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COMING TO YOU TODAY IN THAT ALL-POWERFUL NAME,
JESUS!
FRIEND, WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM FOR YOU TODAY,
GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING!
BUT IF THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN YOUR LIFE,
CALL OUR PRAYER LINE TODAY;
GET READY TO RECEIVE
BECAUSE GOD IS READY TO MOVE FOR YOU!
STAY RIGHT THERE; DON'T YOU DARE GO AWAY!
(announcer) FROM STUDIOS IN AKRON, OHIO,
WELCOME TO THE NINETY AND NINE CLUB
WITH YOUR HOST,
ERNEST ANGLEY!
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ON TODAY'S PROGRAM,
YOU'LL ENJOY WONDERFUL GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING!
AND WE'LL TAKE YOU INTO THE AUDITORIUM
OF GRACE CATHEDRAL FOR TODAY'S SERMON!
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BRINGING YOU REPORTS OF HEAVEN'S MIRACLES
THAT PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING ALL OVER THE WORLD
THROUGH THIS JESUS WORLD OUTREACH MINISTRY!
AND NOW YOUR HOST FOR THE NINETY AND NINE CLUB,
ERNEST ANGLEY!
♪
YOU ARE SPECIAL!
AND YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD!
I'M THE REV. CHRIS MACHAMER.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR
AT ERNEST ANGLEY'S GRACE CATHEDRAL,
AND I WILL BE YOUR GUEST HOST
FOR THE PROGRAM TODAY.
FRIEND, WE HAVE MUCH IN STORE FOR YOU,
BUT AS I SAID IN THE OPENING,
IF THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN YOUR LIFE,
SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL,
IT DOESN'T MATTER
BECAUSE OUR GOD IS ON THE THRONE
AND HE'S READY TO MOVE FOR YOUR NEED TODAY.
WE HAVE PHONE COUNSELORS ON DUTY
READY TO TAKE YOUR CALL.
SO CALL IN AT THIS TIME,
GET THAT REQUEST IN;
THEN AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM,
I'LL BE TAKING YOUR REQUESTS BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE,
BELIEVING GOD TO MOVE FOR THAT NEED TODAY.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL GOSPEL MUSIC
AND SINGING FOR YOU TO START THIS PROGRAM.
AND FIRST,
IT'S ANGEL'S GRACE CATHEDRAL CHOIR
AND THE CATHEDRAL TRIO SINGING A POWERFUL SONG
WRITTEN BY THE REV. ERNEST ANGLEY
AND ROCKY LOWTHER,
"I HEAR THE SOUND OF MIRACLES."
THEN IT'S THE HALLELUJAHS WITH,
"WHEN A SOUL CRIES."
THEN THE SERMON FOR TODAY BY THE REV. BROCK MILLER,
"THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER."
♪ [sound of thunder] ♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND... ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND... ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND... ♪
♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND... ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND... ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ I HEAR THE SOUND OF MIRACLES ♪
♪ [MIRACLES, MIRACLES] ♪
♪ IT'S SHAKING THE GROUND ♪
♪ [SHAKING THE GROUND] ♪
♪ I HEAR THE SOUND OF MIRACLES ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ WHAT A GLORIOUS SOUND [GLORIOUS SOUND] ♪
♪ OVER THE MOUNTAINS [AHH...] ♪
♪ OVER THE HILLS [AHH...] ♪
♪ THROUGH THE VALLEYS HIS POWER I FEEL ♪
♪
♪ I HEAR THE RUSHING WATERS ♪
♪ [HEAR THE SOUND...] ♪
♪
♪ AND SEE THE MIGHTY WIND ♪
♪ [HEAR THE SOUND...] ♪
♪
♪ I HEAR THE SOUND OF ANGELS ♪
♪ [HEAR THE SOUND...] ♪
♪ LET THE HEALING BEGIN ♪
♪ [HEALING BEGIN] ♪
♪ OVER THE LAND [AHH...] ♪
♪ AND OVER THE SEA [AHH...] ♪
♪ A MIRACLE HAS COME ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN BE FREE ♪
♪ [FREE!] ♪
♪ THE SOUND OF MIRACLES ♪
♪ COMING OVER THE MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ THE SOUND OF MIRACLES ♪
♪ COMING OVER THE HILLS ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ THE SOUND OF MIRACLES ♪
♪ COMING THROUGH THE VALLEYS ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ THE SOUND OF MIRACLES IS POWER ♪
♪ I CAN FEEL ♪
♪
♪ NOW LISTEN, LISTEN CLOSELY ♪
♪ LET GOD HAVE YOUR EARS ♪
♪
♪ A WOMAN'S HEALED OF CANCER ♪
♪ A CHILD NOW CAN SEE ♪
♪ A CRIPPLED BOY CAME WALKING ♪
♪ A SINNER SET FREE ♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND... ♪
[speaking] THANK GOD, SHE'S HEALED!
HE CAN WALK!
SHE CAN SEE!
A WOMAN HEALED OF AIDS!
A MAN'S HEART WAS HEALED!
DEAF CHILDREN NOW CAN HEAR!
