7/6/25 9AM - What Do You Do, When You're Under Attack?

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- HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY TO WORSHIP THIS MORNING?

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WE'RE GONNA SHOUT IT OUT 'TIL THE WALLS FALL DOWN

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- HALLELUJAH! GLORY TO GOD.

- HALLELUJAH. LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE BLESS YOU.

- THANK YOU, LORD.

- WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND HONOR TODAY.

AND LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT WHERE THE

SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY. AND WE

THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE TO HONOR AND TO WORSHIP

YOU. EVEN FROM THIS PLACE AND IN THIS GREAT NATION. AND WE LOVE

YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE THE LORD SAID.

- AMEN.

- NOW SEE, I'M TELLING YOU, I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THAT SECTION.

(LAUGHING)

- WELL, GIVE THEM A DO OVER. - NO, NO.

- DO OVER. AND EVERYBODY SAID. - AMEN.

- OH, THEY DID GOOD.

- THAT'S NOT BAD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, WHEN I'M LOOKING

AT YOU, THEN I CAN HEAR IT. I THINK WHAT IT IS, IS BECAUSE I'M

STANDING HERE, I HEAR ALL OF THIS.

- IT'S TRUE. - AND I DON'T...

SO, IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT SAYING IT, RIGHT? SO, LET ME

GIVE THIS, THIS, LET ME TRY THIS SECTION.

- AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

- THEY'RE ALL PRETTY, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY ROWDY.

- YOU GUYS, WELL THIS IS THE SASSY CHURCH, SO YOU GUYS

ARE DOING GOOD. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD FOURTH OF JULY, BY THE WAY?

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

YOU DID? - BEAUTIFUL.

- OKAY, THESE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THEY DID. ANYBODY GRILL OUT?

GRILLING AND CHILLING. YOU GRILLED FOR ME. ALL RIGHT, LET

ME ASK YOU THIS. DID YOU HAVE YOUR FOURTH OF

JULY GRILL CHOICE? DID IT WORK OUT FOR YOU?

- YEAH, YEP. - YOU DID?

- SO, MY LOVELY LADY, YOU GRILLED ME...

- BABY BACK RIBS.

- MY FAVORITE. I MEAN, SHE'S AMAZING AT IT.

- WELL, I DON'T CLAIM TO BE THE BEST RIB MAKER,

BUT YOU LIKE 'EM, AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

- I LOVE 'EM. - THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

- YEP, SUNDAYS, HOW MANY OF YOU, SUNDAYS ARE LIKE LEFTOVER DAY

FOR YOU? KIND OF CLEAN EVERYTHING UP.

- YES.

- SO THERE ARE SOME RIBS LEFT OVER, BRENDA.

- YES, THERE IS.

- AND SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, WELL WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT SERVICE TODAY.

- YES, WE ARE, WE GOT THE LORD, WE'RE GONNA

RECEIVE COMMUNION TODAY. SO THAT'S EXCITING.

- AMEN.

- AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE BACK IN THE PULPIT.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

- YEAH, I'LL BE BACK. IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS, BUT WE'RE REALLY

GLAD. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. BUT I WANNA DO THIS, I WANNA WELCOME

ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. AND AS

PASTOR BRENDA SAID, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION. WE WANT

YOU TO BE A PART OF IT BECAUSE AFTER ALL WE'RE THE BODY OF

CHRIST. WE'RE THE FAMILY OF GOD AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE PRAY

THAT YOU HAD A GREAT FOURTH OF JULY TOO. AND WE ACTUALLY READ

THROUGH SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU

WERE HAVING FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I

JUST KEPT THINKING ABOUT THE STATEMENT THAT THE NATIONAL

ANTHEM, THAT WE COULD SEE THAT THE FLAG WAS STILL THERE AFTER

THE FIGHT, THE BATTLE. I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE SOME THINGS WE

GOTTA KEEP FIGHTING FOR, BUT THAT OUR FLAG, OUR COUNTRY IS

STILL HERE. SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL.

- YEAH, IT WAS AWESOME.

- WELL, TALKING ABOUT WHAT I'M GONNA PREACH ABOUT, I'M GONNA

KINDA CARRY INTO THE THEME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

THE LORD OF THE FIGHT, BUT I JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT

DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK? AND AGAIN, I JUST KINDA,

YOU KNOW, PUT DOWN ON MY PIECE OF PAPER JUST A FEW THOUGHTS,

LIKE SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT

WE COULD SAY. SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE MESSAGE, DON'T THINK, "WELL,

HE LEFT THIS OUT OR LEFT THAT OUT," YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES

WHEN YOU'RE UNDER A TEST, YOU'RE LIKE...

- WELL, THAT'S THE THING ABOUT THE BIBLE. WHERE DO YOU

START? I MEAN, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE

GONNA PREACH ON ANY TOPIC, THERE'S PROBABLY

400 VERSES. I DON'T KNOW, JUST SO MUCH.

- TO YOUR POINT, HOW MANY WERE HERE, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, WHERE SHE PREACHED ABOUT JOB AND SUFFERING? THAT

WAS SO POWERFUL. SO WE ARE GOING TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT

JUST A LITTLE BIT. I AM GOING TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK

IF YOU ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER. IT IS NOT ALL

INCLUSIVE, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD POINTS. BUT

I HAVE HEARD THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME GUESTS THAT

CAME UP FROM, I THINK IT WAS ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. WHERE ARE THEY

AT? WHERE ARE ALL THOSE FINE PEOPLE? WAY UP

THERE. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. IS IT ST. JOSEPH? OKAY,

WELCOME. THAT'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY. WHAT IS IT LIKE, TWO

HOURS? TWO HOURS? OR IS THAT A PEACE SIGN? TWO HOURS AWAY.

WELL, WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE FROM OUT OF TOWN ALSO? I'LL JUST

THROW THAT OUT THERE. YEAH, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

- RIGHT OVER THERE. SOMEBODY'S WAVING.

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT ON THE FLOOR. WHERE?

THE WASHINGTON? WOW. WELCOME. THAT IS PRETTY COOL. NOW SOME

PEOPLE WHEN I SAY OUT OF TOWN, THEY ARE LIKE COUNCIL BLUFFS,

IOWA, WHICH IS ACROSS THE RIVER. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, IT IS PROBABLY 20 MILES, 20 MINUTES, BUT THAT IS

OUT OF TOWN. BUT ANYWAY. YES, REAL QUICK. WHERE

ARE YOU FROM? KANSAS CITY. ALL RIGHT.

- THAT'S OUT OF TOWN. THAT'S OFFICIAL.

- YOU GUYS COULD HAVE CARPOOLED TOGETHER HAD YOU FIGURED IT

OUT. HAVE THEM BUY YOU BREAKFAST. YOU NEED TO

WORK ON THE LUNCH THING GOING BACK.

- THAT'S GOOD. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

- ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE READY TO WORSHIP THE LORD.

- YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO IT.

BEFORE WE DO, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT

AND LET'S JUST, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, HOW MANY

OF YOU OBVIOUSLY SAW THIS TRAGIC SITUATION, THIS FLOODING AT THIS

CAMP DOWN IN TEXAS? AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SENDING SOME SUPPORT

TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS

HAVE THE ATTITUDE, IF YOU SEE A BROTHER IN NEED, DON'T TURN YOUR

BLIND EYE. ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP. BUT LET'S JUST TAKE

A MOMENT TO PRAY FOR THEM. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST PRAY

FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUFFERED SO, FATHER,

THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT WORDS TO WHAT HAPPENED, FATHER. WE DO

KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. AND FATHER, I KNOW SO

MANY FAMILIES ARE GRIEVING TODAY OF THE LOSSES AND FATHER, THIS

TRAGIC, TRAGIC FLOODING. BUT WE DO PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU BRING

STRENGTH. AND FATHER, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE WORDS, WE DON'T KNOW

THE ANSWERS. WE DON'T KNOW WHY AND WHAT OR THE HOW. ALL WE KNOW

IS THAT GOD, YOU'RE THE GOD OF ALL GRACE. AND FATHER, THAT YOU

WILL CARRY THESE PEOPLE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. FATHER, SHOW US

HOW WE CAN BE A SUPPORT AND A HELP. FATHER, AS THE BODY OF

CHRIST, BOTH HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD, WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN

JESUS' NAME. AMEN AND AMEN. BY THE WAY, I SEE A BABY NOVA ON

THE FRONT. OKAY, BABY ALERT IN THE ROOM, ALL RIGHT. OKAY, ARE

YOU EXCITED TO WORSHIP THE LORD TODAY? IT'S A GOOD DAY TO BE IN

GOD'S HOUSE. SO, WHAT DO WE DO? DON'T KEEP THOSE HANDS HANGING

DOWN. THROW THEM ALL THE WAY UP TO HEAVEN. SAY THIS, SAY,

"LORD, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT DAY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD.

YOUR ANOINTING IS GONNA BE IN THIS ROOM. WE THANK YOU FOR

MOVING IN HERE AND IN OUR LIVES." NOW GIVE GOD YOUR BEST,

BEST SHOUT. AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

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- JESUS, YOU'RE MY KING.

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COME ON, GIVE HIM PRAISE.

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- OH, COME ON CHURCH! DO I HAVE ANY

CONQUERORS IN HERE THIS MORNING?

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OH, COME ON YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ONE.

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JUST DANCE IN YOUR SEAT A LITTLE BIT. DANCE AT HOME...

KICK THAT COFFEE TABLE OUT OF THE WAY.

COME ON. I'M DANCING IN VALLEYS...

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COME ON, LET ME HEAR YOU DECLARE THIS THIS MORNING.

IF IT'S UNDER YOUR FEET, THEN IT'S UNDER MINE TOO.

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COME ON, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY, "I'M MORE THAN A CONQUEROR."

HERE WE GO, LA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA

YEAH. I'M MORE THAN A CONQUEROR.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

IF IT'S UNDER YOUR FEET,

- JESUS, JESUS. JESUS. JESUS.

OH, WE SAY THE NAME OF JESUS. JESUS.

DEMONS HAVE TO FLEE WHEN WE SPEAK THE NAME.

CHAINS HAVE TO FALL WHEN WE SPEAK THE NAME.

JESUS, JESUS. JESUS, JESUS.

JESUS. OH MY JESUS, OH MY JESUS, OH JESUS, YOU ARE THE BRIGHT AND

THE MORNING STAR. OH MY JESUS, YOU ARE THE FAIREST OF 10,000.

OH MY JESUS, YOU'RE THE ROCK ON WHICH I STAND. MY JESUS, YOU'RE

THE KING OF ALL. MY JESUS, COME ON, JUST TELL HIM

WHAT HE IS TO YOU. JESUS, JESUS, JESUS,

JESUS, JESUS. WE SPEAK YOUR NAME, JESUS.

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- LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, LET'S JUST LIFT UP

OUR HEARTS. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD,

AND IN THIS TABERNACLE OF GOD, WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, KEEP

SINGING, WORSHIP HIM. LET THIS MOMENT BE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR

CREATOR. YOU WERE CREATED TO WORSHIP HIM. YOU WERE CREATED

HEART TO HEART, FACE TO FACE, TO LOVE HIM, TO SING TO HIM, TO

EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS TO YOUR GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP

YOU, YESHUA. THE LOVELY LORD YOU ARE. WE WORSHIP YOU. THE

BRIGHTNESS OF OUR DAY. THE HONOR THAT WE GIVE FROM OUR HEART. THE

LOVE AND ADORATION TO YOUR MAJESTY. WE LOVE YOU. COME ON,

WORSHIP HIM, YESHUA. OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU, LORD. SO GREAT ARE

YOU, GOD. COME ON, I FIND IT HELPS IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND

YOU EXTEND YOUR HEART TO HIM. COME ON, KEEP WORSHIPING. KEEP

WORSHIPING. SOME OF YOU, YOU NEED TO RAISE YOUR HANDS TO HIM.

YOU SAY, "BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT." WELL, DO YOU THINK HE FELT

LIKE EXTENDING HIS ARMS OUT? ON THE CROSS, AS WIDE AS HE COULD?

BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS OPENING TO YOU. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR

HANDS. THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE TO LIFT UP OUR HANDS. AND THE BIBLE

SAYS THAT MEN OUGHT TO DO IT. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, WITHOUT FEAR,

AND WRATH, AND DOUBTING. COME ON, MEN. WOMEN SEEM TO KNOW HOW

TO WORSHIP GOD BECAUSE THEY EXTEND THEIR EMOTIONS. MEN, COME

ON, GET OUT OF YOUR HEADS. WORSHIP HIM, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS.

COME ON, LET EVERY HAND OF EVERY MAN BE IN THIS PLACE. COME ON,

LIFT IT UP. NO, NO, NO, COME ON, YOU'VE DONE IT AT FOOTBALL

GAMES. DO IT BEFORE GOD, LIFT IT UP AS HIGH AS YOU CAN. COME ON,

TAKE A STEP NOW, TAKE A STEP NOW. COME ON, LIFT THEM UP,

CLOSE YOUR EYES. THIS IS HOW YOU GET AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I TELL YOU, COME ON, STRETCH, STRETCH,

LIFT UP YOUR VOICE, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS, LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS, COME

ON, AS HIGH AS YOU CAN TO EXALT HIM, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP

YOU. NOW JUST TELL HIM WE WORSHIP YOU, SING IT AGAIN.

YESHUA, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, AS HIGH AS YOU CAN. COME ON,

DO IT FOR HIM, NOT FOR ME. DO IT FOR GOD. COME ON, LET HIM KNOW

THROUGH THE EXTENSION OF YOUR HAND AND THE SOUND OF YOUR

HEART, YESHUA. YESHUA, WE REACH FOR YOU. WE SURRENDER TO YOU. WE

WORSHIP YOU. ALL THE ADORATION WE GIVE TO YOU, GOD. THIS IS WHY

WE LIFT UP OUR HEARTS AND OUR HANDS. BECAUSE WE'RE REACHING

FOR MORE OF YOU. WE'RE REACHING OUR HANDS AS A SIGN OF THE

EXTENSION OF OUR LOVE. IT'S A SIGN OF THE EXTENSION OF OUR

DEPENDENCE UPON YOU. OH, WE REACH FOR YOU, GOD. WE WORSHIP

YOU. OH, THANK YOU, LORD. NOW, I WANNA ASK YOU A QUESTION, 'CAUSE

I DON'T EVER WANNA FORCE YOU, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING

TO DO. I WANT YOU TO HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. HOW MANY OF

YOU FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN YOU JUST TRIED? RAISE YOUR

HAND. COME ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY. HOW MANY OF YOU

STARTED FEELING LIKE YOU WERE MAKING A CONNECTION? YEAH.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE SHUTTING YOUR HEAD OFF

AND YOU'RE CONNECTING TO GOD. HEART TO HEART, FACE TO FACE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE TO DO? I LOVE TO LIFT UP MY HANDS AS HIGH

AS I CAN. 'CAUSE I IMAGINE WHAT HE MUST HAVE BEEN FEELING ON

THAT CROSS WHEN THEY GRABBED HIM AND JUST, I MEAN HIS JOINTS, I

CAN JUST ONLY IMAGINE HOW THEY MUST HAVE ALREADY FELT CARRYING

THE CROSS AND YET BEING BEATEN AND WHIPPED. AND WHEN THEY DID

THAT TO HIM, THE BIBLE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, HE CRIED OUT,

"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM. "THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." AND THE

BIBLE SAID THAT WASN'T A ONE-TIME SAYING BECAUSE THE

ACTUAL GREEK THAT IS EXPLAINED THERE IN THE GREEK IS IT WAS AN

ACTION VERB. IN OTHER WORDS, HE KEPT SAYING IT. EVERY TIME HE

FELT THAT PAIN AND HE COULD BARELY BREATHE, "FATHER, FORGIVE

THEM. THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." AND SO I HAVE TO REMIND

THIS RIGHT HERE. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I HAVE TO

REMIND THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS CALLED YOUR BRAIN. THEN I HAVE

TO REMIND MY HEART. IF HE DID THAT FOR ME, AND I CAN ONLY GET

MY HAND HERE, AND I'M WORSHIPING THAT GOD, AND I'M DOING THIS, I

AM HURTING HIM. AND I LIVE BY A STANDARD IN MY LIFE. I DON'T

KNOW ABOUT YOU. GENESIS 6, 6, GOD, WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE EARTH

AND HE MADE MAN, ALL HE WANTED WAS A FRIEND. BUT ALL THEIR

MINDS WERE CONTINUALLY ON EVIL, ON THEMSELVES, HOW MUCH SIN THEY

COULD GET AWAY WITH AND DO. THEY CORRUPTED THEMSELVES, THEY

DIDN'T CARE. THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT GOD. INSTEAD, IT HURT HIM

IN HIS HEART. AND SO I LIVE BY A STANDARD. I DON'T EVER WANNA

HURT HIM. BUT I KNOW GOD, AND WHEN WE ACT UNINTERESTED AFTER

THE PRICE HE PAID, IT HURTS HIM. WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE MOTION OF

WORSHIP AND OUR MINDS ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AFTER THIS

SERVICE, OR THEY'RE TAKING TOO LONG, OR THEY'RE NOT SINGING

GOOD ENOUGH, OR I WISH THEY WOULD'VE SANG THIS SONG. WHO

CARES ABOUT THAT STUFF? I JUST WANNA TOUCH GOD. I AM CONVINCED

THAT I CAN HAVE A MOMENT WITH GOD, WHETHER THEY SUNG A SONG,

PLAYED AN INSTRUMENT, I COULD STAND OUT HERE AND I COULD TOUCH

GOD, THAT GOD'LL TOUCH ME, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY? I DO IT

ALL THE TIME AT MY HOUSE. WHEN NOBODY'S AROUND, NO MUSIC

PLAYING, NO SONG THAT I LIKE, I LIFT UP MY VOICE. I LIFT UP MY

HANDS AS HIGH AS I CAN IN MY OWN HOME. AND HERE'S WHAT I DO, COME

ON, LET'S DO THIS. I ENCOURAGE YOU, AND I JUST SAY, LORD, I

LOVE YOU. THANK YOU, I REACH FOR YOU. MY HAND IS AN EXTENSION OF

MY LOVE, MY APPRECIATION, MY HONOR TO YOU, GOD. AND I LIFT UP

MY HANDS, PUTTING MYSELF IN REMEMBRANCE OF NO GREATER LOVE

EVER DEMONSTRATED BY ANYONE OR ANYTHING THAN WHEN YOU CAME,

JESUS, AND LAID YOUR LIFE DOWN FOR US. AND WE WORSHIP YOU. WE

WORSHIP YOU. NOW, I WANT US TO STAY IN THE ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP.

MATTHEW, PASTOR MATT, YOU CAN BRING MY STUFF UP. I WANT YOU TO

BE SEATED. WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION. DON'T HEAR WHAT

I'M SAYING AS A CORRECTION, PLEASE. HEAR IT AS A

ENCOURAGEMENT SO THAT YOU CAN GO DEEPER. AND I HAVE BEEN PRAYING

FOR SOMETHING THAT I JUST, I REALLY WANT. SOMEBODY I RAN INTO

LAST WEEK, THEY SAID, "MAN, YOU HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH."

IT WAS DOWN AT FLASHPOINT. I SAID, "PASTOR HANK, IT'S JUST

AMAZING." I SAID, "YEAH, BUT ALL THAT DOESN'T MATTER "IF GOD

ISN'T THERE." THEY SAID, "OH, PASTOR HANK, WE VISITED MORE

THAN ONCE, HE'S THERE." I SAID, "YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHY WE BUILT

IT." THAT'S WHY WE PUT OUR HEART AND OUR MONEY BEHIND IT, RIGHT?

