WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.099 God is good. And I have one scripture that I 00:00:04.099 --> 00:00:10.279 want you to go to with me. And it's, the subtitle 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:12.320 is called The Prophet's Prayer from the book 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:16.339 of Habakkuk. Or Habakkuk, I don't know. Some 00:00:16.339 --> 00:00:18.980 people pronounce it Habakkuk, some Habakkuk. 00:00:19.140 --> 00:00:22.100 I'll tell you what, we'll just call it Habakkuk 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:24.899 tonight. Is that alright? That's right. Chapter 00:00:24.899 --> 00:00:33.200 3 and verse 2. I'm reading from the New King 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:43.159 James. Oh Lord, I have heard your speech and 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:47.299 was afraid. And here's the key part. Oh Lord, 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:55.119 revive your word in the midst of the years. In 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:59.219 the midst of the years, make it known. In wrath, 00:00:59.700 --> 00:01:05.909 remember. For the next few moments, I'm going 00:01:05.909 --> 00:01:09.629 to be speaking to you on the subject, Revival 00:01:09.629 --> 00:01:18.510 until the King's arrival. Revival until the King's 00:01:18.510 --> 00:01:25.209 arrival. How many of you believe that? You may 00:01:25.209 --> 00:01:29.430 be seated in Jesus' name. I don't have to go 00:01:29.430 --> 00:01:33.760 into much detail. To convince you or let you 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.459 know that we are living in very perilous times. 00:01:38.340 --> 00:01:40.579 As a matter of fact, the Apostle Paul, when he 00:01:40.579 --> 00:01:44.239 wrote to young Timothy, the pastor, he told him 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:47.180 that in the latter days, these would be perilous 00:01:47.180 --> 00:01:51.700 times. We live in a very wicked world. We live 00:01:51.700 --> 00:01:54.540 in a very dark world. I'm so glad that I came 00:01:54.540 --> 00:01:59.000 to City Light Church. Because you are the light 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.819 in this city. You are the light in this community. 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:08.560 Amen. You're penetrating the darkness that surrounds 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:12.939 this city with the name of Jesus, with a powerful 00:02:12.939 --> 00:02:18.219 gospel. And I am just anxious to see in the coming 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:21.939 days, weeks, months, and even years, if the Lord 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:25.639 tarries, to see what revival is going to happen 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:31.099 here and what it's going to produce. In Jesus' 00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:41.780 name. Revival until the kings arrive. The devil 00:02:41.780 --> 00:02:48.539 wants us to think that we have no influence whatsoever. 00:02:50.139 --> 00:02:56.479 That we don't mean much in this world. That we 00:02:56.479 --> 00:03:02.659 are, of course, in the minority. accomplish much 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:06.039 for Jesus. And that's where he's dead wrong. 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:12.719 The devil is a liar. The father of lies, Jesus 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:17.219 called him. We are going to have revival until 00:03:17.219 --> 00:03:25.199 the King's arrival. I can see in this church 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:34.129 the prodigals coming back. I can see people lining 00:03:34.129 --> 00:03:40.250 up to get baptized in Jesus' name. I can see 00:03:40.250 --> 00:03:44.250 the Holy Ghost being poured out in an unprecedented 00:03:44.250 --> 00:03:49.490 manner. I can see in this church signs, wonders, 00:03:49.610 --> 00:03:55.169 and miracles occurring. And as the brother that 00:03:55.169 --> 00:04:02.860 was directing service, he was... leading us in 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:05.840 worship and in praise, setting the atmosphere, 00:04:06.419 --> 00:04:09.719 setting the tone for everything else that God 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:13.680 wants to do. If you read the book of Habakkuk, 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:17.420 in the first chapter, he's having a dilemma. 00:04:18.379 --> 00:04:22.360 He's not understanding some things, but the enemy 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:26.959 is like beating up on Israel. They're having 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:29.639 a hard time. They're going through some stuff 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:33.040 that the prophet doesn't... I don't understand. 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:38.180 I thought we were your people. We're not going 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:39.620 to get into that. I'm going to give you some 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:42.699 homework. Go and read. It's only three chapters. 00:04:43.779 --> 00:04:46.040 You're like, ooh, you're going to have to read 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:54.220 the Bible. Three chapters, bro. In chapter one, 00:04:54.259 --> 00:04:59.019 the prophet is, he's disgusted. He is going through 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:05.569 a moment of pleasure, moment of depression. And 00:05:05.569 --> 00:05:07.610 then he comes to chapter 2 and he says, Lord, 00:05:07.790 --> 00:05:12.009 I have heard your speech. Because in chapter 00:05:12.009 --> 00:05:16.250 2, God changes the tongue. He begins to speak 00:05:16.250 --> 00:05:20.470 to Habakkuk in a more positive way. Isn't that 00:05:20.470 --> 00:05:26.069 our God for you? God's not concerned about who's 00:05:26.069 --> 00:05:30.310 in the White House. He's not concerned about, 00:05:30.529 --> 00:05:34.509 you know, the government shut down. Because in 00:05:34.509 --> 00:05:38.370 the kingdom, nothing was shut down. We might 00:05:38.370 --> 00:05:40.769 have had a shutdown, but not in God's kingdom. 00:05:42.889 --> 00:05:46.470 Anything can happen in Washington and all over 00:05:46.470 --> 00:05:48.589 the United States and all over the world, but 00:05:48.589 --> 00:06:12.899 God's in control. Jesus for a mighty move of 00:06:12.899 --> 00:06:18.740 God. An unprecedented latter rain outpouring. 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:22.740 And so all of a sudden the prophet changes his 00:06:22.740 --> 00:06:27.220 tune and he says, oh Lord, I have heard your 00:06:27.220 --> 00:06:30.019 speech and I was afraid. And then he says, oh 00:06:30.019 --> 00:06:35.019 Lord, revive your work. Bring revival in the 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:37.160 midst of the years. In the midst of the years, 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:44.860 make it known in wrath, remember. could pour 00:06:44.860 --> 00:06:49.180 out indignation and wrath at any moment. He's 00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:52.759 capable. He's almighty. He's all powerful. He 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.060 could bring down judgment all over this world. 