WEBVTT 00:00:01.449 --> 00:00:04.790 Last week, I preached to you, Let Freedom Ring, 00:00:05.030 --> 00:00:09.970 R -I -N -G. Talked about how we are liberated 00:00:09.970 --> 00:00:13.949 through Jesus Christ, amen? So today, I want 00:00:13.949 --> 00:00:16.050 to share with you a little bit about Let Freedom 00:00:16.050 --> 00:00:23.329 Rain. Let Freedom Rain. You can look to Psalm 00:00:23.329 --> 00:00:26.949 33 and 12, and then you can look to Proverbs 00:00:26.949 --> 00:00:33.229 14, 34. 33 and 12 declares, blessed is the nation 00:00:33.229 --> 00:00:38.369 whose God is the Lord. You need to read the entirety 00:00:38.369 --> 00:00:41.710 of that 33rd Psalm. And before you get to verse 00:00:41.710 --> 00:00:44.469 12, it really lays you a wonderful foundation 00:00:44.469 --> 00:00:49.810 for that declaration. That the nation whose God 00:00:49.810 --> 00:00:56.789 is the Lord is blessed. Proverbs 14, 34 declares, 00:00:56.829 --> 00:01:01.609 righteousness exalteth the nation. But sin is 00:01:01.609 --> 00:01:07.950 a reproach or a disgrace to any people. This 00:01:07.950 --> 00:01:10.209 week I was thinking as we are celebrating our 00:01:10.209 --> 00:01:16.450 nation's 250th birthday. As nations goes, we're 00:01:16.450 --> 00:01:20.489 very young. We're still the baby of the family. 00:01:22.969 --> 00:01:25.849 And as I begin to think about this liberty that 00:01:25.849 --> 00:01:31.540 we have. Not to overemphasize, but I don't know 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:34.939 how it affected you when we couldn't come to 00:01:34.939 --> 00:01:37.200 church, when they said we could. We could have 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:44.099 and probably should have. But anyway, that left 00:01:44.099 --> 00:01:50.519 a lasting effect upon my psyche. What are you 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:52.120 saying, Pastor? I'm saying it messed with my 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:58.900 head because it stirred from my heart. It moved 00:01:58.900 --> 00:02:02.980 from within my being to my mind. I began to think 00:02:02.980 --> 00:02:07.260 about and process how that they could just shut 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:17.699 us down and seemingly without recourse. And church, 00:02:17.819 --> 00:02:21.699 we just kind of rolled over and took it. I think 00:02:21.699 --> 00:02:26.819 because it was such a sudden move. It wasn't 00:02:26.819 --> 00:02:29.960 like it had been planned. Like, you know, six 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.460 months, you've got to get ready. You're going 00:02:32.460 --> 00:02:34.580 to close your doors in six months. No one's going 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:36.159 to church. No one's going to be allowed to be 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:39.400 at church. That wasn't the case. So it was just 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:41.580 all of a sudden, it was like we were shell -shocked. 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:46.300 That's kind of how I felt. And then how it affected 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:50.039 people and how people responded. Some people 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:55.599 have not gone back to church yet. probably will 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:57.840 never enter another church house again until 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:02.800 somebody wheels them in in a wood box. And so 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:06.939 all of that has kind of left a scar on me. I 00:03:06.939 --> 00:03:08.719 don't know how it's a thing. You may have already 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:11.960 moved on and it just blip on the radar for you, 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.240 but not for me because I see the implications 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:19.840 for the church and for the body of Christ and 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:24.189 for the kingdom of God and how easily. that when 00:03:24.189 --> 00:03:27.909 that old beast rises and everything, the Antichrist 00:03:27.909 --> 00:03:31.090 begins to take over and do his thing, how easily 00:03:31.090 --> 00:03:36.770 folks are just going to fall right in. I mean, 00:03:36.789 --> 00:03:38.710 that's the reason we have the warning of Scripture 00:03:38.710 --> 00:03:42.289 that we must take care for. Even the very elect 00:03:42.289 --> 00:03:47.050 will be deceived. You think you're on solid ground 00:03:47.050 --> 00:03:50.930 now, and we don't let much of anything shake 00:03:50.930 --> 00:03:56.360 us. And keep us from being here. Let alone when 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:59.460 the decree comes again, the next time it will 00:03:59.460 --> 00:04:04.139 be different. It will be jail time. So what are 00:04:04.139 --> 00:04:12.379 we going to do? We must let freedom reign. With 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:17.319 global unrest the way that it is. And high tensions. 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.620 The anxiety of the world. The world is on edge. 00:04:24.939 --> 00:04:28.220 For many, the only certain thing in their life 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:30.920 is the uncertainty that they feel themselves 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:34.879 surrounded by. Have you noticed that, that maybe 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:37.420 there's some kind of an uneasy feeling going 00:04:37.420 --> 00:04:39.800 on inside of you? You just can't determine what 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:44.079 maybe that is. It could be a sense of uncertainty 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:48.420 because we're really not sure how things are 00:04:48.420 --> 00:04:54.769 going to wind up. People of every nation are 00:04:54.769 --> 00:04:57.829 looking to and looking for political solutions, 00:04:58.269 --> 00:05:02.850 politicians to come up with solutions, education, 00:05:03.410 --> 00:05:07.410 right? Technology. Well, AI is going to fix it 00:05:07.410 --> 00:05:09.569 all. AI is going to make a bigger mess out of 00:05:09.569 --> 00:05:13.170 stuff than the mess already is. Now, it's like 00:05:13.170 --> 00:05:15.569 all things. It's like everything. It's a tool 00:05:15.569 --> 00:05:19.310 if it's used properly and correctly. Amen? It 00:05:19.310 --> 00:05:23.399 can have benefits. But what happens is... People, 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:27.800 human beings with brains supposedly, at least 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:32.480 gray matter, begin to turn over their thinking 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:37.720 to the machine and surrender their individuality 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:43.839 over to a machine. I forgot what the statistics 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:48.160 are, but you would be amazed at the percentage 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:54.160 of people who are okay with an AI pastor. That 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:56.579 they feel as though they can get the spiritual 00:05:56.579 --> 00:06:02.399 encouragement that they need from AI. Well, I 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:06.779 guarantee you right now that ChatGPT didn't feel 00:06:06.779 --> 00:06:12.259 on it what I felt on me a while ago. Or you, 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:17.000 as far as that matter goes. So, no. You need 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:21.959 some country bunking to a PhD and everywhere 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:28.339 in between. We need, humanity needs, an anointed 00:06:28.339 --> 00:06:32.259 man or woman of God to stand under the unction. 