WEBVTT 00:00:16.269 --> 00:00:19.769 Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you very 00:00:19.769 --> 00:00:23.129 much. I'm so happy to be here. Every year when 00:00:23.129 --> 00:00:28.089 I come here, it's a greater and even a bigger 00:00:28.089 --> 00:00:32.250 blessing. I told the church in the previous service, 00:00:32.390 --> 00:00:36.649 it's almost like this has become home for me. 00:00:36.750 --> 00:00:42.329 And I told the people that I'm... I'm considering 00:00:42.329 --> 00:00:44.890 more and more to even move here, you know, just 00:00:44.890 --> 00:00:50.789 make this my home. Last year has been very, very 00:00:50.789 --> 00:00:54.090 trying for me, but thank God. You know, there's 00:00:54.090 --> 00:00:56.990 always a new morning. Come on, can I hear an 00:00:56.990 --> 00:00:59.850 amen? There's always a new morning. The night 00:00:59.850 --> 00:01:05.129 never lasts forever. Joy comes in the morning. 00:01:07.150 --> 00:01:09.269 You know, thank you so much for your prayers. 00:01:09.549 --> 00:01:12.049 I know many of you have been praying for me, 00:01:12.069 --> 00:01:14.810 and I know some of you are partners with our 00:01:14.810 --> 00:01:17.790 ministry. And for you, I say thank you very much. 00:01:17.849 --> 00:01:20.930 This last year has been no less than a miracle. 00:01:20.989 --> 00:01:23.510 Well, actually, the last six months, because, 00:01:23.650 --> 00:01:25.890 you know, as you know, everything just shut down. 00:01:26.409 --> 00:01:29.469 And for me as an evangelist, that really shut 00:01:29.469 --> 00:01:32.250 down, you know. At least you guys still have 00:01:32.250 --> 00:01:36.709 a church and so on. The evangelist was just cut 00:01:36.709 --> 00:01:41.469 short. But thank God, not with him, you know. 00:01:41.530 --> 00:01:45.010 And because of your faithful partnership with 00:01:45.010 --> 00:01:48.109 me, it's just carried us through. Thank you very 00:01:48.109 --> 00:01:51.030 much. I also want to thank Pastors Brad and Jenny 00:01:51.030 --> 00:01:54.230 for inviting me together with the elders in the 00:01:54.230 --> 00:01:57.349 church. It's such a great honor for me to minister 00:01:57.349 --> 00:02:01.500 here in the absence of Pastor Brad. And I appreciate 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:03.859 it so much. You know, this morning I want to 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:08.280 minister in the area of fear. But I want to focus 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:12.199 rather on the area of faith. Fear is the problem. 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:16.300 And so I want us to pray right now. You know, 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:19.460 before we pray, it's very important that you 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:25.360 allow the Word to change you. It's important 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:28.560 that you allow the Word to build faith in you. 00:02:29.020 --> 00:02:32.879 That's what happens when we hear the word, faith 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:36.580 grows inside of us. Because the word reminds 00:02:36.580 --> 00:02:40.639 us that God is faithful. And you know, when we 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:42.860 talk about the promises of God, it's not like 00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:47.479 we're just fabricating stuff or trying to convince 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:50.099 you that Santa Claus is real when we talk about 00:02:50.099 --> 00:02:56.300 God. God is real. God is the creator of heaven 00:02:56.300 --> 00:03:00.229 and earth. Jesus did die on the cross, and he 00:03:00.229 --> 00:03:04.409 did rise again, and he did give us the promises 00:03:04.409 --> 00:03:07.250 that he will be with us until the end of the 00:03:07.250 --> 00:03:09.900 days. I want you to put your hand on your heart 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:12.680 this morning and say, God, please influence me 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.479 with your word. God, I pray today that you would 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:18.639 grant that our hearts and our lives may be influenced 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:22.340 greatly by your word and that our hearts and 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:26.439 our situations may change accordingly. Lord, 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:29.379 I thank you so much that we do not have to stay 00:03:29.379 --> 00:03:32.979 in a negative situation, but that we can build 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:36.599 ourselves up in our most holy faith. And that 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:41.580 we can swing wide open the windows of our soul. 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:46.080 And let the world know what we believe. Because 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.620 we believe that you died for us. And you rose 00:03:49.620 --> 00:03:52.780 again. And because of your sacrifice, we can 00:03:52.780 --> 00:03:56.840 now see ourselves really, genuinely as children 00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:00.300 of the most high God. And because of that, every 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:04.039 promise in the book is mine. Every chapter. Every 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:07.969 verse. and every line. I pray today, O God, that 00:04:07.969 --> 00:04:09.870 people who are sitting here today and that are 00:04:09.870 --> 00:04:13.189 going through struggles, that this service here, 00:04:13.250 --> 00:04:17.230 Lord, will serve to just disconnect them from 00:04:17.230 --> 00:04:20.250 the negative situation and connect us to something 00:04:20.250 --> 00:04:24.689 positive. In Jesus' name, and we thank you. Amen. 00:04:26.629 --> 00:04:30.350 You know, the one enemy or the single greatest 00:04:30.350 --> 00:04:35.000 enemy to our faith is fear. I mean, the moment 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.519 you carry fear in your heart, it absolutely disconnects 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:43.040 you from faith. Faith, you understand, is the 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:47.040 enemy to fear. You cannot have them both. I mean, 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:49.600 it's like Jesus that once said, you cannot serve 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:53.459 God and Mammon at the same time. You cannot sit 