7/9/25 - The Power of Dependency on the Holy Spirit!

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- GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. I SAID GOOD EVENING,

LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. HOW MANY KNOW THAT MIRACLES DON'T JUST

HAPPEN ON SUNDAY? THEY HAPPEN ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,

THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, EVERY DAY THAT YOU ARE IN THE

PRESENCE OF GOD AND WE'RE IN THE PRESENCE, SO LET'S GET READY TO

EXPECT GOD TO MOVE TONIGHT, AMEN? LET'S GO.

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- COME ON. THIS IS THE WILD AND

DANGEROUS CROWD, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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GOD IS FIGHTING FOR US, GOD IS ON OUR SIDE. HE HAS OVERCOME,

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- HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW GOD IS FIGHTING FOR US?

HE'S FIGHTING FOR YOU, AND YOU, AND YOU, AND YOU. IF YOU KNOW

IT YOU NEED TO SHOW IT. COME ON! IS HE FIGHTING FOR YOU?

DO YOU BELIEVE IT? NO MATTER WHAT THAT DOCTOR REPORT SAID.

I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. YOU DON'T HAVE

TO BELIEVE IT. STEP IN! COME ON! OH GOD!

I WANT TO HEAR YOU SHOUT! I WANT TO HEAR YOU SHOUT!

COME ON, LIKE YOU'RE AT A NEBRASKA GAME.

SHOUT! YOU GOT TO GIVE HIM GLORY.

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- WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE LIFT UP

OUR PRAISE AND WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU. FATHER, WE JUST WANNA TOUCH

YOUR HEART. WE WANNA TOUCH YOUR HEART, LORD. WE ARE LONGING FOR

YOU. WE ARE HUNGRY FOR YOU. FATHER, WE'RE ASKING FOR A

VISITATION. LET THE HEAVENS OPEN. LET THE HEAVENS OPEN!

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- LET IT OPEN. LET IT OPEN. LET IT OPEN. LET IT OPEN.

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LET THE HEAVENS OPEN.

- LET YOUR KINGDOM COME, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS

IT IS IN HEAVEN. LET YOUR KINGDOM COME, LET YOUR WILL BE

DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

LET YOUR KINGDOM COME, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT

IS IN HEAVEN. LET YOUR KINGDOM COME, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE ON

EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. COME ON! LET YOUR KINGDOM COME,

LET YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

LET YOUR KINGDOM COME, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS

IN HEAVEN. LET YOUR KINGDOM COME, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. LET YOUR KINGDOM COME,

LET YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

LET YOUR KINGDOM COME, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. LET YOUR KINGDOM...

- HALLELUJAH, WE WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT IN THIS PLACE, FATHER.

WE SAY, LET YOUR KINGDOM COME. LET

YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH. LET YOUR WILL BE

DONE IN OUR LIVES, FATHER. OH, WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS. OH,

SUPREME KING OF THE EARTH, KING OF THE WORLD, KING OF THE

UNIVERSE, KING OF ALL CREATION, WE WORSHIP YOU. OH, WHEN WE

SPEAK YOUR NAME, JESUS, CHAINS ARE BROKEN. WHEN WE SPEAK YOUR

NAME, THE SICK ARE HEALED. WHEN WE SPEAK YOUR NAME, THE DEAD

COME TO LIFE. WHEN WE SPEAK YOUR NAME, RELATIONSHIPS ARE

RESTORED. WHEN WE SPEAK YOUR NAME, PROSPERITY COMES. WHEN WE

SPEAK YOUR NAME, ALL THINGS COME TO LIFE AND WE WORSHIP YOU. WE

WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE. OH, HOLY ONE, WE WELCOME YOU. WE

WELCOME YOUR PRESENCE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE ANOINTING, FOR THE

ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE. HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. WE LIFT

OUR HANDS TO YOU TONIGHT. WE TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO EXPRESS

OUR LOVE AND OUR WORSHIP AND OUR ADORATION. YOU'RE SO GOOD.

FATHER, YOU'RE SO GOOD. JESUS, YOU'RE SO GOOD. HOLY SPIRIT,

YOU'RE SO GOOD. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU

TONIGHT, LORD. OH, YOU'RE SO CONSIDERATE OF US, LORD. YOU

KNOW HOW MANY HAIRS ARE ON OUR HEAD. YOU'RE CONCERNED IF A

SPARROW DROPS TO THE GROUND. YOU KNOW IT. OH, WE WORSHIP YOU.

HALLELUJAH. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE. THANK YOU, JESUS.

THANK YOU, JESUS. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. OH, PRAISE

GOD. PRAISE GOD. I'M JUST WAITING ON GOD

HERE FOR A MOMENT. THANK YOU, JESUS.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMEONE THAT'S HERE OR SOMEONE ONLINE OR

BOTH OR WHATEVER, BUT HERE'S WHAT I FEEL IN MY SPIRIT. IS

THERE SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE TO SEW? I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT, YES,

YOU DO LOVE TO SOW S-O-W INTO FINANCES, BUT YOU LOVE TO SEW

S-E-W, SEW MATERIAL TOGETHER, LIKE TO MAKE CLOTHES OR ARTICLES

OF CLOTHING OR WHATEVER. YOU LIKE TO SEW, BUT YOU'VE BEEN

FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN SO, I WANNA SAY LIKE HEAVY LADEN

WITH THE CARES OF LIFE THAT YOU HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY

THIS HOBBY OF YOURS WHICH IS SEWING. AND GOD HAS A WORD FOR

YOU TONIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT ANYONE HERE BY CHANCE?

THAT'S YOU? OH, COME UP HERE QUICKLY. OKAY, COME UP HERE.

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

GOD SHOWED ME WAS THAT AS YOU MOVE INTO MORE AND MORE TRUST IN

WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU, HE'S GONNA TAKE, HE SAW THAT, THAT, I MEAN,

WE THINK, OH, THAT, IS THAT REALLY IMPORTANT, WHAT SOMEONE'S

HOBBY IS? YES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GOD. LIKE I SAID, HE KNOWS HOW

MANY HAIRS WE HAVE ON OUR HEAD OR DON'T HAVE ON OUR HEAD,

RIGHT? AMEN. AND SO HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT EVEN THINGS LIKE

OUR HOBBIES. HE'S EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT PASTOR HANK'S TRAIN HOBBY.

HE WANTS HIM TO HAVE THE BEST. AND HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE THE

ABILITY TO ENJOY WHAT HE'S GIFTED YOU TO DO. AND SO WHAT

I'M HEARING THE HOLY GHOST SAY TONIGHT IS START MOVING INTO,

EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU DON'T HAVE TIME OR EVEN THE CARES OF THE

WORLD HAVE GOTTEN YOU CONSUMED WITH THINGS, YOU START MOVING

INTO THAT THING THAT YOU LOVE. AND WHAT THE LORD SAID TO ME, AS

YOU SOW, YOU WILL GO. AND THAT MEANS THIS, AS YOU DO MORE OF

YOUR HOBBY, THAT GOD IS GOING TO EVEN OPEN UP THINGS FOR YOU TO

DO MORE FOR HIM, AND YOU WILL SOW IN THE NATURAL, CLOTHING,

ARTICLES, AND THAT THINGS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO A SOWER INTO

PEOPLE'S LIVES OF S-O-W, SOWING, WHERE YOU'RE GIVING INTO

PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THE HEARTS AND MINISTRIES, AND YOU LOVE TO

DO THAT, AND GOD'S GONNA OPEN THAT UP FOR YOU, AND SO AS YOU

SEW, S-E-W, YOU'RE GOING TO DO MORE S-O-W-ING, SOWING INTO

PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HEARTS AND TOUCH PEOPLE, AND THEN THOSE

THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVY LADEN ON YOU, THAT YOU'VE BEEN

CARRYING, ARE GONNA JUST KINDA FLOAT AWAY AS YOU PURSUE THAT

WITH GOD. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AND YOU BE BLESSED. YES,

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

JESUS. THE OTHER THING I'M SEEING IS THERE'S SOMEONE AND

YOU HAVE A SON THAT YOU'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. YOU HAVE A SON,

S-O-N, THAT YOU'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. IT'S LIKE YOU

TRAINED YOUR SON, YOU NURTURED YOUR SON. YOU DID THE BEST AND

YOU'VE EVEN PRAYED THIS, "FATHER, I'VE DONE THE VERY BEST

THAT I COULD TO RAISE HIM." NOT THAT YOU HAVEN'T MADE MISTAKES,

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES FOR RAISING CHILDREN, BUT YOU DID YOUR BEST

AT THE TIME, FROM THE TIME THE CHILD WAS BORN THROUGH WHEREVER

HE'S AT NOW, YOU DID YOUR BEST WHILE HE WAS UNDER YOUR CARE TO

NURTURE HIM, TO TRAIN HIM IN THE THINGS OF GOD, AS MUCH AS YOU

KNEW, THAT IS, BUT YOU PLANTED INTO HIM. BUT NOW HE'S CAUSED

SOME HEARTACHE AND SOME DISCOURAGEMENT, AND IT'S KEEPING

YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT TO WHERE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS. AND

GOD IS SAYING, DON'T WORRY, DON'T GET INTO FEAR, BECAUSE THE

WORD SAYS, TRAIN UP A CHILD AS THEY WILL GO, AND THEY WILL NOT

DEPART. I'M NOT GETTING THE WORDS JUST RIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW

WHAT THE SCRIPTURE IS. TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD

GO, AND THEY WILL NOT DEPART. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, GOD'S

SAYING, STAND ON THAT, AND FIND THREE OR FOUR OTHER SCRIPTURES

THAT YOU CAN STAND ON, AND WRITE 'EM OUT, AND BELIEVE GOD FOR

THEM, AND MOVE INTO FAITH, AND NOT INTO FEAR. AND I'M SPEAKING

TO SOMEONE, I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE ONLINE I'M SPEAKING TO.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT THAT'S KIND OF YOU? YOU DON'T HAVE TO

COME UP HERE TONIGHT. THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE BACK THERE, OKAY.

