1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,560 Hallelujah. Thank you, Pastor Jacob Rodriguez. What an awesome atmosphere. 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:16,800 In atmospheres like these, God sends signs, wonders, and miracles. They're 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:25,360 conducive for that. If you will continue the way you worship, these benches are 4 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:32,960 going to get full. People are going to come from the neighborhoods and feel 5 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:40,000 this power in their bodies, in their souls, and in their spirits. A worshiping 6 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:49,720 church is a signs and wonders church. And that brother that was I'm seeing, where is 7 00:00:49,720 --> 00:01:01,280 he? Have you ever thought of going to Phoenix, brother? I'll put a good word 8 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:09,560 in for you. No, you do a magnificent job. You don't hold back. And you know what? 9 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:17,960 Never hold back. Never let anybody tell you to calm down. Come on, brother. Settle 10 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:25,240 down. Don't buy into that. You worship. You lead the congregation to worship and 11 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:34,600 praise. Because this stuff is contagious, man. And it's necessary. If out there, well 12 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:39,320 I'm gonna bring it down to where you guys live. If people will shout their lungs 13 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:44,520 out for the San Francisco Giants. I don't know about the Oakland A's. I 14 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:52,080 understand they're moving, right? Or they need to be moved? Or was that? And the 15 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:57,120 Golden State Warriors, well you know the Phoenix Suns are not in good shape either. 16 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:10,520 But if people can shout in a venue like that, for a home run, for a touchdown, for 17 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:21,800 a slam dunk. I'm so glad that we're not Swifties. Whatever Taylor Swift does, 18 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:28,800 that's her business, man. We're not here to exalt her. I don't care. She's rich. 19 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:45,600 But so what? So are we. We're rich in the Holy Ghost. The Rodriguez, Pastor Jacob 20 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:50,560 Rodriguez, his wonderful wife and family, and the rest of his family, they're 21 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:58,680 friends of ours. I have great admiration for the Rodriguez family, for Bishop. And 22 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,840 we were just with Brother Steve a while ago. We had a tremendous time there. Now 23 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:14,800 we're here. And I believe I have a word that will move your faith. Does anybody 24 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:22,680 here need a healing in their body? In their soul, in their spirit? You know 25 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:28,120 infirmities are not just physical. We're hearing a lot about mental health now, 26 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:37,160 right? A lot of people need a checkup from the neck up, man. I think I'll have a 27 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:46,200 t-shirt made on that. And they tell us about mental health and emotional health. 28 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:52,480 I'm not downgrading and downplaying that. But you know we have the solution. And 29 00:03:52,480 --> 00:04:03,960 his name is Jesus. I said his name is Jesus. So let's get into the word. The 30 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:18,520 Gospel according to Mark chapter 2, Hallelujah. I just want to say that I 31 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:27,520 enjoyed myself immensely at the forward conference. Thank you, Pastor Jacob 32 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:34,640 Rodriguez for inviting me. Man, what a time. And you all have a tremendous 33 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:43,400 district choir. It's been a while since I heard a choir. Everybody's into praise 34 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:49,040 teams. I got nothing. We have praise teams back home too. But man, I was yearning 35 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:55,240 to hear a choir and we heard it. How many of you are part of that choir here? 36 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:03,640 Anybody? Back there? Okay. You sang a solo, right? 37 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:11,400 Beautiful. Mark chapter 2 starting with verse 1. And again he entered 38 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:17,960 Capernaum after some days. And it was heard that he was in the 39 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:25,440 house. Immediately many gathered together so that there was no longer room to 40 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:35,240 receive them. Not even near the door. And he preached the word to them. Then they 41 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:44,880 came to him bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. And when they could 42 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:51,400 not come near him because of the crowd, maybe if it would have been you and I, 43 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:56,360 we would have just said, oh well, hey, hey buddy, we tried. You know what? Some 44 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:03,920 other day. This obviously and apparently wasn't your day. We can come back. They 45 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:16,520 did something unusual, different, unconventional. And when they could not 46 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:26,240 come near him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. So when 47 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:32,120 they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the 48 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:42,360 paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, that's crucial. And I'm gonna 49 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,920 say something in a little bit about that. About you bringing somebody to Jesus. 