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09/12/26 7PM | OTH 2026 | Tony Suarez

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  1. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. OH, COME ON, CHURCH! ARE WE EXCITED? THE LAST

  2. NIGHT OF OPENING THE HEAVENS, AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO

  3. MISS— IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS

  4. TONY SUAREZ TONIGHT. COME ON, GIVE HIM A SHOUT!

  5. (MUSIC)

  6. CONTINUE TO PLAY ON THE INSTRUMENTS.

  7. (MUSIC)

  8. AS I WAS COMING UP

  9. HERE ASKING THE LORD WHAT WAS ON HIS HEART, IF THERE'S ANYTHING

  10. THAT HE WANTED TO SAY, I HEARD THIS SCRIPTURE COME UP IN MY

  11. HEART WHERE IT SAYS, I BOW MY KNEE BEFORE MY GOD AND MY FATHER

  12. OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN WHOM BOTH— WATCH THIS— THE

  13. FAMILY, THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE NAMED.

  14. HOW MANY UNDERSTAND? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT

  15. THERE'S A FAMILY IN HEAVEN, OUR FAMILY. SOME OF YOU HAVE FAMILY

  16. MEMBERS THAT ARE IN HEAVEN, BUT IT'S THE FAMILY OF GOD. AND SOME

  17. OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AND YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, YOUR

  18. FAMILIES HAVE BEEN TORN APART THROUGH DISCOURSE AND STRIFE,

  19. DIVISION OVER THE MATTERS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE EARTH.

  20. MAYBE IT'S THE CULTURE, IT'S POLITICS. MAYBE YOU MAYBE YOU

  21. DISAGREE ON THE PRESIDENT. MAYBE YOU DISAGREE ON THINGS. BUT

  22. SINCE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE'S BEEN FRAGMENTS AND

  23. DIVISION THAT HAVE BEEN AMONG FAMILIES. HOW MANY WOULD SAY

  24. THAT? AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, MAYBE YOU COULD IDENTIFY WHERE

  25. THERE HAS BEEN A REAL PULLING APART OF SOME OF YOUR FAMILY,

  26. YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, AS I WAS

  27. WALKING WITH BRENDA, AS I GRABBED HER HAND AND I WALKED UP

  28. HERE, I BEGAN TO SENSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD'S DIRECTION

  29. AND WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY. AND THEN AS I GOT CLOSER, I HEARD

  30. HIM SAY THAT THERE IS PART OF THE SPOILS OF VICTORY AND THE

  31. BATTLE THAT GOD IS GOING TO GIVE TO US IS GOING TO BE FROM THE

  32. SPOILS OF SOME OF THE HARDSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD TO COME WITH

  33. DEALING WITH OUR FAMILIES. AND I SENSE IN MY HEART THAT THERE IS

  34. A RESTORATION THAT IS COMING TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. TO SOME OF

  35. YOU THAT YOU DON'T EVEN THINK, MAN, HOW IN THE WORLD ARE WE

  36. EVER GOING TO BE AT PEACE AGAIN WITH SOME OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS?

  37. HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO SEE EYE TO EYE? BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD'S

  38. GOING TO DO THIS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE IS GOING

  39. TO HAPPEN, AND IT'S VERY UNIQUE, AND THAT IS THIS: THAT I BELIEVE

  40. THAT THE THANKSGIVINGS OF THIS COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY HERE, WE

  41. CELEBRATE CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING. IT'S GOING TO BE

  42. DIFFERENT, AND I SENSE IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

  43. AND I SENSE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO

  44. HAPPEN IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE US TO

  45. GIVE THANKS. NOT SAYING EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE AS WE

  46. WANTED IT TO BE, AS WE HAD HOPED FOR IT TO BE, BUT IT'S GOING TO

  47. BE ENOUGH TO GIVE US THANKS. AND WE'RE GOING TO NOT ONLY SEE

  48. THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S COMING AN ENDING WARS THAT ARE

  49. GOING TO BEGIN TO QUICKLY FOLLOW IN THE EARTH THAT IS GOING TO

  50. CAUSE US TO GIVE THANKS, THANKSGIVING AT THE TIME EVEN OF

  51. THANKSGIVING AND BEYOND. BUT I BELIEVE THAT EVEN AS WE GO INTO

  52. CHRISTMAS, THERE'S GOING TO COME A CHRISTMAS LIGHT. REMEMBER HOW

  53. THEY FOLLOWED THE LIGHT? AND WE OFTEN SAY THAT AT THE TIME THAT

  54. WE SAY IS CHRISTMAS, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING OF A LIGHT THAT

  55. BROUGHT DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE AND IT SEEMED TO BE THE FOCUS OF

  56. WHAT THEY WERE USING AS DIRECTION. AND I SENSE THAT

  57. THERE'S COMING A LIGHT THIS CHRISTMAS THAT'S GOING TO BE

  58. DIFFERENT IN THE EARTH, AND IT'S GOING TO SHINE DIFFERENT, THAT

  59. IS GOING TO SIGNAL THAT SOMETHING OF GOD TRULY— IT'S NOT

  60. JUST COMING, BUT IT'S BEEN BIRTHED, JUST LIKE THE CHRIST

  61. WAS BIRTHED IN THAT DAY. AND SO I'M KIND OF TALKING THIS OUT

  62. BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT I SENSE. I I SENSE THAT WE ARE REALLY

  63. ENTERING INTO A SENSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO, YOU FEEL

  64. THE PRESSURE OFF. YOU FEEL SOMETHING IS LIFTED. AND IT

  65. GIVES YOU THE SENSE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, GOD, I DIDN'T THINK THAT

  66. IT WOULD EVER HAPPEN, BUT IT DID. AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS

  67. THANKSGIVING IS GOING TO BE MARKED FOR MANY OF OF YOU IN

  68. THIS ROOM AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. AND I FEEL WE NEED

  69. TO PRAY FOR JUST A MOMENT. I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOUR FAMILIES

  70. AND THOSE OF YOU IN YOUR LIVING ROOM. I'M GOING TO HOLD ON TO,

  71. FIRST OF ALL, ACTS 16:31. ISN'T IT AMAZING? NORMALLY THIS TIME I

    Acts 16:31

  72. DON'T HAVE A VOICE, SO I'M STILL NAVIGATING THROUGH NOT HAVING

  73. ANY SLEEP LAST NIGHT, AND MY VOICE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT— FEEL

  74. JUST A LITTLE SORENESS FROM USING A LOT, SO FORGIVE ME IF

  75. I'M JUST KIND OF TALKING OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT HERE. SO,

  76. FATHER, THE PEOPLE HAVE COME TODAY. I'VE TRIED MY BEST TO

  77. NAVIGATE WHAT I'M SENSING YOUR SPIRIT IS SAYING TO US AT THIS

  78. TIME, AND I BELIEVE THAT ACTS 16:31— BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS

    Acts 16:31

  79. CHRIST AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED AND YOUR FAMILY FAMILY AS WELL.

  80. AND SO, FATHER, WE CLAIM HOUSEHOLD SALVATION. FIRST OF

  81. ALL, FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAVE

  82. NOT CALLED ON THE NAME OF THE LORD TO BE SAVED, OR MAYBE THEY

  83. HAVE AT ONE TIME, AND LORD, THEY HAVE TURNED THEIR HEARTS AND

  84. THEY'VE WALKED AWAY. FATHER, WE DECLARE THAT THERE IS COMING A

  85. SHIFT AND A CHANGE, THAT NOT ONLY ARE FAMILY MEMBERS GOING TO

  86. BOW THE KNEE AND ACCEPT JESUS JESUS CHRIST. BUT WE BELIEVE

  87. THAT THE PRODIGALS OF OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO RETURN AND

  88. RUN BACK TO THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS. AND LORD, WE JUST ALSO

  89. PRAY ACTS 16:31 IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS. THE ENEMY HAS TRIED TO

    Acts 16:31

  90. DESTROY SOME OF OUR FAMILIES BY BRINGING DIVISION, STRIFE,

  91. WARFARE, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SALVATION OF THIS, OF OUR

  92. FAMILIES, THAT THE ENEMY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACT UPON OUR

  93. SONS, OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, OUR

  94. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. LORD, THE PARENTS. LORD, THE FAMILIES.

  95. FATHER, I PRAY THAT WHERE THERE HAS BEEN DIVISION, THERE HAS

  96. BEEN HURT, THERE'S BEEN MISUNDERSTANDING, LORD, THERE

  97. HAS BEEN DEMONIC ABSOLUTE INVOLVEMENT. WE PRAY, LORD, THAT

  98. THE ENEMY WOULD BE STRIPPED OF HIS HOLD, HIS GRIP UPON THE

  99. FAMILY, THE FAMILY MEMBERS, LORD. AND WE SAY THIS IS THIS IS

  100. THE TIME, THIS IS THE HOUR THAT THE CAPTIVES OF THE FAMILIES

  101. SHALL BE SET FREE, AND A RESTORATION, I DECLARE, SHALL

  102. COME TO THE FAMILIES WHERE THEY WILL BREAK BREAD TOGETHER, AND

  103. AN UNUSUAL PEACE, I PRAY AND PRONOUNCE, SHALL COME AS IT WAS

  104. IN THE DAYS OF JOSEPH WHEN HE WAS THROWN INTO A PIT BY HIS OWN

  105. BRETHREN. BUT LORD, THERE WAS A DAY THAT THEY CAME TOGETHER,

  106. THEY HUGGED EACH OTHER'S NECKS, AND THEY BROKE BREAD. MAY THIS

  107. BE THE MANIFESTATION AND THE PROMISE. AND I ASK, LORD, THAT

  108. THIS THANKSGIVING BRING THE FAMILIES TOGETHER LIKE THEY'VE

  109. NEVER BEEN TOGETHER. THIS CHRISTMAS, MAY THERE BE A

  110. SHINING OF THE LIGHT OF YOUR GLORY THAT COMES, THAT NOT ONLY

  111. EXPOSES CLOSES THE DARKNESS, ERADICATES THE DARKNESS. BUT

  112. GOD, BRING THE FAMILIES TOGETHER AS THEY EMBRACE AROUND THE

  113. THINGS OF GOD, AROUND JOY AND PEACE AND YOUR MERCY PREVAILING.

  114. THIS IS WHAT I ASK. NOW LASTLY, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING. MAYBE

  115. YOU'VE BEEN TO THIS CONFERENCE, MAYBE TONIGHT'S THE FIRST NIGHT,

  116. OR YOU'VE BEEN COMING, OR YOU'RE WATCHING AND YOU'VE NEVER ASKED

  117. JESUS CHRIST TO COME INTO YOUR HEART. WE WANT TO INVITE YOU

  118. INTO OUR FAMILY. WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD,

  119. AND IT ONLY COMES BY WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD

  120. SHALL BE SAVED. AND YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL DOESN'T CARE ABOUT

  121. YOU. IN FACT, THE BEST THING HE WANTS IS TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE

  122. HERE ON THE EARTH AND THEN FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND

  123. EVER TORMENT YOU. TORMENT YOU IN THE LAKE OF FIRE, MOCK YOU

  124. BECAUSE YOU MISSED OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO BE WITH THE

  125. FAMILY OF GOD AND YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, RECONCILED TO HIM

  126. THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. SO IF YOU'RE HERE, I WANT YOU TO DO

  127. SOMETHING BOLD. THIS IS A BOLD GENERATION. THOSE OF YOU THAT

  128. ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO SLIP YOUR HAND UP. THAT'S YOU THAT

