1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,080 Hey there! 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,040 Welcome to the God's goodness podcast. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,400 We are your hosts, Josh and Shelly Hankins, and we're here to share real stories of God's 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:11,400 power. 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,760 Stories of hope, healing and miracles that will strengthen your faith. 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,600 No matter what you're walking through, we want to remind you that God is good and He's 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:20,600 still moving today. 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:26,760 Let's dive in! 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,440 Today we have with us a special guest. 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:29,440 He's back again. 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,200 He's Pastor Rick Kardell. 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:36,520 You'll know him from sharing his 20th century adventures stories, even though we're in 13 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,880 the 21st century. 14 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,480 But they're still just as good as ever. 15 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:45,480 They are, I think they call that evergreen content, when you can listen whenever and 16 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:47,720 it'll still be powerful. 17 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:52,600 So with that, we're going to have Pastor Rick open us up with an opening prayer and then 18 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,800 we'll get into some more of God's goodness. 19 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,840 Holy Spirit, once again, we welcome you. 20 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:03,840 We know that we're so totally dependent upon you. 21 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,520 So we ask that the words of our mouth and the mentations of our heart will be acceptable 22 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:13,680 in thy sight, O Lord, our strength, in our Redeemer, in Jesus' name. 23 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:14,680 Amen. 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:15,680 Amen. 25 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:28,160 I'd like to start by telling you a story about a flicker, a flicker prayer, F-L-I-C-K-E-R. 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:35,400 This is a story about how one time when I was on CTV Cornerstone television, I'm going 27 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,480 to share my testimony years ago. 28 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,640 So I'll start by saying this. 29 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,880 It was all working for the Lord at Bell Telephone. 30 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:50,880 And I always wore a nice suit, usually three-piece and a large cross of nails. 31 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,000 It was the same one that I wore at Mercy Hospital when I worked there. 32 00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:00,480 I was certainly not ashamed of the Lord and the Lord used it to open doors to witness 33 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:01,480 the people. 34 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:07,200 One day, as I got on the elevator to go to the supply room, I met a Jewish man named 35 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:08,520 Spencer. 36 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:14,080 He commented on the cross and I said, there was a great story behind it. 37 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,360 And if he gave me his name and address, I'd send it to him. 38 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:24,080 He did and I put a typed version of my testimony and some other things to win him to Jesus 39 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,320 in an 8.5 by 11 brown envelope. 40 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,520 Somehow I lost his address and I couldn't send it. 41 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:38,800 But I believed that I would see him again year after year passed, yet I held on to that. 42 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:45,040 The total of five years went by and one day I saw him in the supply room. 43 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,560 I ran back to my office and delivered him the package. 44 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:56,760 I think it was in the 1980s that I was invited to share my testimony on Cornerstone television. 45 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,080 I took some intercessors with me, Chuck and Kathy Byers. 46 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:06,120 On the way up, we were praying both in English and in other tongues for the anointing of God 47 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,560 and the success of this ministry. 48 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:15,880 Someone prayed, Lord, let people that are flicking stations stop and watch and get ministered 49 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:16,880 to. 50 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:23,320 A while later, as I was sitting at my desk at work, I got a call from Spencer. 51 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,640 It was down in the lobby and asked if he could come up and talk. 52 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:36,160 Now, our office was one big open room with two desks here, up a few more feet, two more 53 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,160 desks, so others could hear our conversations. 54 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,160 No privacy at all. 55 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,160 No. 56 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:49,800 Spencer sat down and wept as he told me that he and his wife had divorced. 57 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,520 After a time, she called and invited him to a hotel. 58 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,400 He thought maybe they would get back together. 59 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:01,160 When he fell asleep, he was awakened by a loud thud. 60 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,640 She had brought a sledgehammer to kill him, but she missed. 61 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,720 Praise God for that. 62 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,200 She of course was now in jail. 63 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:15,240 Spencer went on to say that he met a young prostitute on the street. 64 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,840 He felt sorry for her and he took her in. 65 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:25,160 Soon, he found out she was on drugs and he said that he stooped so low that in the middle 66 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:30,600 of the night, he would go up into the Hill District to get drugs. 67 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:36,680 Then one day, as he was coming into the living room where she was flicking stations, he saw 68 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,320 me. 69 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:40,320 They watched. 70 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:46,440 He told her how he knew me and I had held a package for him for five years. 71 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:52,200 She told him that years before when she was on drugs, she went to what was Al Rowan's 72 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:58,360 Church in McKeesport and got saved and instantly delivered. 73 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,640 He said, well, if it worked before, it'll work again. 74 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:08,000 They went to a revival there and he told her that he would go to the altar with her and 75 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,840 if it worked, he would give his life to Jesus. 76 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:13,720 God was truly working. 77 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,480 The woman went to rehab and Spencer became a changed man. 78 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,120 I trust he's truly surrendered his life to Jesus. 79 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:27,400 He was touched by the love of the people who had known her before and how they embraced 80 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:28,400 her back. 81 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:36,440 I praise God for Romans 826, which says, likewise, the spirit also helped with our infirmities, 82 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:43,880 for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the spirit itself make an intercession 83 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,400 for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 84 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:53,040 So we say, thank you, Holy Spirit, for giving us the flicker prayer. 85 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:58,800 It proved to be most effective and only you know how many other flickers benefited from 86 00:05:58,800 --> 00:05:59,800 it. 87 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,960 So there you got it. 88 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,440 You know, like you just mentioned before with the ripple effect in the water. 