WATCHING A PERSON WALK IN. HEY, HELLO. AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

AND I FELT I HEARD GOD SAY, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS

OR AM I GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS? DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?

BASICALLY, MAYBE THAT WAS IT. DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS OR DO YOU

WANT ME TO DO IT? AND INSTANTLY I'M LIKE,

"OH, UM, YOU." AND I LOOKED AT THE FINANCES

THAT CAME IN FROM THAT, TO MAKE THE LONG STORY

SHORT. WE BLEW WAY PAST THE BUDGET NUMBERS. AND I LEARNED MY

LESSON. THAT TO LAY THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MONEY CAME

IN, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW. I DO MY PART, PLAN THE

EVENT, DO MY PART, LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND

WHERE WE GO AND WHAT WE DO, AND THEN I TAKE MY HANDS OFF. IN

OTHER WORDS, SURRENDER. AND THE MORE, THE MORE, YEAH, I MEAN,

THE MORE I HAVE LEARNED TO SURRENDER, THE MORE LIFE HAS

GOTTEN EASIER. NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE CHALLENGES,

OF COURSE WE DO, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE FINANCIAL THING THAT HAS

HAPPENED. IT HELPED ME BACK WHEN WE DID LUBBOCK BECAUSE AT THE

END OF APRIL, MY LAST DAY WORKING FOR KCM WITH KENNETH

COPELAND WAS THE 29TH AND ON THE 30TH WE WERE ON OUR OWN. AND

WHEN I MEAN ON OUR OWN, I MEAN NO INSURANCE, NO NOTHING, AND

I'M LOOKING AT A BILL OF $130,000 FOR THE EVENT THAT WE

WALKED INTO, BECAUSE IT WAS NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR IT.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING AND THANK GOD FOR MY

WIFE, TERI, BECAUSE SHE COULD HAVE MADE LIFE A LOT HARDER. SHE

WAS LIKE, "OKAY." ARE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT GONNA BE

ANY MONEY, RIGHT? "YEAH." SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT

GONNA BE A CHECK. THAT AUTO DEPOSIT THING EVERY TWO WEEKS.

"YEAH, NO, I'M GOOD." GREAT. IT'S ALL ON ME NOW. AH, WAIT A

MINUTE. NO, NO, IT'S NOT ON ME. BUT IT HELPED ME PREPARE FOR

WHEN WE STEPPED OFF. AND LISTEN, WE STEPPED, IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T,

THERE CAME A POINT WHERE I DIDN'T WANT TO EVEN LOOK AT THE

BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT MINE. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE

FRUGAL WHERE WE NEED TO BE FRUGAL, BUT IT'S NOT MINE TO

TAKE CARE OF. NOW, AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT

ME AND MY FINANCES AT HOME?" YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO

DO. MAKE SURE YOU'RE TITHING. MAKE SURE YOU'RE INVESTING IN

GOD'S KINGDOM FIRST. AND THAT'S NOT TO GET... PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A

MISTAKE ABOUT THIS TITHING THING. THEY GET SO WOUND UP, AND

THIS THING COMES THROUGH EVERY FEW YEARS ABOUT, "IS TITHING

BIBLICAL?" AND YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON ASKED ME THIS SEVERAL

YEARS BACK, AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T

REALLY CARE BECAUSE IT'S WORKING FOR ME."

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

BUT OF COURSE IT'S BIBLICAL. IT'S BIBLICAL. BUT YOU SEE THERE

AGAIN, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO TAKE YOUR OWN FINANCES AND MAKE IT

WORK FOR YOU. ANOTHER PLACE OF SURRENDER. NOW, GETTING

IN THAT RIVER AND RELAXING, THERE IS ACTUALLY A

WAY TO RELAX IN THE ANOINTING. DO YOU KNOW THAT?

WHEN YOU'RE NOT STRIVING, YOU'VE SURRENDERED, YOU CAN LET

THE HOLY SPIRIT GO. NOW THIS, AND I'M NOT, LET ME CLARIFY

THIS. I'M NOT JUST REFERRING ABOUT YOU HAVING A HEALING

MEETING SOMEWHERE. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR

JOB AND THERE'S PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE A CHALLENGE. YOU CAN

EITHER PICK UP THE CARE OF THAT OR YOU CAN GIVE IT TO GOD AND

LET HIM WORK IT OUT. IT'S EASY TO SAY BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU

DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT PERSON, THAT PERSON'S GOING

TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT ANSWER TO

COME BACK WITH. YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO RESPOND, BUT YET YOU'VE

MADE THIS COMMITMENT. I'M TELLING YOU, THE SURRENDERED

LIFE IS THE LIFE, THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE. AND I SAY THIS FROM A

DEEP PLACE OF IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE FOR ME TO SURRENDER. YOU