00:06:32.810 --> 00:06:38.029 and proclaimed thus saith the Lord. We need willing 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:41.430 spirit -filled vessels that will yield when they 00:06:41.430 --> 00:06:45.110 feel the unction from on high to say this is 00:06:45.110 --> 00:06:49.649 the Lord. I say to you, remember I am with you. 00:06:49.810 --> 00:06:52.990 I haven't forsaken you. I am encouraging you 00:06:52.990 --> 00:06:57.009 to trust in me. I know where you are. I know 00:06:57.009 --> 00:07:01.589 what you're going through. So trust me. AI can't 00:07:01.589 --> 00:07:06.449 do that. But the world is looking for technology. 00:07:06.449 --> 00:07:09.790 They're looking for wealth. They're looking for 00:07:09.790 --> 00:07:15.889 anything that will offer them some repose from 00:07:15.889 --> 00:07:21.129 life's dilemma. They're looking for a respite. 00:07:21.149 --> 00:07:23.970 They're just looking for a little relief. Come 00:07:23.970 --> 00:07:35.439 on now. These may offer some sense. of relief 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.779 from time to time. Wealth can help a few things. 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:41.339 I mean, you don't have to really think about 00:07:41.339 --> 00:07:43.639 going through chicken nuggets over here at Chick 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.060 -fil -A and getting a six or the 12. If you want 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:48.180 the 12, if you got wealth, you can get the 12. 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:50.560 I mean, if you got wealth, just tell them to 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:58.019 bring you that 30 count. Hello? Wealth can solve 00:07:58.019 --> 00:08:01.379 a lot of life's issues and a lot of life's dilemmas. 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:03.959 I started to say Dalai Lamas, but it won't help 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:07.480 him either. He forsook it all. He's in a mountain 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.319 in Tibet somewhere in a robe ringing a bell. 00:08:12.980 --> 00:08:25.420 But for you and I, the word of God offers and 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:29.949 gives to us the answers. That the world needs 00:08:29.949 --> 00:08:32.230 and not just the world. Let's just narrow this 00:08:32.230 --> 00:08:34.429 thing down. The word of God gives you what you 00:08:34.429 --> 00:08:37.809 need. It gives me and provides for me what I 00:08:37.809 --> 00:08:43.110 need to survive life's dilemmas. This is about 00:08:43.110 --> 00:08:46.009 survival. Oh, I wish it were as many like to 00:08:46.009 --> 00:08:48.889 think it is that when you come to Jesus, life 00:08:48.889 --> 00:08:52.250 is all hunky -dory. Everything is fine. It's 00:08:52.250 --> 00:08:55.629 roses without thorns. Amen? That's what a lot 00:08:55.629 --> 00:08:58.230 of people think. They begin to point a finger. 00:08:58.289 --> 00:08:59.909 Well, if you're going through that, it's like 00:08:59.909 --> 00:09:02.409 Job's comforters. What did you do? Where have 00:09:02.409 --> 00:09:05.149 you sinned? What's going on? No, no, sometimes 00:09:05.149 --> 00:09:08.549 persecution comes because of your righteousness. 00:09:08.870 --> 00:09:12.049 Sometimes tribulation comes your way. Because 00:09:12.049 --> 00:09:15.809 you are a sold -out, blood -bought, sanctified, 00:09:16.029 --> 00:09:19.889 spirit -filled child of the living God. Amen. 00:09:20.029 --> 00:09:22.889 And tribulation comes your way. You don't have 00:09:22.889 --> 00:09:25.450 to do anything wrong. Sometimes it's just about 00:09:25.450 --> 00:09:27.830 what we're doing right, church. And what we're 00:09:27.830 --> 00:09:30.490 doing right is serving the Lord with all our 00:09:30.490 --> 00:09:32.610 heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, 00:09:32.710 --> 00:09:35.289 with all our strength, and every fiber of being 00:09:35.289 --> 00:09:38.289 that we have and all that we possess. And that 00:09:38.289 --> 00:09:41.740 puts the devil on the edge. not going to sit 00:09:41.740 --> 00:09:45.779 around without trying your faith. Well, my Lord, 00:09:45.899 --> 00:09:48.059 it's time that we understand that the trial of 00:09:48.059 --> 00:09:50.480 our faith, it worketh patience. And patience, 00:09:50.539 --> 00:09:53.259 when she's had her perfect work and when it's 00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:56.480 all said and done, I'm still standing rooted, 00:09:56.779 --> 00:10:00.620 still standing firmly. I'm still girding up my 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:03.919 loins with truth. I got truth on me. I got my 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:07.519 shoes on my feet, my helmet on my head, my sword 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:11.100 in my hand, and my shield extended. before me 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:15.399 there's answers and the answer comes from Psalm 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:19.840 33 and 12 blessed is the nation whose God is 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.519 the Lord you may be sitting here saying well 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:24.740 pastor that's fine and dandy for a nation but 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:27.080 I'm really in need of something a little more 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:31.139 personal isn't that the way it is sometimes it's 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:33.980 okay for the nation but Lord I need something 00:10:33.980 --> 00:10:40.080 a little more personal so how can I How can you, 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:44.000 how can we be blessed when the nation is a mess? 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:50.139 I heard a preacher say the other day that there 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:55.200 are no quote unquote Christian nations. No such 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:58.000 thing as a Christian. This is not a Christian 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:01.860 nation that you and I live in. No, no, no, no. 