AND SO, ANOTHER ONE. SO, MOVE OUT OF WORRY AND FEAR, WHICH

OPENS A DOOR FOR THE DEVIL TO ATTACK, AND MOVE INTO FAITH, AND

JUST KEEP CONFESSING THE WORD OVER THIS SITUATION. AND I

BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA SEE DIVINE TURNAROUND, THE PRODIGALS ARE

COMING BACK IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. MATTHEW, I

HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WOULD YOU RUN UP HERE? NOW I

FEEL LED TO DO THIS. COME ON UP HERE, MATTHEW. GIVE MATTHEW A

HAND AS HE COMES. THIS MAN HAS SUCH A GREAT HEART AND HE'S

INSTANT IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON, SO THAT'S NOT WHY I KNOW

I CAN PULL ON HIM. HERE'S WHAT I'M FEELING IS THAT THE LORD

WOULD HAVE US PRAY TONIGHT AGAINST ATTACKS. I'M TALKING

ABOUT TERRORIST ATTACKS, SLEEPER CELLS, ANY OF THAT STUFF THAT

WOULD TRY AND MAKE ITS WAY. AND THEN THIS IS A COMBO PRAYER. I

ALSO WANT YOU TO PRAY AGAINST STORMS AND PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE

IN TEXAS. IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF HIT THOSE

THREE THINGS IN SHORT AND POWERFUL. OKAY.

- ALL RIGHT. HALLELUJAH. LET'S JOIN OUR FAITH

TOGETHER. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOUR WORD SAYS

THAT WHERE TWO OR MORE GATHERED IN YOUR NAME. FATHER, THAT THERE

IS POWER, AND WE ARE SEATED IN THAT PLACE IN CHRIST JESUS, FAR

ABOVE ALL PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS. AND SO WE TAKE OUR

HEAVENLY POSITION NOW IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT, AND WE

DECREE AND DECLARE THAT OVER THIS NATION, LORD, WHERE THE

SPIRIT OF TERROR WOULD TRY TO COME IN, WE BIND AND REBUKE THAT

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, EVEN OVER THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING

OVER THIS NATION, IN TEXAS, FATHER. WE DECREE AND DECLARE

NOW THAT PEACE COMES OVER THAT AREA. AND WHERE STORMS AND RAINS

HAD COME, WE SAY, PEACE NOW, BE STILL. THAT THESE THINGS

DISSIPATE, LORD, AND THAT THERE BEGINS TO BECOME A RESTORATION

OVER THIS REGION NOW. AS EVEN THE PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER, LET

LOVE NOW OVERCOME EVERY TRAGEDY AND EVERY FEAR, BECAUSE YOUR

WORD SAYS THAT LOVE CONQUERS ALL. AND SO WE DECREE AND

DECLARE THAT THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD OVER THIS NATION

NOW, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOUR WORD SAYS, CAN A NATION BE SAVED IN A

DAY? AND WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY PROVEN IT,

GOD, AND YOU'RE DOING THAT IN THIS VERY MOMENT. AND SO WE

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE

DONE IN THIS DAY AND THIS SEASON, THAT YOU HAVE DELIVERED

US OUT SO THAT YOU CAN DELIVER US IN. AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR

THAT, GOD. WE GIVE YOU GLORY AND PRAISE FOR IT, AND WE GIVE YOU

ALL HONOR AND THANKS FOR IT. BECAUSE EVEN AS YOUR WORD SAYS

IN PHILIPPIANS, "WITH ALL PRAYERS AND SUPPLICATIONS AND

THANKSGIVING, MAKE YOUR REQUESTS KNOWN TO GOD, AND THE PEACE OF

GOD WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MIND." SO WE THANK YOU

FOR THAT NOW IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

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- GLORY, WELL, YOU CAN BE SEATED. I GET

TO, ANYONE KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? HALLELUJAH. THAT'S RIGHT. SO

USHERS, YOU CAN HAND OUT IF ANYBODY WANTS ONE. OTHERWISE,

THEY'LL BE PUTTING THE INFORMATION UP SOON. I GET TO

GIVE THE OFFERING MESSAGE. AND I WAS JUST IMPRESSED OF THE LORD A

WHILE BACK. I READ A SCRIPTURE. AND WHAT WAS UNUSUAL ABOUT IT,

IT WAS A STORY ABOUT A THIEF WHO GOT HONORED. AND IT'S KIND OF

ONE OF THOSE STRANGE ONES. BUT HE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HE

FIGURED OUT A WAY TO PREPARE FOR HIS FUTURE. AND WHEN HE DID IT,

THE BOSS THAT HE STOLE FROM HONORED HIM. NOW, THIS IS A

SCRIPTURE, AND YOU CAN READ IT IN LUKE 16. AND JESUS HONORED

HIM. REALLY? YEAH. BECAUSE IN LUKE 16:8 IT SAYS, “AND THE LORD

Luke 16:8

COMMANDED THE UNJUST STEWARD,” OR THE BOSS, COMMANDED THE

UNJUST STEWARD, “BECAUSE HE HAD DONE WISELY," OR HE HAD BEEN

PROGRESSIVELY LOOKING AHEAD. FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD ARE

IN THEIR GENERATION WISER THAN THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT. SO JESUS

HONORED THIS THIEF. YOU SAY, WELL, WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? HE

WASN'T HONORING HIM FOR HIS BEING A THIEF. HE WAS HONORING

HIM FOR THE FACT THAT HE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO USE HIS MONEY

AND HIS RESOURCES AND WHAT RESOURCES HE HAD TO PREPARE FOR

HIS FUTURE. AND YOU CAN READ ON IN THAT SCRIPTURE AND HE

EXPLAINS WHY. SAYS, "WE DON'T SERVE MAMMON, WE DON'T SERVE

MONEY. "WE HAVE TO CHOOSE WHO WE SERVE AND WE SERVE HIM. "SO WE

USE OUR MONEY TO PREPARE FOR OUR FUTURE. "WE USE OUR RESOURCES TO

PREPARE FOR OUR FUTURE." SO WHEN YOU'RE GIVING, YOU'RE NOT JUST

GIVING TO YOUR PRESENT TIME, YOU'RE GIVING TO YOUR FUTURE.

YOU'RE PREPARING FOR YOUR FUTURE. AND NOT, JESUS DOESN'T

LEAVE IT AT THAT, IT'S NOT JUST THE FUTURE HERE IN THIS TIME

PERIOD, BUT IT'S IN THE FOREVER LIFE. JESUS SAYS YOU CAN USE

YOUR MONEY TO PREPARE FOR YOUR FOREVER LIFE. NOW IF JESUS SAID

THAT, I GUESS I HAVE TO BELIEVE IT, DON'T I? EVERYONE WANNA

BELIEVE THAT? BECAUSE JESUS SAID IT. SO BE WISER THAN THE PEOPLE

OF THE WORLD. BE WISER THAN THIS THIEF. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST

PREPARING FOR THE HERE AND NOW, YOU'RE PREPARING FOR FOREVER.

AND SO AS YOU GIVE, YOU DO THAT. AS THEY PUT UP THE INFORMATION

AND PUT IT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE, SO THOSE WHO ARE

ONLINE, YOU CAN GIVE AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE PROCESS OF

PREPARING FOR YOUR FUTURE FOREVER. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL

THE GIVING THAT YOU DO, ESPECIALLY EVERYONE HERE AND OUT

ONLINE, BECAUSE IT IS WHAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE FOR GOD TO USE US

IN THE KINGDOM. 'CAUSE HE USES US IN THE KINGDOM. AND EVERY ONE

OF US ARE A PART OF THAT. AND THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE, DAY BY

DAY, HOUR BY HOUR. SO AS YOU'RE GETTING YOUR GIFTS READY, LET'S

PRAY. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THE POWER OF YOUR PRESENCE TO

USE US, TO USE OUR WEALTH, THE WEALTH THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US,

TO PREPARE OUR FUTURE, HERE ON EARTH AND FOREVER. AND

I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT IT'S DONE. IN

JESUS' NAME, AMEN. YOU CAN GIVE IN THE OFFERING.

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- THANK YOU, PASTOR KEITH. HALLELUJAH. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE

THANKFUL FOR PASTOR KEITH? AMEN. PRAISE GOD. HALLELUJAH. CAN YOU

HEAR ME TONIGHT? OKAY, I'M DOING OKAY. HALLELUJAH. OH, WHILE THE

USHERS ARE RECEIVING TONIGHT, LET ME REMIND YOU IN CASE, SO I

DON'T FORGET, DR. RICHARD ROBERTS WILL BE IN THE HOUSE ON

SUNDAY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT AN HONOR. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST

LISTENING TO SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY AND THEY WERE SAYING

PROBABLY IN THE LAST 100, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS THEY

WENT BACK AND THINKING THIS, BUT JUST SOME OF THE GREATEST MOVES

OF GOD HAPPENED AS FAR AS SOULS COMING IN WITH BILLY GRAHAM,

JIMMY SWAGGART, EARL ROBERTS, OF COURSE WE'VE GOT BROTHER KENNETH

HAGIN AND KENNETH COPELAND. I MEAN, WE COULD KEEP GOING, BUT

JUST SO MANY OF THOSE GENERALS ARE MOVING ON, BUT HERE WE HAVE

THE SON OF ONE OF THE GENERALS COMING SUNDAY, DR. EARL ROBERTS

WAS, I MEAN, IF YOU GO BACK, JUST GO TO YOUTUBE SOMETIME AND

START CHECKING OUT SOME OF HIS CRUSADES AND WATCH HIS TEACHING

AND YOU'LL GET INSPIRED. AND WE NEED TO HONOR

DR. EARL ROBERTS JUST BY HONORING HIS SON.

(CONGREGATION AGREEING)

- AND LET'S FILL THIS PLACE. AND I KNOW PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA

AND PASTOR SHANE AND CHRISTY ARE ON VACATION, BUT THEY WANT YOU

HERE TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT COME IN. AND THEY DON'T JUST THROW

OUT SOMETHING AND SAY, "HEY, WE'RE GONNA SEND SOME GUEST

SPEAKER IN TO MINISTER." THEY PRAY ABOUT IT AND BELIEVE THAT

THIS IS WHAT GOD'S WILL IS FOR THIS COMING SUNDAY. AND THEN WE

HAVE DR. GENE BAILEY THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY. SO WE ARE

BEING ROYALLY TREATED WHILE THEY ARE OUT. AND SO HONOR THAT, AND

I KNOW YOU WILL. BUT BRING A FRIEND, TOO. INVITE SOMEONE ELSE

TO COME IN THAT MAYBE HASN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE. AND IT'S A

GOOD OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER COMING. BY THE

WAY, IT'S DR. EARL ROBERTS' SON. MOST PEOPLE HAVE HEARD, I MEAN,

THERE'S SOME THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T HEARD OF EARL ROBERTS. ANYWAY.

BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE TAKING NOTES, I'VE TITLED A

MESSAGE TONIGHT, THE POWER OF DEPENDENCY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT.

