6/22/25 9AM - The Truth About Christian Suffering Part 2

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(ROARING)

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- COME ON, CHURCH. GET UP ON YOUR FEET, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME

PRAISE THIS MORNING. WHOA OH OH OH.

- HALLELUJAH.

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

COME ON. LET'S LIFT UP OUR VOICES AND JUST WORSHIP GOD. WE

WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

- THANK YOU JESUS.

- YOU ARE OUR GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU.

- OH YES LORD.

- AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE, YOUR MERCY. WE THANK

YOU FOR YOUR HELP. AND WE BLESS YOU AND WE WELCOME YOU TODAY.

- YES, LORD JESUS. - AND MOST OF ALL, WE TRUST YOU.

- IF YOU TRUST THE LORD, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

- WOW, SOUNDS LIKE YOU TRUST THE LORD. THAT'S GOOD. I'M

GOING TO LOOK OVER AT EVERYBODY NOW. THIS WAS THE SECTION LAST

WEEK, REMEMBER? ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ALIVE AND WELL?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

- HEY, THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I MUST HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM

HERE GO OVER THERE. NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M ONLY, I'M ONLY KIDDING.

NO I'M KIDDING. SO HOW'S THIS SECTION?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

- HERE, HOW ABOUT HERE? (CONGREGATION CHEERING)

- UP THERE? (CONGREGATION CHEERING)

- ALL RIGHT, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS. WE NEVER DID THE WAVE.

DUDE, START IT. READY? RIGHT HERE. LET'S GO. HERE WE GO. ALL

RIGHT. WHY NOT? - THAT WAS FUN!

- EXCEPT IT DIED OUT UP THERE. WHAT IS WITH THAT? SO, HEY, IT'S

A GOOD WAY TO GET YOU TO LIFT YOUR HANDS, RIGHT, BEFORE THE

LORD. SO THERE YOU GO. BUT ANYWAY...

- THAT'S FUN.

- ARE YOU ALL ENJOYING THE HEAT? HOW ABOUT YOU, BRENDA?

- NO, NO.

- NO, NO. I WAS GOING TO GO TO

THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TODAY...

- ... THAN LIKE THE WHITE BLIZZARD OR SOMETHING.

- I HEAR YOU.

- I THINK SO. - BUT THERE'S, LISTEN, I WAS

GOING TO GO TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

TODAY, AND I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GOING. THERE'S

NO BETTER PLACE THAN YOUR SOFA, RIGHT?

- WE ALL HAVE THE BIG OLD FLAT SCREEN TVS, WHY GO

ANYWHERE? YOU CAN JUST WATCH THE WHOLE WORLD.

- BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE AT MY HOUSE? MY OWN CONCESSION PERSON

THAT COMES, AND... NOTHING I'M ONLY MESSING...

- I KNOW HOW TO FLING A BAG OF POTATO CHIPS.

- NO, THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, THROWS IT TO ME ACROSS THE ROOM, AND I

HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE CHAIR AND PICK IT UP. THAT'S OKAY.

- I'M GOOD, NO, I'M A BETTER TARGET THAN THAT.

- I'M ONLY TEASING YOU. ALL RIGHT. OH, WHERE DO I GO FROM

HERE? I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING

ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. WE'RE SO HONORED THAT

YOU JOINED US TODAY. AND I KNOW, I CAN HEAR YOU,

YOU'RE ALREADY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP WITH

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WITH CERTAIN...

- HAMMERS.

- HAMMERS. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, TERRY WAS TELLING

ME, FROM "THE PROPHETIC PULSE", HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ABLE TO

WATCH THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, PLEASE GO

BACK AND WATCH "THE PROPHETIC PULSE." WE ACTUALLY WENT A

LITTLE BIT LONGER ON WEDNESDAY WHERE WE DO TALK ABOUT ISRAEL,

IRAN, WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2008, 11. BUT THERE WAS ONE

PROPHETIC WORD WHERE THE LORD SAID HE WAS GOING TO STRIKE AT

IRAN. HE WAS GOING TO HAMMER IT. AND THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE

OPERATION LAST NIGHT, IT WAS "OPERATION HAMMER". SO I THOUGHT

THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR JUST A

FEW MINUTES IS I'M GOING TO DO KIND OF A MINI PULSE LIKE WE DID

LAST WEEK. I'LL SHARE, JUST A REMINDER, MAYBE SOME OF YOU

DIDN'T SEE IT. MAYBE SOME OF YOU FORGOT. BUT I WILL MENTION

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER ON WHERE YOU CAN GO

OUT AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE PROPHETIC WORDS TO

ENCOURAGE YOU AND, AND JUST WORSHIP GOD AND THANK

HIM THAT HE IS SPEAKING TO US. ALL RIGHT. LISTEN...

- BUT I WILL SAY, BEFORE WE GET TO THE MESSAGE, I THINK SOME OF

THE PROPHETIC WORDS THAT YOU WERE READING THIS MORNING TO ME,

THEY MAKE EVEN MORE SENSE NOW BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST

NIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TIME TO TALK

ABOUT SOME OF THAT AND RECAP IT. AND IT IS JUST JAW DROPPING WHAT

GOD WAS SAYING. THAT GOD TOOK THE TIME TO SHARE WITH US WHAT

HE WAS GOING TO DO. AND I JUST THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE.

- AMEN. ESPECIALLY IN TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF

GOING, "OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON?" BUT AGAIN, IT'S WHERE YOU GET

YOUR NEWS FROM. WE GOT TO GET IT FROM THE THRONE.

BEST OF ALL, ISN'T IT? - ABSOLUTELY.

- ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, MAMA, REAL QUICK. YOU'RE GOING TO

PREACH, I GUESS IT'S PART TWO. - PART TWO.

- AND YOU WERE TELLING ME WHAT YOU'RE PREACHING

ON, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A BOOK.

- YEAH, WELL. WELL, MAYBE, LET'S JUST

SEE HOW IT ALL COMES OUT FIRST.

- ALRIGHT, SO TELL US WHAT IT IS.

- YEAH, SO WE'RE CONTINUING A THREE PART SERIES ON THE TRUTH

ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DOES

ADVERSITY HAPPEN? YOU COULD SAY, WHY DO BAD THINGS SOMETIMES

HAPPEN WITH SEEMINGLY GOOD PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF

THESE. WE WENT THROUGH THE BOOK OF JOB LAST WEEK. WE'LL RECAP A

LITTLE OF THAT. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME

REASONS THAT ADVERSITY COMES. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE THIS

WEEK AND NEXT WEEK AND JUST KIND OF PICK OUR WAY THROUGH IT. I

THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD AND VERY INFORMATIVE, AND I THINK

IT'S GOING TO HELP ALL OF US NAVIGATE NOT ONLY THINGS

WE GO THROUGH, BUT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE

GO THROUGH IT CORRECTLY AND BE A SUPPORTER.

- I'M EXCITED. DO YOU KNOW WHO MY FAVORITE PREACHER IS?

- I CAN'T GUESS. - YOU.

- ALL RIGHT.

- I'M EXCITED. OKAY, WELL, LET'S WORSHIP THE LORD.

- ALL RIGHT. LET'S THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, SAY

THESE WORDS. SAY "LORD JESUS. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY IN

THE HOUSE OF GOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE.

I'M GOING TO BE RECEPTIVE. AND I ASK YOU, LORD, MOVE ON OUR LIVES

AND UPON EVERYONE WATCHING IN THIS SERVICE TODAY." NOW, IF YOU

BELIEVE IT, THEN LET'S RAISE THOSE HANDS AND SHOUT AND

WORSHIP THE LORD TOGETHER IN JESUS NAME.

- COME ON CHURCH! NO MATTER THE SITUATION, WE PRAISE HIS NAME.

AMEN? HERE WE GO. LET EVERYTHING...

- I CAN HEAR...

- OH OH OH. YEAH.

- OHHH, WE WILL PRAISE, WE WILL PRAISE. YEAHHH!

- WE WATCH THE HEAVINESS RUN AWAY.

- PUT ON THE GARMENT OF PRAISE. WATCH THE HEAVINESS...

- OH, WE LOVE TO LIFT YOU UP, LORD. WE LOVE TO GIVE YOU GLORY.

LOVE TO LIFT UP YOUR NAME. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.

YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.

THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.

YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. YOU'RE A WONDER

WORKING GOD. THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. BECAUSE

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN DEFEATED. YOU'VE NEVER BEEN

DEFEATED. YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD.

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- YOU ARE. YOU ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. I AM, YOU

ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. HOLY AND MIGHTY. AWESOME IN POWER. HOLY

AND MIGHTY. AWESOME IN POWER. YOU ARE. EL SHADDAI, YOU ARE.

YAHWEH, YOU ARE. YOU ARE THE LORD OUR GOD. YOU ARE THE LORD

OUR GOD. SO MAGNIFICENT, YOU ARE. SO BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE. I

STAND IN AWE OF WHO YOU ARE. STAND IN AWE OF WHO YOU ARE.

STAND IN AWE. AND I STAND ON THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION. YOU HIDE

ME IN YOUR SHELTER. YOU HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. YOU

HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. AND ONLY WITH MY EYES

WILL I SEE THE REWARD OF THOSE WHO DON'T SEEK YOU. ONLY WITH MY

EYES WILL I SEE. CAUSE YOU HIDE ME. YOU HIDE ME. YOU SURROUND

ME. YOU SURROUND ME. YOU GO BEFORE ME. YOU GO BEHIND ME.

YOU'RE ALL AROUND ME. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR ME.

YOU GO BEFORE ME. YOU GO BEHIND ME. MY GOD, YOU'RE AROUND ME.

I'M HIDING IN YOUR SHELTER. YOU'RE ALL AROUND ME.

YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR ME. YOU GO BEFORE ME.

- WELL LET'S LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND WORSHIP HIM. OH, JESUS, WE

WORSHIP YOU, LORD OF HOSTS. CAPTAIN OF THE HOSTS, WE HONOR

YOU. YOU SURROUND US WITH THE SHIELD. YOU BRING PRESERVATION

UPON US. WE ARE PRESERVED BY THE POWER OF YOUR HAND. WE'RE

PRESERVED, COMING IN AND GOING OUT, AND IN BETWEEN. WE'RE

PRESERVED FROM ALL EVIL. OH, SPIRIT OF GOD! LET THERE BE A

RESTRAINT UPON OUR ENEMIES. THAT THOSE THAT SEEK TO RISE AGAINST

US, AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE, AGAINST THIS NATION, AGAINST ISRAEL. YOU

GO BEFORE US. YOU GO BEHIND US. YOU ARE THE RESTRAINING FORCE.

YOU ARE THE GOD OF PRESERVATION. PROTECT OUR CITIES. PROTECT OUR

HOMES. PROTECT OUR NATION. PROTECT JERUSALEM. ISRAEL, WE

SPEAK FOR YOUR PEACE. PRINCE OF PEACE. GO BEFORE US. GO BEHIND

US. RELEASE YOUR HOSTS. THANK YOU GOD. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US.

YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US. COME ON, KEEP PLAYING THAT AND I HEAR IT.

COME ON. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THE SPIRIT REALM RIGHT NOW.

COME ON. THINGS MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW OF. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS

MOVING. THERE'S A RESTRAINING AGAINST THAT WHICH COMES TO

STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. AND I DO NOT JUST SPEAK OF THE

NATIONS, I SPEAK OF YOUR HOMES, YOUR LIFE. COME ON. COME ON,

KEEP PLAYING IT ON THE DRUMS. LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND,

LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND. LET THE SOUND.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

LET IT GO OUT, THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S DELIVERANCE. LET IT GO

OUT, THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S RESTRAINT. LET IT GO OUT, THE

ARROW OF THE LORD'S SCATTERING. SCATTERING AND SHATTERING HIS

ENEMIES. LET THE ARROWS. LET IT GO OUT, MIGHTY GOD.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

LET IT GO OUT. LET IT GO OUT.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

"DO YOU UNDERSTAND," SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, "THAT YOU ARE

STANDING IN THE NEW? SOME OF YOU, YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TO THE

PLOW AND YOU LOOK BACK. BUT I SAY YOU ARE STANDING IN THE NEW.

THIS IS THE NEW SEASON OF MY EVENTS. OF MY PROCLAMATIONS, MY

DECREE, MY AGENDAS THAT GO FORTH IN THE EARTH. AND I AM BRINGING

A NEW UNITED STATES BEFORE YOU. AND THIS THAT I'M DOING IN YOUR

NATION, IT IS A GREAT WORK. IT'S WHY THEY SAY AMONG YOUR LAND,

'MAKING AMERICA GREAT'. THIS IS MY PLAN. MY ENDEAVOR. THIS IS MY

WILL. AND THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. AS ENEMIES OF DARKNESS

ARE BEING CONSTRAINED. ANNIHILATED. DISMANTLED.

DETHRONED. AND THEY ARE BEING DISPLACED. YOU WILL SEE IN THE

SEASON OF THE NEW, I STAND UPON THE MIDDLE EAST. AND I STAND

THERE TO TEAR DOWN A WALL. I DID IT IN THE DAYS OF RONALD REAGAN.

I AM TEARING ISLAM AND ITS VEIL AND STRONGHOLD. YESHUA, HE

ARISES IN THE LAND, IN THE EARTH, IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE

STANDS UPON THE VERY SOIL OF IRAN. IN THIS SEASON OF THE NEW,

YOU WATCH WHAT SHALL ARISE. THERE IS A LIBERTY, AND THERE IS

A FREEDOM THAT IS COMING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND IT IS COMING TO

THE NATION OF IRAN," SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, "AND THIS LIBERTY

THAT YOU SEE AND YOU SHALL SEE WITH YOUR EYES SHALL LIBERATE

THE WOMEN, THE VEILS REMOVED, AND THEY SHALL BE GIVEN PLACES

TO SPEAK, TO HAVE INFLUENCE, EVEN AUTHORITY THAT SHALL SHOCK

THE EARTH. BUT THIS IS MY SEASON OF THE NEW, AND THERE SHALL BE A

LIBERTY THAT SHALL ARISE IN IRAN, THAT SHALL BRING NEW FACES

OF THOSE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING IN SECRET. THAT WERE

CLOTHED WITH UNIFORMS OF THE IRANIAN REGIME. BUT THEY WERE

NOT SATISFIED. AND THEY INVITED AND ALLOWED OTHERS TO COME IN TO

CREATE A SCENARIO, A PLAN THAT YOU ARE SEEING WITH YOUR EYES.

DO NOT LISTEN TO THE NEWS, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. WHAT HAS BEEN

THE WORK OF MY HANDS, COOPERATING AND WORKING AMONG

THOSE IN MILITARY UNIFORM, HIGH PLACES, SCIENTISTS, TO CREATE A

PLAN THAT WILL CAUSE LIBERTY AND FREEDOM TO NOT JUST ARISE IN

IRAN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. AND THERE SHALL BE

GATHERINGS AND CELEBRATION THAT YOU WILL SEE WITH YOUR EYES,

THAT BY THE MASSES THEY WILL GATHER ALL ACROSS THE IRAN, AND

THEY WILL CRY, AND THEY WILL WEEP, AND THEY WILL LAUGH AND

THEY WILL SING. BUT THERE WILL BE A SOUND THAT YOU WILL HEAR.

BECAUSE I HAVE SAID, WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS

LIBERTY. THIS IS MY SPIRIT MOVING. THEREFORE PAY ATTENTION.

YESHUA! YESHUA! AND THAT WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGROUND AND HIDDEN

AWAY AND PERSECUTED IN IRAN AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SHALL COME

IN THE LIBERTY OF THE SPIRIT THAT SHALL ARISE. AND FOR A

SEASON, FOR A SEASON, MY PEOPLE SHALL HAVE A LIBERTY AND FREEDOM

TO WORSHIP YESHUA OPENLY, PUBLICLY, AND TO BUILD AND TO

PLANT. BECAUSE THE VEIL AND THE SHACKLES ARE BEING BROKEN. AND

THIS OF THE NEW THAT I SPEAK OF WILL CAUSE A NEW CANAL TO BE

FORMED, AGREED UPON, AND THE ARAB NATIONS SHALL JOIN TOGETHER

AND SAY, 'THIS BRINGS GREATER TRADE ROUTES.' 'WHAT IS THIS

THAT ARISES IN THE EARTH AT THIS TIME?' IT IS TO SHOW THE EARTH.

THIS IS MY TIME, OF MY RESET, MY GLORY AND MY WAY. AND THIS NEWS

SHALL SPILL OVER AMONG THE NATIONS. CANADA, I'M COMING FOR

YOU", SAYS THE LORD. "UKRAINE, YOUR FOOL SHALL BE DISPLACED AND

REMOVED. THE NEWS SHALL ARISE AMONG RUSSIA AND ITS LEADER, AND

THERE SHALL BE A GREATER EXPRESSION IN FREEDOM OF CHRIST

AND IT'S SOUNDS. AND THEN PAY ATTENTION. NORTH KOREA, YOUR

DAYS ARE NUMBERED. I WILL SHAKE YOU AS I HAVE SHAKEN IRAN, AND I

WILL LOOSE YOU FROM YOUR PIG, AND I WILL CAUSE HIM TO SQUEAL.