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:05.580 If it were, there'd be things a whole lot different 00:11:05.580 --> 00:11:10.200 than what they are. But what there does exist 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:14.059 are some Christians in this nation. Amen. I know 00:11:14.059 --> 00:11:18.620 what our Pledge of Allegiance says, one nation 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:20.419 under God, invisible with liberty and justice 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:22.240 for all. But you do know there's a bunch out 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:24.899 there trying to get that taken out, right? Why? 00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:27.919 Because they don't want to be under God. But 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:32.690 we, I. I am under God. Amen. And the liberty 00:11:32.690 --> 00:11:36.529 that I have comes from the freedom that he reigns 00:11:36.529 --> 00:11:39.850 supreme. Amen. And freedom is ringing from the 00:11:39.850 --> 00:11:42.870 highest rampart. Nations are the sum total of 00:11:42.870 --> 00:11:45.909 the individuals which comprise their citizenship. 00:11:46.250 --> 00:11:51.230 However, God also operates on a much more personal 00:11:51.230 --> 00:11:55.340 level. He gets right personal. And this is how 00:11:55.340 --> 00:11:58.200 we understand that we can be blessed. Amen. That 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:01.139 God will bless your life. Psalm 1 and 1. Here's 00:12:01.139 --> 00:12:05.139 how you begin it. Blessed is the man that walketh 00:12:05.139 --> 00:12:07.379 not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:09.620 in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat 00:12:09.620 --> 00:12:12.740 of the scornful. Psalm 34 and 8. O taste and 00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:16.200 see that the Lord is good. Blessed, blessed is 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:18.860 the man that trusteth. Isn't that what the Lord's 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:20.600 been trying to tell us this morning over and 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.679 over and over? The Spirit again reiterated, reiterated, 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:26.580 trust me, trust me, trust me. I got you, I got 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:29.259 you, I got you. I've got you, I've got you. That 00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:31.059 trust in the Lord, they're going to be blessed. 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:33.960 94 and 12, the psalmist said, blessed is the 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.820 man, blessed is the man whom thou chasteneth. 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:41.740 Amen. When we are open and will willingly receive 00:12:41.740 --> 00:12:44.440 the correction of the Lord, you become blessed. 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:46.860 Why? Because you don't miss the mark the next 00:12:46.860 --> 00:12:49.190 day. time. After you get them legs striped real 00:12:49.190 --> 00:12:51.590 good, you don't do what you got striped for again, 00:12:51.850 --> 00:12:59.250 especially if mama's close. Yeah, mama. Now think 00:12:59.250 --> 00:13:02.360 about how much we should. Correct our actions 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:05.700 with he, the all -seeing eye, whose eye is always 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:07.799 earthward and ear turned toward the hearing, 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.580 who misses nothing. But if you align and allow 00:13:11.580 --> 00:13:14.299 the correction, you're going to be blessed. Amen. 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:17.539 Matthew 5 and 3, it keeps going. Blessed are 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:20.919 the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.059 of God. I know there's some poor in here, poor 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:26.720 in finances, but yet there are those who may 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:29.879 be poor in spirit as well. But I'm here to tell 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:31.620 you, if you're... You're poor in your spirit 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:34.059 if you're weak and you're drawn or if you're 00:13:34.059 --> 00:13:36.639 withdrawn in spirit. I want you to know the Lord 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:40.200 has a mind towards you and he's going to determine 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:42.899 his blessings to be poured out on your life. 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:45.659 Blessed are those who are poor in spirit. Why, 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:49.000 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. I don't 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.100 know about you, but that really starts to get 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:53.820 me to thinking. I want to be blessed. Amen. I 00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:57.519 want God's favor. Luke 10 and 30. And Jesus answering 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:00.370 said, a certain man went down. from Jerusalem 00:14:00.370 --> 00:14:03.669 to Jericho and fell among thieves which stripped 00:14:03.669 --> 00:14:06.730 him of all his raiment and wounded him and departed 00:14:06.730 --> 00:14:11.799 leaving him half dead. Dead. Now, if you want 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:14.440 to get down to some personal stuff, this is where 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:16.899 we're headed. The man can be blessed who walks 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:19.299 in the way of the Lord and lives out the trust 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:21.600 of the Lord and does all the Lord's commandments. 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.639 And he that is poor will be blessed. But you 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:27.519 also got to hear this. God gets very personal 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.860 with your personal situations. There was a certain 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:33.740 man. He could have just said a man, but he wanted 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:37.100 it pinpointed. There was a certain man who went 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:39.350 down to Jericho, and when he got there, Got down 00:14:39.350 --> 00:14:41.830 there. The thieves set on him. They beat him 00:14:41.830 --> 00:14:44.429 and stripped him and left him for half dead. 00:14:44.690 --> 00:14:47.929 Now, you can't just go past the half dead. You 00:14:47.929 --> 00:14:50.470 got to hold on to being half dead. Don't give 00:14:50.470 --> 00:14:53.330 up if you're feeling like you're half dead. Half 00:14:53.330 --> 00:14:56.509 dead is still half alive. You're as much alive 00:14:56.509 --> 00:14:59.970 as you are dead. Hallelujah. And when the