  129. SAYS, I WANT TO GIVE MY LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST. I WANT PREACHER

  130. PRAY FOR ME. PRAY FOR ME. ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM, YOU WOULD

  131. SAY, THAT'S ME, PRAY FOR ME, PRAY FOR ME, PRAY FOR ME. I WANT

  132. TO GIVE MY LIFE TO JESUS. ANYBODY HERE? I DON'T SEE

  133. ANYBODY. IS THERE SOMEBODY? ARE YOU BEING BOLD? I DON'T SEE YOUR

  134. HAND. LET ME SEE YOUR HAND. RIGHT, RIGHT WHERE? ANOTHER ONE.

  135. CAN I HAVE YOU JUST COME FORWARD? I'M NOT GOING TO

  136. EMBARRASS YOU. I JUST WANT TO PRAY WITH YOU SO YOU CAN ACCEPT

  137. THE LORD INTO YOUR HEART. AND MAYBE YOU'RE COMING BACK TO THE

  138. LORD, THAT'S GREAT. HOW ARE YOU? TELL ME, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

  139. TERESA. HI, HOW ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU FROM? ARE YOU FROM

  140. KANSAS CITY? OH, THAT'S AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING, AND

  141. THIS IS A VERY EXCITING MOMENT TOGETHER AS WE JUST HONOR GOD.

  142. AMEN. TERESA, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. KANSAS CITY, HOW ABOUT YOU? COME

  143. COME ON OVER. SO MY NAME IS— THEY CALL ME PASTOR HANK. AND

  144. YEAH, PASTOR HANK. OH, NICE TO MEET YOU, MARY. DO YOU KNOW THAT

  145. IS LIKE A BIBLICAL NAME? DO YOU KNOW JESUS KNEW SOMEBODY VERY

  146. SPECIAL NAMED MARY? OKAY. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? OH, LAVON. HOW ARE

  147. YOU? I MET YOU AT THE BOOK TABLE BECAUSE YOU JUST GLOW WITH THE

  148. SMILE. I REMEMBER YOU. YEAH, YEAH. AND WHERE ARE YOU GUYS

  149. FROM? WHERE ARE YOU FROM? TEXAS? OH, SPENCER, IOWA. OKAY, I

  150. REMEMBER NOW. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. ANYBODY ELSE? THERE WAS

  151. SOMEBODY WAY OVER IN THIS SECTION. CAN YOU COME ON OVER

  152. TOO? WE'RE JUST GOING TO PRAY A PRAYER, AND THEN IF YOU— THIS

  153. APPLIES TO YOU AND YOU'RE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, YOU

  154. KNOW, I NEVER KNOW WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE CALLED, LIKE, YOU

  155. KNOW, THAT HAS ALL THOSE DIFFERENT HANDS. I THINK THEY'RE

  156. MOJOS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR ME A

  157. FAVOR? WOULD YOU, LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE

  158. LORD, WOULD YOU JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT HAND? ONE, I,

  159. I, THIS IS HOW I KNEW I NEEDED GLASSES. MY WIFE TOLD ME THAT I

  160. SENT A WRONG FINGER, AND, UH, SHE SAID, YOU BETTER GO GET YOUR

  161. EYES CHECKED. I SAID, HONEY, EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE TO ME. YOU

  162. LOOK BEAUTIFUL. SHE SAID, NO, YOU SENT ME, UM, SEND ME THE

  163. BIRD. I SAID, I DID? ISN'T THAT TERRIBLE? SO MAKE SURE YOU PUT

  164. THE RIGHT HAND UP THAT YOU WANT GOD GOD. BUT ANYWAY, ANYBODY

  165. HERE? THERE WAS SOME OTHER PERSON. I THINK THERE'S A DUDE

  166. IN HERE. WHERE'S THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR LIFE

  167. TO THE LORD? YOU'VE BEEN KIND OF PUTTING IT OFF, BUT WE WANT TO

  168. BE BROUGHT INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD TOGETHER. SO PASTOR DOUG AND

  169. EILEEN AND JANET, WOULD YOU COME AND STAND BY THESE PEOPLE? AND

  170. KATHLEEN, WOULD YOU YOU COME ON UP. THIS IS GREAT. AND YOU STAND

  171. BEHIND EACH OF THEM. AND WHERE'S THE DUDE? COME ON, DUDE, I'M

  172. GONNA GET YOU IN A HEADLOCK IF YOU DON'T COME DOWN HERE. IS IT

  173. A DUDE? ALL RIGHT, DUDE. ALL RIGHT, DUDE. YOU KNOW, I LIKE

  174. THE WAY YOU WALK. IF YOU MUST WATCH JOHN WAYNE MOVIES BECAUSE

  175. YOU'RE KIND OF WALKING LIKE THE DUKE, GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO GOD. I

  176. GOT TRUE GRIT, PILGRIM. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WALKING UP WITH

  177. LIKE THIS SWAG. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? HI, RICK. HOW YOU DOING?

  178. I'M GONNA CALL YOU JOHN WAYNE. IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN, YOUR

  179. NEW NICKNAME IS JOHN WAYNE. I'LL EVEN GET ONE OF THOSE EYE

  180. PATCHES FOR YOU. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MARIA. I LIKE HOW YOU ROLL

  181. YOUR R'S. DO IT AGAIN, LIKE MARIA. PHILIPPINES. YOU KNOW

  182. WHAT? OKAY, NOW YOU'RE GONNA THINK I'M WEIRD, BUT I USED TO

  183. LIVE ON GUAM, SO DID MY WIFE, AND THERE WAS THIS THING. WE

  184. HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN OUR CONGREGATION FROM THE

  185. PHILIPPINES, AND WHEN I LIVED ON GUAM, THERE WAS THIS FOOD THAT I

  186. LIKE, AND THEY MAKE IT FOR ME. ARE YOU READY? NOW I'M GONNA

  187. PROBABLY PRONOUNCE IT WRONG, SO WHERE'S OUR FILIPINO PEOPLE?

  188. IT'S CALLED LUMPIA. LUMPIA. LUMPIA. YOU EVER HEARD OF IT?

  189. IT'S CALLED LUMPIA. YOU EVER HEARD OF IT? BUT IT'S NOT LUMPY.

  190. LUMPIA. YEAH, YEAH. IT IS AMAZING. AND THEY MAKE IT FOR

  191. ME, AND I REALLY LIKE IT. AND HINT, HINT, THOSE OF YOU THAT

  192. MAKE IT FOR ME, IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER ROUND THIS YEAR. SO

  193. THERE YOU GO. SO I'M SO GLAD. I FEEL LIKE GOD BROUGHT YOU UP

  194. HERE SO THAT THEY WOULD MAKE ME ANOTHER ROUND OF LUMPIA OR

  195. LUMPIA. THERE'S ONE OTHER PERSON THE LORD JUST SAID THAT HE

  196. WANTS, THAT HE'S BEEN AFTER. AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A YOUNG PERSON

  197. OR A YOUNGER PERSON. I MEAN, WE'RE ALL YOUNG, RIGHT? RICK,

  198. I'M NOT CALLING YOU AN OLD GUY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. YOU

  199. KNOW, I MEAN, IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE? SOMEBODY ELSE? SOMEBODY

  200. ELSE? COME ON, THERE'S ONE OTHER PERSON. COME ON, BE BOLD. BE

  201. BOLD. BE BOLD. IF YOU COME, I MIGHT SING. NO, NO, THAT MIGHT

  202. KEEP YOU IN YOUR SEAT, BUT ANYWAY, COME ON. WHERE ARE YOU?

  203. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU YOU READY? ALL RIGHT, SO

  204. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M JUST GOING TO LEAD YOU IN A PRAYER,

  205. AND THEN WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS JUST BELIEVE IT IN YOUR

  206. HEART. IT'S NOT A MAGICAL PRAYER. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF

  207. YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD,

  208. WHICH HE DID, AND YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT HE'S LORD,

  209. AND THEN IT SAYS THIS: WHOEVER, WHICH IS YOU GUYS, CALLS ON THE

  210. NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED. IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST

  211. DECISIONS THAT YOU EVER MADE NOW HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA REMIND

  212. YOU, OKAY? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A THREE-LEGGED TABLE? IT'S NOT

  213. VERY STABLE. YOU GOTTA HAVE FOUR LEGS TO YOUR CHRISTIANITY FROM

  214. THIS MOMENT FORWARD. READ YOUR BIBLE, PRAY AND JUST TALK TO GOD

  215. JUST LIKE I'M TALKING TO YOU, RIGHT? GO TO A GREAT CHURCH,

  216. HINT, HINT. THERE'S ONE LIKE RIGHT HERE IF YOU LIVE IN THIS

  217. AREA. I KNOW ONE, I KNOW A GREAT PASTOR. RIGHT OVER THERE AND HER

  218. HUSBAND. AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE IS MAKE SURE YOU GET AROUND

  219. OTHER GOOD CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. IT'LL REALLY HELP YOU STAY

  220. STRONG, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST GAVE MY LIFE TO THE LORD

  221. IN '84, I HAD SOME REALLY BAD PEOPLE TRYING TO PULL ME BACK,

  222. BUT I MADE A DECISION I WASN'T GOING TO DO IT, AND IT'S WHY I'M

  223. STILL STANDING HERE TODAY. SO, ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO PRAY?

  224. ALL RIGHT, I WANT EVERYONE TO CLOSE— YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE

  225. YOUR EYES UNLESS YOU WANT TO, BUT I JUST THINK IT HELPS US TO

  226. CONCENTRATE. PRAY FOR A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PRAY THIS

  227. PRAYER TOGETHER. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT MAYBE YOU RAISED YOUR

  228. HAND ONLINE, LET'S PRAY THIS PRAYER TOGETHER. I WANT YOU TO

  229. SAY, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU AT THIS MOMENT, AND WE

  230. BELIEVE THE BIBLE. THE BIBLE SAYS IF WE BELIEVE IN OUR HEART

  231. THAT YOU RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD, WE WILL BE SAVED. WE

  232. BELIEVE THE BIBLE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT YOU RAISED JESUS

  233. FROM THE DEAD, AND HE'S ALIVE. THE BIBLE ALSO SAYS WHOEVER

  234. CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED, FORGIVEN, AND

  235. GIVEN ETERNAL LIFE. I'M THAT WHOSOEVER. I CALL UPON UPON YOU

  236. NOW. JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART. FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS AND BE THE

  237. LORD OF MY LIFE. AND I WILL SERVE YOU THIS DAY AND ALL THE

  238. LONG DAYS OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND I'LL LIVE FOREVER IN ETERNITY IN

  239. HEAVEN WITH YOU. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, GUYS. MARIA, RICK,

  240. TERESA, YVONNE, WHOEVER WAS YOUR FRIEND. MARY, I REMEMBER MARY.

  241. HOW CAN I FORGET THE NAME MARY? LISTEN, WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL

  242. PEOPLE BEHIND YOU THAT ARE GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE

  243. MATERIAL JUST TO HELP YOU GROW IN THE LORD. IF YOU COULD JUST

  244. GO WITH THEM, IT'S ONLY GOING TO TAKE LIKE 5 MINUTES, NOTHING

  245. BIG. YOU'RE NOT SIGNING UP FOR ANYTHING. THEY'RE NOT GIVING YOU

  246. A LEMON JUICE OR ANYTHING. ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, ALL

  247. RIGHT, ISN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT IN GOD? WOW. AND, UM,

  248. ALSO, PASTOR DOUG, REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU GO, FOR THOSE ONLINE,

  249. IF THEY, UH, CAN THEY PUT UP THE NUMBER? CAN YOU SAY THAT ON THE

  250. MICROPHONE FOR ME REAL QUICK, PASTOR DOUG? HERE, CAN WE PUT

  251. THAT NUMBER ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE? OH, THERE WE GO. OUR

  252. PRAYER LINE NUMBER, 855-777-7907. YOU CAN

  253. CALL EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE ARCHIVE A YEAR FROM NOW. YOU CAN

  254. CALL THAT NUMBER 24 HOURS A DAY. WE'LL PRAY WITH YOU AND GET THE

  255. SAME INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAME

  256. UP TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU. ALL

  257. RIGHT, WELL, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. ARE YOU READY? I WANT

  258. YOU TO BE SEATED AND GREET THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU. PROBABLY

  259. NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. AND WE GREET THOSE OF YOU ALSO THAT ARE

  260. WATCHING ONLINE, AND WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

  261. TONIGHT AS WELL. OKAY, WELL, I JUST FIGURED IT WOULD BE GOOD TO

  262. GREET THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING. SO, YOU

  263. KNOW, MY WIFE AND I, PASTOR BRENDA, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 37

  264. YEARS. YEAH, ISN'T THAT AMAZING? SO I TOOK HER OUT TO DINNER ON

  265. HER ANNIVERSARY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S AMAZING? THIS IS WHY I

  266. HAD YOU KIND OF GREET THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE

  267. LIKE, WELL, DUH, I KNOW THEM, THEY'RE MY SPOUSE OR WHATEVER,

  268. OR MY FRIEND, OR RIGHT? BUT WE WENT OUT TO DINNER THAT NIGHT.

  269. REMEMBER THIS COUPLE THAT CAME IN AND THEY WERE CELEBRATING

  270. THEIR ANNIVERSARY, AND THEY LOOKED A LITTLE BIT, JUST A

  271. LITTLE BIT YOUNGER THAN US, AND IT WAS AMAZING. THEY HAD THE

  272. LIKE TABLE JUST A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM US. YOU KNOW, THEY

  273. THEY DID NOT EVEN REALLY HARDLY COMMUNICATE THE WHOLE TIME, AND

  274. HERE IT WAS THEIR ANNIVERSARY, AND THE WHOLE TIME THEY'RE ON

  275. THEIR CELL PHONES. AND I SAID, BRENDA, HOW CAN, I SAID, HERE

  276. THEY'RE ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY, MAN, THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR

  277. STUPID PHONES DOWN. RIGHT? NO, THE HUSKERS WEREN'T PLAYING

  278. THEN. NO, OH, SHE'S SAYING THAT, HAVE I DONE THAT WHEN THE

  279. HUSKERS, PROBABLY HAVE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY, OKAY.

  280. ALL RIGHT, HEY, I WANT TO GIVE SOME BOOKS AWAY REAL QUICK

  281. BECAUSE DON'T WOO. WHY DO YOU NOT DO THAT TO HER? I MEAN, WHEN

  282. TIM SHEETS PRAYED OVER ME THE OTHER NIGHT, I WANTED TO SAY,

  283. YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN WOOED UP

  284. HERE, YOU TOO, YOU KNOW. SO I'M ONLY KIDDING. HEY, I WANT TO

  285. GIVE SOME BOOKS AWAY. I'M GOING TO MAKE IT REAL QUICK. SO ARE

  286. YOU GUYS MY BOOK GUYS? ARE YOU? YEAH. HE PLAYED D1 FOOTBALL.

  287. DIDN'T YOU PLAY D1 BASKETBALL? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD THOUGH

  288. HAVE PLAYED BASKETBALL. REALLY? HOW MANY OF YOU DID YOU NOT KNOW

  289. THAT I ACTUALLY PLAYED IN THE NFL? DID YOU KNOW THAT? LET ME

  290. SEE YOUR HAND IF YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT I PLAYED IN THE NFL.

  291. I'M SO— YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT? WELL, YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT

  292. BECAUSE MY WHAT? MY BUILD OR WHAT? YEAH, I PLAYED IN THE

  293. NEIGHBORHOOD FOOTBALL LEAGUE. SEE, NFL IS ONE OF THOSE. YEAH,

  294. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M A CARTOONIST. WHAT DO YOU GET?

  295. HEY, SO CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND I WANT TO BLESS

  296. YOU WITH MY CHRISTMAS COMIC BOOK CALLED THE COSMIC CAPER. THIS IS

  297. A REALLY REALLY FUNNY. UH, WHO SAID IT'S YOURS? I'M NOT GONNA

  298. ARGUE WITH THAT. YOU DON'T EVEN— LET'S SEE IF YOU GOT— LET'S SEE

  299. IF HE'S GOT HANDS. OH, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WHO WANTS THIS

  300. OTHER CHRISTMAS THING? ALL RIGHT, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE,

  301. RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE IF YOU GOT HANDS. OH, WAIT A

  302. MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. DO LIKE THEY DO. BOO! HEY, WILLIE,

  303. WILLIE. OH, WELL, YOU NOTICE I ALSO PLAYED IN THE MAJOR

  304. NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUES OF BASEBALL. I DID PLAY BASEBALL.

  305. YOU DIDN'T KNOW I PLAYED BASEBALL? I PLAYED BASEBALL. I

  306. USED TO BE ABLE TO THROW— I KNOW YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME— I USED TO

  307. BE ABLE TO THROW 89 MILES AN HOUR. OH YEAH, MAN. BUT I NEVER

  308. COULD HIT THE STRIKE ZONE, SO THEY NEVER LET ME PITCH. THEY

  309. PUT ME LIKE A SHORTSTOP. STOP AN OUTFIELDER. I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'M

  310. NOT GONNA DO THIS TO YOU AGAIN, WILLIE. I LOVE YOU. I'M NOT

  311. GONNA DO IT. HE HAS A CURVEBALL. ALL RIGHT, PART OF THAT'S WHERE

  312. I FEEL THE POWER OF GOD TO COME OUT OF MY HAND, AND MAYBE THE

  313. VIRTUE BEGAN TO MOVE. WHO SAID THAT? YOU, YOU GET THE LEMON

  314. JUICE OR THE KNIFE THE GOLF SET, THE GUN SET, THE CROQUET SET,

  315. AND A SET OF THESE BOOKS. I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST— HOW WELL

  316. CAN YOU CATCH? MY WIFE, I KNOW HER, I CAN FEEL HER EYES BEHIND

  317. THE BACK OF MY HEAD SAYING, DON'T YOU DARE RELEASE THAT OUT

  318. OF YOUR HANDS. WHEN YOU GET HOME, I'M GONNA WHIP YOUR BUTT.

  319. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. I HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD YOU WHAT I— I MEAN, I HAVE

  320. A USED KLEENEX UP HERE. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE

  321. TALKING ABOUT. IT'S MINE. WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THAT TO

  322. YOU. NOW, YOU WANT IT? HOW BAD? OH, DO YOU WANT IT? ARE YOU

  323. WILLING TO WALK DOWN HERE? ARE YOU WILLING? ARE YOU WILLING TO

  324. STAND RIGHT OVER HERE? LET ME SEE HOW GOOD YOUR HANDS ARE. ARE

  325. THEY NOT? NO. YOU KNOW WHAT? WAIT A MINUTE. YOU GOT SOMETHING

  326. ON YOUR KNEE. I DON'T NEED YOU TO— YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ANY

  327. FARTHER. MAN, HE'S DETERMINED. ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU

  328. THE OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE THE WORLD TO SEE IF YOU

  329. GOT BETTER HANDS. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, CAN I GET A BETTER— CAN I

  330. GET A DRUM ROLL? DO YOU THINK HE'S GONNA CATCH IT? WHO THINKS

  331. HE'S GONNA CATCH IT HERE? IT'S INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT. OH, HE

  332. USES SHOULDER PADS. AGAIN, DON'T TELL ME THE HUSKER SCORE. I

  333. DON'T WANT TO KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE APP KEEPS COMING UP TRYING

  334. TO— IT'S TEMPTING ME. I'M GONNA PUT MY PHONE DOWN. I DON'T KNOW

  335. HOW TO SHUT THE DUMB THING OFF. IT KEEPS COMING UP LIKE TRYING

  336. TO GET ME TO CLICK TO SEE WHAT THE SCORE IS, SO DON'T TELL ME.

  337. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. WHAT, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM? IS

  338. IS THAT WHY YOUR HAND'S UP? OH, I JUST WAS— YOU IN THE ORANGE

  339. HAT. I LIKE HOW YOU GOT EXCITED, 'CAUSE I HAD LOOKED BACK, I SAW

  340. YOU WORSHIPING GOD. YOU GET EXCITED LIKE THAT TO WORSHIP GOD

  341. TOO, SO THAT'S REALLY COOL. ALL RIGHT, SO I GOT A CHOICE. YOU

  342. WANT COMMANDING PEACE? WHAT, THAT BOOK? SURE? ALL RIGHT. HMM,

  343. WHAT IF I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT? THAT'S QUITE GOOD. YOU WANT

  344. ANOTHER CHANCE? ALL RIGHT, GO DEEP, GO DEEP. ALL RIGHT, I WANT

  345. SOMEONE UP IN THE RAFTERS. OH, THE LADY IN THE BLUE SHIRT, WAY,

  346. WAY IN THE BACK. IS THAT BLUE? I CAN'T TELL BECAUSE OF THE

  347. LIGHTS. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. YOU HAVE TO COME

  348. AND GET THIS IN 5 SECONDS. NO, I'M KIDDING. DON'T, DON'T DO

  349. THAT. JUST— YOU NEED TO RUN UP THERE AND GIVE IT TO HER IN 5

  350. SECONDS. ALL RIGHT, WAIT, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN GIVE IT TO HER IN

  351. 10 SECONDS. READY? NO, YOUR WIFE'S GONE. PLEASE PLEASE DON'T

  352. DO THAT TO HIM. WHAT DO YOU THINK, 10 SECONDS OR 12? 10

  353. SECONDS. 60 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO YOU THINK, 12 SECONDS?

  354. 12 SECONDS, GO! 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, ALL

  355. RIGHT, SOMEONE CLOSE. ARE YOU OKAY? I NEED TO BUY YOU LUNCH.

  356. HERE, JUST GO GET THAT TO WHOEVER YOU WANT. GO GIVE THAT

  357. ONE TO WHOEVER YOU WANT. ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT,

  358. THAT WAS IT'S A LOT OF FUN. WE GOT TO GET TONY UP. TONY, YOU'RE

  359. LIKE, HANK, HURRY UP, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE FUN IN

  360. THE CHURCH. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU GUYS READY? IT'S OFFERING TIME.

  361. IF THEY WILL BE SO KIND TO PUT THE OFFERING INFORMATION UP.

  362. NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW— HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE

  363. BUDGET IS MET OR NOT MET? OH, HE'S STILL GOING. ALL RIGHT,

  364. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, I NEED EVERYONE'S ATTENTION REAL QUICK.

