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enjoy this week's message. Praise the Lord. Amen.
Remain standing for just a moment. Lift your
hands with me. Father, thank you so much. For
this wonderful place where you're so welcomed.
And now, Lord God, we turn our attention to the
wonderful presence of the Holy Spirit. We thank
you that he was poured out upon us because Jesus
so beautifully removed all the barriers by removing
our sin. Thank you, Lord, that we can have access
to the Father. But I do take my right to say
in this room here tonight, the anointing of God
shall destroy every yoke and remove every bondage.
In this room here tonight, I release to the very
molecules of the air that we breathe healing
anointing in this room for that which has come
to destroy. Has been removed. And now the filling
of God's presence. Into the very atmosphere.
Is even the healing power. That shall bring deliverance.
As people breathe. In this house. From this point
on. Now Father we thank you. That something amazing
is happening right now. As we speak. And we yield
to it. And this is the presence. The anointing.
And it shall become. more tangible, more real,
more alive with each moment we minister and speak.
And for that, we give you praise. Amen, amen,
amen. You may be seated. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.
Well, it's our privilege, my wife Erin and I.
Erin, stand up for a moment. So glad she gets
to travel. We started out traveling together
with Kenneth Hagin Sr. years ago. And in what
was called the Ramus Singers and Band, which
was his group. And of course, you know, we were
the crusade team. So you learn to do everything,
you know, from catching the folks. I think in
those years, you know, we would have meetings
of 10 ,000 people and meetings of 22 ,000 registered,
10 to 15 ,000 a night in the big civic centers.
And he would ask folks, who wanted to get ministered
to, and sometimes there'd be 2 ,000 and 3 ,000
of those people that would stand up. And back
in those days, we weren't smart enough to have
10 or 12 or 20 men to catch one and rotate, so
we caught them all. So my partner in crime, one
of the other guys in the group, he was behind
me, and we just worked seamlessly. I caught the
body, he caught the head. And we just, one line,
another line, another line, and we would catch
sometimes 2 ,000, 3 ,000 people. The only thing
I wanted to do is get up and just ask everybody
to go on a fast for the rest of the week. But
you know, you'd have some of the strangest things
happen. There's times I caught a suit, but no
one was in it. You know, you get the jacket and
the guy's gone. Another time I caught hair, but...
And then I didn't know what was the bangs and
what were the... I didn't know how to put it
back on. That dear little lady was laying down
there and she went like this. Reached up and
grabbed it and stuck it back and went right back
down. So we could stand here all night and tell
you stories about that. But we just had a tremendous,
a wonderful time as younger folks, you know,
traveling with Brother Hagin and learning from
him. And it was just wonderful. And then, of
course, we start a family. We've got three. girls
and young ladies now, and they're doing tremendously
well. We've got five grandchildren, and the sixth
is on the way in the next month and a half, another
little girl. So we've got three boys. We'll have
three girls, and we just love them to pieces.
All of you grandparents, you know what I'm talking
about. Somehow or another, it's just really,
really awesome. Praise the Lord. And having the
little boy first. was so awesome to me. I mean,
two of my three girls can throw a really good
football, but then I was able to really get that
into my grandchild. So one afternoon he took
off running at his mom who was sitting on the
floor and put his head in her chest. And she
just looked around as she gasped for breath and
said, Dad, what'd you do? And I said, I taught
him how to tackle. I'm sorry. And I didn't teach
him who to tackle, but... He decided his mom
was, anyhow. So those are fun moments, praise
the Lord. And we're just enjoying, again, we're
all those years that Erin just gave of herself
to be a wonderful mom and take care of the kids.
Now we get to continue to travel together and
do ministry together, praise the Lord. So it's
wonderful to be with you. Your pastors are amazing,
amen? Pastor Brad and Jenny. And they just have
such a good spirit about them. I'm not done asking
them questions. I am learning all I can learn.
Praise the Lord. And I see the anointing on them,
the presence of God in a place like this. You
know, we travel so much and most of the time
you have to bring your own anointing. I don't
know if you know what that means. That just means
I can't necessarily count on, you know, the worship
or anyone else to help me. And so I have to come
loaded all by myself. You know what I mean? But
here, it's just so wonderful to have a presence.
Amen. Amen. And so I'm going to enjoy every little
bit of it. And then to be with the two fellas
here, Dr. Greg Hood. And you just blessed me
so much, sir. I really, really enjoyed that today.
And then he is so normal. But, you know, he's
hick, though. I get that. And most rednecks are
real normal. That's the good part about him.
You can have a real natural conversation with
him. And you can. And I'm gleaning off of him
as well. And then my dear friend, Bishop Tony
Kemp, never ceases to amaze me. His sermons,
I can't write fast enough. And then half of what
I write, I have to go back and look at it again.
Does anybody know what I'm talking about? He's
a little bit like E .W. Kenyon to me. Where you
read one page and then you say, you know, if
I really want to get this, I need to read that
same page two or three more times. Because it's
simple, but it's deep. And it carries weight.
How many of you are enjoying the ministers that
have been ministering to you? Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Lord. The body of Christ is very vast.
And, you know, if you stay in just one little
group, you miss out on so much. And Aaron and
I are so thankful that we are at this conference.
And I also wanted to say to the musicians and
to the staff, thank you for doing what you do.
I understand. We have been in the HELPS ministry
for a long time with Brother Hagin. We never
asked for anything, but we worked our tails off
to provide an atmosphere for the people. And
I see what you're doing. And thank you so much
for all of it. Even to those that are blessing
us with the food that you bless us with. Thank
you so much. It means a lot to us. And it certainly
makes it easy for us to give our best. Amen?
All right. So just a few thoughts here. I've
got some product out there. And it's okay if
I take it all home. But, you know, you don't
know me. And I realize that. And I know you're
looking at me a little strange. I'm going to
work on that for just in a couple minutes, okay?
Just in case you enjoy what you're hearing tonight,
we've got some things you could take home with
you. So this one right here is our latest book
called What's Next, Papa? It's all about, and
it comes actually from some of those experiences
with my grandchildren. You know, you can't just
play with them once. You can't do one fun thing.
You're stuck for hours. What's next, Grandpa?
What are we going to do next, Grandpa? And then
the next one comes. And the next one, what are
we going to do, Grandpa? And if they jump on
your back once, well, you have to have them on
your back for at least 30 or 40 minutes. Well,
what's the possibility it's supposed to be that
way with us and God? In other words, have we
bought into an idea of Christianity where it's
just more religious, where the idea is to get
here at 10 o 'clock on a Sunday into a building
instead of doing life with Jesus? And enjoying
the presence of the Holy Ghost like all day long.
Is it possible that we can pray without ceasing?
Which means to interact with God constantly.
We've got some wonderful testimonies. We've got
a YouTube channel called Adventures in Grace
where we tell all kinds of testimonies of just
normal people that have now begun to experience
God regularly throughout the week. So their Christianity
is not tied to just how much they study, how
much they pray, whether or not their attendance
is perfect at their church. It's tied to an ongoing
living relationship where they're experiencing
God by acknowledging him and looking for him
in their life. If you're going to seek and find,
you have to look. If you don't look, you won't
find because that's not how you seek. You know
you've got a whole world against you to seek
and look and find God on a daily basis. Amen.
And this world is vying for the affections of
your heart. And I'm telling you, it's very, very
simple to experience God. It's just not easy.
What do you mean by that? Your patterns, habits,
and routines will come against you to experience
something so simple that you just haven't known
could be real. And to change those habits, patterns,
and routines is going to take some consistency.