00:06:55.199 --> 00:07:00.560 But in wrath, he's remembering mercy. There is 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:06.240 a generation that still needs Jesus. And why 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:09.000 don't you and I focus on that generation tonight? 00:07:09.339 --> 00:07:12.399 Why don't we say, Lord, those prodigals that 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.149 once were in in the Father's house, bring them 00:07:15.149 --> 00:07:20.910 back. Hallelujah. And those souls that are lost, 00:07:21.110 --> 00:07:26.970 bring them in, Jesus. In wrath, remember mercy. 00:07:29.389 --> 00:07:34.930 And so, we the church, the body of Christ, the 00:07:34.930 --> 00:07:37.290 salt of the earth, we're not the sugar of the 00:07:37.290 --> 00:07:49.360 earth, we're the salt of the earth. City light. 00:07:50.100 --> 00:07:54.699 Why don't you shine in this hour like never before? 00:07:55.639 --> 00:08:00.259 Let your light shine for Jesus. Because in this 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:04.100 community, there are many lost souls. Some of 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:07.319 them don't even think they are lost. They don't 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.720 consider themselves as lost, but they are lost. 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:15.160 And you and I have Acts 2 .38 message that they 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:27.920 need. They may not Lord, Lord, I want revival. 00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:31.420 I want to see revival. And in the 30 years that 00:08:31.420 --> 00:08:35.059 we pastored that church, we saw revival. We saw 00:08:35.059 --> 00:08:38.720 a church grow to over a thousand members. We 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.620 planted three additional churches. And from those 00:08:41.620 --> 00:08:43.820 three additional churches, they planted churches 00:08:43.820 --> 00:08:47.460 in Mexico and in Central America. We saw the 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:50.460 move of God. We saw signs, wonders, and miracles. 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.059 And if that could happen in Phoenix, it could 00:08:53.059 --> 00:09:14.929 happen right here. to be shouting for you. I'm 00:09:14.929 --> 00:09:19.909 going to be in the amen corner and laughing at 00:09:19.909 --> 00:09:25.629 the devil. Because revival is coming. It's going 00:09:25.629 --> 00:09:29.350 to come until the king's arrival. Hallelujah. 00:09:31.669 --> 00:09:36.690 We're living in those times of revival. Where 00:09:36.690 --> 00:09:42.309 God is doing things out of the ordinary. It's 00:09:42.309 --> 00:09:48.330 not going to be church as usual. The pastor may 00:09:48.330 --> 00:09:50.149 feel like preaching and then they're going to 00:09:50.149 --> 00:09:56.669 sing. It's not a sin. He's going to grab the 00:09:56.669 --> 00:09:58.529 microphone and say, we'll sing later. I've got 00:09:58.529 --> 00:10:02.929 a word that I'm busting at the seams to share. 00:10:04.330 --> 00:10:08.990 It doesn't matter how the service runs. The important 00:10:08.990 --> 00:10:19.460 thing is that Jesus is in it. Amen. I believe 00:10:19.460 --> 00:10:23.100 this church, beginning with your pastor, is sensitive 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:26.059 to the Holy Spirit. That's so key for revival. 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:37.299 The Lord wants to do the extraordinary. It's 00:10:37.299 --> 00:10:40.419 not going to be church as ordinary. Church as 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:48.950 usual. wants the people here to be sitting on 00:10:48.950 --> 00:10:54.690 the edge of their seats anticipating what's going 00:10:54.690 --> 00:10:56.809 to happen next. Isn't that beautiful to come 00:10:56.809 --> 00:10:59.809 to church with that attitude? You don't know 00:10:59.809 --> 00:11:02.330 what God's going to do from one moment to the 00:11:02.330 --> 00:11:06.529 next. But you do know that He's present with 00:11:06.529 --> 00:11:16.100 outstretched hands to heal the sick. Restore 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:22.080 the backslider. Hallelujah. And save sinners. 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:30.139 When I pastored another church, I began to pray 00:11:30.139 --> 00:11:34.960 for prodigals. Remember that, Scott? I said, 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:36.899 where did that come from? I just wanted to know. 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:40.799 When Saul's work prodigal started. I said, Lord, 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:45.179 restore the prodigals. I was in my And somebody 00:11:45.179 --> 00:11:48.240 knocks on the door, a total stranger. He says, 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.940 are you the pastor? I go, yes, I am. I was driving 00:11:50.940 --> 00:11:54.539 by your church and I heard the voice of God tell 00:11:54.539 --> 00:11:57.100 me, go in there and give my servant the word. 00:11:59.059 --> 00:12:04.259 This was the word. You have been praying for 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:08.580 prodigals to be restored. And in the next few 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:11.320 months, you're going to see it with your own 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:18.820 eyes. Pastor, we saw. We saw backslides that 00:12:18.820 --> 00:12:23.740 nobody wanted. That were at one time in apostolic 00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:28.679 churches. All padded out with tattoos. I didn't 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:32.139 care. Bring that man in, Jesus. I almost reached 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:34.320 a point in the church where I said, you need 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.879 a five tattoo limit to even be a national hero. 00:12:46.730 --> 00:12:48.049 But in the church where we were in, they were 00:12:48.049 --> 00:12:51.710 all tatted. But we didn't care because they fell 00:12:51.710 --> 00:13:24.940 in love with Jesus. syndrome's got to go. He 00:13:24.940 --> 00:13:28.159 hears the music and what's going on here? Haven't 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:32.179 you heard? Your little brother's back. And he 00:13:32.179 --> 00:13:34.519 marches to his dad's office and goes, hey dad, 00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:38.139 I want to talk to you. Listen, you never threw 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:42.639 me a party. I'm paraphrasing. You never threw 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:46.279 me a party. But this, your son, you didn't even 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:50.120 call him brother. This, your son, you killed 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:53.379 him. fatty calf and you're going to throw a party. 