JUST SO THAT GOD WOULD COME. AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THAT, WE

HAVE TO STEWARD OVER THAT. WHERE GOD IS ALWAYS THE MOST WELCOME

ONE OF ALL, AND HIS FEELINGS ARE CONSIDERED MORE THAN OUR OWN.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS A VERY SAD DAY, I THINK, IN THE HEART

OF GOD WHEN CHURCHES ALL ACROSS AMERICA BEGAN TO BE WHAT WAS

CALLED USER-FRIENDLY. WHERE THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT A

VISITOR OR SOMEONE IN THEIR CONGREGATION THAN GOD HIMSELF.

AND THE DRAWING CARD WAS NO LONGER THAT GOD WOULD SHOW UP

AND DO SOMETHING IN A PERSON'S LIFE, IT WAS COME TASTE OUR

COFFEE. MAN, I DON'T WANT THAT. I MEAN, I WANT YOU TO HAVE GOOD

COFFEE EXPERIENCE, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME, AND THEN

BECAUSE WE'VE TOUCHED HIM, HE DOES WHAT GOD DOES IN HIS

NATURE, AND THAT IS THIS. I'VE LEARNED THIS ABOUT GOD. HE

ALWAYS WANTS TO GIVE BACK. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES LAST

NIGHT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF I SEEM LIKE I'M A LITTLE TIRED,

I WAS AWAKENED LAST NIGHT AND I JUST WAS PRAYING FROM, I DON'T

KNOW, EARLY, EARLY MORNING. I DIDN'T SLEEP PROBABLY JUST A FEW

HOURS, BUT HERE'S MY POINT. I JUST REALIZED THAT THE MORE THAT

YOU TOUCH GOD, THE MORE HE WANTS TO TOUCH YOU IN RETURN. IT'S

JUST HIS NATURE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO PEOPLE BEFORE,

LIKE, WELL, HOW DO I GO DEEPER? THAT'S HOW YOU GO DEEPER, IS YOU

MAKE IT ABOUT HIM, NOT YOURSELF, NOT YOUR NEEDS. YOU MAKE IT

ABOUT HIM. AND AS YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND MAKE IT ABOUT HIM, HE

EXTENDS HIS HANDS TO BLESS. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

SO I WANT A CHURCH THAT DOESN'T ROUTINELY WORSHIP, YOU KNOW WHAT

I MEAN BY THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WE JUST GO

THROUGH, I WANT PEOPLE WHO, JESUS SAID, THE HOUR IS NOW,

IT'S COME. THAT TRUE WORSHIPERS MUST, HE SAID, MUST. IT WASN'T

SUGGESTIVE, MUST WORSHIP THE FATHER. HOW DO YOU DO IT? IN

SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WORK HARD TO CONNECT

YOUR BODY AND YOUR SOUL TO A SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.

THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS. WELL, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE PROBABLY ONE

OF THE MOST GREATEST HONORS THAT WE HAVE THAT SYMBOLIZES HIS

SACRIFICE, AND THAT IS RIGHT HERE. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE OF THAT WHICH HE SAID,

"THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WAS BROKEN FOR YOU." AND AS OFTEN AS

YOU DO THIS, YOU DO IT IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIM. WELL, THE

BEAUTY OF IT IS THIS. IT'S A TABLE SPREAD BEFORE THE PRESENCE

OF OUR ENEMIES. WELL, WHAT IS ON THAT TABLE? THIS IS THE

BEAUTIFUL PART. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO ON VACATION

AND MY LOVELY LADY HAS BEEN BUSY PACKING AND SHE'S GETTING ALL

THE FOOD TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING. AND I'M GETTING

REALLY EXCITED 'CAUSE I'M SEEING ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'S

PREPARING TO MAKE FOR ME. AND IT'S VERY HUMBLING BECAUSE SHE

WORKS SO HARD AND I LOVE HER VERY DEARLY. AND MY WIFE IS A

GOOD WOMAN, BUT SHE'S A GREAT, GREAT WIFE. AND AS I WAS LOOKING

AT THAT, I WAS LIKE, GOD, I DON'T DESERVE ALL OF THIS LOVE

THAT SHE'S SHOWING, WANTING TO MAKE SURE. 'CAUSE SHE SAID,

"HANK, YOU'RE NOT BEEN YOURSELF." I SAID, "NO, I'M

TIRED. I NEED A BREAK." AND I'M JUST

BEING VULNERABLE WITH YOU. BUT I LOOK

AT HOW MUCH HE'S LAVISHED ME WITH LOVE, AND I THINK OF GOD

TODAY. AND THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED HAS BEEN LAID OUT

ON THAT TABLE. COME ON, YOU NEED HEALING IN YOUR BODY, YOU NEED

FORGIVENESS, YOU'VE BLOWN IT SOMEWHERE, YOU NEED

ENCOURAGEMENT, YOU NEED JOY, YOU NEED PROVISION. HOW ABOUT

DELIVERANCE, DIRECTION? EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS RIGHT

HERE. IT'S WHAT HE SAID, HE THAT EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS OF MY

BLOOD HAS MY LIFE IN THEM. WELL, WE KNOW WHAT THAT LIFE IS. IT'S

THE GOD KIND OF LIFE THAT WAS PROVIDED WHEN JESUS GAVE HIS

LIFE AND ULTIMATELY GAVE THE GREATEST SACRIFICE EVER KNOWN.

SO I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING

AND I WANT YOU TO SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR YOUR

SACRIFICE. WE HONOR YOUR SACRIFICE. WE HONOR YOUR BLOOD.

WE HONOR YOUR BODY AND ALL THAT WAS DONE TO YOUR BODY SO THAT WE

NOW HAVE THE GOD KIND OF LIFE. WE HAVE HEALTH, HEALING,

WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS OF MIND, A BLESSED MEMORY, STRENGTH, JOY,

DELIVERANCE, PROVISION, BLESSINGS, PRESERVATION,

PROTECTION, FORGIVENESS, ETERNAL LIFE, AND SO MUCH MORE. AND SO

AS WE PARTAKE OF YOUR BODY, SAY IT, AS WE PARTAKE OF YOUR BODY,

ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU PROVIDED MANIFEST OVER ME AND MY

LIFE. LET'S PARTAKE. AND NOW, THE SAME NIGHT IN WHICH HE WAS

BETRAYED, HE TOOK OF THE CUP AND HE SAID, "TAKE AND DRINK. "DO

THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME. "FOR AS OFTEN AS YOU DO THIS, "YOU DO

SHOW THE LORD'S DEATH UNTIL HE COMES." AND HERE'S WHAT'S

BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THIS BLOOD. IT IS THE PROOF THAT IT'S FINISHED.

NOTHING WAS LEFT OUT IN YOUR COVENANT MEAL THAT WE JUST SPOKE

OF. BUT NOW IT'S LIKE IF YOU WERE TO TAKE AN ENVELOPE AND YOU

WERE TO SEAL IT, PUT A PIECE OF TAPE OVER IT, OR I DON'T KNOW IF

PEOPLE LICK IT ANYMORE, BUT MAYBE PUT A LITTLE SOMETHING

OVER IT TO SEAL THE ENVELOPE, IT'S SEALED. AND THEN WHAT YOU

DO IS YOU STAMP IT, YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON IT, AND IT'S SEALED. THE

BIBLE SAYS BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF YOUR REDEMPTION, YOU ARE

SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT

MEANS WHEN YOU PARTAKE OF THIS IN JUST ONE SECOND HERE, THAT

YOU ARE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT THE ENEMY CANNOT TOUCH YOU

'CAUSE YOU HAVE A SEAL AROUND YOU, UPON YOU. AND EVERYTHING

THAT JESUS PAID FOR IS YOUR INHERITANCE. IT'S YOUR RIGHT. SO

I WANT YOU TO SAY THAT, SAY, "AS I PARTAKE OF YOUR BLOOD, AS A

JOINT HEIR, AS A CHILD OF GOD, I RECEIVED THE FULL EXTENT OF MY

COVENANT. I AM SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEREFORE, IT'S

WELL WITH ME. I LIVE LONG AND STRONG AND BLESSED IN MY LIFE

THIS DAY AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF MY LIFE. I AM SEALED

BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MY BLOOD COVENANT."

HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, LORD. ISN'T THAT

GOOD? I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE COMMUNION.

YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID ONCE, WELL, HOW OFTEN IS TOO OFTEN? I

SAID, WELL, JESUS DIDN'T REALLY PUT ANY STIPULATION ON IT,

NEITHER DID PAUL. AS OFTEN AS YOU. YOU WANT TO DO IT EVERY

HOUR? YOU CAN DO IT EVERY HOUR. JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT DOING

IT RELIGIOUSLY, THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE

DOING AND AN HONOR THAT IS IN YOUR HEART. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S

WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO STAND UP, AND I WANT YOU

TO FIND SOMEBODY, SHARE YOUR NAME, AND THEN SAY, "I BET I

KNOW, I BET I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MAKING FOR

THANKSGIVING," BECAUSE IT'S JUST AROUND THE

CORNER. ALL RIGHT, GREET SOMEBODY IN JESUS' NAME.

(MUSIC)

- WELL GOOD MORNING, CHURCH!

IF THIS IS YOUR VERY FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING WITH US, WE

WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU

RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU

DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND AND ENSURE THEY HAVE THOSE

AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S GOODIES

WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY

PACKET. THIS PICTURE HAS A STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO IF YOU

WOULD, TAKE THAT OUT AT THIS TIME, OPEN IT UP, AND THERE'S

SOME INFORMATION IN THERE WE WANT TO SEND HOME, AS WELL AS A

BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. GO

AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING

BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANT TO

SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING, AND MAKE

SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON HERE

AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVE STREAM,

FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER

DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL LISTED RIGHT

THERE. GET CONNECTED WITH US ON ONEVOICETV.NET. CLICK ON

ONEVOICETV.NET. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO

YOUR DEVICES. IT GIVES YOU ACCESS TO NOT ONLY WATCH US LIVE

AND ARCHIVED, BUT ALSO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT. ALL OF

THOSE PROGRAMS ARE LISTED RIGHT THERE AS WELL. GET REAL WITH

HANK, DAILY DECREE, FLASHPOINT, GAME CHANGERS, ALL OF THAT IS

OUT THERE. WE'VE PUT IT ALL IN ONE PLACE SO YOU CAN GET

CONNECTED TO THE WORD OF THE LORD VERY, VERY EASILY. SO, AS

MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OTH THAT'S COMING UP IN

REALLY JUST AROUND THE CORNER. YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE,

JULY, IT'S JUST RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? WELL, SOMEBODY HAS

A MESSAGE FOR US ABOUT OTH, WATCH THIS.

- HEY FRIENDS, IT'S TONY SUAREZ, AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT OPENING

THE HEAVENS 2025. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. IT'LL BE SEPTEMBER

11TH, 12TH, 13TH, AND 14TH. FLASHPOINT ON THE 11TH, AND

THEN GREAT SPIRIT-FILLED, EMPOWERED, GOD-ORDAINED HEAVEN

ON EARTH MEETINGS, THE 12TH, THE 13TH, AND THE 14TH. YOU'LL HEAR

FROM VOICES LIKE OUR HOSTS, PROPHET HANK AND BRENDA

KUNNEMAN, MY FRIEND ISAAC PITRE, PASTOR LORENZO SEWELL,

WHO I'VE NEVER MET, BUT I'M EXCITED TO HEAR PREACH, AND THEN

PROPHET KENT CHRISTMAS, MYSELF, AND THEN OF COURSE, DR. GENE

BAILEY IS GONNA BE WITH US, AND SO MANY OTHERS. YOU DON'T WANT

TO MISS IT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, PLEASE REGISTER TODAY.

DON'T WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH. DON'T WAIT ANOTHER WEEK. PLEASE

REGISTER TODAY. WE WANT TO KNOW YOU'RE COMING. WE'RE GETTING

EVERYTHING READY. THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A VICTORY RALLY, AND

WE WANT EVERYONE TO JOIN US FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL

TIME IN THE LORD. AGAIN, I'LL SEE YOU VERY SOON

AT OPENING THE HEAVENS. GOD BLESS YOU.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

- EVERYBODY REGISTERED? I'M LOOKING TO SEE. WE'RE VERY

EXCITED. IT'S GONNA BE SUCH A GOOD TIME. AND AS YOU SEE UP

THERE ON THE GRAPHIC, THAT, WHAT A LINEUP. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

WHAT A GROUP. SO IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TIME. SO MAKE SURE YOU GET

REGISTERED. DON'T DELAY ON THOSE HOTELS, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN, BECAUSE THEY DO GET BOOKED UP AND YOUR

FAVORITE ROOM MAY BE GONE. SO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO BUT

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO GET SIGNED UP. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S

FREE TO ATTEND. SO YOUR COST TO COME, BUT IF YOU LIVE NEAR THE

AREA, INVITE SOMEBODY. THEY DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF

CONFERENCES ARE DOING A REGISTRATION FEE TO COVER THEIR

COSTS. FOLKS, WE DO THIS BY FAITH. WE DO IT BY FAITH. AND SO

WE'LL RECEIVE OFFERINGS THERE LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, BUT WE DO IT

BY FAITH. AND BY THE WAY, ALL OF YOU THAT HELPED US MAKE UP THAT

GAP FROM LAST YEAR, THANK YOU. WE ABSOLUTELY BROKE EVEN AND

WENT A LITTLE BIT OVER ON LAST YEAR'S CONFERENCE. SO THIS YEAR,

BELIEVE WITH US, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABUNDANCE, AMEN? 'CAUSE WE

GOT A LOT TO DO FOR THE KINGDOM. WELL, NOT A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY. IT'S SUMMERTIME. YOU GUYS ENJOYING SUMMER SO FAR? VERY

MUCH SO. I MEAN, HOW MANY OF YOU, OKAY, I GOTTA ASK A FUN

QUESTION. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON VACATION ALREADY? RAISE

YOUR HAND. NOT TOO MANY. I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF NON-VACATING

PEOPLE. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE STILL YET TO GO ON A VACATION?

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A LOT OF YOU. I MEAN, IS ANYBODY GONNA BE HERE

IN AUGUST? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S GOOD. 'CAUSE IT'S ALMOST TIME

FOR THE KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. BUT PASTOR AND I ARE

LOOKING FORWARD TO A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OFF AND GOING ON SOME

LITTLE EXCURSIONS, DOING A FEW LITTLE THINGS. SO THAT SAID, WE

WILL BE GONE NEXT SUNDAY ON THE 20TH, BOTH US AND THE HAIRS. AND

WE FOUND OUT IF WE DON'T GO ON VACATION AT THE SAME TIME,

SOMEONE'S ALWAYS IN WORK MODE. HEY, DID YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

OVER THERE TODAY? SO WE TRY TO DO THIS ALL AT ONCE AND THEN

EVERYBODY COME BACK. PASTOR MATT TENDS TO SAVE HIS VACATIONS FOR

GREEN BAY SEASON. WE KNOW WHAT YOU DO. SO HE'LL SAVE A LITTLE

BIT FOR THE FALL TIME. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. BUT WHILE

WE ARE OUT, NEXT WEEK RICHARD ROBERTS WILL BE IN THE HOUSE.

AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. PASTOR DOUG WILL BE

HANDLING THINGS WHILE WE'RE AWAY ALONG WITH PASTOR KEITH. AND BY

THE WAY, AREN'T THEY TWO AMAZING FOLKS? WONDERFUL. WE LOVE YOU

GUYS. YOU GUYS DO SUCH A REMARKABLE JOB. AND WHAT'S THAT?

AND PASTOR MARK OVER THERE. YES, HE IS DOING, YOU'RE KIND OF NEW

TO THE GROUP. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GET USED TO SAYING

EVERYBODY. AND IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOUR NAME, PASTOR

WHATEVER, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW YOU DO STUFF. YOU DO STUFF.

ANYWAY, BUT THEN OF COURSE ON THE 20TH, DR. JEAN AND TERRY

BAILEY WILL BE HERE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO

IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ON VACATION, BE IN THE HOUSE. LET

THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE EXCITED THAT THEY ARE HERE BACK AT LORD

OF HOSTS CHURCH. AND I THINK THIS IS RICHARD ROBERTS' FIRST

TIME TO BE IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SO WE'RE EXCITED

ABOUT THAT. SO, AND YOU GET TO SEE IT IN PERSON. BY THE WAY,

OUR GROUP FROM MISSOURI, WAVE AT EVERYBODY AGAIN. IS IT DIFFERENT

IN HERE THAN ONLINE? YOU LIKE IT IN PERSON? ONLINE'S GOOD TOO. WE

TRY TO MAKE IT REALLY GOOD FOR THE ONLINE GROUP. BECAUSE BY THE

WAY, ONLINE FAMILY, YOU HELPED US BUILD THIS BUILDING. AND

WHAT'S SO REMARKABLE... GIVE THEM A GREAT BIG ROUND.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

HONESTLY, I WAS SHOCKED THE FIRST TIME WE

WERE AT A FLASHPOINT EVENT, I THINK, BUT WE

WERE SOMEWHERE. AND PASTOR AND I WERE GREETING SOME

PEOPLE. AND SOMEBODY CAME UP AND SAID, I SUPPORT YOUR

BUILDING. AND THEY'D NEVER BEEN IN OMAHA. SO I MEAN, PRETTY

REMARKABLE. AND SO WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR MEDIA EVENT LAST, THAT

FRIDAY THAT WE DID THE MEDIA EVENT, I GUESS IT WAS A WEEK

AGO, WELL, TIME FLIES. BUT ANYWAY, SOMEBODY CAME UP, I WAS

TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS FROM ANOTHER CHURCH HERE LOCALLY

ABOUT HOW THEY WERE JUST ADMIRING THE BUILDING, ABOUT HOW

SO MANY PEOPLE AND YOU ONLINE HELPED PAY FOR THIS

CONSTRUCTION, YOU HELPED BUILD THIS TABERNACLE. AND THEY WERE

COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY BY THAT, THAT HOW MANY ONLINE PEOPLE

CONNECT TO LOH. SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE GOOD

FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE FROM OTHER STATES.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A MEDIA FUND. WE

WANT TO BUILD... PEOPLE SAY, YOU SPEND SO MUCH MONEY

ON THE MEDIA. BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT

THERE, AND WE NEVER KNOW WHETHER HERE OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY,

SOMEBODY MIGHT GET SAVED, THEY MIGHT GET HEALED.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

TO ME, NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN BE PUT ON, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE

REASONS WE DID THE MEDIA EVENT. WE WANTED TO MAKE A GREAT

EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE CHURCHES TO DO THAT.

WE CAN'T JUST PUT A CELL PHONE ON THE FRONT ROW AND CALL IT A

LIVE STREAM ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO SHIFT, RIGHT? AND

MAKE PEOPLE REALLY FEEL PART OF THE ROOM. SO AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN,

THANK YOU, ONLINE FAMILY, FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE IT AMAZING.

AND GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE STILL, WHILE PASTOR AND I ARE ON

VACATION, YOU, I MIGHT JUST LOOK IN AND SEE IF YOU'RE ATTENDING

ONLINE. SO YOU JUST NEVER KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE PART OF IT. SO

GET IN HERE AND SUPPORT OUR GUEST SPEAKERS AS WELL. AMEN?

ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT ENOUGH SAID ABOUT ALL THAT. LET'S PUT OUR

OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP TODAY. YOU KNOW THIS VERSE, BUT I WANNA

BRING OUT ONE LITTLE TEENY WORD IN THIS PASSAGE. HOW MANY OF

YOU'VE READ THIS A HUNDRED TIMES? HOW MANY OF YOU READ THE

BIBLE A HUNDRED TIMES OR SOME VERSES OVER AND OVER, AND THEN

ALL OF A SUDDEN, ONE DAY AFTER YEARS OF READING A VERSE,

SOMETHING JUST HITS YOU. IT'S LIKE THE LIGHT BULB COMES ON.