We've got another book out there called The Miraculous
Gospel of John. It's a commentary to the Gospel
of John. This commentary is tainted a little
bit towards why did Jesus say what he said? Why
did he do what he did? If I can get into his
mind and think what he did or said before he
said it and did it, I can actually duplicate
it because we are required to do the works of
Jesus. Amen. Life University uses this at one
of their textbooks and so we're thankful for
that. It's really, really helping people. A real
good book here. It's small. And it's easy to
read, but it's pretty dynamic. It's called Identity
Crisis. And without saying too much, I think
the world really needs that book and others like
it in the day we're living. People are really
struggling to find out what's real. And even
us Christians have to ask ourselves over all
the years that we've done Christianity, how's
it working for you? Now that seems a little bit
snotty, but at the same time, if it's not working
for you, then we need to do something about that.
And it's very interesting how we can go for years
and years and years and somehow within the human
psyche is the ability to bury what you don't
like about yourself and what's not working so
that you can get up on another day and somehow
look yourself in the face and convince yourself
that you like you. But the moment you're willing
to expose who you are is the moment you're willing
or you're going to have the opportunity to experience
God. I live by this. If you're not willing to
be wrong, you'll never be right. If you're not
willing to lose something, you'll never have
it. If you can't die, you will not know what
it's like to live. You've got to be willing to
die. Come on, there's other religions that think
that there's 72 virgins on the other side of
life that are willing to blow themselves up,
and us Christians are so afraid to put ourselves
out there. Come on, like A .W. Tozer said about
100 years ago. He said real faith is where you
put yourself on purpose in a position where you
can't go back. Pseudo -faith is where you have
a way out just in case God fails you. One translation
of Hebrews 11 .1 says now faith is betting your
life on the unseen realities of God. Now that
moves me. I don't know if it moves you. In other
words, I believe there's something out there
and I'm willing to take a jump. right off the
plank and put myself in a position where I go
under or I go over, but tally -ho, here we go.
And you've got to be able to step beyond yourself
if you want to find what you can't find with
you. Well, thank you, praise the Lord, for all
that enthusiasm. We might just continue. I'll
tell you a personal story that happened in August
just to give you an idea where we're going. I
was running up my driveway and I've been healthy,
very healthy, pretty much all my life. There's
a couple of things that happened in my life,
but thank the Lord, the Lord's touched my body.
And I've moved past those things years ago. I'm
running up the driveway and for the first time
in my life, it felt like somebody, as far as
my heart's concerned, my heart's always been
fine. It felt like somebody reached inside my
heart, grabbed it and just wanted to break it
right in half. And I was, I lost all my breath.
The pain was so sharp. It drove me almost to
my knees. I caught myself on my knees. I had
no breath in me. And I said out of my mouth,
oh Lord, this isn't so good. And I said it with
a smile on my face. And I made it enough to reach
over while I was trying to get a breath and took
my pulse. My pulse went. And then stopped. And
that was my pattern. And when I had that, I said,
Lord, this isn't so good either. And I just smiled.
You say, why'd you smile? Because God don't make
bad hearts. And this is a lie. And this isn't
true. And it can't be true. And it can't have
anything to do with me unless. I empower it.
And if I empower it, that means I yield to it.
When a temptation comes, does that mean you sin?
No. Symptoms are to sickness what a temptation
is to sin. A symptom isn't sickness until you
believe it is. Why? Because himself took my infirmity
and bore my sickness. And either that's true
or it's not. And if it is true, then this which
has been taken can't be real. Come on, even the
movie Divergent. Isn't it terrible that we'll
watch a movie and get more sometimes out of a
movie? Spiritually than you do at 10 of the best
churches in the world? And that girl, you know,
in Divergent. She's going through the little
serum that's put into her neck so she goes through
the little testing of the thing that would scare
her or some of her fears and they're put up on
a screen and it's kind of played against her
to see how she's going to react and she's out
in a big field and there's crows circling getting
ready to come and attack her and in that field
it's real swampy and there's some branches in
the field that are on fire. And the crows come
and begin to peck at her and she begins to move
and she does right into the swamp and she falls
down right next to a little body of water. And
those crows peck at her and peck at her and peck
at her. And she looks into the water. She sees
her reflection and says, this isn't real. And
immediately goes into the water. She comes up
on the other side in a little Houdini plexiglass
with water coming in from the top enclosed where
it's going to drown her. She takes her last breath,
goes down in, looks at her reflection, takes
her finger and says, this isn't real and taps
on and the glass shatters and she comes out of
it. Then asked by the guy that puts her in that,
how did you do that? And when I saw that, I said,
that's exactly what's being role played to us
on a daily basis. All kinds of worldliness that
doesn't have tangibility to it unless we give
it our power. Well, I got myself into the house.
I never even thought about calling an ambulance.
Why? Because it can't be real. Did you tell your
wife? Why would I need to? It can't be real.
I went about my day. Four hours later, I still
have all the symptoms. But I know it has no power.
I laid across the bed and in came my wife. Just
taking a moment just to get quiet. Because the
first thing I did when I got in my house is I
went into my room, I got quiet and I found God.
It's amazing what happens when you find him.
Because his perspective on what's going on looks
a lot different than the worldly perspective
of what your eyes see. And he made me to know
everything was just fine. And as long as he's
involved, that means I have a manifestation.
People ask me all the time, how come people died?
My aunt was the greatest Christian there was
in the church. She was a woman full of faith
and she died believing God. And I have to tell
them, this is the reason why. Every healing has
the Holy Ghost involved. And if she wasn't in
some way, shape or form, you didn't involve the
Holy Spirit. You weren't connected. He's the
manifester. He's what makes it work. He's the
one that produces the product. You've got to
be connected to him. When you are, things change.
We've got a whole book that shows us from cover
to cover, God never fails. So if you're not making
headway, you've got to step back and find God.
A friend of my mom, she called me. She's got
a tumor. It's growing and it's bleeding. And
she said to me on the phone, I'm doing more than
I've ever done before. I'm reading more, praying
more, confessing more. What am I supposed to
do? And isn't it interesting that her identity
to God had to do with what she was doing, not
at all what Christ has done. And she wanted me
in the midst of telling me she's doing more to
tell her to do something else. So I said to her
without thinking, and that usually works best
for me. I said, for the next two weeks, don't
read your Bible, don't pray. And I said, don't
confess a thing. And she got quiet on the other
end of the phone. And when she came back, she
said, can you repeat that, please? And I laughed
like you did. I said, it really wasn't that difficult.
All I said is the next two weeks, don't read
your Bible, don't pray, and don't confess a thing.
And then she snapped at me. What am I supposed
to do? And I said, find God. She said, what do
you mean? I said, well, if God were actually
involved in what you're doing, you wouldn't have
a tumor. And then she called my mom and she said,
I'm not supporting your son anymore. And then
a month later, she died. So that doesn't mean
you have to support me. Turn your Bibles over
to Genesis chapter two. Oh, we've been enjoying
ministry. And at the same time, we stay on our
knees all the time. I had someone that knew me
30 years ago preaching like a wild man in prayer
and healing school. And she said, you're just
as passionate now as you ever were, if not more.
How do you keep that? I said, well, we minister
to the sick. And I said, with all the wonderful
things we see, we still see people die. And I
said, that's what keeps me on my face. There's
more to learn. There's more to understand. There's
more of this presence than we walk in on a regular
basis. We've not tipped the iceberg. A friend
of mine who went home every single night and
found out how to go. That's important. Because
if you find out how to go home and experience
God, it's just like going anywhere else. Like
if I know how to get to Dr. Hood's house and
he's given me an open invitation, well, I could
show up in a couple of days. I could show up
three days in a row because I know how to get
there. So he would go back every single night,
every single night, every single night, all night
long. And he was a cowboy. Looked just like Wild
Bill Hickok. Tell them where home is. Home is
heaven. He'd leave his body and go home. He spent
all night long in the presence of God, Jesus,
and the Holy Ghost. He called the guys. Said,
I went home last night with the guys. He was
taking his dog, his new dog, to a training facility
for three months and his dog was his best friend
until I came along. Oh, he didn't like people
at all. Every test he took said does not work
well with people. But the Lord told me to work
on the ranch for free and just honor him, bless
him. And we developed a relationship and one
day he looked at me and he said, don't tell anybody
I said this. He said, but I really like you.