00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:56.240 You know what the father says to his son? You've 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:59.559 always been here. In other words, he says, you 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:03.299 never asked. You never took advantage of what 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:07.240 was available to you. But this my son was lost. 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:57.129 But now he's found. many times one of our problems 00:14:57.129 --> 00:15:10.590 is self righteousness Nice we look. Look at how 00:15:10.590 --> 00:15:14.309 faithful we are. We don't need anything else. 00:15:15.190 --> 00:15:19.070 We just need those doors to open with people 00:15:19.070 --> 00:15:22.409 that have been kicked around by the world. That 00:15:22.409 --> 00:15:26.629 are sick and tired of being sick and tired. And 00:15:26.629 --> 00:15:29.830 marching through this aisle and coming to this 00:15:29.830 --> 00:15:34.649 altar. That we can pray for them so they can 00:15:34.649 --> 00:15:46.940 be refilled. the power of the Holy Ghost. Under 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:51.240 Pastor Anthony right now in Phoenix, we are seeing 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:57.899 backsliders come back. Entire families that at 00:15:57.899 --> 00:16:02.120 one time went somewhere to church. They're calling 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:05.980 Pastor Anthony, what time is your service? We 00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:09.340 need to be there. We're desperate. This is the 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:15.240 hour. This is the hour for revival. Reviving 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:22.000 the dead. Reviving those that are alive. Hallelujah. 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:38.929 Baptizing people with a burden. You have brothers 00:16:38.929 --> 00:16:42.129 and sisters. You may even have parents, grandparents 00:16:42.129 --> 00:16:47.409 that need Jesus. Well, they know where the church 00:16:47.409 --> 00:17:07.829 is at. If they want to come, they can come. you're 00:17:07.829 --> 00:17:13.549 going to see these pews fill up in no time. Because 00:17:13.549 --> 00:17:15.849 we're talking about a revival until the King's 00:17:15.849 --> 00:17:20.170 arrival. We won't take anything else. We want 00:17:20.170 --> 00:17:24.269 revival. We want God to, a mighty move of God 00:17:24.269 --> 00:17:33.029 that will stir this city. In 1995, while I was 00:17:33.029 --> 00:17:35.509 pastoring there in Phoenix, I had a professional 00:17:35.509 --> 00:17:41.480 sign made. The year of the harvest. Every once 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:47.480 in a while I would go, I like my sign. I love 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:51.599 that sign. 1995. You know how many baptisms we 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:58.759 had that year? Zero. I could hear the devil laughing 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:04.200 at me. And a few brethren. They would say, well, 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:08.650 our pastor's sincere, you know. Kind of. talking 00:18:08.650 --> 00:18:11.210 out of his mouth and saying things that are not 00:18:11.210 --> 00:18:15.970 practical or probable. I told him, go ahead and 00:18:15.970 --> 00:18:23.309 laugh. You'll see. In 1996, we had 135 baptisms. 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:47.000 kept water in the baptistry. Because we were 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:50.200 saying, you know what? I remember preaching in 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:52.400 some churches and I had this kind of habit of 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:57.140 going like this. I would see hymn books, you 00:18:57.140 --> 00:19:03.299 know, old Bibles back there. We would keep the 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:06.900 baptistry full. And brethren would say, hey, 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:09.720 Pastor, how come the baptistry is full? Because 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:14.579 we're going to be baptized at any moment. And 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:17.140 we did, and Pastor Anthony has too. This year, 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:20.940 there at Pastor Anthony Romo, we've had 58 baptisms. 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:29.240 You know, we're trying. Phoenix is the fifth 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.440 largest city in the United States. Do you know 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:34.819 that, Pastor Jake? Wow. Number one, of course, 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:38.700 is New York. Number two is Los Angeles. Number 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:41.799 three, Chicago. Number four is Houston. And number 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:47.819 five is Phoenix. God is challenging. But we're 00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:49.680 meeting that. We want to meet that challenge. 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:53.119 I believe that if you're a city light. You can 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:56.960 meet that challenge. Get behind your pastor's 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.519 vision. When he speaks about revival. You get 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:04.160 in there. Say amen pastor. We believe it. We're 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:12.430 with you. Get into the worship. Don't sit and 00:20:12.430 --> 00:20:14.089 say, well, they're not singing my favorite songs. 00:20:14.190 --> 00:20:18.970 They're not for you. First and foremost, they're 00:20:18.970 --> 00:20:26.309 for Jesus. And He loves them. He loves them. 00:20:28.630 --> 00:20:31.210 Do you remember that one service, honey? Where 00:20:31.210 --> 00:20:34.089 we had an interpretation in tongues and the Lord 00:20:34.089 --> 00:20:39.950 says, where's my incense? The Spirit of God is 00:20:39.950 --> 00:20:44.000 speaking in loud tones. Where's my incense, church? 00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:48.900 We fell and we wept and we asked God for forgiveness. 00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:53.220 He would say, where's my incense? In other words, 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:55.960 he would say, where's my worship? Where's my 00:20:55.960 --> 00:21:01.500 praise? You know, he relishes praise and worship. 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:08.710 He loves it. That's why... We have to come to 00:21:08.710 --> 00:21:13.910 church with an attitude of gratitude. You come 00:21:13.910 --> 00:21:15.769 in here, you don't think about what your boss 00:21:15.769 --> 00:21:19.230 is going to say on Monday. Who cares? He's going 00:21:19.230 --> 00:21:25.170 to yell anyways. You come in here with a grateful 00:21:25.170 --> 00:21:30.829 heart. With a worshipful spirit. The happiest 00:21:30.829 --> 00:21:34.210 people in church, I've discovered, are the worshipers. 