BUT HE HAS MY FINGERS IN HIS NOSTRIL, AND HE WILL BOW. AND A

UNITY WILL ARISE AS A VEIL AND A WALL THAT I'M COMING FOR. IT

SHALL BE TORN DOWN OVER ASIA, OVER NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA,"

SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND? DO NOT TALK WAR

UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MY WAR. THIS IS THE CAPTAIN

OF THE HOST THAT STANDS IN THE EARTH TO RESET IT AND BRING THE

NEW SEASON AGAIN," SAYS THE LORD. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR

VOICE AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP HIM.

- ...YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF

JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE.

YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH,

YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA...

- COME ON. JUST SAY HIS NAME. YESHUA. YESHUA. COME ON. THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE

AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP YESHUA. YESHUA. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE

WORSHIP YOU. YESHUA. THANK YOU GOD. I WANT YOU TO SAY, "LORD,

BLESS ME. KEEP ME. LET YOUR FACE SHINE DOWN UPON ME AND GIVE ME

PEACE. I RECEIVE YOUR TOUCH OVER MY LIFE TODAY. I RECEIVE

PRESERVATION, PROTECTION OVER MY LIFE, MY LOVED

ONES, MY CITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NATION."

NOW GIVE HIM ONE MORE SHOUT OF PRAISE.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

- PRAISE THE LORD. ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS, WE'RE

GOING TO DO THIS VERY QUICKLY. I WANT YOU TO BE SEATED. I'M NOT

GOING TO SHARE ALL THE PROPHECIES, BUT I AM GOING TO, I

JUST FEEL... I FEEL IN MY HEART I NEED TO JUST SHARE A COUPLE.

MAY I HAVE MY, THANK YOU, SON. MAN, THE ANOINTING IS SO HEAVY.

I'M KIND OF, A LITTLE RATTLED, SORRY. I AM TRYING. OKAY. I

DON'T WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION. THANK YOU LORD. ALL RIGHT. ALL

RIGHT, LET'S UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME ENCOURAGEMENT REAL

QUICK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MAMA HAS ENOUGH TIME. PLUS, WE

HAVE VBS, THEY'RE GOING TO SING A SONG, AND WE LOVE OUR

CHILDREN. SO, ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? OKAY, I WANT TO GO TO

SLIDE 8 REAL QUICK. IS MY GLASSES AROUND HERE? YEAH, THEY

ARE. OKAY. I WANT TO GO TO SLIDE 8 REAL QUICK. I WANT TO READ YOU

THIS ONE. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE THAT KIND

OF SAYS IT WITHOUT HAVING TO READ ALL THE OTHER ONES. "DO NOT

BE MOVED." THIS IS JANUARY 21ST OF 2024. "DO NOT BE MOVED. FOR

AS MUCH AS THE TENSIONS SHALL ARISE BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF

FEAR OF YOUR ENEMIES, LOOK BEYOND IT." HOW MANY KNOW, GOD'S

SAYING, "LOOK BEYOND IT. GREATER SHALL BE THE CELEBRATION, THE

VINDICATION, THE JUSTICE THAT SHALL ARISE IN THE EARTH, THAT

SHALL BRING SWIFT REGIME CHANGES TO THE TYRANTS OF THE EARTH, AND

SHALL CALM WAR IN AREAS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT FOR JUST A

SEASON. BUT IT SHALL BE MY SEASON TO RESET THE EARTH, AND

TO BRING REVERSALS THAT I'LL SHOW THE EARTH WHO IS IN CHARGE.

AND I'LL CAUSE THERE TO BE A GREAT, GREAT REWARD TO THOSE WHO

STOOD WOUNDED IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE. YOU SHALL RECEIVE

YOUR SPOIL AND YOUR CHILDREN AND GENERATIONS TO COME, SAYS THE

LIVING GOD." THEN I WANT US TO GO TO, IF WE COULD, I WANT US TO

GO TO, LET'S SEE, LET'S GO TO SLIDE 24. I THINK THAT'S A,

THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO SHOW VERY QUICKLY. SLIDE 24.

DO THEY HAVE IT UP? OKAY, I'LL JUST READ IT HERE. IT SAYS "DO

NOT BE AFRAID OF IRAN. MAY 26TH, 2019. FOR THEY WILL SEEK AND

THEY WILL BE A CONFRONTATION..." THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.

"UNITED STATES - ISRAEL." NOTICE THOSE TWO NATIONS ARE THERE,

OBVIOUSLY. "THEY SAY THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST OF WARS. IRAN,

YOU SPEAK WITH SUCH PRIDE, YET IRAN, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THE

GREAT I AM AND SO THERE'LL BE A SHAKING OF YOUR SOIL..." HOW

MANY OF YOU JUST HEARD THEY HAD A FIVE POINT SOMETHING

EARTHQUAKE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. "AND THIS WILL BE A SIGN TO

THE EARTH OF WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE. WHO CAN BREAK THE POWER

OF MEN'S LEGS," THAT'S THEIR ARMY, "THEIR WEAPONRY," COME ON,

"THEIR ARMORY." THEIR NUCLEAR, RIGHT? "DO I FEAR THOSE? I AM

THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST, SAYS THE LORD, AND I'LL STAND BETWEEN

THE ENDEAVORS OF IRAN TO STRIKE YOU, UNITED STATES, WITH TERROR

AND TO BRING YOU INTO GREAT CONFLICT." SO GOD IS SAYING THAT

HE'S GOING TO STAND. LET'S LOOK AT SLIDE 33. AND THIS ONE IS

VERY POWERFUL AS WELL. DO THEY HAVE IT UP THERE, TELL ME IF

YOU... OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO READ THE RED, "AND

GOD SAYS, I SAY TO YOU, I RAN. YOU WILL TRY AND THERE WILL BE

THAT WHICH WILL BE SEEN IN THE AIR. BUT I'LL STRIKE DOWN THE

ATTEMPTS THAT WILL BE PUT IN YOUR PLACE, THAT YOU'LL BE PUT

IN YOUR PLACE." SO WHO'S DOING THE STRIKING? OKAY. AND GOD DOES

MANIFEST THINGS THROUGH THE NATURAL. "AND YOU WILL BE

EMBARRASSED AND THIS WILL LEAD TO A GREAT UPRISING WITHIN YOUR

NATION, IRAN. THAT WILL CAUSE A REGIME CHANGE THAT THE EARTH

WILL SEE AND BEHOLD THAT GOD IS THE GOD OF THE KINGS OF THE

EARTH. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?" SO HOW

MANY KNOW GOD IS TRYING TO SET SOME THINGS IN ORDER? NOW I WANT

TO SHOW YOU THIS, SLIDE 34. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THESE

WERE FROM 2011. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO

BE ENCOURAGED BECAUSE THIS WAS 2011. WE HAVE TO REMIND

OURSELVES, THE PODCASTERS, THAT IN DIFFERENT ONES THAT ARE OUT

THERE, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE HELPING YOU, BUT THERE ARE SOME

THAT AREN'T. YOU NEED TO BE VERY WISE IN WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING

TO, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE

SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S NOT THEIR

JOB, BUT... THIS IS SLIDE 34. MAY 4TH, 2011, "GOD SAYS THE

PRINCE OF PERSIA IS SHAKING AND TREMBLING, BUT KNOW THAT THE

SAME ANGEL THAT HAS DEALT IN THE DAYS OF DANIEL HAS DEALT WITH

THE PRINCE OF PERSIA, AND HAS BROUGHT A VICTORY FOR AMERICA.

BUT GOD SAYS, THE SPIRIT OF GRECIA," YOU COULD READ THIS IN

DANIEL 10, "IS NOW RAISING HIS HEAD AND INFLICTING PUNISHMENT

UPON MY PEOPLE, EVEN IN THE LAND OF THE EAST. WATCH THE

SURROUNDING AREAS OF ISRAEL AND WATCH THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF

THE EAST." NOW WATCH WHAT HE SAYS. "WATCH LIBYA, WATCH IRAN

AND WATCH SYRIA FOR GRECIA," THIS IS THE DEMON "HAS SAID WE

OWN THESE TERRITORIES, BARAN." I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT IS

ANCIENT TERRITORIES OF THE EMPIRE OF GRECIA. "BUT THE

SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS, EVEN AS THE ANGEL HAS COME IN THE DAYS OF

DANIEL TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF A MAN, TONIGHT HIS VOICE, THE

VOICE OF A MAN, THE VOICE OF A TRUMPET GOES FORTH. AND ONCE

AGAIN, MY ANGELS, MY HOSTS, LISTEN FOR THE WORDS TO DEAL NOW

WITH THE SPIRIT OF GRECIA, EVEN AS PERSIA HAS BEEN DEALT WITH.

SO IT IS THAT THESE NATIONS SHALL BEGIN TO ERUPT, AND THERE

WILL QUICKLY BE REMOVAL OF LEADERS, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, WITH

ONE WHOSE HEAD WAS TOPPLED, GOD SAYS IT SHALL TAKE PLACE..."

NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS FIRST LIBYA, "I WILL CUT HIM OFF AT HIS FEET.

I'LL BREAK HIS POWER. I'LL TAKE HIM FROM HIS NOSTRILS AND HE'LL

BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LIBYA." THIS ACTUALLY

HAPPENED. YOU CAN YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT. ALMOST

SIX MONTHS LATER, MUAMMAR GADDAFI, THE LEADER OF LIBYA,

WAS DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS. OKAY, SO THAT PROPHECY WAS

FULFILLED SIX, ALMOST SIX MONTHS LATER. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE.

SAME PROPHECY. "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SAYS, WATCH SYRIA, FOR

HE SHALL FLEE." THAT HAPPENED 13 YEARS LATER WHEN ASSAD, 40 YEAR

REGIME, SUDDENLY FLED. NOW GOD'S SAYING "PAY ATTENTION." NOTICE

THE NEXT ONE. "IRAN THEY SHALL MARCH QUICKLY UPON THE PARK AND

QUICKLY UPON THE STREETS..." WE SHOW THAT ON "THE PROPHETIC

PULSE" THERE WAS THIS UPRISING IN THE PARKS AND UPON THE

STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. "THEY'LL SHAKE THEIR FISTS AND THEY'LL

SAY 'WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER NATIONS WE MUST NOW HAVE IN

IRAN'." HOW MANY OF YOU JUST SAW THESE, THESE UPRISINGS? THEY'RE

SAYING, "WE WANT LIBERTY!" "GOD SAYS, WATCH, I'M GOING TO GIVE

YOU A SIGN. THERE WILL BE CAPTURES, ASSASSINATIONS,

REMOVAL OF LEADERS, AND THERE'LL BE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WANTED BY

THE GOVERNMENT WHO WILL SUDDENLY, AS YOU HAVE SEEN,

SURRENDER. OTHERS WILL BE TAKEN OUT. LEADERS AND NATIONS SHALL

BE TOPPLED. AND THIS IS A SIGN. AS PERSIA HAS BEEN SHAKEN, SO

SHALL THE PRINCE OF GRECIA. FOR THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN HAVE COME

FOR YOUR WORDS, LIKE ARROWS THAT THEY WILL INFLICT DAMAGE UPON

THE FORCES OF DARKNESS." LASTLY, "GOD SAYS, I NEED MY ARMY."

THAT'S YOU AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, "MY WATCHMEN TO

GIVE COMMANDS AT MY COMMAND. I NEED THOSE WHO ARE UTTER THE

VOICE IN THE SPIRIT MYSTERIES THAT I MOVE AND CAUSE A GRACE

AND A PROTECTION TO COME OVER YOU, AMERICA. YOU WILL LIFT UP

YOUR EYES. BEHOLD, AMERICA, I'M BRINGING REDEMPTION. I'M

REDEEMING YOU, AND I'LL PAY BACK WHAT THE ENEMY HAS DONE AND WHAT

THE ENEMY AFFLICTED. AND I PROMISED I WOULD AVENGE THE

BLOOD OF THOSE IN NEW YORK CITY..." THAT'S 9/11. NOW WATCH

THIS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TROUBLE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP

RIGHT NOW AND WHAT HE'S DOING, GOD SAID THIS 14 YEARS AGO. "GOD

SAYS, I'LL RAISE UP A VOICE FROM NEW YORK CITY", OKAY, "THAT

SHALL SHAKE THE ECONOMY." SO HE'LL BE PART OF ALL OF THIS.

WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. "AND BRING IT BACK

INTO ORDER THAT WILL CAUSE THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT TO SAY, 'WHAT

IS THIS? WHO IS THIS MAN?'" THEY STILL CAN'T FIGURE HIM OUT. "AND

THEN I'LL RAISE UP A WOMAN TO STAND ALONGSIDE..." SOME PEOPLE,

WHEN THAT WAS PROPHESIED, THOUGHT IT WAS A WOMAN VICE

PRESIDENT, AND OF COURSE THEY WROTE IT WHEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND THEY CALL YOU FALSE. BUT I THINK THAT WAS MELANIA, WHO IS

HATED. SHE'S BEEN HATED. AND I THINK GOD IS SAYING HE'S, YOU

KNOW, SHE'S STANDING BY, BEING PART OF LIBERTY. HER PARENTS

EVEN IMMIGRATED IN THROUGH NEW YORK. SO RIGHT BY LADY LIBERTY.

SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS. ALL RIGHT. LASTLY I WANT

TO DO THIS. BRENDA, DO I HAVE ENOUGH TIME? ARE WE GOOD FOR A

MINUTE? ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU. WHERE ARE WE

HEADING? WHAT'S NEXT? I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

YOU'RE SEEING WHAT GOD PROPHESIED AHEAD OF TIME. LOOK

AT SLIDE 35A. JUNE 8TH, THIS IS PENTECOST SUNDAY. "STRANGELY,

THE ARAB NATIONS SHALL GATHER, JOIN THE HANDS OF ISRAEL, AND

EVEN IRAN SHALL ACT STRANGE." THIS IS RIGHT BEFORE, FIVE DAYS

BEFORE, THE CONFLICT. AND THEY'LL SAY, "HOW IS IT THAT

THEY COME TO A TABLE AND IT SHALL NOT BE THE TABLE OF

DIPLOMACY THAT IS THE WORK OF MAN'S HANDS, BUT IT IS THE MIGHT

AND THE POWER OF MY SPIRIT, WHO HAS COME AT THIS TIME TO

POSITION THE EARTH, TO SHAKE ISLAM, AND TO SHAKE THAT WHICH

THINKS THAT THEY CAN STAND AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE NO

WALLS LIKE THE WALLS OF JERICHO," WOW, I FORGOT ABOUT

THIS PROPHECY. HE SAID AGAIN TODAY, "FOR THIS IS MY

OUTPOURING AND WHAT I'M DOING AT THIS TIME." MAY 18TH, 2025. "I

SPEAK OF IRAN. I'LL BRING THEM TO THE TABLE." NOTICE THAT'S

WHAT'S IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW. "AND THEY SHALL BE HUMBLED AND

RESTRAINED BEFORE THE EARTH, BUT THEY WILL COMPLY." DID YOU HEAR

WHAT GOD SAID? IN SECRET HE HAD PEOPLE DRESSED IN MILITARY

UNIFORM THAT WERE PART OF PLANNING ALL OF THIS INSIDE

IRAN. IT'S GOING TO COME OUT, OR GOD WOULD HAVE NEVER SAID IT.

"AND THAT WHICH WILL HAPPEN SHALL SPILL OVER AND AN UNUSUAL

ALIGNMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE AMONG THE ARAB NATIONS WHERE THERE HAS

BEEN BATTLES, WARS, UPRISINGS AND UNREST. AND SUDDENLY THEY'LL

JOIN HANDS AND MEN WILL SAY, THIS MUST BE THE PEACE THAT THE

SCRIPTURE SPEAKS OF THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMES. GOD SAYS, WHY

DO YOU LOOK AT MY WORD THROUGH FEAR? CAN THERE BE A PEACE THAT

COMES THAT RESTRAINS FOR A SEASON, THAT THE RESULT IS NOT

DESTRUCTION, BUT RATHER UNIFYING THAT SHALL BRING SOMETHING VERY

UNUSUAL TO THE EARTH MY GLORY." FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

WORD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART. WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND

WE HONOR YOU, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS GOD. I WANT YOU TO DO

THIS REAL QUICK. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY AROUND YOU.

I WANT YOU TO STAND UP, SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND

SAY, "I BET I KNOW, I BET I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE FOR LUNCH TODAY." ALL RIGHT.

(MUSIC)

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

WITH US, WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME THIS MORNING. I

ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN

YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND

AT THE USHERS. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE

BLUE GIFT BAG THERE'S A LOT OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE

FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. HAS A PICTURE

OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO PLEASE PULL THAT OUT AT THIS

TIME. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE'S SOME

INFORMATION WE WANT TO SEND HOME WITH YOU JUST TO READ OVER IN

YOUR OWN TIME. AND I ALSO WANT TO HAVE YOU FILL OUT THAT BRIGHT

ORANGE "STAY CONNECTED" CARD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND

TEAR IT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN

IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANTED TO SEND

YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING. ALSO, FOR

THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE VIA RUMBLE, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK OR ANY

OF THE OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL

LISTED RIGHT THERE. I WANT TO GET YOU TO ONEVOICETV.NET. CLICK

ON THAT. GET CONNECTED WITH US ON ONE VOICE TV BECAUSE THAT IS

OUR STREAMING PLATFORM. YOU CAN GET OUR SERVICES LIVE AND

ARCHIVED, AS WELL AS GET ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT,

ALL LISTED RIGHT THERE. FLASHPOINT'S OUT THERE, GET REAL

WITH HANK, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY OF THAT GREAT

CONTENT, SO PLEASE GET OUT TO ONE VOICE TV. WELL, IF

YOU WOULD JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE

AND ONLINE HAND AS PASTOR HANK COMES.

- ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DO WANT TO MENTION WE GOT VBS KIDS GOING TO

SING, AND I WANT TO GIVE PASTOR BRENDA PLENTY OF TIME, BUT IF

YOU DO WANT TO GO OUT TO THOSE PROPHECIES, WE DO HAVE WHAT'S

CALLED "PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVES" THAT I BELIEVE ARE ON

HANKANDBRENDA.ORG. IS THAT CORRECT? AND MATTHEW WAS TALKING

WITH SOMEONE LAST NIGHT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TYPE IN IRAN,

CORRECT? AND IT WOULD COME UP. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD

HAVE THE PROPHECIES. AND THEN I INSTRUCTED TERRY AND PASTOR

ANTHONY, THEY CAN PUT THOSE PROPHECIES OUT SO THAT YOU CAN

READ THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA

POSTS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE'LL BE AT FLASHPOINT TOMORROW

AND TUESDAY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WEDNESDAY WE HAVE

DINNER. IS THAT RIGHT, HERE? AND "OUR HEART TO YOUR HOME". IT'S

GOING TO, IT'S WHAT? IT'S FRIED CHICKEN. WE ARE, WE FOUND SOME

FROM 2008, JUST LIKE THE PROPHECIES. AND SO, WE'RE GOING

TO PROPHESY TO IT AND CAST OUT THE FOUL SPIRIT. AND IT'LL BE,

IT'LL BE AWESOME. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU TO

REGISTER FOR OTH. OUR NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO CLIMB AGAIN, AND

THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY HEART. I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT IS REALLY

IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO BE UNIFIED. IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN

I HAD MENTIONED THAT THE NUMBERS WERE DOWN. OF COURSE, THE

LIBERAL MEDIA TOOK THAT AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE FAILING EACH

OTHER IN GOD AND THEY MOCKED US, BUT LET'S STAND STRONG. WE DON'T

REALLY CARE WHAT THEY THINK AND SAY. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS,

THEY LIE. WE'RE PEOPLE OF TRUTH. LET'S GATHER IN THE SPIRIT OF

TRUTH. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO PRAY ABOUT. GOD SAID THERE'S

A LOT OF WEIGHTY MATTERS THAT ARE BEFORE US, AND WE HAVE TO

PRAY. SO, I'M ASKING YOU, REGISTER TODAY. LET'S GET THERE

TO OTH. THE INFORMATION IS RIGHT THERE. THERE'S ALL THE THE

SPEAKERS AND SUCH. AND THEN LASTLY WE ALSO HAVE A MEDIA

SEMINAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON FRIDAY. IT IS FREE.

IT'S ONLY IN PERSON. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN COME TO

THAT. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU REALLY HOW TO DO MEDIA RIGHT. IF

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PODCAST, YOUTUBE CHANNEL, ALL OF THAT. SO

THE INFORMATION IS THERE. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT

INTO OFFERING. ALL RIGHT? SO I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN

OFFERING SCRIPTURE, IT'S MARK 12... WELL THEY'LL PUT IT UP I

THINK IT'S VERSE 30. IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO PREPARE

YOUR OFFERING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND I WANT TO JUST SHOW

YOU A SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS, "THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH

ALL THY HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH. AND THIS IS THE FIRST

COMMANDMENT." NOW NOTICE THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS YOU ARE TO

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU DO YOURSELF. NOW YOU SAY, "WELL,

PASTOR HANK, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH AN OFFERING?" WELL,

IF WE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THAT COMMANDMENT TO LOVE GOD AND TO

LOVE PEOPLE, THEN THERE'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS THAT WE

WANT TO GIVE AS AN ACT OF OUR WORSHIP TO GOD. AND THAT'S WHAT

YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE. WHENEVER MEN GAVE AN OFFERING, THEY

ALWAYS BROUGHT WORSHIP. THEY ALWAYS BROUGHT AN OFFERING AND

PRESENTED IT TO GOD. AND WHEN I TITHE, I DON'T JUST THROW IT

INTO THE OFFERING BASKET OR I DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. I SAY,

"GOD, IT IS MY HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU. IT'S THE LEAST I COULD DO

TO GIVE YOU 10% OF MY INCOME. BUT GOD, I AM TRYING VERY HARD

TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE. I WANT TO HONOR YOU WITH MY LIFE

AND GOD, YOU KEEP BLESSING ME SO MUCH AND I WANT TO HONOR YOU

WITH WHAT YOU GIVE ME." BUT THEN MY PRAYER ALWAYS IS, "LORD, I

WANT TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS." AGAIN, THAT'S THE

SECOND COMMANDMENT, TO LOVE OTHERS AS YOU DO YOURSELF. AND

REALLY, THAT IS THE HEART OF A GIVER. BECAUSE JESUS SAID IN

MATTHEW 6:21 REGARDING LOVE, AND WE'RE TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR

Matthew 6:21

HEART. HE SAID, "WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE'S WHERE YOUR

HEART'S GOING TO BE." WELL, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE PEOPLE REALLY,

WHERE THEIR HEART IS, WHERE THEIR PASSION IS. IT'S REFLECTED

A LOT OF TIMES IN WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO SPEND MONEY ON. AND

I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO GOD, "GOD, I DON'T EVER WANT TO BE A MAN..."

BECAUSE I LOVE TRAINS. AND BOY, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I

DON'T LET BRENDA KNOW VERY OFTEN HOW MUCH I SPEND ON THEM, BUT,

BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT'S

RIDICULOUS FOR A TRAIN, RIGHT? BUT I ALWAYS SAY TO GOD, "GOD, I

NEVER WANT ANYTHING IN THE EARTH THAT I GIVE MORE MONEY TO THAN

YOU." I WANT GOD TO BE MY GREATEST GIFT OF SUBSTANCE THAT

I GIVE TO HIM IN MY HONOR AND MY LOVE TO HIM. WELL, HOW DO I DO

THAT? THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS I GIVE SO I CAN BE A BLESSING TO

OTHERS, RIGHT? HELP BUILD THIS CHURCH. HELP EXPAND THE KINGDOM,

RIGHT? WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO LOVE GOD AND LOVE OTHERS. BUT

ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS IS WE CAN SHOW GOD WHEN WE'RE WILLING

TO RELEASE OUR TREASURE, OUR STUFF, AS AN ACT OF LOVE AND

HONOR. AMEN? ALRIGHT, THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN.

THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT UP. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING.

THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE, ENVELOPE, WEBSITE,

MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, MAILING. THERE'S A QR CODE.

THANK YOU ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF

PROJECTS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING COMING. A

COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE COMING THAT WE'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT. I

JUST CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF JUST, YOU

KNOW, PRAYING THINGS THROUGH MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS

LIKE THAT. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED. GOD IS CONTINUING TO

EXPAND. AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO

DO THAT. SO WHEN WE COME WITH INFORMATION AND A COUPLE

SURPRISES, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE AGAIN, AREN'T WE?

UH OH, THAT WAS VERY ALL RIGHT, OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND TO

YOUR FEET IF WE COULD. I WANT YOU TO HOLD YOUR OFFERING, YOUR

PHONE OR WHATEVER. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. ALL

RIGHT, PUT YOUR FORK DOWN AND LET THAT SYRUP SOAK SOME MORE IN

YOUR WAFFLE. YOU KNOW I'M MESSING WITH YOU. YOU KNOW I

LOVE YOU. BY THE WAY, I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. ALSO YOU THAT ARE

IN THIS ROOM, BRENDA AND I, WE PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. AND I

PRAY THAT YOU'RE FEELING THOSE PRAYERS BECAUSE WE REALLY DO

LOVE YOU. AND IT'S OUR HONOR. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THIS. THE

GREATEST THING IS TO LOVE GOD, BUT THE GREATEST THING IS TO

LOVE PEOPLE. AND THERE'S NO GREATER PURPOSE OF MINISTRY THAN

TO LOVE GOD, AND TO MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO BE A

BLESSING TO SOMEBODY ELSE. SO YOU ARE THAT TO US AND WE JUST

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, CONGREGATION, YOU'RE FAITHFUL TO

COME. YOU COULD CHOOSE TO WATCH ONLINE, BUT YOU GET HERE IN

PERSON AND WE'RE GRATEFUL. WELL, FATHER, I DO PRAY FOR EVERY

PERSON THAT IS GIVING THEIR TREASURE, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE

DOING, LORD, IS THEY'RE CONNECTING THEIR HEART. AND I

ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM. I ASK THAT THOSE THAT ARE BEING

OBEDIENT, LORD, TO BE FAITHFUL IN THEIR TITHES AND THEIR

OFFERINGS, WE CLAIM TITHER'S RIGHTS. YOU SAID YOU WOULD

REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR THEIR SAKE. YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD

OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT BLESSINGS THEY NOT HAVE

ROOM TO RECEIVE. YOU SAID, LORD GOD, THAT WE WOULD HAVE, IF WE

GIVE, YOU YOURSELF, IN THE BOOK OF LUKE DECLARED THAT YOU WILL

GIVE BACK TO US, AND IT WILL BE WITH GOOD MEASURE AND PRESSED

DOWN, AND, LORD, IT'LL BE SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND EVEN TO THE POINT

OF RUNNING OVER. SO YOU, GOD, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, SHALL GIVE

TO US THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN, SO THAT WE CAN BE BLESSED. BUT

MOST OF ALL, WE CAN HONOR YOU WITH OUR SUBSTANCE. WE CAN HONOR

YOU AND BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT

YOU'VE GIVEN TO US, AND WE REMIND YOU IN ALL THAT YOU'VE

LAVISHED US WITH, WITH YOUR LOVE AND BLESSING, THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING IS, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH YOU. I COULDN'T IMAGINE

LIFE WITHOUT YOU, GOD. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT

TODAY. I LOVE YOU DEEPLY. I LOVE YOUR HEART AND I HONOR YOU. AND

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, IN JESUS NAME. AND

EVERYBODY SAID? AMEN. ALRIGHT, PASTOR MATT, YOU'RE GOING TO DO

THE DECREE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LITTLE GUYS SING.

ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOUR JACKET.

- I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. LET'S DECREE THIS 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. AND WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH

HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL

GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL

QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE

DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW! WE DECREE, MINISTRY AND CAMPUS, BE

EXPANDED NOW!" NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

LOOK AT SOMEBODY SAY, "GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS

AMERICA." AMEN? AND AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE

GONNA WELCOME THE KIDS IN, AND TURN YOUR ATTENTION

TO THE SCREENS FOR A SPECIAL VIDEO AS WELL.

(MUSIC)

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

- AT VBS, WE LEARN FROM OUR MAP, THE BIBLE, THAT WHEN WE OBEY

GOD, HE HELPS US DO GREAT THINGS. ARGH!

- YEAH. YEAH, LIKE OUR MEMORY VERSE SAYS, "COMMIT

TO THE LORD IN WHATEVER YOU DO AND HE WILL

ESTABLISH YOUR PLANS. PROVERBS 16:3. ARGH!

Proverbs 16:3

- EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD OR NOT, WE EXPECT OBEY

GOD'S CALL. EVEN WHEN IT'S THE BEST TREASURE. ARGH!

- NOW, CREW, RAISE YOUR SHIELD AND LET'S PERFORM

OUR VBS SONG TO HELP US REMEMBER WHEN YOU OBEY

GOD, YOUR ADVENTURE WILL NEVER BE DULL.

(MUSIC)

- OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD.

OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. WE

CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY GOD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ALL

HIS RULES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S

HARD. O-B-E-Y! WE WILL OBEY! OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH.

OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY,

OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY

GOD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ALL HIS RULES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO

WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD. O-B-E-Y! WE WILL OBEY!

OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY,

OBEY THE LORD. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD.

(CONGREGATION CLAPPING)

- ARE THEY DONE? I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO SING

AGAIN. GOOD JOB GUYS, LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A HAND. WAY TO GO! WAY

TO GO! WAY TO GO! OKAY, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. YEAH, I'LL BE

NICER THAN PASTOR HANK. SO YOU GUYS THINK OBEYING YOUR MOM AND

DAD'S... YEAH, OOOO. DO Y'ALL THINK OBEYING MOM AND DAD IS

IMPORTANT? IS THAT IMPORTANT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BY THE WAY, YOU

GUYS ARE WEARING GREAT NAME TAGS ON YOUR BACKS. I LOVE THOSE.

GOOD JOB. BY THE WAY, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE A GREAT BIG SHOUT

TO ALL OF OUR... GOOD JOB GUYS, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY OUT. GIVE

ME A FIVE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO, LET'S GO. I WANT TO GIVE A GREAT

BIG SHOUT TO ALL OF OUR VBS WORKERS. BY THE WAY, THE

CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES PUT OUT A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF THE SMALL

ARMY OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED SO HARD WITH OUR KIDS. AND I AM SO,

AND I KNOW PASTOR IS AS WELL, SO ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF

YOU THAT INVEST. THIS ISN'T JUST A CHURCH ABOUT PROPHETIC AND

PREACHING, WE'RE ABOUT THE WHOLE FAMILY, OUR YOUTH, AND IN FACT,

YOUTH ARE GETTING READY TO GO TO CAMP SOON. WE'LL BE TALKING

ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK. BUT, JUST SO MANY AMAZING THINGS. SO THANK

YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES, FOR AN

AMAZING JOB THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO GROW UP OBEYING GOD AS A

RESULT. AMEN? WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GET YOUR BIBLES READY, JUST

BEFORE WE GET COMPLETELY STARTED HERE. I WANT TO, PASTOR HANK,

THIS WAS SITTING UP THERE ON THE SIDE, HAS A BRAND NEW BOOK OUT

CALLED "BREAKING OPEN THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP", AND YOU

NEED TO GO OUT THERE, GET A HOLD OF THAT, I THINK THIS IS ALREADY

ON THE WEBSITE. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? SO YOU CAN GO OUT TO

HANKANDBRENDA.ORG AND YOU CAN GO OUT TO WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.

BUT IF YOU COME TO US, IT HELPS THE MINISTRY AND "BREAKING UP

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP" DISCOVERING THE PROPHETIC

PATTERN OF LIVING LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. SO THE SPIRIT FILLED

LIFE IS SO IMPORTANT. LET ME GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY I'M GOING

TO GIVE IT. ALL RIGHT, COME UP, PASTOR MATT, GRAB THAT AND GIVE

IT TO GRANDMA. HE SAID, "GIVE IT TO GRANDMA." SO THAT'S WHAT

WE'RE GOING TO DO. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE PUT TOGETHER

A LITTLE MINI BOOK. NOW TELL ME, RACHEL, WHERE ARE THESE

AVAILABLE AT? CAN WE GET THEM? ARE THESE ON THE WEBSITE, OR

WHERE ARE THESE AT? SO THESE ARE LITTLE MINI BOOKS THAT PASTOR

AND I PUT TOGETHER. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH 242

DISCIPLESHIP, YOU'VE DONE SOME OF THOSE LESSONS IN THERE? THIS

IS STRAIGHT FROM THE DISCIPLESHIP BOOK, "LIFE IN THE

SPIRIT, THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT". SO IF YOU WANT A

GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, LET

ME GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY. RIGHT THERE I SAW A HAND GO UP IN THE

MIDDLE. ALL RIGHT, DUDE, THAT'S YOURS. PRAISE THE LORD. BUT

WE'LL BE GIVING, AND WE'LL BE GIVING MANY OF THOSE AWAY, SO I

WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS TO BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE TO HELP YOU

GROW IN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. AND JUST THAT'S WHAT

IT'S ABOUT. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET INTO THE WORD TODAY. I

WANT TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I'M GOING TO GET

THINGS SET UP UP HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR TEACHING

ON THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. AND I WANT TO DO...

IF YOU DID NOT, YOU WERE NOT HERE LAST WEEK, AND YOU DID NOT

SEE OR HEAR THE MESSAGE FROM LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT THE

BOOK OF JOB AND KIND OF JUST DID A REAL BREAKDOWN ABOUT THAT. AND

I THINK IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL. I THINK

IT WAS NEEDED. AND IT'S NOT A BOOK THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN

CHURCH, MAYBE ALL THAT MUCH, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S

OVER 40 CHAPTERS DEDICATED TO A BOOK, WELL, WE SHOULD PAY

ATTENTION THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. AND SO I WANT TO RECAP A

FEW THINGS. IF YOU WERE HERE, THIS WILL JUST BE KIND OF A HIGH

LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE LESSONS THAT WE KIND OF LEARN FROM THE

BOOK OF JOB. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIVE

DIFFERENT REASONS FOR CHRISTIAN ADVERSITY, OR SUFFERING, YOU

MIGHT CALL IT, OR THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. WE'LL GET

THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE TODAY AND THEN THE REST WE'LL FINISH UP

NEXT WEEK. HOW DOES THAT SOUND? BUT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE

THE RECAP. AND THESE ARE SOME, JUST SOME THINGS I WROTE DOWN.

IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, YOU CAN WRITE THEM DOWN. BUT I DO

ENCOURAGE YOU TO STILL GO BACK AND WATCH. NUMBER ONE, THESE ARE

JUST TEN THINGS, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW FROM THE BOOK OF JOB,

THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS. THAT,

NUMBER ONE, THE BOOK OF JOB, WATCH THIS, WAS NOT AN

ILLUSTRATION OF GOD PURPOSEFULLY CAUSING PEOPLE TO SUFFER IN

ORDER TO TEACH THEM A LESSON. NOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE PREACHED

IT THAT WAY. THEY'VE USED IT THAT WAY. BUT I PERSONALLY DO

NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK WAS ABOUT. AND THE REASON I

DON'T, AND THAT I COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I DO, IS BECAUSE

THIS IS NOT HOW GOD DID THINGS IN THE REST OF THE BIBLE. OKAY?

AND THE BOOK OF JOB IS A VERY ANCIENT BOOK. IT WAS WRITTEN IN

A TIME WHEN THERE WAS THIS REAL WAR BETWEEN GOD AND THE DEVIL

AND MAN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THERE WAS A PROVING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

SATAN WAS CHALLENGING GOD OVER HUMANITY. AND THIS IS EXACTLY

WHAT IT WAS. THE BOOK, IT SETS THE PREMISE IN CHAPTER ONE. THE

BOOK WAS A RESPONSE TO SATAN'S CHALLENGE ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

RIGHT? IT WAS MEANT, THE WHOLE BOOK WAS TO REVEAL WHAT IS HUMAN

NATURE GOING TO DO IN A TIME OF CRISIS? WHAT WILL MANKIND DO?

AND THE PROOF WAS, THE CHALLENGE SPECIFICALLY THAT THE DEVIL GAVE

TO GOD, WAS "GOD, UNLESS YOU DO EVERYTHING RIGHT FOR JOB, UNLESS

YOU KEEP HIM COVERED, HE'LL BLESS YOU IF YOU DO THAT. BUT

THE MINUTE THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THAT HE HAS FROM YOUR

HANDOUT, THEN HE'LL CURSE YOU TO THE FACE." AND HOW MANY OF YOU

KNOW THE DEVIL WAS PROVEN COMPLETELY WRONG IN THAT? AND

THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT, IS THAT MAN CAN LOVE GOD AND JUDGE

HIM FAITHFUL DESPITE THEIR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THIS

WAS AN EXAMPLE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT GOD DIDN'T

GIVE JOB ALL THE ANSWERS. BUT I'M SURE JOB, NOW THAT HE'S ON

THE OTHER SIDE IN GLORY, IS LOOKING DOWN AND GOING. WHAT A

BLESSING IT WAS THAT I COULD BE THE EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF HUMANITY

TO KNOW WHAT TO DO DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, AND WHAT NOT TO DO,

RIGHT? THE SECOND THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB,

IT WAS SATAN THAT WAS THE ATTACKER, NOT GOD. AND REMEMBER

THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEVIL AS WE

GET INTO SOME OF THIS TOPIC. SO IT WAS SATAN THAT DID THE

ATTACK, NOT GOD. GOD ALLOWED IT. AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. IN FACT,

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THAT TODAY. THE THIRD ONE IS JOB

SHOWS US THE PATTERN OF HUMAN EMOTIONS DURING HARDSHIP. HOW

MANY OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE YOU GET ALL KINDS OF RESPONSES WHEN YOU

GO THROUGH THINGS. REMEMBER WE TALKED LAST WEEK. JOB WENT

EVERYWHERE FROM, HE WAS, HE WANTED TO DIE, RIGHT? I MEAN,

SOME OF THE WAY IT WAS WORDED, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS ALMOST

DOWNRIGHT SUICIDAL. THERE WERE PLACES WHERE HE WAS EXHAUSTED.

SOMETIMES HE COMPLAINED. HE ASKED GOD, "WHY? GOD, AREN'T YOU

LISTENING TO ME?" ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TODAY. IT'S A LOT

OF THE SAME EXAMPLES. AND GOD PUT THAT THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE

SO WE COULD SEE ALL OF THOSE. AND I LISTED THOSE IN DETAIL

LAST WEEK. THE FOURTH ONE IS, JOB REVEALS OUR TENDENCY TO

JUDGE, WHEN OTHERS GO THROUGH SOMETHING, WE TEND TO JUDGE AND

DRAW MISGUIDED CONCLUSIONS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, AND ABOUT GOD,

DURING TIMES OF SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE WE KNOW

EXPERIENCES ADVERSITY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT JOB'S FRIENDS DID.

THEY DREW ALL SORTS OF CONCLUSIONS. NOW THEY HAD A LOT

OF BIBLICAL IDEAS. THAT'S THE THING. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING

HOW MUCH GOOD ADVICE WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE NOT THE ONE

GOING THROUGH IT. YOU'RE NOT THE ONE FACING IT, SURE, IT'S EASY

TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF "WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO..." IT'S THE ONE

THAT'S GOING THROUGH IT. SO WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT, JOB'S

FRIENDS, IT WASN'T THAT THEY WEREN'T BIBLICAL. THEY HAD A LOT

OF BIBLICAL TRUTHS. YOU CAN READ THE BOOK OF JOB AND LEARN A LOT

OF BIBLICAL TRUTHS FROM THE BOOK ITSELF. BUT THEY MISAPPLIED IT.

THEY APPLIED IT INCORRECTLY. THEY APPLIED IT WITH HARSHNESS

BECAUSE AT ONE POINT JOB SAYS, "YOU GUYS ARE MEAN. YOU'RE MEAN

SPIRITED. YOU HAVE DRAWN, YOU JUDGED ME UNFAIRLY." AND SO IT

REVEALS, JOB REVEALS, HUMAN TENDENCY TO DRAW MISGUIDED

CONCLUSIONS WHEN OTHERS GO THROUGH SOMETHING. THE FIFTH

ONE, JOB WAS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO AND ALSO HOW NOT TO RESPOND

DURING HARD TIMES. FROM IT WE LEARN THESE THINGS. WE LEARN

THAT WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND OBEY

GOD'S WORD, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US. OKAY, YOU

DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOOT OFF YOUR MOUTHS, CUSS LIKE A

SAILOR, RIGHT? TELL PEOPLE YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF. WE DON'T

HAVE THE RIGHT TO BURST OUT IN ANGER. WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT

TO NOW GO SIN BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED. YOU KNOW THAT PERSON

SINNED AND NOW I HAVE A RIGHT. NO YOU DON'T. OKAY, WE'RE STILL

OBEDIENT. WE STILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THE RIGHT

THING DESPITE WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US. WE LEARN THAT FROM

THE BOOK OF JOB, BECAUSE GOD DEMANDED THAT OF HIM. WE ALSO

LEARNED FROM JOB THAT OUR MOUTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST OFFENDERS

WHEN WE SUFFER ADVERSITY. OKAY, JOB, REMEMBER WHAT HE DID AT THE

END? WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. HE HAD TO PUT HIS HAND ON

HIS MOUTH. AND SO THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC HE HAD. HE SAID, "LORD,

I'VE SPOKEN WRONG." WE ALSO LEARNED FROM JOB THAT DURING A

TRIAL, WE CAN'T SAY WE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND ACCUSE GOD

OF BEING UNFAIR. THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC IN THE BOOK, REMEMBER. AND

THAT'S WHAT WE TEND TO DO SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK, "WELL,

GOD, I DID THIS AND I PRAYED AND I GAVE TITHE AND I FASTED AND I

SOUGHT YOU AND GOD, I DID ALL THE THINGS." OR WE SAY THAT

ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. "WELL, GOD, THAT PERSON DID EVERYTHING

RIGHT." WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU DON'T

KNOW THAT. OKAY? WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE BARELY KNOW WHAT WE'D

DO ALL DAY, MUCH LESS OTHER PEOPLE. SO. RIGHT? OKAY, YOU

KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY THINGS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SAID

SOMETHING, LET SOMETHING POP OFF IN YOUR MOUTH. AND SOMEBODY CAME

TO YOU LATER AND SAID, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID THAT? AND

THEN YOU SAY, OH, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WELL, YEAH, YOU DID SAY

IT. AND THEY'LL HOLD IT UP AND SAID... YOU KNOW, THOSE

COMMERCIALS WHERE THEY'RE DOING NOW, THE HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE A

DISAGREEMENT AND THEY THROW THE FLAG TO DO THE REPLAY. YOU HAVE

TO WATCH SPORTS TO SEE THAT. AND THE MAN ALWAYS LOSES, PASTOR

SAYS. SEE, I THINK I HAD TO CALL A REPLAY ON THAT. NO, I'M JUST

KIDDING. BUT IT'S TRUE. BUT YOU KNOW, SO BUT HONESTLY, SOMETIMES

WE WANT TO CALL GOD UNFAIR. WELL, THEY DID EVERYTHING

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW. WE HARDLY KNOW

OURSELVES. SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO JUDGE

GOD FAITHFUL, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. WE LEARN

ALL THAT FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. THE SIXTH THING FROM JOB, WE

LEARN THAT WE MUST FORGIVE AND PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE DURING

ADVERSE TIMES. BECAUSE WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, ARE YOU

LISTENING TO ME? WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, WE CAN EASILY MISTREAT

PEOPLE. OKAY, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, THAT'S WHEN

YOU'RE MOST LIKELY TO MISHANDLE THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU OR

YOUR CHURCH FAMILY, RIGHT? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT CHURCHES

AND QUIT GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED IN THEIR

LIFE? AND SO THEY GOT UPSET AND YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. SO, NUMBER

SEVEN, AND THIS IS A BIG ONE, WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM JOB THAT GOD

WILL NOT ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE REASON WHY CERTAIN THINGS

HAPPEN. AND YOU KNOW, GOD DOES THAT BECAUSE HE LOVES US. WE

THINK WE WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER SOMETIMES. BUT CAN I BE HONEST

WITH YOU? A LOVING GOD SOMETIMES SAYS, IF I TOLD YOU, YOU WOULD

MELT. YOU WOULDN'T BE PREPARED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. YOU REALLY

THINK JOB WOULD HAVE HANDLED IT WELL IF GOD SAID, "WELL SEE WHAT

HAD HAPPENED WAS I LET THE DEVIL COME AND ATTACK YOU AND KILL ALL

YOUR CHILDREN. I ALLOWED THE DEVIL TO COME AND PUT THOSE

BOILS ON YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO BECOME SICK, BECAUSE I NEEDED TO

SHOW THE DEVIL AND HUMANITY THAT MAN CAN TRUST ME IN HARD TIMES."

HOW WOULD JOB HAVE RECEIVED THAT? HE THOUGHT HE WANTED TO

KNOW THE ANSWER. NOW I'M SURE HE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, HE'S ON

THE OTHER SIDE OF GLORY NOW, AND HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, "MAN,

GOD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE, LETTING ME BE THE EXAMPLE TO

OTHER PEOPLE ON WHAT TO DO IN HARD TIMES, BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO

THROUGH IT, THEY CAN READ THE BOOK OF JOB AND LEARN WHAT TO DO

AND NOT TO DO." OH, DON'T SHOUT ME DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO

LOOK IN A MIRROR. YOU MIGHT AS WELL, LADIES, PULL OUT YOUR

POCKET MIRROR AND SHINE IT AROUND ON YOUR ROW, BECAUSE

WE'RE ALL GROWING IN THIS TODAY. AMEN. SO GOD WON'T ALWAYS GIVE

YOU A REASON. SOMETIMES HE WILL, SOMETIMES HE MAY DELAY IT.

SOMETIMES HE'LL GIVE YOU A REASON, HE'LL GIVE YOU A PARTIAL

REASON, OR MAYBE NO REASON AT ALL. BUT WE HAVE TO TRUST GOD

THAT IF THE ANSWERS DON'T COME, THAT HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.

AND JOB HAD TO LEARN THAT. NUMBER EIGHT, TO LIKE JOB DID,

WE LEARN THAT EVEN IN HARD TIMES WILL AT TIMES HAVE TO REPENT. OH

BOY. THAT'S THE TIME YOU DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO. "THIS

HAPPENED TO ME, GOD. AND WHAT DO I HAVE TO REPENT OF?" BUT JOB

HAD TO LEARN TO REPENT AND BE TEACHABLE. AND WE MUST ALSO

HUMBLE OURSELVES. AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT JOB'S FRIENDS GOT IN

SO MUCH TROUBLE. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE STANDING THERE AT THE SAME

WHIRLWIND THAT JOB WAS STANDING AT. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND JOB

HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD AND HUMBLED HIMSELF, AND NOT ONE

TIME DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HIS FRIENDS CHANGING THEIR

POSITION. THEY HARDEN THEMSELVES. AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T

DO THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, THE MOST DANGEROUS

THING WE CAN DO IS HARDEN OURSELF TO GOD. I HEARD ONE

PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, "WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING, DON'T RUN

FROM GOD. YOU RUN STRAIGHT TO HIM." HALLELUJAH. AMEN. NUMBER

NINE, WE WILL LEARN THAT GOD WILL SHOW HIMSELF TO YOU

SUPERNATURALLY, JUST LIKE HE DID JOB IN THE WHIRLWIND. THAT IF

YOU'LL STICK WITH GOD AND YOU'LL PURSUE HIM, YOU WILL SEE GOD'S

HAND MOVE IN YOUR SITUATION. IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU WILL

SEE AND HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH A REAL AND A SUPERNATURAL, COME

ON. HE'S STILL THE GOD OF MIRACLES. HE'S STILL THE GOD

THAT PARTS THE RED SEA. COME ON, HE'S STILL THE GOD... IT'S LIKE

SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT

GOT PRAYED FOR AND THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE A MIRACLE?" WELL, I

WOULD SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE ONES THAT DID? I'VE LEARNED

A LONG TIME AGO, I FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT GET THE MIRACLE. I

FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT DO HAPPEN BECAUSE IF YOU FOCUS ON

WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YOU'LL SEE NOTHING HAPPEN. THE BIBLE SAYS,

JAMES SAYS, THAT "A DOUBLE MINDED PERSON IS UNSTABLE." LET

NOT THAT PERSON THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD. SO

IF YOU HAVE A TIME WHERE MAYBE YOU OR SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH

SOMETHING, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY PRAYED OR

SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPEN, PICK YOURSELF BACK UP AND KEEP ON

GOING. PRESS FOR A MIRACLE THE NEXT TIME. DON'T GIVE UP

BELIEVING THE WORD OF GOD. DON'T THROW THE PROMISES OUT JUST

BECAUSE IT LOOKS A CERTAIN WAY IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE. HOLD ON TO

THE WORD OF GOD AND JUDGE IT TRUE AND JUDGE IT FAITHFUL

REGARDLESS. THE TENTH THAT WE LEARNED FROM JOB, AND THEN I'M

GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE REASONS. THE TENTH THING WE

LEARNED FROM JOB IS GOD, I LOVE THIS ONE, HE ALWAYS RESTORES.

THERE'S ALWAYS A SEASON. TOUCH YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY "YOU KNOW

WHAT, THERE'S A RESTORATION SEASON COMING TO YOU." IT'S

COMING TO YOU. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET INTO

THESE. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE LEARN FROM THE BOOK OF

JOB. AND WE DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT WE CANNOT RATIONALLY ASSESS

THE REASON THAT SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH SOME FORM OF ADVERSITY

OR SUFFERING, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN

LOOK AT SOME REASONS IN SCRIPTURE. THE BIBLE GIVES

GENERAL REASONS WHY SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY HAPPEN. WE'RE

GOING TO DISCUSS FIVE OF THESE. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T MEAN

THAT YOU CAN POINT AT SOMEBODY AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS YOUR

REASON. I WOULDN'T LABEL IT ON PEOPLE. BUT WHAT I DO IS I LEARN

THE REASON SO A) I CAN AVOID PITFALLS OF THE DEVIL. ALL

RIGHT? AND THEN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN I DO FACE THINGS. OKAY.

JOHN 16 SAYS, JESUS SAID IT, HE SAID, "IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL

SUFFER TRIBULATION." OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK NEXT WEEK ABOUT

THE TRIBULATION OF A FALLEN WORLD. AND I WON'T GET INTO THAT

TODAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BREAK THAT DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHURCH AND SOME DIFFERENT

THINGS. BUT LET'S GET INTO THIS NOW AND TALK ABOUT HOW AND

AGAIN, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT WE ARE CALLED BY GOD IN ALL OF

THESE REASONS THAT SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY COMES. WE ARE CALLED

BY GOD, COMMANDED BY GOD, TAUGHT BY GOD TO APPLY THE BIBLICAL

PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE IN EVERY SITUATION. THE BIBLE IS FILLED

WITH HIS PROMISES OF TRUTH, AND NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WE

ARE STILL CALLED BY GOD TO HOLD ON TO HIS WORD. IF THERE IS

TURMOIL GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, THEN WE'RE COMMANDED TO PULL OUT

THOSE SCRIPTURES ON PEACE AND HOLD ON TO THOSE SCRIPTURES. IF

THERE'S FEAR IN YOUR LIFE, WE PULL OUT THOSE SCRIPTURES ON

FAITH AND WE HOLD ON TO THOSE. IF THERE'S DISAPPOINTMENT IN

YOUR LIFE, THEN WE PULL OUT, COME ON SOMEBODY, THOSE

SCRIPTURES THAT TEACH US HOW TO BE CONTENT IN GOD AND TRUST HIM

FOR BREAKTHROUGH AND MIRACLES. SO WE ARE IN ALL OF THESE

SITUATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OVER THIS WEEK AND NEXT, THAT WE

CAN DEFINITELY APPLY THE PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE TO ALL OF

THESE. ALL RIGHT, NUMBER ONE, LET'S TALK ABOUT REASONS WHY

PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS ONE

WITH YOU. GO TO DEUTERONOMY 8, WE'LL BREAK THIS DOWN. AND THE

FIRST ONE IS, THE REASON IS, GOD ALLOWS THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH.