KNOW, GOD HAS BLESSED TERI AND I IN THE MINISTRY AND WE'RE DOING

GREAT. FLASHPOINT'S DOING GREAT. EVERYTHING'S, EVERYTHING'S

CLICKING ALONG. BUT IF I START TO THINK ABOUT IT, I START

PICKING UP THE PIECES OF IT AND WE DO THIS AND DO THAT, I WILL

MISS WHAT GOD HAS. IN FACT, TERI HAD A WORD, GOD SAID, AND MAKE

SURE I GET THIS RIGHT, YOU CAN GO RIDICULOUSLY FAST IF YOU

DON'T PANIC. BECAUSE WHAT IS PANIC? PANIC IS YET ANOTHER

DOORWAY FOR CONTROL. SURRENDER, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A

DIFFERENT MESSAGE, BUT SURRENDER IS REALLY, WHEN I SAY SURRENDER,

I'M ACTUALLY SAYING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS INTIMACY WITH

GOD. AND AN INTIMACY WITH GOD DOESN'T COME FROM, A LOT OF

MINISTERS MAKE THIS MISTAKE. THEY SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR A

SERMON. NOT A BAD PLACE TO LOOK. BUT IF THAT'S YOUR ONLY REASON

FOR READING, YOU'RE MISSING IT. TERI, I, SHE'S DOWN THERE. SHE

MAKES ME TALK. I DON'T WANT TO TALK. A LOT OF TIMES I JUST

DON'T WANT TO TALK. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHAT

ARE YOU DOING? AND YOU GUYS KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS OFTEN, TERI

WAKES UP TALKING, I WAKE UP LOOKING FOR THE COFFEE. TERI'S

ALREADY BEEN UP. SHE GETS UP EARLIER THAN ME. SHE'S HAD A FEW

HOURS WITH THE LORD. SHE'S HAD COFFEE, DONE THREE THINGS,

WALKED THE DOGS, FED THE DUCKS AT THE PARK. SHE'S READY,

BALANCED THE CHECKBOOK, AND NOW THEN I'M AWAKE. AND YOU KNOW THE

THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND? I'LL JUST KEEP LOOKING THIS

DIRECTION. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, NO MATTER HOW MANY

TIMES I SAY, EVERY MORNING I'M JUST WAKING UP, I HAVE TO SAY IT

AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. BUT I THANK GOD FOR MY WIFE, SEE

THERE, WHOO-HOO, GOT SOME ALTITUDE RIGHT THERE. I GOT SOME

ALTITUDE. SO UNDERSTANDING WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT. THAT GOES

BACK TO THAT SCRIPTURE, JOHN 10:16. I HAVE SHEEP THAT ARE NOT

John 10:16

IN THIS FOLD, THEY'RE IN THIS FOLD OVER HERE. IF

EVERYBODY WAS LIKE ME, IT WOULD JUST BE A

WHOLE LOT OF GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

SOMETHING ABOUT...

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

IT'S THE PASTOR HANK THING IS UP HERE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

SOUND LIKE THAT WAS A HANK COMMENT RIGHT THERE. IT'S IN OUR

DIFFERENCES THAT WHAT WE DO BECOME STRONG. SO WHAT IS THE

WORLD YOU'RE THE MOST AWARE OF? AND HERE'S WHY, AND I THINK I

HEARD, I THINK IT WAS BILL JOHNSON THAT SAID, "YOU WILL

ALWAYS REFLECT THE WORLD YOU'RE THE MOST AWARE OF." IF YOU'RE

AWARE OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT THAT. IF

YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT

THAT. IF YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO

REFLECT THAT. SO UNDERSTANDING AND LIVING A LIFE OF GRATITUDE

MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT A GRACIOUS LIFESTYLE. NOW THIS IS,

I KNOW THIS IS JUST LIKE REAL PRACTICAL. IS THIS OKAY THAT WE

TALK LIKE THIS? YOU KNOW, WE WANT REVIVAL, BUT WE'VE GOT TO

LEARN TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. AND UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE, IF

WE DON'T GET THIS RIGHT, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HANDLE A WILD

REVIVAL THAT HAPPENS. BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME IN HERE THAT

ARE GOING TO BE DRAG QUEENS AND TRANSVESTITES AND ALL THE

HOOCHIE MAMAS AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. OH, STOP

IT. AND I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO. YOU'RE GOING TO GO,

"I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM." SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW.

WE'RE GOING TO, WE GOT TO DO THIS. WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THIS

IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. AND

IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, IF WE DON'T

UNDERSTAND THAT, I DON'T LIKE, AS A KID, I DIDN'T LIKE THE

CHURCH WE WENT TO. IT WAS OKAY BECAUSE WE EVENTUALLY GOT KICKED

OUT. I'M NOT EVEN JOKING. SIDEBAR, THEY SAID, "BAPTISM IN

THE HOLY SPIRIT WASN'T FOR TODAY." MY MOM SAID NO AND

PROCEEDED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES AND WE WERE GONE. BUT I JUST

FELT LIKE IT WAS A SOCIAL CLUB. AND AS A KID, I DIDN'T KNOW

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT I'M LIKE, THIS IS BORING. I

WOULD LAY BACK IN THE PEW AND COUNT THE BOARDS IN THE CEILING.