♪ HEAR THE SOUND ♪
♪ [HEAR THE SOUND] ♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND ♪
♪ [HEAR THE SOUND] ♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND ♪
♪ [HEAR THE SOUND] ♪
♪ HEAR THE SOUND ♪
♪ [HEAR THE SOUND] ♪
♪
♪ THE GLORY CLOUD OF MIRACLES ♪
♪ [MIRACLES] ♪
♪ IS OVER US NOW ♪
♪
♪ [OVER US NOW] ♪
♪ I FEEL HIS MIGHTY POWER ♪
♪ [HIS POWER] ♪
♪ HE'S RAINING IT DOWN ♪
♪ [RAINING IT DOWN] ♪
♪
♪ IT'S TIME TO REACH UP ♪
♪ INTO HIS GLORY [REACH UP] ♪
♪ IT'S TIME TO REACH UP ♪
♪ WHERE HEALINGS ABOUND [REACH UP] ♪
♪ IT'S TIME TO ♪
♪ REACH UP ♪
♪ AND TAKE ON A MIRACLE [REACH UP] ♪
♪ IT'S TIME TO REACH UP ♪
♪ THE RAIN IS FALLING DOWN ♪
♪ [FALLING DOWN] ♪
♪
♪ REACH UP INTO HIS GLORY ♪
♪ [REACH UP] ♪
♪ [IT'S TIME TO REACH UP] ♪
♪ WHERE HEALINGS ABOUND ♪
♪ [REACH UP] ♪
♪ [IT'S TIME TO REACH UP] ♪
♪ AND TAKE ON A MIRACLE ♪
♪ [IT'S TIME TO REACH UP] ♪
♪ THE RAIN IS FALLING DOWN ♪
♪ [FALLING DOWN] ♪
♪ REACH UP [REACH UP] ♪
♪ REACH UP [REACH UP] ♪
♪ REACH UP [REACH UP] ♪
♪ REACH UP [REACH UP] ♪
♪ REACH UP AND TAKE A MIRACLE ♪
♪ REACH UP AND TAKE A MIRACLE ♪
♪ [REACH UP] ♪
♪ WE'RE IN THE GLORY CLOUD ♪
♪ [REACH UP AND TAKE A MIRACLE] ♪
♪ REACH UP AND TAKE A MIRACLE ♪
♪ REACH UP AND TAKE A MIRACLE ♪
♪ [REACH UP] ♪
♪ WE'RE IN THE GLORY CLOUD ♪
♪ [REACH UP AND TAKE A MIRACLE] ♪
♪ REACH UP AND TAKE A MIRACLE ♪
♪ REACH UP AND TAKE A MIRACLE ♪
♪ REACH UP ♪
♪ REACH UP... ♪
♪ REACH UP! ♪
♪ [sound of thunder] ♪♪
[applause]
♪
♪ [bell tolling] ♪
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♪ WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FRIEND ♪
♪ NOTHING REALLY MATTERS ♪
♪ ONLY THE LOVE FOR JESUS ♪
♪ AND THE SOULS FOR US TO GATHER ♪
♪ SO HELP US WITH OUR BURDEN ♪
♪ AND HEAR THAT HARVEST CRY ♪
♪ 'CAUSE HE THAT WINNETH SOULS ♪
♪ WINNETH SOULS IS WISE ♪
♪ WHEN A SOUL CRIES ♪
♪ ALL HEAVEN HEARS ♪
♪ IT RINGS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM ♪
♪ AND FALLS ON GOD'S EARS ♪
♪ WHEN A SOUL CRIES ♪
♪ THE ANGELS REJOICE ♪
♪ FOR ONE MORE CRY TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ MADE JESUS THEIR CHOICE ♪
♪
♪ HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL ON HIM ♪
♪ IN WHOM THEY'VE NOT BELIEVED? ♪
♪ HOW SHALL THEY BELIEVE IN HIM ♪
♪ OF WHOM THEY'VE NOT HEARD? ♪
♪ AND HOW SHALL THEY HEAR ♪
♪ WITHOUT A PREACHER MAN? ♪
♪ AND HOW SHALL THEY PREACH ♪
♪ EXCEPT THEY BE SENT? ♪
♪ WHEN A SOUL CRIES ♪
♪ ALL HEAVEN HEARS ♪
♪ IT RINGS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM ♪
♪ AND FALLS ON GOD'S EARS ♪
♪ WHEN A SOUL CRIES ♪
♪ THE ANGELS REJOICE ♪
♪ FOR ONE MORE CRY TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ MADE JESUS THEIR CHOICE ♪
♪ WHEN A SOUL CRIES ♪
♪ ALL HEAVEN HEARS ♪
♪ IT RINGS THROUGH THE KINGDOM ♪
♪ AND IT FALLS ON GOD'S EARS ♪
♪ WHEN A SOUL CRIES ♪
♪ THE ANGELS REJOICE ♪
♪ FOR ONE MORE CRY TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ MADE JESUS THEIR CHOICE ♪
♪ FOR ONE MORE CRY TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ MADE JESUS THEIR CHOICE... ♪
♪ [OOO...] ♪
♪ [THEIR CHOICE] ♪
♪ JESUS THEIR CHOICE ♪
♪♪
[applause]
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU TONIGHT.
THE SUBJECT FOR TONIGHT IS,
"THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER,"
AND THIS IS PART FOUR A SERIES OF MESSAGES
THAT I'VE BEEN PREACHING ON PERSONAL SOUL WINNING.
THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER,
IT IS THE HEART OF GOD,
AND THAT'S THE HEART THAT WE ALL MUST HAVE
IN THIS FINAL HOUR.
IT'S THE HEART TO WIN THE LOST AT ANY COST.
THERE'S NO HIGHER HONOR,
THERE'S NO GREATER PRIVILEGE
FOR A CHILD OF GOD
THAN TO BE A PERSONAL SOUL WINNER.
IT'S THE GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY
THAT YOU COULD EVER HAVE,
TO HOLD SOULS IN YOUR HANDS;
LIVING, BREATHING ETERNAL SOULS,
WE HOLD THEM IN OUR HANDS.
THAT'S SOBERING TO THINK ABOUT.
CHILD OF GOD, WE'VE BEEN CHOSEN
TO DO A GREAT WORK IN THIS FINAL HOUR
TO BRING IN THE LAST HARVEST.
WE MUST NOT FAIL.
WE MUST NOT LET ONE SOUL SLIP THROUGH OUR FINGERS
AND INTO ETERNITY, NOT ONE SOUL;
BECAUSE IF WE FAIL, UNTOLD MULTITUDES WILL DIE
WITHOUT ANY HOPE OF SEEING HEAVEN,
UNTOLD MULTITUDES WILL GO TO HELL
WHO SHOULD'VE NEVER BEEN IN HELL IF WE FAIL,
AND THEIR BLOOD WILL BE ON OUR HANDS.
THIS IS OUR FINAL HOUR.
THIS IS OUR TIME, BRIDE OF CHRIST,
TO GO FORTH AND WIN MANY SOULS.
THE WORD OF GOD INSTRUCTS US TO BE SOUL WINNERS.
PROVERBS 11:30-B TELLS US,
"AND HE THAT WINNETH SOULS IS WISE."
AND DANIEL 12:3,
"AND THEY THAT BE WISE
"SHALL SHINE AS THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT;
"AND THEY THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
AS THE STARS FOR EVER AND EVER."
DO YOU HAVE THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER TONIGHT?
I WANT YOU TO EXAMINE YOURSELF IN THIS MESSAGE
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE THE SOUL WINNER
THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE,
THAT HE EXPECTS YOU TO BE IN THIS HOUR.
AND THE SUBTOPIC FOR TONIGHT'S MESSAGE IS,
"OUR STRENGTH IN SOUL WINNING,"
OUR STRENGTH IN SOUL WINNING.
WHAT IS OUR STRENGTH IN SOUL WINNING?
AND THE WORD OF GOD GIVES US THE ANSWER IN NEHEMIAH,
CHAPTER 8, VERSE 10, THE "B" PART:
"FOR THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH,"
THE JOY OF THE LORD.
AND NOTICE, IT DOESN'T JUST SAY
THAT JOY IS YOUR STRENGTH.
IT SAYS THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH,
NOT JUST HUMAN JOY.
HUMAN JOY IS NOT ENOUGH,
DIVINE JOY.
HUMAN JOY IS WEAK.
IT'S FLEETING.
IT'S HERE ONE MOMENT AND GONE THE NEXT.
BUT THE JOY OF THE LORD
IS AN EVERLASTING JOY.
THAT'S A JOY THAT STAYS WITH YOU
NO MATTER WHAT BATTLE OR TRIAL
THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
IT'S JOY THAT GIVES YOU STRENGTH
TO MAKE IT THROUGH EVERY VALLEY.
NO MATTER HOW DEEP THAT VALLEY IS,
THE JOY OF THE LORD GIVES YOU STRENGTH TO CLIMB OUT.
THAT KIND OF JOY IS THE JOY
THAT EVERY SOUL WINNER HAS TO HAVE
BECAUSE THE BATTLES ARE GOING TO COME.