  365. I GOT YOU ALL STIRRED UP. YOU'RE LIKE A BUNCH OF KIDS AT A CANDY

  366. STORE. YOU GIVE IT TO THEM. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. ALL RIGHT,

  367. EVERYONE'S ATTENTION RIGHT UP HERE. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT

  368. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE OUT THE CONFERENCE WITH A

  369. DEFICIT. SO I ASKED MAMA, I SAID, HOW CLOSE ARE WE? BECAUSE

  370. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY, REALLY GOOD. SHE SAID THEY'VE

  371. BEEN DOING GREAT. WE HAVE 65% OF THE BUDGET COVERED, SO THAT

  372. MEANS 35% TO GO. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.

  373. THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. I'M ASKING SOME OF YOU

  374. THAT JUST CLICKED ON TONIGHT, MAYBE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

  375. THAT YOU'RE WATCHING, WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP AS THE FAMILY OF

  376. GOD TO KNOCK OUT THAT OTHER 35%. YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID, WELL,

  377. PASTOR HANK, I'VE ALREADY GIVEN. HEY, WOULD YOU CONSIDER GIVING

  378. AGAIN? I DON'T CARE IF IT'S $1, $2, $5. IT ALL ADDS UP AND IT

  379. GETS THE JOB DONE. SO CONSIDER MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOWING ANOTHER

  380. OFFERING. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. IF YOU'D LIKE, ASK

  381. YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY, HEY NEIGHBOR, WOULD YOU— NO, DON'T

  382. DO THAT, DON'T GET IN THEIR SPACE CUSHION. BUT IT WOULD BE

  383. REALLY AWESOME TO KNOCK THAT OUT BECAUSE WHAT MY GOAL IS, IS, UH,

  384. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW LORENZO SEWELL IS GOING TO PREACH

  385. TOMORROW? WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO— USHERS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND

  386. BEGIN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. WHAT WE WANT TO IS WE WANT TO MAKE

  387. SURE THAT WE COULD COME AT THAT TIME AND SAY THAT THE BUDGET HAS

  388. BEEN MET. WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT? I THINK THAT WOULD BE

  389. FANTASTIC. SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE: TEXT TO

  390. GIVE, WEBSITE, SCAN QR CODE. AND WE'RE GOING TO KNOCK THIS THING

  391. OUT. AND I REALLY, REALLY BELIEVE— I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE

  392. DATES ARE NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? DO YOU YET, BRENDA, FOR OPENING THE

  393. HEAVENS? IS CHRISTY— I DON'T SEE BOB, BUT WE'LL HAVE THOSE

  394. AVAILABLE BUT WE DO HAVE 2 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS FOR NEXT YEAR

  395. ALREADY. SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. BRENDA AND I. SO WE'LL BE

  396. THERE. AND SO THESE ARE THE WAYS TO GIVE. AND WE'RE EXCITED. I

  397. WANT YOU TO STAND ON YOUR FEET. I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU. YOU

  398. THINK IT'S JUST ME, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, YOU ASK EVERY GUEST

  399. SPEAKER THAT GETS UP HERE, THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT IS UP HERE

  400. WILL MESS WITH YOU, OKAY? IT BRINGS OUT ALL KINDS OF SIDES OF

  401. YOU, OKAY? WELL, HEAVENLY FATHER, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE 65%

  402. OF THE BUDGET COVERED, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO

  403. THANK THE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE GIVEN, THEY'VE SACRIFICED, AND

  404. LORD, THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING. NOW, FATHER, TOGETHER

  405. WE STAND WE STAND IN AGREEMENT THAT THE REST OF THE 35% TO

  406. COVER AND TO PAY EVERY EXPENSE, LORD, OFF AND IN FULL, AND EVEN

  407. TO HAVE SURPLUS, LORD, IS WHAT WE PRAY IS GOING TO BE MET. AND

  408. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THERE'LL BE NO DEBT. THERE'LL BE NO HAVING

  409. TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COVER EVERYTHING AFTERWARDS. FATHER,

  410. WE SAY IT IS MET. AND SO WE COME INTO AGREEMENT. WE DECLARE THAT.

  411. NOW, FATHER, LASTLY, I PRAY WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU

  412. WOULD MEET EVERY ONE OF THEIR NEEDS. AND LORD, WE KNOW THAT

  413. THE SHIFT HAS HAPPENED IN THE EARTH AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO

  414. SEE SPOILS OF VICTORY AND SPOILS FROM THE BATTLES AND THE THINGS

  415. THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH. AND LORD, THEN YOU SAID IN EPHESIANS

    Ephesians 3:20

  416. 3:20 THAT YOU WOULD SPOIL US EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND

  417. ALL WE COULD ASK OR THINK. WE ASK YOU FOR THAT. AND EVERYBODY

  418. SAID, AMEN. ALL RIGHT. STAY STANDING. IT IS MY HONOR TO

  419. INTRODUCE MY REALLY, REALLY GREAT FRIEND, BUT REALLY ONE OF

  420. THE MOST ANOINTED GENERALS OF THE FAITH, TONY SUAREZ. COME.

  421. AMEN. WELL, WHILE YOU'RE STANDING, WE MIGHT AS WELL SING

  422. ONE ONE MORE TIME. LET'S GET A LITTLE SPIRITUAL AGAIN. WORTHY

  423. (MUSIC)

  424. FATHER, BE EXALTED IN THIS HOUSE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. FOR

  425. RECEIVING THE PRAISES OF YOUR PEOPLE AND STANDING IN OUR

  426. MIDST. AND BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE, WE CAN DEFINITIVELY DECLARE

  427. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE. WOULD YOU

  428. GIVE HIM PRAISE TONIGHT? HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! OH,

  429. (MUSIC)

  430. WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A HAND CLAP OF PRAISE IN

  431. THIS TABERNACLE? HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! GLORY TO GOD! YOU

  432. CAN BE SEATED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. AMEN. I LOOK FORWARD

  433. EVERY YEAR TO BEING ABLE TO COME TO BE A PART OF THIS GATHERING.

  434. IT'S A GATHERING OF EAGLES. EAGLES. IT'S A PROPHETIC

  435. GATHERING. IT'S ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL MEETINGS. AND WE HEARD

  436. PASTOR HANK TALK THIS WEEK ABOUT A SPIRITUAL MOTHER THAT'S GONE

  437. ON TO BE WITH THE LORD, MARILYN HICKEY, WHO ASKED HIM AND SAID,

  438. WHERE ARE THOSE MEETINGS? WHERE ARE THOSE TRAINING CENTERS? AND

  439. BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT

  440. YOU SHOULDN'T MISS. AMEN. AND I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO SAY I'M

  441. I'M GLAD WE'RE BACK IN THE— WELL, NOT THAT WE'RE BACK. I'M

  442. GLAD THAT WE'RE IN THE TABERNACLE. AMEN. I LOVE IT.

  443. AMEN. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED— NOW

  444. AGAIN, EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE BECAUSE

  445. WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS OR LIVING AT

  446. DIFFERENT MOMENTS. BUT FOR ME, THIS HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE

  447. OPENING THE HEAVENS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND. I HAVE I

  448. HAVE LOVED EVERY SESSION. IF YOU WERE HERE THIS AFTERNOON, YOU

  449. OUGHT TO GET A BIBLE SCHOOL DIPLOMA AFTER THAT CLASS. AT

  450. LEAST A PARTICIPATION RIBBON. MY GOD IN HEAVEN. IF YOU WERE HERE,

  451. HOW ABOUT PASTOR BRENDA THIS MORNING? AND PASTOR HANK LAST

  452. NIGHT CHALLENGING US WITH THE THUS SAITH THE LORD. AND APOSTLE

  453. SHEETS. I MEAN, IT WAS— WE HAVE DRANK FROM A DEEP WELL. AND THE

  454. WORD OF THE LORD ON FRIDAY MORNING, I MEAN, GOD SAID— IT'S

  455. LIKE GOD SAID, I KNOW THAT AT THE WEDDINGS AT CANA, I HAD THE

  456. BEST WINE AT THE LAST SETTING, BUT I'M GONNA START OPENING THE

  457. HEAVENS WITH SOME OF THE BEST. THE WORD THAT PASTOR KENT GAVE

  458. FRIDAY MORNING, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU OUGHT TO JUST

  459. SAVE AND JUST WATCH AS THE WORD OF THE LORD, IT JUST BEGINS TO

  460. UNFOLD AFTER THAT OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS. JUST SAVE IT FOR THE

  461. NAYSAYERS, FOR THE BLOGGERS, THE YOUTUBERS WHO DON'T GO TO CHURCH

  462. ANYWHERE, WHO HAVE MORE MUG SHOTS THAN THEY HEADSHOTS— OOPS—

  463. HAVE MORE MARRIAGES THAN THEY HAVE VIEWS AND DOUBT THE

  464. PROPHETIC, JUST SAVE IT. AND WHEN THUS SAITH THE LORD COMES

  465. TO PASS, THEN SEND THEM AN EMAIL, BECAUSE THE WORD OF THE

  466. LORD IS GOING TO COME TO PASS. AMEN. I'M THANKFUL TO BE CALLED

  467. A FRIEND OF HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN. THEY ARE SOME OF MY

  468. CLOSEST FRIENDS. AND I THANK GOD FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN THE BODY

  469. OF CHRIST. THE AMAZING CHURCH THAT THEY'VE RAISED UP. NOT JUST

  470. FOR THIS HOUSE, BUT TO SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD. AND WHEN I WAS

  471. AT THE LUNCHEON THIS MORNING, I GOT TO THINKING. I WON'T SAY

  472. THAT IT WAS THE LORD, BUT I GOT TO THINKING. OF ALL THE GENERALS

  473. THAT GOD USED TO EXPAND THE KINGDOM THROUGH MEDIA, ALL OF

  474. THEM HAD A STRONG ARM IN CHILDREN'S MINISTRY. IF YOU

  475. THINK BACK TO THE '70S, JIM AND TAMMY BAKER, IT WAS PUPPETS.

  476. THEY USED WHAT WAS NOTICEABLE OF THE TIME, BUT IT WAS A PUPPET

  477. MINISTRY THAT TOOK THEM AROUND THE WORLD. TBN HAD SMILE OF A

  478. CHILD, AND JAN HAD A HEART FOR THE CHILDREN. AND IT TOOK THEM

  479. AROUND THE WORLD. AND I JUST GOT TO THINKING TODAY, AND I'M NOT

  480. READY TO SAY IT'S THE THUS SAITH THE LORD, BUT AS I WAS WATCHING

  481. THE ANIMATION AND THE CREATIVITY AND SEEING ALL OF THE

  482. CHARACTERS, I THOUGHT, MY GOD, HE'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN. HE'S

  483. GONNA DO IT IN OUR GENERATION. GOD HAS RAISED UP GENERALS IN

  484. THE FAITH LIKE HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN THAT ARE PROPHETIC,

  485. HAVE RAISED UP AN INCREDIBLE CHURCH BUT THEY HAVE A HEART FOR

  486. THE CHILDREN. AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO JESUS ON THE

  487. EARTH. WHEN THE APOSTLES SAID, "GET THE KIDS OUT. WE'RE TRYING

  488. TO HAVE REVIVAL." HE SAID, "NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU LET THE

  489. CHILDREN COME TO ME." AND WHEN YOU HAVE A HEART FOR THE

  490. CHILDREN, YOU HAVE THE HEART OF GOD. AND THIS MINISTRY HAS THE

  491. HEARTBEAT OF GOD. AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO THANK GOD THAT WE'RE

  492. ABLE TO SIT HERE UNDER THIS MINISTRY TODAY. AMEN. I HONOR MY

  493. FRIENDS. I HONOR THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE. AMEN. AND WE TOOK TIME

  494. FOR EVERYBODY TO GET A BOOK. I'M GOING TO TAKE TIME TO HONOR MY

  495. FRIENDS. FOR HOWEVER MANY HOURS OF CRITICISMS OUT ON THE

  496. INTERNET, I'M GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO HONOR MY FRIENDS.

  497. AMEN. SPEAKING OF THOSE CRITICS, THEY'D HAVE A LITTLE MORE

  498. CREDIBILITY WITH ME IF THEY WEREN'T MONETIZING THEIR

  499. PODCASTS, SETTING UP THEIR OWN 501S, AND ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT

  500. THEIR GOSSIP LINE. AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, LET'S STIR THE POT.

  501. THEY'VE ATTACKED A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT

  502. BROUGHT DOWN ONE MINISTRY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TAKE DOWN WHAT

  503. GOD HAS RAISED UP. OH MY GOODNESS. IT WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS

  504. AGO THIS MONTH. THAT'S WHAT'S SO CRAZY. 15 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH,

  505. AND MAYBE ACTUALLY EVEN 15 YEARS AGO THIS VERY WEEK. I WAS AT A

  506. TIME OF EXTREME TRANSITION IN OUR MINISTRY. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT

  507. WE WERE GONNA DO AND WHAT WE— I JUST RESIGNED FROM THE PASTORATE

  508. OF OUR CHURCH AND I HAD NO CLUE NO CLUE WHAT WAS NEXT. AND A

  509. FRIEND OF MINE IN VIRGINIA BEACH SAID, YOU OUGHT TO COME TO

  510. CHURCH TONIGHT. THERE'S PROPHETS FROM NEBRASKA COMING. I SAID,

  511. PROPHETS FROM NEBRASKA? WONDER WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE.

  512. 5,600-SEAT AUDITORIUM. AUDITORIUM. SUNDAY NIGHT

  513. SERVICE, WE'D ALREADY BEEN THERE A LITTLE WHILE WHEN PASTOR HANK

  514. CAME DOWN OFF OF THE PLATFORM, TOOK ME BY THE HAND, SPEAKING IN

  515. TONGUES, STARTED RUNNING ME AROUND THE AUDITORIUM SPEAKING

  516. IN TONGUES. WE'D NEVER MET BEFORE. I'VE NEVER— I MEAN,

  517. LIKE, I'VE RUN THE AISLES BEFORE, BUT NEVER HOLDING HANDS

  518. WITH SOMEONE SPEAKING TONGUES. IT WAS A REALLY LONG RUN. WE

  519. DIDN'T HAVE OZEMPIC OR TRIF— WHATEVER THE OTHER ONE IS YET.

  520. MY KNEES WERE HURTING. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE ALTAR, HE TOOK

  521. ME, TOOK MY HAND, AND HANDED IT TO PASTOR BRENDA, AND SHE SAID,

  522. HERE IS THE THE WORD OF THE LORD. SON, YOU THOUGHT YOU'VE

  523. BEEN BUSY, BUT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BUSY LIKE I, THE LORD, AM ABOUT

  524. TO MAKE YOU BUSY. I, THE LORD, SAY GO BUY AN IPAD, FOR I'M

  525. ABOUT TO FILL YOUR CALENDAR, AND YOU'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH THE

  526. NATION, AND YOU'RE GONNA RUN TO THE NATIONS, AND YOU'LL NEVER

  527. LOOK BACK, FOR I AM MAKING YOU BUSY IN MY KINGDOM. 15 YEARS

  528. FROM THAT WORD TILL TODAY, I'VE FLOWN OVER 3 MILLION MILES

  529. PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. ASK ME IF THEY'RE

  530. NOT PROPHETS OF THE LORD. 10 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LOT OF

  531. PRESSURE ON ME TO MOVE TO THE WEST COAST, AND I HAD 3 KIDS. MY

  532. WIFE HAD JUST PASSED AWAY FROM LEUKEMIA, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF

  533. PRESSURE. MOVE, MOVE, MOVE TO LOS ANGELES. NO ONE KNEW EXCEPT

  534. THE PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY MAKING ME THE OFFER AND ASKING

  535. ME TO GO. AND I GET A RANDOM PHONE CALL ONE MORNING, EARLY IN

  536. THE MORNING, FROM PROPHET HANK KUNNEMAN. AND HE SAID, TONY, CAN

  537. I GIVE YOU THE WORD OF THE LORD? I SAID, YES, SIR. HE SAID, THE

  538. LORD SAYS TO YOU, YOU DON'T BELONG WHERE THE SUN SETS, YOU

  539. BELONG WHERE THE SUN RISES. WHEN MY WIFE HAD PASSED AWAY, 6, 7

  540. MONTHS LATER, I SAW THE KUNNEMANS AGAIN IN VIRGINIA, AND

  541. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO THESE PROPHETS, AND THEY SAID TO