00:21:34.829 --> 00:21:43.769 Are the praisers. with them. Everything is all 00:21:43.769 --> 00:21:46.890 positive because they're worshipers. They're 00:21:46.890 --> 00:21:50.390 praisers. They're not focusing on sister so -and 00:21:50.390 --> 00:21:53.369 -so's problems, brother so -and -so's situation. 00:21:54.029 --> 00:21:56.829 They're not focusing on any of those things, 00:21:56.970 --> 00:21:59.650 what's happening in the other church, what's 00:21:59.650 --> 00:22:02.710 happening down the road. They come to worship 00:22:02.710 --> 00:22:06.329 and praise Jesus. That's all that matters to 00:22:06.329 --> 00:22:20.220 them. And what you will do is, God says, I can't 00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:24.099 help but bless this church. I can't help but 00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:27.720 heal the sick today. I can't help but heal people 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:30.099 with the Holy Ghost today. Speaking in other 00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:34.920 tongues. I can't help but restore backsliders. 00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:40.940 I can't help but heal and save that entire family 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:50.779 in the back row. We're the salt of the earth. 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:55.180 We're not the sugar of the earth. We're the salt 00:22:55.180 --> 00:23:03.619 of the earth. Salt causes thirst. In Bible times, 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:07.299 salt was an antiseptic. They didn't have medicines. 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:11.000 They would pour salt on wounds. It would sting, 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:17.579 but it would cure and heal. Praise God. I remember 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:20.119 going to Chicago in the cold of winter, I don't 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:22.519 know what got into me. I accepted an invitation 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:25.680 to preach. Oh my God, 50 below zero. I got to 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:32.220 Arizona, think about it. And they were throwing 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:35.900 salt on the roads. What in the world? What's 00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:39.839 going on here? Salt causes the snow to melt. 00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:46.839 I said, what an analogy. City Light Church, you're 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:56.460 salt. Create a thirst. And your job. I used to 00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:59.759 be an automotive machinist. Before I went full 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:04.039 time in the ministry. We used to work in an engine 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:08.460 rebuilding place. We would rebuild tons of engines. 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:11.759 And they were delivered all over the United States. 00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:16.029 And I would have the opportunities. there to 00:24:16.029 --> 00:24:22.269 witness to my co -workers, to my bosses. Do you 00:24:22.269 --> 00:24:25.849 remember the search for truth charts? Do you 00:24:25.849 --> 00:24:28.450 know what that is? Have you ever seen those or 00:24:28.450 --> 00:24:32.049 remember them? I had a big one and a miniature 00:24:32.049 --> 00:24:34.829 one. I would take the miniature one to work. 00:24:35.730 --> 00:24:37.930 And I would tell the guys, listen, you eat your 00:24:37.930 --> 00:24:40.109 burritos and let me teach you the word of God. 00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:43.400 I had like seven or eight guys just eating their 00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:46.039 burritos and hearing me teach a word of gospel. 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:54.380 I got to take them to church. When I was called 00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:56.599 to full -time ministry right after that, after 00:24:56.599 --> 00:25:00.140 what, 13 years of working there, my boss comes 00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:02.599 down to the office and goes, friend, what's this 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:07.720 right here? I go, he was a Jew. Mr. Warner, yeah, 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:15.130 you heard right. I'm leaving. raise I don't know 00:25:15.130 --> 00:25:20.009 you need new tools do you need a promotion I 00:25:20.009 --> 00:25:23.210 go no Mr. Warner I have to take this step because 00:25:23.210 --> 00:25:31.509 I'm called to ministry it's Frank he goes it's 00:25:31.509 --> 00:25:33.349 too bad that I have to wait so many years to 00:25:33.349 --> 00:25:35.670 tell you you're one of the best employees we've 00:25:35.670 --> 00:25:40.769 ever had let's do this Frank okay Mr. Warner 00:25:40.769 --> 00:25:43.650 what do you have what do you want to say in fact 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:49.980 Ministry deal out there doesn't work out. Come 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:54.640 back. You'll always have a job. I'll get you 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:57.259 those new tools. I'll make sure you get a promotion. 00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.579 I said, Mr. Warner, I don't think so. I walked 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:04.059 away never to come back. Because I had a calling. 00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:08.799 And I feel like the Holy Ghost right now to tell 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:13.470 somebody, you have a calling. And kind of you've 00:26:13.470 --> 00:26:16.289 been running from that calling. You've been hiding 00:26:16.289 --> 00:26:19.990 from that calling. Your pastor needs you. And 00:26:19.990 --> 00:26:22.049 you've been shunning it. You've been saying, 00:26:22.089 --> 00:26:25.470 well, you know, it's not me. It's somebody else. 00:26:25.549 --> 00:26:33.869 It's you. If you will heed the call, you'll see 00:26:33.869 --> 00:26:40.609 how God will give you the anointing and the kiss. 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:48.920 power to be used. Praise God. You're looking 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:52.180 right here at a volume guy. I grew up in the 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:55.079 volume. I used to sell drugs in high school. 00:26:56.579 --> 00:27:02.440 In the 70's I had hair down here. That was a 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:15.539 style. I never even imagined that I could amount 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:20.279 to anything. I was baptized at the age of 19 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:28.240 without even knowing one time to church. I had 00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:31.019 never been to church before. My parents got baptized 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:34.380 in February. I got baptized in March. But the 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:36.980 night that I went, I told my mom, God, those 00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:40.319 girls wear those long dresses. That's too bad. 