Praise God. I do believe that praise precedes
the miraculous and that when people praise God,
this Bible says that God inhabits the praises
of Israel. Well, we're not the physical Israel
here today, but we are spiritual Israel. And
when we praise God, he inhabits the praises of
his people. Amen. Israel means as a prince has
power with God. And ladies and gentlemen, we
are that spiritual Israel that has power with
God. The Bible tells us that his power is able
to work through us. And so when we begin to praise
God, it's more than just lifting up our voices.
It's more than just clapping our hands. But we
are allowing the power of God, sister manners,
to work through us. Can somebody lift up your
hands once again? And can somebody allow the
power of God to flow through you? Thank you,
Jesus. Thank you, Lord, for your presence. Such
a wonderful anointing. Let your power work through
us in the name of Jesus. Praise God. If you have
your Bible, someone direct your attention to
the book of Numbers chapter 23 and read to you
from verse number 23. I said to Pastor Leonard
before I stepped into this pulpit. I don't even
feel I need to preach right now. There's such
a wonderful move of the Spirit of God. But I
know that the Lord has spoken to me, and I just
want to lift up my voice with this wonderful
youth choir and let you know that God can do
it and that He will do it. And I believe that
before this service is over, God is going to
fill somebody with the Holy Ghost. I believe
that somebody is going to be baptized in Jesus'
name. I believe that somebody is going to be
refilled with the Holy Ghost. If you believe
that, can you shout hallelujah? This past weekend,
there were four different evangelists that were
in the state of Missouri. We preached all over
the state. The evangelist coordinator, Brother
Doug Kleindienst, Brother David Smith, who's
one of the greatest evangelists in the world,
Brother Jesse Corrinejo, who is doing AIM work
over in Greece and is a powerful evangelist.
We were blessed and privileged to minister all
across the state of Missouri. In every part of
the state. And I'm happy to report to you that
in three nights. 169 were filled with the Holy
Ghost. There were 28 who were baptized. And 89
people were healed. Miraculously healed. By the
power of God. And if God can do that in Missouri.
He can sure do it in the great state of North
Carolina. Does anybody believe that? Can you
shout hallelujah? I believe in God to do it right
here in heaven view. If you're glad to be a part
of heaven view, can you shout? Thank you, Jesus.
And I know that you are thankful to be a part
of this awesome church because you have awesome
leadership in your pastor and first lady and
their family. We love and appreciate brother
and sister lender, not just your pastor, but
now the district superintendent of the state
of North Carolina. Can somebody clap your hands
and thank God for that. And there is no better
couple. To serve this congregation. And to serve
this state. And brother and sister Linder. I
thank God for your holy anointing. Your walk
with God. Your love for people. And I appreciate
your friendship. Amen. So good to see sister
Abby. Amen. Her fiance husband to be. He's from
St. Louis where my wife is from. I know you're
a Cardinals fan. Thank you Jesus. See between
the Cardinals and the Yankees. Because a lot
of Yankee fans in here. You can't lose. Amen.
But so good to see Brother Brayden. Amen. Sister
Abby. Missing Brother Harrison. Got a chance
to see him last month as a minister there in
St. Louis. And he was right there. Amen. Praise.
And he brought that Heaven View anointing to
St. Louis. So he's doing good. And just love
and appreciate this family, all of those. Amen.
All the ministers of this church. God bless you.
Numbers chapter 23, verse 23. If you have it,
can you shout, I've got it. Can you shout it?
If you can see it on the screen, can you shout,
I can see. Surely there is no enchantment against
Jacob, neither is there any divination against
Israel. According to this time, it shall be said
of Jacob and of Israel, what hath God wrought?
Turns of eye to them, God is doing it. Surely
there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither
is there any divination against Israel. According
to this time, it shall be said of Jacob and of
Israel, what hath God wrought? I just want to
preach to you from those four words, what hath
God wrought? Can you place your Bibles, your
tablets, your smartphones down? And one more
time, can you lift up your voice? Somebody release
your faith for what you believe God is going
to do. What hath God wrought? We give you praise,
Lord Jesus. We give you honor and glory. In the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ, God bless you,
may be seated here today. In his book entitled,
What Hath God Wrought? The Transformation of
America, 1815 to 1848, British author and professor
Daniel Walker Howe opens his book with the historical
event of the first demonstration of the telegraph.