  542. ME, THE LORD SAYS, IN THE SECOND YEAR, I'LL MAKE YOU HAPPY AGAIN,

  543. AND IN THE THIRD YEAR, YOU'LL BE DANCING IN A NEW LAND. 2 YEARS

  544. LATER, I MET GINA. 3 YEARS LATER, WE WERE DANCING IN

  545. TENNESSEE. TELL ME THAT THEY'RE NOT TRUE PROPHETS OF THE LORD.

  546. SO WHEN THE LORD GIVES HE GIVES HIM A WORD. YOU KNOW WHAT I DO?

  547. I START TAKING NOTES AND I STAND STILL AND I GET READY FOR THE

  548. SALVATION OF THE LORD. AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED

  549. THE GIFT THAT IS IN THIS ROOM. SO ONE MORE TIME, I WANT TO

  550. HONOR THE MAN AND THE WOMAN OF GOD FOR WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU'VE

  551. MEANT TO MY LIFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND TO

  552. THEIR SONS, WE JUST SPEAK THE BLESSING OF THE LORD OVER BOTH

  553. OF THOSE YOUNG MEN. WE SPEAK THE BLESSING OF THE LORD,

  554. INHERITANCE UPON THEM, GOODNESS UPON THEM. LORD, BLESS THEM

  555. EXTRA FOR THE GREAT PARENTS THEY HAVE, IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. ALL

  556. RIGHT, YOU CAN BE SEATED. I HAVE A FEW A FEW MORE PEOPLE I NEED

  557. TO HONOR. I ALSO WANNA THANK MY MOM. NO, I'M TEASING. IT'S NOT

  558. THE GRANDMA'S NIGHT. OH LORD, I JUST, I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE.

  559. BUT I DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.

  560. BISHOP BLAINE AND JULIE FAIRCLOTH. THEY ARE THE STATE

  561. BISHOPS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD FOR WHAT'S CALLED THE MIDLANDS

  562. DISTRICT, WHICH IS NEBRASKA AND IOWA. AND THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.

  563. AND I WANNA HONOR YOU, BISHOP FAIRCLOTH. THANK YOU FOR

  564. BEING WITH US TONIGHT. WOULD YOU HONOR BISHOP AND HIS WONDERFUL

  565. WIFE? GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE OF THE LORD. I THANK THE LORD FOR THE

  566. ENTIRE HOLY GHOST BUFFET. I LOVE IT ALL, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT

  567. THERE'S A HOUSE WHERE WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER TONIGHT. AMEN. ALL

  568. RIGHT, I DON'T THINK— IF— DID I FORGET TO THANK ANYONE? OH, MY

  569. WIFE, IN CASE SHE'S WATCHING. I LOVE I LOVE MY WIFE. YOU ARE

  570. AWESOME. SEE THE SCAR? NO, I LOVE MY WIFE. AMEN. WOULD YOU

  571. STAND WITH ME FOR THE READING OF GOD'S WORD? WE'RE GOING TO THE

  572. BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 5. AMEN. THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 5, AND

    John 5 chapter mention John 5 chapter mention

  573. I'M READING FROM THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. AND MY CORNY JOKE,

  574. BUT IT'S NOT THE ENGLISH THAT JESUS SPOKE, BUT IT'S THE

  575. ENGLISH THAT I UNDERSTAND. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE READING FROM

  576. THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION TONIGHT. AMEN. BIBLE SAYS, AND

  577. AFTERWARD JESUS RETURNED TO JERUSALEM FOR ONE OF THE JEWISH

  578. HOLY DAYS. AND INSIDE OF THE CITY, NEAR THE SHEEP GATE, WAS

  579. THE POOL OF BETHESDA WITH 5 COVERED PORCHES. CROWDS OF SICK

  580. PEOPLE, BLIND, LAME, OR PARALYZED, LAY ON THE PORCHES.

  581. THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD BEEN LYING THERE SICK FOR 38 YEARS.

  582. AND WHEN JESUS SAW HIM AND KNEW HE HAD BEEN ILL FOR A LONG TIME,

  583. HE ASKED HIM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET WELL? I WANT TO PREACH

  584. TONIGHT FROM THIS SUBJECT, COMFORTABLE AND COMPLACENT NO

  585. MORE. FATHER, USE ME FOR YOUR GLORY. ANOINT ME ONE MORE TIME.

  586. MAY EVERYTHING I SAY AND EVERYTHING WE DO POINT TO YOU

  587. AND BRING GLORY TO YOUR NAME. TOUCH OUR EARS TO HEAR, OUR

  588. HEARTS TO RECEIVE, AND OUR MINDS TO DISCERN WHAT THE SPIRIT IS

  589. SAYING IN THIS HOUR. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONFIRM THIS WORD

  590. WITH A MIGHTY MOVING OF YOUR SPIRIT, THAT WHEN WE LEAVE THE

  591. ASSEMBLY, WE'LL SAY, SURELY WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PRESENCE OF THE

  592. LORD. AND I ASK IT IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. AND

  593. ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SAID, PRAISE HIM ONE MORE TIME AS YOU FIND

  594. YOUR SEAT. HALLELUJAH. AMEN. IN JERUSALEM, THERE WAS THIS POOL,

  595. THIS PLACE CALLED BETHESDA, AND THE BIBLE IS SPECIFIC TO LET US

  596. KNOW THAT IT HAD 5 PORCHES. THIS WAS A LARGE PLACE, A LARGE

  597. GATHERING IT WAS KNOWN AS A HOUSE OF MIRACLES AND A HOUSE OF

  598. HEALING. THE SICK, THE INFIRM, THE IMPOTENT WOULD GATHER AROUND

  599. THIS POOL. AND SOME CAME AND THEY WOULD LAY AT THE WATERS AND

  600. OTHERS WOULD STAND AT THE WATERS, BUT THEY CAME WITH AN

  601. EXPECTATION THAT AT ANY MOMENT, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD WOULD COME

  602. AND TROUBLE THE WATERS AND THEY COULD BE INSTANTLY HEALED OF

  603. WHAT AILED THEM. THAT WAS THE RUMOR. THAT WAS THE GOSSIP THAT

  604. WAS OUT IN JERUSALEM AT THE TIME, THAT THERE WAS THIS HOUSE

  605. OF HOPE, THIS HOUSE OF HEALING, THIS HOUSE OF EXPECTATION, AND

  606. THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD WOULD VISIT THIS POOL. AND ACCORDING

  607. TO WHAT THE TESTIMONY WAS, IS THAT THE ANGEL WOULD COME AND

  608. TOUCH THE WATER, AND WHOEVER WOULD STEP INTO THE WATER FIRST

  609. WOULD BE INSTANTLY HEALED OF WHATEVER AILED THEM. THE ONLY

  610. THING BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR MIRACLE IS THAT MAYBE SOMEONE

  611. ELSE WAS MORE ANXIOUS THAN YOU TO STEP INTO THE WATERS. NOW, NO

  612. ONE, IN MY OPINION, FOR THE MAJORITY, I CAN'T SAY NO ONE, I

  613. DON'T WANNA MAKE A BLANKET STATEMENT, STATEMENT, BUT HARDLY

  614. ANYONE IN BETHESDA, IN MY OPINION, WAS A SKEPTIC, AN

  615. AGNOSTIC, FULL OF CYNICISM. THE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO BETHESDA

  616. WERE HOPEFUL AND EXPECTANT THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO CHANGE.

  617. THEY BELIEVED IN GOD. THEY BELIEVED IN MIRACLES. THEY

  618. BELIEVED IN WONDERS. THEY HAD WATCHED OTHER PEOPLE BE HEALED.

  619. THEY HAD WATCHED OTHER PEOPLE BE DELIVERED. AND THEY WERE

  620. CONVINCED THAT THEY WERE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME

  621. FOR A MIRACLE. BETHESDA WAS MORE THAN JUST A HOUSE OF HOPE. IT

  622. WAS A HOUSE OF EXPECTATION. IT WAS A HOUSE OF POSSIBILITY, A

  623. PLACE WHERE CHANGE COULD HAPPEN. AND ONE DAY, LIKE TODAY, ONE ONE

  624. GATHERING, JUST LIKE TONIGHT, SOMETHING DIFFERENT OCCURRED.

  625. WHILE WAITING ON THE ANGEL TO TROUBLE THE WATERS, THE GOD THAT

  626. THE ANGELS WORSHIP WALKED IN, ROBED IN FLESH. WHAT IS IT THAT

  627. CAUSED GOD TO WALK INTO THEIR MIDST? WHAT IS IT THAT CAUSED

  628. JESUS TO BE ATTRACTED INTO BETHESDA THAT DAY WHILE THEY'RE

  629. LOOKING AT THE POOL FOR AN ANSWER, LOWERCASE, UPPERCASE OR

  630. CAPITAL LETTER, THE ANSWER WALKS THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. THIS

  631. ISN'T AN ALTERNATIVE TO HEALING. THIS IS THE HEALER EMBODIED IN

  632. FLESH, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE ANSWER TO HUMANITY'S NEED. WHAT

  633. IS IT THAT CAUSED HIM TO WALK IN THE ROOM? MY ANSWER TO YOU IS

  634. THE FAITH THAT EXISTED IN BETHESDA. FAITH IS LIKE A

  635. MAGNET. NOW, DISCLAIMER FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE MEETING FOR

  636. THE VERY FIRST TIME, I AM VERY, VERY PENTECOSTAL. I AM NOT JUST

  637. PENTECOSTAL, I WAS RAISED IN THE HISPANIC PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.

  638. THAT IS PENTECOSTAL WITH HOT SAUCE ON IT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE

  639. I'M I'VE BEEN TO CHURCH UNLESS THE LADIES HAVE SHAKEN BOBBY

  640. PINS ALL OVER THE CARPET. I— PEOPLE WALK OUT WITH BRUISED

  641. COLLARBONES AND TWISTED ANKLES. YOU'D HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW I

  642. WAS RAISED. WE'D HAVE MIGHTY, MIGHTY MOVES OF GOD. WHERE DID

  643. THEY COME FROM? IT'S A NEW MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH. BY THE

  644. WAY, BROTHER ANTHONY, WHERE ARE YOU? I NEED YOU YOU AND ALL MY

  645. FRIENDS TO JOIN ME UP HERE. WE WOULD HAVE MIGHTY MOVES OF GOD

  646. ON SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER SUNDAY MORNING WE HAD

  647. TO BE POLISHED AND DIGNIFIED BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS WOULD COME.

  648. SUNDAY NIGHT, THAT'S WHEN THE BOBBY PINS WOULD GO FLYING. THIS

  649. ISN'T— YOU'RE NOT ICE, ARE YOU? YOU'RE NOT FROM ICE, ARE YOU?

  650. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN DODGING THEM SINCE THURSDAY,