OH, WE DON'T LIKE THAT ONE. I DON'T LIKE THAT ONE. WE DON'T

LIKE TO HEAR IT, BUT IT'S IN THE BIBLE, RIGHT? LET'S LOOK AT

DEUTERONOMY 8, AND I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF READ THROUGH THIS.

THIS IS VERSE 1, AND THIS IS TALKING TO ISRAEL AS THEY WERE

COMING OUT OF THEIR WILDERNESS. AND GOD SAYS, "ALL THE

COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY YOU SHALL OBSERVE AND

YOU'LL DO THEM. THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE..." HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW

THERE'S A BLESSING WHEN YOU OBEY GOD? YOU SET YOURSELF FOR

BLESSING WHEN YOU SERVE HIM AND OBEY HIM AND FOLLOW HIS WORD. HE

SAID "IT'LL CAUSE YOU TO LIVE AND TO MULTIPLY AND GO IN AND

POSSESS THE LAND WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO YOUR FATHERS. AND

THEN YOU SHALL REMEMBER ALL THE WAY", WATCH THIS CAREFULLY NOW.

"YOU'LL REMEMBER ALL THE WAY", THE WHOLE PROCESS "WHICH THE

LORD YOUR GOD LED YOU THESE 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS. HE LED

YOU TO HUMBLE YOU, TO PROVE YOU, AND TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN YOUR

HEART, WHETHER YOU WOULD KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS OR NOT." RIGHT?

OKAY, THIS IS IN SCRIPTURE, "AND HE HUMBLED YOU AND ALLOWED

YOU..." NOW HERE'S HOW GOD, I WANT TO BREAK THIS DOWN TO THE

BEST OF MY ABILITY, BUT HERE'S HOW GOD ALLOWED THEM TO SUFFER

ADVERSITY, IF YOU WILL. "AND HE HUMBLED YOU AND SUFFERED YOU TO

HUNGER, AND HE FED YOU WITH MANNA, WHICH YOU DID NOT KNOW",

OR THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS, "AND NEITHER DID YOUR

FATHERS KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THAT HE MIGHT MAKE YOU TO KNOW THAT

MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ONLY", OR IN OTHER WORDS,

NATURAL RESOURCES, RIGHT? HE CAN'T DEPEND ON HIMSELF. "BUT BY

EVERY WORD..." SOMEBODY SAY EVERY WORD. "EVERY WORD THAT

PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD." GOD WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF

OUR FAITH, SO WE HAVE TO APPLY FAITH. OKAY, IF THERE WAS NO

TESTING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO APPLY FAITH. BUT HERE, HE SAID,

HE WANTED THEM TO APPLY FAITH. NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE

SOMETHING OF HOW GOD ALLOWED THEM TO TEST IT. LET'S READ THIS

SCRIPTURE AGAIN. "HE ALLOWED YOU," VERSE 3, "TO SUFFER

HUNGER." YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED ABOUT, WITH GOD, THAT HE WILL,

AND SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY IN OUR LIFE, THERE WERE

TIMES HE HELD BACK JUST ENOUGH PROVISION. YOU DON'T SEE THE

THING, GOD KNOWS WHAT'S COMING. HE KNOWS THE BLESSING THAT'S

COMING TO YOU. BUT SOMETIMES HE'LL ALLOW YOU TO GO THROUGH A

PLACE, I REMEMBER SO MANY TIMES LOOKING IN OUR CUPBOARD WHEN WE

WERE FIRST STARTING THIS, BEFORE WE HAD CHILDREN, AND I THOUGHT,

LORD, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GROCERIES AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN

I'M GETTING SOME. I JUST DON'T. I MEAN, WE WERE ALWAYS HAPPY

WHEN PEOPLE, HOW MANY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND, WE WERE

THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE HAPPY WHEN SOMEBODY BROUGHT SOME FOOD

BY. IT WAS JUST ALWAYS GOOD. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT FOOD WAS

COMING FROM. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT STARVING. WE'RE STILL

ALIVE. PRAISE GOD, WE'RE STILL HERE. NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO

HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, WE'RE STILL AROUND. IN FACT, THERE'S

SOME FOOD I WISH I DIDN'T EAT AND I WOULD GO TO THE... COME

ON, SOMEBODY. BUT SOMETIMES GOD, HE'LL HOLD BACK JUST ENOUGH FROM

YOU TO MAKE YOU TRUST HIM. AND IT'S NOT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A

PLAN TO BLESS, IT'S JUST THAT HE WANTS YOU TO PRESS AND LEAN INTO

HIS PROMISES SO THAT THEY'RE SURE IN YOUR HEART. SO WHENEVER

YOU FACE SOMETHING, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT GOD DOES AND THAT HE WILL

BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. AMEN. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT IF YOU

HAVE A LITTLE SON OR YOU KNOW, WHO LOVES CARS AND TRUCKS AND

THEY GET THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GOD HAS

TO LET US GROW INTO THE BLESSING. I LOOKED AT THIS

TABERNACLE AND THIS CAMPUS AND BUILDING AND ALL THAT WE'RE

DOING, AND THE INTERNET AND THE PROPHECY IS GOING AROUND THE

WORLD AND BOOKS, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T READY FOR THAT AT 35

YEARS OLD. WE THOUGHT WE WERE, BUT WE COULDN'T HAVE HANDLED IT.

WE THOUGHT WE KNEW EVERYTHING AT 35. IT'S LIKE MY DAD SAID ONE

TIME, BEFORE HE WENT TO HEAVEN. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD. HE SAID, "I

KNOW LESS AT 77 THAN I DID AT 17." AND THE REALITY IS, IS

BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY DO KNOW MORE, BUT YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH

YOU DON'T KNOW. AND WE THOUGHT WHEN WE STARTED LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH, WE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MINISTRY, UNTIL PEOPLE LEFT.

AND THEN IT TAKES A MINUTE AND YOU SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND YOU

GO, YOU KNOW, GOD, MAYBE I GOT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. OR MAYBE

YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GROW ME. MAYBE I HAVE TO PUT MY FAITH IN

YOUR PROMISES. I HAVE TO LEARN TO TRUST YOU. SOMETIMES GOD WILL

HOLD BACK THINGS JUST ENOUGH SO THAT YOU'LL SUFFER JUST A LITTLE

BIT OF HUNGER, SO THAT YOU CAN PRESS IN TO WHAT HE HAS IN THE

HARVEST FIELD OF BLESSING. BUT, NOW NOTICE WHAT HE DID NOT DO.

HE DID NOT PUT SICKNESS ON THEM. IN FACT, IN VERSE 4, SICKNESS

WAS NEVER A PART OF IT. HE DIDN'T PUT SICKNESS, BECAUSE

SOME PREACHERS WILL PREACH THAT. THEY'LL SAY, WELL, GOD WILL

ALLOW YOU TO BE SICK LIKE JOB. BUT WE LEARNED FROM JOB, THAT

WAS A SPECIAL EXAMPLE, RIGHT? THE DEVIL DID IT. IT WAS A

SPECIAL EXAMPLE. BUT GOD TO ISRAEL, HE SAID IN VERSE 4,

"NEITHER DID YOUR FOOT SWELL," THERE WAS NO SICKNESS, RIGHT? IN

FACT, IF YOU SKIP DOWN TO VERSE 15, IT SAID "HE LED YOU THROUGH

ALL THAT GREAT WILDERNESS, THERE WERE SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS AND

DROUGHT. THERE WAS NO WATER. BUT HE BROUGHT YOU FORTH WATER OUT

OF THE FLINT. HE TOOK YOU IN THE WILDERNESS SO," AND THEN VERSE

16 SAYS, "SO THAT HE COULD PROVE THEE AND DO THEE GOOD IN YOUR

LATTER END." AMEN. SO SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS THE TRYING OF OUR

FAITH. NOW LET ME READ THIS OTHER SCRIPTURE TO YOU. WATCH

THIS. GO BACK UP TO VERSE 5, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS PART

BECAUSE LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LORD'S DISCIPLINE. VERSE 5 SAID

THAT "YOU SHALL ALSO CONSIDER IN YOUR HEART THAT AS A MAN

CHASTENS HIS SON, SO THE LORD WILL CHASTEN YOU. THEREFORE YOU

SHALL KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD AND WALK IN HIS WAYS."

SO NOW FLIP OVER TO HEBREWS, BECAUSE HEBREWS TALKS ABOUT

THAT. HEBREWS 12. AND I WANT TO READ THIS BRIEFLY TO YOU, AND

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PICKING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. HEBREWS 12,

THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT, "FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CHASTENS..."

NOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID FOR YEARS, THAT MEANS GOD MAY GIVE YOU A

GOOD SPANKING, AND THAT'S WHY YOU GOT PNEUMONIA AND ALL THESE

THINGS HAPPENED TO YOU. NO. NO. WHAT WAS THE EXAMPLE OF HOW GOD

DISCIPLINED HIS CHILDREN IN DEUTERONOMY? HE HELD BACK JUST

ENOUGH SO THEY WOULD TRUST HIM, BUT HE NEVER PUT SICKNESS ON

THEM. HE NEVER DID EVIL TO THEM. WE FIND LATER, THE ONLY REASON

THAT PLAGUES CAME UPON THEM IS BECAUSE THEY DID WICKED THINGS.

BUT GOD NEVER PUT SICKNESS ON ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE TO TEACH

THEM A LESSON ON HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON. HE DIDN'T EVER

TEACH, HE NEVER DID THAT. SO JUST REMEMBER THAT AS YOU READ

THIS. BUT THE LORD WILL ALLOW TESTING OF OUR FAITH, "WHOM THE

LORD LOVES, HE WILL DISCIPLINE AND SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE

RECEIVES. IF YOU ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS WITH YOU

AS SONS. FOR WHAT SON IS HE WHO HIS FATHER DOES NOT DISCIPLINE?"

OR CHASTEN, RIGHT? THE WAY IT WAS IN DEUTERONOMY. "BUT IF YOU

BE WITHOUT CHASTISEMENT, WHEREOF YOU ARE ALL PARTAKERS, THEN

YOU'RE BASTARDS AND NOT SONS." THAT MEANS YOU ARE FATHERLESS.

"FURTHERMORE, WE HAD FATHERS IN OUR FLESH WHICH CORRECTED US,

AND WE GAVE THEM REVERENCE. SHALL WE NOT MUCH RATHER BE IN

SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER OF SPIRITS, AND LIVE? FOR TRULY, I

SAY, FOR A FEW CHASTENED US AFTER THEIR OWN PLEASURE," IN

THE KING JAMES OR THE NEW LIVING IT SAYS, "THEY DID THE BEST THEY

KNEW HOW IN THEIR NATURAL FLESH. BUT GOD DOES IT FOR OUR PROPHET,

OR HE DOES IT IN A PERFECT WAY, SO THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF

HIS HOLINESS. NOW NO CHASTENING, FOR THE PRESENT SEEMS JOYOUS."

AND THEN JAMES GOES ON AND SAYS, "BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY."

I'M LIKE LORD, LORD, LORD, LORD. NO, IT DOESN'T SEEM JOYOUS AT

THE TIME, IT SEEMS GRIEVOUS. "NEVERTHELESS, AFTERWARD IT

YIELDS PEACEABLE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS." I'M HERE TO TELL

YOU IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT HANK AND BRENDA DIDN'T GO

THROUGH BACK ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE

STANDING IN THIS ROOM TODAY. I DON'T THINK WE'D BE STANDING

HERE HEARING POWERFUL PROPHETIC WORDS ABOUT IRAQ. THAT GOD HAD

TO BRING SOME CHASTENING. THERE HAD TO BE SOME DISCIPLINE. THERE

HAD TO BE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH, AND COME ON,

TRUST GOD AND BELIEVE GOD FOR, SO THAT IT COULD YIELD PEACEABLE

FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO TRUST GOD DURING THOSE TIMES

WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED. JAMES SAID IT LIKE THIS, HE SAID,

"BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY." SOMEBODY SHOUT JOY! "COUNT IT

ALL JOY WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED." COME ON. VARIOUS

TEMPTATIONS. VARIOUS TRIALS. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THINGS,

COUNT IT JOY. AND THEN IT SAYS "BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE HER

PERFECT WORK IN THOSE TIMES." OH, GOD, THOSE ARE THE TIMES,

COME ON, WE WANT IT OVER IN FIVE MINUTES. I TELL THIS STORY, I

REMEMBER ONE TIME, WE WERE FIRST STARTING OUT IN THE MINISTRY,

HANK AND BRENDA THE KNOW IT ALL'S. AND, THAT'S WHY, BE

CAREFUL, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT COME ONLINE, THEY KNOW

EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. IN FACT, THERE WAS THAT ONE YOUNG

MAN IN THE BOOK OF JOB WHO ACTED LIKE A KNOW IT ALL, AND GOD

KICKED HIM IN THE BACKSIDE TOO. HE SAID, "WELL, JOB, I'M YOUNG

AND YOU'RE OLD." YOU KNOW, YOUNG, WET BEHIND THE EARS, GAVE

BIG SPEECHES, AND GOD REBUKED HIM TOO. SO BE CAREFUL. BE

CAREFUL. BUT I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND SO ONE TIME WE WENT TO

OUR PASTOR AT THAT TIME, AND WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH ONE

TORNADO AFTER ANOTHER. EITHER WE WERE BROKE OR WE WERE, GOT THE

LEFT FOOT OUT OF ONE OF THE DENOMINATIONS WE WERE PART OF.

BECAUSE WE PREACH FAITH, WE PREACH THE PROMISES. AND THAT

GROUP DIDN'T CARE FOR IT SO MUCH. AND SO WE GOT OUT OF THAT

AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND WE GOT INVITED TO THIS

MINISTER'S RETREAT, AND WE DROVE ALL THE WAY OUT IN OUR CAR. IT

WAS ALL WE COULD DO TO AFFORD THE GAS, AND WE GOT OUT TO THAT

RETREAT AND NOBODY TOLD US YOU HAD TO BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING.

WE WALKED IN AND THERE WAS A BARE MATTRESS IN OUR ROOM. I'M

LIKE, "LORD JESUS, WE HAVE GONE TO THE PIT OF HELL." WE WENT TO

WALMART AND BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST BLANKET THEY HAD. THEY HAD A

WALMART DOWN THE STREET. THEY HAD A $2 PILLOWS AND THEY HAD $4

BLANKETS. AND WE WALKED IN AND GOT $2 PILLOWS, NO PILLOWCASES,

WE COULDN'T AFFORD THAT. IT WAS THE BARE PILLOW AND THE BLANKET,

AND THEN THANK GOD THE FOOD WAS PAID FOR IN THAT WHOLE EVENT.

BUT I REMEMBER, SO WE WENT THROUGH SO MANY THINGS,

CHALLENGES AFTER CHALLENGE. AND OUR PASTOR AT THAT TIME SAID,

HE'S NOT IN THE MINISTRY NOW RETIRED, BUT HE SAID, NOW PASTOR

HANK CAME AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, PASTOR, I'M

JUST IN THIS HURRICANE. I AM IN A TORNADO. AND EVERY ONCE IN A

WHILE I GET A LITTLE RELIEF. MY ARM WILL STICK OUT AND IT GETS

YANKED BACK IN THE STORM, AND THEN I'LL STICK MY LEG OUT AND

IT'LL GET YANKED BACK IN THE STORM. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT..."

AND HE GOES, "WELL, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A LOT OF STORMS AND A

LOT OF ATTACKS, BUT REMEMBER, IT'S ONLY ONE DEVIL." DON'T EVER

FORGET THAT. YOU FOCUS ON THE FACT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

THE ENEMY IN A MINUTE, BUT REMEMBER, AT THAT TIME THE BIBLE

SAYS "PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK." IN OTHER WORDS, LET, THAT

WORD PATIENCE IS THE WORD ENDURANCE. LET ENDURANCE HAVE

HER PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE COMPLETE AND YOU MIGHT BECOME

MATURE. WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING TO HAVE SOME MATURE CHRISTIANS

IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, THAT THEY DON'T GET ALL UP IN ARMS AND

HAVE A DRAMA ATTACK EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS. COME ON

SOMEBODY. SO YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, ENTIRE, LACKING IN

NOTHING. BUT IF YOU'RE IN THAT MOMENT, JAMES 1 SAYS, AND YOU

LACK SOME WISDOM. COME ON, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LIKE, "WELL, GOD,

SHOULD I DO THAT? THE DOCTOR SAYS, I NEED THAT MEDICINE.