WELL, THIS IS GALATIANS 6:7, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THE PART I

Galatians 6:7

WANT TO READ TO YOU, BUT IT SAYS, "BE NOT DECEIVED, GOD IS

NOT MOCKED. "FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT SHALL HE ALSO

REAP." SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE YOU DON'T WANT TO

REAP, DON'T SOW TO THAT. THINK ABOUT IT. DON'T SOW TO THAT. IF

YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE LACK, THEN DON'T TITHE. OKAY, IF

YOU'RE EXCITED TO BE POOR AND BROKE AND STRUGGLING AND

FRUSTRATED, WELL THEN DON'T GIVE OFFERINGS. DO THE OPPOSITE OF

WHAT GOD SAYS. AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.

OKAY, IF YOU WANT THE RESULTS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SPEAK WRONG,

THEN SPEAK WRONG. BUT WHAT WE SOW, RIGHT, WE REAP. AND THIS

ISN'T JUST A FINANCIAL SCRIPTURE, IT'S A SCRIPTURE THAT

PERTAINS TO SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN LIFE, WHAT WE SAY, WHAT WE

DO, OUR ACTIONS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A POOR

MARRIAGE, THEN ARGUE ALL THE TIME. OKAY, IF YOU SOW TO THAT,

THAT'S THE RESULT, RIGHT? OKAY, BUT IF YOU SOW WITH LOVE AND YOU

SOW WITH KINDNESS, THEN YOU ARE GONNA REAP THE RESULT OF THAT.

SO "BE NOT DECEIVED, GOD'S NOT MOCKED, WHATEVER A MAN SOWS,

THAT SHALL HE REAP." READ THE NEXT ONE. "FOR HE THAT SOWS TO

HIS FLESH, WELL, SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION." YOU

KNOW, WHEN WE DO THINGS CARNAL, YOU KNOW,

THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF JAMES, THAT

SAYS, IF WE ARE JUST LISTENERS TO THE WORD, YOU

KNOW, WE'RE JUST HEARERS ONLY, AND WE DON'T DO THE THINGS IT

SAYS, AT LEAST WORK TO DO THE THINGS IT SAYS, WE DON'T DO

THOSE THINGS, THEN WE ACTUALLY, THINK ABOUT THIS VERSE, IT SAYS,

THEN WE ACTUALLY DECEIVE OURSELF. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED

THE DEVIL TO HELP. YOU DON'T, IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO BE A DOER OF

THE WORD, YOU CAN SIT ON THE FRONT ROW AND TEXT ON YOUR PHONE

OR JUST KIND OF, NEVER LOOK UP THE SCRIPTURES, A PASTOR CAN

PREACH AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, YOU'LL HEAR IT EVERY

SUNDAY, RIGHT? BUT YOU DON'T APPLY ANY OF IT, AND YOU DON'T

DO IT, YOU'LL ACTUALLY DECEIVE YOURSELF. THAT'S WHAT THE

SCRIPTURE TELLS US. THAT'S KIND OF REMARKABLE. SO THE DEVIL, YOU

CAN DO ALL THE WORK, AND THE DEVIL DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO DO

ANYTHING. OKAY, SO DON'T SOW TO THE FLESH. WHEN YOU HEAR A WORD,

WORK IT, DEVELOP IT, SOW TO THE SPIRIT. HE THAT DOES SPIRITUAL

THINGS, I HEARD A PREACHER SAY IT LIKE THAT ONE TIME, "HE THAT

DOES SPIRITUAL THINGS SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE

EVERLASTING." SO DO SPIRITUAL THINGS. DON'T DO CARNAL THINGS,

DON'T DO FLESHLY THINGS, DO SPIRITUAL. AND IF YOU DO

SPIRITUAL THINGS LIKE TALK RIGHT, SOMEBODY SAY TALK RIGHT.

- TALK RIGHT.

- YOU DO SPIRITUAL THINGS LIKE TITHE, SOMEBODY SAY TITHE.

- TITHE.

- YOU DO SPIRITUAL THINGS LIKE FORGIVE.

- FORGIVE.

- RIGHT? YOU DO ALL THE THINGS THE BIBLE SAYS. YOU WILL OF THE

SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING. THOSE THINGS WILL GO FROM NOW,

THAT HARVEST, ALL THE WAY AND FOLLOW YOU INTO HEAVEN. NOW LOOK

AT VERSE 9. THIS IS THE REAL PART I WANNA SHOW YOU. SEE,

THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD. I HAVE TO CAMP ON ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.

"AND LET US NOT BE..." THAT IS THE PART I WANT TO

TELL YOU TODAY. THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHY

SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET THE FULL HARVEST

THAT GOD WANTS FOR US, IS I BELIEVE SOMETIMES WE JUST GET

WEARY. AND YEAH, YOU MIGHT STILL BE WRITING THAT TIDE CHECK, BUT

YOU'RE WEARY. YOU'RE TIRED OF IT. YOU'RE TIRED OF WHAT YOU'VE

SEEN IN YOUR LIFE, OR YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY CERTAIN THINGS

HAVE GONE THE WAY THEY'VE GONE, OR YOU'RE LIKE, "WELL, LORD,

EVERYTHING SEEMS DELAYED. EVERYTHING SEEMS DIFFICULT." AND

YET, GOD, I'VE BEEN SOWING, I'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT IT, I'VE

BEEN, IT'S ON MY PRAYER LIST, AND YET WE GO BACK TO THE

SCRIPTURE, DON'T BE WEARY. THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE THOUGHT,

"MAN, GOD, YOU TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET US TO A CERTAIN POINT."

HAVEN'T YOU EVER, HAVEN'T YOU EVER BEEN THROUGH WHAT YOU CALL

A LONG MIRACLE? RIGHT? ANYBODY EVER HAD A LONG MIRACLE? OKAY,

THERE'S MIRACLES THAT HAPPEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AND THEN SOME TAKE A

LONG TIME. I WAS READING JUST THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE APOSTLE

PAUL WHO WAS 14 YEARS ON THE BACKSIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. GOD WAS

WORKING THE MAN. AND YET HE TALKED ABOUT THE MIRACLES THAT

GOD DID. SO WHETHER YOU'RE IN A SHORT MIRACLE SEASON OR A LONG

ONE, BE NOT WEARY, WEARY, OKAY, WEARY. THAT MEANS YOU GET TIRED

OF DOING THE RIGHT THING, GET TIRED OF BEING SPIRITUAL

SOMETIMES. YEAH, SOMETIMES YOU NEED A VACATION, GO TO THE

BEACH, I GET IT. BUT YOU KNOW, DON'T LET THAT BE YOUR CARNAL

MOMENT. BE NOT WEARY IN WHAT DOING? WELL-DOING. SO CONTINUING

TO WORK WITH THE SCRIPTURE DECLARES, DOING WHAT THE WORD

SAYS, BEING OBEDIENT. IF THE BIBLE SAYS TO WATCH WHAT WE SAY,

THEN WATCH WHAT WE SAY. DON'T BE WEARY IN DOING AND WELL-DOING

FOR IN DUE SEASON. YOU KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A DUE SEASON,

RIGHT? ANYBODY EVER LOOK FORWARD TO PAYDAY? COME ON, WE ALL LIKE

PAYDAY, RIGHT? WE ALL LIKE WHEN THE CHECK COMES IN, THE DIRECT

DEPOSIT COMES IN, IT'S PAYDAY, AND YOU'RE EXCITED. SO THINK

ABOUT THAT. THAT'S LIKE A DUE SEASON. IT IS DUE TO YOU FOR THE

WORK THAT YOU DID OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR A WEEK OR HOWEVER

YOU GET PAID. WELL, GOD IS NO DIFFERENT. OKAY, THERE IS A DUE

SEASON. NOW, GOD, AND HERE'S THE THING, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU

SOMETHING 'CAUSE IT SAYS IN DUE SEASON, WE WILL REAP. MAKE SURE

YOU DON'T MISS THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU'RE REAPING. PASTOR BRENDA,

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? WELL, SOMETIMES THERE IS A REAPING

BLESSING THAT WE HAVE, AND IF IT'S NOT A CERTAIN WAY, AND IT

DOESN'T COME IN A CERTAIN PACKAGE, WE IGNORE THOSE

HARVESTS THAT WE REAP BECAUSE WE JUST WENT RIGHT ON BY. YOU KNOW,

THAT LITTLE THING THAT GOD DOES TO TOUCH YOU OR ADD SOMETHING,

YOU KNOW? YOU MIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, I GOT THIS LITTLE,

WE GOT THIS LITTLE STOCK CHECK THE OTHER DAY, SOMEBODY YEARS

AGO BOUGHT PASTOR HANK'S STOCK IN WENDY'S. CAN I TELL YOU?

WENDY'S, 'CAUSE HE ALWAYS LIKED A WENDY'S. SO THE OTHER DAY, HE

GOT A CHECK FROM IT. IT WAS $4. AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, LORD, THAT

WAS $4 I DIDN'T HAVE. THAT'LL AT LEAST GET YOU A COFFEE AT

SCOOTERS. I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE BLACK AND PLAIN, BUT IT'LL GET

YOU A COFFEE AT SCOOTERS. BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT TO

DO BETTER. COME ON, CAN WE DO BETTER AT SEEING WHEN WE ARE

REAPING? DON'T JUST IGNORE THE SMALL HARVEST BECAUSE THE BIG

ONE DIDN'T SHOW. IN DUE SEASON, WE WILL, BECAUSE YOU COULD BE

TEARING UP THAT OTHER HARVEST BY NOT NOTICING THE, YOU KNOW, AND

I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT FARMING, BUT MY FEELING IS IF

YOU DON'T PULL OUT LAST YEAR'S CORN, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR A NEW

ONE, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SEE IT. WE WENT BY THE CORN THE OTHER

DAY. THEY USED TO SAY KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY. I'M LIKE, I

THINK IT'S LIKE HAIRLINE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY. AND IT'S WAY UP

HERE. BUT I WAS THINKING IF THEY DIDN'T EVER REAP THAT, THAT

FIELD WOULD NOT BE READY FOR WHAT'S TO COME. SO NOTICE WHERE

YOU'RE REAPING. IN DUE SEASON WE WILL REAP. SO THE MESSAGE IS

DON'T GET WEARY WITH TIMING. DON'T GET WEARY IN YOUR GIVING.

KEEP DOING SPIRITUAL THINGS AND YOU WILL REAP A HARVEST FROM

GOD. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. LET'S PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE

SCREEN. I GOT TO GET PASTOR UP TO PREACH BECAUSE I KNOW HE HAS

GOT A GREAT WORD TODAY. AND THERE IS ALL THE GIVING

INFORMATION, TEXT TO GIVE, THE WEBSITE, QR CODE. THANK YOU FOR

KEEPING YOUR GIVING STRONG THROUGH THE SUMMER. SO

IMPORTANT, SUMMER MONTHS, CHURCHES DO NOT ALWAYS LIKE THEM

BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO GO ON CRUISES WITH THEIR MONEY. BUT

YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS SO GOOD AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL. WE'VE GOT

SOME PROJECTS COMING OUT I BELIEVE THIS FALL THAT WE'LL BE

SHARING. SO LET'S JUST BE DILIGENT. IF ALL THE FUNDS, THE

DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE UP, IT JUST HELPS THE

CHURCH. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GIVE, GIVE INTO THE GENERAL

FUND. AND JUST SOW. BE A SOWER. THERE'S HARVEST COMING IN OUR

SEASON AHEAD OF US. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS, IF YOU WANT TO

HELP SUPPORT THE DISASTER RELIEF OF THE FLOODING, WE'RE GOING TO

BE SOWING INTO THAT. WE DO HAVE A DISASTER RELIEF FUND, SO WE

WILL BE HELPING THEM OUT OF THAT FUND. SO YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT TO

BE PART OF THAT, BOB, WAVE AT EVERYBODY. HE'S OUR COORDINATOR.

HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH,

AND HE IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP GET

SOME RELIEF TO SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND HELP OUT.

SO YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT THROUGH DISASTER, THE DISASTER

RELIEF FUND THERE. AND THEN FOLKS, HERE'S ANOTHER THING. CAN

I MAKE ANOTHER REQUEST? LET'S MAKE SURE WE GIVE STRONG THIS

SUMMER BECAUSE I WANNA GO INTO OTH THIS YEAR WITH A LITTLE BIT

OF A BUMP. DON'T YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA? IT'S

FUNNY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT SCRIPTURE, YOU CAN STAND WHEN

YOU HAVE YOUR OFFERING READY AND YOUR PHONE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT

THAT SCRIPTURE WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, LET'S GET THE WAR

CHEST READY, RIGHT? REMEMBER HE SAID IT? LET'S GIVE AN ADVANCE.

AND THE REASON HE SAID, "I WANT TO DO THAT," IT WOULDN'T BE

AMAZING IF ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS SUCH A SURPLUS, WE DIDN'T

EVEN NEED TO RAISE MONEY AT THE CONFERENCE. I MEAN, THAT TAKES

BIG FAITH FOR ME TO THINK THAT. BUT I WILL SAY, PAUL SAID, "I

DON'T WANT TO EVEN RECEIVE OFFERINGS WHEN I GET THERE.

LET'S DO IT AHEAD OF TIME." SO, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW,

IF WE GET THAT OPENING THE HEAVENS, JUDY, TELL HER, GET

THAT LIVE, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE

SOME PEOPLE TOO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OUT

THERE OR NOT YET, BUT TELL HER TO GET IT GOING. WE CAN SOW

INTO IT NOW. I THINK WOULDN'T THAT BE A GOOD IDEA?

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THAT JUST CAME TO ME RIGHT NOW. SO ALL

RIGHT, PASTOR MATT, GET READY TO COME OVER. I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR

ALL OF THE PEOPLE HERE. HOLD YOUR OFFERING UP HIGH. HOLD IT

IN FAITH. LET THIS BE A SWORD IN THE AIR THAT YOU ARE NOT WEARY

IN WELL-DOING. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON

THAT'S GIVING TODAY. AND IF THERE IS A SPIRIT OF WEARINESS

TRYING TO HIT ANY PERSON REGARDING ANYTHING IN THEIR

LIFE, WE BREAK THAT AND WE PRAY A SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH UPON

THEM AND OVER THEM. LET THEM BE ENCOURAGED AFRESH. LET THEM BE

STRENGTHENED AFRESH. AND I PRAY IF THERE'S ANY HARVEST THAT THEY

HAVE MISSED, THAT THEY LET PASS THEM BY AND THEY DIDN'T REAP IT

OR NOTICE IT, FATHER, I PRAY YOU'D SHOW IT TO THEM, REMIND

THEM. AND FATHER, WE DO THAT THROUGH THANKFULNESS. AND

FATHER, I JUST ASK RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD CAUSE A

SUPERNATURAL REAPING ON EVERY PERSON THAT'S GIVING TODAY, AND

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

PASTOR MATT, COME ON, LET'S DO THIS DECREE BEFORE MY DAD'S

VACATION. LET'S DO THIS DECREE WITH GUSTO TODAY. HOW DOES THAT

SOUND? OKAY. IS THAT A WORD THEY STILL USE

IN THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION? NO.

- TO BE HONEST, I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT.

- OKAY.

- YOU THREW ME FOR A LOOP WITH THAT ONE.

- DON'T LAUGH, WILLIE. DON'T LAUGH. OKAY.

- I MUST BE BEHIND.

- I'LL STAND HERE AND DO IT WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY? LET'S GO CHURCH.

LET'S DECLARE IT ALL OF US TOGETHER.

- 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 BEING EXPANDED NOW.

- WHAT WAS THE WORD? GUSTO.

- GUSTO.

- GUSTO, I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT RIGHT.

THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW.

- ALL RIGHT, INTRODUCE YOUR DAD.

- DAD, YOU'RE THE WORD GUY, SO, YOU KNOW.

- EXCELLENT. YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR MATT, I WAS JUST THINKING

OF SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY. YOU ALL CAN BE SEATED. STAY RIGHT

HERE. NOW, SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM, YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT

I'M GONNA SAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING REGARDING

THIS, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER

THE OLD FRED SAMFORD? REMEMBER, REMEMBER FRED?

- IT'S A GREAT SHOW.

- FRED G, G SAMFORD'S SON. REMEMBER, BUT THERE WAS THAT

WHITE COP THAT WOULD SHOW UP AND HE WOULD ALWAYS GET THE WORDS

DOWN, WRONG. REMEMBER THAT? RIGHT? INSTEAD OF GET DOWN, HE

WOULD SAY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO UP, DOWN, OR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT. RIGHT, YOU REMEMBER THAT? THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST DID.

- YEAH, CLEARLY.

- THAT'S 'CAUSE YOU'RE AS WHITE AS THEY COME, BOY.

- MOM, YOU ARE SETTING ME UP. NO, I AM NOT.

THAT IS YOU. THAT IS SO YOU.

- ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA PREACH. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

HEY, LET ME JUST MAKE JUST A COUPLE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS

BEFORE I GET STARTED. I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A VIDEO. HOW MANY OF

YOU REMEMBER THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL? SO WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU A

PROPHETIC WORD ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND, BUT I DO WANNA MENTION,

WE'VE BEEN AT A ONE SERVICE FORMAT HERE THROUGHOUT THE

SUMMER, AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ENJOYED JUST MEETING PEOPLE?

ISN'T IT BEEN GREAT? I MEAN, IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT? DO

THAT, IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE 11

YEARS, SOME OF YOU ARE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND WE'VE

BEEN HEARING GREAT REPORTS OF PEOPLE IN THE CONNECT CENTER

REALLY BEING ABLE TO CONNECT BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE TWO

SERVICES, YOU'RE JUST RUSHING. WE GOTTA GET IN AND OUT, WE

GOTTA GET THE PARKING LOT READY. BUT WHAT WE FEEL AS A STAFF, THE

PASTORAL STAFF, JUST REALLY TALKING ABOUT IT, I THINK WHAT

WE'RE GONNA DO IS JUST, WE'RE GONNA, UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE,

WE'RE JUST GONNA KINDA KEEP IT AT ONE SERVICE FOR NOW. AND

WELL, PASTOR, HOW LONG WILL THAT BE? I DON'T KNOW. I JUST FEEL

LIKE LET'S JUST CONTINUE TO GROW. PLUS, THERE'S ROOM FOR US

TO GROW. IT'S BEEN HARDER TO GAUGE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE

NUMBERS WISE, BECAUSE SUMMER IS NOT A GOOD TIME FOR THAT,

BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VACATING WEDDINGS AND GRADUATIONS AND

THINGS, SO PEOPLE ARE IN AND OUT. BUT EVEN BESIDES ALL OF

THAT, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO JUST CONTINUE TO UNIFY AS A

FAMILY. NOW, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, WE

ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE TWO ONLINE SERVICE FORMATS THAT

ARE JUST LIKE THEY ARE, 9 AND 11:30. AND SOMETIMES WE'RE

PUSHING THOSE ONES BACK AT 11:30, JUST LIKE

15 MINUTES BACK A LITTLE BIT, 'CAUSE THEY

HAVE TO HAVE TIME IN THE CONTROL BOOTH

TO GET EVERYTHING READY, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THESE LAST

FEW WEEKS WHERE PASTOR BRENDA WAS PREACHING. SHE'S THE

LONGEST-WINDED PREACHER IN THE WORLD BY HER OWN ADMISSION.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

LOOK AT HER, THERE YOU GO. SO, THERE YOU HAVE THAT. SO, WE KEPT

HAVING TO PUSH IT BACK, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TODAY WILL BE.