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:45.839 the girls for. And mom, what's that thing they 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:50.180 wear on the beds? It's called a veil. Okay. But 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:53.880 that night, the Holy Ghost got a hold of me. 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:59.619 March the 24th, 1973. Some of you weren't even 00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:04.480 born yet. I was baptized in the name of Jesus. 00:28:12.170 --> 00:28:13.950 A few months later, I got filled with the Holy 00:28:13.950 --> 00:28:18.930 Ghost at youth camp. Which meant that I got a 00:28:18.930 --> 00:28:21.250 free camp the following year. That was cool. 00:28:22.990 --> 00:28:26.250 That same year, my pastor felt led to sit me 00:28:26.250 --> 00:28:29.109 aside to the ministry. He calls me into his office. 00:28:29.609 --> 00:28:33.869 I want to talk to you. Whoa, what did I do? I 00:28:33.869 --> 00:28:37.630 began to think, what did I do wrong to deserve 00:28:37.630 --> 00:28:42.400 a trip to the office of a pastor? Sit down. my 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:47.740 pastor was in those days. He said, you know that 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:54.500 I've been praying for you. Thank you. Let me 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:58.440 explain. You keep popping up into my mind about 00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:04.680 ministry. What is that? I didn't even know what 00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:07.539 it was. What is that? We're going to set you 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:10.599 aside. What does that mean? And later on I told 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:12.339 somebody, I'm going to get set aside. They're 00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:18.240 going to put you on layaway? Nice! I go, is that 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:20.740 another way of saying it? They're going to put 00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:28.880 me on layaway? I got set aside. I'm with my father. 00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:36.000 We both walked the same time together. And then, 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:41.619 because we had elections. That's kind of a passe 00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:44.980 now. And that's okay. The pastor knows who's 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:48.660 qualified and who isn't. I got elected the youth 00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:53.000 president. And in that time of youth president, 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:57.440 I saw this young lady right here. Sister Stella. 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:08.380 Raised in church. With her nice standards. And 00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:10.740 I would say, Lord, I need somebody like that. 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:15.039 I became the president, she became the secretary. 00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:27.200 Done deal. Mind you, I was baptized in 1973. 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:32.440 We were married in 1976. Which means we've been 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:49.910 married 49 years. Because ministry is not a piece 00:30:49.910 --> 00:30:56.109 of pie. It's not easy. Because there's a devil 00:30:56.109 --> 00:30:59.890 that's always looking. Over my dead body, you're 00:30:59.890 --> 00:31:02.950 going to have revival. Over my dead body, you're 00:31:02.950 --> 00:31:05.789 going to reach your community. Over my dead body, 00:31:05.869 --> 00:31:10.349 you're going to reach your relatives. You know, 00:31:10.410 --> 00:31:20.230 the day after I got baptized, the devil With 00:31:20.230 --> 00:31:25.849 liquor and drugs. Frank! Let's go. I go, where? 00:31:27.430 --> 00:31:31.789 You know. You know you love drugs. You love alcohol. 00:31:32.049 --> 00:31:36.450 I used to. Not anymore. What happened to you? 00:31:36.990 --> 00:31:39.869 What happened to your long hair? Going to the 00:31:39.869 --> 00:32:13.980 army? I want to get back with you. I don't. And 00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:16.359 I tell him, I'm in love with somebody else. Who 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:19.480 is she? And I make the mistake of saying, it's 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:27.480 not a she, it's a he. Wrong answer. But I fixed 00:32:27.480 --> 00:33:20.460 it up. The he is Jesus. Hallelujah. I became 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:23.839 a fanatic, man. I wasn't the kind of Christian 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:26.299 that just went up to the river and dipped their 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:32.380 toes in there. I did belly flops. I would tell 00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:36.539 people, get out of the way. You know, I've learned 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:50.850 that that's the only way to serve the Lord. criticized. 00:33:50.850 --> 00:33:53.970 You know, I may lose some friends. Really? Are 00:33:53.970 --> 00:33:59.890 those really your friends? You do what the Lord 00:33:59.890 --> 00:34:02.910 is telling you. And in this revival, God is already 00:34:02.910 --> 00:34:08.469 speaking tonight. There's somebody. Let go and 00:34:08.469 --> 00:34:14.309 let God have His way. If you were talking about 00:34:14.309 --> 00:34:25.670 a revival until the King's arrival, folks, and 00:34:25.670 --> 00:34:34.130 the Holy Ghost. With signs, wonders, and miracles. 00:34:36.909 --> 00:34:39.789 I can tell you in my travels I've seen so many 00:34:39.789 --> 00:34:44.289 miracles, so many signs, so many wonders. I have 00:34:44.289 --> 00:34:49.170 about 70 pictures of children that were not supposed 00:34:49.170 --> 00:34:53.090 to be born. That when I prayed for those women, 00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:57.380 they send me pictures later of those babies. 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:59.880 I was preaching for a friend of mine in Tijuana, 00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:04.820 Mexico. Richard Veloso. That name rings a bell 00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:09.400 to anybody? Young pastor. I preached in his church 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:12.099 and all of a sudden I looked at his wife and 00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:16.739 I said to her in the Holy Ghost, Sister, you've 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:22.119 lost several children. You've had two miscarriages. 