You're my best friend. That meant a lot. And
he was taking his dog to a facility for three
months. And his dog was his best friend. And
he was going a little faster than he thought
he was going. And a police officer pulled him
over. And the policeman, you know, said, roll
down your window. And he rolled it down about
that much. Police officer looked inside and said,
sir, do you know how fast you're going? And he
said, officer, I really don't care. And the officer
said, you don't care? He said, no, sir, I don't
care. He said, why don't you care? He said, because
I'm taking my dog to a facility for three months.
That's my best friend. He said, I'm a little
melancholy right now. I don't care how fast I'm
going. He said, well, you're going 97 in a 45.
He said, well, actually, I thought I was on the
highway. He said, that'd be 97 in a 75. I'd still
pull you over. He said, now don't you care? He
said, no, I don't care. He said, you don't care
if I give you a ticket? Do you know how much
it's going to be? He said, somewhere between
$250 and $300. He said, well, actually, you're
very accurate. You don't care? He said, no, I
don't care. Give me the ticket. And then he said
this. He said, I guess the guys just have a really
warped sense of humor. They think this is really
funny while I'm spending time with them that
I would get pulled over by you. The police officer
says, guys, who's in that truck with you? He
said, officer, it's a truck. You can see everything.
It's just a dog and I. He said, then who are
the guys? He said, that be God, Jesus, and the
Holy Ghost. And he goes, oh, you can't talk about
God like that. He said, yes, you can. He said,
that's disrespectful. He said, not when you spend
time with him, it's not. And he said, what are
you talking about? And they got into this theological
argument for about five minutes. And all of a
sudden, the cop comes out and says, well, I'll
tell you what, if you really know them, like
you say you know them, do you think they'd help
me? Because I can't hardly lift my arm. I busted
it up in the force. He said, I can't get it only
about that high. And BJ said, well, I'll tell
you what, I'm going to tell you exactly how to
get it healed. He said, but you got to listen
to everything I say. By this time, he rolled
the window down the rest of the way. He said,
now back up from the car. And he said, let me
ask you a couple questions. Did you have a right
to pull me over? He said, yes, I did. Did you
have a right to give me a ticket? He said, well,
of course I do. Under law, I can give you a ticket.
He said, could you even take my car with how
fast I was going? He said, I could. He said,
then with the same feelings and emotions that
give you the right. to do what you said you could
just do, you step away from the car and you ask
them with the same feelings of absoluteness and
the same emotions of surety, heal my shoulder.
He said, but if you can't give them that same
feeling and emotion, don't waste their time and
don't waste mine. That police officer stood back
and said, God, I'm asking. He said, do you see
what he just did? He said, I see what he just
did. He said, my wife's never going to believe
it. He said, slow down. He just went back into
his car and drove off. There's more to a relationship
with God than we've thought. And it certainly
isn't just showing up in the building. Let me
make a statement. Everything you do, like coming
to church, which I ask you, please keep coming,
especially here. God's here. Reading your Bible,
please keep reading your Bible. That's going
to keep you on the straight and narrow. Praying,
yes. Worshiping, confessing the word. All of
those things you don't have to do. But all of
those things will make him more real to you where
you can actually walk with him and talk with
him. And anything that contributes to the realness
of God in your life, you need to do it. But if
you're reading and you're studying and you're
confessing for some religious idea that makes
you feel like you've done what you're supposed
to do for the day, now everything's just going
to be perfect, you're missing out on the idea
that God wants to do life with you every single
step of the way. He doesn't want to just have
your fanfare for one hour and then, okay, see
you later. Proverbs 3, 5, and 6 in the Message
Bible says, in everything you do and everywhere
you go, listen to his voice, which means all
day long he's speaking. Are you listening? Amen,
amen. Let me just help some of you right now
because the way that you're looking at me, you're
over in Genesis chapter 2. Genesis chapter 2.
God will even heal you and touch you tonight
whether you like me or not. You don't have to
like the preacher to get healed. I'm planning
on being a burr in your saddle tonight. It's
my job to take away all your options. You won't
like that. And leave you with Jesus only. So
for any reason, if you choose to deny him, at
least you'll know you did. Come on, we're going
to have a good time. But I'm watching people
say, Ethel, did we come to the right service?
I'm in healing school. One of the students, they
went ahead and had their mom come. She sat in
one service with me. She said to her daughter,
she said right away, she goes, I don't think
I like this guy. And about 10 minutes later,
she nudged again. She goes, honey, I don't think
I like this guy. And just as she said that, I
said, you, right there. And she turned around
to go, me? I said, yeah, you. Do you want to
be healed? Now, she just said, I don't like you.
I didn't know that. If I'd have known that, my
New Yorker might have come out, you know. Are
you talking about me? I said, you right there.
Do you want to be healed? She said, yes. Instantly,
God touches her and heals her. I found out later,
you don't have to like me. God touched you. But
I'm endeavoring to move you. I don't want you
to be the same in the way that you came. Amen?
So let's let God touch us in these next few moments,
and we'll experience the presence of the Lord.
Now, in this room, there'll be many shifts of
the atmosphere. And you'll sense it in just a
couple minutes. God will start touching people.
Gross will start disappearing. This is the way
I know him. Now, I grew up Baptist, so I didn't
know him at all. I knew about him. And he was
my savior, but we weren't taught to interact
with him. I'd be on my way to school as a little
tiny kid, say, you know, I wonder why such and
such, and all of a sudden an answer comes, well,
you know, it's just because of this. I thought
to myself, man, you're pretty smart. See, no
one told me God speak back to you. Now, at the
same time, I'd get anybody I could saved. Four
years of age, I knew the Roman road. I got saved
as a four -year -old. Been saved for 60 years.
I'd go into my friend's house. I'd take them
into the closet. You say, that's what the preacher
said. You go into the closet if you're going
to pray. I'd take them into the closet. They
were small closets, but we were small kids. And
I'd preach them the Roman road. All sin falling
short of the glory of God. None unrighteous,
no, not one. If you confess through the mouth
and believe with your heart, thou shalt be saved.
With the heart, man believes. None unrighteous,
the confession is made in salvation. Whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved. And I'd ask him, do you want to receive
Jesus? Those that said yes, it was a real easy
salvation. Those that said no, I'd hold their
head down until they said yes. I didn't know
how good I was. I had 100 % salvations. If I'd
have grown as big as Tony, I'd still have 100
% salvations. Beat hell right out of you. Get
heaven in you. Bless God. Don't you say no. You
say yes right now. That cowboy BJ, he came to
one of my meetings doing nine Mondays in a row.
We had 121 people that signed up to be chaplains
at a hospital and I'm training them to release
the anointing. That's what we're talking about
tonight. He showed up for the second one. He's
not born again. Now he's a real cowboy. He has
a real problem with wannabes. A wannabe cowboy
wears boots, has buckle, but it has a jacked
up truck you can't bail hay from. And they live
in an apartment in the city, not on a ranch.
So he doesn't like that because it does a bad
thing for the real cowboy, see. It lessens the
real. And then he would talk to me about wanting
to be a Christian. Well, I won't go there, but
anyhow. He walks in, walks up to me and says,
wow, that was really good. My name's B .J. I
shook his hand. My dad taught me to shake a good
hand. Amen. My name's Jim Hockett. He said, man,
that was really good. I appreciate that very
much. I said, B .J. Why'd you come to meetings
like this? He said, I want to heal horses like
you're healing people. I said, well, you'll do
better on horses than I do on people. I says,
horses aren't thinking. I got to change the way
these folks think. Right? Right? Horse just stands
there. I said, would you like to receive Jesus?
He goes like this. No, I just want to heal horses.
I said, okay. I said, I'll see you next week.
He says, yes, you will. He came that next week
after the service. He beelined it right back.
He said, man, Jim, this is really good stuff.