  651. Y'ALL. OH, GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS. YEAH, JUST STAY OVER THERE FOR A

  652. MINUTE. I REMEMBER ONE SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE, THE POWER OF GOD

  653. WAS MOVING. AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE AISLE RUNNERS. WE WOULD RUN

  654. THE AISLES. AND IF YOU WERE RAISED IN PENTECOST, SOMETIMES

  655. THE ONLY THING DANGEROUS ABOUT RUNNING THE AISLES IS THAT ONE

  656. GUY OR THAT ONE GAL THAT WOULD RUN THE AISLE WITH THEIR EYES

  657. CLOSED. ONE SUNDAY, I WAS TAKEN OUT BY AN AISLE RUNNER WHO CAME

  658. DOWN THE AISLE WITH HIS EYES CLOTHES LIKE THIS. AND HE TOOK

  659. ME, CLOTHESLINED ME, AND THREW ME OVER A PEW LIKE WWF. AND I

  660. MEAN, I WENT FLYING. I HAD A BRUISED COLLARBONE. I WALKED

  661. INTO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY LIMPING. THEY'RE LIKE, DOES YOUR

  662. DADDY BEAT YOU? I'M LIKE, NO, I'VE BEEN TO REVIVAL. GLORY TO

  663. GOD. HAD ME TALKING TO COUNSELORS. WHAT'S WRONG AT

  664. HOME? IT'S NUTS, THE HOUSE OF GOD. I GOT THE HOLY GHOST LAST

  665. NIGHT. WHY DID I START TALKING ABOUT GETTING BEAT UP IN CHURCH?

  666. OH YES, I REMEMBER. FAITH. SO MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE IT,

  667. BUT THEY DON'T DEMONSTRATE IT. SO MANY PEOPLE CAN SING ABOUT

  668. IT, WAX ELOQUENTLY ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO DEMONSTRATE

  669. STRAIGHT FAITH, THERE'S NO FAITH. I'LL TELL YOU, AND IT'S

  670. NOT REALLY WHAT I CAME TO PREACH TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT, BUT LAST

  671. YEAR I HAD ME A YEAR. I HAD 27 YEARS OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL,

  672. AND PASTOR HANK, I'VE HEARD, AND I'M NOT, I KNOW I JOKE AROUND A

  673. LOT, BUT I'M NOT JOKING RIGHT NOW. I'VE HEARD YOUR

  674. ADMONISHMENT, AND I'VE HEARD YOUR CORRECTION THIS WEEK, AND I

  675. TAKE IT TO HEART. BECAUSE LAST YEAR, IT'S NOT THAT I THOUGHT

  676. ABOUT QUITTING. I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? LAST

  677. YEAR ALMOST DID ME IN. LAST YEAR LEFT ME WEARY. LAST YEAR LEFT ME

  678. COMPLAINING. THE PENTECOSTAL, THE MAN OF FAITH, THE ONE THAT

  679. BELIEVES INSIDE ME, I GET UP AND PREACH SOMETHING AND THEN I JUST

  680. WALLOW INTO THE HOSPITAL ROOM, INTO THE HOTEL ROOM. IT FELT

  681. LIKE A HOSPITAL ROOM, JUST WONDERING WHY AM I GOING THROUGH

  682. THIS AND WHY IS THIS GOING ON? AND I HAD TO CATCH MYSELF

  683. BECAUSE I'M PREACHING SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT DEMONSTRATING IN

  684. THOSE PRIVATE MOMENTS WHEN THERE'S NO ONE AND THERE'S NO

  685. MICROPHONE AND I'M GOING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF

  686. DEATH. AND THE QUESTION IS, WHERE IS MY WORD AND MY

  687. DEMONSTRATION OF FAITH? GOD DOES NOT ANSWER THE COMPLAINTS OF HIS

  688. PEOPLE. GOD ANSWERS THE RIGHTEOUS PRAYERS OF HIS PEOPLE,

  689. PRAYERS THAT ARE SENT TO HEAVEN WITH THE GIFT OF FAITH ATTACHED

  690. IS WHAT DRAWS GOD. THAT'S WHY YOUR PRAISE IS SO IMPORTANT,

  691. BECAUSE WHEN YOU PRAISE GOD, YOU'RE DEMONSTRATING TO HIM, I

  692. MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH THIS, BUT YOUR NAME IS GREATER, YOUR NAME

  693. IS HIGHER. I COULD BE GOING THROUGH CANCER, DEPRESSION,

  694. BANKRUPTCY, OR WHAT IT IS, BUT I LIFT UP AND I EXALT AND I EXTOL

  695. THE NAME OF JESUS BEYOND EVERYTHING HE SAID, I'M GOING.

  696. THAT'S THE POWER OF YOUR PRAISE. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HAVE

  697. ENCOURAGED YOU ALL WEEK TO SING, TO CLAP, TO DANCE, TO RUN, TO

  698. SHOUT, TO SPIN, TO DO THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT NORMALLY

  699. ACCUSTOMED TO DOING. NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A

  700. FOOL, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FAITH TO RISE UP IN YOU. BECAUSE

  701. WHEN FAITH IS EXERCISED, IT'S LIKE A MAGNET. AND WHEN YOU LIFT

  702. UP FAITH, YOU BRING HEAVEN TO WHERE YOU ARE. AND I AM OF THE

  703. OPINION THAT JESUS WAS JUST WALKING BY WHEN FAITH BROUGHT

  704. HIM INTO BETHESDA. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WENT HOME AND YOU

  705. JUST STARTED EXERCISING FAITH IN THE BEDROOM OF THOSE WAYWARD

  706. CHILDREN? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WENT HOME AND YOU STARTED

  707. EXERCISING FAITH AT THE BANK? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, PREACHER, IF

  708. YOU WENT HOME AND YOU STARTED EXERCISING FAITH AT YOUR CHURCH,

  709. I BELIEVE, LIKE AS IT WAS AT BETHESDA, YOU WILL DRAW JESUS

  710. INTO WHERE YOU ARE. AND WHEN JESUS SHOWS UP, WHEN JESUS SHOWS

  711. UP, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS STILL POSSIBLE. AND JESUS WALKS

  712. WALKED INTO BETHESDA. FAITH PULLED HIM IN THE ROOM. AND WHEN

  713. HE GOT TO BETHESDA— I'M GONNA HAVE YOU SIT THERE— WHEN HE GOT

  714. TO BETHESDA, BY THE WAY, IF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE

  715. RECOGNIZED WHO WALKED IN THE ROOM, THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN

  716. THEIR EYES OFF OF THE POOL AND THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THEIR

  717. EYES ON JESUS. HE COMES TO A MAN WHO HAD BEEN LAYING THERE FOR 38

  718. YEARS. NOT ONLY WAS HE LAYING THERE— I'M SO SORRY. HE HAD BEEN

  719. LAYING THERE. TOUCH. THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR YOUR HIP

  720. FLEXORS, BY THE WAY. I LEARNED THAT FROM THE CHIROPRACTOR.

  721. THAT'S GREAT. BE FLEXIBLE IN JESUS' NAME. THAT'S WONDERFUL.

  722. JESUS IS IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED TO THIS MAN RIGHT HERE WHO HAD

  723. BEEN THERE FOR 38 YEARS. THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS A LONG

  724. TIME. IF THERE WAS ANYONE THAT KNEW WHAT A MOVE OF GOD LOOKS

  725. LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE, AND SMELLS SMELLS LIKE, THAT GUY. IF ANYONE

  726. KNEW WHAT ANGELS SMELL LIKE, THAT GUY. IF ANYONE KNEW WHAT IT

  727. WAS LIKE TO HEAR THE WATER START ECHOING OFF OF THE WALLS BEFORE

  728. SOMEONE DIPPED THEIR TOE, THAT GUY. IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT

  729. SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY FOR A MIRACLE, IS THAT GUY. I REMEMBER

  730. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO. I'M A CITY BOY. AND I

  731. MOVED TO VIRGINIA AND THEY TOOK ME OUT TO THE COUNTRY. I'M NOT

  732. REALLY A COUNTRY GUY. I'VE NEVER GONE HUNTING. I'VE NEVER SHOT

  733. GUNS. I DON'T— THEY TAKE ME TO A FARM AND LIKE FARMS AND LOAFERS

  734. DON'T GO TOGETHER. I DON'T EVEN— AND I'M OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE

  735. OF NOWHERE ON THIS FARM AND THEY'RE SHOWING US AROUND.

  736. AROUND THE FARM, AND THAT OLD FARMER STARTS SNIFFING. AND IT

  737. MAKES ME SELF-CONSCIOUS. AND HE SAID, IT'S GOING TO RAIN. AND I

  738. LOOKED UP AND THERE'S NO CLOUDS. IT'S AS BLUE AS CAN BE. YEP.

  739. IT'S GONNA RAIN. I TAPPED HIM ON THE SHOULDER. HOW DO YOU KNOW?

  740. HE SAID, I SMELL IT. ABOUT 40 MINUTES LATER, IT WAS RAINING.

  741. CHURCH OF AMERICA, I PROPHESY TO YOU, IT'S ABOUT TO RAIN. I SMELL

  742. REVIVAL. I SMELL REFORMATION. I SMELL BLESSING. I SMELL HEALING.

  743. HOW DO YOU KNOW? I'VE BEEN IN THIS ALL OF MY MY LIFE. I KNOW

  744. WHEN GOD IS ABOUT TO MOVE. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, REVIVAL'S

  745. NOT COMING. REVIVAL HAS COME TO THE UNITED STATES. REVIVAL HAS

  746. COME TO NORTH AMERICA. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS STEP INTO THE RIVER

  747. OF GOD. STEP INTO WHAT GOD'S DOING. YOU SAY, WELL, I'M NOT

  748. EXPERIENCING IT YET. WELL, YOU JUST NEED TO STEP INTO THE RIVER

  749. WITH THE REST OF US. WE'RE SEEING WHAT OUR GRANDPARENTS

  750. PROPHESIED ABOUT, WHAT OUR PARENTS PREACHED ABOUT. THEY

  751. SAID IT WAS COMING ONE DAY, ONE DAY. I'M HERE TO DECLARE TO YOU

  752. THAT ONE DAY IS TODAY. THESE ARE THE DAYS THAT WERE SPOKEN OF BY

  753. THE PROPHET JOEL WHEN HE SAID, IN THE LAST DAYS, SAITH GOD,

  754. I'LL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH. THESE ARE THOSE DAYS.

  755. THESE ARE THOSE DAYS. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SMELL ANGELS.

  756. AND JESUS COMES TO HIM. AND ASKS HIM A SIMPLE QUESTION. SIR,

  757. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE HEALED? NOW, IT'S A YES OR NO QUESTION.

  758. IT'S NOT COMPLICATED. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE HEALED TODAY? WOULD

  759. YOU LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME

  760. OUT OF DEBT TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOUR CHURCH GO INTO

  761. REVIVAL? THOSE OF YOU RENTING BUILDINGS, ARE YOU READY TO OWN

  762. YOUR OWN PROPERTY? THOSE OF YOU LIVING IN APARTMENTS, ARE YOU

  763. READY TO HAVE YOUR OWN HOME? THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE WAYWARD

  764. CHILDREN, ARE YOU READY TO SEE YOUR CHILDREN BE SAVED? THESE

  765. ARE EASY QUESTIONS. BUT WHEN APPROACHED WITH A YES OR NO, HE

  766. DOESN'T ANSWER YES OR NO. HE GIVES GOD EXCUSES. WELL, LET ME

  767. TELL YOU WHY I'M IN THIS CONDITION. I DON'T HAVE A MAN TO

  768. HELP ME. THERE'S NO ONE TO PUT ME IN THE POOL. SOMEONE'S ALWAYS

  769. STANDING IN FRONT OF ME. SOMEONE ALWAYS GETS THERE BEFORE ME.

  770. HERE YOU HAVE JESUS. JESUS ASKING HIM ABOUT HIS FUTURE, AND

  771. ALL THIS MAN WANTS TO DO IS TALK ABOUT HIS HISTORY. JESUS IS

  772. OFFERING TRANSFORMATION, AND THIS MAN IS GIVING GOD AN

  773. EXPLANATION FOR WHY THINGS DON'T CHANGE AND WHY THINGS ALWAYS

  774. STAY THE SAME. AND WHAT IT PROVES TO US IS THAT WE CAN

  775. BECOME SO ACCUSTOMED TO OUR CONDITION THAT WE BECOME BETTER

  776. AT EXPLAINING WHY IT HASN'T CHANGED RATHER THAN BELIEVE THAT

  777. IT CAN CHANGE. I'M GOING TO PARK HERE BECAUSE I FEEL THE HOLY

  778. GHOST PROMPTING ME TO TALK TO SOME MOMS AND DADS THAT HAVE

  779. JUST MADE UP IN THEIR MIND THAT THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN

  780. SAVED, BUT THEY'VE JUST DECIDED IN THEIR MIND IT'S JUST PROBABLY

  781. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SALLY'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN ADDICT AND

  782. BOBBY'S NEVER GOING TO SERVE THE LORD. IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

  783. JESUS CHRIST, GET YOUR FAITH BACK IN GOD, FOR WITH GOD ALL

  784. THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. GIVE HIM PRAISE IN THIS HOUSE. NOW I WANT

  785. TO CLARIFY, HE'S JUST LAYING HERE COMPLAINING. YOU KNOW

  786. WHAT'S ALL OVER THE INTERNET RIGHT NOW? PEOPLE LAYING THERE

  787. DOING DOING NOTHING, SAVING NO ONE, FUNDING NOTHING,

  788. COMPLAINING, COMPLAINING. HE'S COMPLAINING IN THE HOUSE OF

  789. CHANGE WITH NO CHANGE, IN THE HOUSE OF MIRACLES, NO MIRACLE,

  790. THE HOUSE OF HEALING, YET STILL INFIRMED, COMFORTABLE BECAUSE

  791. HE'S GOT A PILLOW. COMFORTABLE BECAUSE HE'S GOT A BED. WHICH

  792. BEGS THE QUESTION, WHY WOULD YOU GO TO THE HOUSE OF CHANGE AND

  793. BRING A PILLOW? THIS SPEAKS TO SOMEONE WHO HAD PLANNED TO STAY

  794. A WHILE. IF IT WAS IT WAS ME. AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE

  795. ONLY THING BETWEEN A MIRACLE AND ME IS I GOT TO BE THE FIRST ONE

  796. TO STEP RIGHT THERE? I'M NOT GOING BACK THERE. I'M NOT

  797. GETTING A BAG. I'M NOT GETTING A PILLOW. I'M TALKING TO THESE

  798. GUYS. HEY, LOOK RIGHT THERE. LOOK AT— PSYCH! I'M TELLING YOU

  799. RIGHT NOW, I'D BE FIGHTING FOR POSITION. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

  800. THAT'S GOOD ACTING. DO THAT. DO THAT TO ME. BECAUSE IF— IMAGINE

  801. WHAT HE COULD HAVE DONE IF HE WON. WHAT WOULD HE DO TO ME? I

  802. MEAN, COME ON, WE'RE FIGHTING. JUST DO IT. GO AHEAD. DO IT.

  803. JUST DO IT. YEAH. I MEAN, IF THE ONLY THING BETWEEN US AND THAT

  804. IS— I'M TELLING YOU, THERE ARE SOME MOMS AND DADS THAT NEED TO

  805. GET THEIR FIGHT BACK FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE

  806. THAT ARE SICK IN THE ROOM THAT NEED TO GET THEIR FIGHT BACK FOR

  807. THEIR HEALING. I'M NOT LEAVING OMAHA WITH CANCER. I'M NOT

  808. LEAVING OMAHA WITH DIABETES. I'M NOT LEAVING HERE BANKRUPT. I'M

  809. NOT LEAVING HERE UNEMPLOYED. I'M NOT LEAVING HERE BROKE. I'M NOT

  810. LEAVING HERE DEPRESSED. I'M GOING TO GET MY MIRACLE. I WISH

  811. YOU'D PRAISE HIM RIGHT NOW LIKE YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE STEPPED

  812. INTO THE HOUSE OF MIRACLES, LIKE YOU BELIEVE YOU STEPPED INTO THE

  813. HOUSE OF HEALING. I WISH YOU'D PRAISE HIM LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT 30

  814. SECONDS, 30, 30 SECONDS AWAY FROM CHANGE TAKING

  815. PLACE IN YOUR LIFE.

  816. BIBLE SAYS HE FOUND HIM ON A PILLOW. NOW, THE NEXT THING

  817. I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL. I

  818. CONSULTED WITH 3 OR 4 FRIENDS THAT I BELIEVE ARE MORE EDUCATED

  819. THAN I, AND THEN I WENT AND CONSULTED THE GREAT THEOLOGIAN

  820. OF OUR TIME. I WENT TO CHATGPT. 'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT

  821. THIS STORY THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T MISSING SOMETHING

  822. WHEN I READ IT. YOU HAVE MADE UP YOUR MIND THAT THAT MAN WAS

  823. PARALYZED AND UNABLE TO WALK. BUT THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY THAT

  824. HE COULDN'T WALK. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY THAT HE WAS

  825. PARALYZED. THE BIBLE SAID HE HE WAS INFIRMED, BUT IT DOESN'T

  826. SPECIFY WHETHER HE COULD WALK OR NOT. BUT THE BIBLE DOES SAY HE

  827. GOT COMFORTABLE. HE GOT COMFORTABLE IN THE HOUSE OF

  828. CHANGE. AND HERE'S THE QUESTION: WHO BRINGS A BED TO A PLACE THEY

  829. DON'T INTEND TO STAY AT? THIS IS AN ACCOMMODATION, IS WHAT THIS

  830. IS. A BED SIGNIFIES I'M GONNA STAY A WHILE. AND AFTER 38

  831. YEARS, BUT BETHESDA WAS NO LONGER SIMPLY THE PLACE OF WHERE

  832. LIFE MIGHT CHANGE. IT'S JUST WHERE HE GREW ACCUSTOMED TO

  833. LIVING. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO LIVING

  834. IN THEIR SORROW, ACCUSTOMED TO LIVING IN SICKNESS, ACCUSTOMED

  835. TO LIVING WITH NEVER HAVING ENOUGH MONEY AND NEVER HAVING

  836. ENOUGH RESOURCES. YOU'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO YOUR CHILDREN NOT

  837. SERVING THE LORD. HE HAD BECOME COMFORTABLE IN THE VERY PLACE

  838. WHERE CHANGE IS POSSIBLE. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU CAN LIVE SO

  839. LONG AROUND THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGE THAT YOU BECOME

  840. COMFORTABLE WITHOUT CHANGE. AND AFTER 38 YEARS, HE HAD DEVELOPED

  841. A LIFE AROUND HIS CONDITION. HE IDENTIFIED WITH HIS CONDITION.

  842. HE KNEW WHERE TO LAY. HE KNEW THE ROUTINE AND THE THE DANGER

  843. IS THAT IT BEGINS, THE DANGER IS THAT WHAT BEGINS AS SOMETHING WE

  844. ENDURE, WE EVENTUALLY JUST BEGIN TO ACCOMMODATE. THE BED WOULD

  845. HAVE BEEN USEFUL UNLESS HE HAD PLANNED TO JUST BE HEALED. NOW

  846. NOTICE THAT WHEN JESUS COMES, THIS MAN HAS ALL KINDS OF

  847. COMPLAINTS. CHURCH HURT. SOMEONE DIDN'T ANSWER MY CALL. NO ONE

  848. EVER RETWEETS ME. NO ONE EVER COMPLIMENTS MY WATCH. ME TOO,

  849. LORD. HALLELUJAH. THAT'S POWERFUL. I JUST SAW THAT ONE.

  850. MY GOD. LORD. AND JESUS DOES NOT PULL UP A CHAIR AND SAY, TELL ME

  851. MORE ABOUT WHO ME MORE ABOUT WHO HURT YOU. TELL ME MORE ABOUT WHO

  852. DIDN'T PRAY FOR YOU AND WHAT PROPHET DIDN'T PROPHESY TO YOU.

  853. AND TELL ME MORE ABOUT HOW YOU WEREN'T CHOSEN FOR THAT

  854. POSITION. AND TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT. JESUS DOES NOT MAKE

  855. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR HIS EXCUSES. JESUS DOES NOT ASK, CAN I FLUFF