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:56.540 on the fence. You cannot be this side and that 00:04:56.540 --> 00:04:59.939 side. You cannot be a child of God and then still 00:04:59.939 --> 00:05:04.930 live as if the devil is your master. We decide 00:05:04.930 --> 00:05:06.870 ourselves, because you understand, you've been 00:05:06.870 --> 00:05:09.970 born again. Once you've been born again, you 00:05:09.970 --> 00:05:13.490 moved into a different world. See, before you 00:05:13.490 --> 00:05:16.050 get born again, before you accept Christ as your 00:05:16.050 --> 00:05:18.670 Lord and Savior, there's only one world for us, 00:05:18.689 --> 00:05:21.310 and that's this physical world. And when this 00:05:21.310 --> 00:05:26.089 world ends, you have no conviction and no assurance 00:05:26.089 --> 00:05:29.319 as to what happens on the other side. But when 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:31.839 we are children of God, a different world opens 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:34.759 up for us. When you're a child of God, then all 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:37.060 of a sudden you find out there's really another 00:05:37.060 --> 00:05:40.620 world on the other side. It parallels this side 00:05:40.620 --> 00:05:43.360 of this world of ours. And what happens when 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:45.720 you become born again, God opens your spiritual 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:48.740 eyes and your ears. And all of a sudden you can 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:51.259 see things, even though you've read the Bible 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:54.500 before. Now when you read the Bible, you read 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:56.879 it in a different sense. All of a sudden it becomes 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.759 real. And you can really apply it to your life 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:03.139 and say to yourself, wow, those promises are 00:06:03.139 --> 00:06:06.000 mine and they are really yea and amen. Heaven 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:09.360 and earth will pass away, but his word will never 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.319 pass away. Now that very same enemy, the enemy 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:16.639 that is called fear. has been, I've never in 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.860 all my 50 years of full -time ministry, I've 00:06:19.860 --> 00:06:23.480 never seen fear so properly, so professionally, 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:29.620 so significantly applied as what has been the 00:06:29.620 --> 00:06:32.079 case these last six months with this coronavirus. 00:06:32.899 --> 00:06:36.019 This coronavirus, they have just used this thing 00:06:36.019 --> 00:06:41.100 to the maximum extent. And, you know, I told 00:06:41.100 --> 00:06:44.079 the church in the previous service, I honestly 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:47.040 believe that the purpose of this corona thing 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:51.420 is spiritual. You know, it's an end time event 00:06:51.420 --> 00:06:54.540 that is playing off. And during this event that 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:57.600 is playing off, we as the church have now finally 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:01.339 found out who we are. In fact, we've seen the 00:07:01.339 --> 00:07:04.220 church just absolutely stagger under the blow. 00:07:04.379 --> 00:07:07.560 If you had told me before that something could 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:10.079 shut the church down worldwide, I would have 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:13.639 argued with you. They shut the church down. I 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.259 could not believe it, but they shut the church 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:19.540 down. And that's really the purpose, is to try 00:07:19.540 --> 00:07:22.519 and just close down the church and the voice 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:26.279 of the church to be silenced. And they almost 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.660 succeeded in it. I prayed about this thing in 00:07:30.660 --> 00:07:34.279 the previous couple of days, and God showed me 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:38.439 it was like the death of Lazarus. when they carried 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:42.879 a dead corpse into a dark cave and rolled a stone 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:46.560 in front of it. So, I sense, is what they did 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:49.560 to the church. The church slowly, it seemed like 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:52.740 it just died. Over the last few years, not just 00:07:52.740 --> 00:07:55.360 now, but the last few years, it just seems like 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:58.639 the church became more like a commercial entity. 00:07:59.290 --> 00:08:01.810 It just seemed to me like they didn't care anymore 00:08:01.810 --> 00:08:05.189 that there was no supernatural events taking 00:08:05.189 --> 00:08:08.850 place. In so many churches, in fact, in most 00:08:08.850 --> 00:08:11.310 of the churches where I go, it just seemed like 00:08:11.310 --> 00:08:14.430 healing is something they just talk about. The 00:08:14.430 --> 00:08:17.410 supernatural is something they just debated about. 00:08:17.949 --> 00:08:21.250 And it shouldn't be. We are a supernatural people. 00:08:21.790 --> 00:08:25.089 We serve a supernatural God. Healing is still 00:08:25.089 --> 00:08:27.449 as much real today as what it was in the time 00:08:27.449 --> 00:08:30.230 of Christ. In fact, the instruction of the master 00:08:30.230 --> 00:08:34.850 is for those that believe, those signs will follow. 