10/11/26 Apostle Mike Keyes

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GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH!

ARE YOU READY TO LIFT UP THE LOUDEST PRAISE?

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M READY TO

REMIND SATAN THAT HE IS DEFEATED.

ARE YOU READY TO RAISE IT UP THIS MORNING?

LET'S GO!

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HOW MANY KNOW, THAT BECAUSE HE IS RISEN-

ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN OVER YOU TO

TRAMPLE OVER SCORPIONS AND TO CRUSH THE HEADS OF SERPENTS? I

BELIEVE WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A DIVINE ENCOUNTER TODAY. IF YOU

WALKED IN BOUND, WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SET FREE. IF YOU

WALKED IN DEPRESSED, YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE WITH JOY. IF YOU

CAME IN WITH LACK, WELL, GET READY FOR ABUNDANCE TO OVERTAKE

YOUR LIFE. ARE YOU READY? WE'RE GOING TO PROPHESY.

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WE'VE BEEN SET FREE.

WE'VE BEEN SET FREE. SO WALK IN VICTORY. I PROPHESY TO

YOU, WALK IN VICTORY. SET FREE. FEAR HAS TO GO. FEAR HAS TO GO.

UNBELIEF HAS TO HAS TO GO. DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS HAS TO GO.

ULCERS HAVE TO GO. PAIN IN YOUR BACK HAS TO GO. I PROPHESY THAT

ANY PAIN THAT YOU ARE FEELING IN YOUR BODY RIGHT NOW, IN THE NAME

OF JESUS, EVERYTHING THAT IS MORTAL, EVERYTHING THAT IS

CARNAL, BE SWALLOWED UP BY THE ETERNAL LIFE OF YESHUA. WE

RELEASE IT NOW IN JESUS' NAME. EVERY KNEE MUST BOW AT THE NAME

ABOVE ALL NAMES. EVERY KNEE MUST BOW AT THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES.

SWEET JESUS, SWEET JESUS.

THERE'S NO BETTER NAME. THERE'S NO BETTER NAME.

HE'S THE ONLY NAME. HE'S THE ONLY NAME.

HE'S THE ONLY NAME, JESUS. HIS NAME IS JESUS.

HIS NAME IS JESUS.

HIS NAME IS JESUS.

BE SET FREE.

COME ON NOW.

AS A PROPHETIC ACT, JUST REACH UP AND TAKE POSSESSION.

OF ALL, OF ALL THE RICHES.

THAT JESUS HAS GIVEN BACK TO YOU.

THAT'S NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN,

NOTHING WRONG EVERYTHING RIGHT.

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HE'S THE GOD OF MIRACLES. LET' PRAISE HIM THIS MORNING.

LET'S GIVE HIM HONOR. WE ADORE YOU,

LORD. YOU'RE THE GOD OF MIRACLES. YOU DO MIRACLES FOR

US. YOU DO MIRACLES. SIGNS, WONDERS, AND MIRACLES WILL

FOLLOW THE BELIEVER, AND WE BELIEVE. WE BELIEVE IN MIRACLES.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT OPERATING IN OUR LIVES SO

THAT WE CAN BE GUIDED AND DIRECTED AND SEE YOUR MIRACLES,

NOT ONLY IN OUR OWN LIVES BUT THOSE THAT WE MINISTER TO, AS

WE'RE ALL CALLED TO BE MINISTERS FOR YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH! JUST

PRAISE HIM TODAY. GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF PRAISE TODAY.

HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU, LORD. JESUS, WE HONOR YOU

TODAY. OH, WE HONOR YOU TODAY, GOD OF MIRACLES. IT'S EVEN A

MIRACLE THAT WE'RE STANDING HERE TODAY. DO YOU REALIZE YOU COULD

HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT BY THE DEVIL, BUT YOU'RE HERE? WE'RE

OVERCOMERS IN JESUS' NAME. HALLELUJAH! YEAH, THANK YOU,

LORD. OH, I WORSHIP YOU TODAY. THANK YOU, LORD. I'VE GOT TWO

THINGS THAT I BELIEVE THE LORD DROPPED IN MY HEART FOR THIS

MORNING, AND THEY BOTH KIND OF TIE TOGETHER. AND I HAD NO IDEA

THAT THE TEAM WOULD BE SINGING THAT EVERY STRONGHOLD MUST BOW

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BUT THIS RELATES BECAUSE I BELIEVE

THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE TODAY AND YOU FELT STOPPED DOWN IN

WHAT YOU ARE CALLED TO ACHIEVE. AND IT MIGHT EVEN— I GUESS I

WOULD DESCRIBE IT THIS WAY. IF YOU'VE EVER WORKED IN A GARDEN

OR OUT IN YOUR YARD AND YOU'VE HAD A GARDEN HOSE AND IT'S BEEN

TWISTED OR GNARLED AND THE FLOW WASN'T GETTING THROUGH.

HE HAD TO STRAIGHTEN THAT THING OUT. GOD WILL STRAIGHTEN OUR

PATHS, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THE BATTLE THAT WE

FACE IS NOT JUST IN THE NATURAL. SOMETIMES WE DO THINGS WRONG IN

THE NATURAL THAT CAN CREATE OUR OWN PROBLEMS, BUT I'M TALKING

ABOUT AS CHRISTIANS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE SUPERNATURAL OPPOSITION

IN THE FORM OF SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES AND IF

THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND YOU SAID, PASTOR DOUG, THAT'S ME— I

MEAN, WE ALL HAVE, EVEN APOSTLE MIKE HAS SOME BATTLES AT TIMES

AND THINGS THAT HE HAS TO FIGHT THROUGH. THAT'S JUST PART OF THE

CHRISTIAN LIFE. BUT IF YOU FELT LIKE THERE'S BEEN A SUPERNATURAL

BATTLE TO KEEP YOU FROM ACHIEVING WHAT GOD'S CALLING YOU

TO DO, AND IT MIGHT BE THROUGH A RELATIONSHIP, IT COULD BE

THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYMENT. MAYBE IT'S A

STRUGGLE YOU'RE HAVING IN YOUR BUSINESS. MAYBE IT'S A FINANCIAL

STRUGGLE. I DON'T KNOW, IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS OR EVEN

MORE. BUT IF THAT'S YOU, I WANT YOU TO RUN UP HERE TODAY BECAUSE

I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BREAK THAT POWER THAT'S HOLDING

YOU BACK. YOU KNOW, JOHN 10:10 TELLS US WHAT THE DEVIL'S

John 10:10

ASSIGNMENT IS. THAT'S TO “STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY.” THAT'S IT.

THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. AND IF HE CAN HOLD YOU BACK FROM

EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH, THAT IS

HIS GREATEST DESIRE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT JESUS HAS AN

ABUNDANT PLAN. HE'S GIVEN US POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER THE

DEVIL. AND PROVERBS 3:6 SAYS, “IN ALL YOUR WAYS SUBMIT TO HIM,

Proverbs 3:6

HE'LL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT.” IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU GOT A

CLOG, YOU GOT A SETBACK, YOU GOT A DETOUR, GOD'S GOING TO MAKE

THOSE THINGS STRAIGHT FOR YOU. USHERS, GIVE ME ONE LINE TODAY

IF YOU COULD. PASTOR KEITH, CAN YOU RUN UP HERE FOR A MINUTE? I

KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE ONLINE TODAY AND YOU'RE RELATING TO WHAT I'M

SAYING. YOU'VE HAD SOME SETBACKS, YOU'VE HAD SOME

DETOURS. DETOURS, AND YOU KNOW IT'S A SPIRITUAL OPPOSITION IN

YOUR LIFE. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE PASTOR KEITH PRAY FOR YOU, AND

I'M GOING TO ASK APOSTLE MIKE AND MY WIFE TO HELP ME, AND

WE'RE GOING TO MINISTER TO EACH ONE OF YOU AND BREAK THAT OVER

YOU IN JESUS' NAME. FATHER GOD, WE REACH OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE

WATCHING, AND WE DECLARE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST WHATEVER

PROBLEM, WHATEVER SITUATION, WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES, WHATEVER

THING THAT IS COMING AGAINST YOU, IN THE NAME OF JESUS OF

NAZARETH, IT IS BROKEN. IN THE NAME OF JESUS OF NAZARETH, IT IS

DISMISSED FROM ITS ASSIGNMENT. IN THE NAME OF JESUS OF

NAZARETH, IT IS LOOSED FROM YOUR LIFE. AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

WE DECLARE THE POWER OF GOD IS PRESENT TO HEAL, RESTORE, BRING

LIFE, BRING WHOLENESS TO YOUR FINANCES, TO YOUR FLESH, TO

EVERY PART OF YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEN AND WOMEN AND PEOPLE

AROUND YOU. THE POWER OF GOD IS PRESENT WITH YOU TO TOUCH EVERY

SITUATION AND EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. AND IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, SETTING YOU FREE TO BE ALL YOU CAN BE IN HIM WHO HAS

WON THE VICTORY. HIS NAME IS JESUS. CALL UPON HIM NOW AND

BELIEVE THAT HIS PRESENCE IS THERE WITH YOU, SETTING YOU

FREE, BREAKING THE YOKES, DESTROYING THE BONDAGES, TEARING

DOWN EVERY STRONGHOLD THAT WOULD TRY TO SET ITSELF AGAINST THE

PLAN OF GOD AND BRINGING YOU INTO THE FULLNESS OF HIS GRACE,

HIS POWER, HIS MIGHT, HIS SUFFICIENCY. THAT IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, IN THAT POWERFUL NAME, YOU WILL WALK IN A VICTORY YOU

HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED BEFORE. YOU WILL WALK IN A LINE OF

ACCOMPLISHING THE WILL OF GOD THAT HAS SEEMED FAR FROM YOU,

AND YOU WILL SEE YOURSELF COMPLETE IN HIM, IN HIM, IN

CHRIST, WHO HAS SAID, I HAVE COME TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE.

AND IN THAT NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES, THE VICTORY THAT WILL BE

ESTABLISHED AND WON FOR YOU WILL BE YOURS AS YOU CLAIM IT RIGHT

NOW AND RECEIVE. BELIEVE, RECEIVE. BELIEVE, RECEIVE. IN

JESUS' NAME, I DECLARE IT, AND IN JESUS' NAME, I SPEAK THE

VICTORY IS YOURS BECAUSE THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S AND HE HAS

SAID, I WILL DO, AND I WILL RELEASE THE POWER OF GRACE INTO

YOUR LIFE EVEN NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS. SAY IT IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, IN THE NAME OF JESUS. CALL UPON

THAT NAME, FOR IN THAT NAME EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, EVERY

TONGUE CONFESS JESUS IS LORD. AMEN. HALLELUJAH. HERE'S THE

SECOND THING. SECOND THING. JANET, I WANT YOU TO COME UP

HERE. HERE'S WHAT I'M FEELING IS THERE'S ALSO BEEN AN ATTACK,

ESPECIALLY ON OUR STATE CAPITALS, WITH SPIRITUAL

WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES. IF YOU'RE FROM LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,

WHICH IS THE STATE CAPITAL OF NEBRASKA, I WANT YOU TO RUN UP

HERE QUICKLY. STAND RIGHT UP HERE IF YOU'RE FROM LINCOLN. IF

THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM MISSOURI, I WANT YOU TO COME UP

HERE QUICKLY, AND YOU'RE GOING TO REPRESENT JEFFERSON

CITY. WES, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE. IS THERE SOMEONE HERE FROM IOWA?

IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE FROM IOWA, I WANT YOU TO RUN UP HERE

NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO STAND IN FOR DES MOINES. IF THERE'S

SOMEONE HERE FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, COME UP HERE AND STAND IN FOR

PIERRE. AND WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE GOD AND MAYBE YOU'RE

FROM ANOTHER STATE. JANET'S GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. IF

THERE'S SOMEONE HERE FROM A STATE THAT MAYBE YOU DRIVE IN

FROM KANSAS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP HERE

AND STAND IN FOR OUR STATE CAPITALS BECAUSE IT IS A CENTER

OF SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS. AND I KNOW EVEN IN NEBRASKA THERE ARE

STRONGHOLDS THERE THAT OUR LINCOLN PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR

TO BELIEVE ARE BROKEN BECAUSE DECISIONS FOR THE ENTIRE STATE

OR WHATEVER STATE YOU'RE LIVING IN ARE MADE IN YOUR STATE

CAPITAL. WE NEED TO LIFT THOSE LEADERS UP AND BELIEVE THAT

THEY'LL BE DELIVERED FROM THE SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS. THEY'LL

RECEIVE CHRIST AND TURN AND START WORKING TO BRING MORALITY

AND GOD'S FAVOR BACK ON OUR STATES. SO JANET, I'M JUST GOING

TO ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR THE ONLINE, AND I'M GOING TO PRAY

AND JUST LAY HANDS ON YOU, BELIEVING THAT WE'RE BEING IN

AGREEMENT TODAY, THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN AGREEMENT FOR YOUR

STATE, AND I WANT TO JOIN WITH YOU IN THAT TODAY. OKAY. OUR

FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. YOU ARE

KING OF KINGS AND YOU ARE LORD OF LORDS. AND FATHER, IN THIS

TIME, FATHER, WE LOOK UP TO YOU. WE RAISE OUR EYES TO YOU, FATHER

GOD, AND WE TO LIFT UP THIS NATION. COME ON, I WANT TO HEAR

A ROAR IN THIS PLACE. I WANT TO HEAR A ROAR ONLINE. YOU HAVE

GIVEN US AUTHORITY FAR ABOVE ALL PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, AND

RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD. WE'RE SEATED ON THE RIGHT

HAND OF CHRIST. THE BLOOD WAS SHED FOR US IN THE UNITED

STATES, IN THE STAND THAT WE TAKE. WE PRAY OVER ALL OF THE

STATES. WE PRAY FROM HAWAII TO MAINE, FROM THE NORTH, THE

SOUTH, AND THE EAST, AND THE WEST, THAT WE ARE COVERED BY THE

BLOOD OF JESUS. EVERY CAPITAL, THE LORD REBUKE YOU IN THE NAME

OF JESUS. WE TAKE DOWN THOSE STRONGHOLDS. WE ARE SO STRONG

WE'RE PRAYING IN UNITY. WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST. WE ARE NOT

OF THIS WORLD. SO I WANT TO HEAR MORE OF A ROAR. THERE'S A LOT OF

PEOPLE IN HERE. WE HAVE THE VICTORY. WE HAVE THE VICTORY. WE

PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS OVER EVERY STATE. WE PLEAD THE BLOOD

OF JESUS OVER EVERY CAPITAL CITY. WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY. WE

STAND. WE STAND IN FAITH. WE STAND FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND

JUSTICE RULING. I'M ASKING YOU, LORD, TODAY TO AWAKEN US TO WHO

WE ARE IN CHRIST. THIS NATION IS GOING UP. WE'RE NOT COMING DOWN.

HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH! NOW FATHER GOD, I JUST SPEAK SHALOM,

SHALOM OVER THE NATION. SHALOM EVERY CAPITAL. FATHER, WE REBUKE

ANY FALSE IDEOLOGIES RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS. IN FACT,

THE LORD REBUKE YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS. HE HAS GIVEN US THAT

AUTHORITY. 2014, WE SPEAK THAT WE WILL WIN THE VICTORY. WE WILL

FULFILL THE PLAN OF GOD, AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT. WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR PEACE, SHALOM. ALL ANARCHY, BE THOU

REMOVED AND CAST INTO THE SEA IN JESUS' NAME. HALLELUJAH. THANK

YOU, JANET. HALLELUJAH. HE'S A GOD OF MIRACLES. SOMETIMES WE

CAN'T SEE IN THE NATURAL HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE

BELIEVE, WE HAVE FAITH, AND WE BELIEVE THE PROPHET. WE BELIEVE

THINGS ARE GOING TO TURN FOR THE GOOD IN THIS NATION. AMEN, AMEN,

AMEN. HALLELUJAH. YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. LET'S DO THIS

THIS MORNING. FIND SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW AND INTRODUCE

YOURSELF AND SAY, IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE

LORD ON A SUNDAY MORNING.

WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHURCH! HOW MANY

OF YOU ARE EXCITED YOU CAME TO GOD'S HOUSE TODAY? OH, WE ARE SO

SO EXCITED TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE. IF THIS IS YOUR

FIRST TIME, I'D ASK YOU TO BOLDLY RAISE YOUR HANDS. USHERS

ARE IN THE AISLES WITH A GUEST BAG JUST FOR YOU. DON'T BE SHY.

GRAB ONE. IN IT IS FULL OF RESOURCES FOR YOU. BUT I WANT TO

HIGHLIGHT THE GUEST PACKET THAT'S INSIDE. IF YOU WERE TO

TAKE THAT OUT, THERE'S A BRIGHT ORANGE CONNECT CARD THAT I'M

GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN TEAR OUT AND FILL OUT AND DROP IN THE

OFFERING BASKET. WE JUST LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, WHERE YOU COME

FROM, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, GET TO KNOW YOU MORE AND SEND

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE,

WHETHER IT BE ROKU OR FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE OR WHEREVER YOU'RE

WATCHING FROM, WE ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT THERE YET, TO

CHECK OUT ONEVOICETV.NET. WE WELCOME YOU TO TODAY'S SERVICE.

AND AT ONE VOICE TV, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY STREAM SERVICES

ONLINE WITH US, BUT YOU WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE SHOWS ON

DEMAND THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AND PUT TOGETHER BY ALLOW THE

HOLY SPIRIT TO BUILD YOU UP DURING THE WEEK. THERE'S ALSO

WORSHIP 24/7. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT ONEVOICETV.NET

WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AWESOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE

AVAILABLE TO YOU. SO THIS MORNING WE'D LIKE TO GIVE ALL OF

OUR GUESTS HERE AND ONLINE A HAND, AND LET'S WELCOME BOB.

THANK YOU, PASTOR MIKE. YOU CAN DO A BETTER HAND THAN THAT.

LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. WELL, THANK YOU, PASTOR MIKE. MY NAME

IS BOB PETTIGREW, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH

PASTORS TO LEAD OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM. AND HOW MANY OF US KNOW

THE WORD OF THE LORD IS TRUE? RIGHT? SO PASTOR HANK

PROPHESIED, THE LORD PROPHESIED THROUGH PASTOR HANK, A CALM

STORM SEASON, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR UNTIL THIS LAST

WEEK. AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED

BY THE GULF STORM, EVERYBODY ON THE GULF COAST AND NORTH OF THAT

THAT'S EXPERIENCING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. OUR PRAYERS TO ME

WERE ENCAPSULATED THIS MORNING IN OUR PRAISE AND WORSHIP. IN

OUR PRAISE AND WORSHIP, WE DECLARED CYCLES WILL BE BROKEN.