  856. YOUR PILLOW? JESUS DOES NOT SAY, CAN I HELP YOU WITH YOUR BED A

  857. LITTLE BIT? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE A LITTLE COLD. AND LOOK, THIS

  858. PERSON OVER HERE, YOU'RE HOGGING ALL OF THIS. HERE, LET ME GIVE

  859. YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PILLOW RIGHT THERE. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,

  860. NO, NO, NO. JESUS DOES NONE OF THAT. JESUS SIMPLY SPEAKS TO HIM

  861. AND SAYS, "RISE UP, TAKE UP THY BED, AND WALK." NO MORE EXCUSES.

  862. NO MORE INFIRMITY. NO MORE CONDITION. I KNOW YOU GOT A

  863. MILLION EXCUSES. EXCUSES, BUT YOU TAKE THAT, YOU RISE UP, AND

  864. YOU WALK TODAY. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A

  865. MILLION AND ONE REASONS FOR WHY THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED, BUT THE

  866. HEALER IS IN THE HOUSE TODAY. THE WAYMAKER IS IN THE HOUSE

  867. TODAY. AND RATHER THAN FOCUS ON WHO DID YOU WRONG, FOCUS THAT

  868. HEALING HAS COME INTO THE ROOM. RATHER THAN FOCUS ON EVERYTHING

  869. YOU DON'T HAVE, I'D FOCUS THAT GOD THE KING OF GLORY HAS

  870. STEPPED IN HERE READY TO DO MIRACLES FOR YOU IF YOU'LL JUST

  871. HAVE FAITH. SOMEBODY GIVE HIM PRAISE IN THIS ROOM. ALL RIGHT,

  872. NOW WE'RE GOING TO PREACH. HALLELUJAH! BECAUSE THE THING

  873. THAT HE HAD BEEN LYING ON IS NOW THE THING THAT HE PICKED UP AND

  874. HE CARRIED AWAY. I'M BELIEVING THAT BEFORE YOU GET ON AN

  875. AIRPLANE, GET ON A CAR, GET IN A CAR, ON AN UBER, IN A TRAIN, OR

  876. HOWEVER YOU GOT HERE. I BELIEVE THAT BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE HERE,

  877. YOU'LL BE LEFT WITH NO EXCUSE TO STAY THE WAY THAT YOU CAME TO

  878. THIS CONFERENCE. I'M CALLING PREACHERS OUT OF DEPRESSION. I'M

  879. CALLING PREACHERS OUT OF ANXIETY. I'M CALLING MY ELDERS

  880. TO GET YOUR SECOND WIND AND GET READY FOR THE LAST HARVEST THAT

  881. GOD HAS FOR YOU. NO MORE EXCUSES ABOUT WHO SPLIT THE CHURCH AND

  882. WHO WALKED AWAY AND WHO STOLE THE MONEY. IN THE NAME OF JESUS

  883. OF NAZARETH, RISE UP AND WALK IN YOUR ANOINTING. RISE UP AND WALK

  884. IN YOUR CALLING. IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE. IT'S TIME FOR A MIRACLE.

  885. IT'S TIME FOR BREAKTHROUGH. IT'S TIME FOR HARVEST. IT'S— SOMEONE

  886. SHOUT, IT'S TIME! IT'S TIME FOR HEALING. IT'S TIME FOR YOUR

  887. CHILDREN TO SERVE THE LORD. IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR PRAISE BACK.

  888. BACK. IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR FIRE BACK. IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR OIL

  889. BACK. NO MORE EXCUSES. NO MORE BEING COMFORTABLE. IT'S TIME FOR

  890. CHANGE. SHOUT AND GIVE GOD A HAND CLAP OF PRAISE. HALLELUJAH.

  891. AND THIS IS WHY I CAME TO PREACH IT TO THIS CONFERENCE, BECAUSE

  892. THERE ARE PARALLELS BETWEEN BETHESDA AND THE MODERN CHURCH.

  893. WE'RE SITTING IN THE HOUSE OF CHANGE TONIGHT. WE'RE SITTING IN

  894. THE HOUSE OF MIRACLES TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE ANOINTING. WE HAVE

  895. THE HOLY GHOST. WE HAVE THE WORD OF GOD. WE KNOW THE POWER THAT'S

  896. IN THE NAME. WE KNOW WHAT PRAYER AND FASTING WILL DO. WE HAVE

  897. ACCESS TO THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. WE HAVE AUTHORITY FOR

  898. HEALING AND DELIVERANCE AND SALVATION AND REVIVAL. WE HAVE

  899. EVERYTHING ANYTHING NECESSARY FOR CHANGE, YET WE CAN BECOME

  900. COMFORTABLE WITH THINGS THAT DESPERATELY NEED CHANGING. AND

  901. THE CHURCH HAS LEARNED TO ACCOMMODATE AND LIVE AROUND WHAT

  902. NEEDS TO CHANGE. WE PREACH AROUND THEM, WE ORGANIZE AROUND

  903. THEM, WE EXPLAIN THEM, AND EVENTUALLY WHAT SHOULD TROUBLE

  904. US DOESN'T TROUBLE US ANYMORE. SO I'VE COME IN THE NAME OF THE

  905. LORD TO CARE OF ABOUT 6 THINGS THAT NEED TO RISE UP AND BE

  906. HEALED IN THE AMERICAN CHURCH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. THE FIRST

  907. ONE I WANT TO DEAL WITH IS THIS ISSUE OF POWERLESS CHRISTIANITY.

  908. I WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF

  909. EXCUSES FOR WHY THE CHURCH LOST ITS POWER AND WHY BELIEVERS NO

  910. LONGER KNOW HOW TO PRAY AND THEY NO LONGER KNOW HOW TO INTERCEDE

  911. AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO REBUKE DEVILS, AND THEY DON'T

  912. KNOW HOW TO REBUKE SICKNESS. AND WE COULD SIT HERE FOR HOURS AND

  913. SAY, WELL, IT'S THIS DENOMINATION DID THIS, AND THIS

  914. CHURCH DID THIS, AND THAT PREACHER DID THAT. THAT PREACHER

  915. COULD HAVE DONE THAT, AND THAT DENOMINATION, MAYBE THEY DID

  916. THAT. BUT THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THE POWER OF THE GIFT OF HEALING

  917. AND THE WORKING OF MIRACLES. THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THE POWER

  918. THAT IS FOUND IN INTERCESSORY PRAYER. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, I

  919. I AM THE PRODUCT OF A PRAYING MOTHER AND A PRAYING FATHER THAT

  920. GOT A HOLD OF ME WHEN THE WORLD TRIED TO GET A HOLD OF ME. A

  921. PRAYING MAMA GOT A HOLD OF ME AND SAID, DEVIL, YOU'RE NOT

  922. GOING TO HAVE THIS ONE. HE BELONGS TO THE BLOOD. SO TO

  923. POWERLESS CHRISTIANITY, TO A LUKEWARM, COMFORTABLE CHRISTIAN

  924. CHURCH, WE SAY RISE UP AND BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. NO

  925. MORE EXCUSES. WE'RE WALKING OUT OF HERE WITH DEVILS TREMBLING,

  926. WITH SICKNESS FLEEING, WITH THE POWER AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE

  927. HOLY GHOST. NOW WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE. THIS ONE'S

  928. PERSONAL TO ME. I LOST A WIFE DIED TO LEUKEMIA 10 YEARS AGO.

  929. THE LAST CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HER, SHE GRABBED MY ARM AND SHE

  930. SAID, WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU GET MY BABIES TO HEAVEN. THE FIRST

  931. CONVERSATION, THE FIRST VOICE YOU HEAR WHEN YOU ENTER HEAVEN

  932. IS THE VOICE OF THE FATHER THAT SAYS, WELL DONE, FAITHFUL

  933. SERVANT. THE NEXT VOICE I'LL HEAR IS MY FIRST WIFE, TONY,

  934. WHERE'S MY BABIES? AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET TO HEAVEN AND SAY,

  935. "I GOT 2/3 OF THEM HERE. BUT I LOST ONE BECAUSE I WAS BUSY

  936. PREACHING REVIVALS. I WAS BUSY STARTING A BUSINESS. I GOT CROSS

  937. WITH THEM. NOW, I REMARRIED. AND THE LADY THAT I MARRIED, SHE

  938. LOST HER FIRST HUSBAND TO CANCER. I NEVER MET COREY ON THE

  939. EARTH. BUT WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN, I'M GONNA MEET COREY. AND HE'S

  940. GONNA SAY, 'HEY, TONY, WHERE'S MYLAN AND MACY?'" AND I CAN'T

  941. LOOK AT COREY AND SAY, "I'M SORRY. I'M NOT CROSS WITH MY

  942. STEPKID. AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE PERSON WAITING UP THERE FOR

  943. ME. MY FATHER. IF I GET TO HEAVEN AND I DON'T HAVE HIS

  944. GRANDBABIES UP THERE. JESUS WILL LET MY DAD BEAT ME IN HEAVEN.

  945. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. THIS NEXT THING I WANT TO DEAL WITH

  946. IS THE BROKEN FAMILIES OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. GOD HAD THAT

  947. PROPHET CALL IT OUT DURING THE OFFERING. I'M GOING TO CALL IT

  948. OUT FOR A SECOND TIME IN THE NAME OF JESUS. START GETTING

  949. READY TO HAVE EXTRA CHAIRS AROUND YOUR THANKSGIVING TABLE,

  950. EXTRA CHAIRS AROUND YOUR CHRISTMAS TABLE. I'M CALLING

  951. YOUR SONS HOME, YOUR DAUGHTERS HOME. I'M CALLING YOUR

  952. GRANDCHILDREN HOME, YOUR NIECES AND YOUR NEPHEWS HOME, FOR IT IS

  953. WRITTEN BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND YOU AND YOUR—

  954. OH, I FEEL IT NOW— YOU AND YOUR HOUSE SHALL BE SAVED. I

  955. DEDICATED THESE BABIES TO THE LORD. I PRAYED THEM THROUGH TO

  956. THE HOLY GHOST IN AN ALTAR. THEY WERE BAPTIZED FOR THE REMISSION

  957. OF THEIR SIN. THEY DON'T BELONG TO ADDICTION. THEY DON'T BELONG

  958. TO DRUGS. THEY DON'T BELONG TO THIS WORLD. THEY BELONG TO THE

  959. KINGDOM. THEY BELONG TO THE HOLY GHOST. SO IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

  960. I CALL OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND I SAY, RISE AND BE HEALED.

  961. RISE AND BE HEALED. OUR MARRIAGES RESTORED, OUR CHILDREN

  962. SAVED, OUR FAMILIES SERVING. IF YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR A CHILD, I

  963. PRAISE HIM RIGHT NOW. IF YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR YOUR MARRIAGE,

  964. YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR YOUR FAMILY, I PRAISE HIM RIGHT NOW.

  965. RISE AND BE HEALED. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. NOW I'M GOING TO DEAL

  966. WITH THE ONE THAT GOT US IN THE MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE

  967. WE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN POWERLESS AND WE WOULD HAVE

  968. NEVER LOST OUR FAMILIES IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE LET SIN COME INTO

  969. THE CAMP. I WANT TO REMIND YOU, IT MIGHT BE AN OLD-FASHIONED

  970. MESSAGE, BUT IT DOES NOT NEGATE THE TRUTH. I'M ABOUT TO

  971. TAKE SOME OF YOU BACK TO THE BRUSH ARBOR DAYS, BUT THE WORD

  972. STILL SAYS THAT WITHOUT HOLINESS NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD. I'M

  973. NOT TALKING ABOUT LEGALISM. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT 52 RULES. I'M

  974. TALKING ABOUT A MAN AND A WOMAN THAT GOES BEFORE GOD AND SAYS,

  975. IF YOU HATE IT, I HATE IT. IF IT DISPLEASES YOU, IT DISPLEASES

  976. ME. I I DON'T WANT TO WALK ONE FOOT IN THE CHURCH AND ONE FOOT

  977. IN THE WORLD. I WANT TO BE RIGHT WITH YOU. I WANT YOU TO KNOW

  978. HOLINESS IS STILL RIGHT. AND SOME SIN TRIED TO CREEP IN.

  979. WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PASTOR DID, AND YOU DON'T KNOW

  980. WHAT THIS ONE DID, AND I HEARD THIS BLOGGER SAY THAT, BUT THE

  981. BLOGGER DOESN'T SAY WHAT THEY DID. OH, SORRY. POST EVERYONE

  982. ELSE'S MUGSHOT BUT WON'T POST THEIR OWN MUGSHOT. OOPS. SIN.

  983. WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE OF SIN. WE'VE BEEN— I

  984. DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY. I MEAN, I'D HATE TO BE OFFENSIVE,

  985. EVEN THOUGH THE BIBLE SAYS HE'S THE STUMBLING STONE, THE ROCK OF

  986. OFFENSE. SO I DON'T WANT TO STIR UP THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BECAUSE

  987. THEY GO TO MY KIDS' SCHOOL. SO I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO,

  988. I DON'T WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY BUMP THEM. AND YOU KNOW, I SAW

  989. SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE A FEW MONTHS AGO. FLASHPOINT

  990. ARMY, LORD OF HOSTS, YOU ALL HELPED ME GO TO MINNESOTA TO

  991. HAVE A CRUSADE. WE CALLED IT THE CELEBRATE PENTECOST TOUR. IT'S

  992. THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY GHOST ON

  993. AZUSA STREET. WE WENT TO MINNEAPOLIS AND I SAW SOMETHING

  994. I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. WE WENT TO THE GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL AND

  995. WE WENT THERE. WHEN WE ROLLED IN, WE CAME IN AS A PRAYER ARMY.

  996. WHEN OUR CARS ROLLED IN THERE, I'M TELLING YOU, PEOPLE WALKED

  997. INTO THEIR HOMES, THEY WALKED INTO THEIR BUSINESSES, THE

  998. STREETS CLEARED. THEY WERE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE WERE

  999. DOING. WE WERE LAYING HANDS ON THE BUILDING. WE WE WERE JUST

  1000. PRAYING. PEOPLE STARTED COMING OUT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE'RE

  1001. HERE TO PRAY. WOULD YOU PRAY FOR ME? WE STARTED PRAYING. THERE

  1002. WAS A DRUG DEALER A FEW BLOCKS DOWN ON THE STREET CORNER, AND

  1003. HE SAW SOME OF THE GENTLEMEN THAT WERE WITH US, AND THEY

  1004. SAID— HE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? THEY SAID, WE'RE

  1005. HERE TO PRAY. HE SAID, THIS IS WHERE I SELL. THEY SAID, WELL,

  1006. WE'RE HERE TO PRAY. AND HE SAID, I NEED YOU TO PRAY FOR ME. PUT

  1007. YOUR CAMERAS OUT. DON'T, DON'T PUT ME ON CAMERA. DON'T PUT ME

  1008. ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND WE TOLD HIM, WE'RE NOT HERE TO EXPLOIT