SHOULD I DO THIS OR THAT OR WHAT? GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO

DO. OR I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT MY FINANCES. OR SHOULD I

GO HERE OR TAKE THAT JOB? GOD, WHICH ONE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"

GOD SAID, "IF YOU LACK WISDOM, ANYONE THAT DOES LET HIM ASK OF

GOD WHO WILL GIVE TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND HE'LL NOT DO IT

WITH ANY KIND OF REBUKE." BUT IT SAYS, "LET HIM ASK IN FAITH

WITHOUT WAVERING, FOR HE THAT WAVERS IS LIKE THE MAN WHO'S IN

A BOAT, AND HE'S BOUNCING UP AND DOWN." ALL YOU DO IF YOU WAIVER

IS GET YOURSELF SEASICK. DON'T DO THAT. HOLD ON TO THE WORD OF

GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU BOUNCE AROUND AND YOU'RE UP AND

DOWN DURING THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO TRUST GOD, IF

YOU DO THAT, LET NOT THAT PERSON THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING

OF THE LORD. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD HOLDS OUT ON US. BUT

THAT'S WHAT ISRAEL DID. THEY BOUNCED AROUND AND GOD COULDN'T

BLESS THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. AMEN. SO GOD WILL

ALLOW THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH. JAMES 1 IT'LL TELL US, GOD

DOESN'T TEMPT US TO DO EVIL. WE DON'T HAVE TO READ THAT

SCRIPTURE TODAY, BUT YOU CAN STUDY IT. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,

"LET NO MAN SAY, 'WHEN I'M TESTED, I'M TESTED OF GOD,"

REALLY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT WORD FOR TEST. IT MEANS TEMPTATION TO

DO WICKED THINGS. GOD WILL NEVER HARM US, RIGHT? BUT HE WILL GIVE

US SEASONS WHERE HE REQUIRES FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1

1 Timothy 6:12

TIMOTHY 6:12, "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH." AMEN. SO ONE OF

THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY IS GOD DOES ALLOW US

TO BE TESTED. AND MAN, THE BEST THING WE CAN DO DURING THOSE

PEOPLE'S TIMES IS BE THE BODY OF CHRIST, UPLIFT THEM AND SUPPORT

THEM. AMEN. YOU DON'T KNOW THE REASON THEY'RE THERE, BUT JUST

BE A FRIEND TO THEM. THE SECOND REASON THAT WE SUFFER ADVERSITY

IN THIS LIFE IS BECAUSE, WATCH THIS, THIS IS DEEP NOW, BECAUSE

OF THE DEVIL. OLD SLEW FOOT IS ALWAYS WALKING AROUND. REMEMBER,

IT WAS WHO THAT ATTACKED JOB? IT WAS THE DEVIL THAT ATTACKED JOB.

"THE THIEF", THE BIBLE SAYS, "COMES TO STEAL, TO KILL AND TO

DESTROY." JOHN 10:10. NOW, PASTOR, I LOVE WHAT HE SAID

John 10:10

YEARS AGO, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, "WELL, PASTOR, WHAT DOOR DID I

OPEN THAT THE DEVIL CAME IN WITH SUCH A FURY? DID I OPEN A DOOR?"

NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT REALLY THINK

ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T A THIEF IN THE WORLD THAT WALKS

IN AND RINGS YOUR DOORBELL, I MEAN, MAYBE THERE ARE, I DON'T

KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND SAY, "MAY

I HAVE PERMISSION TO COME IN AND STEAL YOUR TELEVISION? IF YOU

WOULD BE SO KIND. I'D BE OBLIGED TO WALK IN AND RIP YOUR TV OFF

THE WALL AND WALK OUT." YOU KNOW, THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THIEVES COME IN ILLEGALLY. OKAY, WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THE

DEVIL IS AN ILLEGAL OPPONENT. OKAY, HE HAS BEEN DEFEATED

THROUGH THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS. SO REMEMBER, WHEN YOU

ARE FACING SOMETHING, IT IS, THE DEVIL IS INVOLVED. AND YOU'VE

HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, AND I LOVE TO SAY IT A LOT, BECAUSE IT

JUST REMINDS ME THAT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS SNEAKING AROUND,

TRYING TO INSERT HIMSELF IN WHATEVER YOU GO THROUGH. YOU

KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, A PREACHER, HE SAID, WELL, DON'T

PUT SO MUCH, SOMEBODY TOLD THIS PREACHER SAID, "DON'T PUT SO

MUCH FOCUS ON THE DEVIL. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEVIL

TOO MUCH." I'M LIKE, WELL, JESUS TAUGHT US TO CAST HIM OUT. HE

TAUGHT CASTING OUT OF DEVILS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES OF A

BELIEVER WAS THAT WE ARE TO SPEAK IN NEW TONGUES AND CAST

OUT DEMONS. WE'RE CALLED OF GOD TO RESIST THE ENEMY, RESIST THE

DEVIL, ADDRESS THE DEVIL. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A PRIVILEGE THEY

DIDN'T HAVE IN THE OLD COVENANT. BUT UNDER THE NEW COVENANT IN

CHRIST, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BEADY EYED DEVIL AND SAY, "YOU

GET OUT OF HERE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. GET OFF, MY CHILDREN! I

BIND YOU FROM THIS HOUSEHOLD. YOU GET OUT OF MY MIND. YOU GET

OUT OF MY LIFE. IN JESUS NAME." AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA

REMEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PREACHER SAID, THEY SAID, "WELL,

YOU KNOW, YOU FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME." HE

SAID, "YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ACT LIKE THERE'S A DEVIL BEHIND

EVERY BUSH." AND HE GOES, "I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S A DEVIL

BEHIND EVERY BUSH. I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S SEVEN DEVILS BEHIND

EVERY BUSH." SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DEVIL GETS OFF SCOT

FREE. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED AND ALL OF

THAT TRAGEDY AND CHAOS WAS GOING ON AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING ON

AND GOING, "GOD JUDGED AMERICA." AND ALL OF THE PONTIFICATING

THAT WENT ON AROUND THAT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, NOBODY'S PUTTING

ANY BLAME ON SATAN. COME ON, BLAME THE DEVIL MORE. ASSUME

HE'S THERE BUZZING AROUND. ASSUME THAT HE IS PUTTING THOSE

THOUGHTS IN YOUR MIND. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST YOU. OKAY, WELL,

SOMEBODY THEN ASKED THIS QUESTION, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY

THIS FOR YEARS, "WELL, WHY COULDN'T GOD JUST REMOVE THE

DEVIL ALTOGETHER? JUST GET RID OF THAT OLD NASTY BUG." WELL,

BUT HERE'S THE THING, SEE, THIS IS THE VALUE OF HOW MUCH VALUE

IS UPON YOU THAT GOD CREATED YOU IN HIS IMAGE. OKAY, GOD HAD TO

CHOOSE, WATCH THIS, TO CAST SATAN OUT OF HEAVEN. WE'RE

CREATED AND WE'RE NOT ROBOTS. WE HAVE THE, WE'RE IN THE GOD CLASS

WITH THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE LIFE OR DEATH, BLESSING OR CURSING.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE GOD OR THE DEVIL, AND WE HAVE

TO, LIKE GOD, IN HIS IMAGE CHOOSE RIGHTEOUSNESS. GOD CHOSE

RIGHTEOUSNESS WHEN SIN WAS FOUND IN SATAN'S HEART AND SAID,

"YOU'RE GETTING ON UP OUT OF HERE. I DON'T TOLERATE THAT IN

HEAVEN." AND WE NOW HAVE THE PRIVILEGE, COME ON SOMEBODY, TO

DO THE EXACT SAME THING. WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO CAST OUT THE

DEVIL! AND GOD DOESN'T MAKE US LOVE HIM. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO

AND BE WITH THE DEVIL IN HELL, THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT. THAT'S

STUPID, BUT THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT. OKAY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT

WILL JUST SHAKE THEIR FIST AT GOD ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE

PIT, UNFORTUNATELY, AND REJECT WHAT JESUS DID. IT'S TRUE. BUT

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.

AND SO, BUT THERE WILL COME A DAY THE DEVIL'S GOING TO GET THE

"WHAT FOR." AND HE'LL, THAT THE BIBLE SAYS, THERE'S GOING TO BE

REJOICING IN HEAVEN, THAT THEY'LL SAY, "WOW, THE LOUD

VOICE SAYS, THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN, THAT OLD SERPENT, THE

DEVIL HAS BEEN CAST OUT." HALLELUJAH! WHEW! SO ALWAYS

TAKE, WHEN YOU'RE IN A FIGHT, YOU'RE IN A TRIAL, JUST TAKE

AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL. "WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, HOW DO I KNOW

THAT A DEVIL'S THERE?" ASSUME THERE IS. JUST SAY, "DEVIL, I

BIND YOU. WHATEVER DEMON YOU ARE, GET OUT." IF THERE'S

SICKNESS, WE KNOW THERE'S SICKNESS DEVILS, OKAY, WE LEARN

THAT FROM THE BIBLE. SO THEN STAND UP TO IT. SAY "NO, IN THE

NAME OF JESUS, I BREAK THE POWER OF THAT SICKNESS ON MY LIFE."

"WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT IF NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER I REBUKE?"

DO IT AGAIN! OKAY, YOU DON'T JUST WIELD YOUR SWORD ONE TIME,

PUT IT BACK AND GO "WELL, I GUESS I MISSED." DO IT AGAIN!

STAND UP AGAIN! IF YOU HAVE TO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND GO,

"DEVIL, I'M JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE IN THE

PERIMETER. I'M GOING TO BIND YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS." "WELL,

SHOULD YOU JUST DO THAT TO DO THAT?" YES! CAST THE DEVIL OUT.

THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 4:27, "GIVE NO PLACE TO THE

Ephesians 4:27

DEVIL." ASSUME IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. "WELL, YEAH,

BUT, PASTOR BRENDA, IF GOD ALLOWED ME TO GO THROUGH IT,

THEN CAN I CAST THE DEVIL OUT?" LISTEN, IF GOD ALLOWED YOU TO GO

THROUGH IT, HE WANTS YOU TO CAST THE DEVIL OUT! HE'S LETTING YOU

SO YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, TO PICK UP YOUR SWORD.

THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 6 "THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAND

IN THE EVIL DAY." "TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU

MAY BE ABLE TO STAND IN THE EVIL DAY, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND,

STAND THEREFORE WITH YOUR LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH, HAVING ON

THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FEET SHOD

WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. TAKING UNTO YOU

THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WHEREBY YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE

FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. YOU TAKE UNTO YOU THE SWORD OF THE

SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD." IT DOESN'T STOP THERE, IT

SAYS, "AND THEN PRAY ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION IN

THE SPIRIT." WHEW! ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. COME ON,

ALL OF THEM! NOT SOME OF THEM, ALL OF THE FIERY DARTS! SO THE

DEVIL, NUMBER TWO REASON PEOPLE SUFFER ATTACK, BECAUSE HE'S

ALWAYS LURKING AND TRYING AND WORKING AND GOING. GO AFTER HIM.

COME ON, YOU PUT THE NOOSE OF GOD'S SCRIPTURES. "DEVIL, I'M

GOING TO STAND HERE AND QUOTE THE WORD TILL MY MOUTH RUNS DRY.

THEN I'M GOING TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AND I'M GOING TO DO IT

AGAIN. I'M GOING TO STAND HERE AND HOLD ON TO THAT." "WELL,

PASTOR BRENDA, I TRIED THAT." WELL, TRY IT AGAIN. DON'T JUST

GIVE UP. PRESS INTO THE PROMISES OF GOD. LEAN IN TO WHAT GOD HAS

ALREADY TOLD YOU. HOLD ON TO THE PROPHETIC WORD. HOLD ON TO THE

TRUTH OF THE BIBLE. JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. I HEARD

SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, "WELL, WELL, BUT BUT, YEAH, YOU KNOW

THAT PERSON, THEY PRAYED AND THIS HAPPENED AND THAT

HAPPENED." SO YOU KNOW WHAT MY ANSWER TO THAT NOW WHEN PEOPLE

SAY THAT? "THEY DID ALL THE STUFF, PASTOR BRENDA." YOU KNOW

WHAT I SAY NOW, I SAY, "OKAY, WELL, I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND HOW

YOU FEEL THAT IS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE. BUT WHAT I AM GOING

TO SAY IS, THEN ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING GOD

WROTE IN HERE IS INACCURATE?" BECAUSE IF HE SAID HE'D "GIVE

HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU TO KEEP YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS,

THEY'LL BEAR YOU UP IN YOUR HANDS, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT

AGAINST THE STONE." ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL ME THAT GOD

WASN'T TRUE TO WHAT HE SAID IN THE SCRIPTURE? COME ON, I'M

ASKING A HARD QUESTION NOW. EVERY TIME WE SAY, "WELL, THAT

DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THAT PERSON, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER THERE.

THAT PERSON PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE AND THEY DIED, PASTOR BRENDA! SO

WHAT ABOUT THAT?" WELL, I DON'T KNOW, ANY MORE THAN GOD DIDN'T

TELL JOB. I DON'T KNOW THEIR SITUATION. I DON'T FOLLOW THEM

AROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR HEART. MAYBE THEY DID LIKE

JOB, EVERYTHING RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS WHAT

HAS BEEN PENNED IN 66 BOOKS CALLED THE CANNON OF SCRIPTURE.

AND IF GOD SAID THAT HE'S THE HEALER, THEN I'M GOING TO JUDGE

HIM THE HEALER. IF HE SAID HE'S A DELIVERER, I'LL JUDGE GOD A

DELIVER. IF HE SAID THAT BY HIS STRIPES YOU'RE HEALED, THEN I

BELIEVE EVERY WORD WRITTEN IN THE WORD.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

- I WILL NEVER BRING AN ACCUSATION THAT THE WORD OF GOD

IS NOT TRUE. ALL RIGHT, VERY QUICKLY. WHEW. THAT'S THE STUFF

THAT GETS ME RILED. DON'T TELL ME THE WORD NOT TRUE. DON'T TELL

ME IT DOESN'T COME TO PASS. AND BY THE WAY, IN ALL THE TIMES

THAT MAYBE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAPPENED A CERTAIN WAY. AND I

PRAYED ONE WAY, AND THE OPPOSITE SEEMED TO BE THE TRUTH, ALL I

KNOW IS I HAVE TO GO ON HOW MANY TIMES IT DID HAPPEN, HOW MANY

TIMES I SAW IT WORK, HOW MANY TIMES I SAW A MIRACLE. COME ON.

EVERY TIME, COME ON, DON'T TELL ME ALL THE ONES THAT DIDN'T GET

HEALED OF CANCER. I KNOW LOTS OF THEM THAT DID. AND THEY LIVE 20,

30, 40 YEARS AFTER THE CANCER, WHOLE IN THE POWER OF GOD.

(CONGREGATION CLAPPING).

- WORK MYSELF UP, UP IN HERE. OH, WE GOTTA GROW. DON'T LOOK AT

THE KNOW ALL THE TIME. DON'T LOOK AT WHAT ISN'T ALL THE TIME.

DON'T LOOK AT THE WHY ALL THE TIME. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD

OF WHY, IT'LL BE "WHY NOT?" YOU WON'T GET ANYTHING. YOU LIVE IN

THE WORLD OF WONDERING, YOU'LL GO NOWHERE. COME ON, THE BIBLE

IS FULL, A WHOLE CHAPTER, HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, "FAITH IS

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THE SUBSTANCE OF THE THING THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR." COME ON, "IT

IS THE PROOF", THE BIBLE SAID, "OF THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT

SEE." IT LISTS OUT THE PATRIARCHS OF THE FAITH WHO,

THOUGH THEIR CHILDREN WERE SAWN ASUNDER, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAW

THAT FACE, THE MOUTHS OF LIONS, THEY DIDN'T SEE THE PROMISE, YET

THEY BELIEVED IN THE POWER AND THE PROMISES OF GOD.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING).

- NUMBER THREE. I HATE THE DEVIL. I HATE THE DEVIL, AND I

HATE THE LIES OF RELIGIOUS TEACHING THAT TELL YOU "WELL,

GOD HAD A SOVEREIGN PURPOSE AND YOU DYING YOUNG? WELL, HOW

OPPOSITE WHAT HE PROMISED WHEN HE SAID, WITH LONG LIFE I WILL

SATISFY THEM AND SHOW THEM MY SALVATION" COME ON, DON'T

BELIEVE THE RELIGIOUS THINKING. PROVERBS 4 SAYS, "MY SON, GIVE

ATTENTION TO MY WORDS. INCLINE YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS. LET THEM

NOT DEPART FROM YOUR EYES. KEEP THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR

HEART, FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE THAT FIND THEM, AND HEALTH

TO ALL THEIR FLESH." COME ON THE WORD, KEEP YOUR HEART WITH ALL

DILIGENCE, FOR OUT OF IT ARE THE ISSUES OF LIFE. THE WORD WILL

HEAL. THE WORD WILL DELIVER. THE WORD WILL SAVE. COME ON. THE

WORD WILL WORK IN YOUR LIFE. BUT YOU CAN'T JUST WORK IT

SOMETIMES. IF YOU DO IT INTERMITTENT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY

EVER TRIED INTERMITTENT FASTING? IT'S SO INTERMITTENT, I WANT A

DONUT BY 9:00 IN THE MORNING. I'M LIKE, "LORD, I FASTED ALL

NIGHT. I FASTED FROM 9 P.M. AFTER FLASHPOINT UNTIL 7 A.M. IN

THE MORNING. GOD, THAT'S A TEN HOUR RUN. IT'S DONUT TIME." BUT

THAT'S HOW WE APPROACH THE WORD. SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST

INCONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE WE BELIEVE THE PROPHETIC

WORDS OVER IRAN, THE NEXT MINUTE, "OH, WHAT ARE WE GOING

TO DO? EVERYBODY BUY SOME DRY PASTA, WE'RE GOING WITHOUT. THE

STARS ARE GOING TO BE EMPTY." NO, NO, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT

PRUDENCE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT IT DOES NOT CONDONE

FEAR. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. I GOT TO GET ON TO THE REST SO I CAN GET

YOU OUT OF HERE. I MEAN, IF IT'S HOT, IT CAN BE, LET'S JUST MAKE

IT HOT IN HERE. WE'LL MAKE IT HOTTER IN HERE THAN IT IS

OUTSIDE, YOU'LL WANT TO STAY. WHY DO YOU WANT TO RUN OUT

THERE? LET'S STAY IN CHURCH. HAHAHA! I DO SEE ALL OF YOU THAT

BRING BLANKETS TO THE TABERNACLE. WE GOT YOU, WE KNOW.