AND WE ALSO PRAYED AND DECLARED MIRACLES. SO YOU FOLKS THAT ARE

IN NEED OF A MIRACLE, WE ARE STANDING WITH YOU IN PURE FAITH

THAT GOD WILL COME THROUGH IN YOUR TIME OF NEED. WHAT I WANT

TO DO IS I WANT TO TRANSITION NOW TO OUR LOCAL AREA. THIS LAST

WEEK, IF YOU'RE IN THIS LOCAL AREA, YOU GOT TO EXPERIENCE SOME

HISTORIC RAINS. WE HAD ABOUT 8.25 INCHES OF RAIN, MAYBE A

LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE HEAVIEST AREAS. AND WHAT OUR OUTREACH

PROGRAM IS GOING TO DO THIS WEEK— AND I'VE GOT A CALL TO

ACTION FOR ANYBODY THAT'S IN THIS ROOM, OR IF YOU'RE ONLINE

AND YOU'RE WATCHING, YOU'RE FROM THE OMAHA AREA, THIS DOES NOT

PERTAIN TO ANYBODY OUTSIDE THE OMAHA AREA. IF YOU'RE FROM THIS

AREA, WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO VISIT AN INFORMATION CENTER

AFTER SERVICE. AND I TALK WITH LIKE MY LEFT HAND. DID YOU

NOTICE THAT? IT'S KIND OF WEIRD. WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO VISIT

AN INFORMATION CENTER AFTER SERVICE BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO

REACH OUT AND HELP. AND HERE'S THE CHALLENGE IS WE DON'T KNOW

WHAT THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IS FOR WHAT THE REAL NEED IS. WE

KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME STAFF MEMBERS HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH THAT WERE INUNDATED WITH WATER. THEY HAD WATER COME IN

THROUGH THEIR BASEMENT, THEY HAD WATER COME IN THROUGH THEIR

ROOF, AND OUR HEART GOES OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN HERE

THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED BY THAT. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE

WANT TO TAKE WHAT THE LORD'S BLESSED US WITH IN FINANCES, AND

WE WANT TO IN TURN BLESS YOU, OUR LOCAL CHURCH FAMILY

COMMUNITY, IN THE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP. SO PLEASE, IF THAT'S

YOU, IF YOU WERE IMPACTED BY STORMS. I WON'T ASK FOR A SHOW

OF HANDS. IT COULD HAVE BEEN WATER THAT CAME IN FROM THE

GROUND, FROM YOUR ROOF. IF IT'S A FLOOD, WE KNOW THAT'S

OFTENTIMES NOT COVERED BY REGULAR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.

I'M NOT 100% SURE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO UNTIL WE

ASSESS WHAT ALL THE DAMAGE IS, BUT IF YOU WERE IMPACTED, I'M

GOING TO ASK YOU TO VISIT IMMEDIATELY AFTER SERVICE, GO

VISIT AN INFORMATION CENTER AND FILL OUT A BRIEF FORM. WE'RE

GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR CONTACT INFO AND JUST A SHORT

NARRATIVE OF HOW WE CAN HELP. AND THEN THIS WEEK I WILL

PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO YOU AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEED

IS. AND I'LL REPORT ALL THAT BACK TO PASTOR BRENDA AND PASTOR

HANK AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO FROM THERE. BUT

PASTORS, WE'RE REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT'S VERY

IMPORTANT TO PASTORS THAT WE LIFT UP OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST

IN WHAT WE DO INSIDE THE FOUR WALLS, BUT HOW WE CAN HELP YOU

OUTSIDE THE FOUR WALLS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. MY

LEFT HAND THANKS YOU TOO. THAT'S JUST KIND OF WAVING ALL OVER THE

PLACE. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE PASTOR MARK. HE'S GOING TO COME

UP AND DO OUR OFFERING MESSAGE. GLORY TO GOD. IT WORKS BETTER

THE SECOND TIME. WHEN YOU TURN IT ON, IT'LL WORK. PRAISE JESUS.

THANK YOU, BOB, FOR THAT. THAT WAS A THAT'S A WONDERFUL CAUSE,

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO

THAT. AND PLEASE DO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, FOLKS. I'M

GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN HERE REAL QUICK SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR

ESTEEMED GUEST SPEAKER, APOSTLE KEYS, UP ON THE PLATFORM SOONER

RATHER THAN LATER. BUT IF THEY WILL PUT UP TODAY'S SCRIPTURE

THAT I WANT TO GIVE TO YOU FOR THE OFFERING, IT'S GOING TO BE

MATTHEW 6:24, AND I WANT TO LOOK AT VERSES 24 ALL THE WAY

Matthew 6:24

DOWN TO 33, AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS FROM THE NLT, AND IT

GOES LIKE THIS: NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS, FOR EITHER HE WILL

HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR ELSE HE WILL HOLD TO THE ONE

AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS. YOU

CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MAMMON. NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO

MASTERS. OKAY, HERE WE GO. LET'S TRY IT AGAIN. WE'RE MISSING IT.

ALL RIGHT, NLT. THAT IS WHY I TELL YOU NOT TO WORRY ABOUT

EVERYDAY LIFE, WHETHER YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD OR DRINK OR ENOUGH

CLOTHES TO WEAR. ISN'T LIFE MORE THAN FOOD? WE'RE NOT LINED UP

HERE. AND YOUR BODY MORE THAN CLOTHING? LOOK AT THE BIRDS.

THEY DON'T PLANT OR HARVEST OR STORE FOOD IN BARNS, FOR YOUR

HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. AND AREN'T YOU FAR MORE VALUABLE TO

HIM THAN THEY ARE? CAN ALL YOUR WORRIES ADD A SINGLE MOMENT TO

YOUR LIFE? 'AND WHY WORRY ABOUT YOUR CLOTHING? LOOK AT THE

LILIES OF THE FIELD AND HOW THEY GROW. THEY DON'T WORK OR MAKE

THEIR CLOTHING, YET SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT DRESSED AS

BEAUTIFULLY AS THEY ARE. AND IF GOD CARES SO WONDERFULLY FOR

WILDFLOWERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND THROWN INTO THE FIRE

TOMORROW, HE WILL CERTAINLY CARE FOR YOU. WHY DO YOU HAVE SO

LITTLE FAITH. SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THESE THINGS,

SAYING, WHAT WILL WE EAT? WHAT WILL WE DRINK? WHAT WILL WE

WEAR? THESE THINGS DOMINATE THE THOUGHTS OF UNBELIEVERS, BUT

YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER ALREADY KNOWS ALL YOUR NEEDS. OKAY, SO

LET'S JUMP BACK UP TO THE TOP FOR A MOMENT, VERSE 24, AND TALK

ABOUT THE MONEY THING. WE GOT TO FIX THE MONEY THING, AS

THEY SAY. NO, MONEY IS NOT THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, AS THEY

COMMONLY SAY IN THE WORLD. IT'S THE LOVE OF MONEY, OR THE

DEVOTION TO IT, THAT LEADS US AWAY FROM THE FAITH. MONEY IN

AND OF ITSELF, OF COURSE, IS NOT EVIL. THERE'S NOTHING INHERENTLY

WICKED ABOUT IT. IN FACT, IT CAN BE A VERY USEFUL TOOL, RIGHT?

REALLY, IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, YOU CAN'T DO MUCH OF

ANYTHING WITHOUT MONEY, CAN YOU? I MEAN, WE NEED IT. THE CHURCH

NEEDS IT TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. I MEAN, WITHOUT IT, WE CAN'T TURN

ON THE LIGHTS. WE CAN'T TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONING. OF COURSE,

THAT'S A BIG ONE HERE WITH TEMPERATURES IN OMAHA REACHING

RECORD HIGHS THIS WEEKEND. WE NEED THE AC. THAT'S ESSENTIAL.

THAT'S RIGHT. WITHOUT MONEY, WE CAN'T STAFF THE FACILITIES. NO

MAINTENANCE, NO SECURITY. WE CAN'T OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE

CAN'T OPEN THE BUILDING FOR OUR CONGREGATION TO COME IN. WE

CAN'T OBTAIN THE MEDIA EQUIPMENT THAT IT TAKES TO STREAM OUR

SERVICES OUT TO YOU THERE ONLINE. WE CAN'T PAY FOR THE

SNOW REMOVAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED HERE SOON. WINTER'S

COMING, MUCH TO MY DISMAY. WE NEED MONEY TO FINANCE EVERYTHING

WE DO IN THE MINISTRY. WE NEED MONEY TO REACH OUTSIDE OUR FOUR

WALLS AND BRING OTHERS TO CHRIST. AND AFTER ALL, THAT IS

THE CORE PURPOSE FOR ALL THAT WE DO ANYWAY. LIKE HE SAYS, AND

JESUS TELLS US IN MARK 16:15, GO INTO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND

Mark 16:15

PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL CREATION. AND IT TAKES MONEY TO

DO THAT, RIGHT? SO, MONEY IS NOT EVIL. IT'S THE LOVE OF THE MONEY

THAT TENDS TO LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION AND POTENTIAL

WRONGDOING. IT'S THAT MATERIALISM THAT ENSLAVES US IN

THE WORLD SYSTEM OF MAMMON, THE ALL-CONSUMING GREEDY PURSUIT OF

RICHES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OURSELVES AND OUR

OWN RESOURCES. THAT CAN LURE US AWAY FROM OUR DEPENDENCE ON THE

LORD AND INTERFERE WITH OUR DECISION-MAKING AND OUR SERVICE

TO HIM. 1 JOHN 2:16 REFERS TO IT AS THE LUST OF THE EYES AND THE

1 John 2:16

PRIDE OF LIFE. IT GIVES US A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND

STABILITY, THINKING WE DON'T HAVE TO TRUST GOD. IT'S NOT

ROOTED IN FEAR, BUT IN— I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT ROOTED IN FAITH,

I SHOULD SAY. IT'S ROOTED IN FEAR. IT'S NOT AN INDICATOR OF

BELIEF, BUT OF UNBELIEF. IT'S NOT ESTABLISHED IN

RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT STANDS CONTRARY TO UPRIGHTNESS AND IN

DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE WAY THE KINGDOM OF GOD OPERATES. SO, FOR

EXAMPLE, IN THE KINGDOM, LUKE THE BIBLE TELLS US TO GIVE AND

IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU, GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN

TOGETHER, RUNNING OVER, BE PUT INTO YOUR BOSOM. FOR WITH THE

SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU. I

LIKE THIS IN THE NLT. IT SAYS, GIVE AND YOU WILL RECEIVE. YOUR

GIFT WILL RETURN TO YOU IN FULL, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER TO

MAKE ROOM FOR MORE, OVER AND POURED INTO YOUR LAP. THE AMOUNT

YOU GIVE WILL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT YOU GET BACK. WELL,

THAT'S AMAZING. I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT'S THE KIND OF

RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. AND IF YOU WERE

HERE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, OR IF YOU TUNED IN ONLINE AND JOINED

US, YOU KNOW THAT I SHARED A NUMBER OF TESTIMONIES THAT WERE

RELATED TO MIRACLES, HEALINGS, DIVINE PROTECTION, FINANCIAL

BLESSINGS, AND SO FORTH. AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE HAD TO

TRUST GOD FOR THOSE THINGS. AND LIKEWISE, WE HAD TO TRUST GOD

FOR OUR GIVING. WE HAD TO PUT OUR FAITH ON IT. INSTEAD OF

HARBORING A SCARCITY MENTALITY, INSTEAD OF ALWAYS LOOKING FOR

WHAT WE COULD GET FROM OTHERS, INSTEAD OF SHRINKING BACK IN

FEAR WHEN TIMES GOT TOUGH, WE HAD TO OPERATE ACCORDING TO THE

HEARD, HAD TO EXPERIENCE THE KINGDOM WAY, WE HAVE GIVEN AND

SEEN IT GIVEN BACK TO US MULTIPLIED. AND LET ME JUST SAY,

WE'VE FACED SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES IN OUR LIVES. I MEAN,

WE'VE BEEN ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE STREET MORE THAN ONCE. YOU

MAY HAVE HEARD ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BEFORE. I ONCE

HAD TO BUY DINNER FOR A FAMILY OF 3 FOR $1.67 AND THEN WATCH

JESUS MULTIPLY OUR FISH AND OUR LOAVES. BUT HE'S NEVER FAILED

US. HE'S NEVER LET THE WATER OVERTAKE US. WHATEVER WE HAVE

GIVEN, HE'S PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE NEEDED. WHATEVER

WE'VE GIVEN, WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN MULTIPLIED BACK TO US IN GREAT

MEASURE. AND GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. WHAT HE'S DONE FOR

US, HE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO DO FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE AND

ONLINE. BUT THAT DOESN'T COME THROUGH THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.

IT DOESN'T COME THROUGH FEAR AND UNBELIEF. IT COMES BY FAITH, BY

SEEKING FIRST HIS KINGDOM. AND AS HE SAYS, THEN ALL WILL BE

ADDED TO YOU. SO AS YOU GIVE TODAY, TALK TO GOD ABOUT WHAT

YOU NEED ADDED IN YOUR LIFE. AND IF WE'RE READY TO GIVE, IF THEY

CAN PUT THE OFFERING INFORMATION ON THE SCREENS. IF YOU'RE HERE

AND YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE. THE USHERS WILL BE IN THE AISLES

WITH THOSE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAIL IN YOUR OFFERING, IT'S UP

HERE ON THE SCREEN: P.O. BOX 391157, OMAHA, NE 68139-1157. WE

TEXT TO GIVE, ONE OF MY FAVORITES. TEXT “LORDOFHOSTS” TO

833-309-5698. YOU CAN ALSO SCAN THE QR CODE, GO TO THE WEBSITE,

LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT A MOBILE APP. AND AS

BOB WAS MENTIONING A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE'D LIKE REALLY FOR YOU TO

CONSIDER STRONGLY TODAY OUR DISASTER RELIEF FUND AS AN

OPTION FOR YOUR GIVING. AND THAT DROPDOWN MENU IS NOW LIVE ON

YOUR PHONES IF YOU GO TO TEXT TO GIVE, AND ALSO ON THE WEBSITE,

LOHCHURCH.ORG. AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD PERSONALLY TO

WHAT A GREAT IMPACT WE CAN HAVE ON THE— FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT

HERE LOCALLY, AND ALSO HEAR THE WONDERFUL TESTIMONIES THAT I

THINK ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS IN JESUS' NAME. OKAY, SO IF

EVERYONE IS READY— ARE WE READY? LET'S HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES,

HOLD UP OUR DEVICES. AND WE'LL PRAY OVER THE OFFERING. FATHER,

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE DECLARE THAT AS WE GIVE GENEROUSLY, WE

WILL RECEIVE IN LIKE MEASURE ABUNDANTLY. WE WILL NOT BE

ENSLAVED BY MONEY, BUT RATHER WE WILL SERVE YOU, LORD, IN THE

WAYS OF THE KINGDOM AND SEEK YOU FIRST IN ALL THINGS. WE WILL NOT

BE IN FEAR OR UNBELIEF, NOR WILL WE BE IN PRIDE, BUT RATHER WE

WILL BE IN FAITH AND TRUST YOU FULLY FOR EVERY ONE OUR NEEDS,

LARGE OR SMALL. AND FATHER, I ASK YOU THAT YOU BLESS EVERY

GIFT AND EVERY GIVER HERE AND ONLINE AS THEY HONOR YOU WITH

THEIR OFFERINGS TODAY. MULTIPLY EVERY SEED SOWN, OPEN THE

WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, AND SHOWER THEM WITH GREAT BLESSINGS. IN

JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN. AND NOW LET'S SAY THE DECREE. SAY

THIS WITH ME: WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND OF LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE

DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE TO

EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE SAY

THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED, FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING

THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW.

LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU,

LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP

MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE

PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN

WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE

DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. GIVE A GREAT SHOUT

TO GOD. GLORY TO HIM. HALLELUJAH. AS PASTOR DOUG

RETURNS TO THE PULPIT. AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR MARC.

HALLELUJAH. IT'S A JOY TO GIVE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GIVE

SOMETHING ON THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND. WHATEVER YOU CAN TUCK AWAY

IN THERE, EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT DONE NOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO

IT LATER TODAY, THAT WOULD HELP US. THOSE WATCHING ONLINE, IF

YOU CAN HELP US A LITTLE BIT, WE WANT TO HELP OUR LOCAL PEOPLE

WHO ARE SO FAITHFULLY TO RECOVER QUICKLY FROM THAT. SO

THANK YOU FOR THAT. WELL, IT'S MY HONOR TODAY TO HAVE APOSTLE

MIKE KEYES IN THE HOUSE. WE WERE VISITING LAST NIGHT WITH HIM,

AND WE'VE HAD CONNECTION WITH HIS MINISTRY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

AND IT'S LIKE, PASTOR KEITH, YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST 30

YEARS CAN GO. AND SOME OF THOSE CONNECTIONS IS LIKE, MAN, IT'S,

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE SHOULD ONLY BE 10 YEARS, AND IT'S 30

YEARS. SO, BUT WE'RE ALL BELIEVING FOR LONG LIFE. AMEN.

AND SO MAYBE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER 30 YEARS OF CONNECTION, PASTOR

MIKE. WE'RE BELIEVING. HALLELUJAH. WELL, SOME OF YOU

KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE WAS OUR FIRST GUEST SPEAKER AT LORD OF

HOSTS. SO IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, YOU'RE— HE'S NO

STRANGER TO THE HOUSE. BUT SOME OF YOU I KNOW ARE NEWER, AND I

JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO TALK ABOUT I TOLD HIM LAST NIGHT

AT DINNER, I SAID HE SHOULD WRITE A BIOGRAPHY OF ALL THE

THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING. AFTER HE HAD A

VERY HIGH-LEVEL CORPORATE POSITION, THE LORD CALLED HIM TO

GO TO RHEMA BIBLE TRAINING CENTER, AND HE WAS EXPLAINING

THAT WAS THE DAY WHEN BROTHER KENNETH HAGIN SR. ACTUALLY SPOKE

TO EVERY CLASS EVERY DAY, OR WAS AT THEIR SPEAKING TO THE CLASSES

EVERY DAY, AND THEY HAD 1,700 STUDENTS THERE WHEN HE WAS

THERE. AMAZING. OF COURSE, NOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND

IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT HE'S BEEN UNDER SOME OF THE BEST. SOME OF

THE GENERALS TAUGHT THERE, AND THE STORIES HE COULD TELL. BUT

THEN THE LORD CALLED HIM TO THE PHILIPPINES. HE HAD ENOUGH MONEY

TO BUY A ONE-WAY TICKET FOR $750, AND I THINK HE TOLD US HE

HAD $20 LEFT OVER, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY TO GO BACK.