00:08:34.990 --> 00:08:37.610 And one of the signs is they will lay hands on 00:08:37.610 --> 00:08:41.470 the sick and they will recover. Come on, can 00:08:41.470 --> 00:08:47.429 I hear an amen? But they've taken the church 00:08:47.429 --> 00:08:52.950 that have just become a skeleton. a part of what 00:08:52.950 --> 00:08:56.029 they used to be like. And it seemed like they 00:08:56.029 --> 00:08:58.629 carried the church, or they thought they did, 00:08:58.809 --> 00:09:03.029 carry the church into a dark cave. And in front 00:09:03.029 --> 00:09:06.340 of the cave, they rolled a stone of fear. in 00:09:06.340 --> 00:09:09.019 front of it so that nobody could escape. But 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:11.759 then the master himself appeared like he did 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:14.679 in the time of Lazarus and called out our name, 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:17.340 the name of the church. Do you understand? He 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:20.759 called out our name. And all of a sudden, I can 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:23.740 see, I mean, I go around nationwide and I can 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:26.659 see how the church have finally gotten up again. 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:28.980 And they're stepping forth and they're stepping 00:09:28.980 --> 00:09:31.539 up to the plate. The master is calling them. 00:09:31.620 --> 00:09:34.399 And when we come out, some have been coming out 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:37.240 with bandages. still around them. But the master's 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:40.460 cry is going out, set them free. And I believe 00:09:40.460 --> 00:09:42.799 the church is going to thrive like never before. 00:09:42.980 --> 00:09:45.139 Yeah, go ahead and praise him, will you? Glory 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:52.659 to God. Jesus is not coming back for a dead church. 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:56.100 He's coming back for a church that is alive. 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.700 You know, years ago, I was very involved in the 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:04.100 war, anti -terrorist war in Africa. It was part 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:07.740 of the special forces. We had many, many, many 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:11.919 incredible experiences. But I recall one time 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:14.840 we had to sweep a certain area with just a group 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.740 of just five men in our unit. And we had to sweep 00:10:17.740 --> 00:10:21.100 through a very large area at nighttime without 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:23.360 the use of lights. And that night, it was particularly 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:28.409 dark because of clouds. That area was very dangerous 00:10:28.409 --> 00:10:31.929 because the early pioneers have dug deep holes 00:10:31.929 --> 00:10:35.830 in search of diamonds. And some of these holes 00:10:35.830 --> 00:10:41.230 have been holding great threats. So much debris 00:10:41.230 --> 00:10:43.429 had fallen into these holes through the years. 00:10:43.570 --> 00:10:47.470 And if you had to fall into one of these holes, 00:10:47.649 --> 00:10:50.970 you'd possibly get injured really bad or be killed. 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.840 And so we couldn't move very fast. We were going, 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:59.200 you know, quite widely separated from each other. 00:10:59.419 --> 00:11:03.139 And one of my friends stepped into one of these 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:07.700 holes. And when he fell, he was fortunate enough 00:11:07.700 --> 00:11:10.460 to grab a hold of a root of a tree, screaming 00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:15.100 and hollering as loud as he could. We tried to 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:17.299 make our way towards him as fast as we could, 00:11:17.340 --> 00:11:19.659 but you couldn't move too fast because of fear 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:22.419 of falling into a hole yourself. And I mean, 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.259 he held on, crying out, trying to get us to his 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:28.159 position. And we kept on assuring him, Donnie, 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.480 please don't let go. But he finally cried out 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:34.340 and said, I cannot hold on anymore. We tried 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:37.500 to convince him, please, just a few more seconds. 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:42.279 But Donnie let go and dropped only six inches. 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:53.220 You know, I've used that many times in my messages. 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:57.759 You know, so oftentimes it's hard for you to 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:02.620 let go and let God. There used to be an old chorus 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:05.820 that we sang, let go and let God have his wonderful 00:12:05.820 --> 00:12:08.639 way. You're sitting in the service here today, 00:12:08.820 --> 00:12:13.340 and my challenge to you is let go of fear. Let 00:12:13.340 --> 00:12:15.659 go of that thing that they have artificially 00:12:15.659 --> 00:12:18.860 placed upon you. Let go of that thing that is 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:22.940 not your friend. Fear is not your friend. Fear 00:12:22.940 --> 00:12:28.259 is your enemy. Fear brings torment. Fear brings 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:32.159 sickness. Fear brings death. Fear brings separation. 00:12:32.740 --> 00:12:36.220 Fear takes you further and further away from 00:12:36.220 --> 00:12:40.580 God. Don't hold on to that anymore. Let go and 00:12:40.580 --> 00:12:43.559 hang on to faith. You will never be disappointed. 00:12:44.590 --> 00:12:48.289 Faith stands out every time. Faith works every 00:12:48.289 --> 00:12:52.090 time. When you depend on God, absolutely you 00:12:52.090 --> 00:12:54.490 are not going to be disappointed because He's 00:12:54.490 --> 00:12:58.269 the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. Go 00:12:58.269 --> 00:13:00.090 ahead and give the Lord a hand clap of praise. 00:13:05.789 --> 00:13:08.590 Reminds me of a man that apparently fell off 00:13:08.590 --> 00:13:11.029 a cliff one time and he also held on to a... 00:13:12.110 --> 00:13:15.450 a root of a tree, and he was looking down, and 00:13:15.450 --> 00:13:19.049 it was extremely high. Nobody there to save him, 00:13:19.129 --> 00:13:22.610 so he was an atheist up until then. But that 00:13:22.610 --> 00:13:25.570 moment, it changed for him, and he called up 00:13:25.570 --> 00:13:28.429 towards heaven. Is there somebody that can help 00:13:28.429 --> 00:13:32.090 me up there? A voice came back and said, sure, 00:13:32.269 --> 00:13:36.789 just let go and trust us. He looked down, and 00:13:36.789 --> 00:13:38.970 he looked up again and said, is there somebody 00:13:38.970 --> 00:13:45.740 else up there? It's so important for you to understand 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:50.600 God has got you. You understand? God has you. 