WE'RE SO DEPENDENT ON THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND I JUST WANNA BRING

OUT A FEW THINGS TONIGHT THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW,

AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THIS EARTH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TERRITORY TO

TAKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CHALLENGES TO FACE, AND THERE'LL

BE SOME PUSHBACK AS WE ADVANCE IN GOD'S PLAN AND WHAT HE WANTS

US TO DO, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS HE HAS GIVEN US EVERY TOOL THAT

WE NEED TO DO IT. HE'S EQUIPPED US WELL, AND I HAVE A MESSAGE OF

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU TONIGHT. YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS

JOURNEY. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. YOU'RE NOT A LONE RANGER. NOT

ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE BODY OF CHRIST WITH YOU, BUT YOU HAVE

GOD, THE FATHER, JESUS, AND THE MIGHTY HOLY SPIRIT. AND WE'RE

GONNA TALK AND KIND OF CENTER ON SOME THINGS ABOUT THE HOLY

SPIRIT TONIGHT. BUT I WANNA FOCUS ON A SCRIPTURE IN A

PASSAGE THAT I'M GONNA READ IN A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE BOOK OF

ZECHARIAH. IT'S A PERSONAL WORD TO US CONFIRMING THE POWER OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES TO GUIDE US, DIRECT US, AND ASSIST

US AS WE DO GOD'S WORK ON THIS EARTH. AND WHEN WE'RE IN GOD'S

PLAN, HE'LL GIVE US THE VICTORY IN EVERY SITUATION, AMEN? NOW

MANY TIMES AS PENTECOSTALS, WE'VE HEARD AND QUOTED THE VERSE

FROM ZECHARIAH 4:6. YOU COULD PROBABLY QUOTE IT FROM MEMORY

Zechariah 4:6

TONIGHT. "NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT," SAYS

THE LORD OF HOSTS. PENTECOSTALS LOVE THIS VERSE BECAUSE WE

UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING ETERNALLY VALUABLE GETS

ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. BUT MANY OF

US, EVEN PENTECOSTALS, ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CONTEXT OF

THAT VERSE AND WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH, REALLY, OTHER THAN THE

FACT THAT IT'S ENCOURAGING TO KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS

WITH US AND WILL GIVE US THE TOOLS WE NEED. BUT WE'RE GOING

TO DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE CLOSER TONIGHT. AND I WANT TO

REMIND YOU AGAIN, I'M REPEATING MYSELF TONIGHT AND I'M DOING IT

ON PURPOSE, BUT THIS IS A PERSONAL WORD TO YOU. PAUL THE

APOSTLE WROTE IN 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17, "ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN

2 Timothy 3:16–17

BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IT'S PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR

REPROOF, AND FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS." SO THE WORD OF

GOD IS GIVEN TO ALL OF US TO HELP US IN OUR DAILY LIVING. AND

ORIGINALLY THIS MESSAGE WAS GIVEN FROM THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH

TO ANOTHER Z NAME, A MAN BY THE NAME OF ZERUBBABEL, TO ENCOURAGE

ZERUBBABEL IN WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE LORD. BUT

TONIGHT I WANT THIS TO BE A PERSONAL WORD TO YOU TO

ENCOURAGE YOU IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AMEN? ARE YOU WITH ME

TONIGHT? OKAY, OKAY. SO I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS MESSAGE AS GOD

SPEAKING THROUGH THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH DIRECTLY TO YOU. PUT

YOUR NAME IN THERE. IF IT'S SALLY, IF IT'S NANCY, IF IT'S

JIM, OR IT'S HENRY, PUT YOUR NAME IN THERE. ZECHARIAH IS

SPEAKING TO ME. SO LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORICAL

BACKGROUND BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER. AND THEN WE'LL READ

THAT PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE. AS YOU KNOW, THE ISRAELITES WERE

ENSLAVED IN EGYPT FOR ALMOST 400 YEARS UNTIL MOSES LED THEM OUT

OF BONDAGE. AND THEN CENTURIES LATER, AFTER THEY RETURNED TO

THE PROMISED LAND, THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR JEWISH

KINGDOM. AND THEN THE ISRAELITES WERE CONQUERED BY THE

BABYLONIANS, LED BY KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR II. THERE WAS A

DESTRUCTION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE AT THAT POINT IN TIME BY THE

BABYLONIAN ARMY. 587 BC, YOU'LL SEE SOLOMON'S TEMPLE WAS BEING

DESTROYED. THAT BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE CAME DOWN. IT WAS DURING THAT

BATTLE THAT THE BABYLONIANS DESTROYED THE FIRST JEWISH

TEMPLE, SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. AND AFTER THAT BATTLE, THE JEWISH

PEOPLE WERE DEPORTED TO BABYLON. JUST LIKE WE'RE DEPORTING SOME

ALIENS TODAY, THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THEY'VE BEEN DEPORTED A LOT OF

TIMES ALL AROUND THIS EARTH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD STILL

BREATHES ON THEM. GOD'S STILL WITH THEM. IT'S AMAZING. THERE'S

STILL JEWS ALIVE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY, BUT THAT JUST TELLS

YOU THAT GOD'S WORD IS TRUE AND THAT THERE IS CHOSEN PEOPLE. I

MEAN, IT'S PROOF THAT THIS WORD IS TRUE. SO, BECAUSE THEY SHOULD

HAVE BEEN EXTINGUISHED FROM THE EARTH. AND THEN WHY WOULD, I

MEAN, I'M OFF MY SUBJECT ALREADY, BUT WHY WOULD SATAN

CHOOSE TO WIPE THIS LITTLE GROUP OF INSIGNIFICANT PEOPLE OFF IF

THEY WEREN'T IMPORTANT? I MEAN, WHY WOULD HE EVEN CARE ABOUT

THEM WHEN THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE AND CULTURES? OH,

WELL, WE COULD GO THAT PATH, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GO ANY FURTHER

THAN THAT ONE. BUT AFTER THAT BATTLE, THE JEWISH PEOPLE WERE

DEPORTED TO BABYLON, LIKE I SAID, AND THEN THE ISRAELITES

WERE CAPTIVE IN BABYLON UNTIL ANOTHER BATTLE OCCURRED, AND

THAT WAS WHEN THE PERSIANS CAME IN AND FREED THOSE ISRAELITES

FROM BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY. 48 YEARS AFTER THEY WERE DEPORTED

TO BABYLON AND HAD TO GO THROUGH THE HARDSHIP OF BEING IN THIS

BABYLONIAN TERRITORY OR KINGDOM, THEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE WERE

AGAIN MOVED BECAUSE THE PERSIANS CAME IN. BUT THE GOOD THING

ABOUT THE PERSIANS AND KING CYRUS WAS HE WAS KIND TO THE

JEWS. AND HE SAID, YOU CAN GO BACK TO JERUSALEM, AND YOU CAN

REBUILD YOUR TEMPLE. HE LET THEM GO. HE ALLOWED THEM TO RETURN TO

JERUSALEM. AND IF YOU'LL PUT UP THIS MAP THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU

HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE RUINS OF BABYLON ARE. I DON'T

KNOW IF YOU CAN READ IT FROM WHERE YOU'RE SITTING, BUT IT'S

THAT AREA THAT'S MARKED IN YELLOW ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF

YOUR SCREEN. AND THEN THEY HAD TO TAKE A LONG TRIP ALL THE WAY

BACK TO JERUSALEM, AND THEY WERE LED BY ZERUBBABEL. AND THAT TRIP

WAS ABOUT 1,700 MILES. IT TOOK ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS 40 DAYS

TO GET TO THAT NEW LOCATION. I'M SORRY, FOUR MONTHS. I WAS GOING

TO SAY 40 DAYS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE JEEPS BACK THEN, SO IT WAS FOUR

MONTHS. GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS A TREK

TO GET BACK. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT GOING

BACK TO JERUSALEM TO REBUILD THIS TEMPLE. ZERUBBABEL LED THIS

FIRST GROUP OF JEWISH PEOPLE AND KING CYRUS AND THE PERSIANS WERE

STILL IN CONTROL. THEY WEREN'T COMPLETELY FREE PEOPLE. THEY

STILL WERE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PERSIANS, BUT AT LEAST THE

PERSIANS WERE KIND TO HIM AND SAID, "YOU CAN GO BACK AND DO

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO." ZERUBBABEL WAS THE RECOGNIZED PRINCE OF

JUDAH DURING THIS TIME AND HE ACTED AS THE GOVERNOR OF THOSE

JEWISH PEOPLE. NOW, ZECHARIAH 4 FOCUSES ON A VISION THAT THE

PROPHET ZECHARIAH HAD DURING THIS TIME AND HE'S SPEAKING A

MESSAGE TO ZERUBBABEL, THE PRINCE OR THE GOVERNOR OF JUDAH.

LIKE I SAID, I'M KIND OF REPEATING MYSELF BECAUSE THERE'S

SO MANY DIFFERENT DETAILS HERE. IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING IF

YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY. SO YOU MIGHT HEAR ME SAY

SOMETHING TWICE OR IN A DIFFERENT FASHION. AND I'M DOING

THAT ON PURPOSE. THE VISION THAT WE LOOK AT TONIGHT WILL REASSURE

ZERUBBABEL AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL THAT GOD WILL EMPOWER

THEM TO DO THE JOB THAT HE'S COMMISSIONED THEM TO DO. AND

THAT'S REBUILDING THE TEMPLE. HE'S GOING TO ASSIST THEM IN THE

COMPLETION OF THIS REBUILDING. AND THIS VISION DEPICTS A GOLDEN

LAMP STAND WITH TWO OLIVE TREES. AND YOU'LL SEE IT'S A VIVID

ILLUSTRATION OF HOW GOD SUPERNATURALLY PROVIDES FOR THE

WORK OF THE MINISTRY BY USING THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE

COMPLETION OF THE ASSIGNED WORK ON EARTH. NOW I WANT TO READ

THIS PASSAGE. WE'VE KIND OF GIVEN SOME HISTORY TO IT.

