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Brother Moses Vey. Hallelujah. I love you, Bill.

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Hallelujah. Thank you very much. Thank you, Pastor.

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What an honor it is to be here with all of you

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folks here and wherever this place is. Only the

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Lord can find this place, I tell you. And a few

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grass farmers, but what a marvelous place. It's

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just beautiful. The atmosphere is wonderful,

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and it's great to be back here with you. I really

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feel at home, really feel welcome, and it's been

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so good to see the power of God moving in this

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place and to hear what the Lord's saying. I enjoyed

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the prayer time together. I especially appreciated

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the freedom that your pastor gave to all of the

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folks that were there in prayer just to express

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themselves. Whatever the Lord's saying, the Bible

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teaches us, he that hath an ear to hear, let

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him hear. Eight times in the revelation of Jesus,

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he said, he that hath an ear to hear, let him

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hear. What the Spirit's saying. The voice of

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God is continuous. Only our hearing is intermittent.

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God's always speaking. Amen. He said, you call

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on me and I'll answer you. What I was particularly

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touched by this afternoon or this evening was

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the quietness. You know, how many know you get

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people on the phone and especially these... automated

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phone calls that none of us like to get. And

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they just start spilling off. You know right

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away it's a tape. They're not wanting for you

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to say anything. They just want to deliver themselves.

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I think a lot of times we're that way when we

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pray. We want to tell God how to do it, when

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to do it, who to get, who not to get. And God

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said, shh. I said, you call on me and I'll answer

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you. And I will show you. I will show you. That's

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God's promise. I will show you great and mighty

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things you've never done. Amen? So this marvelous

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body of people living on the edge of enlargement.

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And that's the word the Lord's given me for you

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tonight. But before, my good friend, Brother

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Garlington used to say, before I preach, I'd

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like to say something. And as I was praying specifically

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for this meeting, and I do understand that we're

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supposed to repeat these meetings. The message

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is pretty well each time. We'll see what happens.

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I can never promise to be exactly the same. But

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I know God has people in every service that he

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wants to reach. And he has a word for you tonight.

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And he's brought you here for such a time as

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this. But I want to give this prophetic word

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to the church. This is something I felt for the

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whole body as a preface to what I will be speaking

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on. And it's in your Bible in Isaiah chapter

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49. Now I'm going to read from the Amplified

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because I like the Amplified when it agrees with

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my doctrine. But this is something remarkable

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here where God said, Sing for joy, O heavens,

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and be... joyful, O earth. Isaiah 49, verse 13.

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All right. Are we all there? Amen. Page 939,

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if you have the right Bible. All right. Sing

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for joy, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and

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break forth into singing, O mountains. For the

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Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion

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upon his afflicted. But Zion says, The Lord has

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forsaken me and my Lord has forgotten me. Here

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is God giving a tremendous encouragement to his

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church, to his people. And the people respond

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and say, yes, but God, you've forgotten me. And

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the Lord, is there anybody here tonight that

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feels like maybe the Lord even forgot your address

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or your phone number? No, God knows where you

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are. He knows all about you. And here's what

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God says. And the Lord answered, Can a woman

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forget her nursing child, that she should not

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have compassion on the son of her womb? Oh, yes,

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they may forget. Yet I will not forget you. That's

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a promise from God for somebody here tonight

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that needs to hear this. God says, I am not forgetting

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you. And the reason is, I have you indelibly

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engraved on the palms of both of my hands. God

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says, I have a picture of you, a photograph of

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you. I have you tattooed on my hands. And every

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time I whoop you, I look at the picture. It's

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not what you are now, but it's what you're going

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to be. And you're being conformed into his image.

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We're all going to look like Jesus when he gets

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through with us. Amen. You may think you're really,

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you know, the cat's pajamas, but we're all going

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to look the same. Amen. You say, no. Well, God's

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shaping us and conforming us into the image of

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his dear son. That's his purpose, right? Now

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here's what God says. Listen to me carefully.

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I have your finished picture. I want you to think

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about it. Life Bible Church, is this what this

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place is called? Life Bible Church, God has your

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finished picture. Not what you are right now.

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But if you can handle it. It's what he has in

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mind for you. What he's already projected. He's

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already designed. He is the architect. He is

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the contractor. He's the builder. He's the author.

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He's the finisher. I mean, God never starts a

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project that he don't finish. And if God has

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anything to do with you, he's got everything

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to do with you. Now you're getting there. Now,

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Zion says, God's forsaken me and God's forgotten

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me. But God said, how can I forget you? I've

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already got your picture engraved on both of

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the palms of my hands. So whatever I'm doing

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in you has already been settled. It's finished.

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I wish you could see beyond today as God does

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see. I wish you could see the fulfillment of

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all that God has already predicted for you. Amen.

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Eye hasn't seen it. Ear hasn't heard it. The

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heart couldn't even comprehend it. The things

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that God has already prepared for you that love

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him. That's in the Bible. Amen? So God's getting

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you ready for that which he has already ready

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for you. So he's processing us. Listen to this

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word. This isn't all. This is just my preface.

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This is not. Don't start the clock yet. He said,

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your walls are continually before me. God's all

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the time thinking about your environment. your

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walls, your structure. And then he says, your

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children and your builders are making haste.

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Your children and your builders are coming. They're

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coming in droves. Your children and your builders

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make haste. but your destroyers and those who

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laid you waste will go forth from you. Thank

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you, brother. I got a little bit of fire, and

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if I get a little water, we may have some steam.

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Now, here's what God's saying to the church here,

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way out here in the boonies of Oregon. I have

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already destined your destiny. I have you already

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in my plan and purpose. And God said two things

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are going to happen. I'm going to send you children.

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The same word for builders in the Hebrew, same

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word for children is the same word for builders.

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It literally means those which are building blocks.

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Your sons and daughters, children, are coming

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to you. I'm going to send you builders. I'm going

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to put builders in your midst. And then I'm going

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to take away from you the destroyers. That's

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a heavy promise, folks. God said, I'm going to

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send you builders, but I'm going to keep destroyers

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away from you. A good thing to remember and a

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better thing to do. Is always work with the builders

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and not the wrecking crew. Amen. For as sure

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as you're living, the enemy would like to tear

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down. But Jesus didn't come to tear down. He

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came to build up. He said, I will build my church.

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And the gates of hell shall not prevail against

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it. Amen. So here is a church. Life Bible Church.

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with a sense of destiny and uncontrollable boldness,

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living in the Word of God, who have received

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Jesus Christ as Lord. These live in the unrestrainable

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power of the Holy Ghost, becoming an incredible,

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irresistible force. I'm talking about the members

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of this church that have been transferred into

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another kingdom where you all operate as citizens

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and ambassadors and militia of the glorious kingdom

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of Jesus Christ. For the father has drawn us

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to himself out of the control and dominion of

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darkness and transferred us into the kingdom

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of his beloved son. We who have been born anew,

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we have an inheritance in Jesus Christ. We are

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somebody. And we're going someplace. And God

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is more interested in building big people than

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he is building big churches. Amen. Are you hearing

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me? God is far more interested in building you

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as an individual into the family and purpose

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of God. And when we understand that, it's going

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to make all the difference. All right, let's

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turn the page over a couple of pages to chapter

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54. Amen. How many know that chapter 54 follows

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53? That's really deep, isn't it? Now in chapter

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53 of Isaiah, we have the whole description of

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the marvelous, holy, and awesome sacrifice of

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Jesus Christ on the cross. Everything that Christ

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suffered is portrayed here for us in Isaiah 53.

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But it starts out with these words, and I think

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this is very appropriate that I give you this

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at the beginning. First of all, he said, who

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has believed our report? And to whom is the arm

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of the Lord been revealed? In other words, who

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is it that's believing God's report? Now, the

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Hebrew word there is very interesting because,

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first of all, it's in the feminine. In the Hebrew,

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we have masculine and feminine words. Here we

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have it in the feminine and literally here's

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what it says. Who is she who says amen to her

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husband's report? Who is she, the wife, who agrees

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with her husband? Because here we're being brought

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into identity. I've heard a lot here tonight

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about... about husband and wife and relationships,

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and we are the bride of Christ. I've heard this

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repeated several times, both here and in the

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prayer room. And I was listening because I'm

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on that wavelength. And you'll see where we're

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going tonight. My message tonight is simply this.

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It's time for enlargement. But God is calling

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for his bride, his church, of which you and I

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are members. Paul the apostle said we have been

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delivered from the law. We're no longer under

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that bondage so that we might be married to another.

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That is even to Christ that we may bring forth

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seed unto him. That's very powerful. Then he

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goes on to tell us that we are espoused to Christ.

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engaged to Christ. So therefore, he wants us

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to keep our relationships pure. So we are the

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bride of Christ. We are now the bride of Christ.

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There's going to be a celebration one of these

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days, but we're already committed and we're connected.

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And he calls us his bride. It's a tremendous

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principle that is a mystery. According to Paul's

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letter to the Ephesians, it's a mystery, but

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it's a marvelous mystery. And what he's saying

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here is in chapter 53, I want to give you the

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report, he says, but who is she that's going

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to say amen to it? I hope it's us who are here

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tonight. I hope we, every one of us can say,

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yes, Lord, I say amen to the report. I believe

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the report. Amen. All right? Now, as we go into

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that 53rd chapter, we have the description of

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the sufferings of our Christ. He was wounded

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for our transgressions. He was bruised for our

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iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was

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upon him, and by his stripes we were healed.

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All of us were like sheep gone astray, but the

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Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all. Not

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only did he die for our sins, as we heard so

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beautifully tonight, in the blood of the Lamb,

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but also for our afflictions, for our healing.

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And I want to talk a little bit about that tonight

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too. But first of all, let's look at chapter

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54. After Christ has been crucified, vilified,

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humiliated, and he makes his grave in with the

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rich. The Bible said he was buried in a rich

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man's tomb, just borrowed tomb because he didn't

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need it very long. Hallelujah. Now, the Bible

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says after his death and crucifixion and all

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the physical sufferings he went through and the

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fact that he was buried. Now then, the next verse,

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the next word in the prophetic from Isaiah the

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prophet is sing. Let's say it. Come on, with

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a little more enthusiasm. Sing. Hallelujah. Why?

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Why you think, no, let's not sing. Let's weep.

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Let's mourn. We just buried a man. The man, Christ

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Jesus. But he's not there. We don't mourn for

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his physical death. The fact is we enter into

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the triumph of his death, burial, and resurrection.

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And so now the Lord says to the bride, sing,

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O barren one. You who did not bear, break forth

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into singing and cry loud. You who did not travail

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with child, for the children of the desolate

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one will be more than the children of the married

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wife, says the Lord. Now here's what he says

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to the church here. This is God's word to you

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tonight. Enlarge the place of your tent. and

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let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitation.