89 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,520 Like you don't know who you've reached. 90 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,880 And if you hadn't met this person, right, and he had still found Jesus, you would never 91 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:14,600 know that it was because of you. 92 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:15,600 You would never know. 93 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,640 Well, you would eventually when you're staying before the throne of God, right? 94 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,920 I think we all, well, not all, but I think a lot of Christians are worried about being 95 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:23,920 in front of God, right? 96 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,160 They're like, all right, here we are. 97 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:26,160 This is it. 98 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,760 He's going to bring back everything. 99 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,400 And I think we fail to miss the part where he's going to bring back all the things that 100 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,880 we missed that were perfect and awesome and lovely. 101 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,800 And he's going to shower us with phrases because Jesus did forgive us to those sins. 102 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,360 We are already judged and we are judged correctly, right? 103 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,360 And so we're worried about the negative. 104 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,520 And Jesus says, I can't wait to tell you about this brother or sister that you reached out 105 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:49,520 to. 106 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:50,520 I cannot wait to tell you. 107 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:51,520 You had no idea. 108 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,480 You want your whole life worrying about this guy and this guy is perfect. 109 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:54,480 He's healed. 110 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,160 He is saved because of your actions on my behalf. 111 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,040 Like I can't wait to hear those stories. 112 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,040 Like all the people that I'm going to do. 113 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,320 I was just oblivious to because I'm just going through my day acting like Jesus would act 114 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,000 being kind to people, right? 115 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,920 Helping people, doing things for people. 116 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:15,560 Next, you know, that's made an impact, a positive impact for the kingdom that we'll never, never 117 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,280 see on this earth possibly. 118 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:22,600 I mean, some people do, right? 119 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:29,960 If we only knew how many people we've touched in this life, yeah, but we will know on the 120 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:30,960 other side. 121 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:32,960 Yeah, it'll definitely warm my heart. 122 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:33,960 I can't. 123 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:34,960 I can't wait. 124 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:35,960 I love it. 125 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,960 I hope it was a joke with me. 126 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:38,960 Like opens up something. 127 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:39,960 I pulled out a single name. 128 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:40,960 Like, I got more. 129 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:45,960 I'm just doing one of them. 130 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,960 Well, I got another story for you. 131 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:49,960 Okay. 132 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:50,960 Okay. 133 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:59,440 Mark 1124 says, what things swear you desire when you pray, believe that you receive them 134 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,760 and you shall have them. 135 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:02,760 That's faith. 136 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:03,760 It is. 137 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:11,720 When my wife and I divorced many years ago in 1981, the Holy Spirit said to tell Marilyn 138 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:12,720 Hickey. 139 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,200 She was one of my favorite Bible teachers. 140 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,200 Okay. 141 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:16,200 Still is. 142 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,440 She will use the information to help others. 143 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,560 Didn't you go on a mission trip with her and Wendy Lawson? 144 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:22,560 Yeah. 145 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:23,560 Okay. 146 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:24,560 This is later on. 147 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,280 This is, this is pre those mission trips. 148 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:27,280 Okay. 149 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:28,280 Yeah. 150 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:32,720 I called Marilyn Hickey ministries, but I never got to talk to her. 151 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,560 Either did I tell anyone from her ministry my reason for wanting to talk to her? 152 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:45,200 Well, knowing the power of faith and confession, I began confessing that God was somehow going 153 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,560 across my path with her. 154 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,440 At the time I was traveling a bit. 155 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,280 So I always looked for her when I was on a plane. 156 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,080 You know how you try to figure out how God's going to do something. 157 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:03,080 One of those times I went to Tulsa, Oklahoma for the word explosion or the international 158 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:07,400 charismatic Bible ministers conference at or Robert's university. 159 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:12,120 I was staying at my good friends, Rick and Anita's. 160 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:17,720 And let me pause for a moment and tell you how I met them. 161 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:22,240 One night at South Hills Assembly of God, we were having an all night prayer meeting, 162 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:23,240 just a few people. 163 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:29,120 We'd been praying in the, what we called the upper room when someone had a word that we 164 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,160 were to go down to the sanctuary. 165 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,440 Just the cross light above the baptistery was on. 166 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,040 So the rest of the sanctuary was very dim. 167 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,960 A man came in and was by himself a number of pews back. 168 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,840 I went over to him and he introduced himself. 169 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,920 He asked for prayer for his wife's salvation. 170 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:56,720 She was of a denomination but wasn't saved and she did not want any part of our church. 171 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,600 So we prayed for her. 172 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:03,920 Then Monday night we prayed again at a prayer meeting in my apartment. 173 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:11,200 A few days later she came to church with him and got radically saved, fell out under the 174 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:12,980 power of God. 175 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:17,720 She also soon received the unfilling Holy Spirit and spoke in other tongues. 176 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:25,440 They were only in Pittsburgh for a very short time and moved to Erie, PA, where she in simple 177 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:32,640 faith witnessed a people, got a lifeguard saved and baptized her in the pool. 178 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,920 She kept hearing the word, Reema. 179 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,440 And she called and asked us, what was a Reema? 180 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:45,280 Well, another godly lady, Teresa Lonzo, we were neighbors. 181 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,600 Teresa really walks so close with God. 182 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:57,880 We knew God was saying that Anita and Rick were to go to Reema, Kenneth Hagin's school 183 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,880 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. 