AND BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T, I WOULD BE FIDGETY AND I'D GET... MY DAD

HAD REALLY STRONG KNUCKLES. AND ONE QUICK POP, YOU KNOW, AND YOU

HAVE A WHELP FOR... HE DIDN'T BEAT ME. DAD WAS A GOOD DAD. I

HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY. WE HAVE TO HEAR HIM. SO THE

INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER IS WHERE, HAVE YOU

NOTICED IN YOUR SPIRITUAL WALK, AS A CHRISTIAN, THE CLOSER YOU

FEEL TO GOD, THE MORE SURRENDERED YOU WANT TO BE. THE

MORE SURRENDERED YOU WANT TO BE, THE MORE YOU HEAR THE HOLY

SPIRIT. THE MORE YOU HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE MORE YOU ARE

ABLE TO HELP OTHERS AND EVEN MINISTER OUT. SO YOU'RE SITTING

IN YOUR SEAT OR YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME AND YOU'RE GOING, "WELL,

I HAVEN'T FELT THAT IN A LONG TIME." THAT'S OKAY. IT'S TIME

YOU CAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT, YOU CAN JUST GO BACK TO THAT

PLACE. YES, READ YOUR BIBLE. YES, PUT ON SOME GREAT WORSHIP

MUSIC. WHATEVER SPEAKS TO YOU IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE, IS WHERE

YOU NEED TO BE. SMOKE ON THE WATER MAY NOT MINISTER TO YOU.

IT DOES TO ME. I WANT TO SEE THE CHURCH TO BE SO, THERE ARE

PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS IN

MY LIFE NOW, BUT THAT WERE SO CLOSE TO GOD. HAVE YOU EVER

KNOWN SOMEBODY JUST SO CLOSE TO GOD, YOU JUST KIND OF, JUST KIND

OF WANTED TO BE THERE, WANTED TO BE NEXT TO THEM? NOT BECAUSE

THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING OR SAY ANYTHING, YOU JUST KIND

OF, THEY WERE, THERE WAS THIS MAGNETISM THAT WOULD PULL YOU

IN, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED, THAT'S WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE.

WHEN YOU WERE THAT, WHEN YOU WERE THAT, AT THAT PLACE OF A

LEVEL OF INTIMACY WHERE YOU'RE LISTENING TO HOLY SPIRIT TELL

YOU THE NEXT WORD TO SPEAK, NOW YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE OF A

CHRISTIAN. AND I KNOW WE ALL FAIL AT THIS AREA, OR MAYBE IT'S

JUST ME. BUT WE HAVE A STRONG... THIS IS WHERE YOU GO. MAYBE WE

ALL FAIL IN THIS AREA OR MAYBE IT'S JUST ME. OKAY, THANK YOU.

WHAT'D SHE SAY? JUST ME, THANK YOU. SOME OF OUR STAFF HERE. MY

GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HEALING LINES.

THERE'S, SEGUE. THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS IN HEALING SERVICES

WHERE THERE WERE GREAT THINGS HAPPENED. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT

ONES THAT I WAS IN. AND SO YOU'RE PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AND

MAN, THEY'RE JUST LIKE PEOPLE GETTING UP AND DOING STUFF AND

GOING, MAN, THIS IS GREAT. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT'S HEAVY. AND

THEN THERE'S TIMES WHERE YOU GO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE SOMETIMES

THIS MORNING. HELLO, IS ANYBODY THERE? YOU KNOW? HELLO? HELLO.

I'M KIDDING. BUT, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU

DON'T, YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL THE ANOINTING. YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL

LIKE YOU'RE SPIRITUAL ENOUGH. SOME OF US DON'T EVER FEEL THAT

WAY. BUT WHAT'S COOL ABOUT WHAT GOD SAYS IS, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.

WAS IT MARK 16:18 TELLS US TO LAY, "YOU WILL LAY HANDS ON THE

Mark 16:18

SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER." IT DOESN'T SAY YOU WILL STRIVE TO

BE SUCH A GREAT BELIEVER AND IF YOU'RE HEALTHY ENOUGH AND HOLY

ENOUGH AND YOU GO TO THE RIGHT CHURCH, YOU WILL LAY HANDS ON

THE SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER. IT NEVER SAYS ANY OF THAT. IT JUST

SAYS "YOU WILL." IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT IN EVERY

WAY. YOU SEE, WHEN WE AS A CHURCH UNDERSTAND THE WAY TO

CHANGE OUR NATION IS NOT JUST TO VOTE THE RIGHT WAY. THE WAY TO

CHANGE OUR NATION IS AT EVERY OFFICE, EVERY WORKPLACE, EVERY

CONSTRUCTION SITE. WHEN YOU PULL IN PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHO

JESUS REALLY IS AND THAT HE LOVES YOU JUST WHERE YOU ARE

RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF YOUR SCARS, WITH EVERYTHING BAD

THAT'S EVER HAPPENED, HE STILL LOVES YOU AND HE'S THERE. AND

HE'S SAYING, "COME ON. COME TO ME. COME TO ME." IF WE CAN EVER

REALLY GRASP THAT, I THINK, I'VE BEEN IN CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE. I

DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT I HAVE BEEN. AND

IT SEEMS LIKE THE OLDER I GET THE LESS I KNOW, BUT THE SIMPLER

IT BECOMES. IT'S JUST, JUST HANG OUT WITH JESUS FOR A WHILE. YOU

SEE, OUR HEARTS WILL TAKE US PLACES THAT OUR HEADS CAN'T FIT.

WHEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL, WHEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW IT GOT THERE AND WHAT THEY DID,

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MISS WHAT GOD'S DOING. WHAT IS IT, BROTHER

HAGIN SAID "WE MISS THE MIRACLE LOOKING FOR THE SPECTACULAR." WE

MISS THE MIRACLE IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. WE DON'T NEED

TO STRIVE. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY BY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE FAITH.

IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. ROMANS 10.10 SAYS WITH THE HEART ONE

BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO, LET'S REVIEW. SMOKE ON THE

WATER. LAY IN THE WATER, SURRENDER, NO CONTROL, INTIMATE

WITH GOD. SEE THINGS HAPPEN. WHEN WE SEE THINGS HAPPEN, WE

SEE OUR PLACES OF WORK HAVE CHANGED, OUR FAMILIES CHANGE,

OUR COMMUNITIES CHANGE, AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE VOTING BOOTH

CHANGES. WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN AN

ACCELERATED EDUCATION COURSE IN HOW BAD THE STATE OF AMERICA IS.

AND IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE CAN GET OVER INTO THE NEGATIVE PLACE

OF THAT AND FORGET THE WHOLE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

AND THAT IS THAT WE CAN OPERATE AT A LEVEL, WE HAVE A SECRET

WEAPON. IF YOU PLAY BASKETBALL, I USED TO PLAY IN SOME

INTRAMURAL LEAGUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I PLAYED

IN HIGH SCHOOL AND DECIDED, THESE GUYS ARE

WAY TOO SERIOUS, THEY'RE TALLER THAN ME.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

YOU KNOW THERE'S NO RACISM ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. I'M FROM

GEORGIA, I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. BUT IN BASKETBALL THERE'S

NO RACISM, THAT'S EXTRA. I DIDN'T PLAN TO TELL YOU THAT.

BUT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I WAS THINKING

ABOUT PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL. NOW I UNDERSTAND I'M OLD

ENOUGH THAT RACISM WAS A BIG DEAL IN GEORGIA AND TO BE A

WHITE BOY ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM WAS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S KIND

OF LIKE IN THE NBA, WE GOT LARRY BIRD. Y'ALL ARE GETTING WORRIED

NOW. AND PEOPLE GOING, OKAY. SO I LOVED PLAYING BASKETBALL, BUT

I LOVED HAVING HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS. AND THEY WOULD CALL

ME NAMES AND I'D CALL THEM NAMES. WE DIDN'T HANG OUT

TOGETHER AFTER BASKETBALL, BUT IN BASKETBALL WE WOULD HANG OUT

TOGETHER. WE'D GO PLAY OUR GAMES TOGETHER. WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING

TOGETHER. I MEAN, WE WERE A TEAM. AND IF YOU PICKED ON ME, I

HAD SOME BIGGER BLACK GUYS THAT WOULD PICK ON YOU.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

YOU KNOW, COME TO THINK OF IT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS SMALLER

THAN ME. I MEAN, I THOUGHT I WAS BIG AT 6'2" AT THE TIME, BUT

ANYWAY, THERE WAS A TEAM, THERE WAS A COHESIVE UNIT. DID WE ALL

GO TO THE SAME CHURCH? NO. DID WE ALL BELIEVE THE SAME WAY? NO.

DID WE HAVE THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE AMERICA

WAS IN THE '60S AND THE '70S? NO. IT WAS BAD. THERE WAS A LOT

OF BAD GOING ON. BUT FOR A BRIEF TIME, WE WERE WHOLE. WE WERE IN

UNITY AND WE GOT STUFF DONE. AND WE PLAYED THE GAME AND HAD A

GOOD TIME. SO, AS BELIEVERS, WE CAN PLAY THE GAME WITH EACH

OTHER, EVEN THOUGH WE THINK YOUR CHURCH IS CRAZY. EVEN IF WE

DON'T SPEAK IN TONGUES AND YOU DO, EVEN IF WE DON'T LIKE THE

WAY YOUR PASTOR TALKS, AND YOU'RE AT THAT CHURCH WITH THE

GUY, THE PROPHET GUY, WITH THE HIGH COLLAR. OKAY, I GOT THAT

ONE, ALL RIGHT, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. I LOVE YOU, PASTOR HANK.