This is good stuff. And I said, now we got a
problem. He said, what's the problem? I said,
everything you're saying is good is borrowed
material. I said, if you like what I'm saying,
you really like the guy it comes from. And I
said, this time I'm not asking. I'm telling you.
Give me your hand right now. You're going to
repeat these words after me and you're going
to mean it from your heart and you're going to
get saved. Well, when I said it like that, he
goes, okay. I grabbed his hand, a simple little
prayer, and I said, amen. He said, amen. And
then I leaned down because he was a couple steps
below me. He's 6 '3", I'm 6. I leaned down and
said, it's going to get real spooky from here.
And then I walked away. And he's over there going,
what, what, what? That next week he came and
said, you're never going to believe what happened.
I said, what do you mean? He said, well, we got
a horse on the ranch. He said, it's got an eighth
of an inch homeless eye and it's blind, got bone
spurs and arthritis. He said, I prayed for it.
Well, we hadn't got to the prayer part yet. I
said, what'd you say? He said, I put my arms
around and said, God says you're fine. I said,
was anybody around when you said that? He goes,
oh, yeah. He said, veterinarians around, cowboys,
cowgirls around. I said, what did they think
of your prayer? He said, well, they cussed me
out. I said, what did you say to them? He said,
I cussed them out. I said, what happened? He
said, in three days' time, the hole covered up,
the horse can see, bone spurs are gone, arthritis
is gone. He said, get this, brand new enamel
on all its teeth. Now, see, somebody said, well,
I don't know if I believe that. Well, see, you
know, in the horse world, they actually check
up on that stuff. So within a week, he got a
call from OSU Medical Center saying, bring that
horse down here. And after eight hours, that
little Baptist lady, 4 '11", came out to a 6
'3 cowboy, stuck her finger in the air and said,
who do you think you are playing God? He looked
down and said, ma 'am, a little too late for
that. The horse is already healed. I thought
to myself, Lord, this guy's experiencing God.
That next week he came to me and said, now, you
are not going to believe what just happened.
I said, lay it on me. What happened? He said,
I'm in the feed store. He said, the owner's in
the back getting my order. In walks this woman
hollering, somebody help me. Somebody please
help me. Help me. I said, I walked over and said,
ma 'am, what do you need? She said, it's my cat.
I said, you're what? She said, my cat. I said,
what'd you do to your cat? She said, I slammed
the door in his head. I don't think it's doing
very good, sir. Sir, could you come take a look
at it? He said, well, I'll take a look at it.
They went out to the car, and it's in the trunk,
so she didn't kill it. She smothered it, you
know? The trunk lid opens up. There's a cat laying
on its side with his tongue. hanging out of its
mouth. And in his good Oklahoma colloquial expression,
he said, ma 'am, that cat's as dead as a can
of corned beef. Still haven't figured that one
out yet, but I don't think that's good. She said
to him, well, I'm a Christian. Now, what I didn't
tell you is this guy's a genius. 17 author books
in Barnes and Noble on horses. Three earned PhDs.
He aced his SATs. He aced his ACTs. He reads
5 ,000 words per minute with 97 % retention.
He read the Bible as a nine -year -old in four
hours from cover to cover. A genius. The government
wanted him in a think tank and he gave him the
middle finger. Sorry if that's descriptive, but
that's what we're dealing with here. This guy's
off the chart. So you got to understand something
about smart people. You know, I didn't know this
until I met a smart person. I mean, he even got
upset about the 3 % that he doesn't retain. I
said, well, that's my part. Leave it alone. When
you're real smart, things have to add up. See,
folks that aren't as sharp, two plus two can
equal what it needs to equal to make what needs
to happen, happen. Like that's why people say
we're playing a game. Oh, we changed that rule.
Well, then that doesn't make the game what the
game is. Well, yes, it does. We just, no. See,
when you're real smart, the rules define the
game. So the rules have to stay the rules or
you've changed the game. Might as well change
the name to it. See, two plus two has to equal
four. It can't equal five just because you want
it to. So when she said, I'm a Christian, he's
thinking, if she knows God and she's got a dead
cat, something's wrong. Because God made the
cat. Like he would like it more than her. No,
I know. I know. I get this. I understand. See,
when you're a Christian, you let so many things
go because you don't become accurate. So you
think to yourself right now, well, I'm a dog
person anyhow. There's too many cats. I mean,
is it a really big deal? You can find a stray
anywhere. But when you're accurate, things have
to add up. So he looked and he said, so? And
then she said, well, I prayed. Now it's worse.
Because you're connected to God. You actually
asked him to do something about the cat, but
it didn't happen, which means it's not God's
fault. Hello, it's not the cat's fault. It's
dead as a can of corned beef. So it has to be
the lady. So he said, what'd you pray? And she
got real misty -eyed. She said, I pray God have
mercy on my cat. He said, mercy? It needs life.
It's like dead. And she said, I don't know anything
about that. And he said, I know. To which she
said, well, I don't know what you mean. And he
said, and this is his first prayer for a human
now. He said, ma 'am, I'm not praying for the
cattest cattest cat I've ever seen. He said,
but I will pray for you. And he put his hand
on her shoulder. And these are the words he prayed.
God, please, please open her eyes just enough
so she can believe just a little. And then you
can be God. In other words, you're not able to
be who you are because she's in the way. So you
don't need to open her eyes like to see everything.
Just enough. So she can believe just a little.
You can be God. When he said that, it moved her.
When's the last time you've been moved? From
your heart. And she said, oh God, I do believe.
Meow. The cat sat up. And she looked at him and
said, it's a miracle. And he said, no, ma 'am,
this ain't no miracle. She said, yes, it is.
My cat was dead and now it's alive. This is a
miracle. And he said, no, ma 'am, that's not
a miracle. She said, well, if it's not, what
is a miracle? He said, the miracle here is you
being a Christian all these years. Today, you
finally believe God. Now, someone say, I don't
know if I believe that. Three days later, she
calls him hysterical. BJ, BJ, BJ, you can't believe
what just happened. What happened? And he says,
well, I took my cat to the vet. And my cat, or
the vet, scanned the cat. It was a cat scan.
It actually was. And the vet said, I don't know
what you did to crush the skull of this cat,
but I do not know. and have no knowledge of what
put the skull back together. And the vet began
to scan the rest of the cat. And as the vet did,
big old saucer tears started dropping from his
face. And she said, Doc, what's wrong? He said,
I spayed your cat years ago. All the female organs
are back in. Your cat can have kittens. To which
BJ said, ma 'am, I'll give you the money to get
a spade again. We don't need any more ugly cats
in Colton. Now I want to share something with
you because this guy caught on really quick to
something so simple. Genesis chapter two, verse
seven. And the Lord God formed man of the dust
of the ground and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life and man became a living being.
So let's look at it this way. The Lord God formed,
so that means he had a physical body. The Lord
God made his physical body and then breathed
into the physical body. The breath of life. Now
here's an interesting thought. What if God was
in a trial run? Like he's making a human, but
he never made a human before. So you know what
it means? Kind of like Goldilocks. You know,
the porridge is a little bit too hot. The porridge
is a little bit too, oh, the porridge is just,
the bed is too hard. The bed is too soft. The
bed is just right. What if he was too porous
and God, and the breath went in and went, right
there. That didn't work. What if he was too non
-porous, like plastic, and God breathed the breath
in and he bounced right off it and took off somewhere
else? That didn't work either. God made the body
so perfect that he could breathe spirit inside
of it. It would not only be maintained inside,
but inside that body. The Spirit was able to
reveal itself to the outside at the same time.
That's pretty salty. You know what I'm talking
about? Amen? You know, we were years ago with
kids, you know, or girls playing volleyball.
We're in... Fort Worth, Texas in this high hotel.
And we're up there and Aaron opens the curtains,
goes, oh, there's one of my favorite stores.
So I came over to see what was the famous store.
And I kept looking, I look and I said, honey,
I don't see anything that would be your favorite
store. She says, right over there. I said, where?