ZECHARIAH, YOU CAN READ ALONG, FOLLOW ME AS I READ THIS. I WANT

TO READ IT OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE

BIT COMPLICATED READING THESE VISIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT

AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS IS ZECHARIAH 4:1-10 OUT OF THE

Zechariah 4:1–10

AMPLIFIED BIBLE. “AND THE ANGEL WHO WAS SPEAKING WITH ME CAME

BACK AND AWAKENED ME LIKE A MAN WHO IS AWAKENED OUT OF HIS

SLEEP. AND HE SAID TO ME, "WHAT DO YOU SEE?" I SAID, "I SEE AND

BEHOLD A LAMPSTAND ALL OF GOLD WITH ITS BOWL FOR OIL ON THE TOP

OF IT AND ITS SEVEN LAMPS ON IT WITH SEVEN SPOUTS BELONGING TO

EACH OF THE LAMPS WHICH ARE ON THE TOP OF IT. AND THERE ARE TWO

OLIVE TREES BY IT, ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOWL AND THE

OTHERS ON THE LEFT SIDE, SUPPLYING IT CONTINUOUSLY WITH

OIL. SO I ASKED THE ANGEL WHO WAS SPEAKING WITH ME, WHAT ARE

THESE, MY LORD? THEN THE ANGEL WHO WAS SPEAKING WITH ME

ANSWERED ME, DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT THESE ARE? AND I SAID, NO,

MY LORD. THEN HE SAID TO ME, NOW LISTEN TO THIS. THIS CONTINUOUS

SUPPLY OF OIL IS THE WORD OF THE LORD TO ZERUBBABEL, THE PRINCE

OF JUDAS, SAYING, "NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT,

"OF WHOM THE OIL IS A SYMBOL," SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. WHAT ARE

YOU, O GREAT MOUNTAIN OF OBSTACLES, BEFORE ZERUBBABEL,

WHO WILL REBUILD THE TEMPLE? YOU WILL BECOME A PLAIN,

INSIGNIFICANT, IN OTHER WORDS, AND HE WILL BRING OUT THE

CAPSTONE OF THE NEW TEMPLE WITH LOUD SHOUTS OF GRACE, GRACE TO

IT. ALSO THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME SAYING, THE HANDS OF

ZERUBBABEL HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS HOUSE AND

HIS HANDS WILL FINISH IT. THEN YOU WILL KNOW AND YOU'LL

RECOGNIZE AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND FULLY THAT THE LORD OF HOSTS HAS

SENT ME AS HIS MESSENGER TO YOU, "WHO WITH REASON DESPISES THE

DAY OF SMALL THINGS "OR SMALL BEGINNINGS. "FOR THESE SEVEN

EYES SHALL REJOICE "WHEN THEY SEE THE PLUMB LINE IN THE HAND

OF ZERUBBABEL. "THEY ARE THE EYES OF THE LORD, "WHICH ROAM

THROUGHOUT THE EARTH." AMEN. ZERUBBABEL WAS THE MAIN GUY IN

CHARGE OF LEADING THIS EFFORT TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE. AND THERE

WERE MANY, MANY OBSTACLES FOR ZERUBBABEL AND THE ISRAELI

PEOPLE AS THEY FACED THIS JOB. THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH OPPOSITION

FROM THE SAMARITANS AND OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE. THE JEWISH

PEOPLE THEMSELVES WERE A LITTLE BIT DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE LACK

OF RESOURCES THAT THEY HAD. AND THEY HAD A DILAPIDATED STATE OF

AFFAIRS IN JERUSALEM. I MEAN, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT OLD TEMPLE

THAT YOU SAW THE PICTURE OF, SOLOMON'S TEMPLE, WAS LAYING IN

RUINS. I MEAN, THINK OF THE WORK JUST TO GET IT CLEARED SO THAT

THEY COULD BUILD A NEW TEMPLE. AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE MODERN DAY

BULLDOZERS LIKE WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. I MEAN, IT WAS WORK. THESE

JEWS HAD BEEN UNDER TREMENDOUS HARDSHIP IN BABYLON. AND NOW

THEY HAD A MESS TO CLEAN UP AND A GIANT TASK TO REBUILD THE

SECOND TEMPLE. THE PRIMARY OPPONENTS OF REBUILDING THE

TEMPLE WERE THESE SAMARITANS. THEY ACTIVELY SOUGHT TO HINDER

THE PROJECT, AND THEY TRIED TO HALT THE CONSTRUCTION. THESE

SAMARITANS INITIALLY OFFERED TO HELP REBUILD THE TEMPLE. THEY

OFFERED TO HELP ORIGINALLY, BUT THEN THEY TURNED HOSTILE TOWARDS

ZERUBBABEL WHEN HE REJECTED THEIR OFFER TO HELP. SAMARITANS

CAME TO ZERUBBABEL AND SAID, WE'LL HELP. ZERUBBABEL SAID, YOU

KNOW WHAT? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP. AND

THEN THE SAMARITANS GOT MAD AND HOSTILE. ZERUBBABEL'S REFUSAL OF

ALLOWING THEM TO HELP LED TO HOSTILITY. AND THESE SAMARITANS

THEN DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION.

REBUILDING THE TEMPLE WAS A MASSIVE EFFORT, AND IT WOULD

HAVE BEEN TEMPTING FOR ZERUBBABEL TO ACCEPT ANY HELP HE

COULD GET, BUT HE HAD A REASON FOR REFUSING THEIR HELP. HE

WASN'T WILLING TO TAKE ANY SHORTCUTS AND ALLOW THOSE NOT

FULLY DEVOTED TO GOD TO BE PART OF IT. THERE'S A GREAT LESSON IN

THIS FOR US. THE SAMARITANS WERE NOT SERVING THE GOD OF ISRAEL.

THEY WERE BASICALLY WICKED PEOPLE, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY.

THEY WEREN'T WORSHIPING THE GOD OF ISRAEL. THIS IS A GREAT

LESSON FOR US HERE. INTEGRITY AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD ALWAYS

PROVES TO BE THE BLESSED PATH. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY FOR

ZERUBBABEL TO THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF I GOT SOME FREE LABOR

HERE, I BETTER USE THEM AND JUST LET THEM WORK. IT'D BE SO MUCH

EASIER, A SHORTCUT. BUT HE KNEW THAT WAS NOT GOD'S PLAN. THE

IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DECISION WASN'T AN EASY THING

FOR ZERUBBABEL TO DEAL WITH. AND IN OUR OWN LIVES, WE'VE ALL HAD

TO FACE DECISIONS LIKE THAT, I'M SURE, WHERE IT'S EASY TO

SOMETIMES TAKE A SHORTCUT, BUT WE KNOW IT WOULDN'T BE PLEASING

TO GOD. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THE OBEDIENT PATH OF BLESSING. AMEN?

COMPROMISING INTEGRITY OR TAKING A SHORTCUT FROM GOD'S DESIRED

PATH IS ALWAYS A BAD DECISION. SO WHAT WE SEE FROM THIS

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE TONIGHT IS IF WE FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN AND DO THE

THINGS GOD'S WAY, THERE WILL BE BLESSING. AND WHEN GOD HAS A

PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH, IT WILL GET DONE. SO GOD GIVES THE PROPHET

ZECHARIAH THIS VISION OF A LAMPSTAND CONNECTED TO TWO OLIVE

TREES. SO THERE YOU SEE A LAMPSTAND AND THERE'S AN OLIVE

TREE ON BOTH SIDES AND IT'S CONNECTED LIKE WITH TUBES RIGHT

TO THE LAMPSTAND. IT'S WHAT ZECHARIAH IS SEEING HERE IS A

SELF-FILLING LAMPSTAND BECAUSE THIS LAMPSTAND IS CONNECTED

DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE, THE OLIVE TREES. LET ME READ VERSE 6

AGAIN TO YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT UP UNLESS YOU GOT IT

RIGHT THERE BUT IT SAYS, "THEN HE SAID TO ME, "THIS CONTINUOUS

SUPPLY OF OIL "IS THE WORD OF THE LORD TO ZERUBBABEL, "SAYING,

NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, "BUT BY MY SPIRIT, OF WHOM THE OIL IS

A SYMBOL, "SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. "THE LAMPS WERE FILLED

WITH SPECIALLY PREPARED OLIVE OIL. "THE LAMPSTAND THAT

ZECHARIAH SAW IN THIS VISION "WAS FED DIRECTLY FROM THESE

TREES." AND THERE'S ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION HERE THAT

I WANNA TALK ABOUT FOR A MINUTE. "FILLING THIS LAMPSTAND WAS

MANUAL LABOR "THAT HAD TO BE DONE AGAIN AND AGAIN, DAY IN AND

DAY OUT. "ONE OF THE MORE TEDIOUS DUTIES OF THE TEMPLE

SERVANTS "OR THE PRIESTS WAS THE CONSTANT CARE "OF THE LAMPSTAND

IN THE TEMPLE. "THEY HAD TO BE CONTINUALLY CLEANED OF SOOT.

"THEY HAD TO BE REFILLED WITH OIL, "AND THEIR WICKS HAD TO BE

MAINTAINED. BUT HERE GOD GIVES ZECHARIAH THIS PICTURE OF A

SELF-OPERATING, AUTOMATICALLY REFILLING, AUTOMATICALLY

REFILLING, THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY, LAMP. IT'S CONSTANTLY

CONNECTED TO THIS SOURCE OF PURE OLIVE OIL. IT'S A CONFIRMING

MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ZERUBBABEL THAT THIS WORK WOULD BE EASY

IF THEY WOULD JUST TRUST IN HIM. NOW TO FULLY UNDERSTAND

THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT GOD'S SHOWING ZECHARIAH, WE NEED TO

UNDERSTAND WHAT'S INVOLVED IN KEEPING THAT LAMPSTAND

OPERATING. THE LAMPSTAND, OR THE MENORAH, IN THE JEWISH TEMPLE

WAS INTENDED TO BE BURNED CONTINUOUSLY EVERY NIGHT. FROM

EVENING ALL THE WAY TO THE BREAK OF DAY, THAT LAMPSTAND WAS NOT

TO BE EXTINGUISHED. EXODUS 20:20-21 EXPLAINS, "THIS WAS

Exodus 20:20–21

DONE AS A SYMBOL OF GOD'S PRESENCE "AND LIGHT AMONG HIS

PEOPLE. "THE PRIESTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE

LAMPS, "ENSURING THEY WERE FILLED WITH PURE OIL "AND THE

WICKS WERE PROPERLY TRIMMED. "AND THIS WORK WAS GRUELING AND

IT WAS EXPENSIVE WORK." DID YOU KNOW IT TAKES ABOUT 40 POUNDS OF

OLIVES JUST TO MAKE A HALF A GALLON OF OLIVE OIL? 40 POUNDS

OF OLIVES IS A LOT OF OLIVES. THAT'S A LOT OF OLIVES. OLIVES

AREN'T THAT HEAVY, SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE MASS BULK THAT IT

WOULD TAKE TO GET 40 POUNDS. AND THAT'S A WEEK'S WORTH OF

OPERATING THAT LAMP IN THE TEMPLE. THESE OLIVES WERE

HAND-PICKED AND ALLOWED TO FERMENT, AND THEN THEY WERE

CRUSHED TO MAKE THE OIL. SO THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.