HE JUST KNEW THAT THE LORD CALLED HIM TO THE PHILIPPINES.

WHAT A STORY! AND YOU KNOW, LIKE, IN A MATTER OF TIME AND

HARD WORK EVANGELIZING AND CRUSADES, HE NOW OVERSEES 300

CHURCHES AND PROBABLY OVER 400 FILIPINO PASTORS. SO, AND THEN

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO OUR AGE, APOSTLE YOU KNOW, IN

YOUR 60S OR MAYBE IN YOUR CASE EVEN IN THE 70S AND YOU THINK,

OH, YOU'RE MAYBE GOING TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. ABOUT 2 YEARS

AGO HE TOOK OVER THE SENIOR PASTOR POSITION OF A THRIVING

CHURCH IN TUCSON, ARIZONA WHERE HE BASES OUT OF. SO HE NOT ONLY

IS DOING THIS WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES BUT NOW HE'S

PASTORING A CHURCH AND IT'S LIKE THE LORD'S JUST GIVEN HIM GRACE

TO DO IT ALL. HE CAN DO EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S WONDERFUL.

SO APOSTLE MIKE, COME ON UP. GOD BLESS YOU. WE LOVE YOU, AND IT'S

AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU IN THE HOUSE TODAY. AMEN. THANK YOU,

PASTOR DOUG. BLESS YOU. BLESS YOU. AMEN. WELL, GIVE GOD THE

GLORY. THANK YOU, FATHER. LET'S GIVE IT ALL TO HIM. GIVE HIM THE

GLORY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR SERVICE. WE THANK YOU, LORD

GOD, FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA TO DO THIS

ANYTIME THAT WE WANT. THANK YOU, LORD, THAT SO MANY OF OUR

BROTHERS AND SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE SUCH FREEDOMS.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS. WE DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. AND WE

APPROACH YOUR WORD THIS MORNING WITH REVERENCE AND RESPECT. WE

THANK YOU THAT THIS WORD IS A LIVING THING. IT IS SHARPER THAN

ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD. IT PIERCES TO THE DIVISION OF SOUL AND

SPIRIT, JOINTS AND MARROW, AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHT

AND INTENT OF OUR HEART. SO WE THANK YOU TODAY. WE WILL SEE

THINGS WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE. WE WILL UNDERSTAND THINGS THAT

WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND BEFORE. WE WILL LEAVE THE SERVICE STRONGER

THAN WHEN WE CAME IN HERE AND BETTER EQUIPPED TO REPRESENT YOU

WITH EXCELLENCE IN THESE LAST DAYS, THE LAST OF THE LAST DAYS.

SO WE GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY IN ADVANCE, LORD. WE

ARE WHAT WE ARE BY THE GRACE OF GOD. SO WE THANK YOU FOR

ENABLING US AND EMPOWERING US TODAY AND FOR THE

REST OF OUR LIVES UNTIL YOU RETURN. IN JESUS' NAME,

EVERYBODY THAT AGREES WITH THIS PRAYER SAID TOGETHER, AMEN. ALL

RIGHT, BACK UP AND PARK. PRAISE THE LORD. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO

SAY, YOU KNOW, TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT PASTOR DOUG MENTIONED A

MOMENT AGO, I WAS HONORED TO BE THE FIRST GUEST SPEAKER IN THIS

CHURCH WHEN IT FIRST BEGAN MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT IS JUST A

BLESSING FOR ME TO EVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO COME BACK AND SPEND

TIME WITH YOU AND TO BREAK BREAD WITH YOU AROUND THE WORD OF GOD.

SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE TOO, BECAUSE

THE POWER OF THE LORD IS PRESENT TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE,

ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND INTERNET LAND,

WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, GOD KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WE'RE GOING

TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS TODAY FROM THE WORD OF GOD. BEFORE I

DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND I WANT TO SAY

PUBLICLY THAT I LOVE AND RESPECT YOUR PASTORS, HANK AND BRENDA

KUNNEMAN. I LOVE AND RESPECT THEM. IF THEY'RE WATCHING,

THAT'S FINE. IF NOT, THEY'RE TAKING A BREAK. I UNDERSTAND

THAT PART. I ADMIRE THEM, AND YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN

THE PRESSURE TO COMPROMISE THINGS YOU SAY BY THE SPIRIT OF

GOD, JUST BECAUSE THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING AS QUICKLY AS OTHERS

MIGHT THINK THAT THEY SHOULD, THE PRESSURE IS GREAT TO

COMPROMISE. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT. TRUST ME, I'VE BEEN

AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO SEE IT. I'VE BEEN SERVING THE LORD FOR

48 YEARS. I'VE BEEN IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY FOR 46 YEARS. I'VE SEEN

THEM COME AND I'VE SEEN THEM GO, BUT I REALLY RESPECT YOUR

PASTORS BECAUSE THEY PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN, STAND UPON THE WORD

OF GOD, AND THEY WILL NOT, WILL NOT DEVIATE FROM WHAT GOD TELLS

THEM AND SHARES WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. SO I JUST

WANTED TO SAY THAT UP FRONT. I REALLY THANK GOD FOR THIS COUPLE

AND FOR THE FRIENDSHIP THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THESE PAST

30-PLUS YEARS. SHOULD JESUS TARRY, ANOTHER 10, 15, WHO

KNOWS? BUT WE NEED TO BE READY EACH AND EVERY DAY. PRAISE THE

LORD. I'D LIKE TO SHARE GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND GIVE A LOVE AND A

WARM GREETING TO MY CHURCH IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, AND TO MY

LOVELY WIFE. PRAISE JESUS. SHE'S NOT WITH ME, BUT SHE'S WATCHING.

AND OF COURSE, OUR 275 TO 300 CHURCHES THAT ARE OVERSEAS, THEY

WATCH THESE THINGS. AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME AROUND

THE WORD OF GOD TODAY. AMEN. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU

HAVE YOUR BIBLES OR YOUR BIBLE DEVICE, YOUR APPS, WHATEVER

YOU'RE CHOOSING TO USE, OR YOU CAN FOLLOW UP ON THE SCREEN AS

THEY PUT UP THE VERSES. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THESE END TIMES, WHAT I CALL

THE MATURE MINDSET. YOUR MIND IS THE KEY. IT IS THE PIVOTAL PART

OF OUR BEING. WE ARE SPIRITS, WE POSSESS SOULS, WE LIVE IN

BODIES. AND BASICALLY IT'S ALWAYS MAJORITY RULES, 2 AGAINST

1. SPIRIT MAN IS DOMINATING AND CONTROLLING, IT'S BECAUSE YOUR

SOUL IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE. YOUR MIND IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE. YOUR

MIND IS RENEWED TO THE WORD. SO IT'S YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR SOUL

THAT KEEPS YOUR BODY UNDER CONTROL. IF YOUR SOUL IS NOT

RENEWED TO THE WORD OF GOD, THEN IT'S 2 AGAINST 1, AND YOUR

DEAD-TO-SIN FLESH WILL CONTROL YOUR BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT, AND

YOU'LL BE WHAT THE CORINTHIANS ARE CALLED, CARNAL CHRISTIANS.

ALL RIGHT, WE DON'T NEED CARNAL CHRISTIANS. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO

KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THEY KNOW HOW TO USE THE WEAPONS THEY'VE BEEN

GIVEN. THEY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE THE ENEMY ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND

TAKE TERRITORY FOR GOD AND NOT APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WE DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT WE'RE SAYING. SOMEONE SAY AMEN.

IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MATURE MINDSET,

AND THE BIBLE TELLS US PLAINLY WHAT THAT IS AND HOW TO GET IT

AND HOW TO PROTECT IT SO THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN RUN YOUR RACE

AND FINISH THE RACE. SOMEONE SAY FINISH. GOD'S NOT IMPRESSED WHEN

PEOPLE START RUNNING HIS RACE. THAT TAKES NO INTELLIGENCE. I

MEAN, CHOOSE HEAVEN OVER HELL, DUH, I THINK SO. NOTHING SMART

ABOUT THAT PART. BUT FINISHING THE RACE, THAT'S SOMETHING

DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER. A LOT OF EMPTY CHAIRS IN CHURCHES WHERE

PEOPLE USED TO SIT AND BE ALL ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. BUT IF YOU GO

TO CHURCHES OVER TIME, YOU'LL SEE THEM GO FROM THE

FRONT ROW TO THE 4TH ROW TO THE 5TH ROW TO THE 9TH ROW AND OUT

THE DOOR THEY GO, OVER THE COURSE OF 10, 15, 20 YEARS. AND

I INTEND TO FINISH RUNNING MY RACE, AND I INTEND TO HEAR GOD

SAY, WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. AMEN. AND I'M

SURE YOU DO TOO. AMEN. NOT JUST, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

WHERE'D YOU DISAPPEAR TO? WELL, IT'S JUST SO HARD. I TELL

PEOPLE, MY PASTORS, WHEN I COUNSEL WITH THEM. OUR

COUNSELING SESSIONS ARE RATHER BRIEF. THEY COME IN MOANING AND

GROANING ABOUT DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES AND HOW DIFFICULT IT

IS, AND I SAY, WELL, I CAN PRAY WITH YOU. LET'S AGREE. OKAY,

LET'S AGREE. TAKE MY HAND. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY THAT

THIS PASTOR DIES AND GOES HOME TO HEAVEN. AND THEY LOOK AT YOU

FUNNY. IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT'D YOU EXPECT? OKAY, IF WE TALKED

ABOUT IT EARLIER, AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE GOING YOU'RE

GOING TO GET SHOT AT. AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET

HIT AND YOU'RE GOING TO BLEED AND YOU'RE GOING TO WOUND FROM

TIME TO TIME. YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PICK UP YOUR WEAPONS, PUT

THE HELMET BACK ON YOUR HEAD, PICK UP YOUR SWORD, PICK UP YOUR

RIFLE, AND REENGAGE THE ENEMY. AND IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THEN

GO HOME, GET OFF OUR BACK. WE'RE TIRED OF CARRYING YOU AROUND FOR

A WHILE. GO ON TO HOME, BE WITH JESUS, BE WITH THE ANGELS, BE

WITH YOUR RELATIVES, AND GET OUT OF THE WAY. IN LOVE, IN LOVE, OF

COURSE. THANK YOU, JESUS. ALL RIGHT, SO LOOK WITH ME AT, UH,

LET'S SEE, WHERE DO— SO MANY VERSES. WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHERE

THE HOLY SPIRIT TAKES US. LOOK AT, UM, 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 2.

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2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER NUMBER 2 AND VERSE NUMBER 11. WE'LL START

WITH THIS. ACTUALLY, VERSE 10, WE'LL BACK UP TO VERSE 10.

SORRY, GUYS. 10TH VERSE, I'M ALWAYS READING FROM THE NEW KING

JAMES UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS,

"NOW WHOM YOU FORGIVE ANYTHING, I ALSO FORGIVE. FOR IF INDEED I

HAVE FORGIVEN ANYTHING, I HAVE FORGIVEN THAT ONE FOR YOUR SAKES

IN THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST." SO THE CONTEXT IS FORGIVENESS HERE.

THEN HE SAYS IN VERSE 11, "LEST SATAN SHOULD TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF US, FOR WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF HIS DEVICES. IF YOUR

MIND IS GOING TO BE RENEWED TO THE WORD, YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE

OF AND COGNIZANT OF HIS DEVICES. NOTICE DEVICES IS PLURAL. DON'T

BE IGNORANT OF THE DEVIL'S DEVICES. YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW

HE'S COMING AT YOU, HOW HE DOES END AROUNDS, HOW HE USES OTHER

PEOPLE TO NEUTRALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL AND CHRIST. AND IF

EVER THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE NEEDED TO HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK

FOR JESUS, IT IS NOW. ALL RIGHT, WE DON'T NEED BODIES IN CHAIRS,

JUST SUNDAY MORNING BELIEVERS. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND

THE WARFARE THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH. YOU AND I WERE BORN INTO A

WORLD AT WAR. WE HAVE ENEMIES AND THEY HATE US, AND YOU KNOW

YOU NEED TO LEARN TO HATE THEM IN RETURN. SOMEONE SAY

AMEN. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME GOOD OLD SPIRITUAL HATE

CONFERENCES. I'M NOT KIDDING, MAN. WE NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW

TO HATE SATAN, HOW TO HATE SIN. YOU'LL NEVER LIVE FREE FROM SIN

UNTIL YOU LEARN TO HATE IT, AND YOU'LL NEVER LIVE FREE FROM THE

DEVIL AND HIS DEVICES UNTIL YOU LEARN TO HATE HIM. AND I TELL

HIM, I HATE YOUR GUTS, AND I'M COMING AFTER YOU. I'M REMINDED,

YOU KNOW, OF A STORY WHEN I WAS A STUDENT. PASTOR DOUG WAS

TALKING ABOUT MY DAYS AT RHEMA. I LIVED IN THIS LITTLE

EFFICIENCY APARTMENT, YOU KNOW. EVERY TIME I'M BACK THERE FOR

MEETINGS AND THINGS, I ALWAYS DRIVE BY THIS LITTLE, YOU KNOW,

APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT WAS A DUMP. IT STILL IS, BUT IT'S

STILL THERE, YOU KNOW. AND I HAD THIS LITTLE APARTMENT, 7A,

EFFICIENCY APARTMENT. I LIVED THERE WHILE I WAS AT RHEMA AS A

STUDENT. I LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS, 11 MONTHS LIKE THAT

BEFORE I WENT OVER TO THE PHILIPPINES. AND IT WAS A

2-STORY STRUCTURE. WE HAD APARTMENTS ON LEVEL A AND LEVEL

B, AND I WAS IN 7A. AND ABOVE ME IN APARTMENT 7B WAS AN ELDERLY

COUPLE, AND I SAW THEM ON AND OFF GOING IN AND OUT FROM THE

FACILITY, FROM THE APARTMENTS, GOING TO CLASS AND COMING BACK

AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I KNEW THAT THEY WERE THERE. I NEVER

MET THEM, NEVER TALK TO THEM, OKAY? AND THE PARKING LOT WAS

SUCH THAT YOU'D PARK YOUR CAR AND YOU'D GO THROUGH AN ENCLOSED

BREEZEWAY, LIKE A TUNNEL, INTO A COURTYARD AREA WHERE IT WAS A

U-SHAPED BUILDING. AND SO YOU'D GO IN THROUGH THIS LITTLE

BREEZEWAY AND THEN YOU'D GO TO YOUR APARTMENT, WHEREVER THAT

MAY BE. AND SO 2 WEEKS BEFORE I WAS TO LEAVE FOR THE PHILIPPINES

FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 1980, I'M PARKING MY

CAR AND I'M COMING INTO MY APARTMENT AND THIS COUPLE FROM

7B IS COMING OUT TO GET INTO THEIR CAR AND WE MEET IN THE

BREEZEWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR LIKE 9,

10 MONTHS AND THEY KNOW ME, I WOULD ASSUME, AND I KNOW WHO

THEY ARE, BUT I'VE NEVER TALKED TO THEM. SO WE MEET IN THE

BREEZEWAY AND WE SHAKE HANDS, A LITTLE PLEASANTRIES BACK AND

FORTH, AND I START TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND THE LADY, SO SWEET,

SHE CUTS ME OFF, 'OH, YOU'RE THE YOUNG PREACHER, AREN'T YOU?'

I SAID, 'YEAH, WELL, OKAY, YES.' 'HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? WE'VE

NEVER TALKED. HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M A PREACHER?' SHE SAYS TO ME

IN REPLY, 'OH, YOUNG MAN, WE LISTEN TO YOUR SERMONS THROUGH

THE FLOOR.' I SAID, 'WHAT?' SHE SAID, 'WE LISTEN TO YOUR SERMONS

THROUGH THE FLOOR. YOU SHOUT SO GO LIVE, WE JUST SIT UP THERE

AND TAKE NOTES. WE DON'T EVEN BOTHER GOING TO CHURCH. YOU

KNOW, LITTLE— YOU KNOW, LITTLE DID I KNOW I GOT 300 CHURCHES

NOW, BUT I BEGAN WITH A CONGREGATION OF 2. PRAISE THE

LORD. DON'T DESPISE THE DAY OF SMALL BEGINNINGS, I SAY. PRAISE

THE LORD. BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, I'D GO BACK FROM CLASS, I'D BE

ALL TURNED ON TO JESUS. I'D TAKE CHAIRS AND THROW THEM AGAINST

THE WALL, RIP ALL THE MAGNETS OFF THE REFRIGERATOR, TURN THE

TABLES UPSIDE DOWN, TALKING ABOUT HOW I'M GOING TO TEAR THE

DEVIL UP ONE SIDE AND DOWN THE OTHER. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING

ABOUT. LITTLE DID I KNOW THEY'RE UPSTAIRS. WELL, THAT'S A GOOD

VERSE RIGHT THERE. THAT'S, UH, PRAISE THE LORD. YOUR NEIGHBORS

NEED TO HEAR YOU. YOUR WORKERS, YOUR CO-WORKERS NEED TO HEAR

YOU. SATAN NEEDS TO HEAR YOU. AND THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN IF YOU

DON'T HAVE YOUR MIND BE RENEWED AND MATURE ACCORDING TO WHAT THE

WORD TELLS US TO DO, TO GET FROM IMMATURITY TO MATURITY IN CHRIST

SO THAT WE CAN BE A SOLDIER GOD CAN DEPEND ON UNDER FIRE. I

WROTE A BOOK CALLED ADVANCING UNDER FIRE. WHEN YOU'RE HIT,

KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WHEN YOU'RE BLEEDING, KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

WE'LL STAND WITH YOU, WE'LL BLEED WITH YOU. BUT LIKE I SAID

TO THE PASTORS, MOANING AND GROANING— WHAT DID YOU THINK

MINISTRY IS GOING TO BE LIKE, SOME KIND OF TIPTOEING THROUGH

THE TULIPS? OR SOMETHING. YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED, YOU KNOW,

YOU NEED, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA GET SHOT AT.

YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS GOING IN. WHEN WE HAVE CRUSADES, IF WE

HAVE TIME, WE TALK TO PEOPLE WHEN, OR BEFORE THEY LEAVE, YOU

KNOW, WE CONGRATULATE THEM. PRAISE THE LORD, YOU KNOW,

YOU'VE ACCEPTED JESUS, YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN. BUT HERE'S

THE OTHER SIDE, HERE'S THE FLIP SIDE TO THIS COIN. FROM NOW ON,

YOU ARE A TARGET LIKE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN A TARGET BEFORE.

SATAN WILL COME AT YOU IN ALL WAYS YOU NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE,

BUT THAT'S WHAT GOES ON. LOOK WITH ME AT PSALMS NUMBER 140.

PSALMS NUMBER 140. PSALMS 140, AND LET'S SEE, LET'S BEGIN WITH

VERSE NUMBER 2. THIS IS TALKING ABOUT EVIL MEN. THIS IS VERSE 1,

THAT'S THE CONTEXT. THE PSALMIST IS ASKING THE LORD FOR

DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL PEOPLE. OKAY, SO THEN VERSE 2. THESE

PEOPLE PLAN EVIL THINGS IN THEIR HEARTS. THEY CONTINUALLY GATHER

TOGETHER FOR WAR. THEY SHARPEN THEIR TONGUES LIKE A SERPENT.

THE POISON OF SNAKES IS UNDER THEIR LIPS. KEEP ME. THIS IS

VERSE 4. KEEP ME, O LORD, FROM THE HANDS OF THE WICKED.

PRESERVE ME FROM VIOLENT MEN WHO HAVE PURPOSED TO MAKE MY STEPS

STUMBLE. THE PROUD HAVE HIDDEN SNARES FOR ME AND CORDS. THEY'VE

SPREAD A NET BY THE WAYSIDE. THEY HAVE SET TRAPS FOR ME.

LET'S STOP THERE. I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IN VERSE NUMBER 5, THERE

ARE 4 SPECIFIC TACTICS THE DEVIL USES TO NEUTRALIZE YOU. NOTICE

THERE ARE SNARES, CORDS, NETS, AND TRAPS. 4 WAYS, 4

TACTICS HE USES TO WEASEL HIS WAY INTO YOUR LIFE TO NEUTRALIZE

YOU AND CAUSE YOUR WITNESS TO BE OF NONE EFFECT FOR THE LORD.

WHAT YOU END UP BEING IS A BODY IN A CHAIR IN SOMEONE'S CHURCH

SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU'RE AFFECTING NOTHING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

YOU'RE JUST A BROTHER BLEND-IN. YOU ACT LIKE AN UNBELIEVER, YOU

TALK LIKE AN UNBELIEVER, YOU LIVE LIKE AN UNBELIEVER.

BELIEVER, YOU'RE NOT DIFFERENT. JESUS, WHEREVER HE WENT,

WHENEVER HE WENT INTO A SYNAGOGUE TO TEACH, HE COMMANDED

PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. THEY TOOK A STEP BACK WHEN HE WALKED INTO

THAT SYNAGOGUE. HE CARRIED WITH HIM A PRESENCE OF GOD THAT

PEOPLE COULD JUST SENSE. AND IT SHOULD BE THAT WAY WITH US. IT

SHOULD BE. IT ISN'T IN MANY CASES, BUT IT SHOULD BE. AND IT

ALL COMES BACK TO DEVELOPING A MENTAL, MATURE MINDSET THAT

GIVES GOD SOMETHING TO WORK WITH INSTEAD OF LETTING

YOUR MIND BE THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND WHERE HE, YOU KNOW,

SOWS ALL KINDS OF LIES AND ALL KINDS OF INNUENDOS AND, YOU

KNOW, STEALS OUR JOY AND EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT AND

SANG ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO. SNARES, CORDS, NETS, TRAPS. ALL

RIGHT, DON'T BE IGNORANT OF THE DEVIL'S DEVICES. ALL RIGHT,

YEAH, I'LL JUST REFER TO YOU THESE VERSES. WE DON'T HAVE TIME

TO GET TO ALL THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT

HAVING THE MIND OF CHRIST. THAT'S 1 CORINTHIANS 2:16, HAVE

1 Corinthians 2:16

THE MIND OF CHRIST. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:3-5 TALK ABOUT

2 Corinthians 10:3–5

CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS. THAT'S UP HERE, CAST THEM DOWN.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, THIS IS ROMANS 7:25, MAKE SURE YOUR MIND

Romans 7:25

IS SERVING THE LORD, NOT SERVING SATAN. THESE ARE ALL VERSES YOU

CAN CHECK OUT LATER, OKAY? ROMANS 12:2, ONE WE'RE VERY

Romans 12:2

FAMILIAR WITH WITHIN OUR CIRCLES. WE NEED TO BE

TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF OUR MIND. ONCE AGAIN, THE MIND

IS THE PROBLEM— CAN BE THE PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT, UH, LET'S

SEE. 1 PETER 1:13: GIRD UP THE LOINS OF YOUR MIND. 2

THESSALONIANS 2:2: DON'T BE EASILY OR QUICKLY SHAKEN IN

MIND. ALL THESE VERSES AND A BUNCH OF OTHERS LIKE THOSE ARE

TEACHING US AND EXHORTING US TO MAKE THE HEAD IS, WE HAVE GOT

OUR HEAD TOGETHER. LIKE WHAT YOU SAY, GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME.

OKAY. WE TALKED AT DINNER LAST NIGHT, PASTORS DOUG AND EILEEN,

AND WE SAT DOWN AND HAD A MEAL AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MANY

THINGS. AND IN THE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, I WAS SHARING WITH

THEM THE REALITY OF ETERNITY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE

ETERNAL BEINGS? THAT WE WILL NEVER CEASE TO EXIST? IS ANYONE

UP THERE IN INTERNET LAND? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE ON

YOUR WAY TO ONE OF TWO PLACES, HEAVEN OR HELL? EVERY SPIRIT,

HUMAN SPIRIT THAT'S EVER BEEN CREATED BY THE HAND OF GOD WILL

SPEND ETERNITY IN ONE OF THOSE TWO PLACES. THAT WE IN THIS

WORLD NOW, WE'RE IN BETWEEN THE TWO. WE'RE IN BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND THE CHOICES WE MAKE IN THIS LIFE DETERMINE WHERE WE'RE GOING

TO GO WHEN WE EXIT THIS BODY AND LEAVE PLANET EARTH. BUT

WE'VE GOT ALL THESE DISTRACTIONS DOWN HERE THAT TAKE US AWAY FROM

THE REALITY OF THE FACT THAT ETERNITY IS ETERNITY. DO YOU

UNDERSTAND THAT? BUT WHAT I SAID TO THEM, I SAY TO YOU, I DON'T

UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DISCONNECT IS WITH CHRISTIANS. I DON'T

UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN JUST GO THROUGH LIFE IGNORANT OF THE

FACT THAT THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY DAY TO ETERNITY. AND DEATH COMES

TO PEOPLE AT UNEXPECTED TIMES. YOU KNOW, I BICYCLE. I LIKE TO

BICYCLE. I LIKE MOTORCYCLES, TWO-WHEELED TRANSPORTATION, AND

I LIKE TO GO BICYCLING. I'M SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, I

RIDE 35, 40 MILES WHEN I RIDE, OKAY? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S

A BIG RACE IN TUCSON EVERY YEAR CALLED EL TOUR DE TUCSON. IT'S

EVERY NOVEMBER. IT'S THE FIRST SATURDAY OR THE STARTED BEFORE

THANKSGIVING EVERY YEAR. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO THIS

RACE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. I RAN IT, I RACED 3 TIMES, 3 YEARS

IN A ROW. AND THIS IS A 109-MILE RACE, OKAY? 109 MILES, ALL

RIGHT? AND YOU'RE DOING THIS AT RACE SPEEDS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

NOT TOOLING AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON YOUR HUFFY FROM

WALMART. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT HERE, OKAY? WE'RE RIDING

BICYCLES THAT COST $5,000 TO $10,000. $10,000. THESE ARE

RIGS, YOU KNOW, THAT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS.

SO PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TRAIN FOR THIS. THEY'RE

IN TUCSON FOR MONTHS IN ADVANCE. THEY GO UP AND DOWN MOUNT LEMMON

TO GATHER AEROBIC CAPACITY, WHAT WE CALL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

DEVELOPING ABILITY TO BREATHE LIKE THIS FOR 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

HOURS RACING. THERE WAS THIS YOUNG MAN THAT CAME TO TUCSON,

25 YEARS OLD, TO TRAIN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AND WE DO WHAT WE

CALL WIND SPRINTS. WIND SPRINTS ARE WHEN YOU GET ON THE BIKE AND

YOU DROP DOWN INTO THE DROPS, WHEN THE HANDLEBARS GO DOWN.

THOSE ARE CALLED THE DROPS. YOU DROP LOW TO CREATE LESS WIND

RESISTANCE AS YOU'RE PEDALING. AND YOU'RE DOWN LIKE THIS. SO

YOU'LL DO WIND SPRINTS WHERE, AS HARD AS YOU CAN, YOU PEDAL FOR 2

MINUTES. AND THEN YOU RELEASE AND REST FOR A MINUTE. THEN YOU

GO AGAIN FOR 2 MINUTES. THEN YOU REST. IT'S CALLED WIND SPRINTS.

YOU'RE DEVELOPING AEROBIC CAPACITY. CAPACITY. SO HE'S

DOING THIS, AND HE'S PEDALING ON A STREET WHERE THERE SHOULD NOT

BE WHAT WAS THERE. HE COMES AROUND A CORNER, AND THERE'S A

PARKED CAR. THE CAR SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT IT WAS. AND

HE HAD HIS HEAD DOWN BECAUSE HE'S DOING HIS WIND SPRINTS. HE

PLOWS INTO THE BACK OF THAT CAR, 35 MPH, SNAPS HIS NECK AND DIES.

DIES. I NEVER FORGOT IT, AND I USE THIS OFTEN WITH PEOPLE

TALKING TO THEM. WHEN HE WOKE UP THAT MORNING TO TRAIN FOR THIS

RACE AT 25 YEARS OLD, HE'S YOUNG, HE'S GOT HIS WHOLE LIFE

IN FRONT OF HIM, HE'S EXCITED, HE'S PHYSICALLY FIT, YOU KNOW,

HE'S GETTING READY FOR THE RACE. LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT BY NOON

OF THAT DAY HE WILL BE IN HEAVEN OR HELL. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S

SAVED. I HOPE HE WAS, AND IF HE WAS, HE'S WITH JESUS. IT'S

TRAGIC THAT HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT LIKE IT WAS, BUT AT LEAST

HE'S AT HOME WITH THE LORD. BUT WHAT IF HE WASN'T? HE'S IN HELL.

AND IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW PEOPLE LET THE DEVIL PUSH THEM

AROUND BECAUSE THEY DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO RENEW THEIR MIND TO

THE WORD OF GOD, SO THAT INSTEAD OF THE DEVIL PUSHING US AROUND,

WE PUSH HIM AROUND. WE DICTATE TERMS. I TELL THE DEVIL, YOU

DON'T DICTATE THE TERMS OF THIS ENCOUNTER, I DO. AND YOU DON'T

COME IN INTO MY HOUSE. YOU STAY OUT THERE. YOU GO TORMENT

SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO MY HOUSE. YOU'RE NOT GOING

INTO MY CHURCH. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. AND I TELL MY PEOPLE, IF I

FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE SPREADING STRIFE IN HERE, I'LL THROW YOU

OUT ON YOUR EAR. IN LOVE, OF COURSE. IT'S ALWAYS IN LOVE. BUT

THE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLAYING FOR KEEPS, FRIENDS.

THERE'S NO PAROLE BOARD HEARING IN HELL, YOU'RE GONE. AND

EVERYBODY IN HELL, IF THEY HAD ONE MORE CHANCE TO ACCEPT JESUS,

JUST ONE, HELL WOULD BE EMPTIED IN 15 SECONDS. AND THEY'LL NEVER

GET THAT CHANCE. JUST ASK THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS, LUKE 16.

HE'S STILL LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DIP THEIR FINGER IN WATER AND

PUT IT ON HIS TONGUE TO DIP, TO GET SOME, JUST A MOMENTARY

RELEASE FROM THE FLAME, RELEASE OR RELIEF FROM THE FLAMES. AND

HE'LL NEVER GET IT. THAT'S 2,000 YEARS AGO, AND HE'S STILL

WAITING. ANYWAY, LOOK WITH ME AT PHILIPPIANS. THE MINDSET. SEE,

WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS, YOU'RE THINKING

DIFFERENTLY. YOU'RE NOT THINKING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. YOU HAVE

THE MIND OF CHRIST. WELL, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 4, AND WE'LL READ DOWN TO THE END

Philippians 4:4

OF VERSE 8. PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE NUMBER 4.

Philippians 4 · chapter mention

HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS: REJOICE IN THE LORD— HOW OFTEN? ALWAYS.

AGAIN I WILL SAY, REJOICE. REJOICING MEANS YOU'RE SO FULL

OF JOY YOU CAN'T CONTAIN IT. THAT'S WHAT REJOICING IS. I'M

REJOICING. OKAY, LOOK AROUND AT THE CHRISTIANS THAT YOU KNOW. DO

YOU SENSE MUCH REJOICING IN THEIR LIVES? GOING ON FROM DAY

TO DAY? TRULY YOU JEST. NO, NOT MUCH. LET YOUR— VERSE 5— LET

YOUR GENTLENESS BE KNOWN TO ALL MEN. THE LORD IS AT HAND. HOW

MANY BELIEVE THE LORD IS AT HAND? HE'S MORE AT HAND NOW THAN

HE WAS WHEN THIS WAS WRITTEN. VERSE 6: BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING,

BUT IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING,

LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD. AND THE PEACE OF GOD,

WHICH WE SANG ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO, WHICH SURPASSES ALL

UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND— GUARD YOUR

HEART AND YOUR MIND— THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. IT'S NOT JUST YOUR

HEART THAT NEEDS TO BE GUARDED, YOUR MIND NEEDS TO BE GUARDED.

THEN VERSE 8, AND GOD WILL TELL YOU HOW YOU DO THIS. FINALLY,

BRETHREN, WHATEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, NOBLE, JUST, PURE, LOVELY,

OF GOOD REPORT, AND VIRTUOUS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING PRAISEWORTHY,

MEDITATE, AKA THINK, ON THESE THINGS. THINK. HE TELLS YOU WHAT

WE NEED TO BE THINKING, WHAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT. ASK

YOURSELF, IS THIS MY MO? IS THIS WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY MIND?

WITH MY THOUGHT PROCESSES DAY BY DAY, THROUGHOUT THE DAY? THINGS

TRUE, NOBLE, JUST, PURE, LOVELY, GOOD REPORT, ETC.? OR DO WE FILL

OUR MIND WITH OTHER THINGS, THINGS THAT SATAN WOULD LIKE TO

PLANT? LET ME TELL YOU, HE WANTS TO CREATE FOOTHOLDS IN YOUR

MIND, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH THE FOOTHOLD, IT WILL

BECOME A STRONGHOLD. JUST LIKE WHEN YOU PLANT A TREE FROM THE

NURSERY, THE DAY YOU PLANT IT, IT'S THERE. BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO

MOVE IT TO ANOTHER PLACE IN THE YARD AFTER A WEEK OR TWO, YOU

CAN PULL IT UP AND MOVE IT. BUT LET THAT THING SIT THERE FOR A

YEAR OR TWO, LET IT TAKE ROOT, AND THEN TRY TO MOVE IT. IT'S A

LOT MORE DIFFICULT. AND THE DEVIL KNOWS THIS. OKAY, SO FROM

THESE, FROM THESE VERSES, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DEDUCT OR, OR

UNDERSTAND. WHAT? NUMBER ONE, WORRY ABOUT NOTHING. WHAT'S

VERSE 6 SAY? BE ANXIOUS FOR HOW MUCH? NOTHING. NOTHING.

NOTHING. IS THERE ANYTHING HERE YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT? YOU'RE IN

VIOLATION OF WHAT THE WORD TELLS US TO DO. YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF

THAT. IT SAYS, BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING, IN

EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING, LET YOUR REQUESTS

BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD. OKAY, SO FIRST OF ALL, IT SAYS IN VERSE

4, REJOICE ALWAYS. CIRCLE THE WORD ALWAYS. REJOICE ALWAYS.

THEN VERSE 6, BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING. CIRCLE THE WORD

NOTHING. THEN IN THE SAME VERSE, IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER LET YOUR

PRAYER REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD. SO THE THREE WORDS:

NOTHING, EVERYTHING, AND ALWAYS. YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MANAGE

YOUR MIND? DO THAT. FOLLOW THOSE INSTRUCTIONS. REJOICE ALWAYS BE

ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING, NOTHING. AND IN

EVERYTHING, WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED TO WORRY, GET INTO YOUR PRAYER

CLOSET AND STAY THERE UNTIL YOU STOP WORRYING ABOUT IT. THAT'S

ON YOU. I CAN'T DO THAT FOR YOU ANY MORE THAN YOU CAN DO THAT

FOR ME. I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. IT'S MY MIND THAT'S UNDER

ATTACK. IT'S YOUR MIND. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. YOU HAVE TO

DO THIS. I CAN PREACH THE MESSAGE. PASTOR HANK, PASTOR

BRENDA, THEY CAN PREACH IT UNTIL THEIR TONGUE FALLS OUT UNTIL YOU

DECIDE THAT I AM GOING TO SHORE UP THE LOINS OF MY MIND. IF YOU

DON'T DO IT, IT AIN'T GOING TO GET DONE. THERE'S AN OLD SAYING,

IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME. IF IT IS TO BE, IT'S UP TO ME.