She said, right over there. And I said, the container
store. And she said, I love the container store.
Would you like to go? And it's like, no. And
in about 40 minutes, I was walking through the
door with her. You saw that coming. And there
were big ones and there were little ones and
there were thin ones and there were thick ones
and there were deep ones and there were shallow
ones and there were red ones and blue ones and
green ones and white ones. When I took a look
at that, I said, this is what you like? She said,
yes, I love it. And she went into the store and
I said, I'll be right here up in the front, found
a chair. So I walked there and walked back and
I was a good husband. Amen. What? You guys don't
do that kind of stuff? Yeah, sure you do. God
made man as a container. His body is like a container.
It can contain God at the same time it can reveal
God. Now I want you to see this. This is very
important because tonight God's ministering to
people and you might think it's difficult to
be healed but God thinks very other. Why? Because
he made your body to receive of the presence
of God. And that presence is potentially in full
charge right here tonight. And if one person
would believe in it, we'll see things take place
right there in your seats before we ever minister
to you or lay hands on you. And this is just
normal. Why? Because Jesus already paid the price
for your healing 2 ,000 years ago. You don't
have to convince him to do something. Amen. He's
looking for somebody to believe. Why? Because
he made your body so porous and so perfectly
as a container that he can get in that body,
he can manipulate things, and he can then come
out of that body and reveal. A healing and a
deliverance where all of a sudden a tumor disappears
and an ear opens and an eye starts to see things
on your page that you couldn't see before unless
you had it about arm's length out here. And all
of a sudden hips are healed in this room and
bones start moving in this room and backs start
being healed and pain starts disappearing in
this room. Hearts are healed in this room. Livers
and kidneys start to work properly. A prostate's
healed in this room. Come on, as I'm speaking
right now, God's saying something to somebody
in this room. And surely if a horse can get healed,
and if a cat can get raised up from the dead,
no telling what could happen in a church like
this. So my next verse, it says, Genesis 2 .25,
and they were both naked, the man and the wife,
but were not ashamed. What does that tell you?
That tells me that they probably had clothes
on. You say, why does it tell you that? Because
Genesis 3, 7 says, then the eyes of both of them
were open and they knew that they were naked
and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves
covering. So all of a sudden they knew of their
nakedness once they sinned. And what does the
Bible tell us? For all have sinned and fallen
short of the, or you could say it like this,
all have sinned and lost their glory clothes.
God made man to walk in the glory. How do you
know that? For a couple of reasons. One of them
is he made us just like him and he walks in the
glory. Come on, I'm telling you. If God walked
like John Wayne, then Adam did too. This is what
attracted the devil to them is they had clothing
that he once wore. was. He knew the significance
of it because you really know something when
you've had it and then you've lost it. And when
you've lost it, you think, should have kept it
on. He was the anointed cherub until he sinned
before God. God took that clothing away and he
fell like lightning to the earth, hit the earth
in a big ball of dust. Now he's what? He doesn't
have the anointing. And he's able to go in that
garden and he sees two creatures that walk around
just like God and they're glowing in the presence.
Do you know that the unseen world sees what's
on us? You just happen to be looking in the mirror
and keep seeing your flesh. But the day you see
past your flesh and see your spirit is the day
that you rise up against everything that will
come against the anointing. Because then you
realize at that time, I've actually got something
that they can't stand. Praise the Lord. And you
start using it on purpose. God didn't make us
welcome mats to be walked all over. Amen. He
made us in his image and in his likeness. Listen,
listen, listen. Even a sinner by the name of
Cain had the ability to rule. The darkness that
was infiltrating his mind to murder his brother.
And he's not even saved. And you know what's
amazing about that story? He recognized the presence
of God as a sinner ready to commit murder and
he heard the voice of God in complete sentences.
Look at how far we've gone away from something
so simple that even someone under sin had it.
You have to understand, Adam and Eve and the
sons, they had a mind renewal, but from the opposite
direction. See, we live in this world. We only
know this world. We get saved and we have to
learn about our privileges and our rights and
renew our mind to who we really are in Christ
so that that which actually abides in us can
be used or made manifest. They knew God. They
understood God. They walked with God. And when
they sinned, they had to get their minds renewed
to the flesh and the world connection versus
the spirit and the God connection. So they still
retained the ability to hear him in complete
sentences. If we can just get the church to recognize
the presence of God and hear him in complete
sentences, we'll turn this world inside out and
upside down. Because the moment you've got firepower
behind you, you stop being so weenie about everything
and you'll walk out into the darkness. You'll
wade out into the muck and mire of Satan's kingdom
and destroy the works of the devil. I'm laying
across that bed. My wife walks in and I said,
honey, the reason why I'm laying here is because,
and I told her what happened as I ran up that
driveway. Now, back in March, I had a blood work
done. My blood work's always been so good that
when I turned 60 and the life insurance people
called me to say, we're raising your rates to
like $480 versus 70. I said, time out. Why would
you do that? Well, because now you're at an age.
I said, what if I'm really healthy? She said,
well, I understand that. I said, no, seriously,
what if I'm really healthy? And I began to sell
snow to an Eskimo. I said, you have no idea how
healthy I am. And I said, guess what? When you
have your personal, I don't know if we can, I
said, no, I actually know that you can. So when
you have your individual come and take my blood,
you're gonna find out how healthy I am and you're
gonna wanna extend my policy. And all of a sudden,
out of the blue, she said, you know what, we're
gonna send somebody to your house. I said, well,
that's just what I said. But anyhow, and we're
gonna take your blood and if you're really healthy,
we'll extend your policy. I'm thinking, I just
got through saying that. But anyhow, I let her
say it like she thought she came up with it,
okay? And someone comes to the house, they take
my blood. A couple of weeks later, she calls
me up and she says, you're really, really healthy.
We've extended your policy for 15 more years
at $76. I said, thank you very much. That's what
I was telling you. So for the first time, when
I got a report back, I had all this red bark
over there on my kidneys. I've never had any
problems with kidneys. But a doctor, a friend
of mine got a hold of that. They said, you got
some serious problems here and you only got a
couple of years before you're going to be, and
she's named all this stuff that's going to be
happening. We said, what'd you do? I went right
into the room where I got quiet and I found God.
Wow, that's become an amazing thing to do. I
practice it all the time. This is my body. Two
plus two equals four, four plus four equals eight,
eight plus eight equals 16, 16, 16, 32, 32, 32,
64. That's my mind. What's the rest of me? That's
me. That's the real me. And inside the real me,
is the real him. And if you'll practice that,
you can find him at a snap of a finger and immediately
hear his voice, recognize his presence, have
the word of the Lord. And I got in that place
that was just so nice. And all of a sudden I
looked at the Lord, the Lord looked at me and
I said, you're not moved about this one bit.
And he looked at me and he said, no, I'm really
chill about this. I said, well, then I am too.
Thank you very much. Never thought about it.
Another day, two and a half months later, We
were out in San Diego where my doctor friend
is. She said, I'm taking you over to Tijuana
to get you another test. She did, and it came
back a little bit better than the other one.
And then she said, I'm going to get you an MRI.
So she put me in an MRI. And that's in one of
those places when you go on through, you almost
think you're going to the other side. So I said,
hmm. You know, you heard people going through
a tunnel, and then they're on the other side.
But I came back. And the technician called her,
and this is what he said. I think we got the
wrong guy. She said, send me those reports. She
calls me up and she says, it's impossible. I
said, what? She said, you have two perfect kidneys.
I said, well, why wouldn't I? She said, Jim,
you don't understand. Your blood work and then,
this is a medical impossibility. I said, but
it's not impossible with God, right? So she knew
that story. So she walks in and this is what
she does. And I needed this because I'm a person
that moves by challenge. Like, challenge me.
So she walks in and puts her hands on me, and
she goes, hmm, hmm. And then she pats me. She
goes, no, you're good. Walks out. And I thought,
I am. Pushed myself up. Everything disappeared
instantly. Now, what are we talking about? The
tangibility of God. He's in this room. He's real.