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Spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen

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thy stakes. Now here we have powerful directions

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from the Lord. He said, I want you to start singing

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in anticipation of a birthing that is already

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decreed by God. And he said, I want you to get

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happy about it now. I want you to start singing

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and knitting booties. Some of you younger folks

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don't know what that means. Maybe some of you

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older ones don't either. Been a long time since

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you knitted booties. But when you have anticipation

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and when you have expectation, and we have a

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term that says she's expecting. Well, you know,

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moms, you can't be a little bit pregnant. You

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know that. You either are or you're not. And

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if you are, you know you are. And pretty well

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everybody else knows you are after a while. All

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right? Now, here's what he said. Sing, for thou

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shalt break forth on the right hand and on the

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left. and thy seed shall inherit the nations,

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the Gentiles, which means the ethos, many nations,

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and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

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Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed, neither

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be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put

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to shame, for thou shalt forget the shame of

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thy youth. and shall not remember the reproach

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of your widowhood anymore. And then in verse

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13, and all your spiritual children shall be

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discipled. They shall be taught by the Lord and

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obedient to his will, and great shall be the

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peace and undisturbed composure of your children.

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Now, these powerful... powerful words speak to

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us of something awesome that God wants to do

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right here in Life Bible Family Church. Hallelujah.

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For this is an hour. The church is triumphant.

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I just, you know, there are over 70 different

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definitions of the church in the Bible. The church

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is called the ecclesia, which means the called

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out ones. The church is called a mighty army

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with banners. The church is called fair as the

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moon and brighter than the sun. The church is

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called many, many things in the Bible. The church

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is called a soldier or an army. And all of these

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definitions, the church is called a bride. One

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of the most wonderful descriptions of the church,

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it's called the kurikodom in the Greek, and it

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means the habitation of God. It's the place where

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he dwells. He dwells in the midst of the church.

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He walks in the midst of the church. He loves

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to come to this building when you're here. He

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wouldn't be here just to see the hay out in the

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field. He's here to see you. He didn't come here

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just to get warm or hot or cold. He's always

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even tempered. Amen. And he's been in the fire

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and didn't burn. He's walked through the flood

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and didn't drown. Amen? You can find him in the

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South Pole or in the North Pole, or you can find

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him out there in the Sahara, no matter where

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you go. And I've been in about 80 different countries

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now, and I find Jesus everywhere. And the amazing

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thing is he speaks all the languages, and they

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can talk to him, and he understands them. And

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I say, oh, glory, hallelujah. Now, what are we

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talking about? The church is triumphant. But

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I want to say to the church, it's time for enlargement.

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Enlargement. I'm not just talking about knocking

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a wall out here and just getting all frenzied

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and start building with mud and brick and mortar.

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But I'm talking about something that's got to

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happen in our heart before it happens out there.

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Are you with me? It's moving time. You better

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get ready because the Lord told me he's fixing

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to do some awesome things here. He said he's

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going to bring you a mighty wave of new birth.

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And we're going to see sons and daughters born

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into the kingdom of God like we haven't seen

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before. We're going to see sons and daughters.

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We're going to see multitudes of young people

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come into Jesus. I was thrilled to hear our pastor

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talking about the little puppet trailer going

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out here. That's good. That's a good start. But

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listen, we're going to see something that'll

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transcend all of that. We're going to see God

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sovereignly touching people all around this community,

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and God's going to bring them in, but he's doing

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something in your heart here tonight and tomorrow

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morning and the next service. I think we have

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two more services after this, but I know he's

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going to continue this work. But I want to talk

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to you about that because the winds of God are

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blowing. We heard it tonight in the prophetic.

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There's a great shaking going on. The Bible said

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when he builds up Zion, when he builds up Zion,

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the set time has come to favor Zion. And when

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he builds up Zion, then he shall appear in his

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glory. Psalms 102 verse 16. When God builds up

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Zion, when something is in the process of being

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built up, there is an attendant glory. We don't

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have to work it up. We don't have to try to pull

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it down. We don't have to try to make it happen.

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When God starts building something, his glory

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is attendant. When he began a work in you, it

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was the glory of God that came over you. His

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glory come over you just as the Holy Ghost came

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over Mary and she conceived and bore a son named

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Jesus. There is a supernatural overshadowing

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of the Holy Ghost that comes over every new convert,

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everyone born, not of the will of the flesh,

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not of the will of man, but by the will of God.

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How many believe you're a miracle child? Well,

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you are too. Amen. You're not just a normal has

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-been. No, every one of you are significant to

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God. God is absolutely awesome. He's an awesome

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God. And all of his kids are awesome -ites. God

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has never produced one insignificant child. Amen.

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Now here's what the Lord says to his bride, the

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one who says amen, the one who agrees with his

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report. Whose report are you going to believe?

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Who has believed the report of the Lord? I want

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to talk to you a little bit about that in a moment,

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but let's go back here to the text. What's he

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saying to the church? Sing, O barren one. Why

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should I sing? I've been barren. Do you understand,

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folks, tonight we're living in a country that

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has absolutely despised babies being born. We

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have slaughtered 45 or to 50 million that we

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know of in the last 30 years or so. A whole generation

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of people have been murdered and wiped out. You

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say, well, that's statistics. We read that in

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the newspaper. But think about it. And then think

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about the millions in America that cannot have

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a baby. I'm talking about 12 to 15 million that

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we know of that are infertile couples that are

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crying and dying to have a baby. Over 200 ,000

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test tube babies have been born since the first

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one came out of the Petri tubes or dish, whatever.

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What am I saying? I'm telling you folks that

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we're not talking about some kind of artificial

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birthing here. We're not talking about some mechanical

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production. We're talking about Jesus Christ

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coming in and birthing multitudes into the kingdom

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of God supernaturally. And I believe that with

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all my heart. And he said, I want you now to

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enter into the finished work of the cross. Everything

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he accomplished on the cross was to birth a church

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that will make production and reproduce itself.

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And he says to the bride, his bride, come on

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and start singing. You've been barren, but you're

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not going to be barren anymore. You've been barren

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and ashamed. And that was a great reproach in

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Bible times for a woman not be able to have a

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child. And it still is a pain to multitudes today.

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So I'm not here to hurt you and I'm not here

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to bring up bad memories or anything else, but

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I'm just preaching the Bible tonight to tell

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you the premium that God puts upon children being

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birthed into the family of God. We don't come

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in here by any artificial dissemination. We come

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in here by the holy word of God. born of royal

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seed and we have the blood of Jesus cursing through

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our veins. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We have been

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redeemed not with corruptible things such as

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silver and gold, but with the precious blood

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of the Lamb. Now he says to the bride, start

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singing. And what he says to us furthermore is

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enlarge. Let's say it. Enlarge the place. of

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your tent. Now, what does that mean? God said

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you're in a very, very self -restrained, self

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-imposed boundary. I want you to get this in

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your spirit because before we have the kind of

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growth God wants to give this church, God has

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to operate on us individually and give us largeness

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of heart. We've got to have the capacity for

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that which God wants to give us. In a business

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world, my friends tell me they seldom put a one

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ulcer man in a three ulcer job. Come on. We don't

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put eight tons on the half -ton pickup. God knows

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our boundary. God knows our limits. God knows

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our capacity. But in order for us to see what

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God wants to do in your, because all of you have

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been praying. There's been a lot of prayer here.

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There's a strong surge of prayer. And I hear

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God saying, I hear you, I hear you, I hear you.

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And we keep on calling on him. I think it's great

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to get quiet. And listen to what the Holy Ghost

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has got to say to the church at this time. And

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I'm here because God sent me here. I'm not here

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because I need a place to preach. It's not because

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I just don't have anything else to do. No, but

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God's been quieting me. And I'll tell you a little

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bit about that as we go along. In the last several

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months, we've been through some very severe times

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of testing as a family. We've been through the

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fire. We've been literally in the fire. And I'm

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telling you, I know what it is to walk down through

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the valley of the shadow of death. But I also

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know what it is to have a shepherd whose rod

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and his staff comforts us. We'll tell you about

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that too in a moment. But here's what God's saying.

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He said, enlarge your tent. In other words, the

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place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth

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the curtains of thy habitation. Spare not, say

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spare not. Do you understand what that word literally

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means? It means, come on, quit limiting God.

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Don't you try to Even think about building according

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to your little frame of reference. Spare not.

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God's saying, blow it out there. Hallelujah.

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See if you can outsize me. Hallelujah. See if

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you can outmaneuver my greatest concepts for

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you. You can't. You can't even begin. Eye hasn't

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:06.279
seen it. Ear hasn't heard it. There's no capacity.

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in our human mind or heart to even contain that

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which God has already planned and purposed for

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his glorious church. And you're part of that

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future in God. Now here's what God's saying.

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Don't limit me by your self -imposed barriers.

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Don't you put your little limitation on it. But

00:30:38.970 --> 00:30:44.630
we like it where we are. I'm cozy here. I'm comfy.

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I'm in my comfort zone. I don't want to be part

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of a big church. I don't want to give up my little

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warm, fuzzy feeling where I know everybody. You

00:31:07.670 --> 00:31:09.369
know, what's going to happen if a whole bunch

00:31:09.369 --> 00:31:19.809
of heathen come in here? Sinners, Lord. What's

00:31:19.809 --> 00:31:25.630
going to happen to my little position? I'm shaking

00:31:25.630 --> 00:31:27.549
you tonight. You're not going to ever be the

00:31:27.549 --> 00:31:29.910
same. You will not leave this building like you

00:31:29.910 --> 00:31:34.460
come in. See, what I love is the fact that I

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:36.160
know you folks personally. It doesn't matter

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:39.400
to me. So whatever I'm telling you is so big,

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and it's so awesome, and it's so great. If you'll

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:44.200
hear the end of it, if you can hang on for the

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:46.579
ride, you're going to come out okay. Because

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:49.720
what God's saying to us here, when you talk about

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:52.460
enlarging your tent, do you know what that means?

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First of all, in the eastern countries, where

00:31:56.160 --> 00:32:01.230
we travel a lot, A man's wealth is measured by

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the number of stakes. Let's say stakes. I'm not

00:32:05.490 --> 00:32:08.910
talking about the Mormon church now. He said

00:32:08.910 --> 00:32:15.069
a man's wealth is measured by the number of stakes

00:32:15.069 --> 00:32:18.029
he has in his tent. So if he's a very wealthy

00:32:18.029 --> 00:32:22.410
man, they call him a many -staked man. Okay?