184 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:08,240 We also told her that just put it in God's hand and sure enough, that's where they ended 185 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,240 up. 186 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,560 So that's how I got to be going to these meetings in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 187 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:14,980 They invited me. 188 00:11:14,980 --> 00:11:20,800 So this one time I was there, I asked them to agree with me that God would cross my path 189 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,200 with Marilyn Hickey. 190 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:28,960 Well, Anita, who is a beautician, said, and I want you to agree with me that I get to 191 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:30,280 do Marilyn's hair. 192 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,520 The Lord showed me that I was going to be doing that. 193 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,040 So we agreed and we confessed. 194 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,320 At this time, I was not a pastor yet. 195 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,480 I told others, got them confessing with me. 196 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:48,520 I asked our pastor, Robert Owen at the time, if we could ever have Marilyn Hickey, as 197 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,200 a guest to do some teaching. 198 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:56,800 He said, well, Rick, you know, the bigger the ministry, the more they cost. 199 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:02,560 I don't know if he ever contacted her, but several of us began confessing by faith. 200 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:04,480 She was coming to our church. 201 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:10,000 Well, week after week, month after month, and year after year passed, but I was not 202 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,880 going to not hold fast to my profession of faith. 203 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:21,040 A total of 11 years went by and now I was a pastor at our church. 204 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,200 One night, pretty late, I was the only one at church. 205 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,920 I was in my office when the phone rang. 206 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,440 It was Marilyn Hickey. 207 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,840 She was calling for Pastor Rowan. 208 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:36,280 She felt that the Holy Spirit wanted her to come and do a revelation encounter at our 209 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:37,280 church. 210 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,440 I was so excited. 211 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:45,240 I think I gave her pastor's home phone number, but in the excitement, I didn't even think 212 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,480 to talk to her about my matter. 213 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:53,600 She came, praise God, I was in every service, but had other ministry duties and never even 214 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:54,840 got to meet her. 215 00:12:54,840 --> 00:13:01,240 The last day of our meeting, when I got to church, I was led to sit in a different area. 216 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:07,000 We had a woman, Pastor Dodie Steen, lovely lady on our staff. 217 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,600 She was taken Marilyn back and forth from the hotel. 218 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:16,600 That morning in my Bible reading, I read Psalm 148.1, which says, praise you the Lord, praise 219 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,440 you the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights. 220 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:27,360 And for some reason, God was saying something to me about the heights that I wasn't getting. 221 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,240 I said, what is it, Lord? 222 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:34,240 Well, Pastor Dodie came over to me and said, Pastor Rick, we need someone tonight after 223 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:40,240 the service to take Marilyn to Sir Wickley Heights to her aunt's house. 224 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,800 I said, I'll do it. 225 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,880 So I had Marilyn Hickey in my car and savored every moment. 226 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:46,880 Undivided attention. 227 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:47,880 Yes. 228 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:52,200 And I told her my story about how 11 years before, God told me to tell her about my marriage 229 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,720 breaking up and she would use that info to somehow help others. 230 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:02,240 I told her how Anita and Tulsa prayed to do her hair, to which she replied, praise the 231 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:07,600 Lord, I'm on the board of regents who know her, you need someone in Tulsa to do my hair. 232 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:14,240 So she and Anita connected and became very good friends for many years now. 233 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:19,320 Marilyn knows how Anita got saved in spirit field and how strong of a woman of God she 234 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:20,600 is today. 235 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:26,360 She told me Anita is fruit that really abounds and she is. 236 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:30,320 So I've been blessed to go on several mission strips with Marilyn, Sarah and her son-in-law 237 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:34,680 Reese through the years with huge groups of people. 238 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,640 And I highly recommend going on one of her mission trips. 239 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:42,680 You'll learn so much, you'll see so much and you'll be used of God. 240 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:48,520 A short time after my taking Marilyn to her aunts, one of the ladies from our fellowship, 241 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:54,760 Arlene Tecca, who had been a part of our years of confessing, called me. 242 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:59,720 She said as she was getting ready for work, she was listening to Marilyn Hickey on TV 243 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:05,080 and she did share my story in a teaching that was an encouragement to others. 244 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,280 Of course, I sent for the tape and listened to it. 245 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,560 You're so awesome, God. 246 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,840 Surely, your words come to pass. 247 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:19,240 Lastly on one of those mission strips, Marilyn shared with the group how she and I met and 248 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,920 how she had invited me to meet her aunt. 249 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,920 Now her aunt was not Pentecostal yet. 250 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:32,720 So Marilyn was very watchful on how she conducted herself with her favorite aunt. 251 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:41,240 And as the aunt had her opinions about Pentecostal behavior, the aunt was sick and not feeling 252 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,480 well. 253 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,480 And I said, well, let's pray. 254 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:50,240 Well, I loudly rebuked the devil in a sickness and told him to leave. 255 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,920 Marilyn said, she thought, oh, no, not with my aunt. 256 00:15:54,920 --> 00:16:00,080 When I left, the aunt was better and said, what a nice young man. 257 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,800 I really liked him. 258 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:06,320 Oh, and another thing, Marilyn did not cost us a lot. 259 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:12,160 As a matter of fact, she blessed us as a church financially for letting us, letting her use 260 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:13,160 our church. 261 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:17,160 The Bible says the steps of the righteous are ordered the Lord. 262 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,120 So I encourage everybody, hold fast to your confession of faith. 263 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:28,080 Hebrews 10, 35 through 36 says, cast not away there for your confidence, which has great 264 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:34,080 recompense of reward for you have need of patience that after you have done the will 265 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,160 of God, you might receive the promise. 266 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:43,520 I shows how important it is to have fellowship with one another. 