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.879 He's got your number. You belong to him. He's 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:58.909 very, very much in love with you. He doesn't 00:13:58.909 --> 00:14:02.129 only love you, but God likes you as his child. 00:14:02.309 --> 00:14:05.809 And today, God is encouraging you. Turn your 00:14:05.809 --> 00:14:09.169 back on fear. I want you to take your Bible and 00:14:09.169 --> 00:14:12.509 turn with me to Joshua chapter 1, or else I'll 00:14:12.509 --> 00:14:15.269 just read it for you. An account by the Holy 00:14:15.269 --> 00:14:19.190 Spirit at a time when the Bible says that Moses 00:14:19.190 --> 00:14:22.350 died. Listen to this. The Bible says that after 00:14:22.350 --> 00:14:25.409 the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:28.659 It came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua, 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:33.460 the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying, Moses, 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:38.980 my servant is dead. Let me just pause here. You 00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:42.759 know, that, I believe, has been one of the most 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:48.159 tragic moments in the life of Israel. Moses, 00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:51.940 second to God, has been the greatest that has 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:55.269 ever lived as far as they're concerned. Moses 00:14:55.269 --> 00:14:59.730 died. They must have been at a very, very low 00:14:59.730 --> 00:15:02.210 place. But then God told them, you know, it's 00:15:02.210 --> 00:15:05.710 like God is saying, it doesn't end when Moses 00:15:05.710 --> 00:15:09.970 dies. It doesn't end when Bessie died, my wife, 00:15:10.070 --> 00:15:14.070 last year. It doesn't end when calamity hits 00:15:14.070 --> 00:15:21.309 you in the face. God is continuously, in perpetuation, 00:15:21.350 --> 00:15:25.600 God In perpetuity, God continues all the time. 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:29.179 He is with you constantly and continually. He 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:31.820 says, now Moses, my servant, is dead. But now, 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:37.039 therefore, arise and go over this Jordan. Look 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:40.639 at your friend and say, arise and go. No, no, 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:43.179 no, that is so pitiful. I mean, that is just, 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:46.039 I mean, I cannot believe you just did that, you 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.659 know, arise and go. Come on, look at somebody 00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:54.120 and do it with some energy. Arise and go. Yeah, 00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:56.480 come on, give yourself a hand clap. You know, 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:59.659 go ahead and clap yourself, you know, applaud 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:05.100 yourself. Arise, that's the message. Now, you 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:10.919 know, it's understandably Over these last few 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:16.580 months, especially, you've been cast down. We 00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:20.620 all have been. Every one of us have gone through 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:25.340 possibly the hardest time of your life. And God 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:28.440 is now saying to you like he did to the people 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:32.679 at that time, arise and go. It's time for us 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:37.179 to get up and go on. You and all the people to 00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:40.740 the land which I am giving to them. Let me pause 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:44.000 again. I want you to hear how God is expressing 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:47.879 this. He says, I want you to go to the land which 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:54.220 I am giving you. It's not like I will give it 00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:59.080 to you if you go. I have already decided that 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:06.240 land is yours. I have already decided. that the 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:09.940 entire promise that I made Moses is now final. 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:13.819 Just go there and go and get it. But you understand 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:17.000 that that's just the way God is. He doesn't remove 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:20.279 Jericho. He doesn't remove the Jordan that is 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:23.200 in flood. He's expecting you to take him at his 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:26.140 word. He says, arise and go to the land which 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:29.480 I am giving you, the children of Israel. Every 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.880 place that the sole of your foot will tread upon, 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:36.660 I have. given you. You know, it's not like that 00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:41.160 only at that time with the Israelites. It's like 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:46.140 that with everything that comes our way. See, 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:51.940 healing is something he's already given us. Deliverance, 00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:55.900 it's already given. Salvation, it's already given. 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:59.299 Whatever you need, whatever you need, everybody 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:03.140 say whatever. He says, whatever to whosoever. 