IF THAT APPLIED TO YOU, IF, JUST IF. WELL, IT'S GREAT, I THINK

GOD'S UP THERE LAUGHING AT ALL OF US 'CAUSE HE'S GOING, "LOOK

AT THEM, "THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING." BUT WHEN WE COME

TOGETHER, IRON SHARPENS IRON, AND WE CAN GET SO MUCH MORE

DONE. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO REFLECT THE WORLD WE'RE MOST

AWARE OF, THEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR

WORLD. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO

THAT NOW. SO I'M GONNA ASK THE BAND, IF THEY'RE BACK FROM

GETTING COFFEE AND DONUTS, ICE CREAM WITH NUTS AND WHIPPED

CREAM. SUP? WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES. WHAT TIME? OH,

OKAY, I GOT IT, JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT I WANT US TO SPEND

SOME TIME IN WORSHIP. YOU'VE HEARD WHAT I SPOKE THIS MORNING,

AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, VERY SIMPLE, BUT I

WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS FROM US THAT WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER.

AND SOMETIMES THE HARDEST TIME TO SURRENDER IS ON A SUNDAY

MORNING, BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU

SHOULD HAVE DONE, OR ALL THE THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID,

OR THE MISTAKES YOU MADE, AND YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE A

HEATHEN STANDING HERE WITH YOUR HANDS UP AND WITH WHAT YOU DID

LAST WEEK AND NOT LOOKING FOR A SHOW OF HANDS. SO WITH THE

UNDERSTANDING OF SURRENDER, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE

WAY WE CHANGE AMERICA. THIS IS THE WAY WE CHANGE OUR FAMILIES.

NOW I GOT TO TELL YOU, I GOT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I DON'T EVEN

KNOW HOW TO TALK TO. BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE, ON DIFFERENT PATHS.

BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. I

KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY MADE A COMMITMENT. AND I HAVE TO

SURRENDER THEM TO HIM. AND SAY, GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW

YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS. BUT I CAN'T TALK TO THIS PERSON. I

CAN'T SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING MISUNDERSTOOD OR THOUGHT I'M

COMING DOWN OR WHATEVER. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TRUST YOU IN

THIS. I'M GOING TO KEEP PRAYING FOR THEM. OR MAYBE YOU'RE LIVING

WITH SOMEONE OR MAYBE IT'S YOURSELF THAT YOU'RE HAVING A

HARD TIME PHYSICALLY WITH SOME HEALING YOU NEED. AND YOU DON'T

UNDERSTAND WHY, AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY. IN SURRENDER, WE

ACCESS A LEVEL OF INTIMACY WITH GOD THAT ALLOWS US TO DISENGAGE.

IT'S LIKE PUTTING THAT GEAR SHIFT IN NEUTRAL AND SAYING,

OKAY, IT'S UP TO YOU, GOD, TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO LET'S ALL

STAND. GUYS, COME ON OUT HERE IF THERE'S SINGERS. I DON'T KNOW IF

THE WORSHIP... I DIDN'T TELL THEM TO DO THIS. WE'RE

GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES IN WORSHIP AND SEE WHAT GOD'S GOT

TO DO. SO WHATEVER THAT SITUATION THAT YOU'RE DEALING

WITH AT HOME OR AT YOUR WORK, MAYBE IT'S YOUR FINANCES, MAYBE

IT'S A LOST LOVED ONE OR A SICKNESS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER

IT IS, THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER IT AND LAY IT

AT THE ALTAR. DO YOU AGREE WITH ME? AGREE WITH THAT?

OKAY, GUYS, COME ON OUT. SING, LEAD US IN

SOMETHING, GUYS. I LIKE THE WORSHIP.

(MUSIC)

- TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU

I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU.

(MUSIC)

TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU

I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU

TO WORSHIP YOU. TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE.

- ALL RIGHT, LET'S, IN THESE LAST FEW MINUTES THIS MORNING,

THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING, BUT I DO NOT WANT AN

OPPORTUNITY TO PASS YOU BY. IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF A HEALING OR

SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU IN PRAYER, COME DOWN TO THIS ALTAR

RIGHT NOW. I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO PASTOR DOUG, BUT IN THE

TIME, IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO PRAY WITH YOU,

TERI, I NEED YOU TO COME UP HERE, WE'RE GONNA HELP PRAY. I

NEED SOME OF THE PASTORS AND THE STAFF HERE. WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR

YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY NEED WHATSOEVER. THIS IS THE TIME, WE

JUST TALKED ABOUT SURRENDER. COME ON AHEAD, IT'S ALL RIGHT,

COME ON NOW. THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE WALK IN SURRENDER, NOT

A SURRENDER OF OUR FAITH, BUT IN A SURRENDER OF OURSELVES.

UNDERSTAND WHO THE MINISTER, TRULY, THAT JESUS IS THE ONE

THAT DOES IT ALL, AMEN. OKAY, LET'S SING IT AGAIN WHILE THEY

PRAY FOR PEOPLE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PASTOR DOUG.

- TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU

I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU.

(MUSIC)

(MUSIC)

I'VE SEEN CANCER DISAPPEAR. I'VE SEEN METAL PLATES DISSOLVE.

YES I KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT. YES I KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT.

- GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD. THANK YOU JESUS.

THANK YOU JESUS.

- THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH. AS THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY UP HERE

WITH THOSE THAT ARE UP FRONT, IF YOU STILL NEED PRAYER AND YOU

DIDN'T GET UP HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP. WE STILL

HAVE ALTAR TEAM AND GROUPS UP HERE TO PRAY FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE

WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU NEED SPECIFIC PRAYER FOR SOMETHING IN

YOUR LIFE, I WANT THEM TO DISPLAY RIGHT NOW OUR 24-HOUR

PRAYER NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL 24 HOURS A DAY. EVEN IF YOU'RE

WATCHING THIS ON THE ARCHIVES, YOU CAN CALL 855-777-7907. WE

HAVE COUNSELORS, LICENSED PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO

PRAY AND AGREE WITH YOU 24 HOURS A DAY. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING

IN CONTINUOUSLY FOR PRAYER, PEOPLE GETTING SAVED, HEALED,

AND DELIVERED, AND GOD HAS THAT FOR YOU. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, WE JUST PUT OUR FAITH TOWARDS THOSE WATCHING ONLINE

TODAY, AND WE SAY THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS

PLACE IS AT WORK TODAY IN YOUR HOME, YOUR HOTEL ROOM, YOUR

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, AND I THANK YOU,

LORD, FOR TOUCHING THOSE THAT NEED A TOUCH, THAT ARE TUNED IN

AND FAITHFUL TO BE PART OF THIS SERVICE, AND WE COMMAND THE

HEALING POWER OF GOD TO GO TO WORK IN THAT SITUATION TO

RESTORE RELATIONSHIPS, HEAL BODIES, AND COVER THE NEEDS OF

THE INDIVIDUALS, FINANCIAL, SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, WHATEVER

THEY MAY BE, WE COVER THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND WE THANK

YOU FOR ANSWERED PRAYER IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN,

AMEN. IF OUR VOLUNTEERS NEED TO GET TO, THANK YOU, IF OUR

VOLUNTEERS NEED TO GET TO A PLACE NOW TO ATTEND TO THE

COFFEE SHOP OR A CHILDREN'S MINISTRY OR WHEREVER, YOU CAN BE

DISMISSED. FOR THE REST OF YOU, I WANTED TO HOLD YOU JUST FOR A

MOMENT AT THIS POINT. GIVE OUR VOLUNTEERS A HAND AS THEY LEAVE.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE HERE, MAYBE YOU'RE HERE FOR THE FIRST

TIME, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES, BUT YOU'VE NEVER

MAYBE BEEN IN A SERVICE LIKE THIS EVEN, WHERE YOU'VE HEARD

THE LORD SPEAK, YOU'VE SAW DIFFERENT ASPECTS, MAYBE

DIFFERENT THAN WHATEVER IT WAS YOU WERE BROUGHT UP IN, OR MAYBE

YOU WERE BROUGHT UP NOT BEING INVOLVED IN A CHURCH OR MINISTRY

AT ALL. WHATEVER YOUR CASE, HERE'S THE DEAL. GOD HAS A PLAN

FOR EACH OF US TO SURRENDER OUR LIVES, JUST LIKE PASTOR GENE

SAID, SURRENDER'S THE KEY. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE

DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU'RE AN UNSAVED PERSON, YOU

HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR

SAVIOR, WE HAVE TO SURRENDER. AND THEN IT'S A CONTINUAL

PROCESS, EVEN AS CHRISTIANS, WE SURRENDER TO WHAT GOD WANTS TO

DO IN OUR LIVES. SO LET ME JUST TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE CLOSE

AND ASK THE QUESTION, IS THERE POSSIBLY SOMEONE HERE OR

WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU'VE NEVER SURRENDERED COMPLETELY TO

JESUS CHRIST, YOU'VE NEVER MADE HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE,

THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT

YOU CAN DO. THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU CAN MAKE IS

NOT WHO YOU MARRY, WHAT JOB YOU TAKE, WHAT YOUR CAREER IS, WHAT

SCHOOL YOU GO TO, ANY OF THOSE THINGS. YES, THEY'RE IMPORTANT,

VERY IMPORTANT IN MANY WAYS. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT

YOU CAN EVER DECIDE IN YOUR LIFE IS WHO YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE. IS

IT GOING TO BE GOD OR IS IT GOING TO BE SATAN? BECAUSE

REALLY, THAT'S THE CHOICE WE HAVE. THERE'S TWO WORLDS.

THERE'S A SATANIC WORLD AND THERE'S THE WORLD OF JESUS.