267 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,600 So you know what each one, each other is believing for. 268 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,600 And then you can learn that. 269 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,320 Yeah, the agreement, power of agreement. 270 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,600 Yeah, because if you didn't know her desires, then you wouldn't have invited her to, hey, 271 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,920 I can't, I know a place for you to get your hair cut. 272 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:58,920 Yeah. 273 00:16:58,920 --> 00:16:59,920 You never know. 274 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:00,920 So cool. 275 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:06,200 And God knows exactly what's on our hearts and what would mean the most to us. 276 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,360 And it's all different. 277 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,240 You can't surprise him. 278 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,120 And he just shows up in just the way we need him. 279 00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:17,000 And it's always after we expect it to happen. 280 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,200 But it's always perfect timing. 281 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,920 All the time. 282 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:25,080 And it's even more intricate the later it is. 283 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:30,880 Like with my thing, my healing, it was 17 years of waiting to be healed of chronic neck 284 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,720 and shoulder pain. 285 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:37,560 And then Josh prayed one night, they laid hands, him and Nathan and Shelley be healed. 286 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,080 Why me be healed? 287 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,560 Jesus name and got it. 288 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,560 Well, not at first. 289 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:44,560 It's not a good chance. 290 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,080 Like it like I got a headache. 291 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,600 I asked her how it felt and she said it moved up. 292 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,600 It literally like the headache. 293 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,760 I didn't think a headache could move, but it literally moved to a different spot and 294 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:54,480 prayed again and it moved again. 295 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,160 He prayed again and moved. 296 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:00,280 And then finally it left and the pain has been gone since 2015. 297 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,280 Thank you Jesus. 298 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:02,280 October. 299 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:03,280 I think 13. 300 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,280 But who's counting? 301 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:07,280 You're just healed. 302 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,040 I mean, that's that's that's the miracle. 303 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,200 Oh, how long you've been healed is irrelevant. 304 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,200 I've been I've been healed. 305 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,200 I've been touched by God forever. 306 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,200 Amen. 307 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:20,640 And when you're touched by God, it you will never forget it. 308 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:21,640 It says experience. 309 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:22,640 It's absolutely. 310 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,280 Yeah, no one can tell you that there is no God when you've experienced him because 311 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:30,280 you know, you know, you know that they can say all they want, but you're like, whatever, 312 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:31,360 I know what I know. 313 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:36,320 And I just hope he shows up for them too in a way that can't be denied. 314 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,280 Yeah, we have time if you want to do another. 315 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,280 Okay. 316 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,560 Did you ever hear of a lady named Nora Lamb? 317 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,560 No. 318 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,560 Oh, see, you guys are so young. 319 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,120 All right. 320 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:52,280 Once again, this story goes back to before I was a pastor. 321 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,480 It was 1984. 322 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:59,240 The famous Chinese evangelist, Nora Lamb came to minister at our church. 323 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,640 I'd seen her on the 700 Club. 324 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,520 Her heart was for her people to be saved. 325 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:08,360 And if you haven't read her story or watched a movie, they made Billy Graham made a movie 326 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:10,800 of her called China cry. 327 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,440 I encourage you to do so. 328 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,760 Nora got saved and was imprisoned by the communists. 329 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:21,320 When she would not renounce her faith, they put her before firing squad. 330 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:26,080 When the guns fired, there was a blinding light in every bullet, mister. 331 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:32,000 She was pregnant while working, you know, ball, working in the salt mines actually and 332 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,640 given very hard work to do. 333 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,000 God told her that her son would be born in freedom. 334 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:44,120 She supernaturally carried her baby in the womb for 12 months and escaped. 335 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:45,120 Wow. 336 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:48,480 And her child was born according to the word of God in freedom. 337 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,280 Isn't that amazing? 338 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,720 She's a pregnant woman. 339 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:52,720 Yes. 340 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,720 Imagine how swollen that would be. 341 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:55,720 Oh my God. 342 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,920 How hard it would be to try to escape when your mobility, your breathing, everything 343 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:00,920 is so impacted. 344 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:01,920 Oh God. 345 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:02,920 Yeah. 346 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:03,920 Oh yeah. 347 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,880 But God nowadays, they don't let you go longer than your due date. 348 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:06,880 Yeah. 349 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:07,880 That's nuts. 350 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:08,880 I don't think they cared. 351 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,880 Well, they were probably hoping that she'd die, you know. 352 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:12,880 Yeah. 353 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:13,880 Yeah. 354 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,520 But during the service, the service at our church, God told me she was going to call 355 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:18,800 me home. 356 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:19,800 She did. 357 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:26,160 She pointed at me, told me to stand up and said, God wants you to go to China with me. 358 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,120 I knew it was so. 359 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:32,520 But I also knew that it was not this trip that she told us about. 360 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:37,840 A year later, at another location where she was speaking, she did the exact same thing 361 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,920 with the exact same words to me. 362 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:42,440 I knew God was in it. 363 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,320 I registered to go, gave my deposit, and believed for God's provision. 364 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:52,560 I had some very good friends, Chuck and Kathy Byers, and they told me that they started 365 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:53,560 a new business. 366 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,440 It was a travel agency. 367 00:20:55,440 --> 00:21:00,600 One reason was to supply me with some of my traveling needs. 