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:06.460 Whatever you need, it's already given. You see, 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:10.279 God decides. In Deuteronomy, he says to his people, 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:12.839 I hold before you the curse and the blessing. 00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:17.160 We are now staring face to face. We're staring 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:19.920 at a curse here in our land and in the world. 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:24.220 And God is clearly saying to you and I, I give 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:29.140 you the choice. I hold before you the curse and 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:32.829 the blessing. The blessing is I have an answer. 00:18:33.849 --> 00:18:36.849 You can decide to stick with the curse if you 00:18:36.849 --> 00:18:39.150 want to, or you can decide to turn your back 00:18:39.150 --> 00:18:42.369 on the curse and turn your face towards me and 00:18:42.369 --> 00:18:45.250 embrace my promises. I've already given it to 00:18:45.250 --> 00:18:47.269 you. Come on, give him a hand clip of praise. 00:18:51.210 --> 00:18:55.309 Now he says, no man shall be able to stand before 00:18:55.309 --> 00:18:58.640 you all the days of your life. As I was with 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:01.519 Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:05.220 you, and I will not forsake you. And then he 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:08.920 goes on to use these words. Be strong and of 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:12.859 good courage. In verse 7, he says it again. Only 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:18.200 be strong and very courageous. And then in verse 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:21.900 9, have I not commanded you? Be strong and of 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:27.450 good courage. Do not be afraid. nor be dismayed. 00:19:27.470 --> 00:19:30.970 The Lord your God is with you wherever you go. 00:19:32.829 --> 00:19:36.890 It's clearly the same today. What God is saying 00:19:36.890 --> 00:19:40.230 to you and I, if there's one thing you can do, 00:19:40.289 --> 00:19:45.549 and that is turn your back on fear. Now, that 00:19:45.549 --> 00:19:48.349 doesn't mean that we're going to disregard our 00:19:48.349 --> 00:19:51.430 authorities. We're not going to do things that, 00:19:51.509 --> 00:19:54.119 you know, contrary to what they tell us. But 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:57.920 we certainly are going to stop allowing fear 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:02.299 to dominate our direction. Fear is not our companion. 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:06.779 We don't live by fear. We say to ourselves, me 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.839 and my house, we're going to serve the Lord. 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:11.039 And when you decide to serve the Lord, you can 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:14.000 say like Daniel of old, I can tell you, King 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:17.640 Nebuchadnezzar, there is a God in heaven that 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:19.900 reveals the secrets of men. Come on, give him 00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:26.819 another praise offering. Glory to God. Now, you 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:31.440 know, fear, fear is a terrible thing. You know, 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:35.380 fear holds torment. When you have fear and you 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:39.140 have worries and fear, it brings forward all 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:43.539 sorts of diseases. But it's, you know, oftentimes 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:46.279 it's unavoidable. I mean, you know, the first 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:48.279 thing that happens when a doctor tells you that 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:52.480 you possibly have cancer. They don't even have 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:54.819 to tell you that you have cancer. I mean, you 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:57.339 or so many people through the years have been 00:20:57.339 --> 00:21:04.059 living with the fear. This pain may be bad. This 00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:09.880 growth may be vicious. And then you come to a 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:12.000 doctor and they say, well, you know, we have 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:14.599 to just do some tests. And immediately, fear 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:19.000 is right there. Fear of cancer. Fear of death. 00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:22.619 It's there. You know, fear is our companion. 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:25.779 But you understand, our spiritual man doesn't 00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:30.140 know fear. See, our spiritual man knows God. 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:34.640 See, our physical man doesn't know God. Our physical 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:37.200 man just knows its surroundings. Our physical 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:40.660 man knows just what he sees and the places that 00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:43.660 he's been and he's witnessed misery and calamity. 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:48.339 And so fear becomes our companion. But our spiritual 00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:51.180 man, you understand, the one who survived or 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:54.819 who lived and existed before we were even born, 00:21:55.000 --> 00:22:00.279 that spiritual man knows what God is like. Our 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:03.380 spiritual man doesn't have to be educated about 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:07.460 God. Our spiritual man knows who he is. He is 00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:10.559 the creator of heaven and of earth. Our spiritual 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:13.319 man was with him before we were commissioned. 