He writes, and I quote, that on the 24th, of
May 1844, Professor Samuel F .B. Morris, seated
amidst a hushed gathering of distinguished national
leaders in the chambers of the United States
Supreme Court in Washington, tapped out a message
on a device of cogs and coiled wires. What hath,
can somebody say hath? What hath God wrought?
That's what Morris tapped out on. 40 miles away
in Baltimore, Morse's associate, Alfred Vail,
received the electric signals and sent the message
back. The invention they had demonstrated was
destined to change the world. For thousands of
years, messages have been limited by the speed
with which messengers could travel and the distance
at which eyes could see signals such as flags
or smoke. Neither Alexander the Great nor Benjamin
Franklin, America's first postmaster general,
2 ,000 years later, knew anything faster than
a galloping horse. Now, instant long -distance
communication became a practical reality. The
text of Morse's demonstration message came from...
The quotation proved the perfect choice, capturing
the inventor's own passionate Christian faith
and conception of himself as an instrument of
providence. As Morse later commented, the message
baptized the American telegraph with the name
of its author, God. The American public appreciated
the significance of the message for biblical
religion, then permeated the culture in ways
both conventional and sincerely felt Morse's
invocation of the Bible typified that recurrent
importance of religion, which has long characterized
American history. Professor Howe goes on to state
how Americans back then believed that America,
among the nations of the world, had a mission,
no doubt, whatever America stood for, whether
an empire of liberty, or a light of virtue unto
the nations. The hand of God had wrought it.
He writes concerning the then new technology
of the telegraph that ministers, pastors, evangelists,
welcome technological advances along with mass
education as helping them spread the good news
of Christ. In a sense, Morse's telegraph was
viewed as promoting the kingdom of God. Now,
ladies and gentlemen, today, we live in a world
with such technological advances as the smartphone,
the internet, social media, YouTube, TikTok,
webcasts, and podcasts. We're able to spread
the gospel around the world in ways that that
early American republic couldn't even have imagined
or dreamed. Yet, even though America is less
religiously biblically and spiritually inclined
she still has a mission to spread the gospel
of jesus christ around the world and advance
the kingdom of god if you believe that america
still has a mission to spread the gospel around
the world can you clap your hands and can somebody
shout amen the old prophet of god brother tw
barnes who's going to be with the lord he used
to say that god has raised america up For three
main reasons. The first is to spread the gospel
around the world. To support world missions.
The second is to be a friend to Israel. To pray
for the peace of Jerusalem. And the third. Mission
of America is to hold back world Dictators which
America has done that throughout its history
brother Barnes said a man that God has raised
of America to spread the gospel around the world
to be a friend to Israel and to hold back world
The last reason given is only as long as America
can remain strong and a superpower. And I pray
that America will remain strong, not just for
us, but to those that are around the world that
are looking for freedom. I pray, Mother McBride,
amen, as your son serves as a missionary in Moldova,
that America can remain strong for Moldova, amen,
where your son is serving as, amen, a missionary.
Ladies and gentlemen, amen, that last reason
that is given. is as long as america remains
strong the second is significant if america wants
to be blessed if america wants to continue to
enjoy the prosperity that we enjoy we must continue
to remain a friend to israel because the bible
says pray for the peace of jerusalem blessed
are they amen that that love her that bless her
and so if america wants to continue to be blessed
we must remain a friend of israel but the first
reason that brother barnes given is the one that
the church must never lose sight of that is that
God has raised up this country to spread the
gospel around the world. God has raised up America,
a beacon of hope and of liberty, a land where
we have religious liberty so that we can support
world missions. Ladies and gentlemen, I remind
you here today at Heaven View that if the American
church wants to continue to have the favor and
the blessings of God, we must continue to spread
the gospel of Jesus Christ and advance the kingdom
of God. That's why we are here today. more than
just get our own blessing up we're to do more
than just enjoy what we feel but how many know
that we are feeling what we feel so we can share
it to our community so we can share it to this
city so that we can share it to this world does
anybody believe that can you shout hallelujah
Psalms chapter 68 verse number 11 says the Lord
gave the word great was the company of those
that published it The Lord gave the word. Great
was the company. If you want to be among great
company, be amongst those who are publishing
and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus
himself said that the gospel must first be published
around the world. Amen. It must first be published
among the nations before the end comes. Amen.