50 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:57,840 When he saw their faith, he said to the paralytic son, your sins are forgiven you. 51 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:02,680 Don't you know that Jesus has the authority to say whatever he wants? To 52 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:11,400 whomever he wants? Whenever he wants? But there's always gonna be religious 53 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:22,360 folks. I'm so glad they're not part of this crowd here. And some of the scribes 54 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:30,480 were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts. You know Jesus then and now, he 55 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:35,800 doesn't have to hear words coming out of your mouth. He'll go right into the heart 56 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:44,240 say, this is what you're thinking. No, I'm not. Yes you are. Why does this man 57 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:52,760 speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone? You know the 58 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,480 biggest one of the biggest hindrances to the move of God is religiosity and 59 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:07,000 churchianity. Right? We don't need that pastor Jacob. We need genuine people man. 60 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:14,120 Simple genuine people that are in love with Jesus and let Him have His way. 61 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:21,800 But immediately verse 8, but immediately when Jesus perceived in His spirit that 62 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:26,680 they reasoned thus with them themselves, he said to them, why do you reason about 63 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:31,440 these things in your hearts? Which is easier to say to the paralytic? Your 64 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:36,680 sins are forgiven you or to say arise take up your bed and walk. But that you 65 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:44,680 may know that the Son of Man, oh God, has power on earth for forgive sins. He said 66 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:52,400 to the paralytic, I say to you arise take up your bed and go to your house. 67 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:58,520 Immediately not ten minutes after, not an hour left, not a day later, not a week 68 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:05,400 after, not a month after. Well you know I don't think God is in the healing mood 69 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:13,760 today. So you know what? Just wait your turn. Come back some other day. No. 70 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:19,440 Immediately everybody say immediately. That's the kind of God we see. We serve 71 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:27,160 an immediate God and on time God. He's never early, He's never late, He's always 72 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:35,720 on time. That is to say His time. Immediately He arose, took up the bed and 73 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:40,400 went out in the presence of them all so that all were amazed and glorified God 74 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:51,960 saying we never saw anything like this. I want to just simply entitle this 75 00:09:51,960 --> 00:10:09,000 message. Tear a hole in the roof. Tear a hole in the roof. You may be seated. This 76 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,480 is a fact that I'm going to share with you right now. Whenever you decide to get 77 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:21,440 close to Jesus for a miracle, for a healing, obstacles are gonna come. 78 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:31,760 Your way. Satan is one of the tricksters, deceivers that will try to block your 79 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:40,320 blessing. Religious folks will try to do it too. Come on cuz, cuz no one's ever 80 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:46,120 been healed of that disease. You know genetics. You know it runs in the family. 81 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:52,000 So you know just accept it. Go to the doctor, get the prescribed medication and 82 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:58,960 just live with it. Ever heard that from family members, co-workers, neighbors and 83 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:11,440 even people in the church pastor? You know? But there are obstacles that can 84 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:20,720 present themselves. And we read where they were carrying this friend. Now the 85 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:26,600 Lord doesn't mention any names and you know what? That's not important. The 86 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:35,040 important thing was these friends saw their friend in that condition and they 87 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:45,160 said we're gonna take them to Jesus. And so they did. The obstacle was the house 88 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:58,840 was full. Nobody could get in. So the natural reaction of man is we tried. 89 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:08,160 Maybe some other day. Today wasn't your day. But hang in there. We'll come back 90 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:19,160 next week if Jesus is around. But how many of you know that Jesus is an on-time 91 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:35,080 God? That He doesn't work from agendas. He doesn't say wow April the 28th? God. 92 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:42,920 Gabriel? Michael? Time flies huh? When you're having fun. He doesn't talk like 93 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:51,920 that. He doesn't live in those kind of human dimensions. He can heal on the 94 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:59,920 spur of a moment. He can heal people in crowds or He can heal a person all by 95 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:11,440 themselves. He's Jesus. He's omnipotent which means He has all the power. He's 96 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:16,480 omniscient which means He knows all things. And He's omnipresent. He's 97 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:23,440 everywhere. He's just not relegated to a certain area. You know what? I can only 98 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:33,600 work in certain cities. That's how I see in the Lord working farming communities. 