368 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:07,240 They said they would supply me with plane tickets to San Francisco and the tickets back home 369 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,480 from Los Angeles, California. 370 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,920 Those were tickets that the New Orleans China mission strip was not responsible for. 371 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,560 Well, I really interceded for this trip. 372 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:26,960 And as the needed funds were slow in coming, you know, my patients, patients had a perfect 373 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:27,960 word. 374 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,840 We'll put it like that. 375 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,720 Those were tickets that I had to wait for from Chuck and Kathy. 376 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,240 And I didn't want to badger them or anything. 377 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,480 You know, so I really interceded. 378 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:46,840 And as a matter of fact, on the day I was leaving to go to California for the trip, I still 379 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,280 did not have all my monies. 380 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,800 And I still had not received my airline tickets from Chuck and Kathy. 381 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,880 But being the man of faith that I am, I came to work with my luggage. 382 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:07,480 I had to go to the airport right after work and Chuck called and said he would bring the 383 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,480 tickets at lunchtime. 384 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,600 That was close. 385 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,600 I called Lord Lamb Ministries and told them how much money I lacked. 386 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:21,640 I also reminded them of the two times Nora called me up with a word from the Lord. 387 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:22,640 What could they say? 388 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,840 I told them I was coming and believing God for his provision. 389 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,080 That was a bold step of faith. 390 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,960 When I met up with them, they had me sign a paper saying that I would pay the balance 391 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,280 after we got back home. 392 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,440 And so we were on our way. 393 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:38,440 Hallelujah. 394 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:45,800 We were to go from, I think, San Francisco to China and the Philippines, Japan, and then 395 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:52,880 spend a couple days of rest and relaxation in Hawaii and return to Los Angeles. 396 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:58,040 Now in the Philippines, the tour group boarded buses, which took us to different places 397 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,720 to minister. 398 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:08,120 Our Philippine guide, a red hot on fire Holy Spirit, Reima graduate, Reverend Norma Taneo, 399 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,840 took us to a leper colony. 400 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:16,000 Before the bus pulled out, she led the driver and his assistant to the Lord, preached to 401 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:22,280 us all of how important it was for all of us to be filled with the Holy Spirit and prayed 402 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,600 for each one who was not filled to receive. 403 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:30,960 People received, including the two bus drivers that she had just led to the Lord. 404 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,160 They began speaking in tongues. 405 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,560 Norma was the daughter of a diplomat. 406 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,480 And before accepting Christ, she had been promiscuous. 407 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,120 I believe she said that she was actually a prostitute. 408 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,440 Jesus had appeared to her. 409 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:50,160 She got saved and he told her that she was to go to the lepers. 410 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,320 She had three beautiful daughters who ministered with her. 411 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,640 And when she first went, the lepers were very poor. 412 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:02,920 And when she asked why there weren't any animals, she was told that the people ate any animal 413 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,080 that they found, even rats, if they found them. 414 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:14,800 Not only did Norma through wisdom, the wisdom of God, bring Christ to them, but she got programs 415 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,640 going where they learned to farm, raise animals, sow and do other things. 416 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,640 And now there were dogs, cats, chickens, goats. 417 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,560 It was certainly life more abundantly in this place. 418 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,680 God opened many doors for Norma. 419 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:33,920 She even had teaching sessions with the soldiers in the Philippine military. 420 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,680 She was truly strong in the Lord and the power of his might. 421 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:46,080 It was on the bus going to the leper colony that a lady named Nancy Sony sat next to me 422 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,360 and began to prophesy to me saying. 423 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:51,200 Now remember, I'm not a pastor yet. 424 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,080 I've given you a shepherd's heart and you will feed my sheep. 425 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,760 Well, I never thought I'd be a pastor. 426 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,200 I was more of a teacher and evangelist. 427 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:05,000 But I tucked the word on the back burner in my heart and said, well, if this is your word, 428 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,840 Lord, then you will bring it to pass. 429 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:13,400 Before I had left on the mission strip, Pastor Owen had asked if I teach a home group when 430 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,400 I got back. 431 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:21,760 I agreed to when I got home and he was meeting with us leaders, he said, now, in a sense, 432 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,080 you are shepherds to these people. 433 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:29,960 Hmm, I thought maybe there was something to what Nancy had prophesied. 434 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,440 We visited the hospitals at the leper colony. 435 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:38,640 They were nothing more than a big room, you know, in a bungalow like people lying on straw 436 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:39,640 mats on the floor. 437 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:44,200 There were only a couple of beds in the ladies hospital. 438 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:45,960 I got to preach. 439 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:51,920 I thought that the best way I could give them hope and faith was to preach about Jesus healing 440 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,920 lepers. 441 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:54,920 That's good news to a leper. 442 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:55,920 For sure. 443 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:56,920 Yeah. 444 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:57,920 There can't go wrong there. 445 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,320 As I preach, there was a commotion behind me. 446 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,280 The nurses came and were attending to the lady in the bed behind me. 447 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,840 They were crying. 448 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:11,880 And since Reverend Norma was interpreting what I preached, I asked her to find out what happened. 449 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,240 People here, the lady in the bed have been deaf. 450 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,520 Now she could hear. 451 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,520 Hmm. 452 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:24,680 I said, Lord, I know faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, but she couldn't 453 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:25,680 hear. 454 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,600 He said, say that again slowly. 455 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:34,280 Faith cometh by hearing, hearing by the word of God. 456 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,920 So God's words contain healing. 