IT'S MY JOB. IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. RESPONSIBILITY

TO DO THESE THINGS. OKAY, SO THIS BRINGS US THEN TO WHAT I

REALLY WANT TO GET INTO— THE PLEADING OF YOUR CASE. YOU HAVE

A CASE BEFORE GOD. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PLEAD IT? YOU KNOW, WHEN

LAWYERS ARE GETTING READY TO PLEAD THEIR CASE BEFORE THE

COURT, THEY STUDY, THEY PREPARE, THEY GET ALL THEIR NOTES

TOGETHER, ALL THE VIDEOS, THEY TALK TO THE WITNESSES, THEY LINE

EVERYTHING UP. THEY ARE PREPARING THEIR CASE. AND IF

WE'RE GOING TO FINISH RUNNING THE RACE IN THESE LAST DAYS AND

BE PLAYERS AND NOT JUST SPECTATORS, PARTICIPANTS AND NOT

CRITICS, PEOPLE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES AND IN

THE CHURCHES THAT WE ARE A PART OF— IF THAT'S US, THEN WE NEED

TO KNOW HOW TO PLEAD OUR CASE. LOOK WITH ME AT ISAIAH 43.

ISAIAH CHAPTER 43, OLD TESTAMENT. GO GREAT PASSAGE

Isaiah 43 · chapter mention

HERE. 43, VERSE NUMBER 25, AND WE'LL READ ALSO VERSE 26. OKAY,

VERSE 25, HERE'S WHAT THIS SAYS: I, EVEN I, AM HE WHO BLOTS OUT

YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS FOR MY OWN SAKE. THIS IS GOD TALKING. I

BLOT OUT YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS FOR MY OWN SAKE. IN OTHER WORDS, HE

NEEDS HE NEEDS US TO BE FREE FROM THE SINS WE'VE COMMITTED SO

THAT HE CAN USE US AND HE CAN ANOINT US AND WE CAN GO OUT

THERE AND LAY HANDS ON PEOPLE AND POWER FLOWS FROM OUR HANDS

TO THE BODIES OF THE PEOPLE WE PUT OUR HANDS ON. SOMEONE SAY

AMEN. WELL, I DIDN'T GO TO BIBLE SCHOOL. HOW MANY HAVE HANDS?

YOU'RE QUALIFIED. YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO SOMEBODY'S SCHOOL TO DO

THIS. ALL RIGHT? LOOK AT THE PEOPLE JESUS PICKED— FISHERMEN,

TAX COLLECTORS, JUST BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS. THEY WEREN'T THE

PHARISEES. THEY WEREN'T THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE PEOPLE, YOU

KNOW, WITH ALL THE DEGREES AND THE DIPLOMAS AND ALL THAT. GOD

COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE INITIALS AFTER YOUR NAME. HE'S

CONCERNED ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD THAT'S FLOWING THROUGH YOU. HE

DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ALL THE INITIALS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN A

THING. ALL RIGHT, SO HE SAYS, I WILL NOT REMEMBER YOUR SINS. I

WILL NOT I WILL NOT REMEMBER YOUR SINS. WHEN YOU CONFESS THE

SINS, GOD FORGETS ABOUT THEM. NOW, I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG

ENOUGH TO WATCH PEOPLE DESTROY THEMSELVES BY HOLDING ON TO PAST

MISTAKES. THEY DESTROY THE ANOINTING. GOD'S ABILITY TO USE

THEM IS GONE BECAUSE THEY KEEP RECOUNTING, WITH THE DEVIL'S

HELP I MIGHT ADD, ALL THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE WRONG, ALL THE

MISTAKES THEY'VE MADE, AND THEY JUST YOU CAN'T GET PAST IT. BUT

GOD SAYS, LISTEN, WHEN YOU CONFESS YOUR SINS TO ME, I

FORGET. I DON'T REMEMBER IT ANYMORE. HOW DOES HE DO THAT? I

DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T CARE. HE DOES SOMETHING TO HIMSELF WHERE

HE JUST ELIMINATES IT FROM HIS MENTALITY, FROM HIS MINDSET. AND

I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THIS. PERHAPS YOU HAVE TOO. YOU KNOW,

SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND I DO SOMETHING, OR I SAY SOMETHING

THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, INAPPROPRIATE OR OUT OF LINE OR

WHATEVER. AND SO I'M FEELING BAD ABOUT IT, AND I GO TO THE LORD

TO TALK ABOUT IT AND TO CONFESS IT AND TO GET FREE FROM IT. AND

I DO. AND THEN 3 MONTHS LATER, 4 MONTHS LATER, I'M STILL DEALING

WITH THE FEELINGS OF HOW I LET THE LORD DOWN. AND I BRING IT UP

AGAIN IN MY PRAYER CLOSET, AND GOD CUTS ME OFF. I DON'T KNOW

HOW HE WORKS WITH YOU, BUT HE CUTS ME OFF AND SAYS, DID I NOT—

DID YOU NOT ASK ME TO FORGIVE YOU THIS? UH, YES. DO YOU THINK

I DID? WELL, YEAH, YOUR WORD SAYS THAT YOU DID. DO YOU

BELIEVE I DID? YES. THEN WHAT ARE YOU BRINGING IT UP FOR? SHUT

UP. QUIT TALKING ABOUT THINGS I SAID I DON'T REMEMBER. SO WHAT

ARE YOU REMEMBERING IT FOR? YOU NEED TO LET IT GO. THERE'S A— IN

MY CHURCH, THERE'S A BIG POSTER ON THE WALL: MOVE ON TO MOVE IN.

YOU'LL NEVER MOVE ON WITH GOD UNTIL YOU CAN GET RID OF— YOU'LL

NEVER MOVE IN UNTIL YOU MOVE ON. I'M TRYING TO SAY. YOU'LL NEVER

MOVE INTO A DEEPER WALK WITH THE LORD UNTIL YOU MOVE ON FROM THE

MISTAKES, FROM THE SINS. YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLEAD YOUR CASE

UNTIL YOU DO THIS, WHICH LEADS US TO VERSE 26. GOD SAYS, PUT ME

IN REMEMBRANCE, LET US CONTEND TOGETHER. STATE YOUR CASE, STATE

YOUR CASE, THAT YOU MAY BE ACQUITTED. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A

LEGAL PROCESS GOING ON HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO

BE ACQUITTED, CASE DISMISSED, ETC. ALL THE COURTROOM DRAMA AND

THE TECHNIQUES AND THE TERMINOLOGY. ALL RIGHT? HE TELLS

YOU 3 THINGS IN THIS VERSE. ONE, PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE. WE'LL

TALK ABOUT THIS IN DETAIL IN A SECOND. NUMBER 2, LET US CONTEND

TOGETHER. PLEASE CIRCLE THE WORD TOGETHER. GOD HAS A CASE. WE

HAVE A CASE. WE CONTEND TOGETHER. AND THEN NUMBER 3,

STATE YOUR CASE. STATE IT. PRESENT IT TO THE JUDGE. PRESENT

IT TO THE LORD. I HAVE A CASE. OKAY, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS

FIRST PART HERE, PUTTING GOD IN REMEMBRANCE. NOTICE AT THE END

OF VERSE 25, HE SAYS, I WILL NOT REMEMBER YOUR SINS. BUT THEN IN

THE NEXT PHRASE FROM VERSE 26, HE SAYS, PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE.

SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FORGET, AND THERE

ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER. YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHICH IS WHICH. THE PROBLEM WITH US IS, WITH SO MANY CHRISTIANS,

THEY NEVER FORGET THE SINS, BUT THEY ALWAYS FORGET THE PROMISES.

THERE'S A PROMISE THAT COVERS YOUR SITUATION, WHATEVER IT IS

TODAY. THERE'S A PROMISE THAT COVERS IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT

IS THAT COVERS THE SINS, WHATEVER THE SINS MAY BE? ALL

RIGHT, IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 1

1 John 1:9

JOHN 1:9, OF COURSE, THE CLASSIC VERSE THAT WE KNOW FROM THE NEW

TESTAMENT, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF YOU CONFESS YOUR

FAULTS, HE WILL FORGIVE YOU." 1 JOHN 1:9, "CONFESS YOUR SINS AND

1 John 1:9

THE LORD FORGIVES YOU." HE FORGIVES, AND WHEN HE FORGIVES,

HE FORGETS. HE FORGETS. HE'S NOT GOING BACK OVER THIS. IN THE

PHILIPPINES, I COUNSEL WITH MY PASTORS, LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T

WASTE A LOT OF TIME CIRCLING THE WAGONS FOR 45 MINUTES. FIND THE

VERSE THAT COVERS YOUR SITUATION. WHAT ARE YOU IN HERE

FOR? WELL, OKAY, DO THIS. GOODBYE. I MEAN, I CAN STROKE

YOU AND I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF, BUT AT

THE END OF THE DAY, GET OFF YOUR REAR END, GET OUT THERE AND DO

WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU NEED TO HAVE GOD DO FOR YOU. I CAN'T

DO IT. I'LL HELP YOU. I'LL HELP YOU CHANNEL, YOU KNOW, ALL THE

ENERGY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S

UP TO YOU. DO THIS. CONFESS YOUR SINS. ONCE YOU DO THAT, THEY ARE

TO BE FORGOTTEN. IF GOD DOES IT, YOU LEARN TO DO THE SAME.

SOMEONE SAY AMEN. WHAT'S HE TELLING US? HE'S TELLING US HE'S

REMINDING US TO REMIND HIM. YOU CAN'T REMIND HIM IF YOU DON'T

HAVE THE WORD IN YOUR HEART TO REMIND HIM OF. THAT'S WHY IT'S

IMPORTANT TO STUDY, TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED, SO THAT YOU,

OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF YOUR HEART, YOU COME TO THE LORD WITH

YOUR CASE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT VERSES TO PRESENT TO HIM. IT'S

NOT THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW. HE KNOWS, BUT HE WANTS YOU TO

REMEMBER SO THAT YOU KNOW. THAT'S HOW YOU PLEAD YOUR CASE.

OKAY, WHAT DID HE TELL YOU TO DO? HE TOLD YOU TO FORGET YOUR

SINS, SO FORGET YOUR SINS. HE'S TELLING YOU TO STAND ON THE WORD

OF GOD, SO STAND ON THE WORD OF GOD. AND HE GIVES YOU THE

PROMISES, AND HE TELLS US TO STAND. YOU NEED TO REMEMBER,

NUMBER ONE, THE GOODNESS OF GOD. HOW ABOUT THAT ONE? HOW MANY

TIMES OVER THE YEARS SINCE YOU ACCEPTED JESUS HAS GOD DONE GOOD

THINGS FOR YOU? OH MY GOD, EVERY SINGLE DAY. ALL RIGHT, REMEMBER

THAT STUFF. KEEP COMING, KEEP BRINGING IT BACK UP. IT'S

BENEFICIAL, IT'S THERAPEUTIC TO YOU, AND IT'S THERAPEUTIC TO THE

PEOPLE AROUND YOU SO THAT YOU DON'T GET A BITTER HEART. YOU

KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS IN A PERSON'S

HEART. I'VE MET A LOT OF CHRISTIANS WHO ARE BITTER

PEOPLE. THEY ARE, OKAY? THEY'VE BEEN SUCKING ON A BUNCH OF

PRUNES. ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN? YEAH, YEAH. WELL, NOTIFY

YOUR FACE BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER— I'M LOOKING AT YOU AND I DON'T

SEE JOY THERE AT ALL, AT ALL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO CHURCH LIKE LORD OF HOSTS. AND

IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COME INTO A PLACE LIKE THIS WHERE THERE'S

800 PEOPLE WHO ARE SUCKING PRUNES ALL DAY LONG, WHY

WOULD THEY WANT TO STAY HERE? THEY WOULD SAY, "I GOT ENOUGH

PROBLEMS OUT IN THE WORLD. WHY DO I NEED THIS? I CAN STAY HOME

AND BE MISERABLE. WHY DO I HAVE TO JOIN YOU?" SOMEONE SAY AMEN.

PSALMS 143, LET'S GO THERE. WE'LL COME BACK TO ISAIAH IN A

MINUTE. PSALMS 143. ALL RIGHT, VERSE NUMBER 3. WE'LL START WITH

THE 3RD VERSE. IS THIS HELPING ANYBODY? HELPING ME. I'M GLAD I

SHOWED UP. WHO IS THIS PREACHER? PRAISE THE LORD. ALL RIGHT,

PSALMS 143, VERSE 3 SAYS THIS: FOR THE ENEMY HAS PERSECUTED MY

Psalms 143:3

SOUL; HE HAS CRUSHED MY LIFE TO THE GROUND. ASK YOURSELF, HAVE

YOU EVER BEEN IN THIS SITUATION? HE'S WRITING ABOUT? I KNOW I

HAVE. HE'S CRUSHED MY LIFE TO THE GROUND. HE'S MADE ME DWELL

IN DARKNESS LIKE THOSE WHO HAVE LONG BEEN DEAD. VERSE 4:

THEREFORE MY SPIRIT IS OVERWHELMED WITHIN ME. MY HEART

WITHIN ME IS DISTRESSED. BUT HERE, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THIS?

LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE. I REMEMBER— EVERYONE SAY REMEMBER.

MENTAL ACTIVITIES HERE. I REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD. I

MEDITATE— THAT'S THINKING— I MEDITATE ON ALL YOUR WORKS. I

MUSE— THAT MEANS I CONSIDER, I THINK ABOUT— ALL THE WORK. I

MUSE ON THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS. AND THEN I SPREAD OUT MY HANDS

TO YOU. MY SOUL LONGS FOR YOU LIKE IN A THIRSTY LAND. IN OTHER

WORDS, IT'S A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE, FRIENDS. YOU PUT YOUR

HANDS UP IN THE AIR AND YOU BEGIN PRAISING THE LORD WHEN YOU

DON'T FEEL LIKE IT. WHY? BECAUSE YOU START TO REMEMBER ALL THE

THINGS HE'S DONE FOR YOU, ALL THE TIMES HE'S FORGIVEN YOU,

ALL THE TIMES HE'S BEEN MERCIFUL. THE BIBLE SAYS HIS

MERCY IS NEW EVERY MORNING. THANK GOD IT'S NEW EVERY

MORNING. WE NEED IT EVERY MORNING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,

BUT EVERY TIME, EVERY NIGHT WHEN I GO TO SLEEP, UNLESS I'M

TRAVELING AND I FORGET TO DO IT OR SOMETHING, BEFORE I GO TO

BED, I SAY TO THE LORD, I'M SORRY, LORD, FOR ANYTHING I MAY

HAVE SAID TODAY OR THOUGHT TODAY OR DONE TODAY THAT VIOLATES YOUR

WORD. LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S

COMING BACK, AND NEITHER DO YOU. WE KNOW THE SEASONS, WE'RE IN

THE SEASONS, BUT WHETHER OR NOT HE COMES TOMORROW OR 10 YEARS

FROM NOW, I DON'T KNOW. BUT HE SAYS BE READY BECAUSE I'M COMING

AT A TIME YOU DON'T EXPECT ME. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. OKAY, SO I

WANT TO BE READY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS ROUND.

EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A BUNCH OF CLOWNS OUT

THERE OUT THERE THAT BELIEVE THE EARTH IS FLAT. THEIR MIND IS

FLAT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. BUT THE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S

AROUND— SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SUNLIGHT OVER HERE, IT'S DARK

OVER THERE AND VICE VERSA. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE

SLEEPING WHEN JESUS RETURNS. YOU EVER THINK ABOUT IT? THEY'LL GO

TO BED AND THEY'LL WAKE UP IN THE CLOUDS. OKAY, I WANT TO BE

READY. THAT'S THE WAY YOU THINK. YOU THINK THIS WAY EVERY

SINGLE DAY. OKAY, I REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD. I MEDITATE ON ALL

YOUR WORKS. I MUSE ON THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS. IF YOU DO THIS,

YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. WHY WOULD YOU WORRY? HE

DELIVERED YOU. HE DID IT. HE DID IT. HE DID IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

AND HE SAID, I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU. I'LL NEVER FORSAKE YOU. I

AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE. SO WHAT AM I

WORRIED ABOUT? SOMEONE SAY AMEN. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY,

WHAT ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT? YOU CAN STOP NOW. IT'S A LONG LIST.

WELL, SHUT UP. PRAISE THE LORD. THANK YOU, JESUS. LOOK WITH ME

AT HEZEKIAH. LOOK, LOOK AT THIS GUY, MY MAN HEZEKIAH. HE, UH, HE

HAD ISSUES, TO SAY THE LEAST. BUT HE WAS DOING HIS BEST TO

SERVE THE LORD. HEZEKIAH CHAPTER NUMBER 20— I'M NOT HEZEKIAH, 2

KINGS ABOUT HEZEKIAH, CHAPTER 20. 2 KINGS CHAPTER 20 AND VERSE

2 Kings 20 · chapter mention

1. OKAY, SO THIS IS HEZEKIAH, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KING

HEZEKIAH. HERE WE GO. IN THOSE DAYS, HEZEKIAH WAS SICK AND NEAR

DEATH. DEATH. AND ISAIAH THE PROPHET, THE SON OF AMOZ, WENT

TO HIM AND SAID TO HIM, THUS SAYS THE LORD, SET YOUR HOUSE IN

ORDER, FOR YOU SHALL DIE AND NOT LIVE. NOW THIS IS THE PROPHET OF

GOD TELLING THIS MAN, YOUR TIME IS UP, IT'S THE END OF THE

PARADE, GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER BECAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING. SO VERSE

2, THEN HE TURNED HIS FACE TOWARD THE WALL AND PRAYED TO

THE LORD, SAYING, REMEMBER NOW, O LORD, REMEMBER— NOTICE THE

LORD, REMEMBER? HE SAID, PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE. HE'S DOING THAT

RIGHT NOW. REMEMBER NOW, O LORD, I PRAY, HOW I HAVE WALKED BEFORE

YOU IN TRUTH AND WITH A LOYAL HEART, AND I'VE DONE WHAT WAS

GOOD IN YOUR SIGHT. AND HEZEKIAH WEPT BITTERLY. HAS ANYBODY EVER

WEPT BITTERLY? YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRYING AND

CRYING BITTERLY? OH YEAH, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. THERE'S A

DIFFERENCE. AND THIS IS WHERE HE'S DOING. AND IT HAD— VERSE 4—

AND IT HAPPENED BEFORE ISAIAH HAD GONE OUT FROM THE MIDDLE

COURT THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM AND SAID, 'RETURN

AND TELL HEZEKIAH, THE LEADER OF MY PEOPLE, THUS SAYS THE LORD,

THE GOD OF DAVID YOUR FATHER: I'VE HEARD YOUR PRAYER. I'VE

SEEN YOUR TEARS. SURELY I WILL HEAL YOU. ON THE THIRD DAY, YOU

SHALL GO UP TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND I WILL ADD'— VERSE 6—

'15 YEARS TO YOUR LIFE. I WILL DELIVER YOU AND THIS CITY FROM

THE HAND OF THE KING OF THE ASSYRIANS, AND I WILL DEFEND

THIS CITY FOR MY OWN SAKE AND FOR THE SAKE OF MY SERVANT

DAVID. HE REFERS TO THE COVENANT. BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A

COVENANT. IT'S A NEW COVENANT. IT'S BETTER THAN THIS ONE. OKAY,

SO IF IT— IF, YOU KNOW, GOD'S REFERRING TO THIS WITH HIM, HOW

MUCH MORE WOULD HE REFER TO THIS WITH US? BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE

HERE IN VERSE 2, HE TURNED HIS FACE TO THE WALL. THERE WILL BE

TIMES IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU'LL NEED TO TURN YOUR FACE TO THE

WALL, WHEN YOU'RE FACING MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, WHEN YOU'RE FACING

EVERYTHING THE DEVIL IS GOING TO DO, TRYING TO DO, AND

THREATENING TO DO, AND IS DOING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TURN

YOUR FACE TO THE WALL AND DECIDE, I AM NOT GOING TO QUIT

OR DEVIATE FROM WHAT GOD'S TELLING ME TO DO. THAT'S ONE OF

THE REASONS WHY, AS I SAID, I RESPECT YOUR PASTOR SO MUCH,

OKAY? THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN AND SAID, NO,

WE'RE NOT GOING TO RENEGE ON WHAT GOD TOLD US AND WHAT GOD

PROPHESIED THROUGH US. IT IS WHAT HE SAID. AND I'D LIKE TO

KNOW, HE MAY MADE A COMMENT DURING THE CONFERENCE. I THINK

IT WAS BRENDA, ONE OF THEM, ABOUT HOW ALL THE MINISTRIES

THAT GOT ON THEIR TAIL BECAUSE TRUMP WASN'T REELECTED IN 2020.