THE TESTING TIME IS GOING TO COME,
AND WHEN IT DOES,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEPEND
ON THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD TO SEE YOU THROUGH.
HUMAN STRENGTH ISN'T GONNA CUT IT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW STRONG YOU ARE PHYSICALLY
WHEN THE SPIRITUAL BATTLES COME,
IT'S ABOUT HOW STRONG YOU ARE SPIRITUALLY,
HOW STRONG YOU ARE IN THE LORD
AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT.
MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD THE SAYING,
"ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE."
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WALK WITH GOD,
THE SAME CAN BE SAID.
ONLY THE SPIRITUALLY STRONG,
ONLY THOSE WHO ARE STRONG IN THE LORD
AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT WILL SURVIVE
AND OVERCOME AND BE VICTORIOUS
OVER THE ENEMY.
SO HOW STRONG ARE YOU IN THE LORD TONIGHT?
ASK YOURSELF, "HOW STRONG AM I IN THE LORD TONIGHT?"
AND BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF,
"HOW STRONG AM I IN THE LORD?"
WELL, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK YOURSELF,
"HOW MUCH JOY DO I HAVE?"
'CAUSE YOUR JOY IS A GOOD MEASURING STICK
OF HOW STRONG YOU ARE IN THE LORD.
AND IF YOU'RE REALLY SAVED,
BORN NEW AND ON FIRE FOR GOD,
THEN THE JOY OF THE LORD SHOULD BE BUBBLING
IN YOUR SOUL TONIGHT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE JOY UNSPEAKABLE
AND FULL OF GLORY,
JUST LIKE PETER TALKED ABOUT IN I PETER,
CHAPTER 1, VERSES 7 AND 8:
"THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH,
"BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN OF GOLD THAT PERISHETH,
"THOUGH IT BE TRIED WITH FIRE,
"MIGHT BE FOUND UNTO PRAISE AND HONOUR AND GLORY
"AT THE APPEARING OF JESUS CHRIST:
"WHOM HAVING NOT SEEN, YE LOVE;
"IN WHOM, THOUGH NOW YE SEE HIM NOT,
"YET BELIEVING, YE REJOICE WITH JOY UNSPEAKABLE
AND FULL OF GLORY."
JOY UNSPEAKABLE: WHAT IS JOY UNSPEAKABLE?
IT'S JOY THAT'S SO GREAT AND SO POWERFUL
THAT IT CAN'T EVEN BE DESCRIBED WITH WORDS;
AND THAT IS THE KIND OF JOY
THAT A TRUE JESUS SOUL WINNER HAS.
EVEN WHEN THE TRIALS GET HARD,
EVEN WHEN THE CARES OF LIFE SEEM TO BE CLOSING IN,
THE WALLS CLOSING IN ALL AROUND YOU,
YOU HAVE THAT JOY.
EVEN WHEN SORROW AND HEARTACHE COMES,
YOU STILL HAVE THAT JOY DEEP ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
"WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR THE NIGHT,"
THE BIBLE SAYS,
"BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING."
THAT PROMISE SAYS THAT NO MATTER
WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IN THIS LIFE,
WE HAVE JOY KNOWING THAT SOON
WE'LL BE DONE WITH ALL TROUBLES AND ALL TRIALS.
SOON THERE WILL BE NO MORE SICKNESS.
THERE'LL BE NO MORE PAIN.
THERE'LL BE NO MORE DEATH.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BE PASSED AWAY
AND WE'LL BE IN HEAVEN
WITH OUR LORD FOR ALL TIME AND ALL ETERNITY.
THERE'S JOY IN THOSE KIND OF THOUGHTS.
WHEN YOU THINK ON THOSE THINGS,
THAT'LL BRING YOU JOY,
AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU STRENGTH
TO MAKE IT THROUGH WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
IN THIS HOUR.
AND WHEN THE DEVIL COMES AGAINST YOU
TRYING TO DISCOURAGE YOU
AND OVERWHELM YOU
AND BURDEN YOU DOWN WITH THE CARES OF LIFE,
WHEN HE TRIES TO WORRY YOU
AND FRUSTRATE YOU AND DEPRESS YOU,
YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S THE DEVIL.
IT'S JUST THE ENEMY
AND YOU HAVE TO USE THE BLOOD ON HIM.
DON'T ENTERTAIN THOSE THOUGHTS OF DOUBT AND FEAR
AND DISCOURAGEMENT WHEN THEY COME
BECAUSE IF YOU ENTERTAIN THOSE KIND OF THOUGHTS,
YOU'RE GONNA LOSE YOUR JOY.
WHEN BAD THOUGHTS COME,
YOU HAVE TO SHOOT THEM DOWN WITH GOOD THOUGHTS.
WHEN THOUGHTS OF FEAR COME,
YOU SHOOT THEM DOWN WITH THOUGHTS OF FAITH.
WHEN THOUGHTS OF DOUBT COME,
YOU SHOOT THOSE THOUGHTS DOWN
WITH THE PROMISES OF GOD.
JESUS TOLD US IN HIS WORD, "BE NOT OVERCOME OF EVIL,
BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD."
BE NOT OVERCOME WITH FEAR, BUT OVERCOME FEAR WITH LOVE.
"PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT ALL FEAR,"
THE BIBLE TELLS US.
BE NOT OVERCOME WITH CONFUSION,
BUT OVERCOME CONFUSION WITH PEACE.
"LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEART."
"GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION,
BUT OF PEACE."
BE NOT OVERCOME WITH DOUBT,
BUT YOU OVERCOME DOUBT WITH FAITH.
SEE, A GOOD THOUGHT WILL CONQUER A BAD THOUGHT
EVERY SINGLE TIME.
GOD GIVES US ALL THE WEAPONS THAT WE NEED
TO USE AGAINST THE ENEMY,
TO COUNTER HIM.
YOU NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE THAT IN SOUL WINNING.
WE HAVE EVERY WEAPON THAT WE NEED.
WE DON'T HAVE TO YIELD TO DOUBT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO YIELD TO FEAR,
TO DEPRESSION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF IT
IN THE WORLD TODAY;
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU'LL COME IN CONTACT WITH
IN SOUL WINNING WILL BE FULL OF FEAR,
FULL OF DOUBT AND FULL OF DISCOURAGEMENT,
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO YIELD TO THOSE THINGS.
THE WORLD TODAY IS SO FULL OF THOSE THINGS,
FULL OF RESTLESSNESS AND SORROW
AND DEPRESSION, DESPAIR.
PEOPLE ARE LONGING FOR REAL JOY
BECAUSE THIS OLD WORLD JUST AIN'T GOT IT,
JUST DOES NOT HAVE REAL JOY.
AND WITHOUT JESUS YOU CAN NEVER HAVE REAL JOY.
YOU CAN SEARCH THE WHOLE WORLD OVER FOR IT.
YOU CAN SEARCH IN ALL THE ENTERTAINMENTS
AND ALL THE SINS AND ALL THE PLEASURES,
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, WHATEVER;
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND THAT JOY THERE.