00:32:22.589 --> 00:32:26.960
Watch this now. The Lord's saying to his beautiful

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:31.000
bride, come on, honey, start singing. Because

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you're going to have a baby. Not only a baby,

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:36.960
but babies. I mean, whole bunches of them. And

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:39.579
you're going to break out. And so what I want

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:43.480
you to do is get your tent ready. All right?

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:46.940
Are you hearing me? God said, I want you to prepare

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:50.660
a place in your heart and in your mind and in

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:53.599
your spirit. Enlargement comes in the heart.

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Now he said, enlarge the place of your dwelling,

00:32:57.609 --> 00:33:01.109
your tent. All right, what does that mean? Well,

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first of all, you know and I know that if you're

00:33:04.250 --> 00:33:07.390
going to enlarge your tent, you're going to have

00:33:07.390 --> 00:33:13.289
to go and start pulling up stakes. And the stakes

00:33:13.289 --> 00:33:17.470
have been comfortable for a long time. And some

00:33:17.470 --> 00:33:19.990
of these stakes were shoved in the ground in

00:33:19.990 --> 00:33:22.549
the time of revival and refreshing when everything

00:33:22.549 --> 00:33:25.609
was soggy and wet and mucky. And you can push

00:33:25.609 --> 00:33:28.210
a two -by -four down with your hand in that kind

00:33:28.210 --> 00:33:31.349
of stuff. But where God's taking you, you're

00:33:31.349 --> 00:33:34.369
going to have to have a point. And you're going

00:33:34.369 --> 00:33:36.309
to have to have some steel wrapped around your

00:33:36.309 --> 00:33:39.029
head. Because when the hammer comes down on you,

00:33:39.170 --> 00:33:45.009
God don't want you splitting. You still want

00:33:45.009 --> 00:33:48.700
enlargement? No, don't bother me. We like it

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:52.799
just like it is. It's cozy here. We're just sweet

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:55.380
and we just love one another and everything's

00:33:55.380 --> 00:34:00.740
lovely. But God's got a host of people out here

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:05.359
just waiting for you to get ready. I'm saying

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:08.300
waiting for you to get ready because we've got

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:11.500
to have enlargement in our heart before it'll

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happen out here. Amen. And he said, enlargement

00:34:15.250 --> 00:34:18.070
is decreed on you. You're going to break forth

00:34:18.070 --> 00:34:20.769
on the right hand and on the left, but it won't

00:34:20.769 --> 00:34:24.130
happen until you do some things. And that is

00:34:24.130 --> 00:34:27.429
get your stakes pulled. And that means all the

00:34:27.429 --> 00:34:29.929
stakes. Now I'm telling you in a tent, there

00:34:29.929 --> 00:34:32.230
are some main pillars that are very important.

00:34:32.349 --> 00:34:34.349
And these are your eldership and leaders of the

00:34:34.349 --> 00:34:37.489
house that are strategic stakes. But let me tell

00:34:37.489 --> 00:34:39.710
you, the tent has a lot of little stakes too.

00:34:39.889 --> 00:34:42.719
And some of them are looking significant. and

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:44.840
they don't look like they're important, but if

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:46.579
you know anything about a tent, and if you know

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:49.199
anything about a storm, every one of those stakes

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:51.360
are important, because if you jerk one of them

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:54.340
out, just get one or two of those loose, it'll

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:57.599
take the whole tent. I know I've been there.

00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:00.460
And folks, you understand what I'm saying? So

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:02.800
God's coming among us. It's not a matter of big

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:05.900
guys, little guys, big shots, little shots. Oh

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:09.320
no. God says every one of you are important to

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:12.800
him. You all have a strategic place and God will

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:15.659
not put more on you than you can handle. He's

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:17.880
not going to make you a pillar in the middle

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:20.380
of the tent if you can only be a stake out here

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:23.579
to hold a flap down. But wherever God puts you,

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:25.860
you're going to stay and you're going to be fruitful

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:28.420
and you're going to be part of. the program of

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:30.940
God, and you're going to be part of the enlargements

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:34.480
of God that God has already declared and decreed

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:37.039
upon you. I want you to know, folks, in the last

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:39.940
several weeks, the Lord's been working me over.

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:43.340
I mean, from the inside out, we've had some very

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:47.139
devastating times. Our son, well, first of all,

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:49.960
my wife was diagnosed with cancer of the colon,

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:53.639
and this was a shock to our whole system. She

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:56.039
was feeling fine. We'd been on a long walk that

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:59.300
day. We were getting along great, and a doctor

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:01.320
called her up after she'd just been in for annual

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:03.980
checkup, and he said, are you standing up? She

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:07.860
said, of course I'm standing up. Well, you shouldn't

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:09.619
be. You should be laying down. You shouldn't

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:11.739
be able even to walk. She said, well, I just

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:14.460
came back from a big, long walk with my husband,

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:17.320
and he said, well, your blood count is so low,

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:21.559
you better go right to the emergency room. Whoa.

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:25.869
Talk about a shocker. And from that day on, it

00:36:25.869 --> 00:36:28.929
was one blow after another. And we got through

00:36:28.929 --> 00:36:32.130
the final analysis and diagnosis, and they found

00:36:32.130 --> 00:36:35.670
this huge cancerous growth in her body, on her

00:36:35.670 --> 00:36:38.869
colon, and they took a large section of her colon

00:36:38.869 --> 00:36:41.969
out. All of this happening just like that. Bang,

00:36:41.989 --> 00:36:44.809
bang, bang. My son wrote her a beautiful letter,

00:36:44.869 --> 00:36:46.809
the most beautiful letter she said she ever received.

00:36:46.829 --> 00:36:48.190
I don't know about what she did with the ones

00:36:48.190 --> 00:36:52.909
I wrote her, but anyway. You moms know what's

00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:55.289
really special when your son or your daughter

00:36:55.289 --> 00:36:58.150
writes you, and it was very special. And I'm

00:36:58.150 --> 00:37:00.289
glad he did, but he was trying to encourage her

00:37:00.289 --> 00:37:03.570
heart. But little did he know that in two weeks'

00:37:03.670 --> 00:37:06.409
time, he would be diagnosed with cancer of the

00:37:06.409 --> 00:37:09.389
throat and given two or three months to live.

00:37:11.170 --> 00:37:14.090
All of this like that. In the midst of all of

00:37:14.090 --> 00:37:16.349
that, the doctor said, I think you better go

00:37:16.349 --> 00:37:19.449
in for a checkup when he checked me over. I was

00:37:19.449 --> 00:37:21.329
just there for my annual checkup, being a good

00:37:21.329 --> 00:37:24.230
boy, just being myself and doing my own business.

00:37:25.010 --> 00:37:27.469
He said, I think I found something here. I said,

00:37:27.510 --> 00:37:33.710
oh, Jesus. All at once, when the clouds return

00:37:33.710 --> 00:37:35.969
after the rain, I'm talking about being through

00:37:35.969 --> 00:37:38.989
it in the last few weeks, the last few months.

00:37:40.070 --> 00:37:42.070
But let me tell you something. I said, we're

00:37:42.070 --> 00:37:45.050
going through it, even though I walk through

00:37:45.050 --> 00:37:50.599
the valley. Of the shadow of death. Thou art

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:53.739
with me. Your rod and your staff come for me.

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:56.280
But let me tell you something. In the midst of

00:37:56.280 --> 00:38:00.179
all of this, in the midst of our son being tested,

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:03.400
he had just made a presentation to the major

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:06.639
leaders of the missionary world. Literally, I'm

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:10.719
talking about Youth for Christ that has 27 ,000

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:13.760
employees. The man who heads that. All the main

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:16.219
guys were there at this meeting. And when he

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:18.750
went to this meeting, with a passion, with a

00:38:18.750 --> 00:38:21.869
vision from God of how to reach the unreached

00:38:21.869 --> 00:38:25.969
peoples of the earth and how to literally disciple

00:38:25.969 --> 00:38:28.090
them that don't have a language even. They don't

00:38:28.090 --> 00:38:31.469
even have a written language. And so God gave

00:38:31.469 --> 00:38:35.070
him this vision. And then another vision of having

00:38:35.070 --> 00:38:38.550
concerts of praise and worship and prayer. All

00:38:38.550 --> 00:38:40.469
over the world. He didn't know what dimension

00:38:40.469 --> 00:38:43.510
he was talking about, but he just had the outline

00:38:43.510 --> 00:38:46.090
of it. You understand? And he was giving this

00:38:46.090 --> 00:38:49.329
report. And as he got up to give this report,

00:38:49.630 --> 00:38:52.289
he said, Dad, something grabbed me by the throat.

00:38:52.989 --> 00:38:56.769
It was his words. And he was in Hawaii giving

00:38:56.769 --> 00:38:59.489
this presentation at a very strategic missions

00:38:59.489 --> 00:39:02.150
conference. The head of the Southern Baptists,

00:39:02.170 --> 00:39:05.590
the head of every major missionary. The Jesus

00:39:05.590 --> 00:39:08.130
film people that reach billions of people over

00:39:08.130 --> 00:39:11.090
the years. You understand? They're all there.

00:39:11.250 --> 00:39:13.949
And when he gave his report, they were all weeping

00:39:13.949 --> 00:39:16.389
and crying because God had birthed this in Marcus'

00:39:16.550 --> 00:39:18.969
heart. And they made him the chairman of their

00:39:18.969 --> 00:39:22.099
whole missionary project. And all of a sudden,

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:24.000
he says, Dad, I got up to speak and that thing

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:27.280
grabbed me. He used those terms. The thing grabbed

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:29.659
me in my throat. And then he said, I thought

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:31.519
it was bronchitis. I thought it was this. And

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:33.340
they went back and the doctors checked him and

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:35.360
all of this, folks. Well, let me tell you something.

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:39.780
He's been planted by God in Idaho. I didn't like

00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:42.679
him going to Idaho because we wanted him in Southern

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:46.380
California near us. But the Lord planted him

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:50.820
in Coeur d 'Alene, Idaho. And there in that place

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:54.739
where he was planted, he came back to his town

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:57.340
and they checked him again. And a doctor said,

00:39:57.440 --> 00:40:02.260
look, it's probably acid reflux. He said, I can't

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:04.980
breathe. I can't breathe that night. My throat's

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:07.480
all shut up. And so I felt like I was breathing

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:10.960
through a little cocktail straw. You understand?

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:15.059
Just barely wheezing his breath out. So they

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:16.800
brought him. I said, don't take him anywhere

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:19.280
else. Bring him up there. down there where we

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:21.780
live. And they had the specialists there, the

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:24.460
best in that part of the country. And they looked

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:28.119
at him, and this is the truth, folks. The doctors

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:30.079
were in shock. They just didn't know how to treat

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:32.579
this thing. They didn't know what to say. He

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:35.260
said, one thing we're going to do is cut a tracheotomy

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:37.139
here in your throat. We have to get you breathing.