00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:27.480 I didn't even know. But this time, those children, 00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:31.219 plural, that are going to be born, you're not 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:36.199 going to miscarry. I said to myself, after the 00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:39.539 service, why did you say children, plural, in 00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:42.940 my humanity? Come to find out, she gave birth 00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:50.539 to twins. They were so excited and happy that 00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:52.269 when those twins were born, they invited inviting 00:35:52.269 --> 00:35:55.610 me back, and I dedicated them to the Lord. That 00:35:55.610 --> 00:36:00.750 was like 14 years ago. We've seen people get 00:36:00.750 --> 00:36:03.630 out of wheelchairs. I was preaching in a small 00:36:03.630 --> 00:36:06.690 church in Texas, and all of a sudden this brother's 00:36:06.690 --> 00:36:08.690 in a wheelchair going, brother, how long have 00:36:08.690 --> 00:36:11.289 you been in that wheelchair? 12 years. Do you 00:36:11.289 --> 00:36:13.650 want to get up? He goes, of course, then get 00:36:13.650 --> 00:36:21.619 up. And he gets up. stop preaching right there, 00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:29.780 but we church. And you know, at City Light Church, 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:38.559 God wants to do the same thing. We've seen cancer 00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:47.719 victims completely healed. Paralytics. All kinds 00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:51.949 of diseases and sicknesses. Well, I'm supposed 00:36:51.949 --> 00:36:53.789 to be a dead man for those of you that didn't 00:36:53.789 --> 00:36:59.369 know. I'm not even supposed to be here because 00:36:59.369 --> 00:37:04.090 of what happened in 2015. The pulmonary embolism 00:37:04.090 --> 00:37:08.489 in my leg went to my lungs and produced cardiac 00:37:08.489 --> 00:37:12.010 arrest. I flatlined in the emergency room three 00:37:12.010 --> 00:37:15.309 times. The doctors told my wife he's going to 00:37:15.309 --> 00:37:20.309 die. He's not going to die. I couldn't hear anything. 00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:25.320 I couldn't see anything. I wish I could tell 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:27.579 you, you know what? All of a sudden, I went through 00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:37.639 the middle. I heard angels playing horns. I heard 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:40.659 angelic voices. I didn't hear or see anything. 00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:43.519 And that disappointed some brethren afterwards. 00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:56.809 What? Oh, okay. I'm alive! or not, I'm alive. 00:37:57.690 --> 00:38:06.449 Get excited. But the Lord healed me. One doctor 00:38:06.449 --> 00:38:11.949 told my wife, if he lives, which we doubt, he 00:38:11.949 --> 00:38:16.829 won't walk, he won't speak, and he won't have 00:38:16.829 --> 00:38:31.730 brain function. I talk more now than ever. and 00:38:31.730 --> 00:38:36.769 the nurses were clapping. Behold the miracle, 00:38:36.829 --> 00:39:25.489 the walking miracle. didn't do it soon. Thanks. 00:39:27.389 --> 00:39:30.849 Young lady, young man, surrender to the Lord. 00:39:32.670 --> 00:39:36.190 There's a ministry waiting for you. There's an 00:39:36.190 --> 00:39:40.010 anointing waiting for you. There's a calling 00:39:40.010 --> 00:39:44.809 upon your life. Don't worry if it's not this 00:39:44.809 --> 00:39:47.650 great calling, this great evangelist. Because 00:39:47.650 --> 00:39:54.760 we're enamored with that kind of stuff. I want 00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:58.900 to preach at a convention. I want to sing at 00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:02.039 a convention. That could happen, but if it doesn't 00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:04.960 happen, don't worry about it. You shine where 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:08.000 you're planting. You do what you're planting. 00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:15.820 My wife doesn't talk much. She's a soft -spoken 00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:20.880 woman. Not at home. Just kidding. Just kidding. 00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:26.800 when she ministers to the ladies and the young 00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:33.840 lady, watch out. I just feel a burden right now 00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:40.440 for the young people that are here. Surrender. 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:44.019 In this revival, surrender. I want to hear about 00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:46.519 a young man or a young lady in this revival. 00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:54.519 You know what? I've had it. I want to go in a 00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:57.920 different direction. You've chosen the right 00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:05.840 place and the right time to do it. Where's the 00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:09.380 preachers? Where are the potential preachers? 00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:15.320 Are you here? The potential teachers. The potential 00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:20.119 leaders. You're here. It's just somebody told 00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:23.079 you, well, you know what? Nobody in our family 00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:26.260 has ever been a minister. Nobody in our family. 00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:31.559 So you can forget it. Don't forget nothing. You'll 00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:35.320 be the first one in your family to step into 00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:41.780 this dimension of ministry and calling. And like 00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:43.800 I said, the only thing you're going to regret 00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:58.110 is that you didn't do it sooner. I turned my 00:41:58.110 --> 00:42:01.269 church over to Pastor Anthony. He's my pastor. 00:42:01.670 --> 00:42:05.730 My son. When he introduces me, I don't say, thank 00:42:05.730 --> 00:42:09.309 you, son. I go, thank you, pastor. And they call 00:42:09.309 --> 00:42:11.889 me bishop. I haven't been a bishop since the 00:42:11.889 --> 00:42:15.889 mid -90s. In function, anyway. But they all call 00:42:15.889 --> 00:42:21.829 me bishop out of respect. And I don't feel belittled. 