WE'RE ALL SWEATING UP HERE, AND PEOPLE ARE BOUND IN SWEATERS.

OH, BOY. NUMBER THREE, REASONS THAT, I NEED A FEW MINUTES TO

BREAK THIS DOWN, CAN I DO THAT? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO FOUR AND

FIVE NEXT WEEK, REASONS THAT CHRISTIANS SUFFER. SUFFERING BY

OUR OWN HAND AND OUR OWN CHOICES. THE BIBLE SAYS "SIN AND

REBELLION CAN CAUSE UNNECESSARY ADVERSITY." PROVERBS 13:15, "A

Proverbs 13:15

GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVES FAVOR, BUT THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS

HARD." PROVERBS 28:13 "HE THAT COVERS HIS SIN SHALL NOT

Proverbs 28:13

PROSPER, BUT WHO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM SHALL HAVE MERCY."

SO SIN CAN BE A REASON THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. NOW,

YOU KNOW, DON'T GO UP TO YOUR CHURCH PEOPLE, YOU SEE THEM

GOING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT JOE'S FRIEND

SAID. WHAT DID YOU DO?" DON'T TRY THAT, OKAY? GOD MIGHT SHOW

UP IN A WHIRLWIND. YOU'LL HAVE TO REPENT OF THAT. SO BE

CAREFUL, RIGHT? WHAT WE SOW WE ALSO REAP. GALATIANS 6. IN FACT,

PUT THAT SCRIPTURE, OH YOU DO, YOU ALREADY GOT IT. YOU GUYS ARE

QUICK. PUT THAT UP THERE, GALATIANS, I WAS JUST GOING TO

QUOTE IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE IT. "BE NOT DECEIVED; GOD IS NOT

MOCKED: FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT HE SHALL REAP." NOW

WE PREACH THAT IN THE POSITIVE, BUT THIS SCRIPTURE SHOWS IT FROM

TWO SIDES. "FOR HE THAT SOWS TO HIS OWN FLESH SHALL OF THE FLESH

REAP CORRUPTION." SO IF YOU DO CARNAL THINGS ALL THE TIME,

THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR RESULT. ALL RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO GET

THE RESULT OF THAT. SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING IN THE

CHURCH MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEY PUT TOO MUCH TIME INTO FLESH

THINGS AND NOT SPIRITUAL THINGS. "BUT HE THAT SOWS TO THE SPIRIT

SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING." SO WE REAP WHAT WE

SOW. I HEARD BISHOP HARRY JACKSON, HOW MANY OF YOU

REMEMBER HIM, HE WENT ON TO HEAVEN, AND HE SAID, WE WERE

TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD, AND GOD, THE JUDGMENT OF GOD. AND HE

SAID, "YOU KNOW, IN MANY CASES, THE JUDGMENT OF GOD COMES AT

PEOPLE'S OWN DOING." BECAUSE THEY DON'T JUDGE THEMSELVES,

THEY RECEIVE JUDGMENT. OKAY? AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU

KNOW, REMEMBER THAT ADVERSITY COMES MANY TIMES BECAUSE, YOU

KNOW, WE DO THINGS THAT GOD IS LETTING US DO, BUT WE'RE HURTING

OURSELVES. AND EVENTUALLY THOSE BAD CHOICES CATCH UP TO US,

DON'T THEY? HARVEST DAY ALWAYS COMES, WHETHER IT BE IN THE

POSITIVE OR BE IN THE NEGATIVE. HARVEST DAY ALWAYS HAPPENS,

RIGHT? HERE'S ANOTHER REASON THAT, HOW WE CAUSE OUR OWN SELF

TO SUFFER, BY OUR WORDS, WHAT WE SAY. THINGS WE DO, WE LEARNED

FROM JOB, OUR MOUTH IS OUR WORST OFFENDER IN HARD TIMES. JOB HAD

TO PUT HIS HAND ON HIS MOUTH. OKAY? WE HAVE TO LEARN TO

DISCIPLINE OUR TONGUE. THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES 3 THAT "THE TONGUE

SETS ON FIRE THE VERY COURSE OF NATURE." OKAY, THINK ABOUT THAT.

ONE TRANSLATION SAYS THAT "IT SETS NATURE IN ITS MOTION." SO

IF IT CAN SET NATURE IN MOTION, IN FACT, AND THEN IT SAYS, "IF

YOU CAN'T DISCIPLINE YOUR TONGUE, THE TONGUE HAS THE

ABILITY," WATCH THIS, "TO DEFILE," THIS IS JAMES 3, YOU

CAN GO READ IT LATER, "TO DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY." OKAY, IF IT CAN

DEFILE YOUR BODY, CAN THE TONGUE CAUSE YOURSELF TO BE OPEN TO

SICKNESS AND PAIN AND DISEASE? IT SAID DEFILE, DIDN'T SAY

DEFILE YOUR SPIRIT OR YOUR MIND. IT SAID IT DEFILES THE WHOLE

BODY. SO WHAT WE SAY ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCE

IN OUR LIFE, DO YOU NOT THINK IT AFFECTS THE CELLS OF OUR BODY?

IT AFFECTS THE THE VERY FIBER OF OUR BEING, IF YOU SAY ALL THE

TIME, I JUST FEEL TIRED. WELL GUESS WHAT? EVERY MONDAY YOU'RE

GOING TO FEEL AWFUL. IT'LL CATCH UP TO YOU. IT WILL. I'M JUST

TIRED. I CAN'T GET UP AND GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY. OH, BELIEVE

ME, THERE ARE PLENTY OF TIMES ON SUNDAY, WE GOT UP AT 5:00 AND I

THOUGHT "LORD JESUS." AND GUESS WHAT? BUT WE PRAY. I DO DRINK A

LITTLE COFFEE. AND THEN WE SAY, "THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS

MADE. GOD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SERVICE TODAY." "WELL, I

ONLY SLEPT THREE HOURS LAST NIGHT." WELL, THAT DOESN'T

MATTER. "BODY, YOU COME IN SUBJECTION." WHAT WE SAY

MATTERS. DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF OUR MOUTH. SO DON'T

SAY DUMB THINGS, RIGHT? DON'T SAY STUPID THINGS. AND REMEMBER,

YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THINGS THAT PEOPLE USE AS CLICHES, "WELL,

THAT'S JUST KILLING ME. HAHA, IT'S KILLING ME." DON'T SAY

THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, PASTOR DOES FRED

SANFORD A LOT, HE LIKES TO DO THOSE OLD 70S SITCOMS. WE LOVE

FRED. REMEMBER HE USED TO SAY, "ELIZABETH, I'M COMING TO JOIN

YOU, HONEY. HERE'S THE BIG ONE." REMEMBER HE DID THAT? YOU KNOW,

AND HE DID THAT ALL THE TIME ON THE SHOW. IT WAS JUST A JOKE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAN REALLY DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. DO YOU

KNOW THAT? ANYWAY, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT THERE. ANOTHER ONE,

STRIFE AND ANGER CAN ADD TO OUR OWN SUFFERING. I BELIEVE IT'S

ONE OF THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS TO PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. YOU

KNOW, IT CAN STRESS YOU. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH,

MARRIED COUPLES SMILE AT ME. DON'T YOU LOVE THE DAYS THAT YOU

GET ALONG BETTER THAN THE ONES YOU DON'T? NOW YOU CAN ADD TO

THE ONES THAT YOU DON'T IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY, YOU CAN ESCALATE

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ESCALATE. YOU CAN BUILD UP WHATEVER YOU

WANT TO BUILD UP. AND YOU COULD GO THERE IF YOU WANT TO GO

THERE. THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN MARRIED A LONG TIME, YOU NOT

ONLY KNOW YOUR SPOUSE'S BUTTONS, YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED

AND WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT THEY SHUT

OFF AT NIGHT AND WHAT TIME THEY COME ON IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW

EXACTLY, EXACTLY WHAT YOUR SPOUSE IS GOING TO DO. OKAY?

PASTOR HANK KNOWS, HE KNOWS MY BUTTONS. OR DON'T SPEAK UNTIL

THE FIRST CUP OF COFFEE HAS GONE DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS. I WILL NOT

PROCESS. I SAY I HAVE A DISCLAIMER. I WILL NOT PROCESS

ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. I DON'T CARE HOW POWERFUL,

PROPHETIC. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS. I NEED A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

OKAY? I NEED A MINUTE. I NEED A MOMENT TO MOURN THAT I HAD A

GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. I NEED A MINUTE. AND AFTER MY MOMENT, HE

KNOWS THE BUTTONS. BUT I ALSO KNOW THE BUTTONS. I KNOW THE

BUTTONS. STRIFE, WHETHER IT BE IN THE HOME, THE BODY OF CHRIST,

WILL ADD STRESS TO YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE THAT

LOOK LIKE THEY LIVED A REALLY HARD LIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

TALKING ABOUT? THEY LIVED A HARD LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY

HARD ON THE LIQUOR AND THE DRUGS AND, YOU KNOW, AND SMOKING ALL

THE THINGS. AND YOU JUST KNOW, MAN, THEY'RE ROUGH. BUT, YOU

KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT DID IT. SOME OF IT'S

TRAUMA. STRESS. THREE MARRIAGES. BEING MARRIED TO THE WICKED

WITCH OF THE WEST. OKAY. COME ON, ANGER, STRIFE, ABUSE AGE A

PERSON. THAT'S WHY I GET THE STRIFE OUT. THE BIBLE TALKS

ABOUT THAT. LOOK AT PROVERBS, 18:22, "THE DESIRE OF A MAN OR A

WOMAN IS HIS KINDNESS. A POOR MAN IS BETTER THAN A LIAR."

OKAY, LIES STRESS PEOPLE, RUIN PEOPLE. "THE FEAR OF THE LORD

TENDS TO LIFE, AND HE THAT HAS IT SHALL ABIDE SATISFIED, AND HE

WILL NOT BE VISITED WITH EVIL." NOW THINK ABOUT THE STRESS AND

THE STRIFE OF THE TIMES. YOU KNOW, YOU WATCH THESE LA RIOTS

AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THAT AND I'M LIKE,

PEOPLE JUST GO HOME. DEAR GOD, THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO WORK THIS

OUT, OKAY? YOU MIGHT BE STRESSING THE GUY'S BUSINESS

OUT, YOU BURNED DOWN HIS STORE, BUT YOU'RE STRESSING YOU OUT.

THEY HAD THAT ONE WHERE AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER GETS SHOT

BECAUSE THESE THINGS CREATE CHAOS. THERE IS NO GOOD END TO

STRIFE. THE BIBLE TEACHES IT. PROVERBS IS FILLED WITH

SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE ABOUT ANGER, OUTBURSTS, ALL OF THE

RIOTING. PAUL SAID, "DON'T BE A RIOTER." SO I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW,

JUST GO HOME, SIT ON YOUR COUCH AND PRAY SOMETHING. IT'LL GET

WORKED OUT. AMEN. BUT YOU THINK ABOUT 2 TIMOTHY, YOU KNOW, THE

BIBLE SAYS IN 2 TIMOTHY 3, REMEMBER THAT WHOLE LIST THERE,

"THIS KNOW ALSO IN THE LAST DAYS, DANGEROUS TIMES ARE GOING

TO COME." IT'LL BE FULL OF LOVE FOR THEMSELVES. THEY'LL LOVE

THEMSELVES SO MUCH THEY'LL KILL OTHER PEOPLE AND THINK NOTHING

ABOUT IT. PEOPLE ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER ON

HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE. ANGER. "LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, BOASTFUL,

PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS," YOU THINK THIS

"UNTHANKFUL," CAN I TELL YOU THERE'S A LOAD OF PEOPLE OUT

THERE, THEY ARE UNTHANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY. UNGRATEFUL THAT

THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST, PROBABLY, ACTUALLY, THE MOST

PROSPEROUS NATION ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET. I SAW SOME GUY ON A

REEL THE OTHER DAY, I MEAN, HE DIDN'T FINISH. I HATE THOSE

REELS. THEY DON'T COMPLETE IT. I'M LIKE, WHAT WAS YOUR POINT?

IT'S LIKE A HALF REEL. THEY GET YOU STARTED AND YOU'RE LOOKING

LIKE, "OH, YEAH, WHAT'S HE SAYING?" AND THEN HE QUITS. AND

THEN AD COMES UP AND IT DOESN'T GO BACK AND IT GOES TO THE NEXT

REEL. AND I WANT TO THROW MY PHONE. THOSE ARE THE STUPIDEST

THING. BUT THIS GUY GETS ON AND TALKS ABOUT "THE SIDE OF THE

BAHAMAS THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE." I'M LIKE, WHAT? DON'T ACT

LIKE YOU NEVER BEEN THERE. I'M LIKE, AND THEN EVERYTHING IN ME

SAYS, "DON'T PUSH IT, DON'T TOUCH IT, DON'T TOUCH THE REEL."

AND THEN, WHAT DO I DO? SEE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO TO PEOPLE.

I PUSH IT, I'M LIKE. AND HE DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING. BUT HIS

POINT WAS, IS THERE'S THESE PEOPLE WITH THESE BIG YACHTS AND

MANSIONS AND HOUSES, AND THEN THERE'S SOME LITTLE PERSON

THAT'S LIKE LIVING OFF SCRAPS ON THE STREET WITH A GARBAGE BAG,

AND YOU GO FROM EXTREME WEALTH TO THIS EXTREME POVERTY. AND I

THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE. BUT HE MADE A

GOOD POINT, HE SAID, "AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FOOD STAMPS,

THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, THERE'S NO PROGRAM,

THERE'S NO SHELTER." AND I THOUGHT, SEE, WE HAVE ALL THESE

THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE

THANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ALL THAT IT PROVIDES. FROM ALL

WALKS, THERE WAS NO HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION DOWN THERE. THEY

HAD TO JUST GET BY. AND SO WE "UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY" PUT UP THE

NEXT ONE THAT PEOPLE ARE UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY. VERSE 3.

THERE YOU GO, "WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION," THAT MEANS THEY'RE

HARD HEARTED "TRUCE BREAKERS," PEOPLE DON'T KEEP THEIR

PROMISES, "FALSE ACCUSERS, INCONTINENT." THAT DOESN'T MEAN

THEY HAVE TO WEAR AN ADULT DIAPER. YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS,

IT'S WHAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING ON THE STREETS OF LA. IT

MEANS THEY HAVE NO MEASURE OF SELF-CONTROL. THAT'S WHAT THAT

MEANS. THAT'S WHAT THE KING JAMES WORD FOR THAT IS. THEY

HAVE NO MEASURE. THEY HAVE OUTBURSTS, THEY THROW BOTTLE

ROCKETS. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BEATING UP POLICE OFFICERS. THIS

IS, THAT'S INCONTINENT. THEY'RE "FIERCE, DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT

ARE GOOD." COME ON, THINK ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST

TRYING TO BE LAW ABIDING, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE KILLING PEOPLE.

AND ALL THE REST, AND GOES DOWN THE LIST. BUT THE STRESS AND

STRIFE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11, PAUL TALKING

ABOUT THE LORD'S SUPPER, HE SAID, "THE REASON MANY ARE SICK

AND DIE, AND MANY GO TO HEAVEN EARLY IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T

DISCERN THE LORD'S BODY." THEY LEFT STRIFE AND BITTERNESS AND

UNFORGIVENESS AND ANGER AND OUTBURSTS. ANGER IS A TERRIBLE

THING, OKAY? IT'LL MAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE GO WRONG, AND ALL

KINDS OF HEALTH PROBLEMS CAN COME JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL

GOT TO CALM DOWN, RIGHT? THERE'S A RIGHTEOUS ANGER, BUT ANGER

THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL, THAT IS BUILT OUT OF STRIFE IN THE FLESH

IS NOT GOD. IN FACT, GOD LISTS THAT AS ONE OF THE WORKS OF THE

FLESH THAT WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN. SO ANGER, STRIFE, THESE

ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TO THEMSELVES TO CAUSE THEMSELVES

TO SUFFER. HERE'S A COUPLE MORE. THEY CAN COME TO THE PIANO,

WE'LL WRAP UP WITH THIS AND WE'LL GO INTO SOME DEEPER ONES

NEXT WEEK. FOOLISH CHOICES CAN CREATE OUR OWN ADVERSITY. HOW

MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I PREACHED "DON'T DIE DUMB"?