THERE'S A WORLD OF GOD, AND WE HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. ARE WE

GOING TO SERVE GOD OR ARE WE GOING TO SERVE THE WORLD? AND

HERE'S THE THING. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY IN THIS

LIFE, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE ETERNALLY. BECAUSE EVENTUALLY,

EVERY ONE OF OUR BODIES WILL PERISH AND DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE

TO BE OLD TO DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SICK TO DIE. BUT YOU DO

HAVE TO BE READY TO DIE. WE BELIEVE FOR LONG LIFE AND

HEALING AND HEALTH IN THIS HOUSE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND

PREPAREDNESS, AND THE FIRST STEP TO BEING PREPARED FOR YOUR LIFE

AND THE ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LIFE IN DOING

WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO AND THEN BE SUCCESSFUL IN ETERNITY,

WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GONNA BE WITH GOD FOREVER, IS WHEN YOU MAKE

JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE HE SAYS, "I AM THE

WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. "NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER. NO

ONE CAN COME TO GOD UNLESS THEY COME THROUGH JESUS." MUHAMMAD

WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. ALI WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. BUDDHA

WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. HARNEY KERSTNER WON'T GET YOU TO

HEAVEN. THERE'S NONE OF THE OTHER WAY. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY

TO GET TO HEAVEN. SO LET ME DO THIS TODAY AS WE CLOSE. IF YOU

WOULD JUST BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. IS THERE ANYONE

HERE IN THIS ROOM BY CHANCE TODAY, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR

DOUG, I'VE NEVER SURRENDERED MY LIFE. "I'VE NEVER FULLY GIVEN

MYSELF TO GOD. "I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY. "I NEED TO MAKE A

DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST. "I NEED TO FIND PEACE WITH GOD. "I

NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN, "AND I WANT GOD

TO GUIDE ME AND DIRECT ME THROUGH THIS LIFE. "I DON'T

WANNA DO IT ON MY OWN ANYMORE. "I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO GOD.

"HE'S THE ONE THAT CREATED ME, SO I WANT TO MAKE HIM THE LORD

OF MY LIFE." IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND.

I CAN'T SEE FROM THE LIGHTS, BUT IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU

SAY, "I NEED PRAYER TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR

CHRIST TODAY. I WANT TO DO IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON MY

WAY TO HEAVEN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HEAVEN IS MY HOME WHEN I

LEAVE." RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW. ONE, TWO, THREE, RIGHT NOW,

ON THE COUNT OF THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S YOU. IS

THERE ANYONE HERE? USHERS, HELP ME. DO I SEE ANYONE HERE? IS

THERE A HAND RAISED HERE? SOMEONE DOWN HERE? OH, OKAY.

SANDY, YOU'RE SAVED, YOU'RE IN. I KNOW YOUR HEART. YOU CAN,

YOU'RE FINE. LET'S GIVE SANDY A HAND. SHE HAS A TENDER HEART.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SHE'D GET SAVED EVERY SUNDAY BECAUSE SHE LOVES GOD, AND

THAT'S OKAY. I'D RATHER HAVE PEOPLE WITH TENDER HEARTS TO

MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "I'VE BEEN LIVING

IN SIN." I'VE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, HEY, IT HAPPENS. WE ALL

HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "I NEED TO REPENT, GET

RIGHT WITH GOD. I'M NOT LIVING RIGHT. I'VE MADE DECISIONS THAT

ARE WRONG." IF THAT'S YOU, I WANT YOU TO COME UP TO THESE

PEOPLE IN THE ALTAR TEAM RIGHT NOW. THEY'LL PRAY WITH YOU.

THEY'LL HELP YOU TO GET THROUGH THIS. TURN YOUR LIFE. THE GOOD

NEWS IS, IF YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION, YOU CAN DO A

180, YOU CAN TURN THE OPPOSITE WAY. GOD WILL ACCEPT YOU BACK AS

IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT. HE SAYS YOUR SINS ARE FORGOTTEN AS FAR

AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST. AND YOU CAN START FRESH WITH

HIM. SO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. IF YOU'VE NEVER ACCEPTED

JESUS CHRIST, YOU NEED TO DO IT. CALL OUR ONLINE NUMBER THAT YOU

HAVE UP THERE. THEY'LL PUT IT UP AGAIN, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT

YOU GET THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE TO PEOPLE

HERE. WELL, A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS I NEED TO MAKE.

DON'T FORGET THIS WEDNESDAY WE HAVE MIDWEEK RECHARGE AGAIN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF THE GOD. IF YOU CAN DO

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAYS, THAT'S A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR

YOU. SO PULL OUT, PULL AWAY, GET RECHARGED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

WEEK. IN THIS PARTICULAR WEDNESDAY, I'M FINISHING THE

THIRD INSTALLMENT OF MY MESSAGE SERIES ON THE POWER OF THE

DEPENDENCY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR GOD MORE ACCURATELY. WE'VE BEEN KIND

OF MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT

WAY. YOU KNOW, GOD DOES NOT CREATE US TO JUST STUMBLE AROUND

AIMLESSLY, AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY HIT A WALL, TRY AND CALL

ON HIM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. NO, HE WANTS US TO BE LED BY

HIM CONTINUOUSLY. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO DON'T MISS THAT. THAT'LL BE ONLINE ALSO

RIGHT HERE IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN THIS FRIDAY, GAME CHANGERS

HAS A FELLOWSHIP EVENT, FREE FOOD, GAMES, FELLOWSHIP, 6:30

P.M. DO THEY MEET, DOES ANYONE KNOW, DO THEY MEET INSIDE FIRST

AND THEN THERE'S OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES? OKAY, SO IT'LL BE IN