  1009. YOU. WE'RE NOT HERE TO MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU. WE JUST WANT

  1010. TO PRAY. AND WHILE THEY WERE PRAYING FOR HIM. TEARS ARE

  1011. COMING DOWN HIS FACE. GOD'S TOUCHING HIM. SOME OF HIS

  1012. CUSTOMERS COME UP AND START WHISTLING. HE SAID, I'M NOT

  1013. SELLING TODAY. NOW LISTEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

  1014. YESTERDAY, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN PRAYER SHOWED UP THAT DAY, THERE

  1015. WAS NO DRUG DEALS ON THAT CORNER THAT DAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT

  1016. HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THAT DAY GOD

  1017. STARTED DEALING WITH THE SIN THAT WAS THERE. WE LEFT THE

  1018. GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL AND WE WENT TO WHERE RENEE GOOD WAS

  1019. KILLED AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN WAS KILLED. IT IS IT IS SET UP

  1020. AS AN LGBTQ MEMORIAL, RAINBOW FLAGS FLYING. NOW I'M TELLING

  1021. YOU, I'VE PREACHED IN EVERY KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCE YOU CAN THINK

  1022. OF. I'VE NEVER PRAYED AND PREACHED AT A GAY PRIDE OR LGBTQ

  1023. MEMORIAL, BUT RIGHT THERE, DEBRA GEORGE WAS WITH US. YOU

  1024. THINK I'M CRAZY? THAT LADY IS ANOTHER LEVEL. THAT LADY, SHE

  1025. WALKS RIGHT RIGHT IN AND STARTS PRAYING FOR PEOPLE. JESUS LOVES

  1026. YOU. HAVE YOU GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD? IS HEAVEN YOUR HOME OR

  1027. IS HELL YOUR DESTINATION? AND RIGHT UNDER RAINBOW FLAGS THAT

  1028. ARE WAVING ON TOP, THE BLOOD OF JESUS JUST STARTED COMING OVER

  1029. PEOPLE. PEOPLE STARTED GETTING SET. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT

  1030. BEFORE. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID WITH SIN? WE CONFRONTED IT DEAD

  1031. ON AND WE REALIZED THAT'S A SOUL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAVED. WE

  1032. REBUKE THE PRINCIPALITY, BUT WE SAVE THE SOUL. THEREFORE, I

  1033. SPEAK TO SIN AND I SAY IT COMES OUT OF THE CHURCH IN THE NAME OF

  1034. JESUS. WE'LL BE HOLY AGAIN. WE'LL BE CONSECRATED AGAIN.

  1035. WE'LL BE RIGHT AGAIN. WE'LL BE MODEST AGAIN. WE'LL BE

  1036. LONG-SUFFERING AGAIN. AND THE KING WILL TAKE PLEASURE IN HIS

  1037. BRIDE. HALLELUJAH! OH, I WISH YOU'D PRAISE HIM LIKE YOU

  1038. BELIEVE IT. OKAY, WE GOT 3 MORE THINGS AND THEN WE GOT TO GO.

  1039. LETS CLOSE QUICKLY. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. I WANT TO

  1040. TAKE CARE OF THIS THING CALLED POVERTY. NOW, I'VE BEEN

  1041. PREACHING IN THIS CHURCH FOR ABOUT 7 TO 8 YEARS. I'VE KNOWN

  1042. THE KUNNEMANS FOR 15 YEARS. I'VE NEVER TALKED THE WAY I'M GOING

  1043. TO TALK TONIGHT. I KNOW WHEN I HEAR GOD, AND I HEARD HIM 2

  1044. WEEKS AGO. HE SAID, YOU START DECLARING MY WORD TO THOSE THOSE

  1045. THAT YOU HAVE INFLUENCE OVER, AND YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT

  1046. MILLIONS ARE ABOUT TO FLOW INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. I HAVE NEVER

  1047. SPOKEN ABOUT MILLIONS, BUT HE SAID, YOU TELL THEM THAT

  1048. MILLIONS ARE ABOUT TO FLOW INTO CHURCHES, INTO BUSINESSES, INTO

  1049. FAMILIES, RETURN ON INVESTMENTS. HE SAID, POVERTY IS COMING TO AN

  1050. END IN MY KINGDOM, AND IT WON'T BE BECAUSE OF ELON MUSK. IT

  1051. WON'T BE BECAUSE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY, BUT BY MY

  1052. SPIRIT, SAITH THE LORD. I'M GOING TO ANOINT YOUR FINANCES.

  1053. I'M GOING TO ANOINT YOUR SEED. I'M GOING TO ANOINT YOUR GIVING,

  1054. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GENERATIONAL WEALTH. HEY

  1055. ABRAHAM, I'M NOT JUST GONNA BLESS YOU. I'M GONNA BLESS

  1056. ISAAC, AND I'M GONNA BLESS JACOB. SO I SPEAK TO POVERTY,

  1057. AND I SAY RISE AND BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I CALL YOU

  1058. OUT OF BANKRUPTCY. I CALL YOU OUT OF POVERTY. I CALL YOU OUT

  1059. OF SECTION 8 HOUSING. I CALL YOU OFF THE BUS AND INTO OWNERSHIP

  1060. OF YOUR OWN CAR IN THE NAME OF JESUS. IN THE NAME, IN THE NAME

  1061. OF JESUS. THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN.

  1062. HE'S BEEN WAITING 2 YEARS. THAT MAN, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE. 2 YEARS,

  1063. LORD, IT COMES TO AN END THIS VERY MONTH. NO MORE SUFFERING.

  1064. THE THE BLESSING OF THE LORD COME UPON YOU. YOU OUGHT TO

  1065. PRAISE LIKE IT'S YOUR MONEY. YOU OUGHT TO PRAISE LIKE IT'S YOUR

  1066. MONEY, LIKE IT'S YOUR FINANCES, LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO COME OUT OF

  1067. DEBT, LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET THE BOAT. OH, I'M CALLING YOU

  1068. OUT. I'M CALLING YOU OUT OF BEING BROKE. I'M CALLING YOU OUT

  1069. OF DEBT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. IT'S TIME TO BE BLESSED. COME

  1070. ON, PRAISE HIM IN THIS HOUSE! HEY, NOW WE CELEBRATED A LADY'S

  1071. BIRTHDAY IN THIS ROOM TODAY. SHE'S 82 YEARS OLD. THAT MEANS

  1072. SHE'S BEEN ALIVE SINCE ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.

  1073. I'VE BEEN ALIVE SINCE JIMMY CARTER. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HER,

  1074. BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ME. I'VE BEEN ALIVE SINCE CARTER

  1075. TILL NOW, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN. I'VE

  1076. NEVER SEEN THE SEED BEGGING BREAD. I'M BLESSED WHEN A

  1077. REPUBLICAN IS IN OFFICE. I'M BLESSED WHEN A DEMOCRAT IS IN

  1078. OFFICE, BECAUSE MY BLESSING DOESN'T COME FROM AN OFFICE. MY

  1079. BLESSING COMES FROM THE SEED THAT I PLANTED IN THE KINGDOM,

  1080. AND IT IT WORKS AT ALL TIMES. ARE THERE ANY BLESSED PEOPLE IN

  1081. THE HOUSE THAT CAN PRAISE HIM? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DEAL WITH THESE

  1082. TWO, AND THEN I'LL PREACH MY SERMON. WE HAVE BEEN COMPLACENT

  1083. WITH ANTISEMITISM. BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT VOICES YOU'RE

  1084. LISTENING TO. AND YOU SAY, WELL, I JUST WANT TO BE INFORMED. I

  1085. JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT CAN CANDACE HAS TO SAY. THEY TOLD US

  1086. TO NEVER FORGET. NEVER DID I THINK I WOULD LIVE TO SEE THE

  1087. HOLOCAUST CHALLENGED AND DEBATED. NOT AMONGST TINFOIL

  1088. HAT-WEARING PEOPLE LIVING IN THE FOREST EATING BERRIES. BUT

  1089. AMONGST MAIN SECTS OF SOCIETY SITTING AROUND WONDERING, DID IT

  1090. REALLY HAPPEN? MAYBE THEY DESERVED IT. WELL, YOU KNOW,

  1091. THEY KILLED JESUS. WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD? I'M NOT TALKING TO

  1092. THE WORLD. I'M TALKING TO THE CHURCH. WHERE DID THIS

  1093. LIBERATION THEOLOGY, WHERE DID THIS FALSE IDEOLOGY, WHERE DID

  1094. THIS FALSE REALITY OF HOW DID IT CREEP INTO THE CHURCH IS BECAUSE

  1095. SOMEONE— THEY GOT QUIET. BUT I STAND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

  1096. AND I SAY I WON'T TOLERATE THIS AND JUST BE COMFORTABLE AND SAY,

  1097. WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY SAY IN ENGLISH, QUE SERA SERA. NO, NO,

  1098. NO, NO, NO. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, MAY THE BODY OF CHRIST BE

  1099. HEALED OF ANTI-SEMITIC FEELINGS, IDEOLOGY, FALSE DOCTRINE. AND IN

  1100. THE NAME OF JESUS, MAY THE CHURCH ARISE AS THE GREAT

  1101. DEFENDER OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ONE MORE TIME. AND MAY WE

  1102. DECLARE AND BELIEVE AGAIN THAT GOD STILL SAID, I'LL BLESS THOSE

  1103. THAT BLESS YOU AND I'LL CURSE THOSE THAT CURSE YOU. SO FROM

  1104. THE RIVER TO THE SEA, I BLESS THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. I BLESS

  1105. THE NATION OF ISRAEL. I BLESS THE LAND OF ISRAEL. I THANK GOD

  1106. FOR JERUSALEM, AND I PRAY THE PEACE OF GOD OVER THE HOLY CITY

  1107. OF JERUSALEM. IT'S NOT SHARED BY MUSLIMS. NO, NO, NO. THAT'S

  1108. GOD'S CITY. THAT'S THE HOLY— THAT HE'S GONNA WALK THROUGH

  1109. THAT EASTERN GATE AGAIN, AND HE'LL BE CROWNED THE KING OF

  1110. KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS. I SAY THANK GOD. HALLELUJAH FOR

  1111. HIS WORD. AND WE BLESS THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE

  1112. TOLERATE ANTI-SEMITIC FEELINGS IN THE HOUSE OF GOD ANY LONGER.

  1113. OH, THAT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL, BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THE

  1114. ANTI-SEMITISM OUT OF THE HOUSE, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE

  1115. OF THIS ISLAMIC INVASION THAT'S COME INTO THE NATION. HOW

  1116. PROPHETIC WAS THAT? THAT WHEN WE GOT ANTI-SEMITISM OUT OF THE— I

  1117. CALL AN END TO THE INVASION IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS

  1118. CHRIST. THIS NATION BELONGS TO GOD. JESUS CHRIST IS THE LORD OF

  1119. THE UNITED STATES. WE DON'T SHARE THE LAND WITH ALLAH. WE

  1120. DON'T SHARE THE LAND WITH BUDDHA. THERE'S A COVENANT

  1121. BETWEEN BETWEEN JESUS AND THE LAND. YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR

  1122. HISTORY. I PROMISE. I JUST WANT TO KICK SOMETHING. WHEN THE

  1123. FIRST SETTLERS CAME TO NORTH AMERICA, THE FIRST THING THEY

  1124. DID WASN'T HAVE A PARTY. THEY PRAYED AND FASTED FOR 3 DAYS. 3

  1125. DAYS ON THE BOATS OFF OF VIRGINIA, 3 DAYS BELIEVING THAT

  1126. GOD WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING. AND WHEN THEY CAME ON THE LAND,

  1127. THE FIRST THING THEY DID WAS THEY PLANTED A CROSS, THEY

  1128. ANOINTED THE LAND, AND THEY SAID, WE DEDICATE THIS LAND TO

  1129. THE EVANGELIZATION OF THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. WHEN

  1130. THEY TELL YOU IT'S NOT CHRISTIAN NATION. IT'S CHRISTIAN LAND. WE

  1131. CLAIMED IT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, AND FROM THIS NATION

  1132. MISSIONARIES HAVE GONE AROUND THE WORLD. WE REJECT THIS

  1133. INVASION, AND WE ASK GOD TO SEND HOLY GHOST BORDER PATROL AGENTS,

  1134. PROTECT US, AND ERADICATE THE LIE OF ISLAM. WE'RE CLOSING.

  1135. STAND WITH ME. I PROMISE WE GOT TO GO RUN. WE GOT TO RUN TO RUN.

  1136. SO HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. THE CHURCH— WHAT'S THE POINT OF

  1137. EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN RANTING AND RAVING ABOUT TONIGHT? THE CHURCH

  1138. CANNOT BE COMFORTABLE IN THE PLACE WHERE CHANGE CAN HAPPEN.

  1139. CAN'T JUST BE COMFORTABLE LETTING THE INVASION HAPPEN. I

  1140. FLY 300,000 MILES A YEAR-ISH. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR

  1141. OF MY LIFE WHERE EVERY TIME I GO TO THE AIRPORT, THERE ARE PRAYER

  1142. RUGS AND MUSLIM BELIEVERS IN THE HALLWAYS OF ATLANTA, DALLAS, AND

  1143. CHICAGO. THOSE ARE THE 3 AIRPLANES, 3 AIRPORTS THAT I FLY

  1144. THROUGH, 3 MAJOR HUBS OF THE UNITED STATES, 3 OF THE MAJOR

  1145. HUBS. AND EVERY— I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT I SAW IT ONE TIME, I'M

  1146. TALKING ABOUT EVERY WEEK, TWICE A WEEK, WHEN I GO THROUGH THOSE

  1147. AIRPORTS, ATLANTA, DALLAS, AND CHICAGO. THERE ARE PRAYER RUGS,

  1148. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HIDDEN IN A ROOM. CHRISTIANS CAN'T EVEN

  1149. GET THEIR OWN CHAPEL. WE HAVE AN INTERFAITH CHAPEL THAT WE GOT TO

  1150. SHARE WITH ALL RELIGIONS. BUT MUSLIMS ARE PUTTING THEIR PRAYER

  1151. RUGS RIGHT OUT IN THE HALLWAY, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TERMINAL

  1152. D, AND THEY'RE ON THEIR KNEES, THEY'RE BOWING AND PRAYING

  1153. TOWARDS MECCA. NOW, FLESH AND BLOOD IS NOT THE PROBLEM. THOSE

  1154. THE POTENTIAL SOULS THAT WE CAN WIN. IT'S THE PRINCIPALITY

  1155. BEHIND IT THAT I HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH. AND THEN IF I BE

  1156. EVEN MORE HONEST WITH YOU, WHERE I GET CONVICTED IS THAT I KNOW

  1157. THE GOD THAT ACTUALLY ANSWERS PRAYER. I KNOW THE ONE THAT HAS

  1158. LIPS AND SPEAKS, HANDS AND TOUCHES. I KNOW THE ONE THAT'S

  1159. STILL ALIVE. MUHAMMAD'S IN A TOMB. MINE'S SITTING ON HIS

  1160. THRONE. I KNOW REAL POWER. AND WHAT I OUGHT TO DO IS IS GOING

  1161. TO KNEEL RIGHT NEXT TO THE MUSLIM AND SAY

  1162. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

  1163. I'M FLYING THROUGH CHICAGO TOMORROW AND I MIGHT— WELL, I

  1164. MIGHT AS WELL JUST TRY IT. I MIGHT JUST PRAY IN THAT HOLY

  1165. NAME AND SEE WHAT GOD WILL DO. OH, I PRAY THAT THE CHURCH WILL

  1166. GET A BACKBONE. I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

  1167. FOR ITS POWER TO ME. I'M CHOOSING SALVATION. DON'T YOU BE

  1168. ASHAMED OF THE NAME. DON'T YOU BE ASHAMED OF THE HOLY GHOST.

  1169. DON'T YOU BE ASHAMED OF BEING PENTECOSTAL. PRAY TILL EVERY

  1170. MUSLIM AND EVERY BUDDHIST AND EVERY AGNOSTIC AND EVERY ATHEIST

  1171. TREMBLES AT THE NAME OF JESUS. IF YOU START THAT NOW, THESE

  1172. PEOPLE MIGHT GO CRAZY AND THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND THEN

  1173. I WON'T BE ABLE TO FINISH THE SERMON. SO LET'S TRY TO BEHAVE

  1174. TONIGHT. PLUS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT WOULD

  1175. EVEN KNOW HOW TO DANCE, WOULD EVEN KNOW HOW TO HAVE A PRAISE

  1176. BREAK IF YOU DID THAT IN THE FRONT. NO, I'M TELLING— I DON'T

  1177. KNOW. THEY'VE BEEN IN SO MANY SERVICES THIS WEEKEND. THEY'VE

  1178. BEEN IN HERE FOR HOURS. IF YOU DO THAT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW I

  1179. DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL RESPOND. OKAY, OKAY, LET EVERYTHING THAT

  1180. HATH BREATH PRAISE. COME ON, SOMEBODY, PRAISE HIM! I'M

  1181. DANCING FOR MY CHILDREN. I'M DANCING FOR HEALING. I'M DANCING

  1182. FOR BLESSING. I'M DANCING FOR REVIVAL. I'M DANCING IN THE

  1183. HOUSE OF CHANGE BECAUSE MY BREAKTHROUGH, MY MIRACLE IS IN

  1184. THE ROOM. DANCE BELIEVING THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE

  1185. SET FREE. DANCE BELIEVING THAT YOUR BODY IS ABOUT TO BE HEALED.

  1186. DANCE BELIEVING THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE BLESSED AND HIGHLY

  1187. FAVORED. DANCE BELIEVING THAT GOD IS ABOUT TO MOVE IN THE

  1188. UNITED STATES ONE MORE TIME. IT'S LIKE A MAGNET RIGHT NOW.

  1189. THIS PRAISE, THAT SHOUT HAS BROUGHT THE GIFT OF HEALING. HAS

  1190. BROUGHT THE WORKING OF MIRACLES, HAS BROUGHT PROSPERITY, HAS

  1191. BROUGHT JESUS INTO THIS ROOM. OH, I'D SHOUT ONE MORE TIME! YOU

  1192. SAY I LOOK LIKE A CRAZY MAN UP HERE, BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT 2

  1193. YEARS AGO I HAD TO LEAVE THIS CONFERENCE EARLY. BECAUSE THE

  1194. ENEMY HAD ATTACKED MY HOME. THE ENEMY HAD COME AGAINST ME. BUT

  1195. TODAY, WHAT I WAS DEALING WITH 2 YEARS AGO, I'M NOT DEALING WITH

  1196. TONIGHT. BECAUSE GOD MADE A WAY. GOD WORKED A MIRACLE. HOW WOULD

  1197. YOU PRAISE HIM? HOW WOULD YOU PRAISE HIM? HOW WOULD YOU PRAISE

  1198. HIM IF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN BELIEVING FOR WAS DONE BY THE

  1199. TIME YOU GOT HOME? TONIGHT UNDER THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY GHOST

  1200. THAT THIS CHANGE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ISN'T JUST FOR THE

  1201. CHURCH, IT'S FOR THIS NATION. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, A RIGHTEOUS

  1202. REVIVAL IS COMING AGAIN. BENDED KNEES TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

  1203. THE WICKED PLOT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL FAIL AND

  1204. BOW ITS KNEES AT JESUS.

  1205. (MUSIC)