The reason why they saw and were naked and now
ashamed is because when the glory left them,
they're left with their physical bodies. Paul
said over in 2 Corinthians chapter 5, he said,
I'm groaning. Why are you groaning, Paul? That's
a serious thing. Do you have a tummy problem?
Are you upset? He said, no. It's because I want
to take this mortality of mine and dunk it in
the sea of immortality. And he talked about what?
The glory being on his house, clothing, spiritual
clothing. That's what Adam, that's what Eve had.
When they sinned, they lost that clothing. Now,
guess what they're supposed to do? Now they've
got to walk around. And this is the world of
Adam that we all grew up in. The world of Adam
is the world of you doing what you need to do
in your earthly suit. To fend for yourself. They
didn't know how to make food. God made them food.
They didn't know how to make a shelter. God gave
them shelter. They didn't have to wear clothes.
God gave them clothes. On the way out, he slipped
them some leather. I like his thinking. Amen?
Now think for me. They walked out into a hostile
world and they've got to fend for themselves.
Now they're open to every suggestion under the
sun. And guess what they're leaning upon? Their
own ability. And that's the world that we've
perfected. And we think it's the real world,
but it's not. It's Adam's world. God was really
upset with the Adam's family. That's the reason
why Jesus wasn't the second Adam. He was the
last of the Adams. So he came to fulfill what
Adam messed up. Then he took the family down
into the grave and he didn't resurrect the Adam
family. He came out of the grave as a resurrected
and glorified Christ that as many as would receive
him, to them he gives power to become sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name, who
were born not of the flesh, not of blood, not
of the will of man, but were born, help me, of
God. God beings on this side of the cross. God
-men on this side of the cross. And what were
we clothed with? The glory. Come on, we're told
that if the unseen powers had known what they
were doing in 1 Corinthians 2, if they had known
what they were doing when they crucified the
Lord of glory, they never would have crucified
him because that glory was meant for our glory.
And the great mystery of the church is Christ
in you, the hope of glory. Now help me with this
for a few moments. When Brother Hagin said, I
want you to take over the prayer and healing
center, I said, are you going to help me? And
he laughed. He said, no, I'm not going to help
you. I said, seriously, you're not going to help
me? He said, no. I said, why would you say that?
He said, I had to get it on my own. You get it
on your own. I thought, all right, I'll get it
on my own. Bless God, I will. Now, he had an
open door for me and I would go over all the
time and share with him things that we understood.
But the first three months were horrible. I preached
my heart out until I could hardly talk, lost
my singing voice. We saw more people die than
live. It should have been a hospice home. We
just said next. Yeah, yeah, honestly. I mean,
I couldn't sleep at night for thinking how horrible
we were doing, not representing God in any way,
shape, or form, and yet preaching our hearts
out. Three months of that and I said, Lord, enough
of this. I'm going to find myself something else
to do if you can't help me. I said, here's the
deal. I've learned this because at that particular
time in the faith camp, we were saying things
like this. If you just had enough faith, you'd
get healed. Yeah, but it's the shepherd that
takes the sheep to either the good pasture or
the bad pasture, the good stream or the bad stream.
So I went before God and said things like this.
If you can change me, we can change Healing School.
I need you to fix me. And I laid on the floor,
didn't realize how good of a prayer that was.
And instantly, God began to give me revelation.
And within one month of that revelation, we showed
up at Healing School and the power of God started
dropping all over the room. We changed our voice.
People listen different. They expected to get
something. Just like in this room, if you start
checking yourself, you'll see that there's symptoms
that have disappeared already in this room. When
I shared to you that symptoms to sickness is
the same as temptation to sin, there's some of
you right there that rejected the symptoms that
are in your body, and there's a change happening
in your body right now. But now I've got to experiment
with things. Because I'm in the healing center,
things are beginning to turn around, and I've
got to experiment with the anointing. Remember,
we're containers. The presence can come into
us, but the presence can be revealed through
us. How do you know that? Look at Jesus on the
Mount of Transfiguration. He becomes the example
of someone that as he prayed, didn't say two
weeks into his prayer, didn't say four hours
into his prayer, as he prayed, how come it happened
so quickly? Because he would never allow himself
to be disconnected from the Father. Remember
what he said? I can of myself do nothing. Wait
a minute. He can do anything he wants to. How
could he say I can of myself do nothing? That
is to the degree that he emptied himself and
that is to the degree that he was filled. The
reason why most of us aren't filled very much
is because we don't empty ourselves very much.
He put himself at the disposal of his father
to say I will not make any choice while I'm on
this earth. Everything I see him do is what I
do. Everything I hear him say is what I say.
And to that degree that he emptied himself was
to that degree he was filled. So I began to experiment.
I'm preaching in a service. Service is over.
My hands got real hot. I'm sitting there rubbing
my hands like this. There's a little eight -year
-old boy all the way over there with that little
girl that's got the pink on right there, that
little sweet girl right there. He was way over
there. And I'm sitting right here. Pastor's taking
up the offering. And I'm thinking, Lord, I got
to get rid of this anointing somehow because
this is just like almost irritating. It was so
hot. Already ministered to the people. So I went
like this to him and he finally, I caught his
attention and he said, me? And I said, yes, you,
come here. So he comes all the way across like
this and he comes and he says, what do you want?
And I said, I'm sitting here all alone. Would
you sit with me for a couple of minutes? He said,
okay. And I said, sit right. And before he came,
I put my hand on the chair. And I said, I released
the anointing in this chair. And that power that
was hot went into the chair. My hand became normal.
There was redness in the center of my hand. It
became completely normal. I knew the power was
in the chair. I said, sit right here. And I pointed
to him where I put my hand. He sat down. I folded
my arms and crossed my legs. I looked down like
this. I just winked at him. Went to watch the
pastor like this. In about 10 seconds, I heard
these noises. And I leaned over and said, what
are you doing? He said, I don't know. I said,
why are you doing that? He said, I'm really,
really hot. I said, do you want to go back to
your mom and dad? He said, yes. And he ran real
quickly back to his mom and dad. I just wanted
to prove, see, that the anointing has the ability
to come out, go into something. When it goes
into something, if someone's innocent enough,
it'll come out. You don't know how good those
legs are, but you should find out. Hallelujah.
This presence is amazing. It's all around us
at all times. Jesus is walking through a crowd.
A woman reached us, touched the tassel. Something
came out of me. She knew in herself and felt
something went into me. Both of them felt something.
When Jesus said, who touched me? The disciples
looked around and said, well, Lord, everybody's
touching you. What do you mean who touched you?
But see, they weren't understanding that when
someone believes something, someone just believes
something. Wait a minute. I'm just giving you
the real simple deal here. Someone just believes
something. Someone just believes something. Someone
would believe over here that God's fallen on
them like rain, that symptoms don't mean what
you think they mean, that they're disappearing
right now, that tumors, praise the Lord, are
leaving, pains are leaving. Someone just believes
that. Power's released. Jesus stands, he lifts
his hand, and as he prays, glory starts coming
out of him. Listen very closely to this. When
I was in healing school, I wanted to focus on
something I could bet on 100 % of the time. You
say, what do you mean? I put my focus on the
anointing within instead of the anointing upon.
Well, weren't you operating in gifts? I didn't
even think about gifts. Because as long as I'm
operating with the anointed one, in other words,
the Holy Spirit that's within me, he's the giver
of the gifts. If I'm paying attention to him
and working with him, then most likely I'll operate
in and out of gifts, but I won't have to be mindful
of them. I'm mindful that I actually put... I'm
coming from Tallahassee Airport. I'm trying to
get to a service. I'm about 30 minutes late.