457 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,480 The ladies hearing was coming to her as I preached. 458 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:41,480 How wonderful. 459 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:46,200 In China, we had these big crusades. 460 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:50,160 Well, many came to know Jesus has Lord. 461 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,600 Nor lay up was really anointed in. 462 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,040 We got to pray with people even though we didn't understand each other. 463 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:02,320 Now, before I left for China, I've mentioned this lady, Teresa, a real godly lady before 464 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,280 and some testimonies. 465 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,040 But she was a neighbor. 466 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:14,840 She came to me one night and she said that she had seen a vision of me being put in prison 467 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,600 for passing out bibles in China. 468 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,280 So we received it so that that could not happen. 469 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:27,560 When we got to Hong Kong before going into mainland China, I was informed that something 470 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:33,240 happened to my visa and I would have to stay in Hong Kong all by myself. 471 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:34,240 Oh boy. 472 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,040 What's your plan here, Lord? 473 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:43,160 I went for a walk on Saturday and I saw a sign that said Nathan Road Lutheran Church. 474 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,600 I went in and no one was there but an old man sweeping. 475 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:53,400 I found the pastor's office put a note under the door saying I was Bible teacher from America 476 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,760 on a mission strip with no land. 477 00:27:55,760 --> 00:28:00,680 I would be in the service on Sunday and could I take a few minutes and share what God was 478 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,680 doing? 479 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:06,640 Well, the next morning I went and there was a young lady who spoke English and said that 480 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,120 the pastor said I could share. 481 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:13,480 Then she gave me a guest book to sign showing what church I belong to. 482 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,640 When she saw Assembly of God, she said, Assembly of God? 483 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,520 I said, yes, do you know what that is? 484 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,720 She said, Acts 2. 485 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,480 Then she said, my English is not good. 486 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,480 I cannot interpret for you. 487 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,920 I replied, you're a Christian, aren't you? 488 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:29,920 She answered yes. 489 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,040 Then I questioned her, do you believe the Bible, don't you? 490 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,040 She said yes. 491 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,560 Then I smiled saying, the Bible says you can do all things through Christ to strengthen 492 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:39,560 you. 493 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,280 You'll do fine. 494 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:46,680 She interpreted it as I shared some of the great things God had done in the Crusades. 495 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:53,120 In Tokyo, which was our last stop before going to Hawaii, Nora's son pulled me aside and 496 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:59,120 said since I had not had all my money, I was not going to Hawaii, which was only a few 497 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,320 hundred dollars off the trip. 498 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:08,240 I would be leaving the next day for San Francisco airport with many others that were not going 499 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:09,840 to Hawaii. 500 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:14,320 I prayed, Lord, what am I going to do? 501 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:19,280 I have $10 in a plane ticket from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh. 502 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,760 Should I call home and ask someone to wire me money? 503 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:28,440 His reply was, no, trust me, I've gotten you all this way without any money. 504 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:34,640 So as we were touring Tokyo on a bus, I told no one of my dilemma, but I just kept praying 505 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,520 in tongues within my heart. 506 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:42,760 Suddenly, a man stood up, made this announcement, if anybody needs a ride tomorrow from San 507 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,680 Francisco to Los Angeles, my son and I are from LA. 508 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,520 We have our nine passenger van waiting for us. 509 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,760 Thank you, Lord. 510 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,120 I was the only one. 511 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:58,640 When we got to San Francisco, the man was so jet lagged that he couldn't drive. 512 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:03,040 The son said he would drive and I told him that when he got tired, I would drive. 513 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,480 Well, the son drove about 20 minutes and said he had to stop. 514 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,640 I was now tired, but I thought I'd do it by faith. 515 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:16,960 It's an 11 hour drive and I began driving and praying in tongues, drawing on the power 516 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:17,960 of the Holy Spirit. 517 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:24,080 I drove for nine hours under the influence of the Holy Spirit. 518 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,760 They woke up refreshed and finished the trip. 519 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,160 The son said, I know how you did that. 520 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:33,520 I woke up a few times and heard you praying in tongues. 521 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,360 What another adventure in God that was. 522 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:41,880 Well, finishing up here, you know, about two days after I got home, did you believe the 523 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:49,200 same running, losing source that I saw on the lepers appeared on my arms and other parts 524 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,200 of my body? 525 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,200 Hmm. 526 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:57,240 I remember now that at the Leopard colony, we fearlessly laid hands on the sick, even 527 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,040 sensing a shield on our hands. 528 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,200 Although I didn't see lepersies disappear. 529 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,440 Fever's left the people immediately. 530 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,120 Now what was this? 531 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:11,840 I had perfect peace in my heart because I know the healing scriptures. 532 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,520 It was a lying wonder from the devil. 533 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,920 I read somewhere that it takes leprosy seven years to manifest. 534 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:23,080 I was not led to tell anybody or to go to a doctor. 535 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,360 I knew I was the healed of the Lord. 536 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,360 I continually spoke God's word to my body. 537 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:36,520 The symptoms that were attacking me were water filled blisters that itched insanely. 538 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:42,120 I praised God, rebuked even laughed at the devil because he was already defeated by the 539 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,480 blood of my Jesus. 540 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:49,600 One day I said, Lord, I know in my heart and in my mind that I'm healed, but my body doesn't 541 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,000 know it yet. 542 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:56,800 Is there some natural thing I can do to help and get rid of this? 543 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:01,240 Please tell me, speak a word to me. 544 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,040 Immediately he answered, sink oxide. 