Before this is all wrapped up, before it's all
said and done, before the trumpet sounds, the
gospel is going to be published. It's going to
be proclaimed. It's going to be. preached among
all nations can somebody shout all nations so
what must the church do in these in times in
these last days i will submit to you that the
church today must do amen the same as the early
church did in their times in their days the bible
says that the book of acts church published That
is, they proclaimed the word of the Lord throughout
all the region. It didn't matter if there was
persecution. It didn't matter if there was prosperity.
The early church published the word of the Lord
throughout all of the region. And we must do
likewise. Can somebody shout in Jesus' name?
Here in the passage of scripture that we read,
the false prophet Balaam. who was hired by the
king of Moab to curse the people of God, couldn't
do so because God would allow him to. Instead,
he kept blessing the children of Israel. When
Balak, the king of Moab, heard that Israel was
coming their way, he was afraid and hired this
spiritualist named Balaam to curse them. But
each time, God gave him prophetic utterances
to bless his people. At one point, Balaam told
Balak that there was no use in trying to curse
God's people because no matter what they tried
to do, God... was going to continue to bless
his people and god was going to give them victory
over all of their enemies it didn't matter what
sins israel committed didn't matter how many
times they messed up because god is a covenant
keeping god balaam amen turned to balak and said
nothing that we do is going to be able to stop
the destiny the destination of the people of
god because they're blessed by god and god is
going to give them victory over all Of their
enemies. Can somebody say all their enemies.
Matter of fact Balaam. In factly declared. That
God is not a man. That he shall lie. Neither
the son of man. That he should repent. Hath he
not said it. And shall he not do it. Hath he
spoken. And shall it not make good. God is going
to make it good. Balaam declared. That unlike
fickle human beings. God is true to his word.
What he says is always reliable because God is
immutable. God cannot change. As one scholar
noted, God does not change. Therefore, his words
always comes to pass. Can somebody say amen?
Balaam declared that God, amen, is true to his
word. And then Balaam looked into the future
and he began to proclaim the words that we read
in our text. Surely there is no enchantment against
Jacob, but neither is there any divination against
Israel. According to this time, it shall be said
of Jacob and of Israel, what hath God wrought?
No sorcery. Or magic spells against God's people
are going to work. But from here on out. The
nations are going to announce concerning Israel.
Look what God has done. Israel was a result of
the hand of God. It was a result of what God
had wrought. The work of God's hand. This verse
of scripture would be an encouragement to God's
people. To look back on what God had already
done for them. And to remind them. in their present
situation and for their future amen tomorrows
that god was going to come through for them what
hath god wrought what has god done turn somebody
and say what has god done ladies and gentlemen
that's what balaam proclaimed that day while
the people of god were marching their way through
the land of more But some 40 years later, when
the children of Israel crossed over the Jordan
River from that land of the Moabites into that
promised land, Joshua, who was now leading the
people of God, told the heads of the 12 tribes
to take 12 stones out of the riverbed and to
set them up as a memorial in their new homeland.
Joshua told them, when your children, amen, shall
ask their fathers in time to come, saying, what
mean thee? stones then you shall let your children
know saying Israel came over the Jordan on dry
land for the Lord your God dried up the waters
of Jordan from before you until you passed over
as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea which
he dried up from before us until we were gone
over that all the people of the earth might know
the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty, that
you may fear the Lord your God forever. These
stones are a reminder of what God has done. These
stones are a reminder of what hath God wrought.
This is what God has done. This is what God has
wrought. When they ask you, your children ask
you, what mean these by these stones? Remind
them that we wandered in the wilderness. The
enemy came against us, but we survived because
God is a covenant keeping God. And now we are
in the land of promise because of what. God has
done for us this is what God has done let's never
forget it let's never forget what God has done
when we are in a battle when we're going through
what we're going through when the enemy tells
us that we're defeated that amen there's no more
hope we can remember what have God wrought for
us what has God done for us and we can encourage
ourselves in the Lord and break through to a
victory That's what Joshua said to that generation.