99 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:44,400 In ghettos. I was preaching in Mexico and some lady came in who had a punctured 100 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:52,480 eardrum. And she walked into the service and God healed her. You know what she did? 101 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:56,280 She grabbed my pant leg because I was preaching about the woman with an 102 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:04,800 issue of blood. Boom! She was immediately healed. God can do those things. 103 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:16,800 Nothing, absolutely nothing can hinder the power of God. And in 2024 He's still a 104 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:29,280 healing God. He is still a miracle working God. Just the other day we were 105 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:36,880 having a district activity at our church. It was a pre-camp service for youth camp 106 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,120 and junior camp. And a couple came up to me at the end of the service. He goes, 107 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,440 Brother Romo, can we talk to you? I go, sure. I said, do I know you? She goes, yeah. 108 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:53,840 We're from such and such a church. Okay. She goes, last year, two years ago, you 109 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:59,920 prophesied that I would have a child. Well, I did. You see, I'm not the kind of 110 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:03,880 person that writes everything down. He goes, you know, on such and such a day, 111 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:10,080 look at, we did this, this happened. I'm not that kind of a guy. People remind me, 112 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:17,160 okay, all right, wonderful. Do God be the glory? And we move on. Because it's never 113 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:28,080 about us. One day the Lord rebuked me, Pastor Jacob. In my office I had plaques, 114 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:37,080 you know, camper of the year and this and that. And all kind of other trophies. I'd 115 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:41,320 look at that, he goes, man, look at that. And the Holy Ghost spoke to me, he goes, 116 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:50,600 you're impressed by that, huh? Take him down and throw him in the trash. I go, I 117 00:15:50,600 --> 00:16:00,560 thought, is that God or Satan? No, God says, it's me. And I took him down and I 118 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:06,920 threw him in the trash. The Lord says, I don't want you to ever get the glory for 119 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:14,680 anything. If I'm gonna use you, there's times when nobody's gonna know. And the 120 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:26,360 Father that sees you in secret shall reward you openly. I don't like to go 121 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:30,600 around saying, you know what, in such and such a service, 300 people got the Holy 122 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:39,720 Ghost, you know, 20 miracles. Because if we're not careful, we'll start attributing 123 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:48,960 things to ourselves. It's because I was there. The anointed one showed up. And the 124 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:55,120 Lord says, really, Frank Romo, you would be nothing if it wasn't for me. As a 125 00:16:55,120 --> 00:17:05,640 matter of fact, you are nothing beside me. And so these men can't get through the 126 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:15,440 door. There's a crowd. But then they got an idea. And said, you know what, let's 127 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:29,960 climb this building and go and tear a hole in the roof. So you could see dust. I 128 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:34,240 don't know what kind of roofs they had there. In those days, they weren't like 129 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:43,080 ours. Obviously, they made a hole in the roof. Because the 130 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:48,080 circumstances said, you can't get in there. There won't be a healing for your 131 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:53,720 friend because you can't get through the door. So they tore, made a hole in the 132 00:17:53,720 --> 00:18:01,760 roof. They tore it. And they lowered their friend. And he received his miracle 133 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:10,440 that day. I want to say this. Maybe your friend is not gonna get to Jesus until 134 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:21,880 you bring him or bring her. What do you say we forget about ourselves? Who we are, 135 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:29,520 what our name is, what our last name is. And let's just bring people to Jesus. 136 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:39,200 There's a reason why these guys were anonymous. Because all they wanted was a 137 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:49,320 miracle for their friend. In this hour, let's win the lost and give Jesus the 138 00:18:49,320 --> 00:19:05,480 credit. Let's bring them to church and say, Lord, here they are. You do the rest. 139 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:17,320 Because it's not about you. It's not about me. It's all about Jesus. Their friend 140 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:25,440 is bedridden. He can't walk. And they said, you know what? Let's tear a hole in 141 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:33,680 the roof. And let's bring them into the presence of Jesus. Jesus was moved and 142 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:41,480 stirred by that. Act of faith. Because the Bible says, he saw their faith. That's 143 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:48,000 how that's important. That the Lord sees our faith to work miracles, signs, and 144 00:19:48,000 --> 00:20:03,640 wonders. Hallelujah. I was sharing with the church previously how the Lord 145 