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:40.780
And they did that. And when they took the MRI,

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:44.480
the doctor came back in shock. He said, listen.

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:48.440
Of all the oncology we've done and all of our

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:51.440
specialists at UCI and everywhere else at Stanford,

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:53.920
because they put it on the internet and showed

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:56.440
all their colleagues, we've never seen anything

00:40:56.440 --> 00:41:00.460
like this. They said, we actually have a picture

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:05.219
of a little tiny hand, like a woman's hand, that's

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:08.239
gripped your vocal cords and pressing with their

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:13.340
thumb right against it. You talk about a demonic

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:18.380
thing. And the doctors, when I talked to our

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:20.880
doctor, he said, I feel goosebumps all over me.

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:22.280
He said, I've never heard anything like that.

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:24.559
They hadn't seen anything like that, nor has

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:27.599
anybody that's in that particular field seen

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:29.980
anything like it. But let me tell you what God's

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:34.659
doing. Hallelujah. The trach is out. The tumor's

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:38.690
shrinking. And Marcus is breathing. And he preached

00:41:38.690 --> 00:41:43.389
five times last weekend, Sunday in his own church,

00:41:43.409 --> 00:41:46.710
not fully, but he spoke in all five services.

00:41:47.230 --> 00:41:49.329
But they're in the midst of a church. Now, what

00:41:49.329 --> 00:41:52.269
I'm saying to you is this, Pastor, is, and I

00:41:52.269 --> 00:41:54.949
want you to hear this church. They're in a town

00:41:54.949 --> 00:41:57.989
in Coeur d 'Alene, a small town. But beside that

00:41:57.989 --> 00:42:00.190
is another town called Post Falls, if you all

00:42:00.190 --> 00:42:03.010
know what I'm talking about. All right? 10 ,000

00:42:03.010 --> 00:42:06.190
people in that town. Seven years ago, a young

00:42:06.190 --> 00:42:09.849
man who was saved out of all kinds of evil things

00:42:09.849 --> 00:42:11.809
that he was into, and he'll tell it, he tells

00:42:11.809 --> 00:42:15.230
it every week, a guy just a living testimony

00:42:15.230 --> 00:42:18.510
of the grace of God. This young man was saved,

00:42:18.670 --> 00:42:21.230
filled with the Spirit of God, called to preach

00:42:21.230 --> 00:42:24.130
the gospel, and he started with four people in

00:42:24.130 --> 00:42:27.650
his house seven years ago. They are now, listen

00:42:27.650 --> 00:42:33.269
to me, they're now averaging 6 ,500 people every

00:42:33.269 --> 00:42:39.360
week. In their church. In a town of 10 ,000,

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:43.679
they had almost 10 ,000 on Easter weekend in

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:48.039
five services. Packed to the gills. And here's

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:50.420
the secret, folks. Here's the power. Listen to

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:54.340
me. 6 ,100 of these people, at least, maybe almost

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:59.400
65, but 61 to 6 ,200 right now of these people

00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:06.079
are in a small group. meeting every week. And

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:08.679
these people are getting their neighbors saved.

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:11.000
And he told them, he said, look, folks, I don't

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:13.079
know what to do. We're at the end of ourselves.

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:15.800
We don't know. We're packed out. He said, how

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:17.380
many of you folks got loved ones you want to

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:19.400
get saved? And everybody puts their hands up.

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:21.019
He said, all right, what are you going to do

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:24.280
with them? Where are you going to put them? We

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:27.179
got to do something. Time of enlargement. Well,

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:29.980
in the midst of all of this, God gave our son

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:34.170
Marcus a vision. He's an elder there in the church,

00:43:34.230 --> 00:43:36.650
and the pastor actually wants them to be on pastoral

00:43:36.650 --> 00:43:39.610
staff. But every one of their pastors, Brother

00:43:39.610 --> 00:43:42.769
Brad, have been raised in the church. Every one

00:43:42.769 --> 00:43:44.130
of them have been trained in the church. Some

00:43:44.130 --> 00:43:48.030
of them are AT &T executives. One's a carpenter

00:43:48.030 --> 00:43:51.090
or a mechanic. And another guy, something else.

00:43:51.210 --> 00:43:54.329
These are all the pastors. And they're all so

00:43:54.329 --> 00:43:58.349
sold out to God. And what's happening is absolutely

00:43:58.349 --> 00:44:02.800
exponential growth. So the pastor said, well,

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:05.139
we got to add on. We got a plan. And they prayed

00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:07.960
a whole year. And while they prayed, they grew

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:14.539
247%. I'm talking about post falls. You know,

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:17.960
it's on the map. It's not far from here. Now,

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:21.280
what am I saying? What's happening, folks? And

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:24.519
the pastor stands up and gives his whole resume.

00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:26.579
I happened to be there. Thank God. I heard it

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:29.480
from day one. He told the whole story. He said,

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:32.960
and please. Don't ask me how, because I don't

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:37.599
know. I have no idea how this happened. I don't

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:40.659
know how to tell anybody else other than we just

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:44.019
love Jesus and disciple people, and they're baptizing

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:46.739
every week, every week. 30 people were baptized

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:49.059
the weekend I was there, and they just keep coming,

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:52.139
miracle after miracle after miracle. Well, our

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:55.039
son Marcus was on the plane, and the elders had

00:44:55.039 --> 00:45:01.159
gone off to look. Am I boring you? I'll get back

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:03.940
to my text. But this is so important, folks.

00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:06.599
I've got to tell you this because we're walking

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:09.119
through it now. And you folks have been praying.

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:11.860
I know you've been praying. And I feel the prayers.

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:14.059
I feel the prayers of the saints like we've never

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:16.480
felt them before. I could stand here all night

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:19.159
and tell you awesome miracles of people praying

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:20.739
from all over the world. We're getting calls

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:24.099
from China and Africa and Asia. Everywhere they're

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:26.400
praying. And God's answering that prayer. I just

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:28.929
want to tell you. But Marcus was on the plane

00:45:28.929 --> 00:45:31.570
just before he went into the hospital. The pastor

00:45:31.570 --> 00:45:33.170
had asked him to come with his elders, and they

00:45:33.170 --> 00:45:35.510
went around looking at big buildings, you know,

00:45:35.510 --> 00:45:38.050
getting an idea how to build a building. And

00:45:38.050 --> 00:45:41.969
so they were flying from city to city, and the

00:45:41.969 --> 00:45:43.769
pastor had already agreed, you know, they're

00:45:43.769 --> 00:45:45.670
going to build this building, and all aboard

00:45:45.670 --> 00:45:47.789
and all the guys were all, yeah, okay, that's

00:45:47.789 --> 00:45:51.469
fine, we'll do it. But on the plane, the Lord

00:45:51.469 --> 00:45:55.210
gave my son a vision, and he was sitting by the

00:45:55.210 --> 00:45:57.800
pastor. And he was afraid to tell the pastor

00:45:57.800 --> 00:46:00.179
because the pastor was all hyped up about this

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:02.500
building and he didn't know how to, you know,

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:06.960
deflate him. Not really deflate him, but in a

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:09.760
way, yes. Because when you've got your mind set

00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:12.599
and you want to do something a certain way and

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:15.559
you've got it all figured out, you really don't

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:20.739
need much God, do you? I don't mean that against

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:22.880
our pastor at all. No, I'm not saying that. But

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:25.079
I mean, in our natural thinking, we got it all

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:30.420
figured out. So I brought my son sitting beside

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:32.239
him and the Lord gives him this vision and he's

00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:35.019
sitting there and he sees this vision of a man

00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:38.820
picking up the pastor in a pickup truck and taking

00:46:38.820 --> 00:46:42.059
him out of town. And they're riding along in

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:45.360
his truck and this man that's driving the truck

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:48.760
is a stranger sort of guy. My son don't know

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:52.349
him. But he knows that this guy is really intent

00:46:52.349 --> 00:46:55.210
on talking to the pastor. So he's driving along.

00:46:55.389 --> 00:46:57.809
He sees him in this truck. And this guy, the

00:46:57.809 --> 00:47:00.929
driving truck starts weeping. And the pastor

00:47:00.929 --> 00:47:03.409
is telling this guy in the truck about their

00:47:03.409 --> 00:47:06.269
plans to build this building. And the guy starts

00:47:06.269 --> 00:47:08.929
weeping. He said, well, pastor, let me just drive

00:47:08.929 --> 00:47:13.570
you by. something here right on the main highway.

00:47:13.789 --> 00:47:16.010
Where the church is now, folks, it's back in

00:47:16.010 --> 00:47:18.130
the boonies. I mean, I couldn't hardly find it.

00:47:18.170 --> 00:47:20.750
If I tried to find my way there, I mean, what

00:47:20.750 --> 00:47:22.710
people do, they just come from everywhere and

00:47:22.710 --> 00:47:25.010
they're finding the place. But you understand,

00:47:25.150 --> 00:47:28.170
he's off the beaten path. So this guy takes him

00:47:28.170 --> 00:47:30.949
out right on the main highway, the main road

00:47:30.949 --> 00:47:33.789
that goes to Spokane from Coeur d 'Alene. And

00:47:33.789 --> 00:47:35.949
he's out there and he says, pastor, I just want

00:47:35.949 --> 00:47:41.670
to tell you, we have 118 acres right here. Well,

00:47:41.690 --> 00:47:44.769
my son told the pastor, said, it's over 100 acres

00:47:44.769 --> 00:47:47.190
this guy has. He's going to talk to you about

00:47:47.190 --> 00:47:51.170
it. And he's going to be crying. And he's going

00:47:51.170 --> 00:47:54.389
to be so anxious to do it. You'll know it's God.

00:47:55.530 --> 00:47:57.769
The pastor said, he told the whole church. I

00:47:57.769 --> 00:48:00.030
was there and my son sitting beside me. He said,

00:48:00.070 --> 00:48:01.889
I got mad at that guy. He didn't tell who the

00:48:01.889 --> 00:48:05.949
guy was. Thank God. But he said, I got mad at

00:48:05.949 --> 00:48:09.119
that elder. I thought it was a conspiracy. And

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:11.320
he said, my natural flesh got up. And he said,

00:48:11.340 --> 00:48:13.400
I thought, why in the world are you throwing

00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:15.340
a monkey wrench in this thing now? We got it

00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:17.260
all planned. So, you know, we got it all together.