But then there arose one by the name of David.
And this is what David had to remind himself
of when he was faced with the crisis. When he
found himself. Amen. The Bible tells us in 1
Samuel that David had been anointed to eventually
become king of Israel one day. But he constantly
had to be on the run. He constantly had to be
on the lookout because of a backslidden king
by the name of Saul who hunted his life. But
eventually David. David got tired of running.
David got tired of hiding. And so he went down
to the enemy's camp. He went down to the Philistines.
And even though he had favor with the king, the
military men of the Philistines did not trust
David. They said, this is the one that Saul,
they sing about that Saul has slain his thousands.
But David, his 10 ,000, they convinced the king
of the Philistines that David could not live
among them. And so the Bible tells us that David
and those who had joined themselves, with him,
amen, live near the Philistines. They did not
live with the Philistines, but they lived close
to them. They never had to fight against their
own people. They never had to fight against the
people of God, but they almost did because there
came a time, amen, when David had convinced the
king of the Philistines that he was loyal. And
they came against Israel that David and his men
reported for duty. But once again, the military
men of the Philistines said, no, this is David.
This is the one who has defeated us before. He's
going to turn and fight for God's people. He's
anointed of God. Amen. Don't you dare allow him
to come fight with us. And so the Bible says
that the king of the Philistines sent David back
home and his men and scriptures tell us that
David and his squadron of men went back home
to Ziglag where they have been living. However,
tragically, when they went back home, when they
arrived, they saw. Plumes of smoke billowing
from their homes that were burning. Worse than
that, their wives and their children have been
taken hostage by the Amalekites. The Amalekites
were those who Saul had failed to defeat. And
now they had taken, amen, the wives and the children,
amen, of these mighty men. And when the Bible
says that David and his bravehearted men saw
what had happened. When they saw that their children
were missing, that their wives were gone. Not
just their homes that were burning. Bible says
that they lifted up their voices and they began
to weep until they had no more power to weep
but verse number six of first Samuel chapter
30 tells us that in David's dilemma he how he
dealt with his crisis the scriptures tell us
that David was greatly distressed he was at a
low point He was as far down and at rock bottom
as far as you can go. He was greatly distressed
for the people spoke of stoning him because the
soul of all the men were grieved and every man
for his sons and for his daughters. David encouraged
himself in the Lord, his God. All of a sudden,
David began to remember what God had did for
him in the past. And he began to encourage himself,
even though he was faced, amen, with the crisis.
Amen. He began to look into his future and understanding
that God had a plan and a purpose for his life.
And so he found faith and courage to arise in
the midst of his crisis. David encouraged himself
in the Lord by remembering what God. had already
done for him what hath God wrought if the Lord
has brought me through amen if he has seen me
through when Saul was trying to chase me down
and kill me then God is going to see me through
this amen I've been anointed for a purpose God
has a plan for all of this that we are going
through I'm not going to die here not today devil
neither are our wives or our children going to
die but we're about to recover everything that
the enemy has stolen from us we're about to recover
all this is not how we're gonna go out this is
not how i'm gonna go out because god has a plan
somebody here today you need to remember where
the lord has brought you from you should not
be here today but here you are clapping your
hands giving god some praise why because god
has been good to you out there thing that you've
gone through god has still been good to you some
young person it took a man a struggle to get
up in the choir loft and to sing today but you
got your praise on you begin to lift up your
voice even though amen you don't have a whole
lot of years yet you do have experience and that
experience shown through your praise today because
this is what god has done for me and if god did
it for me in the past he's gonna do it for me
right now if he would do it for me today, he's
going to do it for me tomorrow. Can I tell somebody
in this place that the enemy's been trying to
lie to you and tell you that your marriage is
over, has been trying to lie to you and tell
you that your ministry is over. The enemy has
been trying to lie to somebody and tell you that,
amen, that disease is going to destroy your body.
But somebody needs to rise up and say, God has
been so good to me. He's come through, amen,
so many times before. And he's going to come
through some more. Does anybody believe that?
I wonder, can you stand to your feet? Can somebody
put your hands together? And can you glorify
the wonderful name of the Lord right now? Come
on, somebody lift up your voice and glorify the
name of Jesus. Come on, David. Encourage yourself
in the Lord. Come on, somebody encourage yourself
in the Lord. I'm going to come through this.