Lord 00:14:59.970 --> 00:15:04.210 finds you in your condition, he is able, he is 00:15:04.210 --> 00:15:08.029 able, he is able, he is able to cause you to 00:15:08.029 --> 00:15:10.519 arise. Arise, there was a good Samaritan. This 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:13.580 is the story. A priest crossed over. A Levite 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:16.320 went around him. But there was, my Lord, there 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:19.860 was a Samaritan that went by his way, felt sorry 00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:22.639 for him, had compassion on him, picked him up, 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:25.580 took him to the hotel, cleaned him up, wiped 00:15:25.580 --> 00:15:28.259 him up, bought him some clothes, and left money 00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:30.179 on the counter and said, if there's any more, 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:32.840 keep up with it, and I'll catch up when I come 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:35.779 back to town. That's the way God is. You may 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:38.519 feel like you're half dead. but he's got to stop 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.580 along your way. There's provision about to come 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:45.100 into your life. There's an anointing, an anointment 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:48.679 that is about to come your way. God ain't going 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:51.419 to leave you half dead. He's not going to leave 00:15:51.419 --> 00:16:00.879 you half dead. A certain man. My God, I felt 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:02.820 like I'd been wrung out and hung on the line. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:15.990 Huh? Life will leave you wrung out. Toss you 00:16:15.990 --> 00:16:18.389 aside, as the old saying, like a limp dish rag. 00:16:20.669 --> 00:16:24.029 Everybody knows what that is. We use sponges 00:16:24.029 --> 00:16:25.450 with a little scrubber on the side of them now. 00:16:27.309 --> 00:16:29.990 You get a pack of six, and when it gets dirtiest, 00:16:30.029 --> 00:16:33.250 throw it away and grab you another. You don't 00:16:33.250 --> 00:16:39.299 have to wash the wash rag. Simplicity of life. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.419 God's not going to leave you half dead. Somebody 00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:44.320 in here, the Holy Ghost done moved in here. This 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:48.559 is just affirmation. This is just affirmation. 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:51.019 See what he's telling you? I told you I wouldn't 00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:53.559 leave you half dead. You just drug yourself in 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:57.840 here barely. Come on now. You know what I'm talking 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.320 about. You didn't even really want to be here 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:02.799 today. You could have been anywhere else but 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:05.940 here. But something in the back of your mind 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:09.619 said, I think I can drag myself down. It better 00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:11.519 be good today. That's the reason I'm preaching. 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:14.099 I want you to leave here, amen, with more than 00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:17.710 just a goose bump. Amen. Because some of you 00:17:17.710 --> 00:17:19.089 are sitting there, it's like the horseshoe effect. 00:17:19.529 --> 00:17:22.609 Some of us, we don't get the full heat. We just 00:17:22.609 --> 00:17:24.589 kind of sit around the edge. So I'm trying to 00:17:24.589 --> 00:17:26.509 leave something with you too. Everybody that 00:17:26.509 --> 00:17:28.089 jumped in the middle, I'm trying to take care 00:17:28.089 --> 00:17:30.029 of the edges. It's like Sister Dolores stopped 00:17:30.029 --> 00:17:31.309 by the office this morning and was telling me 00:17:31.309 --> 00:17:33.630 about their fourth yesterday. And them grand 00:17:33.630 --> 00:17:36.250 youngins, big youngins, son -in -laws, they're 00:17:36.250 --> 00:17:38.309 doing cannonballs in the pool. And she said, 00:17:38.410 --> 00:17:40.349 we just had our regular clothes on and they're 00:17:40.349 --> 00:17:42.470 just doing all they can do to get us soaking 00:17:42.470 --> 00:17:44.809 wet. That's what I'm trying to do to you. You 00:17:44.809 --> 00:17:46.869 didn't jump in this morning. I'm just trying 00:17:46.869 --> 00:17:50.230 to splash one big enough to get you wet that 00:17:50.230 --> 00:17:53.049 lets you know that you may feel half dead and 00:17:53.049 --> 00:17:55.069 couldn't get in, but he's not going to leave 00:17:55.069 --> 00:18:03.970 you. He's dispatching help to pick you up. Now 00:18:03.970 --> 00:18:07.609 you see why I wanted to preach it so bad. Why? 00:18:07.750 --> 00:18:10.390 Because I've been on the side of the road needing 00:18:10.390 --> 00:18:19.579 to pick me up. Felt half dead, wrung out. I'm 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:21.559 like the psalmist now. I feel like I can run 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:25.640 through a troop and leap over a wall. Hallelujah. 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:36.640 Whoo! My Lord. That's a certain man. John 5, 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:40.759 5, a certain man was there which had an infirmity 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:45.000 38 years. What's that mean for me? Well, maybe 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.859 you've had your problem a long time. Maybe you've 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:50.740 been dealing with it and dealing with it and 00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:56.220 you just got accustomed to it. He gave up hope 00:18:56.220 --> 00:19:00.059 many years prior to being healed when he got 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:02.900 to the pool. You know, this is the story where 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:07.099 the waters troubled and the first one in received 00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:12.579 healing. That's this story. And this man done 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.579 gave up a long time ago. If you ever go over 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:16.579 there and see where that pool's at, you'll say, 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:21.819 oh. No wonder a lame man or whatever had so much 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:24.140 trouble. A blind man can stumble around and fall 00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:29.420 in. I mean, he got that going for him. You know 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:31.019 what they say about the blind hog? He'll root 00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:35.039 up an acre every now and then. But a lame man, 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:38.500 he ain't stumbling anywhere. And so when Jesus 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:41.099 comes by and finds this certain man, now there's 00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:44.599 a multitude of people there. A multitude. And 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:46.720 only one has the potential of getting any help. 00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:51.869 One. So here comes Jesus walking through this 00:19:51.869 --> 00:19:55.230 multitude of people laid around. It's probably 00:19:55.230 --> 00:19:57.430 like some of y 'all. How many of you got your 00:19:57.430 --> 00:19:59.470 favorite spot? You like to go watch those fireworks? 