SO, UNITY IS IMPORTANT, BUT I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT OTH.

SO, HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU ARE A GOOD BOY OR A GOOD GIRL, AND YOU

HAVE REGISTERED? OKAY, NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M SAYING THAT IF

YOU DIDN'T REGISTER, YOU'RE A BAD GIRL OR A BAD BOY. YOU JUST

HAVEN'T GOT IN THE GOOD CLUB YET. SO, I ENCOURAGE YOU, PUT UP

THE INFORMATION RIGHT THERE. NOW, I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT UP

THERE, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, SO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE,

WHEN I WAS DOWN AT FLASHPOINT, WHERE WERE WE? LOUISVILLE,

LOUISVILLE, OKAY, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE. I TRIED, MAN, THEY

KEPT CORRECTING ME. PASTOR HANK GETS, "WHOA," I'M LIKE, "MY

TONGUE DOES NOT DO THAT." YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, IT MUST BE

A SOUTH THING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? BUT THEY KEPT

SAYING, "OH, PASTOR HANK, DON'T LOSE

YOUR BOLDNESS. OH, DON'T LOSE YOUR BOLDNESS."

AND I GOT ON THE AIRPLANE, AND I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING, GOD,

HOW COME IT'S UP TO ME? WHY IS IT UP TO ME TO STAY BOLD? WHY IS

IT UP TO ME? AND I STARTED KINDA GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A,

'CAUSE I NEED A VACATION. I'M HAVING ATTITUDES, I AM. I'M

HAVING ATTITUDES. I TOLD HER, I HAD EIGHT BOOK CONTRACTS I JUST

SIGNED WITH THE PUBLISHER AND THE ATTORNEY. THAT'S HOW HARD

I'VE BEEN WORKING. AND I SAID, "IF YOU DON'T GET IT, ALL THOSE

CONTRACTS AND THE ATTORNEY AND EVERYTHING, BY DEADLINE FRIDAY,

I AIN'T SIGNING ANY OF THEM UNTIL I GET BACK." SO THEY

HURRIED UP AND FINALLY CAME TO AGREEMENTS, BUT I'M STILL

SIGNING IT MY FIRST DAY OF VACATION TOMORROW.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

SO I'VE BEEN HAVING ATTITUDES. WELL,

HAVEN'T YOU EVER HAD AN ATTITUDE?

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I'VE HAD AN ATTITUDE. AND I WAS ON THE AIRPLANE HAVING AN

ATTITUDE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT HERE. SO

WE'LL GET READY. BUT I HAD TO ANSWER, I'M LIKE, "WELL, WHY IS

IT DETERMINED ON MY BOLDNESS?" AND SO THEN I WENT TO GOD. AND I

SAID, "LORD, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. I GOTTA ASK YOU ABOUT

THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT ME TO BE BOLD AND STAY BOLD, AND I

GET IT, AND I AM, AND I, YOU KNOW." AND I HEARD THE HOLY

SPIRIT SAY TO ME, "GO OVER ON YOUR PHONE," 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT

I HAD. HE SAID, "AND LOOK UP ACTS 4." I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU

GONNA SHOW ME?" HE SAID, "JUST GO OVER AND READ IT. I WANNA

TEACH YOU SOMETHING." SO I LISTENED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

TAUGHT ME. I BETTER TIE MY SHOE OR I'M GONNA GET TAUGHT A

LESSON. JUST A MINUTE. SO I OUGHTA PREACH LIKE THIS ONE DAY

WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE ME FROM BEHIND THE PULPIT. THAT WOULD

BE SO FUNNY. AND GOD SAID... LIFT UP YOUR HANDS BEFORE GOD.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

THAT'D BE REALLY FUNNY. BUT, HUH? YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT? OH,

MY WIFE'S SAYING TO DO THAT, OKAY. SHE NEEDS A VACATION

'CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. BUT ANYWAY, SO IN ACTS 4, I GET

OVER THERE AND I REALIZE SOMETHING. THERE WAS TWO THINGS

THAT CAUSED BOLDNESS TO COME. THIS IS WHY I PUT OTH BACK UP.

IT WASN'T JUST PETER AND JOHN STAYING BOLD. THEY WENT TO THEIR

OWN COMPANY. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HELPED MAINTAIN THEIR

BOLDNESS IS YOU STAYED BOLD. YOU GOT IN THE FIGHT. YOU STAY IN

THE FIGHT. 'CAUSE IT SAID THEY WENT UNDER THEIR OWN COMPANY AND

THEY ALL ASSEMBLED TOGETHER UNITY. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT

THIS YEAR. WE WON A MAJOR ELECTION FOR THE COUNTRY AND FOR

THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. AND IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING NOT

COMING, YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF, THIS CANNOT BE ABOUT

PASTOR HANK AND DONALD TRUMP AND ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE

BOLDLY LEADING, FLASHPOINT, COME ON. WE HAVE GOT TO SEND A

MESSAGE TO HELL AND TO THE LIBERAL LOONIES THAT WE ARE

GOING TO UNIFY IN OUR BOLDNESS AND WE WON'T BE QUIET. WE'RE NOT

GOING ANYWHERE. SO THAT'S WHAT HE SHOWED ME IN ACTS 4, IS IT

WAS A CORPORATE BOLDNESS. AND THEY GATHERED TOGETHER, AND THEN

HERE'S THE OTHER THING. AND ONCE THEY DECIDED TO GATHER TOGETHER,

GUESS WHAT? THEY GOT IMPARTED TO. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD GAVE

THEM BOLDNESS. AMEN? SO I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE

IMPARTED TO US AT ANOTHER LEVEL. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO GET THERE.

AND LET ME SEE MY BEST RADIO VOICE. REGISTER TODAY. YOU EVER

BEEN AT THE AIRPORT WHERE THEY, ATTENTION, THE MOVING WALKWAY IS

ENDING. ALL RIGHT, GO TO EPHESIANS 6. I WANNA TALK TO YOU

ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE UNDER

ATTACK? ALL RIGHT, JUST BE HONEST. I TOLD YOU THAT, AND I

NEVER, NO, I CAN'T SAY NEVER, 'CAUSE I JUST DID. I USUALLY

DON'T SPEAK OUT OF MY MOUTH WHEN I'M STRUGGLING. I'M VERY CAREFUL

WITH, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR MY WIFE AND I

ON VACATION? I DO, AND BRENDA, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO ME ABOUT

WEARINESS. I'VE BEEN FEELING IT FOR ABOUT THE LAST MONTH, WHERE

I JUST SAID, GOD, I'VE BEEN RUNNING HARD, AND I REALIZED IT,

AND I JUST SAID, MAN, I CAN'T WAIT TO JUST TAKE A BREAK. AND

I'M NOT COMPLAINING, I'M JUST COMMUNICATING SO THAT YOU PRAYER

WARRIORS CAN HELP ME, OKAY? BUT HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE FELT UNDER

ATTACK, MAYBE CURRENTLY, OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE

CURRENTLY THERE'S BEEN LIKE AN ATTACK, MAYBE... PUT YOUR

LITTLE EMOJO UP, OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM, ON THE THING

AND YOU SHOW YOUR HAND, OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THAT YOU

KNOW, OR... JUST DON'T PUT ANY MAD FACES YOU KNOW, BECAUSE

THAT DOESN'T GET YOU ANYWHERE. BUT YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND

LIKE "YOU KNOW WHAT, HEY, GOD I NEED YOU TO COME THROUGH.

BECAUSE IF IT'S "THE LORD OF THE FIGHT" THEN WE NEED GOD TO

COME THROUGH. ALL RIGHT. HOLY SPIRIT JUST REMINDED ME, HE SAID

"SHOW THE VIDEO." OKAY, SO HOW MANY REMEMBER

FLASHPOINT LIVE? YOU WERE WATCHING MAYBE

DOWN THERE IN LOUISVILLE, AND THEY WERE

TALKING ABOUT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, AND I REMEMBER WATCHING

THAT GUY, HE'S GOT THE BASKETBALL NAME, HAKEEM

JEFFRIES. HE NEEDS TO GO PLAY BASKETBALL 'CAUSE HE ISN'T GOOD

AT WHAT HE DOES CURRENTLY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IDIOT WAS

VOTED IN. BUT ANYWAY, THE POINT IS, HE'S JUST RANTING AND RAVING

AND ALL THIS. AND I LEARNED SOMETHING, ANY TIME THE LEFT

RANTS AND RAVES ABOUT SOMETHING, THAT MEANS WE'RE OVER THE TARGET

ON SOMETHING. NOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT BILL IS PERFECT, I'M

NOT SAYING THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT. I'M VERY

FRUSTRATED WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO

UNIFY HARDLY ABOUT ANYTHING. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO STAND UP

FOR ANYTHING. OKAY? AND I THINK THEY COULD DO A BETTER JOB ON A

LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE DONE, AND THAT'S WHY I'M

GONNA GET MORE INVOLVED HERE IN A TASK FORCE. AND I WANT TO,

WE'RE GONNA GET SOME THINGS DONE. BUT THE POINT THAT I MAKE

TO YOU IS THIS, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BIG,

BEAUTIFUL BILL. AND I'M ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS WHENEVER WE TALK

ABOUT A BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER THE PORK

SPENDING. USUALLY THESE POLITICIANS, THEY GET UP THERE

AND THEN THEY FORGET COMMON SENSE AND THEY FORGET YOU. I

DON'T CARE IF IT'S REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT. THEY GO TO DC AND THEY

GET DEMON POSSESSED. AND SO THEY HAVE THESE HUGE BILLS AND ONLY

THIS MUCH OF IT REALLY PERTAINS TO ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS YOU,

THE TAXPAYER. BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS DIFFERENT. I FEEL LIKE

THIS IS A BIG, BEAUTIFUL BURDEN TO WHAT THE ENEMY THOUGHT THAT

HE COULD CONTINUE TO DO AGAINST YOU, THE PEOPLE. SO I'M CALLING

IT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BLESSING 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S

SOMETHING THAT IS CONNECTED TO IT. SO I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS

PROPHECY. NOW THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING. HOW MANY HEARD

ABOUT THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD THING? NOW THIS ISN'T FULLY A

KNOCKOUT PUNCH YET, BUT AT LEAST THE ROCK IS IN MOTION TO CUT THE

HEAD OF GOLIATH OFF. THAT'S WHAT YOU GOTTA SEE. NOW, I FIND THIS

PROPHECY INTERESTING. OF ALL THE PROPHECIES GOD COULD SPEAK ON

MOTHER'S DAY, HE CHOSE THIS WORD. THIS WAS ON MOTHER'S DAY

THIS YEAR. SO, WITH THAT, LET IT ROLL. SO IT IS, SAYS THE SPIRIT

OF GOD, THAT THE HANDS OF THE FATHER, AT THIS TIME, UPON YOUR

NATURAL CALENDAR OF PAY ATTENTION, HEY, FOR THE FATHER

HAS PLACED HIS HAND UPON WOMEN, MOTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO

HAVE PRAYED, AND THE FATHER IS PLACING HIS HANDS UPON THE

CHILDREN. AND TOGETHER THERE SHALL BE A COMBUSTION. AND THERE

SHALL BE A GREAT RELEASE THAT SHALL MANIFEST IN THE EARTH. FOR

THE ENEMY HAS ATTACKED WOMEN, MOTHERS, CHILDREN IN THE WOMB

AND OUTSIDE. YET THIS IS THE SEASON, SEASON THAT THE MOTHER

AND THE CHILDREN, THEIR PRAYERS, SHALL BRING GREAT DAMAGE TO THE

ENEMY, TO SATANIC STRUCTURES AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR

A GENERATION. AND THIS THAT IS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN MOTHERS AND

CHILDREN, THEIR PRAYERS. THERE SHALL COME A BLOW BY THE POWER

OF MY HAND AGAINST THE LAWS OF YOUR LAND, AMERICA, REGARDING

ABORTION. AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR MOUTH DROP AS SUDDENLY WHAT WAS

HANDED TO THE STATES SHALL BE AN UNUSUAL UNITY THAT SHALL UNIFY

AND STATE THE MANNER THAT I SPEAK TO YOU. THAT WHAT WAS AND

WHAT HAS STRANGLED YOU SHALL NOT BE. YOU WILL SEE THIS

MANIFESTATION, NOT ONLY WITH THE LAWS CONCERNING THE UNBORN, BUT

AS JEZEBEL WAS THROWN FROM HER TOWER, SO

SHALL PLANNED PARENTHOOD BE THROWN DOWN AND

TRAMPLED, SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

- LET'S JUST WORSHIP HIM FOR A MOMENT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE

WORSHIP YOU AND WE HONOR YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE STEWARD

OVER YOUR HEART, WHICH MEANS YOUR HEART HAS A VOICE. AND SO

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE SPEAKING. AND WE ARE HONORED

TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, HOW YOU FEEL, AND WHAT YOUR

AGENDA IS. AND SO LORD, WE HONOR YOU NOW THAT THESE THINGS HAVE

BEEN RELEASED IN THE EARTH. LET US, AS YOUR PEOPLE, AS VESSELS,

CARRY OUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL, BIG BLESSING FOR THE SAKE OF THE

CHILDREN, BUT THE HONOR OF YOUR HEART. AND I PRAY THAT NOTHING

WILL BE ABLE TO PUT ASUNDER WHAT YOU ARE DOING AT THIS TIME. AND

WE JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THANK YOU. COME ON, JUST SHOUT

HIS NAME, YESHUA. WE LOVE YOU, LORD, AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHY

DON'T YOU SMILE AT SOMEBODY? GRIT YOUR TEETH. BRENDA, I'M

GONNA WATCH "TRUE GRIT" WITH JOHN WAYNE ON VACATION. ALL

RIGHT, HERE WE GO. I WANT YOU TO GO TO EPHESIANS 6. MAYBE YOU'VE

BEEN UNDER ATTACK. MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN UNDER

ATTACK. AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS VERSE HERE, EPHESIANS 6.

LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 13. "WHEREFORE, TAKE UNTO YOU

THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD." NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE ARMOR OF GOD IS.

YOU, IT LISTS IT THERE IN EPHESIANS 6, RIGHT? THE HELMET

OF SALVATION, THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,

AND SO ON. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT

YOU HAVE AN ARMOR. NOW WATCH THIS, "THAT YOU

MAY BE ABLE TO STAND," OR WITHSTAND. IN WHAT KIND OF DAY?

"AN EVIL DAY." HAVE WE SEEN AN EVIL DAY? HAVE WE SEEN WHAT

CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE? YES, WE HAVE. SO IT'S TELLING US NOT TO

QUIT. IT'S TELLING US IN AN EVIL DAY, WHAT IS OUR POSTURE? AND

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, OUR POSITION. IS IT TO WITHDRAW

FROM BATTLE? IS IT TO FEEL SORRY FOR OURSELVES? IS IT TO BACK UP

AND BE QUIET? IN AN EVIL DAY, WE ARE TO STAND. THAT'S WHAT IT

SAYS. "AND WHEN YOU'VE DONE ALL TO STAND," NOTICE THE REMINDER,

"KEEP STANDING." NOW, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT WORD, STAND, OR

STAND THEREFORE. WHAT IT MEANS IS THE ROMAN SOLDIER WOULD HAVE

THESE SPIKES IN HIS FOOT, AND IT WAS LIKE CLEATS, MAN, ON

STEROIDS. AND WHAT IT MEANT IS YOU PUT YOUR FOOT IN, THOSE

SPIKES GO DOWN IN THE GROUND AND THERE IS NOTHING COME HELL OR

HIGH WATER THAT IS GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE YOU. YOU ARE GROUNDED,

YOU ARE POSITIONED, YOU ARE READY FOR BATTLE. YOU KNOW, WHEN

JOHN TEACHES ME FIGHTING MOVES AND HIS MOTHER, HE TEACHES US,

IT'S NOT SO MUCH, CAN YOU KICK THIS WAY OR KICK THIS WAY, IT'S

YOUR STANCE. HOW DO YOU POSTURE YOURSELF AND POSITION YOURSELF?

IF THE ENEMY COMES AT YOU TO THROW BLOWS AT YOU, AND BY THE

WAY, I WANNA INVITE YOU, AUGUST 19TH, IS THAT CORRECT, MATTHEW?

HE WILL BE ON ESPN. AND HE WILL BE FIGHTING FOR HIS OPPORTUNITY

TO BE LIKE NFL, UFC. AND HE'S GONNA BE FIGHTING IN FRONT OF

THE WHOLE WORLD. AND IF HE WINS THE FIGHT, THEY HAND HIM THE

CONTRACT, THEY DO AN INTERVIEW AND EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE. AND

HE'S BEEN TRAINING, AMAZING. BUT HE TEACHES IN FIGHTING, YOUR

POSTURE. HOW YOU STAND, HOW YOU GET READY TO RECEIVE A POTENTIAL

THREAT FROM AN ENEMY, AND THEN HOW DO YOU PUNCH BACK AND KNOCK

THEM OUT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT. WHEN YOU'VE DONE

ALL THE STAND, THE LITERAL WORD STAND MEANS THIS, COVENANT. IN

OTHER WORDS, HE'S SAYING DON'T JUST STAND THERE AND BE LIKE

DUH, RIGHT? WHAT ARE YOU STANDING THERE FOR? OH, RIGHT?

MY DAD, WHEN I, MOM, YOU KNOW THIS, WHEN I WORKED FOR MY DAD,

I WAS A YOUNG KID, AND HE RETIRED OUT OF THE AIR FORCE,

AND HE OPENED UP A SERVICE STATION, AMOCO BUSINESS, AND HE

FORCED LABOR, FORCED ME TO WORK FOR HIM.