00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:19.940 To the earth. In fact, for you to fear as a child 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:22.319 of God, for you, you know, when you're not a 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:25.400 child of God, that's different. But when you're 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:29.079 a child of God, you have to condition your mind 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:33.519 not to fear. That's why Paul said in Romans 12, 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:39.559 be not, be not, how does it go? Be not conformed 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:44.539 to this world, but be transformed. by the renewing 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:47.539 of your mind. Thank you. So that you may know 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:52.700 what is that good and acceptable and perfect 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:55.940 will of God. You understand? You've got to allow 00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:58.759 your spiritual man to adjust to your condition 00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:00.480 where you are right now. You're sitting right 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:04.099 here. Allow your spiritual man, your spiritual 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:08.500 person inside to now adjust and get to grips 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:11.470 over the situation that you're in. And you say 00:23:11.470 --> 00:23:14.730 to yourself, I am not going to let my flesh dominate 00:23:14.730 --> 00:23:19.109 my spirit. Come on, can I hear an amen? I'm not 00:23:19.109 --> 00:23:23.430 going to let my physical being overrule my spiritual 00:23:23.430 --> 00:23:27.150 being. My physical being is very limited. My 00:23:27.150 --> 00:23:30.309 spiritual being is but only 60, maybe 100 years 00:23:30.309 --> 00:23:33.170 that it can live. My spiritual man is going to 00:23:33.170 --> 00:23:39.569 be eternity forever. Forever. And so you understand, 00:23:39.650 --> 00:23:43.329 for you to... have fear, you have to teach yourself 00:23:43.329 --> 00:23:48.690 how to fear. See, you don't have to teach yourself 00:23:48.690 --> 00:23:53.069 how to have faith. That's a gift from God. God 00:23:53.069 --> 00:23:56.009 says, He's given each man a measure of faith. 00:23:56.109 --> 00:24:00.410 You have faith. God gave it to you. You're sitting 00:24:00.410 --> 00:24:03.250 there. You don't have to be taught how to have 00:24:03.250 --> 00:24:06.910 faith. You only have to be taught how to increase 00:24:06.910 --> 00:24:10.480 in your faith. But your faith is given to you 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:12.359 by God. You're sitting there and your spiritual 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:14.420 man knows right there where you are right now 00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:18.400 that when we lay hands on you, you will be made 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:24.859 whole. Yes? You know it. Your physical man is 00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:27.839 the one that's the problem. That's what they've 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:30.660 been doing over these last six months, capitalizing 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:35.819 on our biggest enemy. And we bought it hook, 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:40.259 line, and sinker. It's time to arise and get 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:44.420 up and say, I'm not going this direction no more. 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:46.660 You know, as an evangelist, that's one of the 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:50.180 things that as I go around the world that I've 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:55.859 had to convince people, persuade them in. Do 00:24:55.859 --> 00:25:00.720 not hold on to the physical, but embrace the 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:06.579 spiritual. You know, when your spirit man decides, 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:10.500 to overrule the physical. Miracles happen. I 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:13.160 remember in Nigeria when a man that had never 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:18.279 walked in his life, never, he was born with an 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:21.240 inability to use his legs. I mean, he had two 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:24.359 legs, two perfect legs, but he just couldn't 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:28.119 use them. He was now in his late 20s when he 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:32.440 heard that I'm coming to Nigeria. And so he decided 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:36.200 to make it to the meetings. Nobody wanted to 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:38.509 carry him there. I'm telling you just how it 00:25:38.509 --> 00:25:43.029 happened. The way he moved himself was to, he 00:25:43.029 --> 00:25:45.769 had two rubbers, you know, like two tires on 00:25:45.769 --> 00:25:48.569 his hands, and he would move himself forward 00:25:48.569 --> 00:25:52.950 like this. And he moved himself forward like 00:25:52.950 --> 00:25:55.789 that for two weeks. I mean, it took him two weeks 00:25:55.789 --> 00:25:59.440 to get to the meeting. For two weeks, he convinced 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:03.079 himself, when they lay hands on me, I am going 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:07.119 to be healed. He had heard somebody told him 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:10.720 that Jesus is the miracle worker. Somebody told 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:13.759 him, if you can only get there, Jesus can do 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:17.859 anything. So he made himself move ahead for two 00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:19.519 weeks. And when he got to the meeting, there 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:22.039 was a half a million people there. There was 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:24.700 no way he could get anywhere close to where we 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:27.940 were praying for the sick up front. And in total 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:33.279 discontent and so disappointed and totally exhausted, 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:35.980 he went and sat against the tree and started 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:39.799 to cry. Some of the deacons came by there and 00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:42.019 asked him what's going on, and he told them. 