00:20:00.309 --> 00:20:03.930 Anybody? You got your spot. You know where to 00:20:03.930 --> 00:20:06.690 go? Yeah, it's okay. I'm not going, you know. 00:20:07.150 --> 00:20:09.750 It's good. It's a good thing. This old boy had 00:20:09.750 --> 00:20:13.130 his favorite spot by the pool. He knew he wasn't 00:20:13.130 --> 00:20:14.730 getting in. He just tried not to get in anybody's 00:20:14.730 --> 00:20:17.980 way. How do you know he knew he wasn't getting 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:21.640 in? Jesus came walking by, and he stopped in 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:25.160 front of this certain man, personal. Now, you 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.680 can go read through Scripture, and you'll see 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:29.220 through the Gospels that sometimes he went through. 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:50.460 He went through the crowd looking for one person, 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:54.480 and he found this certain man who'd been laying 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:57.240 there for 38 years. You better grab hold of that 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:01.339 volume because this is about to get right. Feels 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:08.660 good, though. He comes to the man. He says, Wilt 00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:13.000 thou be made whole? Well, you see, it's like 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:17.609 this. When that water starts rippling, you know, 00:21:17.630 --> 00:21:23.650 it's just me. I have no man to help me in the 00:21:23.650 --> 00:21:28.970 pool. That's not what I asked you. I didn't ask 00:21:28.970 --> 00:21:32.769 you where was your help at. I asked you, do you 00:21:32.769 --> 00:21:38.529 want to be made whole? Sometimes you got to be 00:21:38.529 --> 00:21:40.329 honest with yourself and answer the question. 00:21:41.309 --> 00:21:45.720 Do you or don't you? Do you want to be whole 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.920 or not? If you want to be whole, when he approaches 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:53.380 you, you seize the moment. It's got nothing to 00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:59.519 do with the water when Jesus comes in. If there 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:02.839 was an angel, see it. It come with his approval. 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:10.980 Ha! I got to get on here. I stayed too long. 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:15.900 Sorry. Mark 5, 25. I mean, I don't want to leave 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:17.480 the ladies out. I'm trying to get, you know, 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:20.220 because all you've covered up, blessed is the 00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:22.200 man, and a certain man, a certain man. Well, 00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:26.680 here's a certain woman. In Mark 5, 25, a certain 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:30.779 woman which had an issue of blood for 12 years. 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:33.839 Now, some of you, you see how we got these time 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:36.859 frame, these time periods going. Got the old 00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:39.640 boy for 38 years lugging his load. Now we got 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:41.720 this woman who'd been walking around weak and 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:48.140 anemic for 12. She'd been in that condition. 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:53.039 She had that issue for 12 years. How long have 00:22:53.039 --> 00:23:00.460 you had your issue? How long have you been dealing 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:04.079 with your issue? Hers was an issue of blood. 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:07.700 What is your issue? What is it that's holding 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:09.720 you? What is it that's hindering you? What is 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:14.200 it that is causing life paralysis? In your life. 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:18.359 And how long have you been dealing with it? A 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:23.559 certain woman. Ladies, there you go. Oh, there's 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:27.980 more. Luke 7, 37. And behold, a woman in the 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:33.480 city, which was a sinner. He didn't call her 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:37.660 by name, but he called her action. When she knew 00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:41.160 Jesus sat at meet in the Pharisee's house, brought. 00:23:45.149 --> 00:23:51.390 Box of ointment. You can feel so obscured in 00:23:51.390 --> 00:23:57.329 life, nobody knows your name. No one even knows 00:23:57.329 --> 00:24:00.109 who you are. It doesn't matter if anyone knows 00:24:00.109 --> 00:24:03.450 who you are so long as Jesus knows who you are. 00:24:06.210 --> 00:24:09.750 And when the religious folks in the house started, 00:24:10.029 --> 00:24:11.970 my Lord, why don't we take that and sell it? 00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:14.500 That's a month's worth of wages. Yeah, yeah, 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:17.359 yeah, that's the way they are. The religious. 