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:12,240 healed me from a blood clot in my leg. A PE, the doctors call it, a pulmonary 146 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:21,040 embolism that traveled from my leg, right, leg to my lungs and subsequently 147 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:29,400 produced cardiac arrest. I flatlined three times in the hospital. I hear, 148 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:37,000 because I was unconscious, one of the doctors wanted to declare me dead. That 149 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:43,520 happened in the span of half an hour. But God. 150 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:56,880 And after the Lord brought me back, one of the doctors comes. You know, Mr. Romo, 151 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:07,920 that it was us that lifted you from death. I go, doc, with all due respect to your 152 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:15,560 profession and your years of schooling and study and the doctor in front of your 153 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:28,280 name. It really wasn't you. Then who was it? Oh, here's a moment. I'm laying in 154 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:35,920 bed. I'm weak, but I mustered up enough strength to tell him it was Jesus that 155 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:43,280 brought me back from the dead. It wasn't you. And then he goes, well, okay, if you 156 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:53,600 want to believe that I do. And here's the proof. I'm alive. Because they told my 157 00:21:53,600 --> 00:22:03,600 wife when I was in that state, they told my wife, your husband may not ever walk 158 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:15,840 again. He may never be able to think straight. He'll never be the same man, 159 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:26,080 Mrs. Romo. This thing has taken the toll on him. Oh, here's another one. He may not 160 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:38,760 be able to talk. You should hear me, man. I talk more than ever. Because I've got a 161 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:45,680 story to tell. You think I'm gonna hold back? I'll tell anybody. I'll go to Starbucks 162 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:51,520 and I'll tell. You want to hear a story? She goes, sure. And I tell him, what? 163 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:59,280 You're alive? What do you think? You look alive to me. There you go. I've shared 164 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:04,960 that story at Starbucks at Circle K. You have Circle K's over here? I have a few. 165 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:18,240 I've shared them in restaurants because it's real. Jesus did it. So to speak, we 166 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:26,520 made a hole in the roof. What was impossible for men was made possible by 167 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:34,280 God. I don't know what condition you came in today. I don't know about the 168 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:40,680 diagnosis that the doctor has given you. But I'm here to tell you he's a healer. 169 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:47,760 And if you will, so to speak, tear a hole in your roof and get to Jesus, you will 170 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:58,640 receive your miracle. Does anybody believe that? Yeah, I believe it. But 171 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:11,640 genetics says a different story. Because it runs in the family. So you tear a hole 172 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:17,160 in the roof and say, you know what? I don't care about my family history. I'm 173 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:26,160 going to Jesus and he's gonna heal me. I won't need medication. I will not need 174 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:32,200 therapy. He's gonna make me whole. 175 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:41,240 Because that's what he did to me. I walked out of that hospital. Yeah, I was 176 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:51,400 weak with a walker. But then they, the nurses gave me a hand clap and the doctors. 177 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,920 There's Mr. Romo, the walking miracle. 178 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:05,160 I go, thanks. I don't plan to come back here. 179 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:14,920 Who wants to be in the hospital, bro? Well, the food is good. That's what you think. 180 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:20,520 The treatment is good. Yeah, they're poking you at three in the morning and 181 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:27,720 getting your vitals. Who wants to go through that? I walked out of there and 182 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:33,080 my beautiful wife took care of me for three months. I became a member of the 183 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:42,080 online congregation. The good thing about that pastor, I didn't have to dress up. 184 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:48,320 I sat in front of my computer with my pajamas and my cup of coffee. I said, 185 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:58,080 this isn't bad. I'm getting used to this. I like this. Three months of that and God 186 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,440 was preparing Anthony to be the next pastor without him even realizing it 187 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:08,360 knowing it. But the day came when I went back to church, oh man, the brothers were 188 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:15,760 going crazy when they saw me because I was supposed to die. But we tore a hole 189 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:31,920 in the roof. I have a kidney doctor, Dr. Musa. He's an Arab, probably a Muslim. 