YOU CAN SEARCH IN FAME AND FORTUNE,
IN MONEY AND POSSESSIONS,
IN HOUSES AND LANDS,
ALL THAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER,
BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND JOY THERE.
YOU WILL NEVER FIND JOY UNTIL YOU FIND JESUS.
AND THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING,
SEARCHING DESPERATELY FOR THAT JOY.
AND SEE, WHEN THEY SEE THAT JOY BUBBLING INSIDE OF YOU,
WELL, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT JOY.
THEY KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU,
AND THEY WANT IT.
THEY WANT WHAT YOU HAVE.
THE JOY OF THE LORD DRAWS PEOPLE TO YOU
IN A GREAT WAY.
WHAT KIND OF PERSON DO YOU THINK IS MORE LIKELY
TO DRAW A SOUL?
ONE WHO WALKS AROUND DOWN IN THE DUMPS,
ONE WHO WALKS AROUND MOODY, DISCOURAGED,
IN DESPAIR, TALKING DOUBT,
TALKING SICKNESS ALL THE TIME?
OR ONE WHO'S FULL OF JOY, WHO'S FULL OF HAPPINESS,
WHO CARRIES AROUND A BIG JESUS SMILE?
WELL, OF COURSE,
THE SOUL'S GONNA BE DRAWN TO THE HAPPY PERSON,
THE ONE THAT'S FULL OF JOY.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF JOY IN SOUL WINNING.
WE HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE GOD
TO SHINE HIS LIGHT TO A LOST AND DYING WORLD.
IN MATTHEW 4:16,
IT TELLS US,
"THE PEOPLE WHICH SAT IN DARKNESS SAW GREAT LIGHT;
"AND TO THEM WHICH SAT IN THE REGION
AND SHADOW OF DEATH LIGHT IS SPRUNG UP."
WHEN JESUS WAS HERE,
PEOPLE WERE DRAWN TO HIM BY THE MULTITUDES.
HE WAS THE LIGHT THAT LIT UP THE ENTIRE WORLD.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS,
YOU HAVE THAT SAME LIGHT OF LOVE,
OF JOY, OF PEACE ON THE INSIDE OF YOU,
AND IT'S THE LIGHT OF TRUTH THAT SETS THE CAPTIVES FREE.
THAT LIGHT DRAWS PEOPLE TO YOU.
DO YOU HAVE THAT LIGHT SHINING THROUGH YOU TONIGHT?
IN ORDER TO SHINE THAT LIGHT THOUGH,
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WALKING IN THE LIGHT
EACH AND EVERY DAY.
I JOHN, CHAPTER 1, BEGINNING IN VERSE 4,
"AND THESE THINGS WRITE WE UNTO YOU,
THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL,"
TAKE NOTE OF THAT, "THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL.
"THIS THEN IS THE MESSAGE WHICH WE HAVE HEARD OF HIM,
"AND DECLARE UNTO YOU, THAT GOD IS LIGHT,
"AND IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL.
"IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM,
"AND WALK IN DARKNESS,
"WE LIE, AND DO NOT THE TRUTH:
"BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT,
"AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT,
"WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER,
"AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON
CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN."
THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT LIGHT
IS GOING TO SHINE THROUGH YOU
IS FOR YOU TO HAVE A TRUE BORN-AGAIN EXPERIENCE,
AND THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE LIVING FREE FROM ALL SIN.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
BECAUSE WITH ANY SIN IN YOUR HEART,
THERE'S NO WAY THAT THAT LIGHT CAN SHINE
THROUGH YOU TO OTHERS.
YOU HAVE DARKNESS IN YOU, THE LIGHT CAN'T SHINE FORTH;
THE WORD OF GOD DECLARES IT.
THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF "EVERYBODY SINS A LITTLE BIT;
NOBODY CAN LIVE FREE FROM SIN,"
IT'S BEING SPEWED FORTH ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY
FROM PULPITS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS
JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A "REVEREND"
IN FRONT OF THEIR NAME
IF THEY'RE NOT PREACHING THE TRUTH.
WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT GOD SAYS IN HIS HOLY WORD.
GOD SAYS THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE HIS SOUL WINNER,
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE HIS HEAVEN
IS TO BE LIVING FREE FROM ALL SIN.
BUT YOU CAN'T JUST STOP AT SALVATION;
YOU HAVE TO GO ON AND RECEIVE
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST
WITH THE INITIAL EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES,
JUST AS IT'S RECORDED IN ACTS 2:4.
MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE FAILED TO GO ON
TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST BAPTISM.
THEY'VE FAILED,
MANY OF THEM BECAUSE THEIR PASTOR TOLD THEM
THAT WHEN THEY GOT SAVED
THEY AUTOMATICALLY GOT THE HOLY GHOST;
BUT IT'S NOT THE CASE.
AND THEY WOULD KNOW IT'S NOT THE CASE
IF THEY WOULD'VE LISTENED TO THE WORD OF GOD
INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THE WORD OF MAN.
WITHOUT THAT POWER WORKING IN YOUR LIFE,
THAT POWER FROM ON HIGH,
YOU WILL NEVER WIN ALL THE SOULS
THAT GOD HAS MARKED FOR YOU TO WIN.
WITHOUT THAT POWER,
YOU WON'T HAVE THAT UNSPEAKABLE JOY
BEING MANIFESTED IN YOUR LIFE LIKE IT SHOULD BE
'CAUSE JOY IS ONE OF THE NINE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE HOLY GHOST LIVING
AND DWELLING ON THE INSIDE OF YOU,
THEN HE'LL MANIFEST THAT JOY THROUGH YOU
IN A GREAT AND MIGHTY WAY
ALONG WITH THE OTHER FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
ACTS 1:8 SAYS,
"BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER,
AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST IS COME UPON YOU."
THAT'S POWER TO DO THE WORK OF JESUS.
THAT'S POWER, BLOOD-POWER TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE.
THAT'S POWER TO LAY HANDS ON THE SICK
AND THEY SHALL GET WELL.
DO YOU HAVE THAT HOLY GHOST POWER
WORKING WITHIN YOU TONIGHT?
IF NOT, WELL, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE TONIGHT,
AND YOU CAN RECEIVE THAT GOOD HOLY GHOST BAPTISM.
OH, THE JOY OF THE LORD,
THE JOY OF THE LORD, IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
WE MUST HAVE THAT JOY;
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR THE LORD,
WE MUST DO IT WITH JOY.
WHEN THE LIGHT OF LOVE
AND THE LIGHT OF GOD'S JOY IS SHINING THROUGH YOU,
LIKE I SAID JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO,
PEOPLE WILL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
THEY WILL RECOGNIZE THAT JOY
AND THEY'LL WANT IT FOR THEMSELVES.
AND THEY'LL RECOGNIZE THAT JOY
WHEN YOU REALLY HAVE IT INSIDE YOU
WITHOUT YOU EVEN SAYING A WORD.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS
THAT YOU CAN SHINE FORTH THE JOY OF THE LORD
IS BY CARRYING A BIG JESUS SMILE.
NEVER FORGET THAT,
CARRYING THAT BIG JESUS SMILE.