00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:21.559 This ain't got nothing to do with religion. It's 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:25.079 got all to do with relationship. This woman was 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:28.339 desperate and needed a relationship. So she spent 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:31.779 a year's wages and brought in some oil and broke 00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:35.839 that box out and poured it on his feet. That 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:39.019 made them even more indignant because most of 00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:41.539 it ended up in the dirt floor or on that old 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:45.539 cobblestone floor of that Pharisee's house. And 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:48.180 right there it poured out. My Lord, thank you, 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:51.880 Lord. Thank you, Lord. Never thought of what 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.839 just come through my mind, but it came through 00:24:53.839 --> 00:25:00.039 like a F -16. Milton, I don't know if you ever 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:03.539 have those moments. I just had one. 30 years 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:06.269 I've been preaching this. And that just thought 00:25:06.269 --> 00:25:11.849 occurred. That anointing, that oil, the aroma 00:25:11.849 --> 00:25:17.309 was on Jesus. But you know what? I don't know 00:25:17.309 --> 00:25:19.569 how long that expensive perfume, they say the 00:25:19.569 --> 00:25:21.750 more it costs, the longer it lasts. A little 00:25:21.750 --> 00:25:24.549 dab of doogie, well, she poured out a little 00:25:24.549 --> 00:25:31.029 box full. Every time old hypocrite went to the 00:25:31.029 --> 00:25:37.079 store and come back in the house. Guess what 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:40.859 went through his mind? That Jesus smell still 00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:51.099 in his eye. He takes notice, folks. And there's 00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:54.500 a residue left behind after he touches you. When 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:56.880 he touches you and you leave, wherever you were 00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:59.920 touched at, there's some leftover. If you don't 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:02.940 believe me, get the key to tomorrow. Somebody 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.880 come by here and let you in. You stroll through 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:07.220 here with no lights on in this house. You come 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:09.339 and you walk right down through here, and I guarantee 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:11.240 you every hair on the back of your neck is going 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:13.160 to stand up. How do you know, pastor? Because 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:15.019 I come and walk through it quite frequently. 00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:18.720 Hey, why? Because I know there's been a visitation. 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:21.579 I know that the anointing and the ointment of 00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:24.039 his presence has showed up. And what are you 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:26.779 saying? I want to come and sit in it a little 00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:29.759 bit longer. Down on my knees in that floor yesterday, 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:32.859 it was there when I knelt down. It was there 00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:35.299 when I got up. He was here when I walked out. 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:41.519 He met me when I come back in this morning. Oh, 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:56.049 I'm trying to quit. That's just the end of point 00:26:56.049 --> 00:27:06.990 number one. Secondly, righteous living positions 00:27:06.990 --> 00:27:13.029 you for his blessings. You can live righteous 00:27:13.029 --> 00:27:17.210 even in a nation of heathens. How so? Because 00:27:17.210 --> 00:27:21.490 Christians are being martyred around this world. 00:27:23.009 --> 00:27:28.420 Somewhere. This very day, a precious man or woman 00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:32.460 or child of God has breathed their last breath 00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:35.099 by not denying the Lordship of Jesus Christ. 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:45.380 And we want to come in, be comfortable, not kept 00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:51.619 too long, not sing too much. We're talking. We're 00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:53.220 talking about the God of heaven who deserves 00:27:53.220 --> 00:28:00.740 every ounce of our breath. We have security. 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.579 We've got cameras everywhere now, but we're not 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:06.720 looking for soldiers to come marching in. That's 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.920 not what we're looking for. We're looking for 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:10.400 some misbeguided idiot that might wander upon 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:14.779 the property driven by a spirit of evil to do 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:18.779 harm. But many nations in this world, people... 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:21.440 Those in whom are protecting them or should be 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:24.200 protecting them are the very ones that are taking 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:30.440 their lives because of their faith. Righteousness, 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:32.660 righteous living positions you for blessings. 00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:34.180 Somebody's wanting to know where you at. I got 00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:36.700 a table. Tell them preacher's still preaching 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:38.480 and it don't look like he's letting up. If I 00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:42.099 can slip out, I will. If that's you, go ahead. 00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:43.819 I'll take a second for you to text them. Tell 00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:46.900 them. And if you need to slip out, I'll wait 00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:51.900 on you. If you do that, you got more nerve, I'm 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:59.000 telling you, than a rodeo clown. My eyes are 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:01.079 as red as a bull, I can guarantee you right now. 00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:05.220 For a nation to be favored by God, righteousness 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:12.319 is a must. Righteousness exalts a nation, but 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:18.579 sin is a reproach to any people. There's a... 