BUT I THANK GOD FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT KEPT ME OUT OF A LOT

OF TROUBLE, MOM, BUT IT ALSO TAUGHT ME WORK ETHIC. BUT I

WOULD BE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AS A YOUNG KID, AND I ALWAYS

HAD, LIKE FOOTBALL PLAYERS GOT IT FROM ME,

BUT YOU KNOW I ALWAYS HAD MY

GREASE RAG BACK THERE, AND I'D BE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, AND

I'D BE LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I'D BE DAYDREAMING, LIKE I DON'T

WANNA BE HERE. HE SAID, "HEY, IF YOU GOT TIME TO STAND, YOU GOT

TIME TO PUSH THE BROOM AND MOP THE FLOOR." IN OTHER WORDS,

DON'T JUST STAND IDLE. DON'T STAND DAYDREAMING, DON'T

STAND, AND HE WOULD SAY THIS "LOOKING STUPID."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

HE'D TELL ME, “HANK, YOU'RE LOOKING STUPID.” WELL, YOU KNOW,

AND THEN I'D HAVE MY LITTLE HEAD IN MY GREASE RAG, AND I HAD A

WHITE TOWEL ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO THEN IF HE WOULD SAY, HANK,

"YEAH, YEAH, DAD," I'D LOOK LIKE I'M WIPING SOMETHING UP, AND I

KNEW I WASN'T, BUT ANYWAY. MAKE THE MOST IF YOU'RE GONNA STAND,

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

IT MEANS COVENANT. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT

JESUS PAID FOR. WHEN THE ENEMY IS ATTACKING YOU OR YOUR LOVED

ONES, YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR WEAPONS AND YOUR RIGHT TO STAND

AND SAY, "YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS TO ME." IF SICKNESS IS A WEAPON

AND AN ARROW THAT THE ENEMY IS HURLING TOWARDS YOU, YOU NEED TO

STAND THERE IN YOUR COVENANT AND SAY, "NO, BY THE STRIPES OF

YESHUA, I AM ALREADY HEALED." IF THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO WEAR YOU

OUT, YOU NEED TO STAND, HANK, IN YOUR COVENANT, AND SAY, "I AM

STRONG IN THE LORD, AND THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT, AND I

COMMAND MY BODY TO RESPOND, AND MY SOUL, TO THE STRENGTH OF GOD

AND WHAT IS PROVIDED IN MY COVENANT." WHEN YOU'VE DONE ALL

TO STAND, YOU STAND IN YOUR COVENANT. IT'S NOT JUST STANDING

THERE, TAKING THE HITS, TAKING THE SHOTS, IT'S NOT WHAT THAT

MEANS. JESUS DIDN'T HAVE VICTORY SO THAT YOU HAVE DEFEAT. HE HAD

VICTORY SO THAT YOU STAND IN YOUR VICTORY. YOU KNOW WHAT'S

BEEN PROVIDED AND YOU STAND. YOU REHEARSE IT, YOU SPEAK IT. SO

THE PRINCIPLE NUMBER ONE, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE ENEMY ATTACKS

YOU? NUMBER ONE, LOOK AT ECCLESIASTES 10:8. THIS IS A

Ecclesiastes 10:8

VERY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE. IT SAYS, “IF YOU BREAK A HEDGE, A

SERPENT WILL BITE YOU.” NOW YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IN THE

CONTEXT OF HOW THIS IS WRITTEN, BECAUSE THE DEVIL, THE SERPENT,

CAME INTO THE GARDEN WITH ADAM AND EVE, AND THERE WAS A HEDGE

ABOUT ADAM AND EVE, IT WAS CALLED THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IT

WAS ABOUT THEIR HONOR, OF ALL THE TREES OF THE GARDEN THEY

COULD EAT FROM. BUT THERE WAS ONE TREE, GOD SAID THE DAY THAT

YOU EAT OF THAT TREE, YOU WILL DIE. WELL, THE SERPENT CAME, AND

GUESS WHAT HE CAME AFTER? BREAK THE HEDGE. YOU READ, MY WIFE DID

THREE GREAT WEEKS ON SUFFERING, IN FACT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN

TEXAS, SHE COVERED THAT, WHEN STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS IN THE

EARTH, AND YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO IT. BUT SHE TALKED

ABOUT JOB. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THE DEVIL CAME AND ASKED

PERMISSION FROM GOD, SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN AND I'M

GONNA MESS WITH JOB. THE FIRST THING THAT YOU READ IN JOB 1

THAT THE DEVIL DID WAS BREAK THE HEDGE. GET JOB TO BREAK THE

HEDGE, OKAY? AT ONE POINT, JOB SAID, THE THING THAT I FEAR HAS

GREATLY COME UPON ME. HE WAS LITERALLY DOING WHAT WE DO AS

CHRISTIANS. HE WAS APPLYING THE BLOOD. 'CAUSE YOU READ JOB 1,

AND IT SAYS THAT JOB PUT A HEDGE AROUND HIS CHILDREN. AND THEN

YOU KEEP READING, HE DID IT BASED ON FEAR. THAT'S WHAT IT

SAYS. HE DIDN'T DO IT. IT SAYS FAITH IN THE BLOOD. SO IF YOU

PLEAD THE BLOOD, YOU DON'T JUST PLEAD IT HOPING THAT WHEN YOU

GET IN YOUR CAR, AND YOU SAY, "I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF YESHUA OVER

THIS VEHICLE," YOU'RE NOT JUST HOPING. NO, NOT A CAR ON THIS

EARTH OR ANYTHING ELSE IS GONNA HARM OR INJURE YOU. LET ALONE

YOUR OWN VEHICLE. YOU WON'T HARM ANYONE. YOUR LIFE, WHEN YOU WALK

OUT OF THAT HOUSE, "I PLEAD THE BLOOD OVER MY LIFE." YOU DON'T

HOPE, YOU STAND THERE IN YOUR COVENANT KNOWING WHAT BELONGS TO

YOU AND WHAT YOUR RIGHT IS. JOB PLEADED OR APPLIED THE BLOOD,

THAT'S WHY THE FIRST THING THE DEVIL WENT AFTER IN JOB 1, YOU

READ IT, WAS THE OXEN. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD ELIMINATE

JOB'S ABILITY TO SHED BLOOD AND OFFER A SACRIFICE WHICH BROUGHT

A SPIRITUAL HEDGE. IF YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK, ASK YOURSELF A

QUESTION. AM I BREAKING A HEDGE? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S OPEN?

HAS THERE BEEN AN OPENING? NOW YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS.

IF YOU BREAK A HEDGE, THE SERPENT BITES. NOW, IN A

SHEEPFOLD IN ISRAEL, THEY WOULD PUT, THERE WAS ONLY ONE DOOR IN

THE SHEEPFOLD. THAT'S WHY JESUS TAUGHT IT IN JOHN 10. HE SAID,

"YOU COME IN BY THE WAY OF THE DOOR. "AND IF YOU COME IN BY THE

WAY OF THE DOOR, "THE SHEPHERD OPENS, WELCOMES, RECEIVES YOU.

"BUT IF YOU COME IN SOME OTHER WAY, "THROUGH A WINDOW OR THE

SIDE OF THE SHEEPFOLD, SINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE DOOR, YOU'RE A

THIEF AND A ROBBER. BUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY WOULD PUT

THORNS AROUND THE WHOLE SHEEPFOLD. AND AT NIGHTTIME, THE

SHEPHERD WOULD LAY OVER THE DOOR SO THAT HE WOULD KNOW IF THE

SHEEP WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OR A PREDATOR WAS TRYING TO COME

IN. AND THEY WOULD PUT THESE THORN BUSHES AROUND THE

SHEEPFOLD SO THAT IF A PREDATOR TRIED TO COME IN, THEY WOULD

FACE THIS HEDGE. IF YOU BREAK A HEDGE, THE SERPENT WOULD BITE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HAPPENS WOULD BE THE SNAKES, THESE

ADDERS WOULD GET INSIDE OF THOSE BUSHES. AND IF THAT SHEEP WOULD

BREAK THROUGH IN REBELLION, RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THE DOOR

THE RIGHT WAY, A SNAKE MIGHT BITE 'EM. THAT'S WHAT THAT

MEANT. SO YOU GOTTA ALSO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF A LOCAL

CHURCH. POWER OF A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION, RIGHT? IT HELPS TO

BRING A PROTECTION. THAT'S WHY IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, WHERE THEY

TRIED TO CAST OUT THE DEVIL LIKE PAUL, THE DEMONS, THE SEVEN SONS

OF SCEVA, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T UNDER AUTHORITY. THAT'S WHY

DON'T JUST BE A CHURCH HOPPER. DON'T JUST BE A ONLINE CHURCH,

YOU KNOW, TUNER IN AND OUT OF, "OH, I THINK I'M GONNA CHECK OUT

KENT CHRISTMAS TODAY, I THINK I'M GONNA CHECK OUT PASTOR HANK

TODAY, I THINK I'M GONNA CHECK OUT SO AND SO." NO, GET A

PASTOR. BE LIKE THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE THAT HELP PAY FOR THIS

TABERNACLE ONLINE, THAT THIS IS THEIR PASTOR, THIS IS WHERE THEY

GIVE, THEY SERVE, THEY PRAY. YOU BREAK A HEDGE, THE SERPENT

BITES. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SELF-INFLICTED SNAKE BITES

BECAUSE THEY DON'T STAY CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT

SHEEPFOLD. SO YOU GOTTA KEEP THE SNAKE OUT, EPHESIANS 4:27. "GIVE

Ephesians 4:27

NO PLACE TO THE DEVIL." NOW LET'S LOOK OVER AT GENESIS 3,

BECAUSE THERE WAS A HEDGE AROUND ADAM

AND EVE. AND THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS

THAT CAN CAUSE THE ENEMY TO HAVE ENTRANCE INTO

YOUR LIFE, TO BREAK DOWN THAT SPIRITUAL HEDGE. AND I ALWAYS

SAY THIS TO MY KIDS WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP. I SAID, "THE

DEVIL HAS VENOM, IT'S CALLED A NOUN." AND THEY'D SAY, "WHAT IS

A NOUN?" WELL, WE LEARNED THAT IN GRAMMY SCHOOL. PEOPLE,

PLACES, AND THINGS. I WATCH PEOPLE, THEIR LIVES STARTS

ALTERING AND GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION EVERY TIME THEY GET

AROUND A WRONG PERSON. I'VE KNOWN COUPLES OR SINGLE PEOPLE,

I'D SAY, "DON'T DATE THAT PERSON, I DON'T FEEL REAL GOOD

ABOUT THEM." AND THEY GO AHEAD AND DO IT, OR GO AHEAD AND MARRY

'EM. AND THEN, GUESS WHAT? IT FALLS APART. BECAUSE THEY GOT

AROUND THE WRONG PEOPLE. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT I WATCH, THAT I HAVE

MY EYE ON AS A PASTOR, THAT I'VE HAD TO PULL OTHER PASTORS ASIDE,

SAY, "HEY, MY EYE'S ON THAT PERSON. "I DON'T THINK THEY'RE A

GOOD PERSON. "THEY'RE TROUBLE." AND THEN I START WATCHING HOW

PEOPLE GRAVITATE TO THAT PERSON, AND WE'VE GONE TO PEOPLE WARNING

THEM, "HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST, WE'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU

TO BE WISE HERE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PICK PEOPLE'S

FRIENDS." THEN PASTORS GET ACCUSED OF ALL KINDS, YOU KNOW,

YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO CONTROL, NO, I'M TRYING TO BE A SHEPHERD.

AND THEN THEY GET AROUND GOOFBALL AND THEY GO OUT OF THE

CHURCH AND THEIR LIFE BECOMES GOOFBALL AND THEN THEY DON'T GO

TO CHURCH ANYMORE AND NOW THEIR WHOLE LIFE IS A MESS. WELL, IF

THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED AND GOT AWAY FROM THAT GOOFBALL PERSON,

COME ON, HOW ABOUT THAT WORK ASSOCIATE THAT YOU JUST GOTTA

HAVE? HOW ABOUT THAT SOCIAL MEDIA FRIEND YOU JUST GOTTA

HAVE, REALLY? IS IT HELPING YOU TO GROW? SO PEOPLE, PLACES, WHAT

ARE SOME OF THE PLACES THAT YOU ALLOW THE ENEMY TO COME IN? IT

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PHYSICAL LOCATION, IT CAN BE THE PLACE OF

YOUR MIND. ARE YOU ALLOWING THE ENEMY TO TALK TO YOU? WELL, I

DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TALKING TO ME. WELL, THE ENEMY SOUNDS LIKE

YOU. HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING SOUND LIKE YOU. AND

THEN YOU GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY GOOD AT HEARING THE

VOICE OF THE DEVIL MORE THAN THE VOICE OF GOD. WELL, THE DEVIL

TOLD ME, THE DEVIL SAID. I'VE BEEN AROUND A FEW OF THOSE. AND

THEN I'VE BEEN AROUND PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING

THAT GOD SPEAKS TODAY. YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMEBODY A WHILE BACK

SAYING, "WELL, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD SPEAKS

PROPHETICALLY TODAY." SO I SAID TO HIM, I SAID TO THIS GUY, I

SAID, "WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GO OUT, WE HAVE A THING CALLED

PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVES, AND THERE'S DOCUMENTED PROPHECIES

THAT HAVE GONE TO PASS THAT I'M NOT BRAGGING, BUT IT AIN'T 100,

IT'S MORE THAN 100, IT'S HUNDREDS OF PROPHETIC WORDS,"

WHICH WE NEED TO PUT A BUNCH OF THEM OUT AND JUST MAKE BULLET

POINTS, OF DOCUMENTED THINGS THAT "THUS SAYETH THE LORD HAS

SPOKEN." BUT I KNOW PEOPLE THAT QUOTE THE DEVIL OR THEY SPEAK

SOMETHING AND IT VIOLATES SCRIPTURE, IT VIOLATES COMMON

SENSE. AND THEY'RE LIKE, "WELL, I'M UNDER ATTACK." WELL, WHAT,

EVERYTHING YOU'RE SPEAKING IS THE VOICE OF THE DEVIL. AND

IT'S, YOU'VE OPENED A DOOR, YOU BROKE A HEDGE, AND NOW YOU

WONDER WHY THAT YOU HAVE TROUBLE. NOBODY KNOWS THE

TROUBLE. I'VE OPENED A DOOR TOO. WELL, GIVE NO PLACE TO SLEWFOOT.

GENESIS 3. NOW, THE SERPENT WAS MORE SUBTLE, SO HE IS VERY GOOD

AT WHAT HE DOES. THEN ANY BEAST OF THE FIELD WHICH THE LORD GOD

MADE, AND HE SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS A WOMAN,

'CAUSE MOST MEN, IF WE SAW A SNAKE, WE'D KILL IT. THE

WOMAN SHOULD HAVE SCREAMED, "AH, ADAM, I JUST SAW

A SNAKE!" I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING "I NEED A

VACATION ON THAT ONE." ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND HE SAID, HE'S ALWAYS QUESTIONING GOD. I HAVE A HARD

TIME BEING AROUND PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS QUESTION GOD AND HIS

WORD. THEY DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT THE LORD PUTS IN

SCRIPTURE. I GREW UP AROUND CHRISTIANS THAT DIDN'T BELIEVE

THAT GOD HEALED THE DAY. YOU HAD TO SPEND ALL YOUR TIME TRYING TO

CONVINCE THEM THAT GOD'S A HEALING GOD. HOW MANY HAVE BEEN

AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THAT? AND THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS OUT TO CHALLENGE.

"WELL, I JUST BELIEVE THAT GOD HEALED SOME HANK." WELL, HMM?

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT, SAD AS IT IS, BELIEVE THAT GOD DID

WHATEVER HAPPENED DOWN THERE IN TEXAS WITH THAT FLOOD, I

GUARANTEE YOU. THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN

JUDGMENT HITS THE EARTH. WELL, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT WAS

YOUR KID? NO, THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS OUT TO QUESTION WHAT GOD SAYS.

AND GETS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT GOD'S A LIAR. AND GOD SAID, "I'M

NOT A LIAR. LET EVERY MAN BE FOUND A LIAR, BUT I'M TRUE." NOW

WATCH THIS. AND HE SAID, "HAS GOD REALLY SAID, 'DON'T EAT OF

EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN?' A WOMAN SAID UNTO THE SERPENT,

'WE MAY EAT OF EVERY FRUIT OF THE TREE OF THE GARDEN, BUT

THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE GARDEN,

GOD SAID, YOU SHALL NOT EAT IT. NEITHER SHALL YOU TOUCH IT. IF

YOU DO IT, YOU'RE GONNA DIE.' AND THE SERPENT SAID, 'YOU'RE

NOT GONNA DIE.'" "IT AIN'T GONNA HURT YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE A

PASTOR. THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE CONTROL. AND THERE ARE SO MANY

ABUSIVE PASTORS TODAY. THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS

THAT." WELL, WHY WOULD JESUS TAKE THE TIME IN EPHESIANS 4 TO

PUT SOME AND CALL THEM AND APPOINT THEM TO BE PASTORS?

BECAUSE NOT EVERY PASTOR IS BAD. NOT EVERY PASTOR IS CORRUPT. NOT

EVERY EVANGELIST ON TV IS EVIL. NOT EVERY HEALING EVANGELIST IS

WRONG AND EVIL AND MAKING IT UP. THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS TRYING TO GET

YOU TO CHANGE, GET CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT GOD SAYS, CHALLENGE

ALWAYS WHAT GOD SAYS. THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT STANDING

CORRECTLY. YOU WILL NEVER, EVER SURVIVE ATTACKS IF YOU LIVE IN

THE WORLD OF QUESTION. THAT'S WHY IT TELLS YOU TO STAND. STAND

IN YOUR COVENANT. STAND IN THE KNOWING OF WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST

AND WHAT HE'S PROVIDED. THAT'S HOW YOU WIN. NOW WATCH. SO WHAT

DOES THE DEVIL USE? LOOK AT VERSE 6. I WANT YOU, BEFORE YOU

GO TO VERSE 6, LOOK AT 1 JOHN 2:16. SO THIS IS PEOPLE, PLACES,

1 John 2:16

AND THINGS, BUT THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT

THE ENEMY USES. 1 JOHN 2:16 SAYS, "FOR IN THE

1 John 2:16

WORLD, THERE'S WHAT IS CALLED THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST

OF THE EYES, THE PRIDE OF LIFE. THIS IS NOT OF THE FATHER, BUT

IT'S OF THE WORLD." CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I SEE IN OUR SOCIETY

TODAY IS TWO OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS, AND I AM NOT SAYING

I'M AGAINST IT. I'M SAYING THE ENEMY USES IT TO BREAK SPIRITUAL

HEDGES OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES. CAN I TELL YOU WHAT IT IS? AN OVER

EXCESSIVENESS IN THE PHYSICAL BODY. WHETHER IT'S SUPPLEMENTS,

EXERCISE, BEING A GYM RAT. THE ENEMY CAN GET YOU OVER WHERE YOU

TRUST IN YOUR GARLIC MORE THAN YOU DO YOUR HEALING COVENANT,

YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. IF YOU'RE MORE STRONG AND YOU GOT A

SIX-PACK AB, BUT THE DEVIL'S LAUGHING AT YOU WHILE YOU'RE

STANDING THERE WITH YOUR SIX-FOOT AB AND YOUR TRICEPS,

BICEPS, MYSEPS, QUADCEPS, WHATEVER, INTERCEPTS, AND YOU'RE

ALL LOOKING FLY 'CAUSE EVERYBODY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, DUDE, SEES YOU

WITH YOUR SUPER COOL BODY. AND WHEN I SEE THOSE PICTURES, I

WANNA PUKE BECAUSE I START SCROLLING DOWN THE DUDE'S PAGE.

AND THERE'S NOT ONE THING ABOUT GOD. IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW STRONG

THEY ARE IN THEIR PROFILE, LOVER OF GOD. NO, YOU'RE A LOVER OF

YOURSELF. AND SO I SCROLL DOWN THE DUDE'S THING. HE'S GOT A SIX

PACK AB, NO SHIRT, SHORTS, OH, HE LOOKS COOL. PREACHER'S

STARTING TO DRESS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? AND I'M THINKING, MAN,

I'M LAUGHING AT YOU, AND I THINK THE DEVIL IS TOO. 'CAUSE IF

YOU'D PEEL BACK YOUR BODY SUIT, HERE'S WHAT YOU'D SEE. HIS

LITTLE SPIRIT. AND THE DEVIL COME, HE'D BE LIKE, "EW, GET

AWAY FROM ME!" OKAY, I LOVE MIKE TYSON. I AIN'T GONNA TELL THIS

TO YOU, MIKE. BUT WRONG VOICE FOR THAT BODY.

"OH, COME ON, IT'S ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS."