LET'S PUT THAT PICTURE UP THERE. THERE THEY ARE, CRUSHING OLIVES

JUST TO MAKE THE OLIVE OIL. THINK OF CRUSHING 40 POUNDS OF

OLIVES EVERY WEEK TO MAKE ENOUGH OIL JUST TO RUN THAT ONE LAMP

STAND IN THE TEMPLE. IN THIS VISION OF THE TWO OLIVE TREES

CONNECTED AND AUTOMATICALLY SUPPLYING OIL TO THE LAMP, ALL

OF THE HARD WORK OF PICKING THE OLIVES, LETTING THEM FERMENT,

CRUSHING THEM, GETTING THAT PURE OIL REFINED ENOUGH TO GO IN AND

THEN FILLING IT MANUALLY IN THOSE LAMPS, ALL THAT WAS

ELIMINATED BECAUSE THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE TWO OLIVE

TREES. IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC PROCESS THAT GOD WAS GIVING THE

VISION OF. THINK ABOUT IT IN OUR TERMS TODAY. HAVING AN

AUTOMATICALLY REFILLED LAMP STAND COULD BE COMPARED TO HAND

WASHING CLOTHES LIKE THEY DID IN THE 1800S VERSUS HAVING AN

AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINE TODAY. IN THE 1800S, HAND WASHING

CLOTHES WAS A LABORIOUS PROCESS AND IT INVOLVED A LOT OF STEPS.

CLOTHES WERE TYPICALLY SOAKED OVERNIGHT. THEY WERE SCRUBBED ON

A WASHBOARD, ONE PIECE OF CLOTHING AT A TIME, AND THEN

THEY WERE USUALLY BOILED IN A COPPER POT. THEN THEY HAD TO BE

RINSED, AND THEN THEY HAD TO BE WRUNG OUT. AND FINALLY, THEY

WOULD HANG THEM TO DRY ON A CLOTHESLINE. TODAY, IT'S MUCH

EASIER. WE CAN THROW OUR LOAD IN THE MACHINE, ADD SOME DETERGENT,

PRESS A BUTTON, AND IT DOES IT FOR US. IT SOAKS THEM IF YOU

WANT IT TO. IT SCRUBS THEM. IT RINSES. AND IT SPINS THE EXCESS

WATER OUT. THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

HERE, JUST TO SEE IN YOUR TERMS WHAT ZERUBBABEL WAS SEEING IN

THIS VISION, OR NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE VISION OF

ZECHARIAH, WAS THAT THIS WAS AN AUTOMATIC PROCESS, AND GOD WAS

TRYING TO DISPLAY IT IN TERMS THAT THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND TO

SAY, "IT'S GOING TO BE EASY WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT." IT'S AN

ENCOURAGING WORD TO GOD'S PEOPLE AND ZERUBBABEL CONCERNING THE

REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE. "NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY

SPIRIT," SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. THE VISIONS AND ASSURANCE THAT

DESPITE OBSTACLES AND TRIALS AND SETBACKS, WHICH ARE REFERRED TO

IN THAT PASSAGE AS A GREAT MOUNTAIN, THE TEMPLE WAS GOING

TO BE COMPLETED. THE PEOPLE OF GOD WERE FEELING HELPLESS TO

REBUILD THE TEMPLE, AND THIS VISION WAS A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT

TO THEM THAT HIS POWER WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE. AND EVEN

THOUGH THE RESISTANCE FROM THE ENEMIES WAS EVIDENT, IT WOULD

COME TO PASS. AMEN? THE PASSAGE CONTAINS SO MUCH, BUT I WANT TO

BRING OUT FOUR POINTS TONIGHT THAT I THINK ARE ENCOURAGING TO

REMEMBER FROM THE PASSAGE. NUMBER ONE, GOD'S SPIRIT IS OUR

SOURCE OF POWER. SAY THAT WITH ME. GOD'S SPIRIT IS OUR SOURCE

OF POWER. NUMBER TWO, NO OBSTACLES WILL THWART GOD'S

PLAN. NO OBSTACLES WILL THWART GOD'S PLAN. AND THEN NUMBER

THREE, THE CAPSTONE AND COMPLETION IS EVIDENCE OF GOD'S

GRACE. AND NUMBER FOUR, DO NOT DESPISE SMALL BEGINNINGS. SO

NUMBER ONE, GOD'S SPIRIT IS OUR SOURCE OF POWER. THAT CENTRAL

VERSE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, IT'S ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HIS SPIRIT,

NOT BY HUMAN STRENGTH OR HUMAN RESOURCES. THE WORK OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT IS HOW THE TEMPLE WAS REBUILT. ANY SIGNIFICANT

ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR GOD COMES BY AND THROUGH THE POWER OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT WORKING. NO AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, OR MORAL

STRENGTH ON ITS OWN CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING OF ETERNAL

VALUE. NOW, HOW OFTEN DO WE FIND OURSELVES TRYING TO DO THINGS

FOR OURSELVES OR LOOKING TO SEE WHAT OTHERS CAN DO TO HELP US?

IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES, FROM DEALING WITH OUR ASSIGNMENTS

FROM HEAVEN, OR FOR DEALING WITH OUR OWN FAMILY AND FRIENDS, OR

OUR MEDICAL NEEDS, OUR HEALTH, OUR EDUCATION, MAYBE OUR JOB,

OUR WORK, YOU NAME IT, WE'VE ALL BEEN GUILTY OF TRYING TO HANDLE

PROBLEMS ON OUR OWN. THE BIBLE REMINDS US OVER AND OVER TO STOP

TRYING TO DO IT ON OUR OWN. PSALM 33:16, "THE BEST EQUIPPED

Psalms 33:16

ARMY CANNOT SAVE A KING, NOR IS GREAT STRENGTH ENOUGH TO SAVE A

WARRIOR. DON'T COUNT ON YOUR WAR HORSE TO GIVE YOU VICTORY, FOR

IT'S ALL ITS STRENGTH, IT CANNOT SAVE YOU. BUT THE LORD WATCHES

OVER THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, THOSE WHO RELY ON HIS UNFAILING LOVE,

SAYING RELY ON GOD, NOT OUR OWN PHYSICAL STRENGTH OR OUR OWN

NATURAL ABILITY. GOD USES THAT, BUT WE CAN'T RELY AND TRUST IN

IT. NUMBER TWO, NO OBSTACLE WILL THWART GOD'S PLAN. THE GREAT

MOUNTAIN IN VERSE 7, IT SAYS, WHAT ARE YOU, GREAT MOUNTAIN?

THAT REPRESENTS THOSE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT

ZERUBBABEL FACED IN REBUILDING THE TEMPLE. GOD ASSURED HIM THAT

HE WOULD LEVEL THOSE OBSTACLES BY THE POWER OF HIS SPIRIT. AND

GOD'S LEVELED THE OBSTACLES TIME AND TIME AGAIN FOR LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH. FOR PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA, WE'VE SEEN THAT TIME AND

TIME AGAIN IN THIS MINISTRY. THEY HAD OBSTACLES. THEY HAD

MOUNTAINS. THEY HAD THINGS THAT WERE BEFORE THEM THAT LOOKED

IMPOSSIBLE. BUT IT CAME TO PASS BECAUSE OF TRUSTING IN THE HOLY

SPIRIT AT WORK. AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON FOR CONNECTION

AND JOINING IN THE VISION OF YOUR PASTOR. YOU RECEIVE AND YOU

COME UNDER A DIVINE COVERING IN THE SPIRIT WHEN YOU JOIN IN WITH

YOUR PASTOR AND SUPPORT HIM. WHEN YOU BECOME A MEMBER OR AN

E-MEMBER, YOU COME UNDER THAT COVERING BECAUSE THEY PRAY FOR

THOSE MEMBERS AND E-MEMBERS DAILY. AND THERE'S SOMETHING

ABOUT IT. PSALM 92:13 SAYS, "THOSE WHO ARE PLANTED "IN THE

Psalms 92:13

HOUSE OF THE LORD SHALL FLOURISH "IN THE COURTS OF OUR GOD."

HALLELUJAH. IT'S CONNECTED TO LONG LIFE, BY THE WAY. NUMBER

THREE, THE CAPSTONE AND COMPLETION IS EVIDENCE OF GOD'S

GRACE. VERSE 7 SPEAKS OF THE HEADSTONE OR THE CAPSTONE, WHICH

SYMBOLIZES THE COMPLETION OF THE TEMPLE. IT SAYS, "AND HE WILL

BRING OUT THE CAPSTONE "OF THE NEW TEMPLE WITH LOUD SHOUTS OF

GRACE, GRACE TO IT." THIS SIGNIFIES THAT GOD WILL NOT ONLY

START A WORK, BUT HE CAN ALSO BRING IT TO A SUCCESSFUL

CONCLUSION BY HIS GRACE, AND HE'LL DO THAT AT LORD OF HOSTS

AND IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES. IT'LL ALL END WELL WHEN WE SERVE

GOD AND FOLLOW HIS PLAN, AMEN? AND THEN NUMBER FOUR, DO NOT

DESPISE SMALL BEGINNINGS. VERSE 10 READS, "WHO DESPISES THE DAY

OF SMALL THINGS "OR SMALL BEGINNINGS?" THAT'S AN

ENCOURAGEMENT NOT TO DESPISE THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS. IT'S A

REMINDER THAT EVEN SEEMINGLY INSIGNIFICANT BEGINNINGS CAN

LEAD TO GREAT THINGS WHEN WE'RE EMPOWERED BY GOD. YOU KNOW, YOU

MAY THINK THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE TRAINING OR YOU DON'T HAVE

THE QUALIFICATIONS OR YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY OR YOU DON'T

HAVE THE GIFTING TO DO WHAT GOD'S CALLED YOU TO DO, BUT

REMEMBER, HE'S THE GREAT EQUALIZER. WHAT YOU CAN'T DO, HE

CAN MAKE UP FOR YOU. HALLELUJAH. YOU MAY NOT BE UP TO THE TASK IN

YOUR NATURAL ABILITY, BUT GOD WILL INTERVENE AND MAKE YOU

EQUAL TO THE TASK THAT HE'S CALLED YOU TO ACHIEVE. TAKE

HEART. YOU MAY BE WORKING WITH SMALL BEGINNINGS, BUT LISTEN TO

ME, FRIENDS. THE GREATEST EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY BEGAN WITH A

BABY BORN IN A BARN. THE GREATEST EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY

BEGAN WITH A BABY THAT WAS BORN IN A BARN. WHO WOULD HAVE EVER

THOUGHT OF THAT? WHO COULD HAVE CONCEIVED THAT? GOD IS A MASTER

AT ACCOMPLISHING HIS PURPOSES WITH THE LITTLE THAT WE HAVE. HE

CAN TAKE THE LITTLE AND MAKE IT GREAT. BUT IT DOESN'T GET DONE

BY HUMAN STRENGTH AND HUMAN INGENUITY. IT GETS DONE BY THE

FLOW OF THE SPIRIT. JESUS IS OUR PERFECT EXAMPLE. EVERYTHING

JESUS DID WAS NOT BY HIS OWN POWER OR STRENGTH. THAT WAS

JESUS. THE WORD TELLS US THAT. DID YOU KNOW THAT? IT WASN'T BY

HIS POWER OR STRENGTH. JESUS DEPENDED ON THE SPIRIT. LET'S

LOOK AT LUKE 4:18-19. IT SAYS, "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON

Luke 4:18–19

ME, FOR HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO BRING THE GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR.