I'm going to make it through this. I'm not going
to die here. God is going to give me victory.
Somebody shout hallelujah. Ladies and gentlemen,
I hasten to a close, but this is what David had
to do. Just like the generation before in Joshua's
generation. Just like those who are marching
through Moab when Moses had to do. They had to
remember what had God wrought. What has God done?
And when they begin to remember, just like David,
he recovered all. This is what the apostle Paul
had to do when he was being held in prison. He
was locked up, but he was not locked out of the
presence of God. He had to encourage himself
in the Lord. He had to remind himself that God
ultimately had a plan. And when he was given
a chance to defend himself before the king of
that time, King Agrippa, in the high court, he
declared these words in Acts chapter 26. He said
to the king, I think myself happy today, King
Agrippa. Because I shall answer for myself this
day before thee, touching all the things whereof
I am accused of the Jewish leadership. He said,
I've been encouraging myself in the Lord. Amen.
The enemy has tried to keep me down and depressed
and despondent. I've been locked up. I've been
shackled. I've been held tight. Amen. But I think
myself happy today. I refuse to allow my circumstances
and my situation to keep me down. But I remember
what hath God wrought. I remember what God has
done for me. And because of where he has brought
me from, let me tell you about it, King Agrippa.
And the Bible says that Paul, began to spread
the gospel by sharing his testimony. He remembered
what God had did in his life and how the Lord
had saved him and how, amen, he had transformed
his life. And so Paul retells his story for all
to hear as Paul declares the death, the burial,
and the resurrection of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ, and how he saw him on the road
to Damascus. All of a sudden, the Roman governor
speaks up and he calls Paul, But Paul doesn't
miss a beat in declaring what God has done in
his life. But he says in verses 24 and 29, as
Paul spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud
voice, Paul, you are beside yourself. Much learning
has made you mad. You're crazy, Paul. But he
said, I'm not mad. I'm not crazy. I'm not mad.
And I'm not mad at you, most noble Festus. But
I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
For the king knows of these things before whom
I also speak freely. For I am persuaded that
none of these things are hidden from him. For
this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa,
amen. Do you believe? The prophets, I know you
believe. Then Agrippa said to Paul, almost you
persuaded me to be a Christian. And this is what
Paul said. I would to God that not only you,
but all that hear me this day will be almost
and altogether such as I am. Accept these chains.
Not just you, Agrippa. Saying I'm almost. I wish
there were others who would hear my voice. That
would say I'm almost born again. I'm almost there
preacher. I'm almost there to where I want to
give my life to Jesus Christ. I'm almost there
to where I want to be baptized. But Paul went
on to say I want people to be all. Not just almost.
But I want them to be all together. Born again.
Just as I am. Just like the Lord forgave me.
Who was a murderer. Who was a religious hypocrite.
Amen. The most dangerous people in the world
are religious hypocrites. But Paul said, I was
the worst of the worst. But if God can forgive
me, he can forgive anybody. I want people to
be like me, except for these chains. I might
be locked up, but I'm free on the inside. I think
myself happy. Amen. God has been good to me.
This is what God has done in my life. I come
to ask somebody here today, what has God done
for you? Let me ask somebody at Heaven View,
what has God done for you? To our guests that
are here today, to those that are watching online,
what has God done for you? Has he healed your
body? Has he saved your soul? Has he forgiven
you? Has he baptized you in the Holy Ghost? Has
God done anything good for you? If you are thankful,
if you are grateful, can somebody lift up your
hand? Can you clap your hand? Can somebody just
respond with praise? Stand with me all over this
house. If you are here today and you have not
yet asked God to forgive you of your past, I
want you to know that God wants to work in your
life right now. I don't care what your past is.
I don't care what your mistakes, your shortcomings
are. Our God is able to forgive you. Can I get
it with us for somebody who is forgiven that
God can forgive you of anything? If you are here
today, And you have not yet been baptized in
the only saving name of Jesus Christ for the
complete washing away of all of your sins. We
want you to know that you can be baptized today.
And when you leave here, you'll be able to say,
look what the Lord has done. He healed my body.
He touched my mind. He saved me just in time.