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:22.039 ten -stage life cycle of civilizations throughout 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:26.180 history. All nations go through it. I'm going 00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.700 to run through it real quick and try not to preach 00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:33.420 it just to let you know what they are. The first 00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:37.519 stage, people move from bondage to spiritual 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:42.380 faith. Secondly, from spiritual faith to great 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:45.019 courage. You've got to have faith to have courage. 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:48.700 That's the reason in the Roman Colosseums they 00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:51.000 could stand back to back and sing the hymns as 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:55.779 they loosed the lions. From great courage to 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:59.440 liberty. Because courage begins to stand up against 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:06.839 tyranny. Begins to stand up against it. Then 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:09.119 from liberty to abundance. That's what we celebrated 00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:17.769 250 years of yesterday. Liberty. Move from liberty 00:30:17.769 --> 00:30:20.950 to abundance. Oh, my, my, my. We're starting 00:30:20.950 --> 00:30:26.710 to get where we're living now. Move from abundance 00:30:26.710 --> 00:30:33.130 to selfishness. It progressed through from selfishness 00:30:33.130 --> 00:30:42.430 to complacency. From complacency to apathy. From 00:30:42.430 --> 00:30:49.839 apathy to moral decay. From moral decay to dependence. 00:30:53.180 --> 00:31:01.160 From dependence back into bondage. It's a cycle. 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.700 Look at the nations around this world. Look at 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:09.619 great empires. They all went by this same cycle. 00:31:16.910 --> 00:31:21.809 And if this country, this nation, doesn't recognize 00:31:21.809 --> 00:31:25.930 the failure of all others throughout history 00:31:25.930 --> 00:31:32.349 and determine not to follow in said way, we are 00:31:32.349 --> 00:31:38.309 in abundance. We are in the courts of complacency. 00:31:39.170 --> 00:31:44.470 You cannot deny the fact that moral decay runs 00:31:44.470 --> 00:31:48.019 rampant in this nation. People do some of the 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:50.720 sickest things, and I wonder how in this world 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:57.000 does your mind function to do that? It ain't 00:31:57.000 --> 00:32:02.779 nothing but evil. That moral decay feeds its 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:06.359 way to dependence. Isn't that what we hear? Gimme, 00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:15.970 gimme, gimme, gimme. How far from liberty and 00:32:15.970 --> 00:32:20.670 freedom do you have to fall to cheer in the streets 00:32:20.670 --> 00:32:32.130 when you elect socialism? I'm trying not to be 00:32:32.130 --> 00:32:36.529 political. But in the realm of the moral decay, 00:32:36.750 --> 00:32:41.329 that all comes from this dependence from that 00:32:41.329 --> 00:32:49.529 form. And then from there, simply back to bondage. 00:32:53.109 --> 00:32:58.230 Every nation. But thankfully, there is an answer. 00:32:59.990 --> 00:33:02.950 There's an answer that can stop and reverse the 00:33:02.950 --> 00:33:15.349 cycle. 2 Chronicles 7, 14. If my people... which 00:33:15.349 --> 00:33:18.250 are called by my name, shall humble themselves 00:33:18.250 --> 00:33:29.069 and pray and seek my face and turn from their 00:33:29.069 --> 00:33:38.690 wicked ways. Then will I hear from heaven and 00:33:38.690 --> 00:33:45.500 will forgive their sin and will heal. Their land. 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:52.119 Humility. You want to be blessed of God? Then 00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:56.220 be humble. The scripture says, Humble yourself 00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:59.119 unto the mighty hand of God that he may exalt 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:04.980 you in due season. Don't have time to get on 00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:10.519 that. God resists the proud. Doesn't he? Pride 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.260 and haughty spirit go before fall and destruction. 00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:17.780 Humility invites the presence of God. Let freedom 00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:24.099 reign. Prayer, revival never comes through talent. 00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:30.739 It always comes by prayer. It's birth. Revival 00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:34.760 don't just happen. Revival is birth through the 00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:41.949 pains of prayer. Seeking. God's face. You want 00:34:41.949 --> 00:34:45.289 to be blessed? Seek His face. Many desire His 00:34:45.289 --> 00:34:49.389 hand and His miracles. But God blesses relationship. 00:34:51.130 --> 00:34:57.630 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after 00:34:57.630 --> 00:35:03.030 righteousness and turn from the wicked ways. 00:35:04.869 --> 00:35:10.789 Repentance opens the doorway. For God's blessings. 00:35:12.030 --> 00:35:18.909 Sin is a reproach, remember? Thirdly, now I'm 00:35:18.909 --> 00:35:26.349 quitting. Our greatest blessing is God's abiding 00:35:26.349 --> 00:35:29.710 presence. You want to be blessed? Be in a house 00:35:29.710 --> 00:35:37.929 of worship where God's presence abides. That's 00:35:37.929 --> 00:35:41.769 why I harp so much and side gig and jig and poke 00:35:41.769 --> 00:35:45.409 and have fun with you about being here. I poke 00:35:45.409 --> 00:35:47.269 and have fun because if I really got serious, 00:35:47.429 --> 00:35:51.289 some of you really wouldn't come back. So I just 00:35:51.289 --> 00:35:54.210 try to shame you into being here, kid you into 00:35:54.210 --> 00:36:01.610 coming along. Because, here's the because. Because 00:36:01.610 --> 00:36:05.559 I know. When the presence of the Lord is in this 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:08.000 house as he has been these last couple weeks, 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:12.420 whatever you're dealing with can be rectified. 00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:16.780 And I know that. And I think, Lord, I just got 00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:19.380 to get them here. I know what you're doing in 00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:23.400 this season. I don't know if anybody else is 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:25.800 scratching their head like I scratch my head 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:33.280 because I'm saying, God, how in this world? You 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:38.300 are helping me. He is helping me, folk. I am 00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:44.139 telling you. And therefore, he's helping us together. 