BY THE WAY, HE WAS ELECTED IN 2020. IT WAS STOLEN. JUST A

SMALL POINT THERE. ALL RIGHT, HE WAS ELECTED. BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD,

I BELIEVE, IN HIS PROVIDENCE, ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN SO THAT YOU

AND I COULD SEE THE CORRUPTION, THE CORRUPTION OF THIS

COUNTRY. WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN. WE KNOW NOW. BUT THEY TALKED

ABOUT ALL— I WANT ALL THESE MINISTRIES THAT CAME AGAINST

THEM PUBLICLY AND SAID, SEE, YOU MISS GOD, YOU'RE A FALSE

PROPHET. AND I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OF

THEM CAME BACK TO APOLOGIZE. HANK AND BRENDA, I'D LIKE TO

KNOW IF ANYBODY CAME BACK TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR WHAT THEY

SAID ABOUT YOU PUBLICLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EASY TO POINT

YOUR FINGER FROM AFAR AND MAKE OPINIONS OF THINGS YOU DON'T

KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, BUT THIS MAN, YOUR PASTOR, HAS A TRACK

RECORD OF ACCURACY. A TRACK RECORD. OKAY, PRAISE THE LORD.

ACCORDING TO WHAT GOD SAID THROUGH THAT MAN, IT'S SMOOTH

SAILING. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

I'M GOING THROUGH. GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. PUT

YOUR HAND— GET INTO THE PRAYER CLOSET, TURN TO THE WALL, START

PLEADING YOUR CASE. LET THE LORD KNOW, I'M NOT LEAVING, I'M NOT

DEVIATING, I'M NOT CHANGING, I'M NOT BACKING AWAY FROM WHAT I'VE

BEEN TOLD TO DO BY THE LORD. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT GOD

TOLD ME TO DO, AND I DON'T CARE WHO LIKES IT AND WHO DOESN'T.

AMEN. SHOUT THROUGH THE PRAISE THE LORD. LET YOUR NEIGHBORS

HEAR YOU, OR NEXT DOOR, OR WHEREVER. PRAISE THE LORD. HE

TURNED HIS FACE TO THE WALL. WHAT'S HE DOING? HE'S PREPARING

HIS CASE. HE'S PREPARING HIS CASE. YOU KNOW, YOU AND I NEED

TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS WHEN WE NEED TO DO IT. OKAY, PRAISE THE

LORD. PAUL DID THIS. YOU KNOW, PAUL WROTE TO THE CORINTHIANS IN

CHAPTER— THE SECOND BOOK, IN THE SEVENTH CHAPTER, HE TOLD THE

CORINTHIANS RECEIVE US. WE'VE WRONGED NO MAN. WE'VE CORRUPTED

NO MAN. REALLY? REALLY? THIS GUY FROM ACTS, THE ONES THAT WERE

HOLDING THE COATS OF THE PEOPLE WHO STONED STEPHEN, THE GUY WHO

WAS ON HIS WAY TO DAMASCUS TO ARREST AND THROW PEOPLE IN JAIL,

THIS GUY SAYING, RECEIVE US, WE'VE WRONGED NO MAN. HE'S GOT

MORE FAITH IN THE NEW BIRTH THAN MOST OF US, BECAUSE WHAT DOES

THE NEW BIRTH SAY? OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS HAVE

BECOME NEW. SO WHATEVER HAPPENED IN YOUR BC DAYS, FORGET IT. AND

WHATEVER HAPPENS DURING YOUR BC TIME, OR IN YOUR— NOT BC, BUT IN

CHRIST DURING THAT TIME, FORGET THAT TOO. PRAISE THE LORD. PUT A

SMILE ON YOUR FACE IF YOU CAN. PRAISE THE LORD. SOME PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW, IF THEY SMILE, THEIR CHEEKS WOULD CRACK. YOU KNOW, MY

DAD— I LOVE MY FATHER, BUT HE WAS A GERMAN DUDE. AND I MEAN,

HE WAS METICULOUS AND ANALYTICAL ABOUT EVERYTHING. AND I'M JUST

SHARING. I LOVED HIM, AND HE LOVED US, DID HIS BEST TO

PROVIDE FOR US. AND I NEVER WILL FORGET ONE DAY, I WAS— I DON'T

KNOW, ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD OR 10, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M SITTING

IN THE LIVING ROOM IN MY HOUSE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. AND MY

SISTER RUNS IN, RUNS IN TO THE LIMERICK. SHE SAID, DAD'S

LAUGHING, CHECK IT OUT. I MEAN, IT WAS SO INFREQUENT, IT'S LIKE,

WOW, WHAT AN EVENT, LET'S GO SEE THIS. DAD'S LAUGHING, CHECK IT

OUT. HALLELUJAH, PRAISE JESUS. OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON. THE

BIBLE SAYS WE PUT OUR— WE PUT GOD IN REMEMBRANCE. OKAY, SO

WE'RE DOING THAT. AND THEN IT SAYS WE CONTEND TOGETHER. SO

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO GOD IN A MINUTE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE

GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CASE TO HIM. HE'LL LET US PLEAD OUR CASE

BEFORE HE TURNS AROUND AND PLEADS HIS BACK TO US. OKAY, SO

HERE'S HOW YOU PLEAD YOUR CASE TO THE LORD. FIRST OF ALL, YOU

GOT YOUR MIND RIGHT, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING. IT'S RENEWED TO

THE WORD. YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST, ALL THOSE VERSES. ALL

RIGHT, AND THEN YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND YOU

ARE BUSY ABOUT THE FATHER'S BUSINESS. AND THE VERSE

THAT YOU STAND ON FOR THIS IS 3 JOHN VERSE 2. IT'S ONLY ONE

VERSE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE VERSE SAYS. BELOVED, I WISH—

THAT WORD IN THE GREEK IS DESIRE— I DESIRE, I WISH ABOVE

ALL THINGS THAT YOU PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH EVEN AS YOUR SOUL

PROSPERS. SO FIRST OF ALL, YOUR SOUL HAS TO BE PROSPERING. YOUR

MIND, YOUR WILL, AND YOUR EMOTIONS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR

EMOTIONS IN CHECK. YOU CAN'T BE SOME KIND OF SPIRIT-FILLED HYENA

RUNNING AROUND GIDDY AND FROTHY AT THE MOUTH ALL THAT TIME. YOU

KNOW, YOU NEED SOME— YOU NEED TO KNOW THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY

STRENGTH. IT'S NOT HAPPINESS, IT'S JOY. SINNERS CAN BE HAPPY

ON THEIR WAY TO HELL. THEY CAN BE HAPPY, AND YOU CAN BE HAPPY,

BUT HAPPINESS COMES AND HAPPINESS GOES. JOY COMES FROM

THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT'S A FRUIT. IT'S THERE WHETHER YOU ARE HAPPY

OR NOT, YOU CAN STILL BE JOYFUL. THAT'S A PROSPEROUS SOUL. OKAY,

HE WANTS US TO PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH EVEN AS OUR SOUL

PROSPERS. WHY? WHY? SO THAT WE CAN FULFILL OUR ASSIGNMENTS AND

FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH

THE GOSPEL. AND MATTHEW THEN, TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS,

BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND

HOLY SPIRIT. THAT IS THE BASIS FOR OUR CASE, OKAY? IT IS THE

PROMISE FROM GOD THAT OUR CASE IS BUILT ON THAT FOUNDATION. YOU

KNOW, LIKE IN A COURTROOM, THEY'LL HAVE KEY WITNESSES THAT

THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR CASE ON. YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR CASE ON

THAT VERSE RIGHT THERE. AND I GO TO THE LORD. I'LL TELL YOU HOW I

GO TO THE LORD. YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH

YOU'RE A DIFFERENT PERSON DOING DIFFERENT THINGS IN A DIFFERENT

PART OF THE WORLD, THE GREAT COMMISSION APPLIES TO EVERYBODY.

WOULD YOU NOT AGREE IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY? YOU MAY NOT BE A

FIVEFOLD MINISTRY GIFT, THAT'S UP TO GOD. I DID NOT FILL OUT AN

APPLICATION TO BE AN APOSTLE. I DID NOT SUBMIT THIS TO THE HOLY

SPIRIT AND FILLED OUT THE FORM. HE CHOOSES TO DO THINGS. SOMEONE

SAY AMEN. OKAY, YOUR PASTORS, I KNEW THEM WHEN THEY FIRST

STARTED. THEY DIDN'T ENVISION ANY OF THIS ANY MORE THAN I

ENVISIONED 300 CHURCHES, BUT HERE WE ARE. OKAY, AND WE ARE

WHAT WE ARE BY THE BY THE GRACE OF GOD. BUT LIKE WE SANG BEFORE,

EVERYBODY NEEDS EVERYBODY ELSE, AND IT'S A TEAM GAME. WHEN YOU

DO YOUR PART TO SUPPORT THIS WORK WITH YOUR PRAYERS, WITH

YOUR FINANCES, WITH YOUR TITHING, WHATEVER, YOU GET THE

SAME REWARDS AS THEY DO. I TELL PEOPLE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE

DUDE OUT FRONT. YOU CAN BE THE ONE IN THE PRAYER CLOSET. BUT

EVERYBODY WHO'S OUT FRONT NEEDS THE PRAYER CLOSET PEOPLE. THEY

SURE DO. THANK YOU, JESUS. ANYWAY, WHERE AM I? OKAY, UM, 3

JOHN 2, AND THEN JAMES 4:3. LOOK THERE WITH ME. I NEED— I NEED

James 4:3

FOR YOU TO SEE IT. JAMES 4:3. ALL RIGHT, ACTUALLY VERSE NUMBER

James 4:3

2. YOU LUST AND DO NOT HAVE. YOU MURDER AND COVET AND CANNOT

OBTAIN. YOU FIGHT IN WAR, YET YOU DO NOT HAVE BECAUSE YOU DO

NOT ASK. OKAY, SO HE'S SAYING ASK. ALL RIGHT, BUT VERSE 3: YOU

ASK AND DO NOT RECEIVE BECAUSE YOU ASK AMISS, THAT YOU MAY

SPEND IT ON YOUR PLEASURES. ASKING AMISS MEANS YOU'RE ASKING

FOR THE WRONG REASONS. YOUR HEART IS NOT RIGHT, AND GOD

KNOWS IT. OF COURSE, HE'S BASICALLY SAYING YOU CAN ASK ALL

YOU WANT, BUT IF YOUR HEART'S NOT RIGHT, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO

GET WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. YOU CAN FORGET IT. YOU'RE WASTING

YOUR TIME. YOU'RE ASKING AMISS. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU NEED TO MAKE

SURE YOU KNOW WHY YOU WANT WHAT YOU SAY YOU WANT. WHEN YOU PLEAD

YOUR CASE, WHY ARE YOU PLEADING YOUR CASE? BECAUSE YOU WANT

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHY AS YOUR

SOUL PROSPERS. ALL RIGHT, PROSPERITY. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, WE

ARE PROSPERITY PEOPLE. WE KNOW WHAT PROSPERITY MEANS. I'LL GIVE

IT TO PROSPERITY IS BASICALLY YOU HAVING THE RESOURCES TO DO

EVERYTHING GOD TELLS YOU TO DO WHEN GOD TELLS YOU TO DO IT.

THAT'S IT. GOD TELLS YOU TO BUILD A CHURCH, YOU NEED THE

MONEY FOR THAT. THAT'S PROSPERITY. GOD TELLS YOU TO BUY

A NEW CAR BECAUSE YOURS IS HELD TOGETHER WITH CHRISTIAN BUMPER

STICKERS, THEN IT'S TIME TO BUY A NEW CAR. YOU KNOW, THAT BIG

BLUE GLORY CLOUD THAT COMES OUT THE BACK END, THAT'S NOT THE

HOLY GHOST. EW. I'VE DRIVEN A FEW OF THOSE CLUNKERS. I KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. THE POINT IS, WHY ARE YOU ASKING

FOR PROSPERITY? WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION IN YOUR MIND? WHAT'S

PROSPERITY TO YOU? OKAY. PAYING YOUR MORTGAGE ON TIME. THAT'S

PROSPERITY. AND EVEN BETTER THAN THAT, YOU BUY THE HOUSE

OUTRIGHT. YOU OWN IT. OKAY. BUT THE POINT IS, YOU ALWAYS HAVE

THE MONEY TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO CARRY ON FOR GOD. YOU

NEVER HAVE TO STAND THERE AND SAY TO THE LORD, I'D LOVE TO DO

I WANT TO DO THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS. I, YOU

KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO THE PHILIPPINES, I HAVE TO BUY AN

AIRPLANE TICKET. I CANNOT WALK UP TO THE COUNTER AT UNITED

AIRLINES AND SAY, BEHOLD. GOD DOESN'T CARE. I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M

A CHILD OF GOD. I'M DIVINELY APPOINTED TO SET AT LIBERTY THEM

THAT ARE BRUISED, TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD, TO

TURN THEM FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT AND FROM THE POWER OF SATAN TO

THE POWER OF GOD. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND THEY'LL

SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY GOOD, BUT IF YOU WANT TO FLY IN

THAT JET BACK THERE, BEHOLD THE PRICE. NO MONEY, NO TICKY. SO IF

I HAVE TO FLY TO THE PHILIPPINES, I NEED $7,000 FOR

ME AND MY WIFE. $77,000 PLUS, WHATEVER. THE RATES VARY FROM

TIME TO TIME AND SO FORTH. BUT I, YOU KNOW, AND HERE'S HOW I

GO TO THE LORD. ALL RIGHT, YOU TOLD ME TO GO TO THE

PHILIPPINES. THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO COST. I WANT THAT

MONEY. BECAUSE ISAIAH 45:11 SAYS GOD EXPECTS YOU TO DEMAND

Isaiah 45:11

GREATNESS FROM HIM. HE EXPECTS YOU TO DEMAND GREATNESS FROM

HIM. HE DOESN'T GET UPSET ABOUT IT. HE SAYS, PUT ME IN

REMEMBRANCE AND DO WHAT I TOLD YOU TO DO AND DEMAND WHAT I CAN

DO AND ONLY I CAN DO IT. A MILLION DOLLARS TO GOD IS

NOTHING. IT'S NOTHING. IT'S CHICKEN FEED TO HIM, YOU KNOW.

BUT TO US, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T EVEN HANDLE CHICK-FIL-A

OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. THE POINT IS, WE HAVE A CASE. DO YOU

KNOW WHAT IT IS? THE CASE IS THE GREAT COMMISSION. THAT'S THE

CASE. WHAT CAN I DO TO PARTICIPATE? YOU KNOW, LESS THAN

3 TO 4% OF CHRISTIANS PERCENT OF CHRISTIANS TITHE? 3 TO 4% OF

CHRISTIANS TITHE. 3 TO 4%. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE ONE OF

THOSE 3. GOOD FOR YOU. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, WHY NOT? IS MY

COUNSEL TO YOU. WHY NOT? WHY WOULD YOU BE CHEAP WITH GOD? HE

GIVES YOU 90%. HE WANTS 10. HE GIVES YOU 90. WHY NOT? BECAUSE

WHEN YOU GIVE HIM THE 10, HE PROMISES TO OPEN THE WINDOWS OF

HEAVEN AND POUR OUT BLESSINGS. WHY WOULDN'T WHY WOULDN'T YOU

WANT THAT? I TALK TO PEOPLE AND THEY STARE AT ME LIKE, WELL, YOU

KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF NICE. YEAH, AGAIN, TITHING, YOU KNOW, DO

YOU, YOU KNOW, MY COUNSEL, DO YOU TITHE? BUT THE PASTORS, THEY

COME IN, THEY'RE FINANCIALLY STRAPPED. OKAY, FIRST QUESTION,

DO YOU TITHE? WELL, APOSTLE, THEY CALL ME DADDY OVER THERE.

NO, DADDY, YOU KNOW, I INTEND TO, I KNOW IT'S— WELL, DO YOU?

WELL, SHUT UP. DO WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. TITHE. BE WARM, BE FILLED,

BE GONE IN JESUS' NAME. GO OUT THE DOOR. COME ON, GO ON. OUT.

AREN'T YOU GLAD I'M NOT YOUR PASTOR? PRAISE THE LORD. YES,

THE APOSTLE OF WARMTH. PRAISE THE LORD. OKAY. YOUR CASE. LOOK

WITH ME AT PHILIPPIANS. PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 1, VERSE

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NUMBER 22. AH, LET'S START WITH VERSE 21. SORRY, VERSE 21. THIS

IS PAUL TALKING TO THE PHILIPPIAN CHURCH. THIS IS WHAT

HE SAYS: FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS GAIN.