THE SOUTH AUDITORIUM? IN THE CONNECT CENTER. COME RIGHT TO

THE CONNECT CENTER, 6:30 FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THAT'LL BE THE GAME

CHANGERS EVENT, A TIME OF GREAT FELLOWSHIP. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T

CONNECTED WITH GAME CHANGERS YET, IT'S OPEN TO ALL AGE

GROUPS, BUT IT'S A GREAT TIME TO GET INVOLVED AND HAVE ANOTHER

OPPORTUNITY FOR FELLOWSHIP. AND THEN PASTOR MIKE WANTED ME TO

MENTION THAT TODAY IS THE LAST SUNDAY TO SIGN UP FOR CORE YOUTH

CAMP. IT STARTS AUGUST 3RD, AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN THE

CHAPEL TODAY TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR REGISTRATIONS. AND IF

PARENTS HAVE NOT TURNED IN THEIR FORMS YET FOR CORE YOUTH CAMP,

YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE CHAPEL TODAY AT FOLLOWING SERVICE HERE.

OH, AND THEN I WANTED TO REMEMBER OR REMIND YOU THAT

PASTOR GENE AND TERI WILL BE OUT AT THE BOOK TABLE TODAY. I DON'T

KNOW, DID THEY EVEN TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY BROUGHT FOR BOOKS

TODAY, OR DID I MISS THAT? BUT THEY HAVE BOOKS, AND I DON'T

KNOW WHAT ALL THEY HAVE. WHAT DO THEY HAVE? HATS AND T-SHIRTS AND

ALL KINDS OF GOODIES. SO DON'T FORGET TO GO OUT TO THE BOOK

TABLE, SUPPORT THEM, AND THEY'LL BE THERE TO SIGN THEIR BOOKS AND

GREET YOU TODAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THE

ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUT DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF GOD

SUNDAY. PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA WILL BE HERE. AND THEN WHAT WAS

THE OTHER? OH, OUR OFFERING, OUR GUEST OFFERING. THANK YOU. I

ALMOST FORGOT. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANT TO SEND PASTOR GENE

WITH $1. I NEED YOUR HELP TODAY. SO THANK YOU, TEAM. TOO MANY

THINGS TODAY. SO ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN OR GO BE

SEATED, I THINK WE'VE HAD EVERYONE UP HERE, THAT'S FINE.

BUT USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE. AND WE WANT TO HONOR OUR GUEST. YOU

KNOW, GOD SENDS US HIS CHOICE VESSELS, AND WE WANT TO HONOR

THEM TODAY, HONOR PASTOR GENE AND TERI. AND HE'S OFF SALARY.

SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO SUPPORT HIM AND WHAT HE'S DOING,

BECAUSE HE STILL HAS TO BUY GROCERIES AND RUN FLASHPOINT.

AND SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO

BLESS HIM WITH AN OFFERING TODAY. GIVING INFORMATION IS ON

THE SCREEN. YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO IT. USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE

WITH ENVELOPES. IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK OR GIVE CASH,

RAISE YOUR HAND. THEY'LL GIVE YOU AN ENVELOPE. IF YOU'RE

ONLINE TODAY AND YOU CAN HELP, JUST MARK SPECIAL GUEST ON THAT

DESIGNATION AND THAT WILL GO TO PASTOR GENE AND TERI TODAY

BECAUSE WE WANT TO BLESS ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING. THAT MAN HAS

A GIFT AND AN ANOINTING TO DO WHAT HE DOES WITH FLASHPOINT AND

ALL THE AREAS THAT HE MINISTERS IN, SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT HIM IN

ANY WAY WE CAN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M JUST GIVING THE USHERS

A MOMENT HERE TO GATHER THOSE. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER AND

THEN GIVEN SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS SO THAT I COULD, BUT NOW I HAVE TO

RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT JUST TO, CAROL, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP

AND RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT FOR ME SO THAT I COULD JUST HAVE A

LITTLE BIT OF TIME? WE DO HAVE EDDIE HERE, THOUGH. HE CAN KIND

OF KEEP ME GOING A LITTLE BIT. COME UP WITH THAT MUSIC LEVEL A

LITTLE BIT, EDDIE. I GOT TO HAVE SOME TIME HERE. WHY DON'T YOU

STAND WITH ME? THANK YOU, LORD. WHILE YOU'RE PREPARING YOUR

OFFERING AND WHILE THE USHERS ARE ASSISTING YOU, JUST GIVE HIM

ONE LAST TIME OF PRAISE. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME TO BE WITH

GOD. WE'VE LEARNED, WE'VE GROWN. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL THAT

YOU'VE DONE IN THIS PLACE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANOINTING. WE

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR GIFTS THAT YOU SEND TO THIS PLACE. AND

WE JUST WORSHIP YOU TODAY. IT ALL COMES FROM YOU. WE GIVE YOU

GLORY FOR IT ALL. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. AS SOON AS

THE USHERS HAVE SERVED YOU, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED. GOD BLESS

YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU

FOR COMING. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE.

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