IT'S SUCH A SIMPLE THING TO SMILE.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD BEHIND THAT SMILE,
IT'S POWERFUL.
AND EVERYBODY CAN SMILE.
NEVER SAY THAT YOU'RE TOO OLD
OR YOU'RE TOO FRAIL TO BE A SOUL WINNER
BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU CAN GIVE A BIG JESUS SMILE,
THEN YOU CAN WIN SOULS.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE BREATH LEFT TO PRAY,
THEN YOU CAN BE A SOUL WINNER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL
TO FOREIGN LANDS TO BE A SOUL WINNER.
YOU CAN WALK PAST SOMEONE ON THE STREET,
SEE SOMEONE AT THE BANK,
AT A GROCERY STORE, AT A RESTAURANT,
AT SCHOOL, AT WORK, WHEREVER,
AND YOU GIVE THEM THAT BIG JESUS SMILE,
AND YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW THAT SMILE CAN AFFECT THEM
AND GET INTO THEM.
A LITTLE BIT OF KINDNESS
WHEN YOU HAVE THE ANOINTING OF GOD
GOES A LONG WAY;
AND AN ANOINTED SMILE CAN DO WONDERS
IN SOUL WINNING.
IT DISARMS PEOPLE.
AND I'VE HEARD STORIES OF OUR PEOPLE
THAT THEY'VE WENT TO THE MISSION FIELD
AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL COME IN CONTACT WITH SOULS
THAT SEEM SO HARD
AND LIKE THERE'S A GREAT WALL UP
IN BETWEEN THEM AND THAT SOUL,
BUT WHEN THEY GIVE THAT BIG JESUS SMILE TO THAT SOUL,
INSTANTLY THAT WALL COMES DOWN
AND THE DOORS OPEN FOR THEM TO WITNESS.
A SMILE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SMALL THING,
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
IT'S A GREAT ASSET TO A SOUL WINNER.
SOME OF YOU SHOULD PRACTICE SMILING.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY, WHY NOT SHOW IT?
WHY NOT SHOW THAT JOY OF THE LORD?
WE'VE GOT A LOT TO SMILE ABOUT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT;
WE REALLY DO; WE HAVE A LOT TO BE JOYFUL ABOUT.
IF YOU'RE A PART OF THIS JESUS MINISTRY,
THEN YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE
FOR NOT HAVING THE JOY OF THE LORD.
YOU SHOULD LEARN TO SMILE ABOUT THE ETERNAL THINGS.
LEARN TO SMILE ABOUT SALVATION,
ABOUT THE HOLY GHOST BAPTISM,
THAT WE'VE GOT A HEAVEN TO GO TO,
THAT THE LORD'S COMING SOON
TO TAKE US IN THE ONE FLIGHT OUT,
THAT WE'VE GOT SO MANY BLESSINGS,
SO MANY BENEFITS, MIRACLES AND HEALINGS.
LEARN TO SMILE ABOUT THE PROMISES OF GOD.
LEARN TO SMILE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD.
LEARN TO SMILE THAT YOU ARE A SOUL WINNER
AND THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO THE GREATEST WORK
THAT HE COULD EVER CALL YOU TO DO.
SEE, WHEN YOU LEARN TO SMILE ABOUT THE ETERNAL THINGS,
YOU'RE GONNA SMILE A LOT MORE.
IF YOU ONLY SMILE ABOUT YOUR SURROUNDINGS,
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE MUCH TO SMILE ABOUT.
SO LEARN TO SMILE ABOUT THE ETERNAL THINGS.
THE LORD WANTS HIS JOY TO SHINE THROUGH US
EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THE WORLD IS SO DARK,
SO DARK NOW THAT JUST A SMALL FLICKER OF LIGHT
IS ALL IT TAKES TO DRAW PEOPLE.
AND IF IN THIS BUILDING TONIGHT
WE WERE TO TURN OUT ALL THE LIGHTS
AND IT WAS PITCH BLACK
AND SOMEBODY STRUCK A MATCH
AND LIT IT AND HELD IT UP,
ALL EYES AROUND THIS PLACE WOULD BE INSTANTLY DRAWN
TO THAT LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT,
THAT TINY MATCH.
WELL, CHILD OF GOD,
WE ARE THAT MATCH IN THE WORLD TODAY.
MATTHEW, CHAPTER 5, VERSES 14-16,
JESUS HAD THIS TO SAY TO US IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT:
"YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
"A CITY THAT IS SET ON AN HILL CANNOT BE HID.
"NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE,
"AND PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL,
"BUT ON A CANDLESTICK;
"AND IT GIVETH LIGHT UNTO ALL THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE.
"LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN,
"THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS,
AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN."
"THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE,
LET IT SHINE, LET IT SHINE."
MOST OF US LEARNED THAT SONG
WHEN WE WERE THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS OLD.
WE COULD PROBABLY ALL SING IT TOGETHER TONIGHT.
WE WON'T, BUT WE PROBABLY COULD
WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO SING THAT SONG;
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO PUT IT INTO PRACTICE IN YOUR LIFE.
ARE YOU REALLY LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE
BEFORE THE LORD?
ARE YOU REALLY LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE
IN THIS FINAL HOUR?
WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS,
YOU SHOULD LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HIM,
EVEN IF IT IS JUST THROUGH THAT SMILE.
YOU SHOULD LET THE WORLD KNOW.
CARRY THAT JESUS SMILE
AND FLASH IT WHEREVER YOU GO.
AND IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SMILING,
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SHOWING YOUR HAPPINESS,
WELL, ASK THE LORD TO HELP YOU.
ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU MORE JOY,
TO GIVE YOU THAT JESUS SMILE.
AND THE LORD, ASK HIM TO ANOINT YOU
LIKE HE'S NEVER ANOINTED YOU BEFORE FOR THAT JOY.
THE ANOINTING MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
IN PERSONAL SOUL WINNING,
THE ANOINTING.
YOU SHOULD VALUE AND TREASURE
EACH AND EVERY ANOINTING
MORE THAN IF SOMEONE WERE TO GIVE YOU
A MILLION DOLLARS OR A PRICELESS GEM.
YOU SHOULD TREASURE THE ANOINTING
BECAUSE THE ANOINTING IS A MUST.
AND IF YOU GO OUT AND TRY TO BE A SOUL WINNER
WITHOUT THE ANOINTING OF GOD,
YOU'RE GONNA DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD,
LET ME TELL YOU.
YOU SHOULD TAKE A FRESH ANOINTING FOR EACH SOUL
THAT YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH.
I TAKE A FRESH ANOINTING FOR EVERY SERVICE,
FOR EVERY SERMON THAT I PREACH,
FOR EVERY FUNERAL I CONDUCT.
FOR EVERYTHING THAT I DO FOR THE LORD,
I TAKE A FRESH ANOINTING.
REV. ANGLEY'S INSTRUCTED ALL OF US TO DO THAT,
TO TAKE A FRESH ANOINTING FOR EACH SERVICE.
AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE FRESH ANOINTINGS
FOR SOUL WINNING
BECAUSE EVERY SOUL THAT YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH
IS A NEW PERSONALITY,
SO YOU NEED A FRESH ANOINTING FOR EACH SOUL.