190 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:37,200 I had to go after I got out of the hospital. I had to go like two weeks 191 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:45,800 later to see him. When I walk in with my walker, he tells the staff, stop what 192 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:54,000 you're doing. All of you stop. Let me present to you, Mr. Frank Romo, the 193 00:26:54,000 --> 00:27:07,680 walking miracle. But then watch this. He comes up to me, hugs me, kisses me on the 194 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:17,240 cheek. And this is coming from an Arab. He says, God's not done with you yet. 195 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:25,960 I felt like the Holy Ghost had just spoken to me through him. You see, don't 196 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:32,800 worry about the circumstances. He wasn't apostolic. In moments like that, who 197 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:38,360 cares? If he was a Baptist or a Presbyterian, I wouldn't mind just as long as 198 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:47,840 he, those words hit my spirit. Ooh, am I gonna get in trouble for saying that? 199 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:56,360 Well, whoever's watching YouTube and I'm not taking anything back. Now I'm alive. 200 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:07,040 What do I care about somebody's criticism? And he's still my doctor. I love him. We're 201 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:15,360 friends. When he looks at me, he goes, Oh God, he goes, Mr. Romo, you're my hero, he 202 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:21,440 says. I talk about you to my family and to everybody because you're a walking 203 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:32,400 miracle. Tear a hole in the roof. Get your healing today. Get your miracle 204 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:42,880 today. What you need from Jesus, get it today. Well, we got to invite somebody, 205 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:50,400 Pastor Jacob Rodriguez, that has the gift of healing. Really? Jesus is the healer. 206 00:28:50,400 --> 00:29:01,400 It's not the man. Jesus can heal on any day of the week. 207 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,680 It doesn't even have to be a service. You can walk out there in the lobby. He can 208 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:15,400 heal you in your car, on your way home. But you got to tear a hole in the roof. 209 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:21,520 Because obstacles will come. They present themselves. And you got to go beyond 210 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:27,560 those obstacles like these four friends did. They lowered him and Jesus healed 211 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:40,320 him. Well, the religious skeptics and scribes were their Satan to criticize. You 212 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:46,920 know, don't listen to those people. Are there still scribes? I think so. I think 213 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:53,620 they, some of them even congregate in our churches. Just saying. They're very 214 00:29:53,620 --> 00:30:01,080 analytical. You know, in my time, you had to annoying people with oil and you 215 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:08,800 lead me to lay hands. I'm not against that. I'm for that. I remember Netamana, who 216 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:21,200 got sick at home and she didn't have oil from Israel shipped in. She didn't have 217 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:31,040 olive oil. She got some oil that she cooking oil. And she anointed herself with 218 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:41,280 it and she was healed. I don't believe that. I don't care. I saw it with my own 219 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:51,040 eyes. But we're stuck with detail sometimes. There was a time when we would 220 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:56,600 have miracle Sunday and we would anoint prayer 221 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:03,800 clause and disperse them in the congregation. When Netamana, her husband 222 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,760 wanted nothing to do with us. He goes, I'm a Jehovah's Witness. I'm not an 223 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:13,240 apostolic. She comes crying to me. What do I do pastor? And then I got this idea. 224 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:19,480 Why don't you put one of those anointed prayer clause underneath his pillow and 225 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:24,400 watch what happens. She did. You know what happened to that gentleman? He had a 226 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:31,680 nightmare that he was going straight to the pit of hell and he could hear the 227 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:38,200 screams of people in hell. So he gets it because you have Pastor Romans and phone 228 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:46,200 number. I need to call him and he calls me. He says, I've been criticizing you for 229 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:51,840 a long time. I haven't believed in your ministry and what you stand for. But I 230 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:58,440 got a dream man and that dreams haunting me. I go, what are you gonna do 231 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:03,600 about it? Because I want you to baptize me in the name of Jesus. 232 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:16,680 However God's gonna heal is not so much the importance is that he does it. My 233 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:23,560 sister Alice who passed away last year, she had had three strokes but prior to 234 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:29,440 that when my sister, before she was baptized, the men of God anointed a 235 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:35,760 prayer cloth because the doctor said to my parents, we can't find what's causing 236 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:43,360 her sickness. She's probably gonna die. So my parents talked to some men of God, 237 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:50,640 apostolic. They anointed a prayer cloth. Just lay it on your daughter. They came 238 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:56,240 home. They laid that anointed prayer cloth on my sister Alice and she was 239 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:03,880 instantaneously healed. The following week she was baptized in the name of Jesus. 