I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HERE'S THE OTHER ONE. THE LUST

OF THE FLESH. I'LL TELL YOU THE OTHER ONE IS SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOCIAL IS CONNECTED TO THE SOUL REALM. YOUR EMOTIONS. THAT'S WHY

I SEE WOMEN GET ON THERE AND THEY START TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD

THEIR HUSBAND IS. MY MARRIAGE IS TERRIBLE, MY HUSBAND'S A REAL

JERK. WELL, WHY ARE YOU TELLING THE WHOLE WORLD? YOU GET, WE GET

ON, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, WELL, I'VE HAD TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE

MODERATED COMMENTS IN THE PAST AND PEOPLE ARE ON THERE, GREAT

MESSAGE, BUT DOESN'T APPLY TO ME, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M

GOING THROUGH. NONE OF THAT STUFF WORKS. OR THESE OTHER

PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE AFTER. "I NEED SOMEBODY

TO CALL ME NOW, HELP! I WILL COMMIT SUICIDE IN 24 HOURS!" AND

THEN YOU SEE THE SAME PERSON WITH THE SAME THING ON THE OTHER

PERSON'S PAGE. RIGHT, AND YOU CLICK IT ON, AND IT'S SAVE A

WHALE. OR ORPHANAGE OR SOMETHING, TO TRY TO GET YOU TO

HELP 'EM. RIGHT? AND SO THE SOLITICAL REALM, I KNOW PEOPLE

THAT SPEND SO MUCH TIME TAKING PICTURES OF THEMSELVES THAT YOU

ASK THEM A BIBLE VERSE AND THEY COULDN'T TELL YOU. THEY KNOW

WHERE THEIR CAMERA IS, THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR CAMERA APP IS, BUT

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEIR BIBLE IS. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHERE JESUS HEALED YOU IN THE BIBLE. CAN I TELL YOU, I HAVE

NOT POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SINCE COVID, AND I COULD CARE A ROYAL

LESS. I DO ON MY BUSINESS ONE, ON ONE VOICE MINISTRIES, I'LL

CONTACT THE TEAM AND SAY, I WANNA PUT THIS OUT. BUT I'M NOT

SITTING HERE EVERY DAY GETTING CAUGHT UP POSTING PICTURES OF

PASTOR HANK. I DON'T LIKE IT. I GO TO MY STAFF AND I SAY, "LESS

PICTURES, PLEASE." I'M NOT INTO MYSELF. I'VE HAD SOMEBODY BEFORE

SAY, "WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW ME." YEAH, I DO, I SCROLL YOUR PAGE.

DUDE, I KNOW YOU. YOU'RE INTO YOURSELF. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT

YOUR SIX-PACK AB. AND THE DUDE'S GOT HIS NICE FACE, AND IT'S

20-DEGREE ANGLE, AND 30-DEGREE ANGLE, AND 40-DEGREE

ANGLE, AND FIVE. I'M LIKE, "DUDE, DUDE." AND

WOMEN, I AIN'T EVEN GONNA BRING UP YOU.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING. NO, YOU CAN WOO IT

ALL WAY LONG, BUT I'M GONNA WOO BACK.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

BUT YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO BE STRONG IN THIS WORLD?

DON'T MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR BODY AND YOUR SOUL, YOUR HEAD,

DON'T MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THOSE THINGS. LEARN TO LIVE OUT

OF THE STRENGTH OF THE REAL YOU, YOUR SPIRIT. NOW, LOOK AT VERSE

6 OF GENESIS 3. THIS IS WHAT THE DEVIL DID. SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW

THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD, THAT'S THE LUST OF THE FLESH, AND THAT

IT WAS PLEASANT FOR THE EYES. OH MAN, THAT'S THE LUST OF THE

EYES. AND THEN IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU THE MOST WISEST PERSON ON

THE EARTH, THAT'S RIGHT, BUY THIS ABSOLUTE MAGAZINE AND MY

NEW BOOK AND YOU WILL BECOME A SUCCESS OVERNIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.

WITH EIGHT FOLLOWERS? I SAW A GUY, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW, I

WAS SCROLLING SOME, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING HIS NEW

VIDEO ON HOW TO HAVE SUCCESS AND I LOOKED AT HIS VIEWS IT HAD

LIKE 28 VIEWS, I'M LIKE, HMM, DID YOU JUST GET STARTED?

(LAUGHING)

JOHN 10:10, HERE'S THE OTHER ONE. Y'ALL DON'T LIKE MY

John 10:10

MESSAGE. Y'ALL LIKE, GET DONE, GET ON VACATION, YOU AIN'T

YOURSELF. NOW I'M PREACHING TRUTH AND YOU KNOW I AM.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT JOHN 10:10. “AND THE THIEF COMES TO STEAL,

John 10:10

KILL, AND DESTROY.” SO WHO'S THE THIEF? THE DEVIL. SO HE WILL TRY

TO COME ILLEGALLY. THAT'S WHY HE'S CALLED THE THIEF, OKAY?

LIKE PASTOR BRENDA SAID, THEY DON'T KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY,

"EXCUSE ME, BUT WE'VE BEEN DRIVING THROUGH YOUR

NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE HAVE NOTICED IN YOUR LIVING ROOM AS

WE'VE BEEN BY YOUR WINDOW, YOU'VE GOT A BIG SCREEN TV,

AND WE WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO TAKE IT." I'D BE LIKE,

SHH, SHH. DOGS. HERBIE. RIGHT? OKAY, SO WHEN YOU'RE UNDER

ATTACK, YOU GOTTA KEEP THE SERPENT OUT, BUT REALIZE THAT HE

WILL LOOK TO EVEN COME ILLEGALLY. THAT'S WHY YOU GOTTA

STAY PRAYED UP. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS BE WATCHFUL. WELL,

YOU CAN'T BE WATCHFUL IF YOU'RE AT THE NIGHTCLUB ALL THE TIME.

YOU CAN'T BE WATCHFUL IF YOU GOT YOUR CAMERA ON YOU ON YOUR

SELFIE. YOU CAN'T BE WATCHFUL IF YOU'RE DOING THAT. I DID 78,226

LAPS. AND YOU DID ZERO IN YOUR BIBLE MEMORIZATION.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

AND SO AS I WAS CONTINUING MY MESSAGE TODAY, ALL RIGHT, POINT

NUMBER TWO. WATCH YOUR MOUTH. WATCH YOUR MOUTH. THAT'S THE

SECOND ONE, WATCH YOUR MOUTH. YOU SEE, YOU NEED TO WATCH YOUR

MOUTH BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF YOU SPEAK BAD, YOU LOOK AS UGLY AS

ELIZABETH. OR IS THAT ESTHER? OH, YOU LOOK AS UGLY, ESTHER IS

SO UGLY. YOU STAND OUT IN THE STREET, HUMANE SOCIETY

WILL COME FOR YOU. WELL, YOU FISH-EYED FOOL FRED.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING A FEW OF THOSE, SORRY.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU NEED A GOOD LAUGH. WHAT'S MY SECOND

POINT? WATCH YOUR MOUTH. PEOPLE, PROVERBS 6:2, “YOU ARE SNARED,

Proverbs 6:2

YOU ARE TRAPPED BY THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH.” AND QUIT SAYING,

"WELL, I'M A PERSON." HERE YOU ARE STANDING AS A CHRISTIAN.

REMEMBER WE WERE TAUGHT THIS, "WE ARE IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD"

AND WE'RE STANDING, WE'RE STRONG. THE DEVIL'S LAUGHING

GOING, AND YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR BIG MOUTH SHUT. AND I'VE HAD

PEOPLE SAY THIS TO ME BEFORE AS A PASTOR. WELL, GOD FIGURES ME

OUT. HE KNOWS MY PERSONALITY. YEAH, AND HE'S TELLING YOU TO

CHANGE. I'M A PERSON THAT SPEAKS MY MIND. YEAH, THAT'S WHY YOUR

LIFE IS A MESS. THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU COME INTO CHURCH, EVERYBODY

RUNS. BECAUSE YOU ASK, HOW YOU DOING, SISTER? I'M PICKING ON

THE LADIES AND THE MEN. I'M TRYING TO BE BALANCED. HOW YOU

DOING, MA'AM? OH, YOU'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH. I SHOULDN'T ASK. HOW

MANY OF YOU EVER MET A CHRISTIAN, A SISTER OR A

BROTHER, THAT YOU REGRET, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

RIGHT THERE IN YOUR HOME, YOU'RE LIKE, WHY DID I EVEN ASK? I WAS

ON THE PHONE THE OTHER DAY WITH SOMEBODY I HADN'T TALKED TO IN A

WHILE, AND I SAID, "HEY, HOW YOU DOING?" "OH, HANK, I GOTTA TELL

YOU, MAN, HAS GOD SHOWED YOU..." AND I'M LIKE, OH MAN...

(CRYING SOUNDS)

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IN THE OLD DAYS, YOU

USED TO JUST HANG UP, SO YOU'D GRAB THE CANDY WRAPPER,

(MAKES CANDY WRAPPER SOUND)

SOUND LIKE I'VE GOT STATIC, I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOUR PROBLEM

WAS. HEY DUDE, I'M GETTING READY TO GO

ON VACATION, CALL ME IN THREE WEEKS.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)

BUT YOU'RE SNARED, YOU'RE TRAPPED BY YOUR WORDS. NOW GET

THIS DOWN. HEBREWS 11 SAYS, YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORLD WAS FRAMED?

YOU KNOW HOW IT WAS JUST CREATED? GENESIS 1 SAYS, IN THE

BEGINNING, GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT, LET THERE BE TREES,

LET THERE BE WATERMELONS, LET THERE BE RIBS. LET THERE BE

PEANUT BUTTER, TO MAKE PEANUT BUTTER M&M, WHICH I'M GONNA HAVE

A LOT OF THEM. I'M GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THOSE ON VACATION, I TELL

YOU, I'M GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THEM. WITH SOME GELATO. I CAN

ALREADY SEE IT. THERE'S A MAN THINKING IN HIS HEART, SO HE

SAY, "I AM GELATO." YES, I AM. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PASTOR GELATO?

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PASTA, PASTA HANK, 'CAUSE I'M EATING ITALIAN

WHILE I'M ON HERE. I CAN JUST SEE IT NOW. BUT THROUGH FAITH,

WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORDS OF GOD OR

THE WORD OF GOD. DO YOU KNOW EVERY DAY YOU GET UP, YOU ARE

ADDING A FRAMEWORK TO YOUR WORLD? YOU ARE EITHER ABSOLUTELY

CAUSING YOUR LIFESPAN TO BE SHORTENED OR

YOU ARE CAUSING IT TO BE LENGTHENED.

- COME ON, PASTOR HANK.

- YOU ARE SNARED BY THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH. GET THIS IN YOUR

HEART, LISTEN TO ME. DEMONS MOVE BY YOUR WORDS. THEY OPERATE BY

YOUR WORDS. THE SPIRIT REALM MOVES, OPERATES,

AND UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF WORDS.

(CONGREGATION MURMURS)

THAT'S WHY THE CENTURION COULD GO TO JESUS AND SAY, "HEY, JUST

SPEAK THE WORD, ONLY. "AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE IN THE

SAME PLACE, "AND MY SERVANT WILL BE HEALED." SO WHEN YOU GET UP

IN THE MORNING AND YOU SAY THINGS LIKE, "MY BACK IS KILLING

ME," OR, "THIS IS GONNA BE "A TERRIBLE

DAY," YOU HAVE JUST FRAMED YOUR WORLD.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF YOUR WORDS. IT MAY NOT LOOK

LIKE IT RIGHT AWAY, BUT THE MORE YOU SPEAK IT AND DECLARE IT, IT

BEGINS TO FORM AND IT BEGINS TO HAPPEN JUST AS YOU SPEAK. HOW

DID JESUS CALM THE STORM? YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? THE

WIND WAS BLOWING, THE WAVES. COME ON, THOSE OF YOU FROM

MISSOURI AND KANSAS CITY, THE WAVES WERE PRACTICALLY DROWNING

THE SHIP. COME ON, SOME OF YOU ARE UNDER ATTACK, YOU'VE BEEN IN

ATTACK. WHAT DID JESUS DO? HE GOT UP AND HE USED HIS WORDS.

AND HE SPOKE TO THE SPIRITUAL ENTITIES. HE SAID, "PEACE BE

STILL." AND YOU KNOW IT WAS A SPIRITUAL ENTITY 'CAUSE HE WOULD

HAVE NEVER REBUKED HIS FATHER. KINGDOM DIVIDED COULDN'T STAND,

SO HE WAS USING HIS MOUTH RIGHT. SO WE'RE SNARED, WE'RE TRAPPED

BY THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH. YOU FRAME YOUR WORLD BY WHAT YOU

SAY. YOU OUGHT TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND SAY, "I'M GONNA LIVE

LONG AND STRONG ON THIS EARTH." YOU NEED TO, NO, I'M SERIOUS.

WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU NEED TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND SAY,

"HELLO, GOODNESS. "HELLO, MERCY, I DO THIS." "OH, THAT'S WEIRD."

NO, I THINK YOU'RE WEIRD. BECAUSE PSALM 23:6 SAYS,

Psalms 23:6

"SURELY," MARK IT DOWN, THAT'S A FACT, JACK, "GOODNESS AND MERCY

SHALL FOLLOW YOU "ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE." SO THAT MEANS NO

MATTER WHAT, I'VE GOT GOODNESS ON ONE SIDE, MERCY ON, IN FACT,

I'M GONNA SHAKE THEIR HAND. HI, GOODNESS, HI, MERCY. I DON'T

KNOW IF THEY'RE TWO BIG FAT ANGELS. I DON'T KNOW. SORRY IF I

CALLED YOU FAT, BUT. WE'LL TALK LATER, SHOULD YOU APPEAR. NOW,

CAN I TELL YOU UNDERNEATH THIS ONE? NO COMPLAINING. SO I

REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN BRENDA AND I WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT IN

THE MINISTRY. SHE WORKED AT A BANK AND I DECIDED TO DO WHAT I

LEARNED AS A BOY, WORK AT A GAS STATION. SO I WENT AND APPLIED

AT A GAS STATION AND THEY HIRED ME. 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK I

COULD DO ANYTHING ELSE. AND I WAS DRIVING THERE IN A CAR THAT

CAUGHT ON FIRE AND FUMES ROLLING THROUGH THE DASH WHILE SHE'S

PREGNANT WITH MATT. THAT'S WHY HIS HAIR TURNED OUT CURLY. NO,

I'M JUST MESSING. I'M ONLY KIDDING. BY THE WAY, I REALLY

LIKE IT. I JUST THOUGHT I'D MESS WITH YOU. I DON'T LIKE TO PREACH

TO MY KIDS BUT I JUST HAD TO MAKE A

JOKE 'CAUSE I'M YOUR DAD. AND I THINK...

- YOU'RE NOT HERE NEXT WEEK. -WHAT'S THAT?

- I SAID YOU'RE NOT HERE NEXT WEEK.

- I'M NOT HERE NEXT WEEK? OH, OH, HE'S GONNA HIT BACK. SO, ALL

RIGHT. SO SON, I LOVE YOU SON. NOW HERE'S THE THING. SO, I JUST

THOUGHT I'D HIT AT YOU. YOU'RE A HANDSOME DUDE. ISN'T HE A MOVIE

STAR HANDSOME? HE LOOKS LIKE BRENDA. NOW HERE'S THE POINT.

WHERE WAS I? OH, SO SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH MATTHEW, BUT HE

TURNED OUT, MY POINT WAS, HE TURNED OUT AMAZING. SO THE FUMES

DID NOT AFFECT HER AND HIM. IT AFFECTED ME, THAT'S WHY I'M THIS

WAY. NOW, AND I'M STRIVING TO WALK OUT MY HEALING, RIGHT? ALL

RIGHT, NOW HERE'S THE DEAL. AND I REMEMBER THE DAY, Y'ALL KNOW

WHERE 370 IS IN TOWN? HERE YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON GOOGLE EARTH.

IT WAS 370 AND 72ND STREET, SO TYPE IN 370, 72ND STREET. YOU'LL

SEE IT THERE. USED TO BE CORNFIELDS THERE. NOW I THINK

THERE'S LIKE AN ICE CREAM PLACE SOMEWHERE RIGHT BY THERE OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT ANYWAY, I WAS COMPLAINING AND I SAID,

"GOD, I AM SO TIRED OF THIS. "I'M CALLED TO MINISTRY. "YOU

AND I WENT DOWN THE LIST." AND I SAID, "YOU AREN'T LISTENING."

WELL, I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT LISTENING TO

YOU ANYMORE EITHER. YOU EVER DONE THAT TO GOD? YOU DON'T DO

THAT? OKAY. SO, OKAY, WELL, YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME, ALL

RIGHT. SO DON'T BE LIKE THAT THEN, BUT ANYWAY, I HEARD HIM

SPEAK. HE SAID, "HANK, YOU NEED TO WATCH YOUR MOUTH, "BECAUSE

PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IS "YOU'RE LIKE THE CHILDREN OF

ISRAEL "WHO WANDERED FOR 40 YEARS "'CAUSE THEY COULDN'T KEEP

THEIR MOUTH SHUT." AND I WENT, "YOU MEAN I GOTTA DO THIS FOR 40

YEARS?" I MEAN, IT JUST DAWNED ON ME. I HAD A REVOLUTION. I

QUIT TALKING DUMB. SO WATCH YOUR COMPLAINING, 'CAUSE IT WON'T GO

ANYWHERE. CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. SOME PEOPLE

WONDER WHY THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE. I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY

ANYMORE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE MICHAEL AND DILL. WELL, YOU NEED

PROMO CODE "HELP." RIGHT, BUT HE HAS, WE HAVE MY PILLOW, BUT YOU

HAVE MY COMPLAINING, EVERYBODY. NOW LISTEN, DON'T COMPLAIN.

DON'T COMPLAIN OR YOU WON'T GO ANYWHERE. COME ON, WHY ARE SOME

PEOPLE'S WORLD ALWAYS A MESS? 'CAUSE THEY PUT UP WITH IT AND

THEN THEY TALK ABOUT IT. OH, THAT WIFE. OH, MY HUSBAND. OH,

MY MARRIAGE. OH, MY KIDS. OH, MY BOYFRIEND. OH, MY FIANCE. OH, MY

DOG. WELL, NO, NOT REALLY DOGS. OH, MY CATS.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

ALL RIGHT. OH, NO, YOU DON'T. BY THE WAY, SO I WAS OVER AT PASTOR

SHANE AND CHRISTY'S FOR FOURTH OF JULY, AND THEY MADE SOME

FOOD. AND MY WIFE SAYS, "TELL THE TRUTH." AND THEY HAVE A CAT

AND LIKE THREE DOGS. THEY'RE HOARDERS, YOU KNOW. AND SO, IN

AN IMMACULATE HOUSE, THEY'RE HOARDERS, RIGHT,

OF ANIMALS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD,

(CAT MEOW)

THEY'RE LIKE, "HANK, SHE LOVES YOU." I'M LIKE, "THAT CAT

DOESN'T LOVE ME, IT'S MEOWING. "I CAN INTERPRET MEOW, THAT

MEANS I'M GONNA GET ON YOU AND SCRATCH YOU." AND THEY PUT THE

CAT ON MY LAP. AND THEY SAID, "HEY, WE'RE GONNA GET A PICTURE

"AND SHOW THE CHURCH." I SAID, "NO, YOU'RE NOT." AND BRENDA HAS

ONE. BRENDA, YOU ARE FORBIDDEN BY GOD TO SHOW THAT. SO THAT

LITTLE CAT WAS SO, I HELD THAT CAT AND IT LOOKED AT ME, I

LOOKED AT IT, AND I COULD TELL THAT CAT LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,

I THOUGHT YOU WERE AN IDIOT, BUT I KINDA LIKE YOU. AND I LOOKED

AT THAT CAT AND THOUGHT, I KINDA LIKE YOU. SO,

BRENDA, I'M KINDA THINKING I MIGHT GET A CAT.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW. EVERY MESSAGE I PREACH WILL HAVE TO BE

ELIMINATED. I HEAR YOU, BUT I WAS LIKE, THAT IS, ALL RIGHT. I

MEAN, IT WAS A TOTAL CATASTROPHE. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST

LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST CRAZY. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST THE

PERFECT BOND HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST AMAZING. ALL

RIGHT, NUMBER THREE, KNOW YOUR WEAPONS. I GOT LIKE 240 OF

THESE, SO WE GOTTA GET THROUGH 'EM. ALL RIGHT, NO, I'M JUST

TEASING. KNOW YOUR WEAPONS. LOOK AT 2 CORINTHIANS 6:7. BY THE

2 Corinthians 6:7

WORD OF TRUTH, HOW MANY KNOW THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD? BY THE

POWER OF GOD, THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND BY THE ARMOR OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT'S THE BLOOD. YOU HAVE TO, WHEN YOU'RE

STANDING, KNOW THE WORD. HOW DID JESUS TAKE OUT THE DEVIL? IT IS

WRITTEN. RATHER THAN, IT IS A PHONE CALL, IT IS A TEXT

MESSAGE, IT IS A SOCIAL MEDIA POST. THAT AIN'T HOW YOU DEFEAT

THE DEVIL. IT IS WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. SOMETIMES, QUIT CALLING

PEOPLE BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE DOING IS TALKING AND YOU'RE FRAMING

YOUR WORLD. QUIT TEXTING, QUIT POSTING FOR GOD'S SAKE. SOME OF

YOU NEED TO TAKE 60 DAYS OFF OF

SOCIAL MEDIA, SEE IF THAT'LL HELP YOU.