AND AS YOU GO FORTH FROM SOUL TO SOUL,
YOU SHOULD PRAY.
LET YOUR PRAYER BE,
"LORD, ANOINT ME FOR THE NEXT SOUL.
"ANOINT ME; GIVE ME THE WORDS TO SPEAK.
"HOLY SPIRIT, DIRECT MY PATHS,
"GUIDE EVERY STEP THAT I TAKE,
AND ANOINT ME FOR THAT NEXT SOUL."
WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING,
YOU SHOULD LET YOUR PRAYER BE,
"LORD, ANOINT ME FOR EVERY SOUL
"THAT I COME IN CONTACT WITH TODAY,
ANOINT ME."
AND GOD HAS SPECIAL ANOINTINGS FOR SOUL WINNING
THAT HE'LL GIVE TO YOU IF YOU'LL USE IT.
HE HAS THOSE SPECIAL ANOINTINGS TO GO FORTH
AND WIN SOULS AND WORK FOR HIM.
AND JESUS SAID IN LUKE,
CHAPTER 4, VERSES 18 AND 19--
I LOVE THIS; THIS IS POWERFUL--
"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,
"BECAUSE HE HATH ANOINTED ME
"TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR;
"HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED,
"TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES,
"AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
"TO SET AT LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED,
TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD."
IT TAKES THE ANOINTING OF GOD
FOR PEOPLE TO BE SET FREE FROM SIN AND SICKNESS.
NOTHING LESS THAN THE ANOINTING WILL DO IT.
IT HAS TO BE THE ANOINTING OF GOD.
AND IF YOU TREASURE EACH ANOINTING,
AND YOU CARRY THAT ANOINTING,
AND IF YOU HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD
BUBBLING IN YOUR SOUL,
THEN YOU WILL DO A MIGHTY WORK FOR GOD
IN THIS HOUR,
AND YOU WILL BRING MANY SOULS INTO THE KINGDOM.
BUT DO YOU HAVE THAT JOY IN YOUR HEART TONIGHT?
EXAMINE YOURSELF.
BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF.
IF NOT, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER.
THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH IN THIS HOUR.
IT TRULY IS.
IT'S OUR STRENGTH
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT JOY TO MAKE IT.
AND IF YOU FEEL WEAK AND BATTERED AND BRUISED,
IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED MORE STRENGTH
TO FIGHT THE ENEMY,
THEN ASK THE LORD TO GIVE YOU MORE JOY TONIGHT.
SPEND TIME IN THE PSALMS THIS WEEK
AND IN THE WEEKS TO COME.
THERE'S SUCH STRENGTH IN THE PSALMS
BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH JOY IN THE PSALMS.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN
THE LORD HAS DRAWN ME TO THE BOOK OF PSALMS
WHEN I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.
AND JUST BY READING THOSE PSALMS,
YOU GET SUCH STRENGTH; YOU GET SO ANOINTED.
IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH POWER IN THAT JOY
OF THE PSALMS.
IT'S ONLY THROUGH THE LORD THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE JOY
THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
AND SINNER, BACKSLIDER,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND THIS JOY IN PLEASURES,
SINS AND ENTERTAINMENTS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND IT IN WEALTH AND POSSESSIONS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND IT IN FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
TRUE JOY AND LASTING JOY
ONLY COMES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
AND IF YOU RECEIVE HIM TONIGHT,
HE WILL GIVE YOU THAT JOY UNSPEAKABLE
AND FULL OF GLORY.
YOU CAN HAVE THAT JOY,
YOU CAN HAVE THAT LOVE,
YOU CAN HAVE THAT PEACE,
AND YOU CAN SERVE IT TO OTHERS.
SO LET THE LORD FILL YOU WITH HIS JOY TONIGHT
LIKE NEVER BEFORE
AND TAKE ON THE HEART OF A SOUL WINNER.
AND GOD BLESS YOU TONIGHT.
[applause]
A GREAT SERMON ON SOUL WINNING.
I WAS THINKING OF THE OLD, OLD GREAT SONG,
"THROW OUT THE LIFELINE, SOMEONE IS DRIFTING AWAY.
THROW OUT THE LIFELINE, SOMEBODY IS SINKING TODAY."
AND THAT'S HAPPENING TO PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
SOME ARE DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE GOSPEL,
THE SHORE OF LOVE AND PEACE AND JOY.
OTHERS ARE SINKING INTO THE PLEASURES OF SIN
AND DEGRADATION, ***;
AND THEY'RE SINKING INTO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL,
SINKING, TRYING TO FIND HELP,
BUT IT ISN'T OUT THERE IN THE WORLD.
AND WE'RE THROWING OUT THE LIFELINE TO THEM,
THROWING OUT THE LIFELINE,
BRINGING THE FISH IN.
AND WE CAN REEL THEM RIGHT IN
WITH THE REEL OF LOVE AND GRACE.
HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT.
THEY WANT A NEW LIFE, AND MANY ARE SAYING,
"I WISH I COULD LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN."
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE MINE AGAIN.
NO.
I GAVE MY HEART TO GOD
AND STARTED PREACHING AT 18;
BEEN PREACHING WELL OVER 70 YEARS NOW
AND NO STOPPING PLACE,
NO STOPPING PLACE DOWN HERE.
HEAVEN IS THE FINAL STOP.
'TIL THEN I EXPECT TO WIN SOULS FOR THE LORD.
SOULS, THAT'S MY BUSINESS.
AND I THINK OF PEOPLE, THEIR SOULS FIRST OF ALL,
THEIR SOULS.
IT'S THE ONLY PART THAT'S THE REAL YOU;
IT'S THE ONLY PART THAT CAN'T DIE.
IT'LL LIVE A LIVING DEATH IN HELL
OR A LIVING LIFE IN HEAVEN.
IT'S A PART OF GOD.
THE SOUL COMES FROM THE BREATH OF GOD,
AND IT CAN'T DIE.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, ISN'T IT?
AND WE'RE TO RESCUE THOSE SOULS.
IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO JUST SIT BY AND LET THEM GO TO HELL.
YOU SAY, "OH, THERE'S NO NEED TO TALK TO THEM."
IN SOUL WINNING YOU DON'T DO A LOT OF TALKING.
NO.
YOU'RE READY.
AND THE HOLY GHOST USES JUST A FEW WORDS.
KEEP THAT IN MIND.
AND IF A PERSON'S READY, A FEW WORDS WILL DO IT;
IF THEY'RE NOT READY, YOU WAIT.
THE LORD SAID IF YOU LACK WISDOM, ASK OF GOD,
THAT HE'LL GIVE TO YOU LIBERALLY
AND UPBRAID YOU NOT.
HE WON'T SCOLD YOU ABOUT
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THE PAST,
AND HE'LL GIVE YOU THAT WISDOM AND THAT JOY.
AND I DON'T KNOW,
NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER
THAN WINNING PEOPLE FOR GOD,
AND I'M FOREVER WINNING PEOPLE.
I TAKE TIME TO WIN THEM.
I TAKE TIME TO SHOW THEM THE WAY.