240 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:17,120 Now I'm not saying with that, let's get on this prayer cloth journey. But God can 241 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:26,400 use anything and He can use anybody. Praise God. There's another Hermana who 242 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:35,120 was burning up with fever and her little boy came in, laid his hand on her and 243 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:44,920 she was instantly healed. A little boy. You never know. You can never predict how 244 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:51,040 God's gonna do it but He can choose whatever vessel He wants to perform the 245 00:33:51,040 --> 00:34:03,840 miracle. Hallelujah. I have prayed for women that cannot have children and I've 246 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:11,760 seen them bear children. They send me the pictures. I was preaching in Tijuana. I 247 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:18,600 think I shared this at Forward Conference. I was preaching in Tijuana for 248 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:25,080 Richard Velos. How many of you know him, don't you? Pastor Richard Velos. And I took 249 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:31,560 the pulpit and I looked at his wife and it said, sister, you've had two miscarriages. 250 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:38,320 I didn't even know. But these children that you're gonna have, they're not gonna 251 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:45,240 die. And then I thought to myself, children, plural? Okay, we'll go with that and see 252 00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:54,200 what happens. So I leave Tijuana and I head back. About a month later, Pastor 253 00:34:54,200 --> 00:35:01,360 Richard Velos calls me. My wife's pregnant. Oh really? And Bishop, he goes, you're not 254 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:11,200 gonna believe it. I know you're gonna believe it. She's pregnant with twins. Then 255 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:18,000 it hit me. No wonder I said children, plural. When those boys were born, I went 256 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:24,600 back to Tijuana to dedicate them. Today they are about approximately 13 to 14 257 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:38,840 years old. We serve a miracle worker. I've seen a lot of people healed, Pastor, of 258 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:46,480 acid reflux disease. Is there anybody here that has acid reflux? I prayed for a 259 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:51,720 man that had acid reflux. God healed him and then he goes to the comedor and 260 00:35:51,720 --> 00:36:01,800 orders a red chili burro. I said, brother, slow down, man. Slow down. Why you 261 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:17,120 said? Okay. Acid reflux disease. You just can't eat certain foods. It provokes the 262 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:22,120 acids and all of that. I'm not a doctor, so I don't know. But I've seen people 263 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:32,840 healed of that. Sists. I prayed for a woman in Yuma, in the Yuma church, that had 264 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:45,320 12 sists in her breasts. When I laid my hand on her, she felt a burning sensation 265 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:55,800 and what it was that the Lord was burning those sists right out of her. She 266 00:36:55,800 --> 00:37:05,560 was healed. The Lord spoke to me years ago and told me, whenever 267 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:15,120 you're praying for diabetes, don't pray for the diabetes. Speak to the pancreas. 268 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:23,880 That it would produce insulin. I've done that and I go to check up on these people 269 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:33,440 again and they're healed. The pancreas began to produce insulin again. 270 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:43,960 Hallelujah. I feel the Holy Ghost. I feel like somebody's gonna tear a hole in 271 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:55,680 the roof. I was preaching one time for Bishop Hoyer and Fresno and I don't want 272 00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:02,840 to really sound graphic, but I got to share this. A brother came in with 273 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:10,400 kidney stones, real bad ones. And he could barely walk into the sanctuary and 274 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:16,920 he comes up to me and goes, Bishop, I might have to leave. I go, why? I have kidney 275 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:25,000 stones. You know what the Lord told me to tell him? Go and urinate those stones 276 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:33,840 out. On his way to the restroom, those stones turned into sand and he just 277 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:42,600 passed them. He comes running and not walking. He came running and dancing. 278 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:55,560 I'm healed. I'm healed. Anybody here dealing with kidney stones? God can heal them. 279 00:38:55,560 --> 00:39:07,000 Oh God. Anybody here with cysts? I pray for women that have cysts and they're 280 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:18,000 uterus and they've disappeared. Tumors. I prayed for a lady one time that said 281 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:25,200 she had the beginning stages of leukemia. So I went up to her, laid my hand 282 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:32,120 close my eyes and the Lord gave me a vision of her bloodstream as he was 283 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:42,840 cleansing it. I saw white blood vessels and I saw red blood vessels brand new. 284 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:59,120 She was healed that day. I was preaching in Stockton and the Lord healed a man 285 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:06,360 that was going deaf and it was affecting his speech too. God healed him. In that 286 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:13,000 same service, a brother comes up. He could barely walk. He had this special 287 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:21,720 girdle. When I prayed for him, the thing went boom and flew off of him. I grabbed 288 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:29,480 them by the hand and we started running aisles in that sanctuary. I was in Texas 289 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:34,720 a couple of years ago in a small church. They're brightening a brother in a 290 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:38,680 wheelchair. I'm preaching. I go, brother, how long have you been in that wheelchair? 