00:42:21.889 --> 00:42:24.110 I don't feel like... Well, I'll share something 00:42:24.110 --> 00:42:27.869 with you. When I first retired, Almost four years 00:42:27.869 --> 00:42:30.969 ago, on a Tuesday, I needed to go get something 00:42:30.969 --> 00:42:35.289 that I had left in my old office. And I saw cars 00:42:35.289 --> 00:42:37.389 parked out there. So I go, what's going on here? 00:42:37.690 --> 00:42:39.670 Oh, they're having their meeting. Remember those 00:42:39.670 --> 00:42:44.769 meetings? I go, and they didn't invite me. And 00:42:44.769 --> 00:42:50.230 she goes, you're done. You're through. Deal with 00:42:50.230 --> 00:43:00.460 it. I have no quarrels. I have no regrets. I'm 00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:04.860 happy. I turn it over to the right person. I 00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:08.519 handed the baton to my son. Here you go, son. 00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:13.260 It's your turn now. Hallelujah. One of these 00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:17.659 days, if the Lord tarries, Pastor Jacob Rodriguez 00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:22.199 is going to turn the baton to one of you. Are 00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:25.059 you going to be ready to receive it? Are you 00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:28.940 going to be responsible to receive that baton? 00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:32.900 Because in a relay race, every runner is important. 00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:38.579 Every runner in a relay race is important. You 00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:42.300 can get disqualified just like that. Or passing 00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:48.559 out a turn, stumbling, dropping the baton, overrunning 00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:52.420 the situation. But when you're in the right place 00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:59.559 at the right time, Run. Anthony, Pastor Anthony 00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:02.539 is running the race right now. Him and his wife, 00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:06.360 Aiko, and their family. Pray for them. They have 00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:09.019 a tremendous desire to see the kingdom of God 00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:14.360 grow in Phoenix, Arizona. But we're here at City 00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:19.179 Light Church challenging a few folks here tonight. 00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:25.840 He said, well, I don't have enough experience. 00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:31.420 I didn't have any experience. The church that 00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:33.780 I pastored for 30 years, when the president of 00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:36.079 the assembly called me, we want you to take the 00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:39.039 Phoenix Church. You know what my response was? 00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:44.480 I'm comfortable for a man. And in those days, 00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:49.199 they were more hardcore than today. They didn't 00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:52.699 meet around the bush. Right, sister? She knows 00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:56.579 what I'm talking about. He goes, he pauses and 00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:58.940 then he says, God didn't call us to be comfortable. 00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:05.139 I go, hey, you're right. And then I thought, 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:08.119 you're the boss. You're the president of the 00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:11.460 assembly. I'm arguing with the boss? He goes, 00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:13.460 I'll go, just let me let my wife, I want to let 00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:15.739 my wife know. I want to let my wife know. He 00:45:15.739 --> 00:45:19.500 goes, no! Because see, that's the church we came 00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:22.599 out of as young people. And now we're going to 00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:27.940 go back to pastoring? The day of the transfer, 00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:31.619 this older minister comes up to me and goes, 00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:34.940 instead of saying welcome, we're going to be 00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:37.360 praying for you. He goes, we'll see how long 00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:43.639 you last here. I go, thanks for those words. 00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:47.760 They were challenging to me. I didn't accept 00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:51.039 them as a defeat, as a put down. I accepted them 00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:56.730 as a challenge. Because a few years later, that 00:45:56.730 --> 00:46:03.269 preacher sat in my office sharing marital problems 00:46:03.269 --> 00:46:06.610 that he was having. And then a year later, I 00:46:06.610 --> 00:46:12.110 preached his funeral. Listen, be careful that 00:46:12.110 --> 00:46:15.849 you don't speak out of turn. And especially about 00:46:15.849 --> 00:46:24.179 the Lord's anointing. We're not supposed to speak 00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:27.719 against the Lord and do the prophets no harm. 00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:34.199 And you have a man here that's leading you to 00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:41.880 greener pastures. You don't think he has moments 00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:46.039 of doubt? Moments of let down? Along with his 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:50.159 wife and family? The pastoral family is not perfect. 00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:53.590 God gave us four kids. Three girls and one boy. 00:46:54.670 --> 00:46:57.110 And they would do pastor's days and yeah, they 00:46:57.110 --> 00:47:00.829 would get their gifts. But there were times when 00:47:00.829 --> 00:47:02.550 my kids would go, what are we doing here, Dad? 00:47:04.329 --> 00:47:07.789 The brothers want us to be perfect. I don't know 00:47:07.789 --> 00:47:09.650 why I'm going in this direction. Is that okay? 00:47:13.130 --> 00:47:17.010 And they would put down our kids. They would 00:47:17.010 --> 00:47:20.150 speak against our kids. And they would come crying 00:47:20.150 --> 00:47:22.579 to us. I said, don't worry. a part of the job. 00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:26.860 It's all part of us. Don't worry about it. We're 00:47:26.860 --> 00:47:30.039 going to be okay as a family. Not everybody understands. 00:47:31.380 --> 00:47:33.500 Well, the children and the pastors would be this 00:47:33.500 --> 00:47:37.239 way. Let me ask you the million dollar question. 