00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:50.280 His presence is near. Moses understood the value 00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:53.440 of God's presence. Stand, and while you're standing, 00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:55.420 I won't throw down and preach, and Simone, come 00:36:55.420 --> 00:37:03.480 on to the piano. Exodus 33, 14 says this. My 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:08.840 presence shall go with thee. The Lord speaking 00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:11.659 to Moses about the promised land. My presence 00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:15.440 shall go with thee. Hear this. We miss this one 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:20.860 sometimes. And I will give thee rest. I just 00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:29.320 wonder. Who's in the exhausted line? I'm talking 00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:34.019 more than just physical. Not less than, but a 00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:37.099 little bit more than. You wouldn't be as physically 00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:40.840 exhausted if you weren't as emotionally and spiritually 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:45.960 exhausted. You've been in the war zone. You've 00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:49.900 been in the battle. You own the battlefield for 00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:55.119 the Lord. And you're in that exhausted line, 00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:58.519 but yet, Reveille sounds every morning, and you've 00:37:58.519 --> 00:38:07.570 got to roll out. If thy presence, Moses, in response 00:38:07.570 --> 00:38:12.710 to God, if thy presence go not with me, well, 00:38:12.769 --> 00:38:16.070 just carry us not up hence. If you ain't going, 00:38:16.389 --> 00:38:19.730 we ain't going. I know that's beautiful southern 00:38:19.730 --> 00:38:24.329 language, adequate. But you know what I said, 00:38:24.349 --> 00:38:28.329 didn't you? If you ain't going, we ain't going. 00:38:28.469 --> 00:38:33.050 That's what Moses told God. We'll just rest right 00:38:33.050 --> 00:38:36.059 here. In other words, God, wherever you are, 00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:39.760 that's where I want to be. We've got the ark. 00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:45.159 We've got a cloud today and some fire at night, 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:52.840 and I know you're here. So if you don't go, we 00:38:52.840 --> 00:39:01.670 sure ain't going. Moses knew that without God's 00:39:01.670 --> 00:39:04.590 presence, there's no victory to begin with, right? 00:39:05.949 --> 00:39:09.150 Without God's presence in the church programs, 00:39:09.449 --> 00:39:13.969 without God's presence are just simply powerless. 00:39:15.710 --> 00:39:18.769 Success without the presence of God is emptiness. 00:39:19.769 --> 00:39:22.869 How many wealthy people you know are empty, void? 00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:29.440 I like this one. I like this one. I really did. 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:32.719 This stirred me. Music without God's presence 00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:38.900 is simply enticing entertainment and performance. 00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:48.179 Preaching without his presence is simple flattery. 00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:54.300 And as Paul would say, enticing words of men's 00:39:54.300 --> 00:40:06.780 wisdom. But with his presence, programs turn 00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:11.980 into evangelistic movements. Victory is prominent 00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:13.739 because greater is he that's in us than he that 00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:16.980 is in this world. And the victory we have is 00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:19.059 because of the victory of Jesus Christ himself. 00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:24.579 And music's turned from entertainment to humbling 00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:28.960 worship. Preaching under the anointing turns 00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:36.519 to a life -giving resource. Convicting. Encouraging. 00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:50.260 Correcting. But with the Holy Ghost on it, with 00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:54.539 the presence of God on it, families are healed. 00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:58.840 Sinners repent. The sick recover. The discouraged 00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:02.219 folk receive strength. The church storms the 00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:15.179 gates of hell. 2 Corinthians 3, 17 says, Where 00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:21.840 the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 00:41:27.469 --> 00:41:33.050 Like that place called there. Wherever the Spirit 00:41:33.050 --> 00:41:41.130 of the Lord is, right there is liberty. That's 00:41:41.130 --> 00:41:44.929 why we have encountered what we have today. Because 00:41:44.929 --> 00:41:50.369 the Spirit of the Lord, the presence of God has 00:41:50.369 --> 00:41:56.710 been here. Right there. Father, I love you today. 00:42:04.110 --> 00:42:06.449 As far as an altar call goes, if you need one, 00:42:06.550 --> 00:42:10.010 if you're lost without God, I invite you to come 00:42:10.010 --> 00:42:12.090 and let me pray with you to accept Jesus Christ 00:42:12.090 --> 00:42:14.849 as your Lord and Savior before you leave this 00:42:14.849 --> 00:42:20.250 place today. Don't leave lost. Don't leave here 00:42:20.250 --> 00:42:23.230 backslidden. What's that mean? You once knew 00:42:23.230 --> 00:42:26.730 the Lord and you're back out in sin, living a 00:42:26.730 --> 00:42:34.539 sinner's life. Father, in the name of Jesus, 00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:39.099 over every ear in this room, may we hear and 00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:40.860 receive what the Spirit has said to the church 00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:48.179 today. As we go from this house, fully touched 00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:53.920 by your presence. Watch over your people. All 00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:55.860 those who are absent today, Lord, keep them in 00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:59.539 your grace. Touch those who are sick and afflicted. 00:43:01.150 --> 00:43:03.469 Deliver those who are in battle with victory. 00:43:05.289 --> 00:43:09.269 Until you be praised forever and ever. Christ 00:43:09.269 --> 00:43:11.389 Jesus, amen and amen.