Our plane was delayed. And on the way going there,
because I had given some tip to somebody and
I had an extra couple dollars in my pocket, I
see a guy standing on the side of the road holding
a sign. And I thought, I know I'm late, but there's
no one here. I can quickly just go over. So I
pull over while I put my finger on the auto window
to come down. The window's down. Got my hand
in my pocket. I pull right up and give him the
money. And he does a little blessing on me like
this. And then I read his sign, which says, why
lie? I just want beer. And I thought, you dog,
you know. I wish I could have read that sign
before I gave you that money. But the point of
the story is, because I knew I had it, I could
get it. I got it somewhere. Hold on a second.
I don't have much time. Sorry, pal. I got to
go. See if you don't know where it is. Maybe
you do have it, but you don't know where it is.
Everything about Christianity. is recognition
and awareness. What are you aware of? What do
you recognize? Because what you're not aware
of, what you don't recognize, you won't use.
I said you won't use. The reason why I didn't
fold when I got the heart thing is because I
know too much. I'm willing to bet my life on
that that's a lie and that greater is he that's
in me than he that's in the world. And the moment
you don't care about dying, that's the moment
you can live. I put all my attention on the anointing
within. Why? Because I could control that. What
do you mean? Over in John chapter five, it says
the father gives the life to whom he will. And
he has given the son to have life in himself.
And he also gives to whom he will. What do you
mean? At my will, I can release life. Why? Because
he came that I might have life and have it. What?
More abundantly. In other words, I've got oodles
and oodles of this stuff to release from the
inside. Do you know what life is? It's called
zoe. You know what zoe means? Life in the absolute
sense. Do you know what life in the absolute
sense is? Have you ever studied absolute cold?
Cold isn't like 20 degrees below zero and you're
like, this is so cold. No, absolute cold is the
absence of any warmth whatsoever. If you stepped
into absolute cold immediately, you'd be gone.
Because it would suck out of your body every
ounce of warmth. Because in absolute cold, there
is no warmth. Do you know what absolute life,
Zoe, is? The absence of any sickness, disease,
or death. The moment you release it. And guess
what? We can control that. Why? Because we have
it and we can give what we have. Guess what Peter
and John said? Such as I, oh, such as I have,
give I thee. Wow. Who's struggling in your heart
right in here? Heart. You, ma 'am? Sir? Come
up here real quickly. Hearts. We're going to
minister tomorrow morning as well. We'll finish
up tomorrow morning, whatever we leave behind
tonight. Now, Erin has learned this too. That's
why I love having her help me. Just face me.
Yep, just like that. And everybody else can just
go like, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Okay.
Just step up here a little bit. There you go.
Just like that. Sir, right in here. Ma 'am, right
in here. Anybody else with a heart? Well, y 'all
got hearts, but I mean, you need one that needs
healing. Anybody else? Aaron and I know one thing,
and we don't know a lot, but one thing we do
know, and it's the main thing, is I can get what's
in me into you, and so can she. You know how
that began to happen? The Lord said to me one
day, study verbs. I was so happy. You know why
I was happy? Because I knew what one was. Wouldn't
that be terrible if the Lord said, study verbs?
What's a verb? Right? Wouldn't that be horrible?
I need to look that up. I knew what it was. Action.
Like out of your belly will flow rivers of living
water. Why would I study that? Because it gives
me a picture. Something's coming out of me. And
if I see something coming out of me, when I know
I possess the something that can come out of
me, guess what it'll do? It'll come out of me.
And the more I use it, the more confident I become
in it to where I can wear it without even having
to get it out of me. Did you hear what I said?
To where I can wear it. That's what Jesus did.
When that woman touched that tassel in the Aramaic,
the passion translation helps us by saying the
power that was always moving around him went
out of him. See, it's going around him and it
went into a woman. It wasn't just that he had
it in him and he just didn't even know it. And
someone just thought, no, he was aware that something
was around him at all times. This other world
is real. Listen real closely to this statement.
If you want to know the world that you don't
know, you're going to have to turn your back
on the one that you do. It all works on a balance
scale. To be absent from the body is to be present
with the Lord. What's it saying? Well, that's
for death. Use it for life. It's saying to the
degree that he's real to you is the degree that
the world is becoming less and less real. But
if the world is really real to you, you probably
don't know the voice of the Lord as well. Oh,
I want to know the voice of the Lord. Okay, then
turn down the voice that you do. It's not hard.
Your focus is in the wrong place. God is speaking.
What you're not hearing is because what you're
hearing is too loud. Have you ever had kids that
had something to say? Turn that TV down. I can't
hear myself. What? Think. We make this so difficult.
Like I got to jump through hoops. No, you don't.
You're a spirit. Romans 6, 10, and 11 in the
Message Bible says, now that you found out that
sin means nothing to you and speaks a dead language,
God speaks your mother tongue and you hang on
every word. When you're in a foreign airport
and everybody's speaking a language you don't
understand and somebody says, hey John, there's
a McDonald's. You go, oh my gosh, where's the
American? How come you heard that? That's your
mother tongue. We can get good at this, people.
Come on, the writer of Hebrews, Paul tried to
tell us in the fifth chapter, you can become
skilled in discerning of that which is of the
spirit, that which is of the flesh. And you can
step over into the heavenly realm. This is something
you can do. I'm sharing this tonight because
we're the prevailing church. I'm not sharing
this because I'm the prevailing minister. You're
the prevailing church and you all possess the
life of God. And you can give this life when
you want to. And what makes it flow is that you
believe you have it. That's why we learn faith,
everybody. It wasn't just for the bigger house
and the nicer bicycle. It was to experience God
and walk with him. That's what faith was for.
And when you walk with him, you'll have the best
bicycle and you'll live in a grand house. And
here's the other thing. When you walk with God,
you don't even really care what house you live
in because you're with him. He changes even your
desires. I know you're hearing me. Wow. Fire's
coming in my hands right now. You had heart problems?
Yeah. Well, you know, you're going to find out.
I felt that right now, sir. Just like that's
it right there. Fire comes in that heart. You
let her touch you. In the name of Jesus, that's
it right there. Heaven. Now, this will be the
simplest thing you ever did. Because all I'm
going to ask you to do is, Nothing. You already
did the best part. You came. You wouldn't have
come lest you believe. That's it right there.
The name of Jesus. Hallelujah. You say, what
did you just do? Listen to me. Oh, there's things
I'd like to share with you. The anointing works
with, in my life, my mouth. It works with my
mouth. That's why if I get in front of somebody,
if I'll talk or engage them, the anointing will
drop. Now, it may work with somebody some other
way, but it works with my mouth. My tongue's
hooked up to the Holy Ghost and then things start
happening. It can work that way with you. You
say, how'd you get that? Praying in an unknown
tongue. That's how I got it. I pray in the Spirit
all the time and I've learned how to get this
connected with this. So when I stand in the pulpit
within seconds, I'm connected. And when you're
connected to the source, you're always going
to get... For today, and even in this moment
and hour, you step over into a realm of the Spirit
that you have known in part, but now you shall
have ownership as though you know what you're
doing. That's it. Fire. Are you ready? Hallelujah.
There's some other things that God's going to
do for you too. I won't even say a word, but
she's going to put her hands on you. And when
she does, that's the fire of God. Hallelujah.
And you listen to me, dear one, as you're on
that floor, the spirit of the Lord comes upon
you even now. And he gives you insight into your
future. And you will understand with clarity.
And the fear and the anxiety of your life leaves
you today. Do you hear what I said? And that
was accurate. Amen. Hallelujah. Look at me for
a second. I know you've had moments in your life
where you laughed and just enjoyed a very fun
moment. And I want you to know from this very
moment. You will be that person again because
there'll be nothing to be concerned about, but
I'm going to have to hit you. Sorry. She's going
to put her hands on you and I'm going to smack
you in the back. Okay. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
I'm so glad you're just in the neck. That's it
right there. I wish all of the folks we minister
to were that easy. Praise the Lord. In the name
of the Lord, I want you to see right now heavenly
jumper cables from heaven through my hands and
Aaron's hands into your life. And I'm telling
you right now, there is no way your body remains
the same. Heaven changes you right now. You'll
have the report in your hand in Jesus' name.