- IT PROBABLY WILL.

- PROBABLY WILL. YOU'LL BE MORE SPIRITUAL THAN YOU EVER

REALIZED. NOW HERE'S THE POINT. KNOW YOUR WEAPONS. IT IS

WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. COME ON, SATAN CAME TO

JESUS AND SAID, "IF YOU BE THE SON OF GOD." SEE THESE STONES

HERE, JESUS? YOU HAVEN'T EATEN FOR 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS. IF

YOU BE THE SON OF GOD, TURN THOSE STONES INTO BREAD. STOP

RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR WEAPONS?

'CAUSE YOU THINK I'M JUST PICKING ON YOUR CELL PHONE, YOUR

SOCIAL MEDIA, WHATEVER. I'M JUST SAYING THAT TODAY 'CAUSE THAT

SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE HOT BUTTON ISSUE. WOULD YOU ALL AGREE? WHY

DO YOU THINK THEY CENSORED US LIKE THEY DID? THEY KNOW THE

POWER OF IT. SO HERE'S THE POINT. WHEN YOU GET OVER INTO

THIS STUFF, TURN THOSE STONES INTO BREAD. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE

DEVIL WAS TRYING TO DO? CHANGE YOUR SPIRITUAL EPISODE TO ONE OF

THE FLESH. THAT'S WHY I DON'T JUST GO WATCH SOAP OPERAS ALL

DAY. THE FIRST THING YOU DO, WHEN I GET HOME, HONEY, I GOTTA

PUT MY FOOT UP. AND YOU TURN ON THE TV, AND YOU LET THE SAME

NEWS THAT'S BEEN PLAYING ALL DAY LONG, WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF

LATEST NEWS. NO, YOU GET IT IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. GET IT AT

THE TOP OF THE HOUR AND THEN SHUT IT OFF. IT'S ALL YOU NEED.

WE SIT THERE AND LET THAT STUFF COME AT US, COME IN US, LISTEN

TO IT, AND WE WONDER WHY. HERE WE ARE HAVING THIS BEAUTIFUL

WALK WITH GOD, THIS BEAUTIFUL STRENGTH THAT'S COMING IN OUR

SPIRIT, AND WE GOT THE DEVIL RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES CHANGING

OUR SPIRITUAL APPETITE, TRYING TO MAKE IT THE FLESH. KNOW YOUR

WEAPONS, IT'S WRITTEN. NUMBER TWO, KNOW THE BLOOD, THE POWER

OF THE BLOOD. AGAIN, IT'S FAITH IN THE BLOOD. PLEAD THE BLOOD,

SPEAK THE BLOOD, LIVE UNDER THE BLESSING OF YOUR BLOOD COVENANT.

KNOW WHAT BELONGS TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT BELONGS TO ME,

PASTOR HANK. PSALM 103, TOLD YOU NOT TO FORGET THEM, THEY'RE YOUR

BENEFITS. VERSES LIKE 1-7 TELLS YOU. YOU HAVE FORGIVENESS,

HEALING, REDEMPTION AND PROTECTION FROM HARM AND EVIL.

LOVING KINDNESS, TENDER MERCY. OH, HOW ABOUT THIS ONE AS WE GET

OLDER? RENEWED YOUTH. RIGHT? RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE IF WE

FEEL OPPRESSED. SO KNOW YOUR BENEFITS. ALSO THE HOLY SPIRIT,

ROMANS 8:26. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS YOU ARE, PRAY IN

Romans 8:26

TONGUES. FOR THE SPIRIT MAKES INTERCESSION. KNOW THE PERSON OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT. I SAID SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE

I WAS MAD. YOU EVER BEEN MAD? AND I KNEW I WAS NEEDING

VACATION. AND NOBODY HEARD ME SAY IT. BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT DID.

I WAS COMPLAINING 'CAUSE I WAS MAD. I WAS FRUSTRATED. AND I

WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IT. CALLED MYSELF. AND I SAID OUT OF

MY MOUTH, GOD, I'M JUST TIRED OF THIS, THAT, AH! AND I GOT DONE,

I THOUGHT, MAN, I FEEL SO GOOD. I FEEL GOOD, DA-DA-DA-DA-DA. I

DID A LITTLE DANCE, AND I STARTED WALKING, AND MY BEST

BET, YOU ALL THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD BAD WALK? YOU ALL SEE THAT

BAD WALK? SO I SAID IT, I FELT GOOD, AND I STARTED MY

BAD WALK, 'CAUSE I SAID IT AND I FELT BETTER. AND

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID,

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

"HELLO, GOD." HE SPOKE TO MY HEART. HE SAID, "I DIDN'T LIKE

THAT." I WAS LIKE, "WELL, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TELL ME THAT?"

THAT'S HOW I FELT. HONESTLY, I LOOKED AT HIM AND I WAS LIKE,

"LORD, I MEAN, I JUST, YOU KNOW." THEN I STOPPED AND I

CORRECTED MYSELF WITH HIM AND I SAID, "HOLY SPIRIT, THANK YOU.

"BECAUSE PART OF WHAT YOU DO IN THE EARTH "IS YOU CONVICT US.

"YOU TELL US WHEN WE NEED TO BE TWEAKED. "THANK YOU." WELL,

WHAT'D YOU DO? I ASKED GOD TO PUT A CROP FAILURE ON THOSE

WORDS IMMEDIATELY. ALL RIGHT, NUMBER FOUR, DO A SELF-EXAM. I

REMEMBER, I DON'T THINK JOHNNY WOULD MIND, BUT WHEN HE WAS 10

YEARS OF AGE, HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A TYPE ONE DIABETIC. AND HE

WAS ALL OVER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS THING WAS THAT HE

HAD. REMEMBER THAT? OH, IT WAS BEFORE WE DIAGNOSED HIM, 'CAUSE

HE WAS LOSING A LOT OF WEIGHT. WE THOUGHT HE WAS GROWING, BUT

HE WAS GETTING SKINNY BECAUSE HIS BODY WAS EATING ITSELF. WE

DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE NEEDED INSULIN. AND SO HE COMES IN AND

GOES, "MOM, DAD, "I HAVE FIGURED, JOHN, I KNOW YOU'RE

WATCHING. "I'VE FIGURED OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME." IN THE

LIBRARY AT SCHOOL, HE TYPED IN ALL OF HIS SYMPTOMS. AND HE CAME

BACK AND SAID, "I KNOW WHAT I HAVE." AND WE'RE ALL

LIKE, AND HE SELF-EXAMINED. "SON, WHAT DO YOU

HAVE?" I HAVE THIS THING. OSTEOPOROSIS?

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I DON'T THINK SO, JOHN. I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK, LISTEN, I

DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK SO. AND SO ANYWAY, I, LOOKED AT

HIM AND SAID YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, BELIEVE ME. BUT BE CAREFUL

WHEN YOU SELF-EXAMINE YOURSELF THAT YOU DON'T GO TO THE WRONG

SOURCES. AGAIN, I KNOW I'M PICKING ON CELL PHONES. QUIT

MAKING YOURSELF FEEL BETTER WITH ALL THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO CALL

AND TALK ABOUT YOUR WOES. TRUE SELF-EXAMINATION AND REWARD

ISN'T FOUND THAT YOU'RE NOW GONNA POST A SELFIE OF YOURSELF

FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME. TRUE SELF-EXAMINATION, WHAT SOURCES,

HOW ARE YOU EXAMINING YOURSELF? IT'S NOT SELF-CONDEMNATION OR

SELF BEING CRITICAL. IT'S SELF-EXAMINING, HEY, WHY AM I

UNDER ATTACK? WHAT'S MY LIFESTYLE? WHAT'S MY CHOICES?

WHAT'S MY ATTITUDES? WHAT'S MY WORDS? HOW MUCH OF MY TIME AM I

USING FOR THINGS THAT ISN'T HELPING ME BE A SPIRITUAL,

STRONG PERSON SO THAT WHEN THE ENEMY DOES ATTACK, I CAN DO LIKE

I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF MY TEXT, I CAN BE IN THE RIGHT

STANCE. ARE YOU HEARING ME? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NOW LET'S GO

TO THE LAST ONE. ARE YOU READY? I WANT YOU TO, THERE'S SO MUCH

MORE THAT I COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT. LET'S GO TO THE LAST ONE.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK? AM I GOING TOO LONG? I'M

ALMOST GOING ON VACATION. I GOTTA TAKE JUST LIKE FIVE MORE

MINUTES. WHY DON'T YOU GO TO 1 SAMUEL 3. I'M GONNA END WITH

THIS. THIS IS ACTUALLY MY TWO LAST POINTS ALL IN ONE. I'VE

LEARNED A PRINCIPLE. I REMEMBER BACK AT NEW YEAR'S OF THIS LAST

YEAR, SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 24, RIGHT? NEW YEAR'S EVE WOULD HAVE

BEEN 2024, RIGHT? WOW, TIME HAS GONE BY FAST. AND I HAD A WEEK

LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE. I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE, SO HERE I WAS

WANTING TO FAST AND PRAY AND I HAD EVERY DISTRACTION THAT YOU

COULD IMAGINE. OUR WHOLE STAFF, YOU GUYS KNOW MATT, EVERYBODY.

WE HAD SO MUCH, WE WERE BUSY, WE HAD SO MUCH TO DO BEFORE THE END

OF THE YEAR, IT WAS OVERWHELMING. ALL OF US WERE

FEELING IT. AND I WENT UP AND HERE WE HAD THE NEW YEAR'S EVE

SERVICE. SOME PEOPLE I KNEW WERE FLYING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. MANY

OF YOU WERE WATCHING ONLINE. AND I GOT UP IN THE MORNING, HAD

COFFEE WITH MY BRIDE, AND SHE LOOKED AT ME, SHE SAID, "HOW YOU

DOING?" I SAID, "MAN, BRENDA, I FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOD."

YOU KNOW, AND I SAID, "BRENDA, THE KIND OF WEEK WE'VE HAD. "AND

WE GOTTA BE READY TO MINISTER AND LAY HANDS ON EVERYBODY." SHE

SAID, "HANK, JUST GO UP AND PRAY." AND I SAID, "OKAY." SO I

WENT IN MY ROOM AND I SAT DOWN AND I SAID, "GOD, IF I LAY DOWN,

I'M GONNA FALL ASLEEP. IF I SIT DOWN HERE LONG ENOUGH, I'M GONNA

FALL ASLEEP. SO I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M JUST GONNA STAND

UP." AND I'VE LEARNED A PRINCIPLE IN MY LIFE. CAN I TELL

YOU WHAT IT IS? THIS IS WHY I WAS TRYING TO COACH YOU TODAY,

HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY IN YOUR WORSHIP? I'VE LEARNED A

PRINCIPLE. WHEN YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK, OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

TO DO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANSWERS. IT'S QUIT TRYING TO,

AGAIN, TALK TO EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. WORSHIP

GOD. WORSHIP GOD. JUST WORSHIP GOD. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,

PUT YOUR ATTENTION ON HIM. GOD, THIS IS FOR YOU TO DELIVER ME.

I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT DANIEL DID WHEN HE WAS IN THE LION'S DEN.

GOD, THESE GUYS ARE GONNA EAT ME. SO I'M GONNA DECLARE A

DANIEL FAST AND GET DELIVERED. AND SO I JUST STARTED

WORSHIPING. AND I DECIDED IF I KNELT DOWN, I WAS GONNA FALL

ASLEEP. SO I STOOD UP AND I WAS JUST WORSHIPING AND WORSHIPING

AND WORSHIPING. AND I WAS MAKING UP SONGS AND I WAS WORSHIPING.

AND AT FIRST, LIKE THE FIRST 20 MINUTES, I FELT NOTHING. WELL,

DID YOU HAVE ANY MUSIC ON? NOPE, I JUST LIFTED MY HANDS AND

WORSHIPED AND MADE UP SONGS. AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY

TORTURING MYSELF WITH MY HORRIBLE VOICE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND I'M SITTING HERE AND MY MIND'S GOING, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW

TO SING, HA HA HA. AND IN A FEW HOURS YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE

AND LAY HANDS ON EVERYBODY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ANOINTING ON

YOU! 'CAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL IT. AND I JUST KEPT WORSHIPING, AND

I KEPT WORSHIPING, AND I KEPT WORSHIPING, AND I KEPT TALKING

ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL HE WAS, AND SINGING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL HE

IS, AND DECLARING THAT HE IS SO GREAT, AND I NEED HIM, AND I

LOVE HIM, AND I HONOR YOU. AND I WAS SINGING WITH A MELODY IN MY

HEART, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, LORD, YOU ARE MY WITNESS. I FELT

SOMETHING IN THE ROOM. IT SHIFTED. AND I'M STANDING HERE

AS THE LORD IS MY WITNESS, AND I'M LOOKING THIS WAY, BUT I

COULD SEE IN MY SPIRIT, IN A VISION, JESUS, JESUS CAME IN

BEHIND ME. HE CAME BEHIND ME. AND HE HAD A GARMENT IN HIS

HANDS, A CLOAK. AND HE CAME AND HE WENT, MY HANDS WERE LIFTED.

AND HE WENT, AND HE SET IT ON ME. AND MY WHOLE BODY BEGAN TO

SHAKE AND VIBRATE WITH POWER AND ELECTRICITY THAT WAS NOT MY OWN.

HE SAID TO ME, "THIS DAY, "YOU STAND IN A GREATER MANTLE AND

AUTHORITY." HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WORSHIP, WORSHIP. NOW WATCH

THIS. I GOTTA PREACH A LITTLE LONGER TO YOU TODAY 'CAUSE I

HAVEN'T PREACHED YET. I'M GONNA BE GONE FOR THREE WEEKS. AND IT

CAME TO PASS WHEN DAVID AND HIS MEN CAME TO ZIGLAG ON THE THIRD

DAY THAT THE AMALEKITES, UNDERLINE THIS, THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING. THE AMALEKITES INVADED THEM FROM THE

SOUTH. WHY IS THE SOUTH MENTIONED? WHY IS THAT

IMPORTANT? BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW DIRECTION IN YOUR BIBLE AND YOU

SEE DIRECTION IN YOUR BIBLE, PAY ATTENTION. NORTH IS ALWAYS

SOMETHING TO DO WITH A SPIRITUAL MOVE OF GOD OR A SPIRITUAL

AUTHORITY OR HEAVEN. THAT'S WHY JEZEBEL WANTED TO BE THE QUEEN

OF THE NORTH BECAUSE SHE WANTED THAT AUTHORITY. SHE UNDERSTANDS

THE OPEN PORTALS. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE OPEN HEAVENS AND

SHE WANTED TO SIT HERSELF THERE 'CAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT GOD IS

SEATED. THAT'S WHY THE DEVIL SAID, "I'M GONNA LIFT UP MYSELF

UP ABOVE THE CONGREGATIONS "OF THE NORTH." HE KNOWS THE

AUTHORITY AND THE POWER THAT COMES FROM THE NORTH. WHAT IS

THE EAST? EAST IS JUDGMENT. THAT'S WHY THE EAST WIND OPENED

THE RED SEA, RIGHT? EAST, THE LOCUST CAME. A NORTHEASTERNER

WIND TOOK PAUL AND SHIPWRECKED. WEST IS MERCY, THAT'S WHY THE

PRIEST WENT INTO THE HOLY PLACE HEADING THROUGH THE EAST GOING

WEST TOWARDS THE MERCY SEAT. THAT'S WHY YOUR SINS ARE CAST

FROM THE EAST, JUDGMENT TO WEST, MERCY. WELL, WHAT'S THE SOUTH?

EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE SOUTH, IF YOU STUDY PAUL'S JOURNEYS, I

HAVE. EVERY TIME HE WAS JUST SMOOTH SAILING WITH HIS SAILBOAT

AND THE SAIL WAS UP, IT SAYS, AND THE SOUTH WIND BLEW.

EVERYTHING WAS PEACEFUL, EVERYTHING WAS A NORMAL DAY. AND

THE AMALEKITES, THE DEVIL CAME TO ATTACK YOU IN YOUR PEACE. AND

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY TOOK THE WIVES CAPTIVES. THERE WAS NOT

ANY, EITHER GREAT OR SMALL, CARRIED THEM ALL AWAY, KIDNAPPED

THEM. VERSE 3, SO DAVID AND HIS MEN CAME TO THE CITY AND IT WAS

BURNT WITH FIRE, AND THEIR WIVES, THEIR SONS, THEIR

DAUGHTERS WERE TAKEN CAPTIVES. AND DAVID AND THE PEOPLE THAT

WERE WITH HIM LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE AND WEPT TILL THEY HAD NO

MORE POWER TO WEEP, AND DAVID AND HIS TWO WIVES WERE TAKEN

CAPTIVES. AND DAVID WAS GREATLY DISTRESSED. COME ON, WHEN YOU'RE

UNDER ATTACK, DON'T SHIFT TOWARDS STRESS. STAY OUT OF

STRESS. DO SOMETHING FUN. FIND SOMETHING THAT GETS YOUR MIND

OFF OF IT. SPEAK THE WORD, PUT WORSHIP MUSIC ON, WORSHIP,

WORSHIP, WORSHIP, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY. GET TO CHURCH, TURN ON A

CHRISTIAN VIDEO, BUT STAY OUT OF STRESS. I HAVE PEOPLE, OH, I'M

SO STRESSED. WELL, YOU'LL STAY THAT WAY IF YOU DON'T DO

SOMETHING SPIRITUAL ABOUT IT. SOMETIMES THE MOST SPIRITUAL

DECISION IS IS GO DOWN AND GET A TRAIN SET AND RUN TRAINS AROUND.

AND THE PEOPLE, NOW YOU DON'T JUST HAVE STRESS, BUT NOW YOU'VE

GOT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDS ALL CALLING YOU OUT. NOW YOU GOT

YOUR TEXT MESSAGE FRIENDS TEXTING YOU LONG MESSAGES OR

SHORT MESSAGES OR NO MESSAGES. NOW YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ALL HAVE

THEIR OPINION, JUST LIKE BRENDA SAID, WITH THE CELL PHONE,

RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S GOT AN OPINION. AND THEIR OPINION WAS,

"WE'RE GONNA KILL YOU, DAVID. IT'S YOUR FAULT." WHAT DID DAVID

DO? LOOK AT VERSE 6, THIS IS THE KEY. YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA STAND

AND DONE ALL TO STAND, YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW GOD FOR YOURSELF.