LORD, HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM THAT CAPTIVES WILL BE RELEASED,

THAT THE BLIND WILL SEE, THAT THE OPPRESSED WILL BE SET FREE,

AND THAT THE TIME OF THE LORD'S FAVOR HAS COME. SO THE SPIRIT OF

GOD ANOINTED JESUS TO DO THOSE GREAT WORKS. AND HE CAN DO THE

SAME FOR US. HE DOES. AMEN? MOST OF OUR HEROES IN THE BIBLE HAD

SMALL, HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. MANY HAD NO, IN FACT, MOST OF THEM

HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WOULD ACCOMPLISH THE GREAT THINGS FOR

GOD THAT THEY DID. THEY HAD NO IDEA. AND TODAY, JUST LIKE IT

WAS WHEN ISRAEL WAS REBUILDING THE TEMPLE, THERE ARE MANY

SUBSTITUTES THAT MAN ATTEMPTS TO USE. NOTHING IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR

THE POWER OF THE MIGHTY HOLY SPIRIT IN DOING THE WORK OF THE

MINISTRY. SOME TRUST IN THE POWER OF MONEY, SOME TRUST IN

EDUCATION, SOME TRUST IN GOVERNMENT, SOME TRUST IN THEIR

DENOMINATION. BUT NONE OF THOSE THINGS OR NATURAL ABILITIES

SHOULD BE DESPISED. GOD CAN USE THEM. HE CAN WORK THROUGH THEM.

HE CAN USE THE SKILLS. I MEAN, HE CREATED US WITH SKILLS AND

WISDOM, AND HE WANTS US TO USE OUR MINDS AND OUR ABILITIES AND

OUR TALENTS, BUT THEY'RE WORTHLESS UNLESS THEY'RE

ACCOMPANIED BY GOD'S POWER. MYLON LEFEVRE USED TO SAY, "TO

HAVE GOD'S SUPERNATURAL POWER OPERATE IN YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED

BOTH THE SUPER, WHICH IS GOD'S MIRACULOUSLY WORKING POWER IN

YOUR LIFE, PLUS THE NATURAL, WHICH IS US WORKING TOGETHER

WITH HIM. WE'RE WORKERS TOGETHER WITH HIM. AND THEN WHEN YOU

COMBINE THE SUPER AND THE NATURAL, YOU HAVE THE

SUPERNATURAL, WILLIE. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED WORKING IN OUR

LIVES, THE SUPERNATURAL. WE CAN'T JUST DO IT ALL ON OUR OWN.

HALLELUJAH. PRAISE GOD. THE HOLY SPIRIT'S THE THIRD PART OF THE

TRINITY AND HAS HAD DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE CREATION AND

THE REDEMPTION OF ALL THINGS. ACCORDING TO GENESIS 1:21, “IT

Genesis 1:21

WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT BROODED UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP, AND

AT THE COMMAND OF GOD, HE RESTORED THE EARTH TO A

CONDITION THAT WAS INHABITABLE FOR ALL OF CREATION.” LUKE 1:35

Luke 1:35

TELLS US “THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME UPON MARY, AND BY THE HOLY

SPIRIT, SHE CONCEIVED THE SON OF GOD.” HALLELUJAH. ONLY THE HOLY

SPIRIT CAN CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN, OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND

JUDGMENT. ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN QUICKEN A DEAD SOUL TO

NEWNESS OF LIFE. ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN BRING THE ANOINTING

OF GOD WITH THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST.

ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE THE COMFORTER FOR A TROUBLED SPIRIT.

ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN MAKE INTERCESSION FOR US. ONLY THE

HOLY SPIRIT CAN HEAL A SICK BODY OR BRING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE.

ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN GIVE SUPERNATURAL WISDOM TO US WHEN

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AND NAVIGATE SPIRITUAL TRUTHS OR WE

NEED TO DISCERN GOD'S WILL OR WE NEED TO EFFECTIVELY MINISTER TO

OTHERS. WE NEED GOD'S HELP TO DO THAT. THAT'S WHAT THE HOLY

SPIRIT DOES. THE ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE AND THE

ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE CHURCH'S POWER SOURCE.

ZECHARIAH 4:6, "NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, "BUT BY MY SPIRIT,"

Zechariah 4:6

SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. SO HOW DO WE DEPEND UPON THE SPIRIT? AS

I START TO WIND DOWN HERE, HOW DO WE DO THIS? HOW DO WE LET GO

AND LET GOD? WHAT DO YOU AND I NEED TO DO TO COME TO THE PLACE

THAT WE'RE FULLY RELIANT ON THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OPERATE IN AND

THROUGH OUR LIVES? HOW DO WE PUT ZECHARIAH 4.6 INTO PRACTICE IN

OUR DAILY LIVES? LET'S JUST LOOK AT THREE POINTS HERE. NUMBER

ONE, WELL, LET ME READ THE THREE TO YOU FIRST OF ALL HERE, AND

THEN WE'LL JUST LOOK AT THEM QUICKLY. ACTIVELY PURSUE

FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. ALLOW THE HOLY

SPIRIT ACCESS IN YOUR LIFE, AND THEN SEEK GOD'S WILL,

INVOLVEMENT OF HOLY SPIRIT, AND HOLY SPIRIT WISDOM CONTINUOUSLY.

NUMBER ONE, ACTIVELY PURSUE FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNION WITH

THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE BIBLE STATES THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT

RESIDES WITHIN EVERY BELIEVER. IN OTHER WORDS, ONCE, WELL,

FIRST OF ALL, THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS ON UNBELIEVERS. BUT WHEN A

PERSON GETS SAVED, THEY HAVE A MEASURE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, OR

THEY WOULDN'T BE SAVED. ALL BELIEVERS POSSESS THE HOLY

SPIRIT. IT'S JUST NOT THE FULLNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

ROMANS 8:9 TELLS US THAT. IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE WITH ME, I'LL

Romans 8:9

GIVE YOU A SCRIPTURE FOR IT. IT SAYS, "BUT YOU ARE

NOT CONTROLLED BY YOUR SINFUL NATURE. YOU ARE CONTROLLED BY

THE SPIRIT IF YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVING IN YOU.

THIS IS SPEAKING OF CHRISTIANS. AND THEN HE SAYS, "AND REMEMBER

THAT THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST LIVING IN THEM

DO NOT BELONG TO HIM AT ALL." SO YOU CANNOT BE A BELIEVER AND NOT

HAVE A MEASURE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. EVEN BAPTISTS HAVE A

MEASURE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, PASTOR KEITH.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A SUBSEQUENT

GIFT THAT BELIEVERS EXPERIENCE. THE

BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A DIRECT CONNECTION

TO THE POWER OF GOD. ACTS 1:8 TELLS US THAT, "BUT YOU

Acts 1:8

SHALL RECEIVE POWER. AFTER THAT, THE HOLY GHOST HAS COME UPON

YOU." IT'S A POWER GIFT, JANET. IT GIVES YOU POWER. IT CHANGES

YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE

POWER GIFT COMES WITH AN EVIDENCE. WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT,

WE BELIEVE THE INITIAL EVIDENCE OF RECEIVING THE BAPTISM OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT IS SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES. EVERY BORN AGAIN CHILD

OF GOD IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, YOU'VE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST YOUR

SAVIOR, YOU'VE MADE HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE, THEN YOU ARE

ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. HALLELUJAH.

RECEIVING THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE TIME THAT YOU

CAN RECEIVE THAT TANGIBLE POWER OF GOD WORKING IN YOUR LIFE. AND

THEN THE GIFT OF TONGUES, THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT COME

ALONG WITH THAT, BUT IT'LL STRENGTHEN YOU SPIRITUALLY,

IT'LL BUILD YOUR FAITH, IT'LL HELP YOU PRAY THE WILL OF GOD,

AND IT OPENS THE DOOR TO OTHER GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. NUMBER TWO,

ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT ACCESS IN YOUR LIFE. EPHESIANS 5:8 TELLS

Ephesians 5:8

US NOT TO BE DRUNK WITH ALCOHOL, BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.

AND AS BELIEVERS, WE NEVER WANT TO HINDER THE WORK OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT BY IGNORING HIS PROMPTINGS OR HIS INFLUENCE. WE

HAVE TO REALIZE THAT GOD NEVER OVERRIDES MAN'S FREE WILL. JUST

LIKE HE DIDN'T WHEN YOU DECIDED TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN. YOU HAD

TO MAKE THE DECISION TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN. GOD DIDN'T FORCE YOU

TO GET SAVED. YOU MADE THE DECISION WITH YOUR OWN WILL. AND

HE DOES THE SAME THING WITH CHRISTIANS. HE ALLOWS YOU TO BE

AS FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT AS YOU WANT TO BE. YOU HAVE A DECISION.

YOU CAN EVEN RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SPEAK

WITH TONGUES AND STILL NOT BE FILLED TO THE PLACE THAT GOD

WANTS YOU TO. YOU CAN STILL BE FILLED TO A GREATER EXTENT EVEN

AFTER RECEIVING THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AS YOU DESIRE

MORE, HE GIVES YOU MORE. AS YOU WALK MORE IN HIS WILL, AS YOU

RECEIVE MORE, YOU HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE MORE AND YOU CAN

CONTINUE TO GROW IN THAT AREA. SOMEONE THAT'S JUST NEWLY SAVED

AND THEN MAYBE NEWLY BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT GONNA BE

AS STRONG IN THE SPIRIT AS SOMEONE THAT'S WALKED WITH GOD

FOR 50 YEARS AND BEEN FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT FOR 50 YEARS.