  1206. ROBERTSLIARDON TODAY TALKED ABOUT HIS

  1207. GRANDMOTHER, AND IT GOT ME TO THINKING ABOUT MY GRANDMOTHER IN

  1208. COLOMBIA. BEFORE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS OLD, SHE PRETENDED TO BE

  1209. OLD. OLD. SHE'D WALK ONTO THE BUSES IN BOGOTÁ, WALKING LIKE

  1210. THIS. AND THEN ONCE THEY CLOSED THE DOOR TO THE BUS, SHE'D TURN

  1211. AROUND AND SAY, REPENT, YOU GENERATION OF VIPERS, FOR THE

  1212. KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND. AND THEY SAID, LADY, YOU GOTTA SIT

  1213. DOWN. SHE SAID, I'LL SIT DOWN WHEN SOMEONE GIVES THEIR LIFE TO

  1214. THE LORD. AND SOMEONE WOULD GET SAVED JUST SO THAT SHE WOULD SIT

  1215. DOWN. I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE '50S IN COLOMBIA WHEN THE

  1216. GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED THE ERADICATION OF THE CHURCH AND

  1217. THE GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED BOMBING CHURCHES AND KILLING

  1218. PREACHERS. AND MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE

  1219. THAT THEY WERE WORSHIPING THE LORD WHEN A GRENADE CAME THROUGH

  1220. THE WINDOW OF THE CHURCH. I SAID, MY GOD, WHAT DID YOU DO?

  1221. SHE SAID, SAID, SOME LADIES IN THE CHURCH AND I, WE GOT AROUND

  1222. THE GRENADE AND WE JUST STARTED DANCING. WE STARTED WORSHIPING

  1223. AND WE STARTED PRAISING THE LORD. I SAID, OH MY GOD, WHAT

  1224. HAPPENED? SHE SAID, THE THING NEVER WENT OFF. IT JUST WAS A

  1225. DUD, AND WE KICKED IT OUT THE DOOR AND WE KEPT HAVING CHURCH.

  1226. HEY DEVIL, HEY DEVIL, I KNOW YOU'VE USED YOUR BEST BOMBS,

  1227. MISSILES, AND GRENADES BUT THIS CHURCH IS JUST GOING TO DANCE,

  1228. AND EVERYTHING YOU THROW AT US IS A DUD. WE'RE COMING OUT IN

  1229. VICTORY IN THE NAME OF JESUS. CLAP YOUR HANDS AND GIVE HIM

  1230. PRAISE IN THIS HOUSE. OH, HALLELUJAH. STAY STANDING. I

  1231. REALLY AM TRYING TO QUIT. TOP OF THE MORNING TO YOU, TO MY

  1232. MINORITY BRETHREN IN THE ROOM. I'M HALF COLOMBIAN, HALF WHITE.

  1233. THAT'S WHY I WAS SAFE EVEN WHEN THEY SAID ICE WAS COMING. THAT'S

  1234. WHY I CALLED THEM MY IRISH ROOTS. BUT I WAS RAISED IN THE

  1235. HISPANIC CHURCH, SPANISH-SPEAKING CHURCH. THE

  1236. GREATEST REVIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES IN EVERY DENOMINATION IS

  1237. HAPPENING IN SPANISH-SPEAKING CHURCHES, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW

  1238. THAT. JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT. AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

  1239. TO TO BE IN CHURCH AND THE KKK SHOW UP WITH AXES AND TAKE AXES

  1240. AND KNOCK DOWN THE SIGN OF THE CHURCH. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

  1241. WHEN ROCKS CAME THROUGH THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF OUR

  1242. CHURCH IN CHICAGO AND THEY STARTED EGGING THE CARS. AND WE

  1243. HAD THE HOLY GHOST, BUT WE WERE STILL SLIGHTLY GHETTO. AND WE

  1244. MIGHT HAVE HAD THE HOLY GHOST, BUT WHEN WE SAW THE ROCKS, I

  1245. REMEMBER WHEN SOME OF US STARTED RUNNING OUT OF THE SANCTUARY

  1246. 'CAUSE WE WERE GONNA FIGHT. AND MY DAD SAID, STOP, THAT'S NOT

  1247. HOW WE FIGHT THIS BATTLE. WE DON'T FIGHT LIKE THE WORLD, WE

  1248. FIGHT LIKE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. AND MY DAD COMMANDED US, THAT'S

  1249. BACK WHEN A PREACHER COULD TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. MY DAD COMMANDED

  1250. US, YOU PRAISE HIM IN PERSECUTION, YOU PRAISE HIM

  1251. WHILE YOU'RE BEING ATTACKED, AND YOU LET GOD FIGHT YOUR BATTLE. I

  1252. SPEAK TO MY MINORITY BRETHREN TONIGHT, AND TELL YOU THAT GOD

  1253. WILL FIGHT YOUR BATTLE. GOD WILL MAKE A WAY. GOD WILL BRING AN

  1254. END TO THIS DEMON CALLED RACISM. YOU JUST— WE DON'T NEED BLACK

  1255. PANTHERS. WE NEED THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. WE DON'T

  1256. NEED LATIN KINGS. WE NEED THE KING OF KINGS. WE DON'T NEED

  1257. ANTIFA. WE NEED THE LORD'S THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY, THE LORD

  1258. STRONG IN BATTLE. WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY? THE LORD STRONG

  1259. AND MIGHTY. SO I END. I REFUSE TO HAVE THE HOLY GHOST AND

  1260. BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THE ENEMY IS THROWING MY WAY. I

  1261. REFUSE TO HAVE ACCESS ACCESS TO HEALING AND BE COMFORTABLE WITH

  1262. SICKNESS. I REFUSE TO HAVE THE PROMISE OF PROSPERITY AND BE

  1263. COMFORTABLE WITH POVERTY. I REFUSE TO KNOW HOLINESS AND BE

  1264. COMFORTABLE WITH SIN. I REFUSE TO PREACH REVIVAL AND BE

  1265. COMFORTABLE WITH DEAD RELIGION. HE'S IN THIS ROOM AND HE SAYS TO

  1266. YOU, RISE AND BE HEALED. WOULD YOU LIFT YOUR HANDS ALL OVER

  1267. THIS ROOM? IF I PREACHED TOO LONG, I'M SORRY, BUT I HAD

  1268. SOMETHING ON MY HEART. BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN THESE OLD WELLS

  1269. THAT WE'VE BEEN TAPPING INTO ALL WEEK LONG. 2020, I WAS WATCHING

  1270. BLACK AND WHITE REELS OF ALLEN AND BRANHAM AND COE, HOW GOD

  1271. USED TO MOVE. AND I SAID, OH GOD, I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN

  1272. BORN THEN. I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOR YOU THEN. AND HE

  1273. SPOKE. HE SAID, I DIDN'T NEED YOU THEN. I NEEDED YOU NOW. BACK

  1274. IN THOSE DAYS THE HOSPITALS WOULD BRING THE DERELICT AND THE

  1275. SICK TO THE TENT REVIVALS. THERE WAS HOPE. THERE WAS EXPECTATION.

  1276. I'M LONGING FOR THOSE DAYS WHERE WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE BEING

  1277. SICK, COMFORTABLE BEING BROKE, COMFORTABLE WITH OUR KIDS NOT

  1278. SERVING THE LORD. I STILL BELIEVE IN MIRACLES. KATHRYN

  1279. KUHLMAN WALKED THIS WORLD DECLARING, I BELIEVE IN

  1280. (MUSIC)

  1281. HALLELUJAH! WILLIAM BRANHAM WOULD WALK INTO A

  1282. (MUSIC)

  1283. STOPRIGHT THERE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A

  1284. CUTE LINE TO A SONG. I'VE SEEN A LILY PUSH ITS WAY UP THROUGH THE

  1285. STUBBORN SOIL. I'M SPEAKING TO EVERY MOM AND DAD THAT'S SOWN

  1286. SEEDS INTO A STUBBORN CHILD. YOU JUST BEEN SAYING, WHEN I SEE

  1287. THAT CHILD PUSH ITS WAY UP THROUGH THE STUBBORN SOIL. AND I

  1288. BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, FOR I BELIEVE IN— IF YOU NEED A

  1289. MIRACLE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, IF YOU NEED A LEGIT INTIMATE

  1290. MIRACLE TONIGHT. HE'S HERE TO GIVE YOU YOUR MIRACLE. TO THE

  1291. ONE WATCHING THROUGH THE INTERNET, THROUGH TELEVISION,

  1292. THE SAME ANOINTING THAT'S IN THIS HOUSE IS IN YOUR HOUSE.

  1293. 20-PLUS YEARS AGO, THE LORD TOLD ME THAT ONE THING HE WOULD CALL

  1294. ME TO DO IS TO GO INTO CHURCHES AND REGIONS AND COMMISSION

  1295. MODERN-DAY BETHESDAS. TONIGHT I COMMISSION LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH,

  1296. CHURCH, A MODERN-DAY BETHESDA, NOT TO THE REGION BUT TO THE

  1297. NATION. MAY PEOPLE NOT COME HERE TO STAY SICK. MAY THEY COME TO

  1298. BE HEALED. MAY THEY NOT COME TO BE BROKE, BUT MAY THEY COME TO

  1299. BE PROSPEROUS. MAY THEY COME, AND MAY IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE

  1300. LAND. IF YOU CAN GET TO THAT HOUSE, YOU WILL ENCOUNTER THE

  1301. POWER OF GOD. AND I PRAY THAT SAME ANOINTING OVER ON YOUR

  1302. HOUSE RIGHT NOW. OVER YOU THAT'S WATCHING RIGHT NOW, THE SAME

  1303. ANOINTING THAT'S IN THIS ROOM COME UPON YOU RIGHT NOW. IF YOU

  1304. NEED A MIRACLE, WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THIS ROOM, WOULD YOU STRETCH

  1305. ONE HAND OUT TO GOD AND THEN BY FAITH PULL IT DOWN? I HAVE A

  1306. MENTOR. HE'S BEEN IN MY LIFE SINCE I WAS 17 YEARS OLD. I WISH

  1307. YOU COULD MEET HIM. I WISH YOU COULD HEAR HIM PREACH. HIS NAME

  1308. IS MORTON BUSTARD. BROTHER BUSTARD TAUGHT ME 2 LESSONS WHEN

  1309. I WAS A YOUNG MAN. NUMBER 1, YOU DON'T JAZZ UP JESUS. THAT MEANS

  1310. YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXAGGERATE. HE'S GOOD ENOUGH ON HIS OWN.

  1311. NEVER HAVE TO BOAST HIS NUMBERS. AND NUMBER 2, HE'S A GENTLEMAN.

  1312. HE'LL NEVER EMBARRASS YOU. TO THE COUPLE IN THE ROOM THAT'S

  1313. BEEN WAITING ON THAT BABY. WAITING ON THAT MIRACLE. MIRACLE

  1314. ADOPTION. TOUCH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. MAY YOU

  1315. EXPERIENCE A MIRACLE BABY SHOWER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD OF

  1316. ISRAEL. TO THE MAN ON THAT AREA THERE WITH THE IRREGULAR

  1317. HEARTBEAT, I HEAR THE TICK-TOCK OF A CLOCK. RAISE THAT HAND,

  1318. BROTHER, AND KEEP IT UP. 23 YEARS. WHEN I HEAR THE TICK-TOCK

  1319. OF A CLOCK, I I KNOW THAT GOD'S SETTING YOUR HEARTBEAT FREE IN

  1320. JESUS' NAME. YOU'LL NEVER MISS A BEAT. TOUCH IN JESUS' NAME. MAY

  1321. YOUR HEART BE HEALED THIS VERY, VERY MOMENT. SOMEBODY GIVE GOD

  1322. PRAISE LIKE IT'S YOUR HUSBAND, LIKE IT'S YOUR FATHER, LIKE IT'S

  1323. YOUR UNCLE. I KNOW WE HAVE TO LEAVE. FATHER, UPON THE

  1324. AUTHORITY OF YOUR WORD, THE POWER THAT'S IN YOUR NAME, I

  1325. TAKE AUTHORITY OVER SIN, SICKNESS, AND DISEASE.

  1326. FIBROMYALGIA, I SMELL YOU IN THE ROOM. YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO

  1327. LEAVE THAT BODY AND TAKE EVERY AFTEREFFECT THAT YOU CAUSED THAT

  1328. LADY. COME OUT OF HER KNEES, COME OUT OF HER ELBOWS, COME OUT

  1329. OF HER BONES, COME OUT OF HER BLOOD, COME OUT OF HER SKELETAL

  1330. SYSTEM COMPLETELY. AND WHAT A CHIROPRACTOR COULDN'T FIX, ONE

  1331. TOUCH OF THE HOLY GHOST DOES IT RIGHT NOW. MS, YOU HAVE TO GO IN

  1332. THE NAME OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. APOSTLE SHEETS CALLED UPON THE

  1333. ANGELS OF THE LORD, AND HE SAID THAT THEY'RE HERE MINISTERING

  1334. SPIRITS OF THE LIVING GOD. HOOK UP HOLY GHOST IVS ALL OVER THIS

  1335. ROOM TO EVERYONE THAT NEEDS HEALING IN THEIR BLOOD.

  1336. LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA, EVERY INFECTION OF THE BLOOD, MAY YOU

  1337. RECEIVE A HOLY GHOST BLOOD TRANSFUSION RIGHT NOW FROM

  1338. GOLGOTHA'S SIDE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF JESUS CHRIST. MAY

  1339. YOUR BLOOD BE COMPLETELY HEALED BY THE POWER OF THE RISEN

  1340. SAVIOR. THANK YOU, MINISTERING SPIRITS, FOR WALKING THROUGH THE

  1341. AISLES OF THIS ASSEMBLY AND DEPOSITING HEALING AND MIRACLES

  1342. IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. WE CALL YOU HEALED. WE CALL YOU

  1343. DELIVERED. AND I THANK YOU, ANGELS OF THE LORD. I THANK YOU

  1344. THAT YOU ARE OBEDIENT TO THE WILL OF THE FATHER. GO FETCH THE

  1345. GOLD AND THE SILVER THAT BELONGS TO THE BODY OF CHRIST. GO FETCH

  1346. THE WEALTH OF THE LAND. AND WE DECREE THAT BY THIS TIME NEXT

  1347. YEAR, WE WILL HEAR THE TESTIMONIES OF THE MILLIONS UPON

  1348. MILLIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FLOWING IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. I CALL IT

  1349. DONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. SOMEBODY GIVE HIM PRAISE. GIVE

  1350. HIM PRAISE. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. ONLY BELIEVE AND ONLY

  1351. BELIEVE. ONLY BELIEVE. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. ONLY

  1352. OTH 2026, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PASTOR TONY SUAREZ.