545 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,920 I went to the store and bought some, the itch went away. 546 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:08,920 Praise God. 547 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:16,680 Well, I fought that good fight of faith for nine months before every symptom disappeared. 548 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:24,000 Then I testified and my testimony defeated the devil and glorified Jesus. 549 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:28,920 The following year, would you believe at the same time the symptoms attacked again? 550 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,520 I did the same things and this time it only stayed nine weeks. 551 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:39,240 The devil tries to get us to think because of lying symptoms that we are not healed. 552 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,840 I say, hold fast to your confession of faith. 553 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:47,520 We defeat the devil with the blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony. 554 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,880 So never again did the symptom return after that. 555 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:58,520 So I ask you people who are listening to this, are you standing for something in faith? 556 00:32:58,520 --> 00:32:59,520 Don't faint. 557 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:04,840 Dear Saint of God, continue to stand on God's unfailing word. 558 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,960 The victory has already been won for you. 559 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:14,880 Hebrews 6, 11 through 12 says, and we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence 560 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:20,360 to the full assurance of hope unto the end that ye be not slothful. 561 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:26,040 The followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 562 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,360 I love that. 563 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:35,960 It's so powerful how God can continue to give us contentment, peace and joy through some 564 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:42,200 situations that seem hopeless, through some situations that seem pretty bad. 565 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:47,280 I look back at our 27 and some odd change months of unemployment and we never wanted 566 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,280 for anything. 567 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:52,680 And I likened it to being immersed into a sea of fear. 568 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,800 None of it could get in. 569 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,520 It was like I was infinitely aware that I should be afraid. 570 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:03,320 I was infinitely aware that there was not a good place to be. 571 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,480 Infinitely aware that this was this and I was content. 572 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:07,480 People were afraid for us. 573 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,000 It's like, no, it's right. 574 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,000 Right. 575 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,000 They were afraid. 576 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,800 And as I would want that, you keep that for yourself. 577 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:14,800 We don't need that. 578 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,520 That's a key thing, you know, that's why one of the reasons why I didn't tell anybody 579 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:25,040 or show anybody, thank God everything was under my clothes because I knew they would 580 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:30,360 say something like, oh my God, you better go to the hospital. 581 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,440 No, you don't open that door to fear. 582 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:42,300 When you know that you know that you know what God's word says, nothing can take that 583 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:45,800 away from you unless you open the door for it. 584 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,120 This reminds me of Jen O'Donnell's episode. 585 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,440 I think it was episode 11 in 2023. 586 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:55,400 And she concentrated on the word of God and she was healed. 587 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:56,400 Her body was healed. 588 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:02,480 I was sharing scriptures, the healing scriptures from a book called Healed by Gail T. Taylor 589 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:09,000 and she was healed of MS because I think, no, no, no, Lupus. 590 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,720 She was healed of Lupus, an incurable disease because she focused on the word of God and 591 00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:13,720 the word is powerful. 592 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:15,760 The word is God. 593 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,200 And he heals us, it's his intention to heal us. 594 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,560 And I've been sharing some of those on social media. 595 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:26,320 So if you're interested in that, there's a playlist on YouTube, but it's just really 596 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:32,000 cool to see God showing up because Hebrews says that you cannot please God without faith 597 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:38,400 and you spoke that faith and you believed it, you felt it and eventually it came to pass. 598 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,880 And you're like in your faith devil. 599 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:45,280 There's a reason why faith is references to shield of faith and the armor of God, right? 600 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:50,760 It protects us and as a shield, it can be directed towards an attack, right? 601 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,160 It's not just something like your breastplate, which is always on to surround you from the 602 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,440 surprise attack or for the miss, right? 603 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,960 Your shield is directed towards the enemy's weapon. 604 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,120 So when the enemy attacks you, you put it towards him. 605 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,720 And I don't know if anybody knows about like medieval warfare, but if we're going to go 606 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:08,440 ahead and think of the shield, it's also a weapon. 607 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,040 You can hit somebody in the face with a shield. 608 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:11,760 You could turn on his edge and hit him, right? 609 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,960 And so the enemy doesn't know what he's coming after. 610 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,840 I mean, he does, but it's like he doesn't know because he keeps doing it. 611 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:23,840 That this, the shield of faith is a strong, strong defense against an individual attack, 612 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:28,560 especially, and it is a strong, powerful weapon against your attacker as well. 613 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:29,560 Right. 614 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,680 And so I think we need to remind him that that faith is a direction, right? 615 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,520 We point the faith in the direction we want to point it at. 616 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,680 We have faith all around us, but we have the particular problem. 617 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:40,680 We focus on that. 618 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,720 We put our faith towards that and we are protected from the schemes of the enemy right 619 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,280 there, like a shield. 620 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,600 I have something that the Holy Spirit reminded me of. 621 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,880 I have found this girl, Dakota Lee, in TikTok. 622 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:57,360 She's on, in YouTube and she shares about, she can see in the spirit realm. 623 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:02,720 And one of the things that God revealed to her was if evil came around her like a spirit, 624 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:08,120 an evil spirit, he told her to watch this and he focused it. 625 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:13,960 When she focused on God, it was like a, think of a glow coming off of him. 626 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:18,640 And then when she focused on him, the glow came on her and it expanded and it pushed 627 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,800 away the darkness. 628 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,840 So it's just pictured that in the spiritual realm. 629 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:28,080 So focus on God and not the bad stuff and the good will grow because what you think 630 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,600 about, you bring about, what you think about will increase. 631 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:31,600 Right. 632 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:32,600 And that's, it's important. 633 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,120 It's important for addiction. 634 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,000 It's important for any trial that we face. 635 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,960 Cause if we put our focus on the thing that God don't want to do that, another focus is 636 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,480 on that thing that we don't want to do. 637 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,520 But if we put our focus on God, we're protected from that. 638 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:51,200 That Matthew 633 says, but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all 639 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,680 these things shall be added to you. 640 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:54,680 That's all these things. 641 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:58,640 So he will give you everything you need and it'll be right on time. 642 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:04,240 So just keep on believing what you're believing for and bring others into it with you because 643 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:06,400 that is powerful. 644 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:11,440 Fellowship is what God wants us to have with one another and with him as well. 645 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:18,240 So when we can speak life to one another and share what we're believing in, that is powerful 646 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:22,000 and just kicks the devil's butt. 647 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Amen. 648 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,680 He, Jesus brought him to night. 649 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:27,680 Night is nothing. 650 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,480 So he has no power over us. 651 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:35,080 He's what we allow them to have. 652 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,080 True. 653 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:37,080 Right. 654 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:41,960 And I think a lot of us don't understand how deadly the adversary actually is and that 655 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:47,560 he needs to be respected, not respected in the respect that I esteem someone, but respected 656 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,720 in the fact that like mustard gas is something you would respect. 657 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:56,600 This is a fearful, hearty respect that this thing could hurt you, can kill you. 658 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:02,400 This demon, this chief demon can do all sorts of things against you if you let him. 659 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:06,120 And if you hold on to God, there's not a thing he can do to you, right? 660 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:07,360 Not a thing. 661 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:08,360 What can he do? 662 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,120 God says don't fear those who can destroy just the body alone. 663 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:12,120 Right? 664 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:13,640 So what's the only thing we're going to do? 665 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:14,640 Threaten you with eternity? 666 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:15,640 Oh no. 667 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,040 I've got kingdom come awaiting me. 668 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,440 So either I serve God here or I'm in heaven. 669 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,080 There is no lose for me. 670 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:25,320 I'm with Jesus here. 671 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:26,440 I'm with Jesus there. 672 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,360 You cannot take that from me. 673 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:29,360 Amen. 674 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,440 And that's why we can be bold in our faith. 675 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:32,440 Absolutely. 676 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,600 He's ever present with us. 677 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:40,040 Let's always remember that faith comes by hearing, hearing by the word of God. 678 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:41,560 So be strengthened. 679 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,400 Know all your healing scriptures. 680 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,120 Know who you are in Christ. 681 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:51,720 I have a CD that I play multiple times daily. 682 00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:55,160 At night, if I happen to wake up at night, I put it on. 683 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:56,160 I got to sleep. 684 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,840 That's how I start to go to sleep with it. 685 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:00,920 It's called Heaven's Health Food. 686 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:05,280 It's all healing scriptures by Larry Hutton. 687 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:06,280 That's awesome. 688 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:10,760 I'll put that in the show notes for anyone who wants to put that up. 689 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,280 Very good. 690 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:13,880 Thank you so much for sharing these stories. 691 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:14,880 I love this. 692 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:21,640 I hope that the Lord spoke what he wanted to speak because I feel he wants to say something 693 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,280 to everybody in every episode. 694 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:28,600 And I hope this was a blessing to somebody and that somebody you can pass this on to 695 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:32,560 somebody if this has been a blessing to you or if you thought of somebody who could use 696 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:33,560 some encouragement. 697 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,040 Yeah, and you definitely want to share it. 698 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:40,680 Pastor Rick had been told that he was going to share the gospel to the whole world. 699 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:41,680 This has to happen. 700 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,840 You have to tell people you have to pray about it because God's word does not come back void. 701 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:46,840 I agree. 702 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:47,840 I love it. 703 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:52,840 And if this has been a blessing to you, we ask that if you are led to give, there are 704 00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,560 four links to give in the about section. 705 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,600 So if you can do that, that'd be great. 706 00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,720 That would help us keep this assignment going. 707 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:05,680 And if you can't give, we would also accept prayers and greatly appreciate this. 708 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,760 I can feel them and I appreciate that blessing as well. 709 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,320 And with that, we'll talk to you next time. 710 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,440 Thanks for tuning in to today's episode. 711 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,080 Listen, let's stay connected. 712 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:20,280 Come follow us on all the socials at God's goodness podcast where you can find the latest 713 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,800 and say, Hey, it's a really great way to stay in touch. 714 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,880 Many of you have asked how you can support the show. 715 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:31,400 You can make donations through any of the links in the about section or of course by praying 716 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:37,200 for us as well as sharing, reading and reviewing on social media and iTunes. 717 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,960 Your heartfelt feedback always reminds us why we do this. 718 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:45,800 Until next time, remember God is always working miracles are real and your breakthrough could 719 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:47,800 be just around the corner. 720 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:51,880 Keep believing, keep expecting and don't forget to share this with someone who needs 721 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:52,880 help today. 722 00:41:52,880 --> 00:42:21,880 We'll talk to you next week.