Sit right there. Oh, the fire comes on you right
there. Jesus comes into you right there. She's
going to put her hands on you. Go ahead, hon.
In the name. Hold her up. Hold her right up here.
In the name, take more. More. More life. More
life. For there's other things that you need
as well. I know that. And they leave you right
now and you won't have a pain as you go back
to your seat. Not one in your body. In Jesus'
name. Check it all out and see that the Lord
set you free. Will you do that? Now you can fall.
Lift your hands for just a moment. Come on. You
listen so well. The hour is 8 .54. I know. Not
just trying to stop, but at the same time. How
many in this room, as you're worshiping the Lord,
first of all, put your hands down. Let's do this.
Just take two more minutes. How many are in this
service, and you can already tell, symptoms have
already left you? Look at the hands. Look at
the hands around here. Symptoms have already
left just sitting there. Keep them up. Keep them
up. Don't be afraid. Listen, don't be afraid
that you're testifying. Now the devil's going
to come and take it back. Double dog dare him
to try to come and take it back. He's a liar.
You're seated in heavenly places. He can't get
anywhere near the throne. God lives in you. This
is when you use greater is he that's in me than
he that's in the world. And stick your neck out
as far as you can and say, double dog dare you
to try to take this back from me. You didn't
give it to me. You didn't take this away in the
first place. You can't put it back on me. You
get real sassy with him. You let him know you're
not afraid. Get your hand up a little higher.
What happened to you while you're sitting here,
ma 'am? Amen. A lot of warmth. That's the presence
of the Lord. Did you need healing? Yeah. Did
you check it yet? Where were you having it the
most? But where was the rheumatoid arthritis?
Okay, then give me your hands. Hey, healings
are messy. It's not my hair, you know what I
mean? See, that's what you do. You're going to
raise your hand. You got to be willing to, you
know, be tossed around a little bit. Now listen,
as much fun as I knew I could have with her,
how did you know? There's just something about
her that said, just mess with me, okay? Listen,
listen, what I did with her is a lesson for you.
You don't have to be careful with the anointing,
like you're afraid the Holy Ghost is just gonna
be, Just leave you or... No, no, no, no. This
is your father. It's already paid for. And you're
stepping into something that he's wanted you
to walk in. In fact, he didn't want you to actually
have the symptoms in the first place. That's
why... Are you with me? Are you with me? Are
you with me? So what I did to mess with her,
you can do yourself. You need to be careful.
My dad always said you're like a bull in a china
shop. Maybe that's part of the reason. I don't
know. That's my perspective. But some people,
you know, they just want to go to a pool and
stick a toe in. Why would you do that? It takes
like 30 minutes to get your body in. And then
when you get it up to your waist, you go on your
tiptoes to say, don't splash me. While everybody
else who went off the diving board just gets
blessed right away. I'm working on you to get
a mentality into you of how powerful he is. Now,
the hands that went up all of this room, if we
had time, we'd get your testimonies and hear
all the things that God's doing without anybody
touching you. Tomorrow morning, I'm going to
jump right back into this flow. We'll minister
to people, get them set free, teach you a couple
simple things that'll make you just absolutely
an animal towards the devil if he tries to come
and mess with you. All right? Real quick. Is
there anybody in here? You can't come back at
any time in this conference. This is the only
time you could be here and you wanted to be ministered
to. We'll go ahead and lay hands on you real
quickly. All right. Is there anyone like that?
Yes, sir. Come on. Anyone else? Anyone else?
Sir, you too? Yeah, come on. Yeah. What do you
need God to do, sir? Healing what? For your wife?
Okay, where is she now? She's in Arizona, all
right? You got her phone number? All right, so
this is only gonna work if you'll do what I say.
If you'll make sure as soon as I, a minute, wow,
I'm feeling something on you right now. She's
got problems all down her spine, is that right?
Okay, okay. I'm getting ready to do something
really crazy, all right? All right? But as soon
as I'm done and you pick yourself off the floor,
you say, how do you know I'm going to be on the
floor? You're going to be on the floor. And when
you get back, we'll decide whether it's going
to hurt later. When you get back to your phone,
you're going to text her and you're going to
say, I was just run over by a Mack truck. God
touched me. It's just about fire in Jesus' name.
Amen. Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. And you're going to text her and
say, that just happened. And when you text her,
I'll guarantee you we can get your testimony
tomorrow that God touches her instantaneously.
And she's set free. Amen. What about you? Yeah.
You just need a little oil. All right. Isn't
that okay? All right. Just as simple as this.
I'm not, I'm not, you know, I'm, I don't like
tackle everybody. Okay. Just to let you know,
you know, I mean, I don't care. I mean, you know,
cause I remember this one guy, he was about six
foot seven and I went to pray for him and I was
going to go way up like this cause his head was
so high. And when I went, I stretched my arm
up. I heard the word of the Lord said, punch
him in the chest as hard as you can. And so I
stepped back because I didn't want to listen
to that, you know. And so I thought, well, I
better do what the Lord tells me to do. So I
said, hey, sir. And this big voice came, yes,
preacher. And I said, the Lord's going to tell,
has told me to punch you in the chest as hard
as I can. And the guy goes, on one condition,
preacher. And I thought, I thought I was in charge
of this. And all of a sudden it just switched,
you know. And I said, what's the condition? He
said, if it doesn't work, I'm going to hit you
back. And so, so, you know, I said, close your
eyes. And the thought went through my mind, clip
them right here, knock them out and then get
out of town. And so I reared back and I said,
Lord, if we're going to do this, we're just going
to do it big. And I reared back and went, when
I hit him as hard as I could, it was like this.
And he just sat there and looked at me. And so
I did the only thing I knew to do. And that is
challenge the devil. I got up on my toes. I put
my finger right in his nose. And I said, I dare
you. I dare you to check it and see what God
did. Check it. And I just got real, just absolutely
out of myself. And the guy begins to check it.
And big old saucer tears comes down. He lifted
his hand and said, oh, praise the Lord. I'm healed.
And I turned around and grabbed my heart and
said, God, I almost died. The Lord's been touching
it, brother. That's why I know it's healed. Look
at that. Yeah. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. Lift
up your hands. Let's lift up. Oh, we got one
more. One more. Yes, ma 'am. Hi, Eli. Erin, come
on. He deals with brittle bones. Yeah. And he
just was going to have a surgery to get femurs
in both his, like, rods in both his femurs. And
we got the flu and we canceled it and it's rescheduled,
but we're believing that he's going to be healed.
Would Eli actually let me hold him? Would Eli,
can I hold you, buddy? Hey. Hey. Come on, everybody,
just for a second here. Just extend your faith
with us. Father, I thank you. That the very life
of Jesus comes out of me and into this little
boy, Eli. Jesus, I thank you that you paid for
this. Now every bone, every muscle responds.
And healing is now released into this boy. Everything
changes. For we decree it so. We bind up the
word of the affliction and we loose this life
eternal in Jesus' wonderful name. Now go walk
and go be well, Eli. Yeah, he's never walked,
but he told us at the dinner table he was gonna
walk home. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Eli,
come on. Yes, you can stand. Of course you can.
And you can walk now. Come on. Come on. Yep.
You can walk. That's it. Come on. You can walk.
Good boy. Get stronger and stronger. Come on,
Eli. Here we go. Walk. Yep. Yep. Come on. Keep
coming. That's it. That's it. That's it. Hallelujah.
Thank you, Lord Jesus. Keep coming, boy. Let's
turn around to your mom and look at this. Now
give me your hand. Give me your hand. Here you
go. I got you. Walk to mommy. There you go. Walk
faster now. Walk faster now. Walk faster now.
Walk faster. There you go. You're on the road
to running. Jesus' wonderful name. Amen. Thank
you, Lord. Pastor, if you'd like. Thank you for
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