SOMEONE SAY AMEN. DON'T BE AFRAID OF DEATH. IT'S YOUR

PORTAL. IT'S YOUR TIME OF TRANSITION. YOU GO HOME. WE GO

HOME. VERSE 22: BUT IF I LIVE ON IN THE FLESH, THIS WILL MEAN

FRUIT FROM MY LABOR. YET WHAT I SHALL CHOOSE, I CANNOT TELL.

VERSE 23: FOR I AM HARD-PRESSED BETWEEN THE TWO, HAVING A DESIRE

TO DEPART AND BE WITH CHRIST, WHICH IS FAR BETTER.

NEVERTHELESS, VERSE 24, TO REMAIN IN THE FLESH IS MORE

NEEDFUL FOR YOU. AND BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS, VERSE 25, I

KNOW THAT I SHALL REMAIN AND CONTINUE WITH YOU ALL FOR YOUR

PROGRESS AND JOY OF FAITH. OKAY, SO HE TELLS THE PHILIPPIANS,

LOOK, I'VE SEEN HEAVEN. IN FACT, I'VE BEEN THERE 3 TIMES. I'VE

SEEN IT. I'VE SEEN THE BEAUTY OF IT. AND ANYBODY, YOU KNOW,

RECENTLY IN OUR DAY AND AGE, THEY'VE SEEN IT AND THEY WRITE

BOOKS ABOUT IT. NOBODY CAN DESCRIBE IT. IT'S PERFECT. WE'VE

NEVER SEEN PERFECTION, FRIENDS. WE WERE BORN INTO A WORLD AT

WAR. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S NO

EVIL, WHERE THERE'S NO RESISTANCE. THEY GO UP THERE AND

THEY SEE THINGS AND THEY COME BACK, THEY SAY, "WE DON'T HAVE

WORDS FOR THIS. WE CAN'T DESCRIBE THIS." YOU KNOW, THEY

WRITE BOOKS ABOUT IT. I'VE READ THE BOOKS, OKAY? THE BIG THICK

BOOKS, THEY GO ON AND ON AND ON WELL, IT'S UP THERE. AND PAUL

WAS UP THERE 3 TIMES, AND HE SAYS, LISTEN TO THE PHILIPPIANS,

HE SAYS, LISTEN, PEOPLE, I'VE SEEN HEAVEN, AND IF IT WAS UP TO

ME, I'D BE OUT OF HERE. BUT I'M HARD-PRESSED. HE SAYS, I'M

HARD-PRESSED. I WANT TO LEAVE. I WANT TO GO BACK. I WANT, YOU

KNOW, PEOPLE UP THERE, THEY DON'T WANT TO COME BACK HERE.

THAT'S WHY NOBODY WANTS TO BE AT FUNERALS, CHRISTIAN FUNERALS,

BECAUSE I'LL TELL PEOPLE, WHAT ARE Y'ALL CRYING FOR? THE ONE

YOU LOVE ISN'T HERE. THEY'RE IN HEAVEN. THEY'RE WITH JESUS.

THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND SINGING AND DANCING. LISTENING AND

CLAPPING, AND YOU'RE IN HERE CRYING. I MEAN, THERE'S A TIME

TO MOURN, I GOT THAT PART, BUT LOOK PAST THE TEARS AND THANK

GOD FOR WHERE THEY WENT AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING. OKAY, PRAISE

THE LORD. I DID MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL, SAME THING. I SAID TO

ALL MY RELATIVES ON THE FRONT ROW, QUIT CRYING. NO, DON'T CRY

ANYMORE. SUCK IT UP. OUR MOTHER IS IN HEAVEN. SHE WAS SUFFERING,

SHE HAD CANCER, YOU KNOW, SHE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

SHE DIED AND WENT TO HIM. SHE'S IN HEAVEN. SHE'S RUNNING, SHE'S

CLAPPING, SHE'S DANCING. PRAISE THE LORD. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HER

SOON. YES. AMEN. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. AMEN. WELL, PAUL SAYS THIS

TO THE PHILIPPIANS. I'M CONFIDENT NEVERTHELESS TO REMAIN

IN THE FLESH IS MORE NEEDFUL FOR YOU. HE SAYS, I WANT TO GO, BUT

I'M GOING TO STAY. I CHOOSE TO STAY BECAUSE GOD NEEDS ME HERE.

AND THAT'S THE BASIS FOR YOUR CASE. I SAY TO THE LORD, YOU

NEED ME HERE, SO I MUST HAVE I MUST HAVE THIS MONEY, AND I MUST

HAVE DIVINE HEALTH. IF I'M STANDING IN FAITH FOR HEALING, I

MUST HAVE IT BECAUSE I CAN'T DO WHAT I'M CALLED TO DO IF I'M

SICK, AND I CAN'T DO WHAT I'M CALLED TO DO IF I'M POOR, AND I

CAN'T GO WHERE I NEED TO GO IF NONE OF THIS IS IN PLACE. SO YOU

MUST DO WHAT YOU PROMISED. THAT'S MY CASE. MY CASE IS I'M

GOING TO BE A PLAYER FOR YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO BE JUST A

SUNDAY MORNING CHRISTIAN, A BROTHER BLENDON, A PASTOR

POPULAR. NO, WE'RE GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE BOAT ROCKERS AND

WAVEMAKERS AND SHAKERS AND MOVERS FOR JESUS. AND I DON'T

CARE WHAT THE WORLD SAYS ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF EITHER. QUIT

LISTENING TO THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, ALL THESE FOREIGNERS

COMING OVER HERE TRYING TO TELL US HOW TO LIVE OUR LIFE AND RUN

OUR COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, SARAH SOMALIA AND TOMMY TURBAN. GO

TAKE YOUR SCARF AND GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM. GET OUT

OF HERE! GO ON, GET OUT OF HERE! I TELL THE LORD, I CAN'T LEAVE,

I CAN'T GO, I CAN'T GO, I HAVE TO STAY. YOU NEED ME HERE. HE

CHOSE TO LIMIT HIMSELF TO PARTNERSHIP WITH US, WITH YOU

AND ME. THAT TO ME IS AMAZING, CONSIDERING WE'RE ALL WORKS IN

PROGRESS. BUT NONETHELESS, HE WILL NOT WIN SOULS APART FROM

OUR ANTICIPATION. SO I TELL THE LORD, YOU NEED ME HERE. I'M NOT

GOING ANYWHERE. I'M 75. WELL, I TURN 75 NEXT MONTH. OKAY, I

STILL RIDE MY BIKE 40 MILES ONCE, ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. I

STILL RIDE MY MOTORCYCLES. I GO OUT THERE AND PRAY IN TONGUES

RIGHT IN THAT HARLEY OF MINE. PRAISE THE LORD. BUT THE POINT

IS, HEY, I WANT GOD— I, I, BY THE WAY, WE COME TO THE LORD

WITH RESPECT. WE DON'T COME POUNDING OUR FIST. YOU

NEED TO DO THIS. YOU KNOW, WE DEMAND WITH RESPECT. SOMEONE SAY

AMEN. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING TO GOD ALMIGHTY, NOT THE BUS

DRIVER. SO GOD WILL LET US PRESENT OUR CASE. WHEN WE'RE

DONE, THEN HE'S GOING TO TURN AROUND AND HE'LL SAY, GOOD,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CASE. I HAVE HEARD IT. NOW I'LL GIVE YOU MY

CASE. AND I'VE WRITTEN 3. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY 3, BUT THESE ARE

MY TOP 3 HIS IS— THIS IS HIS CASE. THESE ARE YES AND NO

QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO THE COURT, THEY ALWAYS WANT

TO GET THE WITNESSES TO DO YES OR NOS, ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, EVEN

THOUGH THE QUESTION IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER WITH A YES

OR NO. BUT THEY TRY TO WORK IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU HAVE TO

ANSWER YES, YOU KNOW, YES, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOD WILL

DO THE SAME THING. HERE, HERE WE GO. GOD'S CASE NUMBER 1. HERE'S

HIS QUESTION: DO YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS? YES OR NO? YOU

KNOW, MOST CHRISTIANS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. THEY THINK

COMMANDMENTS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, OR THE ONE

COMMANDMENT TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. THERE ARE AT LEAST 10

OF THEM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. THERE ARE 5 COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE

AND 5 COMMANDMENTS OF LIFE. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THAT

TODAY, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE

COMMANDMENTS ARE, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE DECEIVING

YOURSELF. BECAUSE JESUS SAID IN JOHN 14:15, IF YOU 'IF YOU LOVE

John 14:15

ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' HE SAID YOU PROVE YOUR LOVE BY

KEEPING MY— KNOWING THEM AND KEEPING THEM. AND IF YOU DON'T

KNOW THEM, HOW CAN YOU KEEP THEM? AND IF YOU SAY THAT YOU

LOVE THE LORD AND YOU HAVEN'T KEPT THEM, YOU ARE WHAT JAMES

CALLS SELF-DECEIVED. YOU'VE DECEIVED YOURSELF. YOUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. YEAH,

IT'S SOBERING, ISN'T IT? YOU KNOW, LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY:

OVER 159 TIMES IN THE BIBLE. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT

COMMANDMENTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND IN THE NEW. AND

THE ONE THAT I HAVE IN MY NOTES— WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THE

WHOLE THING— THIS IS DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 28, VERSES 1 TO 14.

Deuteronomy 28:1–14

THOSE GREAT COVENANT, YOU KNOW, THE SEED OF ABRAHAM WITH THE

SEED OF ABRAHAM, THOSE GREAT COVENANT BLESSINGS. GO READ THE

FIRST 14 VERSES. THE, THE WORD COMMAND OR COMMANDMENTS IS IN

THERE 5 TIMES IN THOSE 14 VERSES. WE READ RIGHT OVER THAT.

WE READ ABOUT THE BLESSINGS. YOU'RE BLESSED YOU'RE BLESSED IN

THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS STUFF. BUT YOU READ RIGHT

OVER THE FIRST VERSE. LET'S READ THE FIRST VERSE. WE'LL START

THERE. WE'LL DO THAT ONE AT LEAST. DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 28,

Deuteronomy 28:1

VERSE 1. LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING HINGES,

AND WE READ RIGHT OVER IT. OKAY, DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 28, JUST THE

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FIRST VERSE. YOU COULD READ THE 14 VERSES LATER, BUT VERSE 28,

VERSE 1. NOW IT SHALL COME TO PASS IF— EVERYONE SAY IF. SO

IT'S CONDITIONAL. IF YOU DILIGENTLY OBEY THE VOICE OF THE

LORD YOUR GOD, TO OBSERVE CAREFULLY ALL OF HIS— WHAT'S

THAT WORD? LET ME HEAR IT AGAIN. COMMANDMENTS. WHICH I COMMAND

YOU TODAY, THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL SET YOU ON HIGH ABOVE

ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH, AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS SHALL COME

UPON OVERTAKE YOU BECAUSE YOU OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD.

NOTICE THE BLESSINGS ARE CONDITIONAL. THEY'RE ALL

CONDITIONAL— KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS. ALL RIGHT, SO

THAT'S— THAT'LL BE HIS FIRST QUESTION. OKAY, YOU NEED MY

MONEY, YOU NEED MY HEALTH, YOU NEED MY FAVOR. DO YOU KEEP MY

COMMANDMENTS? YES OR NO? AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO, YOU HAVE NO

CASE. YOU JUST THREW YOUR OWN CASE OUT THE WINDOW. THOUGH.

OKAY, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, GET YOUR

DUCKS LINED UP IN A ROW, AND ALL THE BLESSINGS WILL FOLLOW YOU,

FIND YOU. THE SECOND ONE— HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE LORD.

THIS IS ISAIAH 6:8: HAVE YOU MADE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO ME?

YES OR NO? YOU KNOW, ISAIAH 6:8: WHOM SHALL I SEND? WHO WILL GO

FOR US? WHOM SHALL I SEND? WHO WILL GO FOR US? WHO WILL GO FOR

US? ISAIAH ANSWERS, HERE AM I, 'THEY'RE THY LORD, SEND ME.'

MOST CHRISTIANS, THEIR ANSWER IS, 'THEY'RE THY LORD, SEND

THEM. DON'T ASK ME TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING OR RISK ANYTHING.'

OKAY, I MEAN, WHEN I FLEW TO THE PHILIPPINES WITH $20 IN MY

POCKET AND A ONE-WAY TICKET AND NO WAY BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF

1980, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE I WROTE LETTERS TO EVEN

KNEW I WAS COMING. I PRAYED IN TONGUES FOR 12 HOURS ON THAT

PLANE, LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW IN THE DARK, FLYING ACROSS THE

PACIFIC AT NIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS FLYING

INTO. I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WOULD BE THERE TO MEET ME. I

DIDN'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE. I HAD $20 LEFT IN MY BANK ACCOUNT. I

PAID FOR A ONE-WAY TICKET, OKAY? I DIDN'T KNOW I'D MEET MY WIFE

OVER THERE. GOD DIDN'T TELL ME. WHEN YOU DO WHAT GOD TELLS YOU

TO DO, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. YOU MEET PEOPLE YOU'D NEVER MEET ANY

OTHER WAY, ETC. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. ALL RIGHT, THEN NUMBER 3.

HERE'S THE THIRD QUESTION. THIS IS FROM PROVERBS 6:16-19. WE

Proverbs 6:16–19

WON'T TAKE TIME TO READ IT. GOD WILL SAY, HAVE YOU PARTICIPATED

IN THE SPREADING OF STRIFE IN THE CHURCH? HAVE YOU BEEN A

STRIFE SPREADER? BECAUSE MOST CHRISTIANS SPREAD STRIFE. THEY

TALK BEHIND PEOPLE'S BACKS. THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR PASTOR BEHIND

THEIR BACK. THEY CRITICIZE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AROUND TO

RESPOND TO THE CRITICISM. THAT'S CALLED STRIFE. AND PROVERBS SAYS

THERE ARE 6 THINGS HE HATES, AND 7 IS THE ONE THAT HE CALLS AN

ABOMINATION, AND IT IS PEOPLE WHO SOW STRIFE AMONG BRETHREN.

IN MY CHURCHES, AND IN MY CHURCH IN TUCSON, THEY'LL TELL YOU

THIS, AND MY CHURCHES OVERSEAS, I DO NOT TOLERATE STRIFE IN ANY

WAY, SHAPE, FASHION, OR FORM. IF I FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE SPREADING

STRIFE, DOING END-AROUNDS AROUND PEOPLE, YOU AND I ARE GOING TO

HAVE A CONVERSATION YOU WILL NEVER FORGET. AND I'LL LAY IT ON

THE LINE, IF YOU DO THIS AGAIN, YOU ARE GONE. I DON'T NEED YOU

HERE. WE'LL FIND SOMEONE TO REPLACE YOU. YOU'RE NOT THAT

GOOD. YOU'RE NOT THAT IMPORTANT. YOU DON'T SING THAT WELL. I'LL

GET RID OF YOU AND MOVE ON. AMEN. THAT'S— THEY KNOW IT

BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. WE NEED TO BE DOING

EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WIN SOULS BEFORE THEY DIE LOST. YOU DON'T

HAVE TIME TO BE, YOU KNOW, TABBY BINGO, BINGO, WHAT THEY

CALL IN THE PHILIPPINES SPREADING STRIFE. SHUT UP. SO I

WILL SAY, BE QUIET. SO AGAIN, MASTERING OUR MEMORY— YOU SHOULD

WRITE THIS DOWN OR REMEMBER IT— MASTERING OUR MEMORY IS THE

FOUNDATION FOR OUR FUTURE. MASTERING OUR MEMORY IS THE

FOUNDATION FOR OUR FUTURE. IF YOU DON'T GET CONTROL OF YOUR

MIND NOW, YOU'LL NEVER BE WORTH ANYTHING FOR GOD. YOU'LL JUST BE

ANOTHER MESS, AN EMOTIONAL MESS IN SOMEONE'S CHURCH SOMEWHERE.

ALL RIGHT, AND HERE'S ANOTHER ONE: IT'S NOT HOW MUCH OF THE

WORD OF GOD YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE WORD OF GOD YOU

APPLY. LET ME REPEAT THAT: IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE WORD

OF GOD YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE WORD OF GOD YOU

APPLY IN YOUR LIFE. THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. DOERS OF THE

WORD. BE DOERS OF THE WORD. THANK YOU, JESUS. SO LET'S

FINISH THIS UP. LET'S GO TO PHILIPPIANS 3. WE'LL TALK ABOUT

THE MINDSET AGAIN. DO THE END OF ROUNDS RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE

STARTED. PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER NUMBER 3 AND VERSE NUMBER 13.

PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE NUMBER 13. THIS IS PAUL TALKING

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AGAIN TO THE PHILIPPIAN HE SAYS, BRETHREN, I DO NOT COUNT MYSELF

TO HAVE APPREHENDED, BUT ONE THING I DO. ONE THING I DO,

EVERYBODY. ONE THING. AND THE ONE THING HAS THREE PARTS:

FORGETTING THE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND. NOTICE THE FIRST ONE:

FORGETTING THE THINGS BEHIND. TAKING CARE OF YOUR MEMORY,

GUARDING IT. FORGETTING THE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND,

REACHING FORWARD TO THE THINGS AHEAD, PRESSING TOWARD THE GOAL

FOR THE PRIZE OF THE UPWARD CALL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. OKAY, SO

WE KNOW THOSE VERSES, WE'VE READ THEM, BUT LET'S KEEP READING.

NOTICE VERSE 15. VERSE 15 STARTS WITH THE WORD THEREFORE. OKAY,

BECAUSE OF WHAT HE JUST SAID, THEREFORE, AS MANY AS ARE

MATURE— CIRCLE THE WORD MATURE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MATURE

MINDSET— AS MANY AS ARE MATURE HAVE THIS MIND. ONCE AGAIN, THE

MIND. A MATURE MINDSET. HAVE THIS MIND IF YOU ARE MATURE.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE MATURE MINDSET? IT IS FORGETTING THE

THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND, REACHING FORWARD TO THE THINGS

AHEAD, AND PRESSING TOWARD THE GOAL FOR THE PRIZE. THAT'S THE

MATURE MINDSET. BUT HE GOES ON IN VERSE 15, AND IF IN ANYTHING

YOU THINK OTHERWISE, GOD WILL REVEAL EVEN THIS TO YOU. LIKE

TODAY, AS AN EXAMPLE, IN THIS SERVICE, HE MIGHT BE REVEALING

THIS TO YOU. THEN VERSE 16: NEVERTHELESS, TO THE DEGREE THAT

WE'VE ALREADY ATTAINED, LET US WALK BY THE SAME RULE. IN OTHER

WORDS, WHAT GOT US TO THE DANCE KEEPS US DANCING. IT IS

FORGETTING THE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND, REACHING FORWARD TO THE

THINGS AHEAD, AND PRESSING TOWARD THE GOAL. THERE'S THE

MINDSET. AND GOD SAYS, IF YOU DON'T THINK THIS WAY, I'M GOING

TO PULL YOU ASIDE AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK. BECAUSE HE'LL SAY

TO US, I CAN'T WORK WITH YOU, I CAN'T USE YOU THE I WANT TO

BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS WRONG. YOUR MIND IS UPSET. YOUR MIND IS ALL

SCREWED UP. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. SO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS, OKAY? THE

MATURE MINDSET— GOD WILL TELL YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, LIKE

IN THIS SERVICE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS WILL BE ONE WAY HE

DOES IT, OKAY? AND GOD TALKS TO ME THE SAME WAY HE TALKS TO YOU.