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:46.380 One of the deacons said, well, it's not Dr. Venter 00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:50.259 that's doing the healing. It is the healer himself 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:54.519 that does the healing. You don't need him. You 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:57.779 don't need, you know, any person. God is right 00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:59.960 here, right now. And if you can believe it, he's 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:02.440 going to do it here right now. And so he touched 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:05.039 the man with his foot. The deacon did. Touched 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:08.539 him on his foot. And immediately, I mean instantaneously. 00:27:09.210 --> 00:27:11.630 God healed that man. They had to teach him how 00:27:11.630 --> 00:27:15.329 to walk, had to get him up. But the next service, 00:27:15.470 --> 00:27:17.710 the next night, you know, when the service opened, 00:27:17.930 --> 00:27:20.930 there was a bunch of dancers that opened the 00:27:20.930 --> 00:27:23.269 service. And leading the procession was this 00:27:23.269 --> 00:27:26.170 man that had never walked before, now dancing 00:27:26.170 --> 00:27:28.710 in front of the crowd. Listen, God is the same 00:27:28.710 --> 00:27:31.910 yesterday, today, and forevermore. Go ahead and 00:27:31.910 --> 00:27:38.299 praise Him. Glory to God. Hallelujah. But you 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:40.940 understand, to do this and to reach there as 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:44.160 you sit here today, you have to turn your back 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:49.359 right now on fear. You have to let go and let 00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:53.779 God take over from this moment on. You know, 00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:57.460 quite a few years ago, I was preaching here in 00:27:57.460 --> 00:28:01.799 Arkansas, and after I left, somebody came from 00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:04.559 behind us before the cell phones came. And the 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:07.680 pastor came and connected with me and pulled 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:11.200 us off the road and said, Jan, I have bad news 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:15.660 for you. What is it? He said, your sister was 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:19.980 killed in a car accident. And they had on collusion. 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:25.799 And she was killed with her daughter. I mean, 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:30.240 you know, I asked him, which sister? You know, 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:34.630 I've got six sisters. He didn't know. He said, 00:28:34.670 --> 00:28:37.009 well, all I can tell you is she was killed with 00:28:37.009 --> 00:28:45.650 her daughter. When I called, it was my youngest 00:28:45.650 --> 00:28:49.430 sister and my second youngest sister's daughter. 00:28:50.910 --> 00:28:54.849 So it was a double calamity. I went to South 00:28:54.849 --> 00:28:58.630 Africa to go and bury my sister and my niece 00:28:58.630 --> 00:29:05.119 just after we buried them. The phone rang, and 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:08.519 it was the other sister's family member that 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:12.160 called to let her know. Her only other daughter 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:14.920 tried to commit suicide, and she took an overdose 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:18.579 of very powerful painkillers, but they found 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:23.500 her too late. The doctors now had pumped out 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:28.960 her stomach but told my sister she will not make 00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:34.299 it, and if she does, she'll be a vegetable. My 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:36.880 sister called and said, Jan, you've got to get 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:42.579 here. When I got there, she was hysterical. As 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:44.380 you can understand, she had just lost the other 00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:46.740 child, and now the second one, the only other 00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:50.559 one, is in a hospital bed, laying there in a 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:53.259 very, very deep coma, never to come out of it 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:55.259 again. The doctor said they found her too late. 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:59.859 I'll never forget what I told my sister. I said, 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:04.460 if there's ever a time, That you have managed 00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:08.000 to turn your back on fear. It must be today. 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:12.460 Fear and faith cannot be together in that room. 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:15.920 You cannot expect a miracle and still embrace 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:19.400 fear. You have to disconnect yourself. For the 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:22.279 sake of your daughter, disconnect yourself from 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:24.420 fear. You're sitting here today and I'm saying 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:27.960 this message to you. In the name of Jesus, disconnect 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:31.539 yourself from fear and connect with faith because 00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:34.799 faith holds your answer. Go ahead and give him 00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:45.559 a praise offering. Glory to God. I remember when 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:48.740 I said that to my sister, she wiped the tears 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:56.420 from her face. She forced a smile. And then she 00:30:56.420 --> 00:31:01.680 said to me, it's gone. Let's go and pray for 00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:05.220 my daughter. I remember going into the little 00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:08.660 private room. There was a nurse working there. 