NOT BASED ON WHAT PASTOR HANK SAYS, WHO IS GOD TO YOU? JESUS

ASKED THAT QUESTION, THAT WAS FAIR. HE SAID, "WHO DO MEN SAY I

AM?" EVERYBODY GAVE HIM AN ANSWER. BUT THEN HE SAID, "BOYS,

THERE'S 12 OF YOU HERE. "WHO DO YOU SAY?" AND ONLY ONE COULD

GIVE AN ANSWER. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE CHARACTER AND THE

NATURE OF GOD, LISTEN, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'M HAVING TO

REMIND MYSELF OF IN MY LIFE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I'VE HAD TO

REMIND GOD WHEN I'M HAVING TO STAND AND PEOPLE ARE NASTY AND

UGLY. I'VE HAD TO REALIZE WHEN GOD APPEARED BEFORE MOSES, HE

INTRODUCED HIMSELF AND SAID, I AM THE LORD GOD. AND I AM GOOD

AND I AM MERCIFUL AND I AM FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS. AND I AM AND

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON A QUEST TO KNOW THE GOD OF GOODNESS,

LOVE, MERCY AND LOVING KINDNESS. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT

HIMSELF. AND CAN I TELL YOU, NOT ONLY DO I KNOW FROM SCRIPTURE,

BUT I KNOW GOD AND HE IS THAT WAY. LOOK AT WHAT PULLED DAVID

OUT. AND DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF, AND I'VE HEARD PEOPLE

MISQUOTE THIS, ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD. NO, HE

DIDN'T. HE DIDN'T ENCOURAGE HIMSELF IN THE LORD ONLY. HE

ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD, WHO'S GOD? READ IT, HIS GOD. HE

OWNED IT. YOU'RE MY GOD AND YOU'RE GONNA BAIL ME OUT. GUESS

WHAT? GOD DID IT. LAST THING, I HAVE MORE POINTS, BUT I'LL JUST

SAY THIS. LAST POINT IS, IF YOU'RE GONNA GET HELP, GET

AROUND OTHER PEOPLE. MARK 14, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. WHEN

JESUS WENT TO PRAY, MARK 14:32-36, HE SAID, "MY SOUL IS

Mark 14:32–36

VEXED UNTO DEATH." COME ON, HOW MANY HAVE EVER HAD YOUR EMOTIONS

MESS WITH YOU? YOUR HEAD MESS WITH YOU? COME ON, YOUR

CIRCUMSTANCE MESS. HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, NOW THAT WASN'T

ALL THE DISCIPLES, IT WAS ONLY EIGHT OF 'EM. ONE OF 'EM HUNG

THEMSELVES, SO HE HAD ELEVEN DISCIPLES, EIGHT OF 'EM, HE

SAID, "SIT HERE WHILE I PRAY." AND NOTICE WHAT HE DID, HE TOOK

WHO? PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN, VERSE 33. IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT

OF A MESS, SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PETER, JAMES, AND JOHNS’.

JAMES’ ARE PEOPLE OF PRAYER. THAT WORD JAMES IS ALSO WHERE

YOU GET THE WORD JACOB. JACOB WRESTLED WITH GOD, INTERCEDED

WITH GOD, HAD HIS WALK MARKED BY GOD. GET AROUND JAMES, PEOPLE

WHO KNOW HOW TO GET A HOLD OF GOD, KNOW GOD, AND WALK

DIFFERENTLY THAN THE SAME OLD COMPLAINERS THAT YOU'RE HANGING

AROUND, THE SAME OLD WORLDLY PEOPLE YOU'RE HANGING AROUND,

THE SAME OLD CREEPS THAT YOU KEEP HANGING AROUND. GET AROUND

JAMES, REAL SOLID SPIRITUAL PEOPLE. NUMBER TWO, GET AROUND

JOHNS’, PEOPLE WHO ARE AFTER THE HEART OF GOD. GOD, THAT'S WHAT

JOHN DID, HE WOULD LEAN HIS HEAD UP ON JESUS' BREASTS TO GET AS

CLOSE TO HIS HEART. THAT'S, JOHNS’ ARE PEOPLE THAT HEAR GOD.

YOU GET CLOSE TO HIS HEART, YOU'LL HEAR HIS VOICE. PEOPLE

SAY, HEY, HOW DO YOU HEAR FROM GOD? I DON'T TRY TO GET A WORD,

I TRY TO GET HIS HEART. AND THEN HE SPEAKS TO ME. AND I FOUND

OUT, AND GOD, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THIS IN THE RIGHT WAY, LORD. NOW

YOU KNOW WHERE WOMEN GET ALL THEIR TALKING FROM. GOD CREATED

YOU. YOU GET HIS HEART, I'M TELLING YOU, GOD'S A TALKER. I,

HE IS. AND THEN THERE'S OTHER TIMES HE DOESN'T WANNA TALK.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN MARRIED,

THAT'S JUST PART OF IT, BUT ANYWAY. RIGHT? BUT THEN GET

AROUND, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? GET AROUND PETER. PETER, YOU

KNOW WHAT PETER IS? PETER, YOU'RE THE ROCK. GET AROUND

SOLID CHRISTIANS. NOT WISHY-WASHY PEOPLE. AND THEN,

YOU KNOW, CAN I TELL YOU ONE OF MY BIGGEST COMPLAINTS AS A

PASTOR WITH PEOPLE, WHERE THEY SAY, I CAN NO LONGER COME HERE

TO YOUR CHURCH BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T FRIENDLY. I SAY, WELL,

HAVE YOU MET ANYBODY? WELL, NO, I'VE TRIED. WOW. THAT'S

INTERESTING. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IT'S WHO PEOPLE ARE TRYING

TO CONNECT WITH. 'CAUSE I WATCH FAMILIES COME IN THAT ARE

SPIRITUAL AND THEY DON'T JUST GO WALKING UP BECAUSE NOBODY'S

FRIENDLY, NO, THEY IMMEDIATELY GET IN, SERVE, FIND THE RIGHT

CHRISTIANS, AND THEIR LIFE FLOURISHES. SO HERE'S WHAT DAVID

DID, VERSE 8. DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF, AND THE LORD IS GOD,

VERSE 6. AND HE SAID, HE INQUIRED OF THE LORD, IF YOU

DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK, SHUT THINGS OFF

AND GET WITH GOD, AND HE WILL SPEAK WITH YOU. AND DAVID ASKED

THE LORD, SHOULD I GO AFTER THEM? AND GOD SAID, YEP,

ABSOLUTELY GO AFTER THEM. DAVID, PURSUE, OVERTAKE, AND RECOVER

ALL. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SURVIVE ATTACK, QUIT TAKING IT.

STAND YOUR GROUND. STAND TO YOUR FEET AND BE WILLING TO FIGHT

BACK. WE'RE GONNA, BY THE WAY, ONLINE, WE'RE GONNA PUSH THE

SERVICE BACK ON IN 15 MINUTES. I JUST NEEDED TO GO JUST A LITTLE

LONGER. SO, ALL RIGHT, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THESE

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORD THAT WAS BEING

SHARED TODAY. AND I BELIEVE IN EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID TODAY,

THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WATCHING OR EVEN IN

THIS ROOM CAN SAY, "HEY, THAT'S ME, I NEED TO DO THESE THINGS."

BUT LORD, THE MAIN THING THAT WE COME FROM THIS WORD IS THAT WE

ARE VICTORIOUS AND WE CAN BE VICTORIOUS. IF WE'VE SPOKEN

WRONG WORDS, WE DO COMMAND A CORRUPT FAILURE UPON THOSE

WORDS. IF WE'VE HAD WRONG ASSOCIATIONS, SHOW US, LORD, HOW

WE SHOULD NAVIGATE. IF WE'VE ABSOLUTELY, FATHER GOD, REFUSED

TO EXAMINE OURSELVES, LET US HUMBLE OURSELVES AND SAY, LORD,

TEACH ME WHAT I NEED TO DO. MAY WE BE PEOPLE WHO USE THE WEAPONS

THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO STAND IN AN

EVIL DAY. NOW I, AS THE PASTOR, I COME AGAINST EVERY AND ALL

EVIL ENTITIES AND SPIRITS OF DARKNESS AND ANY ASSIGNMENT THAT

WOULD TRY TO BE NAMED AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND I BREAK ITS POWER.

AND I DEMAND NOW IN THE AUTHORITY OF YESHUA'S NAME

BECAUSE OF THE COVENANT THAT THE ANOINTING THAT IS HERE TODAY

DESTROYS EVERY YOKE OF BONDAGE AND UNDOES EVERY HEAVY BURDEN.

AND THAT FATHER, PEOPLE ARE MINISTERED TO AND THE WORKS OF

DARKNESS ARE BOUND AND RENDERED POWERLESS, I PRAY IN JESUS'

NAME. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I LOVE YOU, PASTOR DOUG. COME, I'LL SEE

YOU HERE IN A FEW WEEKS HERE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR KEEPING

YOUR ATTENDANCE STRONG, KEEP YOUR GIVING STRONG. WHAT?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

WHAT? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. FOR THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF PHOTOSHOP?

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

WHAT IS THAT THING? IS THAT A...

- AND THAT IS NOT PHOTOSHOP, THAT IS REAL.

- I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE JUST DID THAT. ALL RIGHT, WAIT,

BEFORE YOU COME, BEFORE YOU COME, ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO KNOW

ONLINE AND I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU. SHOULD... PUT THAT PICTURE

BACK UP. DO YOU THINK I SHOULD GET A CAT? ALL RIGHT, WAIT,

WAIT, WAIT, IN HERE. HOW MANY YES, RAISE YOUR HAND?

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

OKAY, HOW MANY NO'S? OH, MAN, SEE, NOPE, NOPE.

OKAY, HOW MANY ONLINE? YES, RAISE YOUR HAND.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

(LAUGHING)

OKAY, I SEE THE DUDE IN THE GREEN. DUDE, DO

YOU REALLY THINK I SHOULD GET A CAT?

HE'S GOING, OKAY, WELL, PUT THUMBS DOWN IF YOU THINK NO.

ALL RIGHT, I WILL PRAY ABOUT IT, AND I MAY

HAVE A CAT BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE.

- HEY, LET'S GIVE PASTOR HANK A HAND. WHAT A

MESSAGE TODAY. GOD BLESS HIM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST STAY

STANDING WITH ME FOR A MOMENT HERE. I JUST FEEL LIKE DOING

SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY A LITTLE BIT. WE NEED TO RESPOND

TO THIS MESSAGE. THERE WAS SO MUCH IN THAT MESSAGE TODAY. I

BELIEVE IT SPOKE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY. AND I WANT TO

END IN VICTORY, EDDIE. I WANT TO HAVE A SONG OF VICTORY TODAY.

BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. IF GOD SPOKE TO YOU IN THAT MESSAGE

TODAY, MAYBE YOU NEED TO REPENT FOR OPENING A DOOR. MAYBE YOU

OPENED A DOOR. MAYBE YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THAT LUST OF THE

FLESH. MAYBE YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THAT SOCIAL MEDIA EXCHANGE.

MAYBE YOU GOT INVOLVED IN GOSSIP. MAYBE YOU GOT INVOLVED

IN STRIFE EVEN THROUGH GOSSIP. THOSE ARE DEADLY SINS. THOSE ARE

THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REPENT OF AND TAKE CARE OF. I WANT YOU TO

RUN DOWN HERE TODAY AND DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. GO AHEAD,

EDDIE, LET'S START. DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND TODAY. I WANT YOU TO

SAY, "THIS IS MY DAY TO MAKE A DECISION FOR GOD. I'M NOT GONNA

DO THIS ANYMORE. I'M GONNA DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. I'M NOT

GONNA SERVE THE DEVIL. I'M NOT GONNA LIVE HALF IN THE WORLD AND

HALF IN GOD'S HAND. I'M GONNA DO WHAT GOD'S CALLED ME TO DO. I'VE

BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME THINGS THAT I SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN.

YOU NEED TO BE DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. LET'S DRAW A LINE IN THE

SAND. LET'S GIVE GOD GLORY FOR WHAT HE'S DOING TODAY IN YOUR

LIFE. COME ON DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. DON'T BE ASHAMED. RUN TO

THE ALTAR IF YOU NEED TO REPENT AND WORSHIP GOD. MAYBE YOU'VE

BEEN UNDER ATTACK. MAYBE THE DEVIL'S TRIED TO DISCOURAGE YOU.

YOU'VE GOT TO SAY, "NO MORE, DEVIL. MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN

ATTACKED IN YOUR FAMILY. MAYBE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND YOUR

CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ATTACKED. MAYBE YOU NEED TO COME DOWN HERE

AND SAY, "I'M GOING TO TAKE A STRONG STAND AGAINST WHAT THE

DEVIL'S TRYING TO DO IN MY FAMILY'S LIVES." GET DOWN HERE

AND TAKE A STAND. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PORNOGRAPHY.

YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THINGS ON THE INTERNET THAT YOU SHOULDN'T

BE WATCHING. COME ON DOWN HERE, LET'S REPENT AND GET IT RIGHT.

HALLELUJAH. GOD'S NOT GOING TO ROB YOUR MINISTRY. THE DEVIL'S

NOT GOING TO ROB YOUR MINISTRY. YOU'RE GOING TO ROB YOUR

MINISTRY IF YOU DON'T RESPOND. BECAUSE GOD'S FOR YOU. HE HAS A

PLAN FOR YOU. HE HAS THINGS FOR US TO DO. DON'T LET THE DEVIL

COME IN AND ROB YOU. GET DOWN HERE. DON'T LET THE DEVIL ROB

YOU. GOD HAS A PLAN. HE HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR YOU. AND THE ONLY

WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE STRONG AND DO GREAT EXPLOITS FOR GOD IS

WHEN WE SAY NO TO THE DEVIL AND YES TO HIM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO

LIVE ON THE FENCE ANYMORE. WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL IN. WE'RE GOING

TO INFLUENCE OUR NEIGHBORS FOR CHRIST. WE'RE GOING TO INFLUENCE

THOSE THAT ARE IN OUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE. WE'RE GOING TO

WORSHIP HIM. WE'RE GOING TO BE AT HOME AND SPEND TIME

WORSHIPPING, NOT SPENDING TIME WATCHING CNN ALL DAY. COME ON

DOWN. THANK YOU, BOYS. THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING. GOD BLESS YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU. PASTOR KEITH, WHERE ARE YOU? PASTOR KEITH,

COME ON UP HERE. HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO TODAY. I'M GOING TO

PRAY, YOU KEEP SINGING GUYS, KEEP GOING. I'M GOING TO HAVE

PASTOR KEITH PRAY FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE. I KNOW THERE'S SOME OF

YOU OUT THERE, YOU'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION, YOU NEED TO TURN

YOUR LIFE TO GOD AND GET RIGHT WITH GOD IN EVERY AREA. OR MAYBE

YOU JUST SAY, I'M GOING TO NOT LET THE DEVIL STOMP ON ME

ANYMORE. I'M TAKING THAT STAND, IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

LET ME SAY THIS TOO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW CHRIST AS YOUR

SAVIOR, YOU'RE HERE TODAY, I WANT YOU TO RUN DOWN HERE ALSO,

STAND OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE, SO THAT WE KNOW. AND WE'LL PRAY

WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT HEAVEN IS YOUR ETERNAL HOME.

PASTOR KEITH, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU PRAY FOR THE ONLINE

AUDIENCE, AND THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DISMISS THEM WHEN

YOU'RE DONE, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. AND I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR

EVERYONE DOWN HERE, JUST LAY MY HANDS ON YOU

QUICKLY TODAY, AS WE DO THIS. IN JESUS' NAME.

- FATHER, I THANK YOU. AS I PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE

OUT THERE, LORD, I WANT YOU TO TOUCH

HEARTS, WHEREVER THEY ARE, WHOEVER THEY ARE, WHATEVER

SITUATION THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN, WHATEVER THEIR HEART

CONDITION IS RIGHT NOW, LORD GOD, I'M BELIEVING FOR CHANGE,

FATHER. I'M BELIEVING FOR THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF YOUR HOLY

SPIRIT TO REACH INTO THEIR LIFE AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF TOTAL

AND COMPLETE CHANGE. FATHER GOD, IF THEY HAVE REJECTED GOD IN THE

PAST, THEY HAVE REJECTED YOUR WORD, THEY HAVE REJECTED YOUR

TRUTH, LORD GOD, CHANGE THEIR HEART RIGHT NOW. IF THEY HAVE

REJECTED THE CALL THAT HAS BEEN ON THEIR LIFE, CHANGE THEIR

CONDITION RIGHT NOW, FATHER. CHANGE THE CONDITION OF THEIR

HEART RIGHT NOW TO HEAR YOUR VOICE, BELIEVE AND RECEIVE YOUR

VOICE. FATHER, I ASK YOU TO INTERVENE IN THEIR LIFE RIGHT

NOW, AND I THANK YOU, FATHER. I THANK YOU AS WE BRING THEM

BEFORE THE THRONE OF HEAVEN THAT, FATHER GOD, YOUR VOICE IS

BEING HEARD IN THEIR HEART. YOUR VOICE AND YOUR SPIRIT IS BEING

HEARD IN THEIR SITUATION, IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE. A CHANGE IS

COMING, THAT THEY ARE BEING TRANSLATED OUT OF THE CONDITION

THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN IN THE PAST INTO YOUR GLORIOUS PLAN OF

GOOD, OF HEALING, OF DELIVERANCE, OF LIFE-CHANGING

CIRCUMSTANCES, LORD GOD. EVEN IN THEIR SITUATIONS AND EVEN IN

THEIR PLANS RIGHT NOW, THE CHANGE IS COMING IN THE MIGHTY

NAME OF JESUS. I AGREE, FATHER GOD, WITH YOUR SPIRIT OF TRUTH

THAT WILL GO FORTH AND BRING CONVICTION TO THOSE WHO NEED TO

CHANGE EVERYTHING, LORD GOD, TO TURN IT INTO GLORY. AND I THANK

YOU FOR IT, FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

AMEN AND AMEN. AMEN AND AMEN.

LET ME SAY GOODBYE TO OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU, YOU CAN BE SEATED NOW. I WILL...

JUST GIVE THOSE A HAND THAT CAME FORWARD THAT WERE

BOLD TO DO THAT. STAND FOR GOD. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. WE

WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WELL, AS WE DISMISS

TODAY, JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. DON'T FORGET TO

BE BACK IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MIDWEEK RECHARGE. I'LL BE

BRINGING A MESSAGE ON "IT'S NOT BY MIGHT, IT'S NOT BY POWER, BUT

IT'S BY MY SPIRIT, SAITH THE LORD," OUT OF ZECHARIAH 4:6. AND

Zechariah 4:6

YOU'LL FIND SOME INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THAT

SCRIPTURE THAT PENTECOSTALS ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH, BUT WE REALLY

DON'T KNOW MANY TIMES WHAT THAT APPLIES TO AND HOW IT CAN APPLY

TO OUR LIVES IN DETAIL. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THAT

WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DON'T MISS THAT. AND IF YOU CAN TUNE ON

ONLINE, 7:00 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND THEN BE BACK IN THE HOUSE,

DR. RICHARD ROBERTS. DON'T WANT TO MISS HIM. WHAT A LEGACY THAT

MAN HAS AND HOW HONORED WE ARE TO HAVE HIM IN THE HOUSE SUNDAY

MORNING. SO DON’T... AND INVITE A FRIEND. BRING SOME PEOPLE. YOU

KNOW, MOST PEOPLE MAYBE HAVEN'T HEARD OF RICHARD, BUT THEY KNOW

OF ORAL ROBERTS. AND SO YOU CAN SAY, "THIS IS THE SON OF ORAL

ROBERTS. HE'S GOING TO BE IN OMAHA SUNDAY." BRING SOMEONE

WITH YOU. IMPACT THEIR LIVES. GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL

WEEKEND. AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK IN THE

HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU.

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