291 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:45,600 He goes, eight years. Do you want to walk? You ask somebody like that's the obvious. 292 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:52,600 But sometimes it's the only way to inject faith. He goes, yes, well then get up, he 293 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:58,840 gets up and he starts walking. That little church went wild, man. I didn't have to 294 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:14,280 preach after that. It's here. It's here. Healing is here. We just got to tear a 295 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:22,600 hole in the roof. You have obstacles that you're up against. Your flesh is 296 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:27,000 telling you it's not going to happen. Satan is telling you it's never going to 297 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:33,400 happen. But I hear the voice of the Lord that says tear a hole in the roof and I'll 298 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:45,320 make it happen. Can you imagine the woman with the issue of blood who touched 299 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:53,360 the hem? Now was the hem up here? No. Was it at the waist? No. It was almost towards 300 00:41:53,360 --> 00:42:01,240 the feet of Jesus. This woman had to grovel. She had to crawl. She was probably 301 00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:09,320 kicked around by the curious folks. But she says, you know what? I just got to get 302 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:16,640 to Jesus. It doesn't matter what you have to go through. Just get to Jesus. Well, 303 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:22,160 you know, your tia might say, no, I mean, huh? You know, I went through the same thing 304 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:27,960 and nothing happened. Well, tia, I love you and respect you, but I'm going to tear 305 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:38,160 a hole in the roof. I'm going to get to Jesus because I need a miracle. This woman 306 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:43,640 touches the hem of his garment, right? You've read that story over and over and 307 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:51,160 she stops Jesus in his tracks. He's walking and goes, hey, who touched me? And 308 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:56,680 the disciples go, little master, come on. It's got to be a joke, right? All these 309 00:42:56,680 --> 00:43:01,920 people around you and you're asking, it goes, somebody touch me because I felt 310 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:12,800 virtue. Oh, Rabakaya Maschanda. I felt virtue come out of my body. And what 311 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:21,600 about Lazarus? Jesus deliberately waited for Lazarus to die. And then he says to 312 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:26,520 his disciples, let's go wake up our buddy. Well, if he's sleeping, Lord, let him 313 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:34,280 sleep. No, no, no, no, guys, you don't understand. He's dead. Oh, and I'm happy 314 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:42,080 that I wasn't there because of the rest of y'all. So he shows up. And when Jesus 315 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:48,520 shows up, he shows out and he shows off. 316 00:43:54,120 --> 00:44:03,880 And where is he? Master, he's been dead for four days. He's already decomposing. 317 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:12,800 He stinks. And the Lord went to his tomb. And you know the story. He resurrected 318 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:19,120 him. I love the additional stuff you shared. I was powerful at Forward 319 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:27,960 Conference. I'm going to close, but we're going to pray. I've also prayed for 320 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:35,760 people that are standing proxy for others in another country, in another state, in 321 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:41,560 another city. And God has done a miracle over there. I prayed for a sister in the 322 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:48,280 first church that I pastored who had her mother in a coma in Ciudad Juarez 323 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:58,400 Chihuahua. She had been in a coma for several days. And I prayed for her. Then 324 00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:04,680 afterwards, the Lord told me to tell her, have her call her mother. So she called. 325 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:12,880 And they were all excited. You're not gonna believe this, miha. Your mom got up. 326 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:23,280 She came out of her coma asking for tortillas, joles, and chile. You can ask 327 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:29,520 whatever you want, man. But she came out of a coma. 328 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:44,320 Hallelujah. How many of you need to tear a hole in the roof? And there's obstacles 329 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:51,520 that have kept you from your miracle and your healing. Would you stand with me? I 330 00:45:51,520 --> 00:46:02,080 didn't mean to take this much time, but that's when I get my point across. And I've 331 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:06,800 shared these miracles just to build your faith, not to show off. That I'm not that 332 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:14,320 kind of a person. I want God to heal you. I want God to do that miracle that's 333 00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:21,640 yours. But you've got to tear a hole in the roof. Come on. It's not gonna be that 334 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:31,680 easy. It's gonna cost you. It's gonna cost you dealing with your flesh, with your 335 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:41,640 mindset, people's opinions, and with all due respect, even doctors diagnosis. If 336 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:47,600 you need a healing miracle, I want you to make your way up here. Or if you want to 337 00:46:47,600 --> 00:47:13,080 stand proxy for somebody, you can do that too.