00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:11.559 My sister asked her very humbly, said, will you 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:14.680 give us some time, please? We need to talk to 00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:23.339 God. And it's not going to be soft. There's going 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:26.079 to be no whispering that goes on here. We're 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:30.460 going to call upon God. The nurse gladly left. 00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:34.279 And we shut the door behind her. And I tell you 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:37.839 what, we called upon God. Not like God was deaf, 00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:43.170 but in total desperation. We embraced ourselves, 00:31:43.490 --> 00:31:46.849 you know, embraced the Holy Spirit, embraced 00:31:46.849 --> 00:31:50.829 every promise of God, embraced that which God 00:31:50.829 --> 00:31:54.150 had given us inside, inside buried deep into 00:31:54.150 --> 00:31:57.789 our heart. We embraced it. While we're praying, 00:31:58.089 --> 00:32:01.930 the daughter comes out of a coma, holds her mommy's 00:32:01.930 --> 00:32:06.089 hand and said, hello, mom. God healed her instantaneously. 00:32:06.329 --> 00:32:09.150 She lives here in the States right now. Five 00:32:09.150 --> 00:32:11.750 wonderful children. Come on, give God another 00:32:11.750 --> 00:32:19.430 praise offering. I want to challenge you here 00:32:19.430 --> 00:32:24.630 today. Some of you are holding on to fear. You're 00:32:24.630 --> 00:32:28.650 holding on to misery. You're speaking that which 00:32:28.650 --> 00:32:34.430 is not right. Don't confess it. You see, fear 00:32:34.430 --> 00:32:36.829 and faith has got this one thing in common. They 00:32:36.829 --> 00:32:42.099 both speak. See, fear speaks. You watch when 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:44.819 people have fear. They'll confess it. They'll 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:47.539 say, you'll hear them say, you know, I'm afraid 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:50.480 I'm coming down with this or that. Or, you know, 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:55.960 I'm afraid my daughter is this and that. Don't 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:59.940 speak it. Let faith speak. See, with the heart 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:03.599 we believe. With the mouth, confession is made. 00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:07.519 And today I want to challenge you. If you're 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:11.220 in this house, And you need a miracle. Is your 00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:13.700 daughter's name Mackenzie? You need to bring 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:15.779 her. God is going to heal your daughter today. 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:19.400 And I want you here today, if you need a miracle, 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.940 you know, we cannot lay hands on everybody here 00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:24.000 today, but if you need a miracle, I want you 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:26.819 to claim it here right now in the name of Jesus. 00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:29.579 Stand with me. Go ahead and stand with me right 00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:33.160 now and just say, you know, God, I know my miracle 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:35.839 is here in this place. If you need a miracle, 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.940 If you have been told, you know, the bad news 00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:41.359 that you have this or that, I want you to come 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:43.599 out and come and stand here, you know, and let 00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:45.740 us pray for you. And I'm sure that, you know, 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.799 you're going to understand that you have to keep 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:50.240 your distance. But if you need a miracle and 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:53.339 you can turn your back on fear, then I want you 00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:55.259 right now, put your hand on your heart. Let's 00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:57.759 pray first of all. Go ahead. Let's pray. Father, 00:33:57.880 --> 00:34:01.720 we have seen it not once. I've seen it not just 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:05.500 now and again. I see it day by day. I see it 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:08.619 everywhere we go. And I know that it's not me. 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:12.039 I know it's not a person. Lord, I know it's you. 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:15.340 I know it's your promises. It's yea and amen. 00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.840 And Lord, there's people here today that needs 00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:20.460 a miracle. There's people here, oh Lord, that 00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:22.840 has been given an account that it's not good. 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:27.239 So Lord, we now embrace faith and we allow faith 00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:30.300 to speak. And I pray that as people go home today, 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:34.130 that it will be with peace. Everybody say it 00:34:34.130 --> 00:34:37.489 right now. Say, I'm letting go. Come on, say 00:34:37.489 --> 00:34:40.909 it again. I'm letting go, Lord. Say, I will not 00:34:40.909 --> 00:34:44.909 hold on to fear any longer. In the name of Jesus, 00:34:45.210 --> 00:34:49.190 we thank you, Lord. Amen. Pastor Kenny, will 00:34:49.190 --> 00:34:58.510 you come? 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