WE'RE ALL AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. BUT NEVER IGNORE HOLY SPIRIT

CONVICTION. WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS US OF A SIN,

IMMEDIATELY REPENT SO YOUR CONSCIENCE IS NOT HARDENED. MANY

PEOPLE THINK OF HARDENED CRIMINALS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT

SOMEONE WITH A HARDENED OR A SEARED CONSCIENCE. BUT EVEN

WELL-MEANING CHRISTIANS CAN SEAR THEIR CONSCIENCE OVER TIME.

PASTOR HANK EVEN TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. HE REFERRED

TO IT, MAYBE HE DIDN'T CALL IT THAT, BUT HE TALKED ABOUT THE

THINGS THAT YOU LET INTO YOUR LIFE AND LISTENING TO SECULAR

THINGS ALL THE TIME AND JUST FILLING YOUR LIFE WITH SECULAR

THINGS AND SPENDING ALL THE TIME ON FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND

FILLING YOUR LIFE WITH THAT INSTEAD OF FILLING IT WITH THE

THINGS OF GOD, THAT CAN SEAR YOUR CONSCIENCE. IT CAN CAUSE

YOU TO WALK THE WRONG WAY AND GET INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT YOU

SHOULDN'T INSTEAD OF PULLING TOWARDS GOD AND THE THINGS THAT

HE WANTS US TO BE INVOLVED IN. PAUL SPOKE OF THOSE THAT WERE

SEARED IN THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE AS WITH A BRANDING IRON IN 1

1 Timothy 4:2

TIMOTHY 4:2, "AND THOSE WHO, BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF THEIR

HEART, HAVE BECOME CALLOUS," EPHESIANS 4:18-19. SO THE SEARED

Ephesians 4:18–19

CONSCIENCE AND THE HARDENED CALLOUS HEART BOTH DESCRIBE THE

SAME CONDITION. WE WERE CREATED BY GOD WITH UNIQUE AND INTRINSIC

FACULTY THAT GIVES US A KIND OF THIRD-PERSON PERSPECTIVE ON THE

RIGHT OR WRONG ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE. IT'S A SECRET INNER VOICE

OF THE LORD SPEAKING TO US. IN THE PHYSICAL REALM, THE

CONSCIENCE IS COMPARED TO THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM. IF I TAKE

A KNIFE AND CUT MY ARM, I'LL FEEL PAIN. AND THAT'S A GOOD

THING BECAUSE THAT PAIN TELLS ME, OH, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

WITH MY ARM, AS IF I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I'D CUT MYSELF.

THAT WASN'T THE BEST ILLUSTRATION, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT

I'M SAYING. WHEN YOU GET HURT AND YOU FEEL PAIN, THAT'S YOUR

BODY'S ALARM SYSTEM TO YOU SAYING THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG,

YOU NEED TO TEND TO IT, YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THERE'S SOME

THROBBING PAIN THERE. LIKEWISE, WHEN A PERSON SINS, THE HUMAN

SOUL HAS A WARNING SYSTEM THAT SOUNDS AN ALARM BECAUSE OF OUR

ACTIONS. THE SOUL ALARM SOUNDS OUT, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, THERE'S

SOMETHING WRONG HERE. YOU DID SOMETHING THAT'S GRIEVING THE

HOLY SPIRIT. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DISREGARD THAT BECAUSE THE

MORE YOU DISREGARD IT, YOU BECOME MORE HARDENED TO IT. AND

THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS, YOU MAY NOT EVEN HEAR THE VOICE. SO

STAY SENSITIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? YOU

JUST ASK GOD TO HELP YOU TO BE SENSITIVE, TO RECEIVE, THAT YOU

HAVE EARS TO HEAR AND NEVER OFFEND HIM. HALLELUJAH. THE HOLY

SPIRIT IS SO PRECIOUS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS, IF WE LISTEN AND

TAKE HEED TO THE ALARM, WE CAN REPENT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH

A CLEAR CONSCIENCE. YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT YOU SAID A

HARSH WORD TO YOUR WIFE OR YOUR HUSBAND, AND THEN YOU FEEL KIND

OF BAD ABOUT IT, AND YOU THINK, "OH, I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE

THAT." WELL, YOU CAN REPENT AND ASK FOR HER FORGIVENESS OR HIS

FORGIVENESS AND MOVE FORWARD. BUT THEN YOU'VE LEARNED

SOMETHING, AND THE NEXT TIME YOU PROBABLY WON'T DO IT AS QUICKLY.

BUT IF YOU JUST HARDEN YOURSELF AND SAY, "WELL, SHE DESERVED

THAT. "I KNOW THAT I FEEL KIND OF GUILTY FOR DOING IT, "BUT SHE

DESERVED ME YELLING AT HER." THAT DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING. IT

JUST MAKES YOU MORE HEARTENED. THAT WASN'T IN MY MESSAGE, BY

THE WAY, PASTOR ANTHONY, BUT IT CAME OUT. IF THE SPIRIT LEADS

YOU TO DO SOMETHING SUCH AS REACHING OUT TO SOMEONE OR

TAKING A STEP OF FAITH, MOVE OUT ON THAT UNCTION. YOU FEEL AN

UNCTION TO DO IT, BUT YOU'RE KIND OF AFRAID TO DO IT. I

SHOULD TALK TO THIS WAITRESS AS SHE'S COMING TO GIVE ME MY CHECK

OR I'M PAYING OR WHATEVER. I KIND OF NEED TO INVITE, I THINK

I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO INVITE HER TO CHURCH OR ASK HER IF SHE HAS

A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD OR ASK, YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU

HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT HEAR ME AROUND, I BETTER

NOT. MOVE OUT ON THE UNCTION BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU QUENCH

THAT, IT'S HARDER TO HEAR THE NEXT TIME. IF YOU, IF YOU, AND

I'M AS GUILTY AS ANYONE, IF YOU QUENCH THE SPIRIT AND DON'T DO

WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO, THEN IT'S HARDER TO HEAR THE

INSTRUCTION THE NEXT TIME. GO BACK TO THE LAST THING THAT THE

HOLY SPIRIT TOLD YOU TO DO AND DO THAT AND THEN IT OPENS THE

DOOR FOR THE NEXT THING. IF YOU'RE STUCK, GO BACK TO THE

LAST THING. FOLLOW GOD'S LEAD OR REPENT, SAY, "LORD, I MISSED THE

BOAT ON THAT ONE. PLEASE SPEAK TO ME AGAIN AND I'LL LISTEN THIS

TIME." AND THEN AS HE STARTS LEADING YOU, YOU'LL DEVELOP MORE

STRENGTH, YOU'LL DEVELOP MORE FAITH, AND YOU'LL DEVELOP, YOU

WON'T HAVE THE FEAR, I GUESS, OF STEPPING OUT AS MUCH. YOU KNOW,

I'VE TOLD THIS STORY BEFORE, BUT SOME OF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD IT.

THE THING THAT I DETESTED AND WAS MORE FEARFUL OF, MORE THAN

ANYTHING IN MY LIFE, WAS SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF

PEOPLE. THAT WAS THE THING I HATED TO DO. I HATED SPEECH

CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD TO GET UP IN FRONT OF 20 KIDS AND

GIVE A SPEECH. AND THEN I GOT IN TROUBLE BECAUSE I USED THE BIBLE

ON MY FIRST ONE. AND THE TEACHER SAID AT THAT TIME, SHE SAID,

YOU'D NEVER USE THAT BIBLE AGAIN. AND THAT WAS BACK IN THE,

WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE '70S. SHE TOLD ME THAT. SHE

SAID, "I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER USE ANYTHING FROM THE BIBLE

AGAIN." SO I JUST KINDA, I WENT A LITTLE DIFFERENT DIRECTION,

BUT I STILL TALKED ABOUT BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES THE NEXT

TIME. BUT I DON'T THINK SHE LIKED ME, AND I THINK I ENDED UP

WITH A C IN THAT CLASS. ANYWAY. BUT I HATE, I WOULD RATHER HOLD

A SNAKE IN MY HAND THAN TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF PEOPLE. THAT'S THE

WAY I WAS. AND THE FIRST TIME I DID AN OFFERING AT CHURCH, MY

WIFE SAID, "THAT WAS TERRIBLE." SHE SAID SHE ALMOST WENT UNDER

THE SEAT, IT WAS SO BAD. I DON'T KNOW

IF I'VE GOTTEN ANY BETTER, BUT WHATEVER.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

I'M HERE. THAT WASN'T IN MY NOTES EITHER, THAT WAS FREE

TONIGHT. I GOTTA GET MOVING HERE, IT'S 8:10. WE GOTTA KEEP

MOVING, I WANNA GET YOU OUT EARLY TONIGHT. BUT SEEK GOD'S

WILL, NUMBER THREE, THE INVOLVEMENT OF HOLY SPIRIT AND

HOLY SPIRIT WISDOM CONTINUOUSLY. ACTIVELY SEEK GOD'S GUIDANCE

THROUGH PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY, AND LISTENING FOR THAT STILL, SMALL

VOICE. AND THEN YOU'LL DRAW CLOSER TO HIM, YOU'LL HAVE MORE

COMMUNION WITH HIM. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW PASTOR HANK IS AT, I

MEAN, HE HAS A GIFT THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS. SO NOT EVERYONE IS

GOING TO SPEAK TO NATIONS JUST BECAUSE THEY SPEND TIME

COMMUTING WITH GOD. AND WE CAN'T QUESTION WHY GOD USES ONE PERSON

AND NOT ANOTHER. THAT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS. WE DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S MANY THINGS WE DON'T KNOW ON THIS EARTH. AND WE'LL

FIND OUT ANSWERS IN HEAVEN. WHY HE CHOSE ONE AND NOT ANOTHER,

WHY HE CHOSE PASTOR HANK TO BE A NATIONAL PROPHET AND NOT JUST BE

A LOCAL PASTOR, WHICH I'M NOT PUTTING THAT DOWN. I'M JUST

SAYING WHY DID HE CHOOSE HIM TO DO MORE THAN BE A LOCAL PASTOR?