PEOPLE DO STUPID, FOOLISH, I MEAN, PROVERBS IS PACKED WITH

SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE CHOICES OF A FOOL. THEY DO DUMB THINGS, YOU

KNOW, STUPID STUNTS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN TELL PEOPLE ALL DAY

LONG, DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE. AND YOU, EVERY DAY, SEE PEOPLE GOING

DOWN. EVERY STOPLIGHT, THEY PRACTICALLY ROLL THROUGH THE

STOPLIGHT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET OFF THE DUMB PHONE LONG ENOUGH

TO SEE IT'S GREEN. AND THEN THEY SHOW YOU THE BIRD WHEN YOU HONK

THE HORN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GREEN AND YOU NOW ABOUT TO MISS THE

LIGHT. BUT PEOPLE DO DUMB THINGS. COME ON, IT'S NOT GOD'S

FAULT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T QUIT TEXTING AND DRIVING, AND NOW YOU

RUN INTO A LIGHT POLE AND DIE. OR, GOD FORBID, KILL SOMEBODY

ELSE. IT'S NOT GOD'S FAULT. WE CAN'T, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

WILL SAY, "OH, HE WAS SUCH A GOOD GOD. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

HE WAS SO NICE AND SO..." NO, HE DID SOMETHING DUMB. AND WE WENT

TO THE GRAND CANYON, HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ME TELL THIS STORY? WE

WENT TO GRAND CANYON, IT WAS MY FAVORITE. AND YOU KNOW, THESE

PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEY GET INTO IT. YOU KNOW, PASTOR, WALKED

LIKE 4 MILES FROM THE LEDGE. HE WAS LIKE, OH, HE WAS GOING TO

GET ICE CREAM. YEAH, NICE STORY. I'M LIKE, HONEY, YOU CAN'T EVEN

SEE THE THING. YOU'RE SO FAR AWAY, YOU'RE PRACTICALLY IN

NEBRASKA. WE GOT TO LOOK. SO WE WALKED ALONG THE GRAND CANYON.

YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE, I FOUND OUT, THESE PEOPLE JUST GET RIGHT

UP THERE. I MEAN, SOME STUPID LADY STANDING THERE LIKE A

FLAMINGO PLAYING THE FLUTE. OVER ON THE LEDGE ON NOT TWO LEGS,

BUT ONE. I MEAN, I FIGURED YOU AT LEAST NEED TWO IF YOU'RE

GOING TO GET OUT THERE. ANYWAY, PEOPLE DO STUPID THINGS. I FOUND

OUT STATISTICALLY, THREE PEOPLE A YEAR DIE BECAUSE THEY FELL IN

THE HOLE. I'M LIKE, WHAT? WHAT? I MEAN, IT'S FILLED WITH SIGNS.

OKAY. THE STONE WALL IS LIKE, FROM HERE TO THAT

SOUND BOOTH FROM THE EDGE. AND PEOPLE STILL HOP OVER

THERE AND DANCE ON THE EDGE LIKE, YOU KNOW, "I AIN'T

GONNA FALL." YOU KNOW THE NEXT THING BUBBA IS MISSING.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING).

- A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT GUY WAS IN CHURCH.

PEOPLE SAYING, "OH, OH, GOD, HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN? I DON'T

UNDERSTAND." OH, PEOPLE DO DUMB THINGS, OKAY? THEY DO STUPID

STUNTS. OKAY? IT'S NOT GOD'S FAULT THAT YOU DECIDED TO DRIVE

YOUR MOTORCYCLE ON THE 6 LANE FREEWAY, WHIZZING THROUGH

TRAFFIC AT 95 MILES AN HOUR, OKAY? AND IF YOU RUN OFF THE

GUARDRAIL, IT IS NOT GOD'S FAULT. OKAY, SPEED LIMIT SIGNS

ARE THERE FOR A REASON. OKAY, GOD FORBID WE DRIVE STUPID AND

WE KILL A MOTHER OF 4 CHILDREN. DON'T DIE DUMB. DON'T DO DUMB

THINGS. PEOPLE DO DUMB STUFF. CARELESS THINGS, POOR HABITS,

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, LADIES, DON'T LEAVE YOUR CANDLES BURNING ALL

NIGHT. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, MY HUSBAND BLOWS

THEM OUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER I PUT THEM ON. I JUST, I JUST, WE

CALL HIM THE FIRE CHIEF. I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN WE WERE

BUILDING THIS BUILDING, HE WOULD WALK THROUGH WITH THE

CONSTRUCTION. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, PASTOR MARK, I DON'T KNOW

WHERE HE WENT, BUT HE WOULD WALK THROUGH THIS BUILDING. HE GOES,

"OH, THERE'S A CRACK OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE SPOT

ON THE FLOOR." I MEAN, THE CONTRACTORS WOULD BE LIKE... I'M

LIKE, HONEY, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT STUFF? "I DON'T KNOW." AND HE'S

GOT A LIST AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN. IT'S UP THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ALL GOES, BUT IT'S UP THERE. HE THINKS OF

EVERYTHING. AND I'M LIKE, HONEY, I'M JUST GOING TO GET LED

CANDLES, HOW'S THAT WORK FOR YOU? THEY'LL COME ON. AND, YOU

KNOW, I THINK HE STARTED TRYING TO BLOW THOSE OUT AT NIGHT. I

KNOW YOU DID IT, I KNOW. I KNOW YOU DID IT. I SAID I GOT YOU,

IT'S A BATTERY. HA HA! HEY! THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW

THAT THOSE EXISTED, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF DELIVERANCE FROM

FIRE AND DANGER IN YOUR HOUSE. LAST ONE, I'LL END WITH THIS.

SOME OF THE REASONS PEOPLE CAUSE THEIR OWN SUFFERINGS, THEIR OWN

RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. THEY'RE STIFF NECKED. THEY REFUSE TO

BELIEVE. OKAY, MARK 6, JESUS COULD DO NO MIGHTY MIRACLE IN

NAZARETH. COULD NOT. DIDN'T SAY. WOULD NOT. COULDN'T. BECAUSE

PEOPLE REFUSED TO BEND. THIS IS WHY GOD WAS ANGRY WITH THE

FRIENDS OF JOB. THEY COULDN'T ADMIT ANYTHING. THEY COULDN'T

SEE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GROW AND CHANGE AND SEE SOMETHING

ELSE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT "JESUS COULDN'T EVEN PERFORM A

MIRACLE BECAUSE OF THEIR STIFF NECK." THE WORD THERE FOR

UNBELIEF IS STIFF NECKED, REFUSAL TO RECEIVE. MY ATTITUDE

IS, IS WHEN I'M RECEIVING SOMETHING OR THE WORD IS BEING

PREACHED, I'M LIKE GOD, I RECEIVE IT. UNLESS IT'S JUST

EGREGIOUSLY WRONG. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I

MEAN, NO PASTOR IS GOING TO GET UP IN THE PULPIT AND SAY

EVERYTHING RIGHT EVERY MINUTE. OKAY, DON'T THROW OUT 99% OF A

SERMON BECAUSE OF ONE THING THAT MAYBE WAS MISGUIDED. OKAY, I

LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY STAND UP HERE AND SAY IT ALL RIGHT EVERY

TIME. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, ONLY JESUS COULD DO

THAT. OKAY? IN FACT, SOMEBODY HAD ANOTHER ONE OF MY BOOKS THE

OTHER DAY, WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT

IT WAS. AND I'M LIKE, DON'T PUT THAT OUT, I GOT TO MAKE SURE I

STILL BELIEVE IT. I WROTE IT, OKAY? YOU KNOW, BEEN TEN YEARS.

I HOPE WE GROW. OKAY, JUST BECAUSE I WROTE IT TEN YEARS

AGO, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ ONE OF MY BOOKS AND THERE'S

SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S NOT QUITE BIBLICAL, JUST CROSS THAT

OFF AND READ THE REST. I PROBABLY DON'T BELIEVE IT

ANYMORE EITHER. IT'S ALRIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. WHAT I WROTE IN

2007, I PROBABLY DON'T BELIEVE NOW. WELL, MAYBE SOME OF IT. THE

BASICS ARE GOOD, BUT IF, YOU GET IT. RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, STAND

TO YOUR FEET. MARK 7. OH, I GOTTA END. MARK 7, "AND THEY

MADE THE WORD OF GOD OF NO EFFECT." WHAT DOES NO EFFECT

MEAN TO YOU? IT HAS NO POWER. IT ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. AMEN? SO

STIFF NECKED, RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, BIASES. COME ON, WE

ALL GROW UP WITH BIASES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS AND THINGS THAT

YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY PROBABLY GOT TO GROW AND CHANGE. YOU GOT TO

LET THE HOLY SPIRIT MASSAGE THOSE THINGS. SO, REASONS THAT

PEOPLE SUFFER, AMEN, GOD WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH,

THE DEVIL ATTACKS, AND SOMETIMES WE CAUSE OUR OWN PROBLEMS. THOSE

ARE THE ONES WE LEARNED TODAY. NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO TALK

ABOUT THE FALLEN WORLD. OKAY? THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE OUT

OF OUR CONTROL. RIGHT? AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PERSECUTION

AND THE SUFFERING OF THE CHURCH, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO

FROM THERE. DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? DID

I HELP YOU? FATHER, I STRETCH MY HAND TOWARD EVERY PERSON IN THE

ROOM AND ONLINE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. AND I'M ASKING THAT

YOU TOUCH THEIR LIFE. MINISTER TO THEM, FATHER. HELP THEM WALK

THROUGH THE SEASONS OF LIFE THAT CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE,

CHALLENGING, AND EVEN PAINFUL AT TIMES. I PRAY, LORD,

THAT YOU WOULD USE THIS MESSAGE TO GROW US, TEACH US

AND HELP EACH PERSON TO NAVIGATE THIS LIFE AND

THAT THEY WILL COME OUT IN VICTORY IN JESUS NAME,

AMEN. I LOVE YOU. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR DOUG.

- AMEN. WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE TODAY. ARE YOU ENCOURAGED? AMEN.

I'M GOING TO ASK PEOPLE JUST TO REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS, IF YOU

WOULD. I KNOW WE'VE HAD, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET

TO YOUR SPOTS, BUT JUST REMAIN FOR A MOMENT HERE UNTIL WE

DISMISS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU

COULD COME AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR ALTAR TEAM WILL BE UP

HERE. IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY FOR ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE, OUR

ALTAR TEAM IS AVAILABLE, THEY'RE WILLING, THEY'RE PREPARED,

THEY'RE MIGHTY IN PRAYER, AND THEY'RE POWERFUL. THEY'LL PRAY

WITH YOU FOR AN AGREEMENT TO WHATEVER YOU MIGHT NEED. IF YOU

HAVE A RELATIONSHIP ISSUE, A HEALING ISSUE IN YOUR LIFE,

FINANCIAL ISSUE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, OUR ALTAR TEAM IS UP

HERE AND THEY'RE PREPARED AND READY TO PRAY WITH YOU. AND IF

YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY AND YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, WE'LL PUT UP A

NUMBER IN A MOMENT. YOU CAN CALL THAT 24 HOURS A DAY, AND OUR

PRAYER TEAM IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT. BEFORE WE DISMISS YOU,

THOUGH, TODAY, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TALK ABOUT A

COUPLE THINGS THAT PASTOR BRENDA SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE WAS

TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO TRUST GOD AND HIS WORD IN EVERY

AREA, IT'S REALLY TRUE. AND IT KIND OF MADE ME THINK BACK, I

READ A 242 HOME GROUP REPORT TODAY. EVERY TIME OUR HOME

GROUPS MEET, THE LEADERS SEND US A REPORT JUST TO SAY WHAT WHAT

THEY'VE DISCUSSED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE GROUPS

WAS DISCUSSING WAS THAT THERE ARE CHURCHES OUT THERE TODAY

THAT NO LONGER PREACH THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD. IN OTHER WORDS,

THEY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. AND ONE LADY WAS

TALKING ABOUT, IN FACT, SEVERAL OF THEM TALKED ABOUT CHURCHES IN

THEIR CITY THAT NO LONGER PREACH THE DOCTRINE OF HELL. THAT

THERE'S THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT FOR THE WICKED. THERE'S NO HELL.

AND THEY MAY THINK THEY'RE GAINING PEOPLE BY JUST GIVING

THEM THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE

REASON FOR THAT IS, BUT HERE'S MY OPINION ON THAT. IF YOU CAN'T

SAY THAT THE WHOLE WORD OF GOD IS TRUE, THEN LET'S JUST THROW

IT OUT. WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE. THE

BIBLE SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCESSFULLY LIVE IN THIS EARTH,

I'M PARAPHRASING THIS IS NOT, I'M NOT GIVING YOU A SCRIPTURE,

I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIS IS A TRUTH FROM THE WORD OF GOD, THE

ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE IS WHEN YOU ACCEPT

JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ETERNITY. BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE

ASSURED TO HAVE AN ETERNAL PLACE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN IS WHEN YOU

MAKE JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. THEN YOU CAN HAVE ALL

THE ABUNDANCE, YOU CAN HAVE THE POWER OVER SATAN THAT PASTOR

BRENDA WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN HAVE THAT POWER, BUT IF

YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'VE NOT ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST, YOU'VE

NOT BECOME PART OF GOD'S ARMY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO

OVERCOME THE DEVIL. YOU'RE ON HIS TEAM AND YOU'RE SUBJECT TO

HIS COMMANDS. WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ACCEPT JESUS,

THEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME. PLUS, YOU HAVE THE

ADVANTAGE OF BEING WITH HIM IN ETERNITY. NONE OF US WANT TO GO

TO HELL. NONE OF YOU WANT TO BE IN HELL FOR ETERNITY. ETERNITY

IS A LONG, LONG TIME. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG ETERNITY IS. WHEN

YOU GO TO HELL, YOU'RE THERE FOREVER. THERE'S NO ESCAPE.

THERE'S NO PAROLE BOARD IN HELL. IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE DECISION,

AS PASTOR BRENDA SAID, IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE GOD WHILE YOU'RE ON

THIS EARTH, IT'S TOO LATE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE TODAY.

THE BIBLE SAYS HE IS THE WAY. JESUS SAYS, "I AM THE WAY, THE

TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT

THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS. WE'RE

GOING TO CLOSE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. AND I WANT TO ASK THIS

QUESTION, IS THERE SOMEONE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, OR IS

THERE SOMEONE EVEN IN THIS ROOM TODAY, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR

DOUG, I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD", OR "I'VE NEVER

MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY."

YOU DO THAT, YOU START THAT PROCESS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN BY

MAKING A DECISION TO SERVE HIM. AND IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE

PRAYER. BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT, OR YOU'VE BEEN IN A

CATEGORY OF YOU'VE WALKED AWAY FROM GOD, YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF

TRACK. I WANT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THAT TODAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

OR BEFORE YOU TURN OFF THIS BROADCAST, I WANT YOU

TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A

SIMPLE PRAYER. SO I'M GOING TO ASK WHEN I COUNT TO

THREE, NOW, IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND YOU SAY,

"I WANT PRAYER", "I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD", OR "I

NEED TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF MY LIFE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I

HAVE HIM ON MY SIDE. I WANT TO BE PART OF GOD'S ARMY. I WANT TO

END UP IN HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY." THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION

YOU'LL EVER MAKE. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHO YOU MARRY.

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT IN YOUR CAREER. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE. IT IS RIGHT NOW

MAKING A DECISION FOR CHRIST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU

FOR ETERNITY. THIS LIFE GOES VERY QUICKLY. YOU WANT TO BE

WITH GOD FOR ETERNITY. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK

YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT PRAYER TODAY. WE DON'T WANT

TO EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THIS. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE

JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I COUNT TO THREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE. IF YOU NEED JESUS, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU

NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH HIM, RAISE YOUR HAND. MAYBE

YOU'VE GOTTEN INTO THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE

HERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. USHERS, HELP ME,

IS THERE ANYONE HERE? OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. OR MAYBE SOMEONE

WATCHING ONLINE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WRITE IN OR CALL US VERY OFTEN

THAT SAYS THEY'VE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST. LET'S PRAY THIS PRAYER

TOGETHER. YOU REPEAT AFTER ME AND YOU CAN MAKE JESUS THE LORD

OF YOUR LIFE RIGHT TODAY, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT. "FATHER IN

HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE HE WENT TO THE

CROSS OF CALVARY. HE DIED AND WAS BURIED FOR ME. I BELIEVE HE

ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I ACCEPT JESUS

CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. FORGIVE ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE.

COME INTO MY HEART. MAKE ME A NEW CREATION, AND I WILL SERVE

YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE." AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER

TODAY, THAT'S YOUR INITIAL START WITH GOD. I WANT TO HELP TO

DISCIPLE YOU, YOU CAN CALL THE PRAYER LINE 855-777-7907, AND

OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS WILL SEND YOU INFORMATION AND HELP YOU ON

YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT TODAY. GOD

BLESS YOU. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU AND SERVE YOU IN ANY WAY WE

CAN. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, DON'T

FORGET, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, YOU HAVE TO DO IT TODAY OR

BY, LIKE 9:00 TOMORROW MORNING. YOU'VE GOT LIKE 24 HOURS OR

LESS. THE CHICKEN FRIED, I'M SORRY, THE FRIED CHICKEN. GET IT

RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY CHICKEN FRIED STEAK, BUT IT'S

IT'S FRIED CHICKEN. IS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE OUR

HEART TO YOUR YOUR HOME SERVICE. SO IT STARTS AT 5:45. YOU CAN

SIGN UP, GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER IF YOU NEED INFORMATION.

AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THAT. IT'S $5. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE

FRIED CHICKEN AND FELLOWSHIP. SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR

COMING. JOIN US WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK AND BE

BACK IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY. PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE CONTINUING

THIS MESSAGE. GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.