If you've not yet received the wonderful, precious
gift of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of
speaking in tongues, that's what God wants to
do in your life right now. Because when his Holy
Spirit comes on the inside of you, the Spirit
of God is a portion of himself that comes to
give you power to overcome in this world that
we live in. It gives you power to be a witness,
to share your story with those that you're connected
to. That's what God wants to do in somebody's
life right now. If you're here today and you
have not yet been baptized in Jesus' name. It's
not about joining this church. This is an awesome
church. We travel around the country. Amen. We've
been to some tremendous churches. We've been
to some churches that we're like, great. And
then we've been to some churches we're like,
great. Those are just few and far between. The
ones that are like, great. But this is a great,
great, great, great church. This is an awesome
church. This is a powerful church. You want to
be a part of this church. You want to be connected
to this church. But being baptized is not about
joining a local assembly. It's about more than
that. It's about what God wants to do in your
life. It's about God saving your soul. It's about
him giving you eternal life. And that only comes
through being born again of the water and of
the spirit. If you are here today and God has
not yet done that in your life, today, is your
day. Turn to the mind and tell them today is
your day. If you have been baptized, if you have
been filled with the Holy Spirit, if you've spoken
in tongues as the Spirit of God gives you utterance,
that was not your own works. As Sister Abby read
the scripture here this morning, we're saved
by grace through faith, not our works. It's not
our own selves. It's the gift of God. Nobody
can boast here today that you saved your own
self. But every person that's in this house is
a testimony to what hath God wrought. Professor
Howe concludes the introduction of his book with
these words in the last paragraph. He says, in
the King James Version of the Bible, an exclamation
mark follows the words. I don't know if anybody
noticed that when I read what hath, thank you,
media team. for giving a heads up to the next
service. I just realized the title slide. Amen.
So if you make it to the next service, you already
know my message. But in that scripture we read
in Numbers, what hath God wrought? Morris says
in the King James Version of the Bible, exclamation
mark follows the words, what hath God wrought?
But when Morris transmitted the message, he left
off any closing punctuation. Later, when transcribing
the message, Morse added a question mark, and
thus it was often printed in accounts of his
achievement. This misquotation had its own significance.
Morse's question mark unintentionally turned
the phrase from an affirmation to a questioning.
Instead of it being, what hath God wrought? It
became, what hath God wrought? What has God done?
Ladies and gentlemen, the scripture was never
meant, this particular scripture that we read
was never meant to leave a question mark in your
spirit. It's only meant to provoke your thought,
your thinking to the question to remind you what
God has done for you. But it's never to leave
you with a question in your spirit. The Lord
doesn't want you to leave here today with a question
mark. in your spirit but with the exclamation
point he wants you to remember what he has done
in your life and leave here singing look what
the lord has done because i come to tell somebody
today god wants to change your life He wants
to change your question mark into an exclamation
point. If you came with some questions today,
amen, the Lord can turn around in your life and
he could put that exclamation point on you here
today. Amen. That's what the Lord desires to
do. He wants somebody to leave this place saying,
can you believe what the Lord has done in me?
Can you believe? Believe what the Lord has done
in me. He changed me. He saved me. He healed
me. He turned my life around. He placed my feet
upon a solid ground. Can you believe what the
Lord has done in me? It's not a question, but
it's beyond a shadow of a doubt affirmation statement.
Amen. This is what God... has done can somebody
lift up your hands if you've got an exclamation
point in your spirit if you want the lord to
remove that question mark if you want the lord
to change and to work and to do something greater
your life can you lift up your voice in the name
of the lord jesus in the name of the lord jesus
if god has done anything for you and you got
a praise in your spirit and you're able i wonder
can you step out of your seat i wonder can you
come as close as you can to this altar we're
going to put an exclamation point on this service
we're going to leave here with the exclamation
point in our spirit come on you don't have to
be a member of this church i want to catch somebody
come up you remember what god has done for you
come on that's only to remind you what he's done
but now somebody lift up your hands and somebody
give god praise here today hallelujah come on
you are testimony you You are a miracle. Hallelujah.
The Lord has forgiven you and the Lord has saved
you. If you've been baptized in his name, come
on, somebody lift up your hands once again and
give praise to that name.