I DON'T KNOW. IT MAYBE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH OBEDIENCE

AND CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY AND PUSHING AND PULLING AND BEING

ABLE TO STICK WITH IT. ALL THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO

THERE'S A SUPERNATURAL CHOICE THAT GOD MAKES TO PUT THAT ON

SOMEONE THAT'S WILLING TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY AND FOLLOW

THROUGH. SO, THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW, BUT I

DO KNOW THIS, AS YOU DRAW CLOSER TO GOD, AS YOU COMMUNE WITH HIM,

AS YOU PRAY MORE, AND AS YOU SEEK HIM AND YOU STUDY THE WORD

AND YOU'RE DOING DILIGENT IN WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THE NATURAL,

GOD WILL FILL IN WITH THE SUPERNATURAL. AND HE'LL HELP YOU

TO ACHIEVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO. AND WHAT

YOU'RE CALLED TO DO MAY NOT BE STANDING ON A PULPIT OR ON A

PLATFORM OR IN SPEAKING NATIONALLY LIKE PASTOR HANK

DOES, BUT WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO AND YOU ACHIEVING THAT

PURPOSE THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT PASTOR

HANK DOES. IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT. YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND

THAT THAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO BECAUSE THEN WHEN YOU GET TO

HEAVEN, YOU'LL GET THE SAME REWARD AS PASTOR HANK BEING A

NATIONAL PROPHET AND HAVING ALL THAT THAT HE DID. YOU'LL GET THE

SAME REWARD BECAUSE YOU WERE FAITHFUL IN YOUR CALLING. OBEY

THE PROMPTINGS. WHEN HOLY SPIRIT LEADS YOU TO DO SOMETHING,

WHETHER IT'S SHARING YOUR FAITH, OFFERING HELP, OR MAKING A

DIFFICULT DECISION, OBEDIENCE IS THE KEY. HOLY SPIRIT WORKS TO

TRANSFORM BELIEVERS INTO THE LIKENESS OF CHRIST, RENEWING OUR

MINDS AND CHANGING OUR BEHAVIOR. EDDIE, ARE YOU UP? NO, EDDIE'S

NOT UP. EDDIE, YOU CAN COME ON UP. I NEED TO QUIT HERE. AS WE

SEEK WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT, WE CAN ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE

OUR DECISIONS AND HELP US UNDERSTAND GOD'S WILL FOR OUR

LIVES, AND THEN STEP OUT IN FAITH AND DO IT. AND YOU'LL MAKE

SOME MISTAKES, WE ALL HAVE. I MADE MISTAKES THE FIRST TIME I

DID AN OFFERING, AN OFFERTORY. I DIDN'T DO NEARLY AS GOOD AS

PASTOR KEITH DID TONIGHT. I WAS TERRIBLE. BUT FORTUNATELY, THAT

PASTOR DIDN'T FIRE ME. HE SAID, "I'LL GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE."

AND THEN I GOT A LITTLE BETTER AS TIME WENT ON, I THINK, DIDN'T

I, EILEEN? OKAY, YEAH. OKAY. EPHESIANS 1:17, I WANNA READ

Ephesians 1:17

THAT AGAIN OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED TONIGHT. IT SAYS, "I ALWAYS PRAY

THAT THE GOD "OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF GLORY,

"MAY GRANT YOU A SPIRIT OF WISDOM "AND A REVELATION THAT

GIVES YOU A DEEP AND PERSONAL "AND INTIMATE INSIGHT INTO THE

TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM, "FOR WE KNOW THE FATHER THROUGH THE

SON." HALLELUJAH. AS WE RESPOND IN FAITH AND SEEK HIS WISDOM,

HE'LL GIVE US EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED. TAKING STEPS OF FAITH,

EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THEM, AND TRUSTING

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LEADING YOU AND GUIDING YOU, IS WHAT WILL

GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE TO TRUST HIM MORE. AND LET'S MAKE IT A GOAL

THIS YEAR TO LIVE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO UNWRAP THE PACKAGE OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIFE SO THAT WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING HE HAS FOR

US. WE HAVE THAT POWER GIFT WORKING IN OUR LIVES TO ACHIEVE

AND ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR HIM. "REPEAT

AFTER ME, 'NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT,' SAYS

THE LORD OF HOSTS." NOW I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY DEALING

WITH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU FEEL LIKE ARE ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL

IN YOUR LIFE. YOU DON'T SEE THAT HOPE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT

TONIGHT. THE ONLY LIGHT THAT YOU SEE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS

A TRAIN. BUT GOD HAS AN ANSWER FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE WATCHING

ONLINE AND YOU'RE DISCOURAGED, TAKE HOPE IN THE FACT THAT THE

HOLY SPIRIT IS THERE AS AN INTIMATE GUIDE, AS AN INTIMATE

GOD THAT WILL DIRECT YOU AND GIVE YOU THE PEACE THAT YOU

NEVER KNEW IN ANY OTHER FORM OR FASHION AS YOU SEEK HIM, AS YOU

MOVE TOWARDS THE PLAN THAT HE HAS FOR YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE NOT

INSIGNIFICANT TO GOD. YOU ARE PRECIOUS TO HIM, AND HE HAS A

PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE STEPS IN THE NATURAL,

THOUGH, TO RECEIVE IT AND TO MOVE INTO IT AND WALK IN IT. IT

DOESN'T JUST AUTOMATICALLY COME. IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO TAKE

A STEP TOWARDS. WHY DON'T YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME TONIGHT?

ACTUALLY STAND WITH ME IF YOU WOULD. IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE

AND THAT'S YOU, YOU NEED PRAYER TONIGHT, YOU SAY, "I'M

DISCOURAGED. I NEED THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING IN MY

LIFE." MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT. MAYBE THAT'S, TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT FOR THAT. IF THERE'S

SOMEONE HERE AND YOU HAVEN'T, YOU CAN RECEIVE IT TONIGHT. IF

WE HAVE A FEW OF OUR ALTAR TEAM MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT, IF

YOU JUST COME UP HERE AND STAND, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO PRAY

WITH ANYONE THAT NEEDS IT TONIGHT. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING

ONLINE TONIGHT, YOU NEED THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU

NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE PRAY WITH YOU JUST IN REGARDING YOUR WALK

THAT YOU WOULD PRESS IN. YOU WANT SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU

TO OVERCOME THE THINGS THAT THE DEVIL'S BEEN THROWING AT YOU.

YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE. THEY HAVE IT UP THERE,

855-777-7907. 24 HOURS A DAY, WE HAVE LICENSED PRAYER COUNSELORS

AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU, WALK WITH YOU, SEND YOU LITERATURE, DO

WHAT WE CAN TO HELP YOU BECAUSE WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. WE WANT TO

AND TONIGHT IF YOU'RE HERE OR IN THIS PLACE AND YOU WANT PRAYER,

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU NOT TO WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE'S DISMISSED, BUT

JUST COME UP HERE RIGHT NOW IF YOU SAY, I NEED PRAYER. I NEED

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, OR I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO AGREE

WITH ME SO THAT I CAN MOVE FURTHER INTO THE THINGS OF GOD.

OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT IN A BAD PLACE, BUT YOU JUST SAY, I WANT

SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH ME THAT I CAN JUST STEP INTO EVERYTHING

THAT GOD HAS FOR ME. IF THAT'S YOU, COME ON UP HERE. LET'S GET

PRAYER TONIGHT. BE BOLD. DON'T LET FEAR, DON'T LET WHAT PEOPLE

MAY THINK HOLD YOU BACK. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE

THINK. IT ONLY MATTERS WHAT GOD THINKS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. JUST

BE OPEN TO RECEIVE WHAT HE WOULD HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU, JESUS.

THANK YOU, JESUS. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD, SHARPER

THAN A TWO-EDGED SWORD. I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR WORD THAT

DIVIDES AND CUTS AND SHOWS US A PATH TO MOVE FORWARD ON SO THAT

WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE'RE CALLED TO DO. AND I PRAY OVER

OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE AND EVERYONE HERE THAT FATHER, YOU'LL DIRECT

US NOW. YOU'LL SHOW US BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HOW YOU

WOULD HAVE US MOVE THE NEXT STEP IN OUR LIVES, WHAT WE'RE TO DO

FOR YOU. GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS, LORD, AND YOUR DESIRES. WE WANT

YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR DESIRES, YOUR WISHES TO BE OURS, THAT YOU

WOULD JUST SHOW US. IF YOU HAVE TO GIVE US A DREAM OR A VISION,

JUST LIKE YOU DID THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH, WE'LL RECEIVE IT,

LORD. WHATEVER TOOL YOU WOULD HAVE TO SHOW US THE NEXT STEP,

JUST AS WE'RE STUDYING THE WORD, MAYBE, YOU SPEAK TO US. MAYBE WE

CLICK ON THE RADIO AND WE HEAR SOMEONE PREACHING, AND IT'S A

WORD FOR US. THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. I REMEMBER I TURNED

ON THE TELEVISION ONCE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. I WAS SEARCHING FOR

AN ANSWER TO SOMETHING, AND THERE WAS A GUY SPEAKING TO A

GROUP OF TEENAGERS, AND THE WORD THAT HE HAD WAS EXACTLY WHAT I

NEEDED AT THE VERY MOMENT THAT I TUNED IT IN. GOD USES MANY

THINGS IN OUR LIVES TO SPEAK TO US. IT MIGHT BE YOU'RE LISTENING

TO KAYLA OF MUSIC, AND A SONG COMES ON THAT MINISTERS TO YOU

THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT'S HAPPENED TO EVERYONE HERE, I'M

SURE. YOU'VE HAD THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN WHERE GOD SPEAKS IN

DIFFERENT WAYS, OR MAYBE SOMEONE WALKS UP TO YOU AND HAS A WORD

FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW, BUT BE OPEN TO RECEIVE WHAT GOD HAS FOR

YOU. HE GIVES US WHAT WE ASK FOR, WHAT WE'RE BELIEVING FOR.

STAND IN FAITH FOR IT. SO WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW ELSE TO END THIS SERVICE TONIGHT. I'M

JUST THANKFUL YOU'RE ALL HERE. BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS

THERE ANYONE HERE WHO NEEDS TO BE BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?

I THINK I ASKED YOU TO COME UP IF YOU'RE HERE, BUT YOU ALL HAVE

BEEN BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, RIGHT? OK. AND IF YOU'RE

ONLINE, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE, AND THEY'LL BELIEVE WITH

YOU FOR THAT AND PRAY WITH YOU, AND YOU CAN RECEIVE THAT WAY. IF

THERE'S ANYONE ELSE HERE, YOU NEED SOMETHING, THE ALTAR TEAM

WILL BE HERE. DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE SUNDAY FOR DR.

RICHARD ROBERTS. AND GO HOME AND BE BLESSED. YOU STILL HAVE TIME

TO GET ICE CREAM. IT'S ONLY 8:20. THANK YOU

FOR COMING TONIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

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