00:48:17.340 --> 00:48:19.659
And he said, I know it'll take three and a half

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:22.920
million to buy that property and any other property

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:25.460
that we looked at. And so we're just going to

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:32.000
make do. And my son saw the whole thing. And

00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:33.880
furthermore, he told my son, he said, you know,

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:37.800
I'm not into this prophetic thing so much. This

00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:39.820
is what he said. You know, he's kind of a, you

00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:43.000
know, he's a great guy. Loves Jesus. Good Southern

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:44.820
Baptist background or whatever he is. I don't

00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:51.400
know. But almost all of his staff are Spirit

00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:53.860
-filled guys. I know that. But anyhow, he loves

00:48:53.860 --> 00:48:57.360
them too. And he loves Marcus. And Marcus is

00:48:57.360 --> 00:49:00.880
a tongue -talking whatever he is. Praise God.

00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:07.019
So he says, He's telling this to the church.

00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:10.360
This was awesome production, awesome presentation.

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:15.280
And he has it all together. And so this guy says,

00:49:15.420 --> 00:49:18.960
look, pastor. He said, I just got saved here

00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:21.639
a couple months ago. But he started weeping and

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:23.420
crying. He said, but my wife and I can't quit

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:27.159
talking about our responsibility. He said, we

00:49:27.159 --> 00:49:29.679
own this land. He says, but my brother owns half

00:49:29.679 --> 00:49:32.780
of it. I own half. And he said, it's worth well

00:49:32.780 --> 00:49:35.500
over $4 million. But he says, I'll tell you what,

00:49:35.659 --> 00:49:38.820
I want to give you my half for sure. And right

00:49:38.820 --> 00:49:40.599
now, he said, if you'll just pay my brother his

00:49:40.599 --> 00:49:42.619
half, because he's not a Christian yet, he's

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:44.820
not in yet, but he'll probably bring it in pretty

00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:53.199
soon. But anyhow, I mean, it was there. And the

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:56.400
fact of it is, it came to pass exactly like God

00:49:56.400 --> 00:50:00.920
said it. You see, the word of the Lord is powerful.

00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:04.619
The Lord God said, Amos 3, 7, the Lord God will

00:50:04.619 --> 00:50:07.980
not do anything except he first reveals his secret

00:50:07.980 --> 00:50:12.000
to his servants, the prophets. Amen. God always

00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:16.400
says something before he does something. In the

00:50:16.400 --> 00:50:20.000
beginning was the word. And then the word was

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:23.119
with God and the word was God. And that word

00:50:23.119 --> 00:50:25.880
became flesh and dwelt among us. Now, let me

00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:28.610
tell you what's happening. You see, this church

00:50:28.610 --> 00:50:34.349
has exploded exponentially. Why? Because of simple

00:50:34.349 --> 00:50:38.260
faith. This man of God told the story how God

00:50:38.260 --> 00:50:40.239
sent him there and he didn't want to go there.

00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:42.380
He didn't want to start a church. He didn't want

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:45.079
to plant a church. His daddy was a pastor. He

00:50:45.079 --> 00:50:47.320
didn't want to be a senior pastor. He didn't

00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:49.619
want. Well, listen, God has some other plans

00:50:49.619 --> 00:50:51.880
for us. You know, a lot of stuff we don't want.

00:50:51.940 --> 00:50:54.219
God seems to have a way of turning our hearts,

00:50:54.260 --> 00:50:56.920
doesn't he? Amen. And so here's a guy in spite

00:50:56.920 --> 00:50:59.440
of himself having the fastest growing church

00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:02.400
per capita, as far as I know, anywhere in the

00:51:02.400 --> 00:51:04.739
nation or in the world. Because it's growing

00:51:04.739 --> 00:51:08.539
exponentially. And they're expanding so rapidly.

00:51:08.780 --> 00:51:11.840
But here's the secret, folks. It's not just getting

00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:14.880
people to sign a card or to join the church.

00:51:15.079 --> 00:51:17.760
It's getting people, discipling them. And all

00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:20.000
of these people are discipling others. Do you

00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:22.800
hear me? Do you hear me? Do you hear me? We're

00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:24.900
going to produce children that will produce children.

00:51:25.039 --> 00:51:27.079
We're going to produce children that will produce

00:51:27.079 --> 00:51:29.780
after their kind. We're going to produce newborn

00:51:29.780 --> 00:51:32.059
babes that are going to get other people saved.

00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:34.929
Nobody... in the world is any more powerful than

00:51:34.929 --> 00:51:41.510
a brand new convert. Come on. Do you remember

00:51:41.510 --> 00:51:44.889
your zeal? Do you remember how you were when

00:51:44.889 --> 00:51:49.449
you first got saved? Come on. That first love

00:51:49.449 --> 00:51:52.010
is awesome. And when you do, you're going to

00:51:52.010 --> 00:51:54.750
birth multitudes into the kingdom of God. All

00:51:54.750 --> 00:51:57.230
right. Now he said the church is talking about

00:51:57.230 --> 00:52:01.440
new commitment. Check your bulwarks. This is

00:52:01.440 --> 00:52:04.079
what the Holy Spirit spoke to me. I want you

00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:06.320
to check your stakes. I want you to check your

00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:09.820
bulwarks. I want you to check your placements.

00:52:10.840 --> 00:52:14.400
I want you to check the fidelity in this body.

00:52:14.940 --> 00:52:19.139
God's coming among us with new direction, with

00:52:19.139 --> 00:52:22.179
new marching orders, and God's going to raise

00:52:22.179 --> 00:52:25.309
up new leadership. You're going to see people

00:52:25.309 --> 00:52:28.750
coming up into leadership in this house that

00:52:28.750 --> 00:52:32.449
will astound you. God's going to put people into

00:52:32.449 --> 00:52:34.829
this place. And let me tell you something. The

00:52:34.829 --> 00:52:40.809
Lord seldom imports pillars. He makes them on

00:52:40.809 --> 00:52:46.110
the job. In the book of Revelation, he said to

00:52:46.110 --> 00:52:48.670
him that overcometh, I'll make him to be a pillar

00:52:48.670 --> 00:52:51.789
in the house of my God, and he shall not go out

00:52:51.789 --> 00:52:54.409
anymore. In other words, he'll plant you there.

00:52:54.530 --> 00:52:57.070
He'll place you there. And the amazing thing

00:52:57.070 --> 00:53:00.090
is, he said, I'll even put my name on the product.

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:03.659
After I whittle that pillar out of the stock

00:53:03.659 --> 00:53:06.559
of rough old tree that comes in there, whatever

00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:09.119
it is, it may look awful burly and rough, but

00:53:09.119 --> 00:53:11.559
God said when I get done with it, I'll have enough

00:53:11.559 --> 00:53:15.659
pride in my work to put my name on it. Amen.

00:53:16.539 --> 00:53:19.199
Now the quality goes in before the name goes

00:53:19.199 --> 00:53:24.880
on. Hallelujah. And he's talking about new leadership

00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:27.639
coming, Pastor. He's talking about men and women

00:53:27.639 --> 00:53:31.320
of God on the stretch for God. God never seemed

00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:34.219
to use a man in history because he'd arrived,

00:53:34.360 --> 00:53:37.440
but because he was willing to go somewhere with

00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:40.440
God. And God's not only going to use men, God's

00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:42.619
going to use women. Some of God's greatest men

00:53:42.619 --> 00:53:46.940
are women. Got to watch how I say that in California,

00:53:47.079 --> 00:53:55.980
but anyhow. We're talking about men like Jabez

00:53:55.980 --> 00:54:01.800
in the Bible who prayed, oh God. Enlarge my borders

00:54:01.800 --> 00:54:06.139
in righteousness. God, stretch me. God, give

00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:11.739
me the capacity. God, give me the heart of enlargement.

00:54:12.300 --> 00:54:14.239
And in order to do that, you're going to start

00:54:14.239 --> 00:54:17.179
singing. You're not going to be bad -mouthing.

00:54:17.199 --> 00:54:18.860
You're not going to be brow -beating somebody.

00:54:19.179 --> 00:54:21.119
But you're going to get in and start whistling

00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:23.400
a tune. You're going to start knitting booties.

00:54:24.239 --> 00:54:28.400
Hallelujah. Pull out. the curtains. Stretch them

00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:30.420
out. What are the curtains? That's our covering.

00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:33.159
We'll understand and have a great respect for

00:54:33.159 --> 00:54:35.699
the five -fold ministry that God has set over

00:54:35.699 --> 00:54:39.679
the church. Amen. We need to stretch our curtains.

00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:43.500
And then God said, listen to me. God said, strengthen

00:54:43.500 --> 00:54:48.710
your stakes. And then lengthen your cords. I

00:54:48.710 --> 00:54:50.829
want to talk about that a little bit here. After

00:54:50.829 --> 00:54:52.829
we start singing, we're going to break forth

00:54:52.829 --> 00:54:56.590
like Sarah did. Oh, hallelujah. By faith, Sarah

00:54:56.590 --> 00:55:02.610
herself, it says, believed God and received strength

00:55:02.610 --> 00:55:05.650
and delivered a child. Let me tell you something

00:55:05.650 --> 00:55:11.809
about Sarah. She was 90 years old. Come on. How

00:55:11.809 --> 00:55:13.650
many know when you're 90, it's kind of you're

00:55:13.650 --> 00:55:18.960
over the hill? I've got a ways to go yet. Hallelujah.

00:55:20.059 --> 00:55:25.139
But Hera's sister, Sarah, never had a baby. She

00:55:25.139 --> 00:55:29.820
had no knowledge of having a baby. She couldn't

00:55:29.820 --> 00:55:32.679
understand the mechanics of it. But everything

00:55:32.679 --> 00:55:38.280
that made babies in her was dried up. Old. The

00:55:38.280 --> 00:55:41.719
Bible said that she didn't consider the deadness

00:55:41.719 --> 00:55:45.659
of her womb. Well, let me tell you about my God.

00:55:46.780 --> 00:55:50.440
Oh, my God. When he came down there and visited

00:55:50.440 --> 00:55:56.480
Brother Abraham, his friend, and Abraham washed

00:55:56.480 --> 00:56:05.380
God's feet, well, he did too. And then he told

00:56:05.380 --> 00:56:08.480
his wife to run and fetch a calf and get it killed

00:56:08.480 --> 00:56:13.500
and make some good veal paprikash. If you don't

00:56:13.500 --> 00:56:14.739
know what that is, you're missing everything.

00:56:15.579 --> 00:56:20.460
And so she's out there in the next tent dressing

00:56:20.460 --> 00:56:26.400
that calf and making dinner for God. And like

00:56:26.400 --> 00:56:29.119
every good wife, she's listening at the tent

00:56:29.119 --> 00:56:34.239
flap. What the guys are talking about. And God

00:56:34.239 --> 00:56:38.820
says, next year about this time, I'm going to

00:56:38.820 --> 00:56:43.119
visit Sarah. And Sarah is going to have a baby.

00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:47.860
And Sarah busted out laughing. She said, that's

00:56:47.860 --> 00:56:53.239
a joke. God said, I hear you laughing. Oh, no,

00:56:53.360 --> 00:56:56.159
God, I'm not laughing. Oh, yes, you're laughing,

00:56:56.280 --> 00:56:58.219
but you're good. That's all right. Just keep

00:56:58.219 --> 00:57:02.760
laughing. Just keep laughing. Now, something

00:57:02.760 --> 00:57:06.539
happened when God touched Sarah. You talk about

00:57:06.539 --> 00:57:13.780
an extreme makeover. I mean, God lifted up everything

00:57:13.780 --> 00:57:20.380
that had sagged down. God proportioned her. And

00:57:20.380 --> 00:57:23.400
listen to me, I'm talking about the Bible where

00:57:23.400 --> 00:57:24.920
you say, where do you get this? In the Bible.

00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:26.980
You have to read between the lines, but it's

00:57:26.980 --> 00:57:33.659
there. And the devil tried to mess this thing

00:57:33.659 --> 00:57:36.739
up. Here she is, 90 years old, a knockout. She

00:57:36.739 --> 00:57:39.619
was gorgeous. Talk about hormones. Talk about

00:57:39.619 --> 00:57:45.219
buildup. Talk about, I mean, ain't nobody, nobody

00:57:45.219 --> 00:57:49.820
had a makeover like this dear lady did. She was

00:57:49.820 --> 00:57:53.360
gorgeous. She would not only physically fit,

00:57:53.539 --> 00:57:58.219
but she was gorgeous in so much that Abimelech,

00:57:58.320 --> 00:58:03.690
the king of a whole country, Saw her out there.

00:58:04.269 --> 00:58:12.309
Said, fetch me that young chick. That's in Aramaic.

00:58:17.150 --> 00:58:20.710
And he did. He sent his guys out there from the

00:58:20.710 --> 00:58:22.909
harem and said, you just put her right on number

00:58:22.909 --> 00:58:26.349
one list. Right there. Number one stall. Because

00:58:26.349 --> 00:58:29.610
he had lots of them. Put her in number one slot.

00:58:30.590 --> 00:58:35.460
Amen. She's a prize. And he start paying off

00:58:35.460 --> 00:58:39.320
her so -called brother. Oh, boy, Abraham's quite

00:58:39.320 --> 00:58:42.079
a guy. You know, he really was. He said, really,

00:58:42.079 --> 00:58:50.019
she's my sister. We won't go down that road.

00:58:50.559 --> 00:58:55.619
Let's stay with Sarah. It's more exciting. God

00:58:55.619 --> 00:58:58.139
came to that Abimelech that night. Listen to

00:58:58.139 --> 00:59:01.119
me carefully now. God's got to heal the church

00:59:01.119 --> 00:59:07.679
of barrenness. The first, God's got to heal the

00:59:07.679 --> 00:59:12.420
church of barrenness. And there's a reproach

00:59:12.420 --> 00:59:14.780
to that. But God said, I'm not only going to

00:59:14.780 --> 00:59:18.760
heal this church, I'm talking about us. But he

00:59:18.760 --> 00:59:22.119
said, I'm going to take away the shame. I'm going

00:59:22.119 --> 00:59:29.980
to take away the reproach. That night, God came

00:59:29.980 --> 00:59:34.619
down on that king, Abimelech, and said, listen,

00:59:34.719 --> 00:59:38.960
son, you touch that woman and you're a dead man.

00:59:41.139 --> 00:59:43.900
And just in case you think I'm kidding, I've

00:59:43.900 --> 00:59:46.400
already locked up, listen to me, I've already

00:59:46.400 --> 00:59:51.260
locked up every womb in your kingdom. Every woman

00:59:51.260 --> 00:59:55.179
under your kingship is barren from this moment

00:59:55.179 --> 00:59:58.889
on. There'll be no more production. You touch

00:59:58.889 --> 01:00:04.010
her, you're a dead man. My God. You talk about

01:00:04.010 --> 01:00:08.650
scaring a man. He screamed out, oh my God. I

01:00:08.650 --> 01:00:11.090
didn't know. He said, that's my prophet out there.

01:00:11.550 --> 01:00:15.010
And that's his wife. And don't you mess with

01:00:15.010 --> 01:00:17.250
what I want done because she's going to bear

01:00:17.250 --> 01:00:24.150
a son according to my word. Listen to me, church.

01:00:24.869 --> 01:00:29.500
We're on the very threshold. of an awesome breakthrough

01:00:29.500 --> 01:00:32.900
in God. He said, you're going to bust out on

01:00:32.900 --> 01:00:36.840
the right hand and on the left. The first, listen

01:00:36.840 --> 01:00:39.940
to me, the first miracle in the Bible of healing,

01:00:40.019 --> 01:00:44.639
the first miracle was the healing of barrenness.

01:00:45.300 --> 01:00:50.340
I believe the last miracle in the Bible is going

01:00:50.340 --> 01:00:54.480
to be the healing of a barren church. And we're

01:00:54.480 --> 01:00:57.639
not going to just see people coming, to join

01:00:57.639 --> 01:01:00.320
our friendly atmosphere. They're going to be

01:01:00.320 --> 01:01:05.260
born again into the family of God because God

01:01:05.260 --> 01:01:08.739
doesn't have any grandkids. He has sons and daughters.

01:01:09.559 --> 01:01:12.539
Amen. Are you with me? Are you hearing me tonight?

01:01:12.719 --> 01:01:15.360
And so what God's saying to the church right

01:01:15.360 --> 01:01:18.519
here, what I sense in my spirit so strongly,

01:01:18.699 --> 01:01:21.960
listen, God's saying to the church, get ready

01:01:21.960 --> 01:01:25.320
because you're going to break out on the right

01:01:25.320 --> 01:01:28.820
hand. And on the left, you're going to see a

01:01:28.820 --> 01:01:31.659
vision without boundaries. You're going to see

01:01:31.659 --> 01:01:35.179
God stretching you. And he said, you shall embrace,

01:01:35.400 --> 01:01:40.980
listen, you shall embrace many ethnos, many nations.

01:01:41.400 --> 01:01:45.320
We're going to see people from all kinds of backgrounds.

01:01:46.030 --> 01:01:48.889
coming into the kingdom of God. I don't know

01:01:48.889 --> 01:01:52.929
what's out here in your demographics in this

01:01:52.929 --> 01:01:55.789
country, but whatever's out there, God said,

01:01:55.849 --> 01:01:59.969
I want them all. I am not going to shout on anybody.

01:02:00.550 --> 01:02:03.809
And I'm talking about every kind of race and

01:02:03.809 --> 01:02:07.070
color and creed and people. Folks, we don't have

01:02:07.070 --> 01:02:09.769
a right to go to Africa if we can't believe God

01:02:09.769 --> 01:02:12.760
can save our neighbor over here. You understand

01:02:12.760 --> 01:02:15.599
what I'm saying? We've got to believe God to

01:02:15.599 --> 01:02:18.559
break down in us any kind of resistance to whatever

01:02:18.559 --> 01:02:22.099
God wants to do. Listen, we old Pentecostals

01:02:22.099 --> 01:02:24.920
were so strong on this for years and I was, I

01:02:24.920 --> 01:02:30.019
were one. So I understand it. But you know, we

01:02:30.019 --> 01:02:32.079
try to clean our fish before we caught them.

01:02:37.400 --> 01:02:40.889
God said, I'm no respecter of persons. He said,

01:02:40.949 --> 01:02:43.630
Peter, rise, slay, and eat. You know the vision

01:02:43.630 --> 01:02:48.150
he had, Acts chapter 9. Oh, no, Lord, I'm not

01:02:48.150 --> 01:02:50.090
going to get into that creepy, crawly stuff.

01:02:50.130 --> 01:02:53.570
God said, you better, or you're a dead man. Amen?

01:02:54.750 --> 01:02:56.829
Don't you call that which I've called clean,

01:02:56.889 --> 01:03:00.489
unclean. Don't you try to label something different

01:03:00.489 --> 01:03:04.300
than I've labeled it. Amen? And so let's remember

01:03:04.300 --> 01:03:06.579
this. I know this is sombering. I know this is

01:03:06.579 --> 01:03:08.860
sobering because it's not going to be just people

01:03:08.860 --> 01:03:12.280
that fit into our little ethnic concept. We better

01:03:12.280 --> 01:03:15.079
get ready for whoever God wants to bring in.

01:03:15.599 --> 01:03:17.980
We've got to get ready. Amen. One of the greatest

01:03:17.980 --> 01:03:20.219
miracles that happened at Post Falls. How many

01:03:20.219 --> 01:03:23.980
remember the Groney family where the children

01:03:23.980 --> 01:03:27.059
were kidnapped and the whole family was slaughtered

01:03:27.059 --> 01:03:32.409
just about a year ago? Okay. The father of those

01:03:32.409 --> 01:03:35.230
children was actually the first suspect because

01:03:35.230 --> 01:03:38.050
he looked like a very rough character. He wasn't

01:03:38.050 --> 01:03:40.590
living with his family, but they called him in

01:03:40.590 --> 01:03:43.230
as a suspect. It was all on the news. It was

01:03:43.230 --> 01:03:48.190
everywhere. Well, that man, two months ago, that

01:03:48.190 --> 01:03:51.429
man contracted throat cancer just about the same

01:03:51.429 --> 01:03:54.530
time Marcus did. They had been praying for him

01:03:54.530 --> 01:03:56.289
day and night. His children had been praying

01:03:56.289 --> 01:03:58.289
because his children went to school with those

01:03:58.289 --> 01:04:01.619
little children that were kidnapped. And one

01:04:01.619 --> 01:04:04.059
of them was killed. And the little girl still

01:04:04.059 --> 01:04:06.440
goes to school with their children. So they're

01:04:06.440 --> 01:04:08.699
very close. In fact, it happened very close to

01:04:08.699 --> 01:04:12.579
where they live. But in the meantime, about two

01:04:12.579 --> 01:04:16.940
months ago, this man was contracted cancer and

01:04:16.940 --> 01:04:19.619
came to the church and asked them to pray for

01:04:19.619 --> 01:04:22.500
him. And he got saved. And they began to pray

01:04:22.500 --> 01:04:25.199
for his healing. In the meantime, his little

01:04:25.199 --> 01:04:27.519
girl got saved about two weeks ago when we were

01:04:27.519 --> 01:04:32.230
there that Sunday. Marcus is now tutoring them

01:04:32.230 --> 01:04:34.190
and getting them ready. And the pastor wants

01:04:34.190 --> 01:04:38.130
him to baptize that whole bunch. That's the power

01:04:38.130 --> 01:04:41.510
of God. Folks, God's fixing to do something awesome

01:04:41.510 --> 01:04:44.510
in this place. And we're going to see signs and

01:04:44.510 --> 01:04:47.309
wonders and miracles. Let me just say this to

01:04:47.309 --> 01:04:50.730
you individually. When the horse is dead, dismount.

01:04:59.389 --> 01:05:01.730
we've got to quit beating some of our old dead

01:05:01.730 --> 01:05:04.909
horses. We've got some old brain dead projects

01:05:04.909 --> 01:05:07.769
that need to go in our personal life, in our

01:05:07.769 --> 01:05:11.070
imagination. Many of you people are restrained

01:05:11.070 --> 01:05:15.170
by false burdens that don't belong to you, that

01:05:15.170 --> 01:05:17.789
devil put on you and told you you should have

01:05:17.789 --> 01:05:19.610
done this and should have done that because you

01:05:19.610 --> 01:05:21.449
didn't do that. Therefore, you can't do anything

01:05:21.449 --> 01:05:24.780
else. It's time to settle that, folks. This is

01:05:24.780 --> 01:05:27.139
God's time to say, get out of that little frame

01:05:27.139 --> 01:05:29.400
of mind, and we're going to see enlargement.

01:05:29.480 --> 01:05:32.619
Say enlargement. Keep saying it. Say enlargement.

01:05:33.199 --> 01:05:35.840
Write it on big word, big letters on your mirror

01:05:35.840 --> 01:05:38.000
in the bathroom. Say enlargement. Hallelujah.

01:05:38.519 --> 01:05:40.780
Take Bon Ami and write it on there, whatever.

01:05:40.960 --> 01:05:42.460
Do you know what Bon Ami is? You don't know that.

01:05:42.500 --> 01:05:46.079
Okay. Some of you older folks do. Here's what

01:05:46.079 --> 01:05:48.639
God's saying. Here's what I want to do in this

01:05:48.639 --> 01:05:52.940
church. I want to strengthen the stakes. God's

01:05:52.940 --> 01:05:57.119
coming to investigate us. It's okay. He has a

01:05:57.119 --> 01:06:01.119
right. He's the Lord of this church. He's the

01:06:01.119 --> 01:06:05.980
builder. He's the architect. He is the author.

01:06:06.820 --> 01:06:10.019
He's the finisher. And he's coming to check us

01:06:10.019 --> 01:06:12.940
out. And sometimes when he jerks us out of our

01:06:12.940 --> 01:06:16.219
comfort zone, we don't like what we see. Because

01:06:16.219 --> 01:06:18.239
some of those stakes are not as strong as we

01:06:18.239 --> 01:06:21.269
thought they were. They may have a little termite

01:06:21.269 --> 01:06:24.730
work on them. They may have some dry rot. They

01:06:24.730 --> 01:06:27.489
may have some stuff on them that God's not going

01:06:27.489 --> 01:06:29.710
to throw them in the fire. He may have to cut

01:06:29.710 --> 01:06:35.789
them down to size and sharpen them again. But

01:06:35.789 --> 01:06:39.949
every one of us are vital to God. You see, he's

01:06:39.949 --> 01:06:42.250
not here to destroy us. He's here to plant us.

01:06:42.789 --> 01:06:45.630
He's here to strengthen us. Now, listen to me

01:06:45.630 --> 01:06:49.719
carefully. We've got to have strength. Oh, my

01:06:49.719 --> 01:06:52.900
God. We have to have strength before length.

01:06:53.559 --> 01:06:56.179
I'll finish this tomorrow. You'll come back.

01:06:56.480 --> 01:06:59.780
Anyhow, we have to have strength before we can

01:06:59.780 --> 01:07:02.480
have length. Then he said, lengthen your cords.

01:07:02.659 --> 01:07:06.500
This is very critical to me, Pastor. I'm prophesying

01:07:06.500 --> 01:07:09.760
this, that God's going to give you completely

01:07:09.760 --> 01:07:14.219
new relationships with ministries you've never

01:07:14.219 --> 01:07:17.679
connected with before. These cords are going

01:07:17.679 --> 01:07:21.619
to go far out. They're going to go far out. But

01:07:21.619 --> 01:07:24.139
we've got to have strength here to hold those

01:07:24.139 --> 01:07:28.619
cords. We cannot extend these cords any further

01:07:28.619 --> 01:07:34.960
than our stakes can hold. See, I'm speaking to

01:07:34.960 --> 01:07:37.980
you prophetically. God wants to enlarge you,

01:07:38.000 --> 01:07:40.780
pastor, enlarge your staff, enlarge your vision,

01:07:40.860 --> 01:07:45.400
and open new doors of relationships to you. These

01:07:45.400 --> 01:07:49.340
cords represent new ties, new relationships,

01:07:49.539 --> 01:07:53.340
and that's going to bring life and vitality like

01:07:53.340 --> 01:07:58.019
you never dreamed possible into this house. It's

01:07:58.019 --> 01:08:00.239
not an accident that God brought us together,

01:08:00.400 --> 01:08:03.440
brother. It's not because I'm anything, but it's

01:08:03.440 --> 01:08:07.260
because in God's economy, he's everything. But

01:08:07.260 --> 01:08:14.000
he arranges our steps and our stops. Amen? He

01:08:14.000 --> 01:08:17.460
does that. For a reason, because God wants us

01:08:17.460 --> 01:08:22.720
to have this awesome business of cross -pollination.

01:08:23.859 --> 01:08:28.119
We need to cross -pollinate. We need new life.

01:08:28.140 --> 01:08:30.460
We need new understanding. We need new relationships

01:08:30.460 --> 01:08:33.619
in the body of Christ. See, we can get so centered

01:08:33.619 --> 01:08:38.220
until it's us four and no more. But God wants

01:08:38.220 --> 01:08:44.069
us to see beyond our borders. Amen? Now. What

01:08:44.069 --> 01:08:47.729
he wants to do is bring a special sense of birthing.

01:08:47.750 --> 01:08:50.069
And I feel this is time right now to do this.

01:08:51.710 --> 01:08:55.489
Many years ago, among the other gifts that God

01:08:55.489 --> 01:08:58.689
gave me, in his wonderful, wonderful, matchless

01:08:58.689 --> 01:09:02.170
grace, and it's all by his grace because everything

01:09:02.170 --> 01:09:05.869
we have is by his grace. It's all been received,

01:09:05.989 --> 01:09:10.989
not achieved. Okay? You got that? Okay. I'm fully

01:09:10.989 --> 01:09:14.180
aware of that. But God put something on me that

01:09:14.180 --> 01:09:16.779
I didn't ask for. And it happened in Brother

01:09:16.779 --> 01:09:19.500
Kightley's church many, many years ago. We were

01:09:19.500 --> 01:09:22.739
in the midst of the hippie revival. And some

01:09:22.739 --> 01:09:29.979
of you are here tonight. And so, you know the

01:09:29.979 --> 01:09:33.760
old beetle bus you had and the psychedelic pain

01:09:33.760 --> 01:09:36.819
on it and all that stuff. Well, anyhow, I was

01:09:36.819 --> 01:09:38.680
preaching in this meeting and there were scores

01:09:38.680 --> 01:09:41.630
of young people that got saved. during that time

01:09:41.630 --> 01:09:46.789
i'm talking about berkeley berserkly people and

01:09:46.789 --> 01:09:49.090
they were there and there were all kinds of them

01:09:49.090 --> 01:09:56.270
from all different ethnic ethnos i was closing

01:09:56.270 --> 01:09:59.329
the meeting like i'm doing right now and i felt

01:09:59.329 --> 01:10:02.689
in my spirit these kids many of them been saved

01:10:02.689 --> 01:10:05.789
about you know six months maybe a year but they

01:10:05.789 --> 01:10:10.579
were really just having a hard time finding out

01:10:10.579 --> 01:10:14.239
their identity. And they had been so used to

01:10:14.239 --> 01:10:18.380
living communal, you know, they lived in communes

01:10:18.380 --> 01:10:22.000
and done the thing. But Mama Kitely, she's like

01:10:22.000 --> 01:10:24.560
a mother hen. I mean, she put the kibosh on all

01:10:24.560 --> 01:10:27.680
that stuff and she got them living good. But

01:10:27.680 --> 01:10:30.239
now they were terrified at the prospect of marriage.

01:10:31.819 --> 01:10:34.220
I didn't know this, but the Holy Ghost showed

01:10:34.220 --> 01:10:37.979
me. And I thought, well, I said, here goes. I'm

01:10:37.979 --> 01:10:40.430
going to take a chance on it. Here goes. I said,

01:10:40.430 --> 01:10:42.149
there's people here tonight that have been afraid

01:10:42.149 --> 01:10:44.670
to get married. I was thinking three or four

01:10:44.670 --> 01:10:49.210
people, maybe two. And I made the statement,

01:10:49.250 --> 01:10:51.550
and I just made a humble appeal, and I said,

01:10:51.590 --> 01:10:53.430
I don't know why, but I feel anointed to pray

01:10:53.430 --> 01:10:55.489
for you, to take the fear off of you, give you

01:10:55.489 --> 01:10:58.329
the liberty to go out and find a good wife, husband,

01:10:58.409 --> 01:11:00.350
whatever, and you'll find them. They're here.

01:11:00.470 --> 01:11:03.930
They're all around you. And they looked at me

01:11:03.930 --> 01:11:07.109
in shock. And that pastor, Violet, you know,

01:11:07.149 --> 01:11:09.390
you've got to know her. She's like a little dandy

01:11:09.390 --> 01:11:13.890
rooster. She's praying in tongues. Where is this

01:11:13.890 --> 01:11:20.390
guy taking us? I didn't know. But what happened

01:11:20.390 --> 01:11:24.069
that night, I don't know, about 70, I think,

01:11:24.289 --> 01:11:29.630
60 or 70 kids came up. We prayed for them. Well,

01:11:29.630 --> 01:11:31.649
Pastor David called me a few months later. He

01:11:31.649 --> 01:11:32.930
said, Brother Moses, he's going to come over

01:11:32.930 --> 01:11:34.430
and help me. He said, every Sunday we're having

01:11:34.430 --> 01:11:37.270
three or four weddings. We've turned our Sunday

01:11:37.270 --> 01:11:39.710
evenings into just weddings and all communal

01:11:39.710 --> 01:11:42.810
things. And they're all celebrating. And that's

01:11:42.810 --> 01:11:45.989
good. So about a year later, he had me come back

01:11:45.989 --> 01:11:47.710
and preach. And I'm preaching like this, just

01:11:47.710 --> 01:11:50.090
closing the meeting. All of a sudden, I feel

01:11:50.090 --> 01:11:56.069
this incredible sense of now. Come on me. I said,

01:11:56.069 --> 01:11:58.680
you know. There may be one or two of you people

01:11:58.680 --> 01:12:00.420
out here that are having trouble having a baby.

01:12:01.460 --> 01:12:03.460
And maybe you want somebody to pray for you.

01:12:03.520 --> 01:12:04.640
I said, I don't know why I'm doing this because

01:12:04.640 --> 01:12:08.779
I haven't done this before. But if you're here

01:12:08.779 --> 01:12:15.119
and you want help, I have faith that God's going

01:12:15.119 --> 01:12:18.720
to break the spirit of barrenness. Well, here

01:12:18.720 --> 01:12:24.989
comes this mob. Serious. They come up and I don't

01:12:24.989 --> 01:12:26.489
know how long it was I was up there praying.

01:12:26.510 --> 01:12:28.510
They're all legitimately married couples now.

01:12:30.069 --> 01:12:35.069
About a year later, Pastor David calls me again.

01:12:35.109 --> 01:12:36.470
He said, you better come up here and help me

01:12:36.470 --> 01:12:39.310
raise some money because we need nurseries like

01:12:39.310 --> 01:12:42.149
you wouldn't believe. He said, babies are coming

01:12:42.149 --> 01:12:49.029
everywhere. I mean, they're just prolific. The

01:12:49.029 --> 01:12:53.979
spirit of faith came. God started something in

01:12:53.979 --> 01:12:57.939
me. And since that time, I'm not exaggerating,

01:12:57.939 --> 01:13:01.939
we have prayed for multitudes of people. And

01:13:01.939 --> 01:13:04.680
some of them were really, really stretched my

01:13:04.680 --> 01:13:07.939
faith. Some of them looked like Sarah, I'm telling

01:13:07.939 --> 01:13:11.260
you, that came up. And they had babies. I mean,

01:13:11.279 --> 01:13:15.939
that just, it's unbelievable. I don't mean after

01:13:15.939 --> 01:13:19.020
she had the extreme makeover either. I'm talking

01:13:19.020 --> 01:13:25.909
about before. But what I'm saying here, we were

01:13:25.909 --> 01:13:30.170
preaching in a meeting and God spoke to me. I

01:13:30.170 --> 01:13:33.489
was standing on the platform by the pastor. He

01:13:33.489 --> 01:13:36.010
was my dear friend. He's a prophet. If I mentioned

01:13:36.010 --> 01:13:38.670
his name, you'd know him. Had a large church.

01:13:39.430 --> 01:13:43.649
Been married 10 years. No children. They couldn't

01:13:43.649 --> 01:13:47.350
have a baby. Beautiful wife. He's a vibrant young

01:13:47.350 --> 01:13:51.989
man and all of that. And I'm standing there beside

01:13:51.989 --> 01:13:56.210
him. He said, and the Lord said to me, tell him

01:13:56.210 --> 01:14:00.869
that they're going to have a baby. So I just

01:14:00.869 --> 01:14:02.890
leaned over and whispered to him while the worship's

01:14:02.890 --> 01:14:07.270
going on, you know, and he froze. His eyes got

01:14:07.270 --> 01:14:09.329
big as saucers. He looked like he'd been shot.

01:14:09.449 --> 01:14:13.310
He just stood there. He had a way of expressing

01:14:13.310 --> 01:14:18.069
himself that was very unique. And he said to

01:14:18.069 --> 01:14:26.520
me, oh, he says, Moses. Okay. It's up to you.

01:14:26.640 --> 01:14:28.939
I mean, God just told me. I mean, if you want.

01:14:29.119 --> 01:14:31.479
No, he says, you don't understand. We've had

01:14:31.479 --> 01:14:34.920
all kinds of prophecies over us for years and

01:14:34.920 --> 01:14:38.340
nothing happens. And he said, if this doesn't

01:14:38.340 --> 01:14:43.220
come to pass, this might strain our relationships.

01:14:44.300 --> 01:14:49.600
That's what he said to me. I said, it's up to

01:14:49.600 --> 01:14:54.909
you, pal. But in that instant, he was absolutely

01:14:54.909 --> 01:14:58.529
gripped by the word, you see. But faith hadn't

01:14:58.529 --> 01:15:03.430
come yet. In about 10 seconds, I saw it. It hit

01:15:03.430 --> 01:15:10.569
his face like that. Yes! I believe. I said, okay.

01:15:10.949 --> 01:15:14.449
Now we're ready to do business. And the Holy

01:15:14.449 --> 01:15:18.710
Ghost gave me a powerful prophetic vision. And

01:15:18.710 --> 01:15:21.850
I said, listen to me. This is first. The natural.

01:15:24.050 --> 01:15:26.770
This pastor and his wife, who've been trying

01:15:26.770 --> 01:15:29.609
for 10 years, are going to have a baby. And I

01:15:29.609 --> 01:15:31.829
don't do this, believe me, I don't do this lightly.

01:15:32.149 --> 01:15:34.609
And I don't do it unless the Holy Ghost tells

01:15:34.609 --> 01:15:37.510
me to do it. And I'm not about to advertise here

01:15:37.510 --> 01:15:40.050
tonight for a job. I'm not looking for that kind

01:15:40.050 --> 01:15:42.869
of prayer. I'm just saying what God told me to

01:15:42.869 --> 01:15:47.069
tell you. But in that instant, I saw it. I saw

01:15:47.069 --> 01:15:52.170
it. I saw literally. Hundreds and hundreds, in

01:15:52.170 --> 01:15:55.369
fact, thousands of people getting saved in that

01:15:55.369 --> 01:16:00.029
church. I said, first the natural. This baby

01:16:00.029 --> 01:16:03.489
is going to be a sign of a breakthrough of birthing

01:16:03.489 --> 01:16:06.010
in this body. There was about a thousand people

01:16:06.010 --> 01:16:09.850
there that morning. And the spirit of faith that

01:16:09.850 --> 01:16:13.390
came on that pastor came on the congregation.

01:16:14.189 --> 01:16:17.430
I didn't know it, but I just flat told the people,

01:16:17.510 --> 01:16:21.260
I said, look. This is yours if you want it. If

01:16:21.260 --> 01:16:23.659
you're out here and you're barren and you want

01:16:23.659 --> 01:16:26.739
a baby, this is your time. Grab it because it's

01:16:26.739 --> 01:16:30.539
here. It's right now. And I'm not going to lay

01:16:30.539 --> 01:16:32.640
hands on you or anything. You just take it by

01:16:32.640 --> 01:16:36.420
faith, by the word of the Lord. And then I prophesied

01:16:36.420 --> 01:16:38.020
what was going to happen, that there would be

01:16:38.020 --> 01:16:41.199
multitudes of people saved after this natural

01:16:41.199 --> 01:16:44.399
birthing. This would break out. And I went a

01:16:44.399 --> 01:16:47.560
step further, which I very reluctantly do ever.

01:16:48.159 --> 01:16:51.760
But that morning, it was so strong, I told him,

01:16:51.779 --> 01:16:55.119
the time that I'm coming back to dedicate that

01:16:55.119 --> 01:16:59.359
baby. Now, I don't say this to glorify Moses'

01:16:59.560 --> 01:17:01.159
baby because I'm telling you, I'm shivering now

01:17:01.159 --> 01:17:04.960
because this is scary stuff. And I don't do this

01:17:04.960 --> 01:17:10.920
lightly. Please understand that. But it came

01:17:10.920 --> 01:17:15.079
to pass. And we came back on that date that I

01:17:15.079 --> 01:17:17.279
told him I'd be there to dedicate that child.

01:17:17.739 --> 01:17:22.420
Within the year. And he tormented me for months.

01:17:23.260 --> 01:17:26.979
Would not tell me that she was pregnant. The

01:17:26.979 --> 01:17:30.260
very week after. The word of the Lord came to

01:17:30.260 --> 01:17:33.380
her. She was pregnant. And he wouldn't tell me.

01:17:36.500 --> 01:17:41.500
Tormented me. Even had me come back and preach.

01:17:42.380 --> 01:17:46.140
About four months. By that time she couldn't

01:17:46.140 --> 01:17:49.739
hardly hide it. Because I could see the difference.

01:17:50.800 --> 01:17:53.880
And he finally admitted it to the congregation

01:17:53.880 --> 01:17:56.020
that morning. First time he wanted me to be there.

01:17:56.720 --> 01:17:59.939
But listen, folks. When we dedicated that little

01:17:59.939 --> 01:18:05.619
boy, their pride and joy, we had at least 15

01:18:05.619 --> 01:18:08.760
other babies that we dedicated that morning.

01:18:09.479 --> 01:18:12.460
And one of them, by the word of the Lord, was

01:18:12.460 --> 01:18:15.960
a woman that had multiple miscarriages. I just

01:18:15.960 --> 01:18:18.670
said multiple. I didn't know. But this woman

01:18:18.670 --> 01:18:22.609
had nine miscarriages, and she brought this one

01:18:22.609 --> 01:18:26.430
to full term. We had a whole line of them all

01:18:26.430 --> 01:18:29.170
there. They all got pregnant within about the

01:18:29.170 --> 01:18:35.270
same matter of days. Now, what happened? A revival

01:18:35.270 --> 01:18:39.090
broke out, and that church began to explode.

01:18:39.510 --> 01:18:42.010
They couldn't hold the people in the building.

01:18:42.050 --> 01:18:45.029
They had to go to the fairgrounds. They had over

01:18:45.029 --> 01:18:48.689
2 ,000 people. The last count I had that come

01:18:48.689 --> 01:18:55.170
to Jesus. Spiritual birth. First the natural,

01:18:55.390 --> 01:19:00.170
then the spiritual. This evening, I'm going to

01:19:00.170 --> 01:19:05.109
ask the church to consciously step up to the

01:19:05.109 --> 01:19:10.050
Lord's plate and say, Father, break in me every

01:19:10.050 --> 01:19:12.750
spirit of barrenness. I'm not talking about natural.

01:19:12.810 --> 01:19:16.520
Don't get scared now. One woman said in that

01:19:16.520 --> 01:19:18.579
meeting, all I did was carry his briefcase out.

01:19:18.939 --> 01:19:27.199
But people didn't know. But this was God's time

01:19:27.199 --> 01:19:30.699
visit. And I'm not playing games with you tonight.

01:19:31.060 --> 01:19:34.319
I'm just telling you actual facts of things that

01:19:34.319 --> 01:19:37.439
God did do and how it relates to the spiritual.

01:19:37.760 --> 01:19:40.960
God uses this terminology to get our attention.

01:19:41.500 --> 01:19:44.119
Amen? We're going to break out on the right hand

01:19:44.119 --> 01:19:47.060
and on the left. And maybe you've had heartaches.

01:19:47.119 --> 01:19:49.899
Maybe you've had broken dreams and all of that.