00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:45.059 How good are your kids? Uh -oh. Come on. They're 00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:55.429 not perfect. I'll tell you what, though. I baptized 00:47:55.429 --> 00:48:04.489 all four of my children in Jesus' name. And now 00:48:04.489 --> 00:48:09.969 they're in ministry with their spouses. I baptized 00:48:09.969 --> 00:48:19.010 our first granddaughter, Nevaeh. She's 17, full 00:48:19.010 --> 00:48:24.710 of the Holy Ghost. And being used by God. My 00:48:24.710 --> 00:48:27.730 grandchildren are fifth generation apostolic. 00:48:28.190 --> 00:48:31.090 My children are fourth generation apostolic. 00:48:31.210 --> 00:48:34.110 My wife and I are third generation apostolic. 00:48:34.190 --> 00:48:36.690 Our parents were second generation apostolic. 00:48:36.769 --> 00:48:39.369 Our grandparents were first generation apostolic. 00:48:39.590 --> 00:48:44.050 You can't get it better than that. But it takes 00:48:44.050 --> 00:48:49.489 a commitment. It's not a popularity contest. 00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:54.679 We could care less what people think. I used 00:48:54.679 --> 00:48:56.139 to tell the people all the time, you know what? 00:48:56.199 --> 00:49:01.179 I don't lose an hour of sleep about how you feel 00:49:01.179 --> 00:49:03.400 about me. I am going to sleep and I'm going to 00:49:03.400 --> 00:49:14.579 snore. I'm going to snore it up tonight. And 00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:18.059 I'm not trying to be sarcastic. I'm just saying, 00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:22.480 you know what? It does us no good. Pastor Jacob 00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:25.559 pacing to the floor, honey, at midnight, at one 00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:27.219 in the morning, what are we going to do? How 00:49:27.219 --> 00:49:29.579 are we going to get out of this jam? How are 00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:31.199 we going to get out of this situation? Listen, 00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:33.760 I would tell the pastor, if you sleep, pastor, 00:49:33.920 --> 00:50:37.219 you deserve it. Revival is coming. to be poured 00:50:37.219 --> 00:50:40.619 out on the priests and prophets, there was a 00:50:40.619 --> 00:50:51.260 crushing. A crushing. In the New Testament, it's 00:50:51.260 --> 00:50:56.320 the same way. There has to be a crushing. If 00:50:56.320 --> 00:50:58.159 you want to go to the next level, you have to 00:50:58.159 --> 00:51:03.960 be crushed. Oh, but how sweet it is. How good 00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:07.039 it is. Brother, I feel like telling you something. 00:51:08.820 --> 00:51:13.320 I don't know you. You really don't know me. But 00:51:13.320 --> 00:51:16.400 I just felt right now. You're going through crushing 00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:23.199 right now. Am I correct? You're going through 00:51:23.199 --> 00:51:26.760 crushing and it kind of confuses you because 00:51:26.760 --> 00:51:31.599 you're a dynamic worship leader. But God is stirring 00:51:31.599 --> 00:51:36.289 some new things. some greater things in your 00:51:36.289 --> 00:51:41.469 life. Don't be afraid of that. Don't back off 00:51:41.469 --> 00:51:44.309 and say, Lord, what do you know? Say, Lord, here 00:51:44.309 --> 00:51:52.449 I am. Praise God. The crushing has to occur in 00:51:52.449 --> 00:51:56.869 order for the anointing to flow. And that's what 00:51:56.869 --> 00:52:03.800 God is. Is this your wife? Both of you. You're 00:52:03.800 --> 00:52:05.599 going through a moment of crushing right now. 00:52:06.780 --> 00:52:14.639 But the enemy's self is going to be good. Anybody 00:52:14.639 --> 00:52:20.699 else going through a crushing moment here? You, 00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:24.920 sister? I don't even remember you. You used to 00:52:24.920 --> 00:52:28.059 be in all the end times, huh? You've heard me 00:52:28.059 --> 00:52:32.199 preach a bunch of times, huh? Please. I hope 00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:39.920 I wasn't too boring. I remember her from day 00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:45.440 one, a worshiper. But you've had some brokenness, 00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:48.840 right? And some of the people that I know that 00:52:48.840 --> 00:52:50.559 are the greatest worshipers are the ones that 00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:52.800 have been through the greatest brokenness in 00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:57.480 their lives. Not everybody has got, you know, 00:52:57.519 --> 00:53:00.960 $20 an hour job and a nice car and a nice home. 00:53:01.789 --> 00:53:03.750 Everybody loves him and pats him on the back. 00:53:05.150 --> 00:53:08.449 It's not always them. Sometimes there's broken 00:53:08.449 --> 00:53:12.889 people that have to pick up the pieces of their 00:53:12.889 --> 00:53:17.090 lives. But the Lord anoints them with fresh white. 00:53:19.670 --> 00:53:31.510 How many of you need a fresh anointing? the bottle 00:53:31.510 --> 00:53:34.030 of oil on the pulpit. I picked it up, opened 00:53:34.030 --> 00:53:38.550 it up. It stunk. I told him, I should throw this 00:53:38.550 --> 00:53:42.989 away. It's a stale. And the Lord spoke to me. 00:53:43.030 --> 00:53:46.929 He goes, that's how some of the people are. Frank 00:53:46.929 --> 00:53:50.989 Romo, don't you ever become like that. I want 00:53:50.989 --> 00:53:54.349 to anoint with fresh oil. And I've come to tell 00:53:54.349 --> 00:53:57.550 you in this revival, God wants to anoint us with 00:53:57.550 --> 00:54:12.539 fresh oil. So that we can have arrived. You know 00:54:12.539 --> 00:54:15.059 why you're singing so good, brother? Because 00:54:15.059 --> 00:54:17.579 you're going through the crushing. These folks 00:54:17.579 --> 00:54:21.440 don't know what you're going through. But you 00:54:21.440 --> 00:54:25.519 do. And there's moments in your ministry where 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:29.340 you say, God, I don't feel like singing. But 00:54:29.340 --> 00:54:32.699 then you get up there, it just flows. And people 00:54:32.699 --> 00:54:40.170 will come That song just did it for me. I needed 00:54:40.170 --> 00:54:43.429 that song so badly. And you're like, God, they 00:54:43.429 --> 00:54:47.130 don't even know what I'm going through. Sometimes 00:54:47.130 --> 00:54:52.610 we preach, Pastor, crushed, don't we? There's 00:54:52.610 --> 00:54:54.289 been times when I would get behind the pulpit 00:54:54.289 --> 00:54:55.769 and I would say, I don't want to be here, Lord. 00:54:56.510 --> 00:55:01.590 I don't want to be here. I wish I could just 00:55:01.590 --> 00:55:05.780 walk out of this building and go home. But the 00:55:05.780 --> 00:55:09.639 Lord would tell me, you are. This is where I 00:55:09.639 --> 00:55:13.019 have you. And I'm going to take care of you, 00:55:13.099 --> 00:55:19.440 friend. I'm crushing you because the oil is coming 00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:22.599 out that others are going to need. I feel the 00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:24.260 Holy Ghost. Why don't you raise your hands right 00:55:24.260 --> 00:55:24.480 now.