I TAKE TIME TO CAREFULLY DEAL WITH THEM;
AND THE LORD LETS ME GO INSIDE OF THEM.
I KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
AND I DEPEND ON HIM WHAT TO SAY.
I'M CAREFUL WITH LOST HUMANITY.
I DIDN'T WANT NOBODY TO TRY TO CRAM IT DOWN MY THROAT.
MY PARENTS NEVER DID.
IN LIVING IT--
AND MY TWO SISTERS, THEY NEVER DID.
THEY JUST LIVED IT,
AND THAT IMPRESSED US VERY MUCH,
THE ONES THAT WERE UNSAVED IN THE FAMILY.
THEY WERE TRULY LIVING, WALKING, LIVING EPISTLES.
BUT I WAS DRAWN TO THE WORD OF GOD.
EVEN AS A YOUNGSTER,
THEY'D BE GIVING THE ALTAR CALL,
SINGING, "ALMOST PERSUADED,"
AND OTHER ALTAR SONGS THAT WERE CALLING.
I WANTED TO GO TO THAT ALTAR SO MUCH.
I WANTED TO MEET GOD.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HE WAS THINKING.
I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT GOD.
I WAS INTERESTED IN GOD.
AND THEN AT 18,
I LEARNED AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT HIM,
THE HOURS AND TIMES THAT HE SPENT WITH ME
TO SHOW ME THE JOY THAT I WOULD HAVE WINNING SOULS,
THAT I WOULD HAVE CARRYING THE GOSPEL.
HE GIFTED ME WITH IT.
I WENT TO A GREAT THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL LATER,
BUT IN THE BEGINNING I WAS PREACHING,
THEY SAID, LIKE AN OLD PREACHER,
LIKE I'D BEEN PREACHING FOR YEARS,
BUT IT WAS THE GIFT OF GOD.
IT JUST DROPPED FROM MY MIND INTO MY SOUL
AND IT DID THE WORK.
I WAS TAUGHT THE BLOOD.
I WAS TAUGHT IT TOOK THE BLOOD.
"WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SINS?
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS."
MY PEOPLE TREASURED THE BLOOD;
AND THE PASTORS IN THAT DAY TREASURED THE BLOOD,
TREASURED THE BLOOD.
AND THE ALTAR CALLS...
AS JUST A TEENAGER, I ENJOYED THE ALTAR CALLS.
I DELIGHTED IN PEOPLE GETTING SAVED,
BUT I DELIGHTED THE MOST IN SEEING THEM BAPTIZED
WITH THE HOLY GHOST LIKE ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
I KNEW THOSE PEOPLE-- I WAS LITTLE CHURCH BOY--
AND I KNEW PEOPLE COMING IN,
THAT THAT HAD TO BE GOD;
I'D SEE THE EXPRESSIONS ON THEIR FACES.
SOME OF THEM, AS I'VE SAID,
THEY'D GET SO PALE AROUND THEIR MOUTH,
PALE AS DEATH.
OR MAYBE THEIR WHOLE FACE WOULD BE PALE
THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD.
AND THEN AS THEY WERE PRAISING THE LORD
THAT GLORY WOULD GO AWAY
AND THE HOLY GHOST WOULD BE SPEAKING
IN A LOVELY LANGUAGE, A BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE.
THAT ALWAYS THRILLED ME
FROM THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD THE HOLY GHOST SPEAK.
I WAS SO YOUNG.
I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.
MY UNCLE WAS AN UNBELIEVER
I THOUGHT HE WAS TAKING ME TO A SHOW
ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THEY WERE HAVING SERVICE
AT THAT LITTLE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH;
AND I THOUGHT THAT.
BUT I WAS ASTOUNDED AT WAS WHAT WAS THERE,
SO MUCH SO THAT I WANTED TO KEEP GOING.
I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT.
I'D NEVER HEARD PEOPLE SINGING,
"I'M IN THE GLORY LAND WAY,"
AND "GLORY IS COMING, IT WON'T BE LONG,
AND WE'LL BE SINGING A BRAND-NEW SONG."
I'D NEVER SEEN PEOPLE LIGHT UP LIKE THAT
TO SING LIKE THAT, AND I LOVED IT.
I LOVED IT AND I STILL DO.
GOD BLESS YOU TONIGHT.
THIS IS A GREAT MESSAGE.
YOU IN TELEVISION LAND,
THIS IS A SOUL- SAVING STATION.
WHY DON'T YOU COME AROUND
AND GIVE GOD A CHANCE AT YOUR LIFE?
THAT SOUL'S GONNA BE SOMEWHERE;
IT HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE FOR ETERNITY.
WHERE WILL IT BE?
I DECIDED I WANTED MY SOUL TO BE IN HEAVEN
FOR ETERNITY, FOR ETERNITY.
I'M GLAD I WAS TAUGHT THE RIGHT WAY.
NOBODY HAD TO TEACH ME THE BORN-AGAIN EXPERIENCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN I FIRST LEARNED IT.
I LEARNED IT WHEN JUST A CHILD.
I HAD SUCH KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD AT TWO AND THREE
AND FOUR YEARS OF AGE;
BUT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD FOLLOWED ME.
THE LORD TOLD ME THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN I WAS BORN.
MY MOTHER ALMOST DIED AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE ANGEL OF THE LORD.
AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD FOLLOWED ME;
I COULDN'T DO THE THINGS THAT OTHER BOYS DID.
I COULDN'T DO THE THINGS THAT MY BROTHER DID.
NO.
WE RAN AROUND QUITE A BIT TOGETHER,
BUT I WOULDN'T DO EVERYTHING HE DID,
NOT NEARLY ALL THAT HE DID.
NO, THERE WAS A VOICE COMING TO ME...
AND I'D HEAR THAT VOICE AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I'M GLAD THAT THE LORD FOLLOWED ME
THROUGH THE ANGEL OF THE LORD.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE SAME ANGEL
THAT STANDS BY MY SIDE
EVERY TIME I'M PRAYING FOR THE SICK.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN ANGELS,
AND I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE WORD OF GOD.
AND TO BE A SOUL WINNER, THE WORD HAS TO BE PARAMOUNT.
AND I LEARNED TO NEVER GIVE UP ON A SOUL.
AS LONG AS THEY HAVE BREATH,
THERE'S A CHANCE.
MAYBE IT'S THE VERY END...
AND I'VE KNOWN PEOPLE FOR YEARS,
SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN ANOTHER FAITH
AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT
A BORN-AGAIN EXPERIENCE...
AND I WIN THEM FOR THE LORD.
SOMETIMES IT'LL TAKE OVER 30 YEARS TO WIN THEM,
BUT I JUST LIVE IT IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND THEY'LL BEGIN TO ASK QUESTIONS,
AND THEY BEGIN TO WATCH ME ON TELEVISION,
AND THEN THEY WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT A BORN- AGAIN EXPERIENCE,
AND THAT'S WONDERFUL.
AND I'M ALWAYS READY.
BUT A LESSON FROM THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT:
YOU DON'T FORCE SALVATION UPON ANYBODY.
YOU DON'T FORCE HOLY LIVING UPON ANYBODY.
THEY HAVE TO WANT GOD; THEY HAVE TO WANT HIM.
AND I'M GLAD IN MY HEART AS A CHILD I WANTED GOD.
I WANTED GOD.
HE'S HERE TONIGHT.
HELP ME SAY THE SINNER'S PRAYER
WITH THOSE IN TELEVISION LAND THAT'S UNSAVED.
YOU CAN BE BORN NEW RIGHT NOW
AND HEAVEN CAN BE YOURS ONE DAY.
YOU CAN LIVE FREE FROM ALL SIN
BECAUSE THE LORD WILL LIVE IT THROUGH YOU
THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.
SAY, OH, GOD! [audience repeats]
I AM LOST.
PLEASE, GOD,
I'M IN THE NIGHT.
I'M COMING TO THE LIGHT OF CALVARY.
YOU SAID IF I'D CONFESS
MY SINS
YOU WOULD FORGIVE ME
AND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
I'M CONFESSING
WITH GODLY SORROW.
I HAVE SHAMED MY LORD
THAT DIED FOR ME.
FORGIVE ME.
AND I BELIEVE
THE BLOOD OF JESUS
WASHES AWAY
ALL OF MY SINS, ALL OF MY SINS!
SAY, COME INTO MY HEART, JESUS!
COME ON IN, JESUS!
IF YOU MEANT IT, HE HAS COME.
SAY, HALLELUJAH, JESUS IS MINE!
HALLELUJAH, JESUS IS MINE!
THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS BETWEEN ME AND THE CAMERA
AND ALL OVER NOW.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
WHEN THE LORD'S USING ME TO BRING SOULS TO GOD,
THERE'S SUCH A CLOUD OF HIS PRESENCE THAT COMES IN
AND I SEE IT.
AND IN THE HEALING LINES
AS I PRAY FOR A LOST SOUL THAT'S COMING THROUGH,
WHEN I SEE THAT FLASH OF LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
COME UPON THEM, I KNOW THEY'RE BORN NEW,
THE LIGHT OF CALVARY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.
AND WE'RE TAKING JESUS TO THE WORLD.
NOW WE WANT TO TAKE YOU ON
TO THE WONDERFUL HOLY GHOST BAPTISM,
NOT TO MAN'S PENTECOST.
GOD FORBID.
WE TAKE YOU INTO THE LORD'S PENTECOST.
IT WAS NECESSARY
FOR JESUS TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST BAPTISM
BEFORE HE BEGAN HIS MINISTRY.
JOHN SAW THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDING UPON HIM
IN THE FORM OF A DOVE
AND THE LORD'S VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN,
"THIS IS MY BELOVED SON IN WHOM I'M WELL PLEASED,"
AND HE WAS BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST.
AND THEN HE WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT,
THE BIBLE TELLS US,
INTO THE WILDERNESS TO FAST 40 DAYS AND NIGHTS;
AND THEN HE CAME FORTH FULL OF POWER,
FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST.
OUR MESSENGER TONIGHT, REV. BROCK MILLER,
READ THE PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE, JESUS SAYING,
"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME
FOR HE HATH ANOINTED ME."
HE WENT FORTH AS THE HEALER OF ALL OF OUR DISEASES
AND THE FORGIVER OF ALL OF OUR SINS.
HE IS INDEED WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.
AND NOW BE THOU MADE WHOLE.
PUT YOUR HAND AGAINST MINE
ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN AS A POINT OF CONTACT.
I'M NOT THE HEALER; JESUS IS THE HEALER,
BUT HE WORKS THROUGH ME WITH HIS MIGHTY GIFTS
THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.
LORD, HERE THEY ARE.
LAY A HEALING HAND ON THEM NOW.
YOU TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A FORM OF LAYING ON OF HANDS,
AND YOU'VE DELIVERED THE MILLIONS.
AND NOW DELIVER THE PEOPLE.
LORD, IT DOESN'T MATTER;
THERE'S NO CASE OUT OF YOUR REACH.
HEAL!
IN THE BLOOD- NAME OF JESUS.
HEAL!
IN THE HOLY NAME OF THE LORD.
HEAL!
THAT POWER'S SURGING THROUGH MY BODY,
INTO MY ARMS, INTO MY HAND,
AND INTO YOU.
AND GET WELL,
AND THEN WRITE AND TELL ME ABOUT IT.
OR CALL THE PRAYER LINE
AND TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED.
GO ON WITH THE LORD.
I MAY NEVER MEET YOU FACE TO FACE,
BUT I'LL MEET YOU IN HEAVEN ONE DAY.
GOD BLESS.
HELLO!
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OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY PREACH AND TESTIFY,
SING AND MAKE MUSIC FOR THE LORD.
WE'RE HAVING GREAT TIMES AND GREAT CROWDS AS WELL.
AND THEN SUNDAY, TWO MORE GREAT SERVICES
BACK IN THE CUYAHOGA FALLS LOCATION.
THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE IS AT 10 AM.
WE'LL HAVE SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
ON THE UPPER LEVEL
IN OUR JUNIOR CHURCH DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN SUNDAY EVENING AT 7 PM,
IT'S THE MIGHTY EVANGELISTIC SERVICE,
AGAIN WITH MORE GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC AND SINGING.
SO FRIEND, YOU NEED TO PAY US A VISIT.
WE'RE INTER- DENOMINATIONAL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO JOIN GRACE CATHEDRAL
TO BE IN ANY OF OUR SERVICES.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO WORSHIP THE LORD WITH US.
IT'S PRAYER TIME ON THE BROADCAST
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CALLED IN TODAY
WITH THAT SPECIAL REQUEST.
I WANT YOU TO PLACE YOUR HAND AGAINST MINE
ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN AS A POINT OF CONTACT,
AND REMEMBER, LET JESUS HEAL YOU RIGHT NOW.
LORD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
I BRING THE SICK AND AFFLICTED TO YOU,
THOSE THAT HAVE CALLED IN WITH A SPECIAL NEED
IN THEIR LIFE.
GOD, YOU KNOW EACH NEED.
LORD, LAY YOUR HEALING HAND UPON THEM RIGHT NOW.
IN THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS,
HEAL!
HEAL! HEAL!
LET YOUR BLOOD-POWER FLOW TO EACH PERSON RIGHT NOW.
GOD, EVERY NEED, EVERY BONDAGE,
EVERY BURDEN I PUT UNDER THE BLOOD.
LORD, DESTROY EVERY SICKNESS AND DISEASE,
MAKE THEM COMPLETELY WHOLE
AND RAISE THEM UP AS A WITNESS
FOR YOUR HONOR AND GLORY
IN THIS LAST AND FINAL HOUR.
IN THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, AND AMEN.
FRIEND, NOTICE EVERY IMPROVEMENT EACH DAY;
GIVE GOD THE HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO ME AND THE GOOD LORD.
GOD BLESS YOU TODAY!
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(announcer) FRIEND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT
OF THIS JESUS MINISTRY.
ALL THAT YOU GIVE WILL BE USED
TO SPREAD THE WONDERFUL TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD!
WELL, 'TIL THE NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER,
REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD!
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