SOMEONE SAY AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD. REMEMBER, DON'T FORGET,

REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS PUT IN THE

WORD. DON'T FORGET THE PROMISES. THEY ARE YOUR PLATFORM AND YOUR

FOUNDATION, AND IT IS THE CASE YOU BUILD UPON TO BRING IT

BEFORE THE LORD, THE COURTROOMS OF HEAVEN. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. I

KNOW THAT GOD WILL HEAL WHEN I NEED IT. I KNOW THAT GOD WILL

PUT MONEY IN MY HAND WHEN I NEED IT. WHY? BECAUSE HE NEEDS ME

HERE. HE NEEDS YOU HERE. YOU'RE OF NO VALUE TO GOD IN HEAVEN. HE

LOVES YOU IN HEAVEN, BUT YOU'RE NOT— YOU'RE NOT A PLAYER. YOU'RE

NOW— YOU'RE NOW, UH, UP IN THE STANDS WATCHING. YOU CAN'T HELP.

YOU'RE OFF PLANET. YOU'RE OFF THE BATTLEFIELD. HE NEEDS US

HERE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. HE NEEDS YOU. DON'T SIT THERE

THINKING, I'M SOMEBODY INSIGNIFICANT. YOU'RE NOT. YOU

ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT. WHERE YOU GO TOMORROW IS WHERE JESUS GOES

IN YOU. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD. YOU'RE VERY IMPORTANT

TO GOD. DON'T EVER THINK TO YOURSELF YOU'RE SOMEONE

INSIGNIFICANT. YOU'RE NOT INSIGNIFICANT. EVERYBODY NEEDS

EVERYBODY ELSE. I NEED YOU AND YOU NEED ME. WE NEED EACH OTHER.

THIS CHURCH NEEDS YOU. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. YOU KNOW, WE RIDE OUR

FEELINGS LIKE WE DO, YOU KNOW. THE SERVICE WAS TOO LONG. I

DIDN'T CARE FOR THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP. CAN YOU IMAGINE TRYING

TO JUSTIFY ALL THAT BEFORE GOD SOMEDAY WHEN YOU'RE STANDING

BEFORE THE LORD? WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE CHURCH? WELL, I DIDN'T

CARE FOR THE PASTOR'S LIPSTICK. YOU LISTEN, YOU THINK I'M

JOKING. I'VE BEEN AROUND WHERE I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO EXACTLY

THAT. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SPLIT OVER DONUTS. I'M NOT KIDDING.

PEOPLE LEAVE THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH SPLIT OVER DONUTS. THEY

WERE RUNNING MULTIPLE SERVICES, AND OUT OF KINDNESS, THE PASTOR

WANTED TO BLESS THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAM WHO HAD TO STAY

OVER FROM FIRST SERVICE TO SECOND SERVICE. SO THEY WOULD,

YOU KNOW, IN THE ROOM BACK THERE, WHATEVER ROOM THEY HAD,

THEY WOULD GO OUT AND GET A COUPLE DOZEN DONUTS AND PUT THEM

IN THERE. AND THEN PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH STARTED GETTING MAD

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE DONUTS. AND I MEAN, THEY

GOT TO FIGHTING. AND I'M NOT KIDDING, THEY LEFT— THEY

ACTUALLY LEFT THE CHURCH OVER A DOZEN DONUTS. YOU NEED TO REBUKE

THAT DONUT DEMON IN THE NAME OF JESUS. GET OUT OF HERE! PRAISE

THE LORD. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE

WORD TODAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS. HELP US TO BE PLAYERS, LORD,

PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN DEPEND ON IN THE CLUTCH, YOU CAN DEPEND ON

UNDER FIRE. WE'RE NOT LEAVING, WE'RE NOT CHANGING OUR

CONFESSION. WE'RE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE,

AND WE'RE GOING TO CROSS THAT LINE, LORD, AND WE'RE GOING TO

HEAR YOU SAY TO US, WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. THANK

YOU, LORD. IF WE'VE MADE— IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, LORD,

TODAY BASED UPON THE VERSES WE LOOKED AT, HELP US TO MAKE THE

ADJUSTMENTS. HELP US TO MAKE THE CHANGES. CONTINUE TO BLESS THE

KUNNEMAN FAMILY WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. LET THEM HAVE A SEASON

OF REST AND COME BACK RECHARGED AND STRONGER THAN EVER. BLESS

THEM WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. BLESS OUR CHURCH IN ARIZONA. BLESS OUR

CHURCHES OVERSEAS. BLESS THE INTERNET FAMILY WHEREVER YOU

GUYS ARE. GOD SEES YOU. GOD KNOWS YOU, AND YOU'RE IMPORTANT

TO THIS WORK. YOU MAY ONLY COME FOR A CONFERENCE ONCE A YEAR OR

WHATEVER, BUT YOU ARE NEEDED AND YOU ARE APPRECIATED. WE LOVE YOU

VERY MUCH. WE PRAISE GOD FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE THAT

CALLS THIS THEIR HOME. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. AND I BELIEVE THAT AS

WE FINISH OUT 2026 AND MOVE INTO 2027, IT WILL BE THE BEST TIME,

THE BEST SEASON OF ABUNDANCE AND INCREASE THAT THIS CHURCH HAS

HAS EVER SEEN. I'VE PROPHESIED THIS BEFORE. THERE ARE

MILLIONAIRES— I'M HEARING THIS IN MY SPIRIT, OKAY— THERE ARE AT

LEAST 3 THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE $1

MILLION TO THIS WORK. THERE ARE 3 OF THEM, AT LEAST 3. AND I'M

ALSO HEARING THAT THEY HAVE, UH, THEY HAVE NOT OBEYED YET. THE

HOLY SPIRIT'S WORKING ON THEM, BUT HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW HE'S

WORKING. ON THEM. SOMEONE SAY AMEN. YEAH, LET'S SEE, A MILLION

DOLLARS. SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST IN NEW YORK CITY

LAST WEEKEND FOR MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, RENT IN THAT CITY, THERE

ARE BUILDINGS WHERE THE RENT IS LIKE $2 MILLION A MONTH IN THAT

CITY. I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE MONEY. OH, THEY'VE GOT MONEY, OKAY? BUT

THE PROBLEM IS MONEY HAS THEM, AND THEY'RE USING IT FOR ALL OF

THIS STUFF THEY DON'T NEED. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE IN

THE BODY OF CHRIST THAT HAVE WE HAVE RESOURCES, AND GOD IS

CHANNELING THOSE RESOURCES TO THE CHURCHES AND TO THE

MINISTRIES THAT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. IN JESUS' NAME, SOMEONE

SAY AMEN. ALL RIGHT, PRAISE THE LORD. LET'S ALL STAND. FATHER,

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE WORD WITH THIS FINE

GROUP OF PEOPLE. I PRAY, LORD, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXCEL

AND TO MOVE FASTER THAN EVER FOR THE BUSINESS OF WINNING SOULS

OUT THERE THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO US, TO THE INTERNET

LAND. YOU GUYS OUT THERE. WE LOVE YOU. WE'RE WITH YOU IN

SPIRIT. AND PRAISE THE LORD, THE BEST DAYS ARE ALL AHEAD OF US.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? LET ME— COME ON, BE LIKE THE 7B PEOPLE.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? YAY! YEAH, GLORY TO GOD! SOMEBODY SAY AMEN.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT TO HAVE A DEMONIC SLAP-O-METER,

BATTERY-POWERED. YOU CAN TAKE IT WHEREVER YOU GO AND SLAP THE

DEVIL AROUND WITH IT. IT'S ALL IN THE WRIST. YOU JUST GOT

TO PRACTICE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW. GO FROM LEVEL 1 TO LEVEL

10. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WHENEVER YOU HAVE TO, I'LL SLAP

YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. GET OUT OF MY

FAMILY. GET OUT OF MY BUSINESS. GET OUT OF MY MARRIAGE. GET OUT

OF MY MONEY. GET OUT OF MY BODY. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. IF ANY OF

THIS BLESSED YOU TODAY, I HAVE A BOOK OUT THERE THAT YOU MIGHT

CONSIDER CALLED ENTRUSTED FOR ETERNITY. BEST BOOK I'VE

WRITTEN. 12. THIS IS THE BEST ONE. ALL 11 WERE WRITTEN FOR

THIS ONE. I PUT IT OUT LAST YEAR. THE GREATEST HONOR AND

RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE IN THIS LIFE IS TO BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE

GOSPEL, ENTRUSTED WITH THE ONE MESSAGE THAT CHANGES A PERSON'S

DESTINY FROM A LAKE OF FIRE TO HEAVEN, TO BE WITH JESUS. THE

ONE MESSAGE, THE ONLY MESSAGE. AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE

CHARGE TO GO SHARE IT. THAT'S THE GREATEST HONOR AND THE

GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY WE CAN EVER HAVE, AND THIS TALKS A LOT

ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. SO THAT'S OUT THERE. AND WE HAVE SOME

T-SHIRTS, FUNDRAISERS, YOU KNOW, MILITARY SHIRTS OUT THERE THAT

YOU COULD WEAR AND RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR MISSIONS TOUR NEXT

SUMMER. BY THE WAY, OUR MISSION TOURS THIS SUMMER, WE DID TWO OF

THEM IN JULY, 5 DAYS, AND AUGUST, 5 DAYS. PEOPLE CAME FROM

ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE LED MORE THAN 5,000 1,000 PEOPLE TO JESUS

IN 10 DAYS. ALL THE PEOPLE DID THIS. WE WERE JUST THERE TO HELP

THEM. THEY CAME IN AND PARTICIPATED. AND THOSE ARE THE

SHIRTS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT THEY

WORE. THOSE ARE THE UNIFORMS THAT THEY WORE. SO YOU CAN GET A

SHIRT FOR YOURSELF AND FUND THE MISSION TOURS FOR NEXT SUMMER,

AND YOU CAN COME ALONG IF YOU WANT TO. IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY.

SO DID THIS HELP ANYBODY TODAY? ALL RIGHT, PASTOR DOUG.

GIVE APOSTLE MIKE ANOTHER HAND. GOD BLESS HIM. WHAT A GREAT

MESSAGE. THAT WAS A GREAT MESSAGE. AND THE ALTAR TEAM, YOU

CAN COME AT THIS POINT. DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF APOSTLE MIKE'S

TABLE OUT THERE AND CLEAN HIM OUT TODAY. I KNOW THERE'S SOME

REALLY GOOD STUFF ON THERE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED IF

YOU PARTAKE OF THAT. AND ALSO, WHILE YOU'RE WHILE THE TEAM'S

COMING HERE, IF YOU'RE EVER VISITING TUCSON OR IF YOU HAPPEN

TO BE LIVING IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT FAITH

COMMUNITY CHURCH EAST WHERE PASTOR MIKE IS THE SENIOR PASTOR

AND YOU'LL BE BLESSED BY ATTENDING THAT CHURCH. I'M ON

THE BOARD OF THAT CHURCH AND I KNOW THEY'RE DOING GOOD THINGS

IN TUCSON, SO THAT'S GREAT. LET'S DO THIS, WE'RE JUST GONNA,

I MEAN, YOU HEARD THE GOSPEL TODAY, EVERYONE THAT'S HERE,

EVERYONE THAT'S HERE HEARD THE MESSAGE OF ETERNAL LIFE AND WHAT

GOD HAS TO OFFER US. BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK, JUST IN CASE THERE

MIGHT BE SOMEONE HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU MIGHT BE

SAYING, PASTOR DOUG, I'VE NEVER REALLY MADE A DECISION FOR JESUS

LIKE APOSTLE MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF

I WOULD END UP IN HEAVEN OR HELL. AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET

YOU LEAVE TODAY WITHOUT GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR

YOU. THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTS. HIS PRAYER. AND AS APOSTLE MIKE

SAID, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE HAVE ON THIS EARTH. JUST LAST

NIGHT THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN, 19 YEARS OLD, DRIVING HIS CAMARO ON

INTERSTATE 480. HE CRASHED IT, WENT INTO ETERNITY. HE DIDN'T

KNOW WHEN HE STARTED OUT ON HIS LITTLE TRIP ACROSS OMAHA THAT

THAT WOULD HAPPEN. I'M SURE HE DIDN'T PLAN TO END UP IN

ETERNITY. TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. TODAY IS THE DAY THAT

YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION IF YOU HAVEN'T. DON'T LEAVE THIS

PLACE WITHOUT KNOWING. DON'T TURN OFF YOUR DEVICE TODAY

WITHOUT KNOWING FOR SURE THAT YOU HAVE ETERNITY IN HEAVEN.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT. WE CAN'T JUST PLAN FOR THE LITTLE TIME WE HAVE

ON THIS EARTH AND THEN END UP WASTING OUR LIFE GOING TO HELL.

THAT'S TRAGIC FOR A MAN TO PERISH OR A WOMAN TO PERISH. BOW

YOUR HEADS WITH ME IF YOU WOULD. AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE

TODAY AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR ME, MAYBE

THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 20

YEARS, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE

A DECISION FOR CHRIST, TODAY IS YOUR TIME TO DO IT. I'M GONNA

ASK YOU TO BE BOLD TODAY. I'M GONNA COUNT TO 3, AND IF THAT'S

YOU AND YOU SAY, I WANT PRAYER, YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I WANT

PRAYER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY HOME IS HEAVEN, THAT I CAN

HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE WITH JESUS ON THIS EARTH, I CAN END

UP IN ETERNITY WITH HEAVEN. WHEN I COUNT TO 3, I'M GONNA ASK YOU

TO RAISE YOUR HAND. 1, 2, 3. HANDS UP ANYWHERE IN THE

AUDITORIUM IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY. ANYONE HERE, YOU SAY, I

NEED JESUS, I WANT PRAYER. IS THERE ANYONE HERE? I DON'T SEE

ANY HANDS. LET'S DO THIS. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN

PRAY WITH ME. WE'RE GONNA PRAY TOGETHER AS A GROUP. YOU REPEAT

AFTER ME. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I

BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY. HE DIED, HE

SUFFERED, AND HE WAS BURIED, BUT HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY,

AND I BELIEVE THAT. I ASK YOU, JESUS, FORGIVE ME FOR ANY SIN IN

MY LIFE. BE MY LORD AND SAVIOR, AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL MY

REMAINING DAYS ON THIS EARTH. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AND IF

YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY AND IT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME TO PRAY

THAT, YOU CAN CALL THE PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907, 24 HOURS A

DAY. WE HAVE PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO TAKE YOUR CALL, AND

EVERY WEEK WE HAVE PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION CALLING IN

REPORTING THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED JESUS, SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR

THAT. WELL, LET'S JUST GIVE YOU A COUPLE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

THAT ARE KIND OF IMPORTANT HERE. THIS COMING SATURDAY, THERE'S A

HOPE AND HEALING DAY, HOPE AND HEALING ONE-DAY EVENT. I GOT IT

RIGHT. IS THAT RIGHT, PASTOR KEITH? IT'S A ONE-DAY EVENT. IT

DOESN'T REALLY LAST ALL DAY. IT STARTS AT 10:00 AM. GOES TILL

LIKE 2, MAYBE 2 O'CLOCK, SO, AND THEN LUNCH IS INCLUDED. AND IF

YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S GRIEVING, THEY'VE LOST A LOVED

ONE, THEY NEED SOME HELP IN THAT AREA, INVITE THEM TO ATTEND, BUT

YOU NEED TO SIGN UP. INFORMATION CENTER HAS THAT. YOU CAN SIGN UP

TODAY FOR THAT EVENT COMING UP ON OCTOBER 17TH, OR CALL THE

CHURCH OR GO TO OUR EMAIL, OR I'M SORRY, OUR WEBSITE, AND YOU

CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT. NEXT SUNDAY WE HAVE A BABY CHILD

DEDICATION THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR THAT, SO IF YOU

NEED TO DEDICATE YOUR CHILD TO THE LORD, MAKE SURE YOU GO TO

THE INFORMATION CENTER AND FILL OUT THAT FORM. AND THEN THE LAST

THING, I WANTED TO INVITE YOU TO MIDWEEK RECHARGE THIS COMING

WEDNESDAY. WE'RE DOING OUR FINAL MESSAGE ON THE BOOK OF

REVELATION. I'M GONNA FINISH CHAPTER 21, WE'RE GONNA DO 22

ALL IN ONE MESSAGE. AND THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THAT IS IT

IS ABOUT OUR FUTURE. ABOUT OUR FUTURE. THAT PART OF REVELATION

21 TALKS ABOUT THE NEW JERUSALEM COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND

IT'S AMAZING. IT'S AMAZING WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR US. THERE'S

A CITY COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN THAT'S 1,200 FURLONGS. THAT

MEANS 1,400 FEET WIDE, 1,400 FEET LONG, AND 1,400 FEET INTO

THE AIR. I'M SORRY, MILES. I SAID FEET. YOU HAD ME RIGHT ON

THAT WITH THE FURLONGS. 1,400 FEET WOULDN'T BE MUCH, SIZE OF

JANET'S HOME. BUT 1,400 MILES, IT'S A CUBE, AND 1,400 MILES

HIGH. IT'S AMAZING. AND THERE'S A GREAT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT

WE'RE GONNA BE INVOLVED IN DURING THAT TIME AND WHAT WE

HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. AND IT'S IMPORTANT. IF GOD PUT IT IN

THE WORD TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, WE NEED TO WE

CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND BE AMAZED BY IT AND BE ANTICIPATING GOD'S

PLAN FOR OUR LIFE. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR

COMING TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUNDAY, AND

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU.