1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,880 We need each other. 2 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:02,380 Absolutely. 3 00:00:02,380 --> 00:00:03,920 We can't do our own thing. 4 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:05,320 I mean, it's body ministry, right? 5 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:05,820 Yes. 6 00:00:05,820 --> 00:00:07,320 We're all part of a body. 7 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:07,820 Right. 8 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:08,620 We need each other. 9 00:00:08,620 --> 00:00:10,440 We need to flow as a body. 10 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,640 I hear people talk about the new wine, the new wine. 11 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:13,720 We need new wineskins. 12 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,080 We need the old wineskins to go, and so forth and so on. 13 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:20,160 But part of that and what the Lord intends 14 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:21,880 is that we come together. 15 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,520 If we're looking for new wine, start looking around, 16 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,240 and who's a part of that cluster? 17 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:38,080 God promises in Joel 2, 28 to pour out His Spirit 18 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:39,800 on all humanity. 19 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,760 Welcome to Global Outpouring. 20 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,320 We contend for that promise outpouring. 21 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,160 We equip for that outpouring so that we may engage 22 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:49,760 in that very outpouring. 23 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:50,960 I'm Philip Buss. 24 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:51,880 And I'm Sharon Buss. 25 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:53,760 Welcome to the podcast today. 26 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,760 We have with us again our dear friend Valerie Melroy, who 27 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,040 is now on our board of directors. 28 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,480 And we have been talking about what the Lord is doing. 29 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,920 She got a word from the Lord about the new wine 30 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:08,720 is in the cluster. 31 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,800 Thank you so much for joining us again today. 32 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,160 We are delighted that you are with us. 33 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,400 And we look forward to continuing 34 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,240 in this relationship. 35 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:22,800 And if you haven't already done so, 36 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,640 please go to our website, globaloutpouring.net. 37 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,960 Make sure that you are on our email lists 38 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:33,040 so that we can contact you and keep in touch with you. 39 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,120 And we do love to hear back from you. 40 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,080 Please let us know where you're listening from 41 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,800 and how this podcast has helped you 42 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,720 or what you want us to bring in another episode that 43 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,120 will help you. 44 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,080 And just stay in touch. 45 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,000 And if you feel led of the Lord, we 46 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,640 would be so appreciative if you would help us 47 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,920 with the expenses of this podcast. 48 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,880 It's a bit costly to make it happen. 49 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,320 And we would be so very grateful for your support in that. 50 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,880 There is a donation button that you can click on there also 51 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,880 from the website. 52 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,160 So Valerie, thank you so much for joining us today. 53 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,480 We've just had a glorious convention together. 54 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,240 And we're so appreciative that you came and preached for us. 55 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,560 It was a powerful message that you preached. 56 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,920 And we'll put a link to that in the show notes. 57 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:23,160 But thanks so much for joining us again. 58 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,560 It's so wonderful to be here. 59 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,840 And here I am at Engle Tall. 60 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,120 So this is so much fun. 61 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,520 I haven't been here for years. 62 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,440 And to be with you and to be at the glorious convention, 63 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:33,440 it was wonderful. 64 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:34,840 It really was wonderful. 65 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,760 And we'll put a link to the whole playlist 66 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:39,600 from the convention. 67 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,960 Our last episode was my message from the convention 68 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:44,520 on the opening night. 69 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:49,600 And it was amazing to me how one message dovetailed 70 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:50,880 with the next message. 71 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,360 And all of the messages just flowed together 72 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,480 from completely different speakers. 73 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,000 It was just, it was glorious. 74 00:02:59,000 --> 00:02:59,760 It was glorious. 75 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,200 You knew it had to be Holy Spirit. 76 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:01,480 Yeah. 77 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:02,440 Yeah. 78 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,000 And the worship was out of this world. 79 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,200 Absolutely. 80 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,280 It always is. 81 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,400 But there's something happens when the body comes together. 82 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,880 There's a corporate anointing. 83 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,360 It's like when I have my time of just 84 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:22,720 worshiping the Lord myself, that anointing is my size. 85 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:28,040 But when Philip and I get together, his size and my size 86 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,440 goes together, it's not like two plus two equals four. 87 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,040 It's like two times two times four times whatever. 88 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,120 It just increases. 89 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,640 There's an exponential increase when you do things together. 90 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,520 So you get a whole bunch of people together in one place 91 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,160 that have an anointing in their lives. 92 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,160 And the corporate anointing, it just skyrockets. 93 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:52,600 It does. 94 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,680 And what adds to that is the flags, the dance, 95 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,320 the tambourine, the shofars. 96 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,000 People are around the room that are singing and moving 97 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,080 and really engaging. 98 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,680 Talking about one of the words is engage. 99 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,840 People engage with Holy Spirit at these conventions, 100 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,080 more so than most that I go to. 101 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:13,880 Yeah. 102 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,720 And what's amazing, too, is the visitations 103 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,640 people have during worship. 104 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:20,160 Yeah. 105 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:20,680 Yes. 106 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,360 Because that doesn't happen everywhere. 107 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:22,960 Yeah. 108 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,440 It's just when you have powerful moves of the Holy Spirit, 109 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:30,120 when people start having dreams and visions. 110 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,240 Like the veil is just torn. 111 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,920 And there's just so much is going on. 112 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:36,680 Yeah. 113 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,560 Very true. 114 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,080 Not just the worship leaders. 115 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,920 Right. 116 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,040 And what I love, too, is that there's a freedom 117 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,880 to flow in the Holy Spirit. 118 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:48,400 We don't have much of an agenda. 119 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,320 We just go there and we start a meeting. 120 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,560 And we know that we're going to have some worship, usually 121 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,520 almost an hour, roughly an hour. 122 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:02,160 And then we don't know what else might happen during that time. 123 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,200 And we had a couple of, I would say they were Holy Spirit blow 124 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,000 out sessions, where the Holy Spirit just led us. 125 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,960 And we went into intercession. 126 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,960 And it was just powerful. 127 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,240 But it was led by the Holy Spirit. 128 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,720 It wasn't that we had an agenda to do spiritual warfare. 129 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,240 But we did as the Holy Spirit led. 130 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,160 Spontaneous. 131 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,120 It was spontaneous. 132 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,000 Absolutely spontaneous. 133 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,400 So we're talking about what are we going to do next year. 134 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:33,880 We already are feeling that our time of having our convention 135 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:38,560 here in a small way at our headquarters, that started 136 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,840 when everything shut down in 2020, 137 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:44,160 we couldn't go and have a big thing in a hotel. 138 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,760 I mean, the hotels were basically shut down. 139 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,560 Hardly anybody was coming and going from the hotels. 140 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,640 And so they let all of their staff go. 141 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,280 And they really didn't want us to show up 142 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:55,720 with a whole bunch of people. 143 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,440 Yeah, I remember the hotel only had 16 people 144 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,000 working the hotels. 145 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,600 And this is an airport hotel. 146 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,680 And they would have to rehire people back and then 147 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,280 lay them off again after the event is over, 148 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:12,720 which means then they'd have to re-sign up 149 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,480 for their unemployment all over again 150 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,600 and take another two to three weeks. 151 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,160 Yeah, it would have been complicated. 152 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,040 So they just graciously asked us if we would bow out. 153 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,000 And we were gracious enough to. 154 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,160 Glad we did it. 155 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,720 Yeah, I said we're not canceling unless the hotel wants us to. 156 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,200 And they did. 157 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,920 Anyway, that's a long time ago. 158 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,200 But we've been having these smaller versions 159 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,080 here at our headquarters. 160 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,840 And it just feels like, OK, it's time. 161 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:43,480 And it's time for us. 162 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,400 Now, we used to hold our conventions 163 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,600 over the 4th of July week, because that's 164 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,160 when you could get a better rate. 165 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,720 Then this year, we scooched it back into June 166 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,000 because we wanted to have our youth retreat in July 167 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,840 and in order to do it when everybody's off of school. 168 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,600 And we didn't really do a good job getting 169 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:05,840 the word out about June. 170 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:07,560 I don't know what happened, but we kind of 171 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:08,600 dropped the ball a bit. 172 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,760 So our numbers were down a bit more 173 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,040 than our usual small event. 174 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,120 But we've just been feeling that it's 175 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,160 time to go back to a big city. 176 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,800 And we, for many years, had our conventions in St. Louis. 177 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:27,280 So we are looking around and looking at possibilities there. 178 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,800 And I also want to say this. 179 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,360 We're looking at Memorial Day weekend. 180 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,000 We'll start on Wednesday or Thursday and go through Sunday. 181 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,760 And you can go home on Monday, Memorial Day. 182 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,600 And this will be a time when people can come together. 183 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,120 And because it's a holiday, the rates come down a bit. 184 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,560 And it makes it more affordable to attend a thing when 185 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:49,720 it's on a holiday weekend. 186 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,040 So Valerie, you were praying about this. 187 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,960 And what was it that the Lord spoke to you? 188 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,400 So years ago when I was with Sister Gwen, 189 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,280 and I'm not sure where it was, but I 190 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,000 heard her say the new wine is in the cluster, 191 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,880 the cluster of grapes. 192 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,400 And so Isaiah 65, and when I was coming out here 193 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,920 to this convention, and then my first board meeting 194 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,400 as an official board member, I felt 195 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,720 like the Lord was saying, this is a scripture to look at moving 196 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,000 forward, that we need each other. 197 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:20,520 Absolutely. 198 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,720 We can't do our own thing. 199 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:23,720 We all need. 200 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,120 I mean, it's body ministry, right? 201 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:25,640 Yes. 202 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,520 We're all part of a body. 203 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:28,280 We need each other. 204 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,120 We need to flow as a body. 205 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,400 Not everybody, but I hear people talk about the new wine, 206 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:34,040 the new wine. 207 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:35,120 We need new wineskins. 208 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,600 We need the old wineskins to go, and so forth and so on. 209 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,560 But part of that, and what the Lord intends, 210 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:45,640 is that we come together so that we can be crushed together, 211 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:50,720 praised together, anointed together, ordained together, 212 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:55,440 convened together so that we can get our marching orders. 213 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,800 Some of us will go off and march together. 214 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,400 Some of us will go off and pray for some of those 215 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,880 that we marched with when we convened. 216 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,600 But the real idea is, if we're looking for new wine, 217 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:08,680 start looking around. 218 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:11,800 And who's a part of that cluster in your region, 219 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,200 in your state, in the ministries that you're supporting? 220 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,920 I've been in Enthamhamein for 40 years. 221 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,440 And now global outpouring, when I come to these conventions, 222 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,040 it's about the nations. 223 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:24,680 And guess what it is for the Lord? 224 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:25,800 It's about the nations. 225 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,560 Sure. 226 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,680 Ask of me, and I'll give you the nations for your inheritance, 227 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:31,360 the peoples. 228 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,200 And so yes, it's about the harvest. 229 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,160 And so the new wine is how we're going to get that harvest. 230 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,560 Because no one person can disciple, 231 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:42,560 what if 10,000 people came into knowing the Lord 232 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:45,080 tomorrow in your region? 233 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,600 You're not going to make a difference in 10,000 people 234 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,160 lives by yourself. 235 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:50,680 Right. 236 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:50,880 Right. 237 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:51,920 We need each other. 238 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:52,920 We need each other. 239 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:58,720 And I think it's so significant that I believe the adversary has 240 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:04,560 worked really hard over the last five years to isolate people. 241 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,600 A friend of ours, one of the young men that was here 242 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,680 helping us, he does door dash deliveries. 243 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:14,680 Well, he's been on this podcast, Matthew Reams. 244 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:18,600 And he's a minister, but in order to eat, 245 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,200 sometimes you have to do some other things. 246 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,160 And so he does door dash deliveries. 247 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,040 He says he hardly ever sees a person 248 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,480 that he's delivering to. 249 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,840 They just text him and say, just leave it on the porch. 250 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,240 Ring the bell and walk away. 251 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:34,400 That's really amazing. 252 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,000 Yeah, so there's a better get it quicker. 253 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,120 Somebody will steal it. 254 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,960 And I think it's a glitter bomb or something. 255 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:41,680 Yeah. 256 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:43,760 Oh, my. 257 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,480 But anyway, the thing is this, that people 258 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,800 have become so isolated. 259 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,600 And social media has caused people 260 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,960 to connect over social media. 261 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,600 And they don't know how to speak together. 262 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,240 People will be sitting at a table in a restaurant, 263 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,760 and they're texting one another, texting back and forth. 264 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:04,960 Well, you could talk. 265 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,600 Yeah, that's true. 266 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,440 And the thing is this, the new wine is in the cluster. 267 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,600 In other words, it requires community. 268 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:20,040 And it requires us to go beyond our safe little nest 269 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:21,320 where we are by ourself. 270 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,320 So many people have gotten hurt in some way. 271 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,960 And it causes them to draw back and not 272 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,960 want to interact with people because they might get hurt. 273 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,800 So it's a fear, a fear of relationships, 274 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:37,600 because there's been a bad relationship. 275 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,720 Well, God wants to set us free from that. 276 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,560 Because it's really about walking together 277 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:45,880 in horizontal relationships while we 278 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,920 have this amazing vertical relationship with the Lord. 279 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:50,240 It's not one or the other. 280 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:51,640 It's both. 281 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,160 Yeah. 282 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,880 It's true, and the Lord never intended us 283 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:57,480 to go at this alone. 284 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,880 He himself put disciples around him. 285 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:01,520 Right. 286 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:02,400 Right? 287 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,720 And I know Pastor Tony, he was talking about he had the one, 288 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,160 he had the three, he had the 12, he had the 70, 289 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,240 he had the 120, and then the 500. 290 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,640 And so that the Lord always had those around him. 291 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,680 And I think it's really important now, especially, 292 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:21,760 and of course we know what Hebrew says, 293 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,000 let us not neglect meeting together as some made a habit. 294 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,880 And I think that's what's happening nowadays. 295 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,720 A lot of people have not returned to the church. 296 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,320 And I don't mean just the church building. 297 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,800 Return to gathering together and being with a body 298 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,720 and feeling good about being with a body. 299 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,240 But let us encourage one another and all the more 300 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,840 as you see the day approaching. 301 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:45,360 Now we see the day approaching. 302 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:46,320 Yes. 303 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,240 And there's such a fear factor being put out. 304 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,520 It's like take your weather channel. 305 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,240 I have the weather channel app. 306 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,000 And it's not always weather. 307 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,600 And all of a sudden, all these things come up. 308 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,760 This, you know, scientists say this, experts say this, 309 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,120 this and this. 310 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,840 And it gets you so full of fear and disillusion. 311 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,040 They're saying by this, this, all that. 312 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,000 And it's just like you can get depressed watching 313 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,920 weather channel stuff. 314 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,520 Because we're talking about all these things into a video, 315 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,560 this or that, what they say, which, you know, 316 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:22,200 which affects the way people think. 317 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,520 Getting together, virus, this, this, that. 318 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,080 A chicken's got that. 319 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,880 Those humans got a bird flu, da, da. 320 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,600 And so many people have the weather channel app 321 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,640 because, you know, you want to get it. 322 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,760 But you're getting news you don't want to hear either. 323 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:36,600 Yeah. 324 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,120 Well, you know, talk about hope deferred. 325 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:40,360 Right. 326 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,560 You know, hope deferred makes the heart sick. 327 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:47,400 When you think you're going to have an experience 328 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,600 or you think that something good is going to happen 329 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,040 and then it doesn't happen. 330 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,480 And then hope deferred brings depression. 331 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:56,320 Right. 332 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:57,160 Absolutely. 333 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,000 It sets in. 334 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,440 So hope deferred makes the heart sick. 335 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,280 That could be now a heart. 336 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,560 My mother used to teach that the heart is a seat 337 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:06,200 of our emotions, our thoughts. 338 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,120 But also it could be our physical heart. 339 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,200 It could be the mental health. 340 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,640 It could be emotional. 341 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:13,840 Could be relational. 342 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,920 Now I have a friend, he has a home for people 343 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,960 that are recovering from drugs and alcohol. 344 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,600 And he absolutely stands on the fact 345 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,800 that you do not recover unless you're in relationship. 346 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:25,640 Wow. 347 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,960 You need relationship to recover. 348 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,560 Part of that is you might think you're doing really good 349 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,520 until you meet somebody you don't like 350 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,560 and you realize, ooh, I still have some issues 351 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,320 that I need to look at. 352 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,080 So again, it's that partnership. 353 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,120 It's where two or three are gathered, touching anything. 354 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:46,600 Now, yes, it can be on the phone. 355 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,800 It can be through Zoom. 356 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,960 It could be through whatever it is. 357 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,880 But in person, you get to see the face. 358 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,280 You get to touch if you need to. 359 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,080 That's why I loved this convention this year. 360 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,400 I saw a few folks I haven't seen in a long time. 361 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,280 And I got to meet a lot of really neat people. 362 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,200 You got to pray together. 363 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,520 I got to hear their story. 364 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:06,680 I love hearing people's story. 365 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:07,200 I do, too. 366 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:08,400 It's just amazing. 367 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,440 And what the Lord is doing, it's so encouraging 368 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,960 to hear what the Lord is doing other people, what 369 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,840 He's doing in their towns, what people need help for 370 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,360 in their family. 371 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:22,000 Most of us are in the same place in one way or another. 372 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,840 So it might be a little before, let's 373 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,200 say they've worked through some of the things with their kids 374 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:28,720 or with their spouse. 375 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,600 And now they can be an encouragement to me, 376 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:31,600 how do I do that? 377 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,160 Or how did you do that? 378 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,000 Or maybe some can help with, let's gather together 379 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,240 and really pray for the healing and then pray for healing. 380 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,600 Like someone hit my heart this time here, 381 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,160 and I'm going to keep her on my heart until she gets healed, 382 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,360 because I believe she's going to be healed. 383 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:48,880 Amen. 384 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,480 So when I go home from here, I'm not going to be, 385 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:52,800 oh, that was a nice gathering. 386 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,000 I'm going to say, oh, Lord, in Jesus' name, I know it. 387 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:56,760 Enough is enough. 388 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:57,800 It's now. 389 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,120 Today's the day of healing. 390 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,880 Today's the day of salvation, so forth and so on. 391 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,400 So it's real important, that connection. 392 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,080 And another connection that is so important 393 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,120 is the connection between the generations. 394 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,880 Absolutely. 395 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:17,440 I remember from the Bible the story of Rehoboam, 396 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,880 who was Solomon's son. 397 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:24,560 And Solomon had been this great and wise and very rich king. 398 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,560 And he had really taxed the people 399 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,240 in order to get all of these riches to build. 400 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,840 I mean, he built the temple. 401 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,440 He built his own house. 402 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,280 He built all kinds of things. 403 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,680 He built chariot cities all around the country. 404 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:43,640 He sent people to foreign places trading. 405 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,680 He got apes, and he got gold, and he got all kinds of things 406 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,600 that were an ivory. 407 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,720 So obviously, they went to Africa. 408 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,080 Anyway, so when Solomon dies, his son Rehoboam 409 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,400 takes the throne. 410 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,000 And there had been a warning that God 411 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,560 was going to rend the kingdom. 412 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,960 He was going to tear it up because of something 413 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,040 that Solomon had done. 414 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,520 I won't go into that. 415 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,880 But what happened was Rehoboam was 416 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,520 going to get crowned as king. 417 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:18,360 And the people came to him and said, 418 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:21,440 are you planning to tax us like your father did? 419 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:25,560 He said, well, let me get back to you on that. 420 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,800 And so he consulted with his advisors 421 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,400 and the advisors that had worked with his dad. 422 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:38,320 These men that are now older and seasoned and wise, 423 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,720 they said, you need to back off on the taxes 424 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,240 so that you'll be able to work with these people, 425 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,160 and they'll serve you. 426 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,920 If you relent on this, they will work with you. 427 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,440 They will serve you. 428 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:54,160 But then he consulted with the young men that were his own age. 429 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,560 And they said, no, come on. 430 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,120 You can do even better. 431 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:01,960 And so he came back, and he said to these people, 432 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,640 I'm going to tax you even more than my dad did. 433 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,160 Well, 10 tribes walked away. 434 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,880 So he wound up with a whole lot smaller tax base, 435 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:17,200 just with his own tribe of Judah, 436 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,120 and I think Benjamin and Simeon's in there. 437 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:24,160 But the point is that it's not really 438 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:28,320 wise to only listen to the people that are peers, that 439 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:29,440 are your own age. 440 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,760 You need wise counsel from people that are older than you. 441 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,200 And that's something that we tend to miss, 442 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,680 because our adversary wants to keep us separated. 443 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:46,760 He doesn't want us to be integrating the generations. 444 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,360 I know as a child, I was one of those kids 445 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:51,800 that always wanted to hang out with older people. 446 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:52,960 I don't know why that. 447 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,320 Oh, I know why it was. 448 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,640 When my great grandmother died, I 449 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,160 wanted someone to take her place. 450 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,760 And I went looking for somebody older. 451 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,120 That was the beginning of my quest for relationships 452 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:06,640 with older people. 453 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,800 And I guess I always have had that. 454 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:13,760 But my point is that the generations need each other. 455 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:19,560 Those that have gotten older and maybe slower physically, 456 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,640 they have more wisdom, but the younger ones 457 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,800 have more strength and more energy. 458 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:30,800 And working together, the job of building the kingdom 459 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,240 can be done so much more easily if we'll just 460 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,840 function together. 461 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,920 Amen, that's perfect. 462 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,760 I think God designed it to be generational, 463 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,320 says the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 464 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,360 So there you go, the generations. 465 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:50,640 He designed us to be in relationship. 466 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,400 And I say healthy relationship, too. 467 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,880 But with someone older, I know when I was young 468 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,280 and I worked in a nursing home, I 469 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,520 used to love sitting at the bedside of people 470 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,520 and listening to their stories. 471 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,040 I could hear people that made it through the Great Depression, 472 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:11,480 that made it through World War I and Korean War even back then 473 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,360 and so forth, and just the stories and how they made it 474 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:15,560 and the fire. 475 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,120 And was it in San Francisco? 476 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:18,720 Wherever that big fire was in. 477 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,120 Anyway, Chicago maybe, whatever. 478 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:22,000 I'm trying to remember. 479 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,000 I can see the lady telling me, but I would hang on 480 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,240 every single word because I thought, how did you make it? 481 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,320 Because now we're so technologically based 482 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,200 if electricity went down. 483 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,960 What would our youth do? 484 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,720 The phone in every hand, computer, 485 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,720 everything is about technology. 486 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:46,280 And years ago, people made it through dark, difficult times. 487 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,080 And there's still keys that older people have for that. 488 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,400 And that's even people older than myself. 489 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:52,600 And then running alongside. 490 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:53,880 I learned a lot from youth. 491 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,040 Here at this convention, I would ask questions. 492 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,520 And I learned right now things that I didn't know. 493 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:00,640 My grandkids. 494 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,800 Well, we all know grandkids help us with our phone 495 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,880 and other things. 496 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,520 I don't know necessarily what kind of music people 497 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:08,640 really like these days. 498 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,480 And it seems like a lot of different genres. 499 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,320 But it's really important that we understand each other's 500 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:18,120 hearts, spend time together, lift one another up. 501 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:19,400 And I love that scripture. 502 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,800 The father puts the lonely in families, right? 503 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,920 Because he wants us to be together. 504 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,680 And so if you had a family like 10 years and under, 505 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,360 or 15 years and under, it's not going to work. 506 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:34,280 So you need the older folks that are helping the kids, 507 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,240 the youth, the teens that are helping the little kids, 508 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,120 and then the grandmoms and grandpops. 509 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,640 Yeah, I was waiting on the Lord a couple of days ago. 510 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,280 And was it just yesterday? 511 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,360 Anyway, whenever it was, I felt like the Lord spoke to me. 512 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:55,360 And it was really about having sort of an adopt a grandparent 513 00:21:55,360 --> 00:22:01,000 program for like youth groups in churches and young adults 514 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,200 with kids. 515 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,320 And I mean, obviously, you would want 516 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,720 to make sure that you have vetted the person. 517 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,720 But finding somebody in your church or in your neighborhood 518 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,200 that is a trustworthy older person 519 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:20,360 would be a grandparent, or just be a mother or a father that 520 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:23,240 is going to help to bring some stability 521 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,680 and help to bring some wisdom. 522 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,080 And lots of times, an older person 523 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:35,280 will have had experiences that would help, 524 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,840 telling their story, telling their testimony. 525 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,880 This is what happened to me. 526 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,560 You don't have to make the same mistake I made. 527 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,520 Come on, climb on my shoulders. 528 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,760 And learn from my mistakes so that you 529 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,480 don't have to make them. 530 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,560 I don't know why human nature is so inclined that we want to. 531 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,520 We want to make our own mistakes. 532 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,520 But if we grasp the wisdom, we can be saving ourselves 533 00:22:58,520 --> 00:22:59,960 a lot of heartache. 534 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:00,720 That's true. 535 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,760 Well, I think of days before GPS, 536 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:08,200 like a lot of the macho man, I don't need, I'll find it. 537 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,080 Da da da. 538 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,080 I don't need directions. 539 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,040 I don't need directions. 540 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:16,320 And one thing nice about GPS, they've saved a lot of fuel. 541 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,360 Because a lot of people are not getting lost as much. 542 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:20,800 Yeah, unless the GPS gets them lost. 543 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,360 But there's this thing, yeah, that's 544 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:24,720 true if it wasn't programmed, like the one we had, 545 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,000 and trying to go through New York City. 546 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,240 Oh my. 547 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,160 Exit here, you get off, and you just 548 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,800 added 20 minutes to your route. 549 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,880 It took an hour and a half to get out of the city 550 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,040 to get to Long Island. 551 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:36,640 Yeah. 552 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,560 You know, but it's just. 553 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,640 The youth can help us with the technology. 554 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:41,440 Yeah, that's true. 555 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,400 It's wonderful. 556 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,720 Well, the thing is that we bought it and didn't really 557 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,720 get it programmed right. 558 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,440 But still, you know, that was always a big thing. 559 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,520 Never stopping to ask directions. 560 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,680 Because when you do that, OK, you stop, 561 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,920 you got to go into a gas station, go into a store. 562 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,960 I remember we went to Dallas. 563 00:23:58,960 --> 00:23:59,880 We were picking up. 564 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:00,400 Oh, yeah. 565 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,560 We were picking up Sister Gwen and Colonel Jim. 566 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,320 They were flying into a small airport, 567 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,120 Blue or something, I forget the name of the airport, 568 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:09,880 more for private planes. 569 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,280 We stopped six times for directions, 570 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,960 and every one, they left something out. 571 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:15,720 Oh, yeah. 572 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,600 We finally made it. 573 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,120 I mean, six times. 574 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:20,120 I never forgot that. 575 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:21,080 I thought it's. 576 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,920 So this is where GPS is nice, but still. 577 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,480 Technology has taken us forward. 578 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:28,200 Yes. 579 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,320 So we saved a quarter tank of gas out of that, maybe. 580 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,760 You know, if we would have had our GPS. 581 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,400 You know, I was thinking with that, 582 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,600 when I started going back to the nations again, 583 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,880 it was with you and Philip to Tibet. 584 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:41,440 Oh, yes. 585 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,600 Remember, we went to Nepal and Tibet. 586 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,280 And what was so cool about that was we had two women 587 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,200 in their late 70s on that trip. 588 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,120 And I was amazed, like, wow, you're in the mission field. 589 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:57,080 So whoever's listening, don't think age is a barrier, 590 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,160 because it's not. 591 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:02,640 Because we went up to 16,500 feet on that first journey. 592 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,720 Yeah. 593 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,680 We were up there. 594 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:06,320 We were up there. 595 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,880 That's when I first blew the shofar, just a little side 596 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:09,840 note, believe it or not. 597 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,360 I never blew the shofar before. 598 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:11,760 Yes. 599 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,280 And up there with that thin air. 600 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:13,920 Yeah, yeah. 601 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,000 Boom, it happened. 602 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,560 But you know, I was at that time, 603 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,560 I was separated and not having a good marriage. 604 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,200 And the one woman, I'll never forget it, she said to me, 605 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,520 you know what I've done? 606 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,600 I use Isaiah 54. 607 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,600 For your husband is your maker. 608 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,600 The Lord of hosts is his name. 609 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,920 The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. 610 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,600 He is called the God of all the earth. 611 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,640 And then, for the Lord has called you back 612 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,920 like a wife deserted and wounded in his spirit 613 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,360 and rejected wife of one's youth says your God. 614 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:50,880 And that scripture made such a difference. 615 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,640 Now, this is from an older woman who 616 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,760 had been either lost a husband through death or divorce. 617 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,280 I'm not sure. 618 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,400 But it was some time later. 619 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:00,360 And I was a minister. 620 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:03,960 And I was going to perform the marriage of my daughter. 621 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:05,960 I was going to be the minister. 622 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,480 And I thought, Lord, how can I do this? 623 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,080 Then I found out that my husband, at the time, 624 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,480 we weren't divorced yet, was going to bring his friend, 625 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,880 his girlfriend, let me say. 626 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:19,520 Oh my. 627 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,680 And I'm like, Lord, what am I going to do? 628 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,320 The Lord reminded me of that scripture one week before. 629 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:27,000 Wow. 630 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,960 And I confessed that scripture. 631 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,800 And I cried over that scripture. 632 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,080 And I stood right up there and was 633 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,680 able to perform that ceremony without a broken heart 634 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,120 because the Lord mended. 635 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:41,720 But that came from an older person. 636 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,160 I was 40 at the time, 42 maybe. 637 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,880 And that scripture was the word that I needed. 638 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,400 And that was probably several months later. 639 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,240 But it was the word that I needed. 640 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:53,480 And I got it on that trip. 641 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,200 So again, we had gotten together, 642 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,560 taken the information to the nations, 643 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,060 taken the Lord to the nations. 644 00:27:01,060 --> 00:27:03,320 We had to be careful, of course, in Tibet. 645 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:03,820 Certainly. 646 00:27:03,820 --> 00:27:04,940 But we still were together. 647 00:27:04,940 --> 00:27:07,080 We took communion together every day. 648 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,560 We had various ages on that trip. 649 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:13,720 And we melted together around communion, around a purpose, 650 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,600 around Holy Spirit and the Lord. 651 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,200 And we ministered to so many kids on that trip, youth 652 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,920 as well, but the children. 653 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,720 And I'll tell you, it was a life-changing trip for me 654 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,720 that got me back into the mission field again. 655 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,600 And so seeing the blend of the older folks, the middle folks 656 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,040 working with the youth and some of the churches over there 657 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,080 that you got to preach in and really got to reach out to. 658 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:38,920 Remember that trip? 659 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:39,880 It was amazing. 660 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,440 That was the first journey. 661 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:42,480 Is that the first? 662 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:43,320 I think it was the second. 663 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:43,880 The second journey. 664 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,000 But I'm not sure. 665 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,040 It was such a tight-knit group. 666 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,400 It was really. 667 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:49,520 And you had to be. 668 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,960 Because this wasn't, you know, Tibet is not a mission field 669 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,240 for novices. 670 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:54,800 True. 671 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,080 I mean, not back then when we went, 672 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,800 because it was such a demonic place. 673 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,600 You know, the powers of darkness are very strong. 674 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,840 And they call it the rooftop of the world. 675 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,160 The abode of the gods, little g. 676 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:08,640 Right. 677 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,040 Little g-o-d-s. 678 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:10,760 Right. 679 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,080 So we had a cluster. 680 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:14,120 We did. 681 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:16,480 We had a team, a cluster. 682 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,600 And so what is New Wine all about? 683 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:25,080 You know, New Wine is the brand new wine. 684 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,040 OK. 685 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,560 And I remember Francine Lovell used 686 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,800 to talk about the new wine being in the cluster. 687 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:35,000 And she talked about how the new wine is the most intoxicating. 688 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,840 And it's very, very special. 689 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,240 And because it is in the fermentation process, 690 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,640 that's why you have to have new wine skins, 691 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,000 because they'll stretch. 692 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,880 If you put it in old wine skins that 693 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:52,200 don't have the suppleness and the flexibility, they will pop. 694 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,040 They will burst. 695 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,560 You know, they're made out of the skins of animals, you know? 696 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:03,120 And so it's important for us to have this cluster, 697 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,200 this everybody together. 698 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,400 It's every generation together. 699 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,400 We need each other. 700 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,720 You know, I remember when we've had conventions where 701 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,240 we have the children minister. 702 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,280 And they're being taught how to hear from the Holy Spirit, 703 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:22,960 how to pray for people. 704 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:27,480 And we would bring them in and have them pray over the grownups 705 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,560 and give them words of knowledge and give them 706 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,040 words of prophecy. 707 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,840 And they'll close their eyes and they'll pray 708 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,120 and they'll see a picture in their minds 709 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,920 and tell the person what the picture is. 710 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,920 Well, the picture means something to that person. 711 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:46,400 So even the little children, we need every generation 712 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:47,760 in the cluster. 713 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:52,280 We need this whole body ministry, this thing together 714 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:53,480 that we do it together. 715 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:58,600 And that's what produces the new wine that 716 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,600 is the wine of the kingdom. 717 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,200 It's that intoxicating thing that produces joy 718 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,320 in all of the generations when we do things together. 719 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:09,840 Amen. 720 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,240 When you're really in the Holy Spirit, you know, 721 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,760 I don't know if I wouldn't want to admit that I ever got drunk. 722 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:20,960 But you know, if you ever got drunk in the natural, 723 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,640 your inhibitions are gone. 724 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,040 And you may, you know, and you'd still have a sudden, 725 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,920 I've seen people who like everybody. 726 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,360 And you know, and they're just like, let me talk to you. 727 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,680 And I can do this now. 728 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,360 I feel invincible. 729 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,160 And so it's not always good. 730 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:41,640 But I just think when we're together with the cluster 731 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,400 and we're intoxicated with Jesus, with Holy Spirit. 732 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:46,560 Like the day of Pentecost. 733 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:47,760 Yes, exactly. 734 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,680 These men are not drunk as you suppose. 735 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:50,440 Exactly. 736 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,760 They thought they were drunk because of their behavior. 737 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,200 And they were saying, you know, talking their language. 738 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,440 But you know what they look like. 739 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:01,920 And when we're together like that and we're in Holy Spirit 740 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,480 and the new wine, we really can drop away 741 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,560 a lot of our pretenses, the masks that we wear. 742 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,560 We can trust one another. 743 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:15,480 We can invite the Lord to come in in a deeper way, 744 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:16,520 in a new way. 745 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,760 And other people want to be around us 746 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,360 because we're joyful now. 747 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,040 I remember a message just to Gwen at Preaches 748 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,200 and one of her messages. 749 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,400 And she's like, you go to Germany 750 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,280 and they're just so real stiff and da, da, da. 751 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:33,000 And so once they've had some beers, some wine, 752 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,920 all of a sudden, ah, yeah, they're just all free and loose. 753 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,040 You know, and she was referring, that's 754 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,880 what happens when you have the new wine. 755 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,160 You know, it will just make you. 756 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:45,880 It's like Toronto. 757 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,720 Actually, Rodney Howard Brown started that. 758 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:49,720 You know, that was in the. 759 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:50,560 God started it through him. 760 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,680 God started it through him. 761 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,480 And then it just started spreading. 762 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,280 It's the joy in his presence. 763 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:01,040 Why was it to take a South African to come to America? 764 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:01,880 I don't know. 765 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,920 To bring it, you know, it's really, it was just amazing. 766 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,000 And then it just spread. 767 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,440 It spread to Toronto and then to Pensacola, Brownsville. 768 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,600 And, you know, it was a man. 769 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,320 It was a joy thing. 770 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,960 I mean, there were people that would just cry out 771 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:17,960 in intercession in that. 772 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,800 But mostly it was the laughing. 773 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,720 And finally, after a while, you just got used to laughing 774 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:28,000 during a session because even the people that were the most 775 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,880 kind of stiff, you think, or this or that were just. 776 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,560 And I'm and I remember when all this was going on 777 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,640 and we go to our Methodist church in Jasper. 778 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,280 What's going to happen if Sharon just loses it? 779 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:41,720 I was really concerned. 780 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,320 She almost lost it a few times. 781 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,200 You know, it was really, it was scary to go in. 782 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,640 What are they going to think? 783 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,000 But the Lord was good. 784 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:50,680 Yeah. 785 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,240 You know, it's really about the joy in his presence. 786 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:53,920 Yeah. 787 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,360 And we get that joy in his presence 788 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,640 as we enter his gates with Thanksgiving. 789 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,240 And in his presence is fullness of joy. 790 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:08,320 So there's something about this presence and the cluster. 791 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:09,600 Yeah. 792 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,280 I remember a little song someone sang before. 793 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,000 It's like when I get squeezed, I let out a little wine. 794 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,800 You can be W-I-N-E or W-H-I-N-E. 795 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:21,320 Wine. 796 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:21,840 That's good. 797 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,160 It's another wine. 798 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:27,320 But it's when we get squeezed, you know, 799 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:31,800 and we get all the bad, the W-H-I-N out of here, 800 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,600 and we start releasing W-I-N-E. 801 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:35,720 You know, that's where. 802 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:36,240 Yeah. 803 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,640 Even at our conventions, one thing about the way 804 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,440 Sister Gwen would minister, it wasn't 805 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,400 like going to a lot of these different streams 806 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,720 that we go to. 807 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,720 There was severity in her preaching. 808 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:50,360 Sometimes. 809 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:50,960 Sometimes. 810 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,360 Sometimes hilarity, too. 811 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:53,040 Hilarity. 812 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:54,840 There was severity. 813 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,800 And I remember at the convention one year someone asked me. 814 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,120 It was Thursday. 815 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,240 I said, I'm thinking of going home tomorrow. 816 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,720 And he says, why don't you stay for Friday night? 817 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,520 Because Sister Gwen's speaking. 818 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,160 I remember last year she spoke on Ezekiel's Boneyard. 819 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:15,080 It was the funniest message I ever heard her preach. 820 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,360 And she spoke on Vashti, who lost the position 821 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,800 and anointing on that Friday night. 822 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,760 I thought, well, I hope the lady was here. 823 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,240 Maybe she needed to hear that. 824 00:34:25,240 --> 00:34:26,640 That was the word of the Lord to her. 825 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:31,800 But it was just kind of going through spiritual surgery. 826 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:32,800 And you need that. 827 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,960 Because you need to deal with stuff in your life. 828 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,640 And if you can't deal with it yourself, 829 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,840 sometimes God will have somebody that will point that out to you. 830 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,920 And it's all to make you grow into a better person. 831 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,760 No one likes confrontation or getting your toes stepped on, 832 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,840 maybe. 833 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,640 Kind of like when AT&T says, I'm going to drop a bomb on you. 834 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,440 You have to change your name. 835 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,600 I mean, I know that was a bomb. 836 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,040 It was like, wow, how do we do that? 837 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,040 But God did it. 838 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:03,840 God did it. 839 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:04,880 Yeah. 840 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:11,680 And our Father is so, so loving and so complete in what He does. 841 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,840 What He starts, He finishes. 842 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,640 And sometimes we have to go through some things in the process. 843 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,440 But it's about making new wine. 844 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,120 It's about making the wine of the kingdom. 845 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,160 Jesus said, I'm not going to drink any wine anymore with you 846 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,600 until we drink it together in the kingdom. 847 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,200 And so He is in the process of making the wine of the kingdom. 848 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:36,080 And it requires the cluster to be together 849 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,760 and to allow ourselves to be crushed. 850 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:44,760 And in the crushing, you mix your juice 851 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,360 with everybody else's juice. 852 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,720 You lose your identity. 853 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:51,120 And identity is important. 854 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:52,800 I'm not saying it's not important. 855 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,400 But in the grand scheme of things, 856 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,640 it's when we humble ourselves and lose our pride 857 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:04,640 and lose our identity in that way that the Lord's identity 858 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,640 becomes built in us. 859 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,240 And that's really what it's all about. 860 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:09,800 I agree. 861 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:10,320 I agree. 862 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,920 And I think, too, when you bring everybody together, 863 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,360 everybody has a part. 864 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:16,440 Exactly. 865 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,840 So in fact, some of the wines, some of the better wines 866 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:24,360 might be mixtures of different flavors if you've ever. 867 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,560 My father loved Alderbury wine. 868 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,120 He didn't ever get drunk on it. 869 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,680 But it had something in it that really helped him 870 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:32,800 when he had colds and all. 871 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,560 He didn't drink it often. 872 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,560 So I would go and get it for him. 873 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,720 And I'd just kind of look through the things, 874 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:40,880 because it was always hard for me to find. 875 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,840 And I marveled at some of the wines 876 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,920 that would put different flavors together and thinking, wow, 877 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,240 I wonder what that would be like. 878 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:49,400 And I'd think about that with the cluster, 879 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,160 that we have different flavors. 880 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,040 I mean, I think about how exciting it is going to be. 881 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,680 And even now, when I go to the nations, 882 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,840 that every tribe and every tongue 883 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,440 will be around the throne. 884 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,120 It's so amazing. 885 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,040 So you get that cluster with that tribe and that tongue 886 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,400 and that person or that race, whatever 887 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,520 we're going to call that, and just bring them together. 888 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,760 And how exciting it is to serve the Lord, 889 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:16,600 to worship the Lord together. 890 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,200 Especially for those listening, you 891 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,360 may be in a nation that this is forbidden, 892 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,080 what you're listening to. 893 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,760 Or if you, because we have those out there 894 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:31,160 that are in different nations that where the gospel is 895 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:32,360 forbidden. 896 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:36,520 And you just have to really pray the Holy Spirit will, 897 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,320 he'll help you to find the cluster. 898 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:38,880 Yes. 899 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:40,560 Because when you're led by the Spirit, 900 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:46,200 even in a dangerous place, that he can just lead and guide you 901 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,520 to people, just like you'll just know it. 902 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:51,040 You can sometimes just see it in their eyes. 903 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,080 And I remember seeing something on Facebook a few days ago 904 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,840 or something about this person that was a believer once 905 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,680 and now is not anymore, and this and that. 906 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:01,720 And I looked at her eyes. 907 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:05,120 I thought, she's just full of darkness. 908 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:09,000 You can look at people and tell what's in them a lot of times. 909 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,560 The Holy Spirit will give you that discernment. 910 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,240 And you have to look for those that you 911 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:15,160 see the light in their eyes. 912 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:15,680 Yes. 913 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:16,840 And that's the Holy Spirit. 914 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,160 OK, Lord, what kind of a conversation? 915 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:23,080 How can we start this to connect with that person? 916 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,280 Because that'll be, sometimes you 917 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,560 have to create your own cluster. 918 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:29,880 That's true. 919 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,160 And I remember hearing in the days before the Iron Curtain 920 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,480 fell, and you'll find this in China, 921 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:40,400 you'll find this in places where Christians are persecuted, 922 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:45,400 that it's very dangerous to keep coming back to the same place. 923 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,240 So they won't announce where the meeting is going to be. 924 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:50,600 And you have to hear from the Holy Spirit 925 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,840 as to where you're supposed to be and when. 926 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,480 And that's where you really find your cluster. 927 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,800 You find the people that are flowing, 928 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,560 hearing the same voice that you're hearing. 929 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,000 That's just a whole lot better. 930 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:04,760 Amen. 931 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:11,920 But if you are hearing this podcast and you're being stirred, 932 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,240 maybe you'd like to come to this next convention 933 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:19,440 over Memorial Day 2025 in St. Louis, Missouri. 934 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,320 We'll have more details coming out 935 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,360 as the details become available. 936 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:29,400 But we are going to include a link to a survey in the show 937 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:29,960 notes. 938 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,680 And it's like three or four questions. 939 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:33,560 Real simple. 940 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,960 But we're looking to find out, are the people out there 941 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,280 who really want to meet, who really 942 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,360 want to meet their cluster? 943 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,000 They've maybe been sheltered, or maybe they've 944 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,000 been isolated in these times. 945 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,520 And they're looking for something. 946 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,240 They're looking for their tribe. 947 00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:53,400 Where are the people that are like me? 948 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,880 Well, if you're being fed by this podcast, 949 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:59,880 you are probably going to find your tribe 950 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,720 when you come to our convention. 951 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:03,600 And we call it a convention, not a conference, 952 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,400 because we convene together. 953 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,960 You convene at a convention. 954 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,160 You confer at a conference. 955 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,600 And we're probably conferring together some. 956 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:14,320 But it's about convening. 957 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,800 It's about coming together in that cluster, 958 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,840 that we find one another in the spirit, 959 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:21,280 that we find relationships. 960 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,880 I've been amazed at the relationships that 961 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,040 have been built when people come. 962 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,480 They might be all by themselves when 963 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:28,760 they come in the first place. 964 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,000 But then they discover, well, here's 965 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,160 somebody that's like me. 966 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,880 Here's somebody that I can relate to. 967 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,280 And you build relationships. 968 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,280 And these relationships are eternal. 969 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:39,320 Amen. 970 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,880 So Valerie, would you pray for our listeners? 971 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,280 Sure. 972 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,920 Oh, Abba Father, we just love you so much, Lord. 973 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:51,040 And Father, we know and have gotten, even in the business 974 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,240 that I have, Lord, have gotten reports of people 975 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:57,760 that have been very lonely, veterans, older people, Lord, 976 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,480 some families, Lord. 977 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:05,280 And Father, we want to see your people gather. 978 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,960 You said in your word, we have to, even more so 979 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:10,600 as the day approaches, Lord. 980 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:11,360 Yes. 981 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,800 You said the new wine is in the cluster, Lord. 982 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:18,080 It's when we get together with all our uniqueness 983 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:23,360 that we birth you in a greater way, in a beautiful way. 984 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:27,320 Lord, I remember the one prophet that used to say Chuck Flynn. 985 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,720 And he'd say, everybody has a word, but you come together 986 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:31,920 and you have the word. 987 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:36,160 We need people to come with a word, Lord. 988 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,120 We need people to find their tribe, Lord. 989 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:40,680 And Father, we just thank you, Lord, 990 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:44,840 that we're about going into all the world, as Jesus said, 991 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,520 global outpouring. 992 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,600 Lord, we thank you, Father, for this outpouring that's coming. 993 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,760 And Lord, we need to be strengthened. 994 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,840 We need to be inebriated in some way, Lord God, 995 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,560 so that all old things fall away. 996 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,600 And the new comes, Lord God. 997 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:04,360 And that, Father, we can minister in love 998 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:09,000 and in healing, deliverance, in worship with one another, 999 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,800 Lord God, as we gather. 1000 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,560 Father, we just pray, Lord, for everyone 1001 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,520 that's listening that needs a friend, that needs a person, 1002 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:20,040 that needs a cluster, that needs to find their tribe, 1003 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:23,000 that you would open the door for that, Lord. 1004 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,280 And that, Father, we close the door to anybody coming 1005 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,680 that would bring harm to them, Father God. 1006 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,120 And Lord, we just bless everyone listening. 1007 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,240 We bless everyone that came at this convention, Lord God. 1008 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:36,840 They came, and people at the end said, 1009 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,720 I'm ready to go back now. 1010 00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:41,560 Where I'm going to work, where I'm going to be, 1011 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,320 where I'm going to pray, and do the next thing. 1012 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,680 So, Lord, we came together and we got encouraged. 1013 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,280 And we got confirmation. 1014 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:56,080 And Lord, we got your presence that will carry us through. 1015 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,560 So, Father, we just bless you most of all. 1016 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:01,240 And we thank you, Lord, for who you are, 1017 00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:03,880 and that you're uniting your body, Lord, 1018 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:05,600 that we need each other. 1019 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:07,800 And it's through your body, Lord God, 1020 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,800 that the kingdom will come through your church, Lord God, 1021 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,040 through your bride. 1022 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,960 The kingdom will come, Lord God, on the earth. 1023 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,200 And it's that kingdom that's going to change things, Lord God. 1024 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:21,600 It's your government that will change things, Lord God. 1025 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,600 And so we love you and we bless you, 1026 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,880 and we bless all those listening, 1027 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,080 and those that are going to find us, 1028 00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,640 and that we're going to be a part of their cluster, Lord. 1029 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:31,480 Yes. 1030 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,800 We just thank you, in Jesus' name, amen. 1031 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:34,640 Amen. 1032 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:35,480 Amen. 1033 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:40,480 If you enjoyed today's podcast, 1034 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,040 please subscribe, rate, and review this podcast 1035 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,520 on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. 1036 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,320 Your review helps the podcasting platform suggest 1037 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,040 this 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