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♪ (MUSIC) > THERE IS HOPE, THERE IS HELP, THERE ♪
♪ IS HEALING YEAH, YEAH COME FOR HEALING ♪
KEN> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO RHEMA PRAISE TODAY. AND WE HAVE
A TREAT IN STORE FOR YOU IN THE AUDIENCE. NOW, SOME OF YOU.
SOME OF YOU PROBABLY KNEW DAD AND HAVE HEARD HIM SPEAK,
BUT I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU, AND PERHAPS, MOST OF YOU HAVE NOT;
DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO HEAR WHAT I THINK, AND WHAT MANY
PEOPLE CALL ONE OF THE BEST
FAITH TEACHERS; TALKING TO THE CHURCH ABOUT
OUR AUTHORITY IN GOD THAT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY HAD. AND THAT
WAS KENNETH E. HAGIN. IN FACT, THEY CALLED HIM THE FATHER OF
MODERN-DAY FAITH. AND OF COURSE, HE READ AFTER SMITH
WIGGLESWORTH, A LOT AFTER SMITH WIGGLESWORTH ON FAITH. AND,
YOU KNOW, TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TO YOU ONE
OF HIS MESSAGES CALLED,
"GATHERING UP THE SPOIL". AND ACTUALLY,
GATHERING THE SPOILS MEANS TAKING WHAT THE BELONGS. WHAT
THE ENEMY HAD TAKEN FROM YOU, AND YOU TAKE IT BACK. AND YOU GO
DOWN AND YOU GATHER UP THE SPOILS. AND ACTUALLY, THE
SETTING FROM THIS IS IN. FROM YOU KNOW, THE OLD TESTAMANT
WHERE THREE ARMIES HAD GATHERED AGAINST THE KING, JEHOSHAPHAT.
AND THEN HE SOUGHT THE LORD. HE PRAYED AND ASKED THE LORD.
AND HE SPECIFICALLY SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT THIS MATTER, AND GOD GAVE
HIM THE COMMAND, "FEAR NOT NOR BE DISMAYED. TOMORROW GO OUT
AGAINST THEM, FOR THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU." NOW, DELIVERANCE
COMES FROM INQUIRING OF THE LORD AND GETTING HIS DIRECTION.
THEN YOU GO OUT AND WIN THE
BATTLE AND YOU GET ALL THE GOOD STUFF.
LYNETTE> ALL THE SPOILS, THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> SO WHY DON'T WE GO RIGHT NOW WHERE MY DAD, KENNETH E.
HAGIN, ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN I THINK THAT EVER LIVED (OF COURSE
I'M A LITTLE BIASED). I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT
AGREED WITH ME TOO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CALLED HIM DAD HAGIN.
MILLIONS CALLED HIM DAD HAGIN. SO, LET'S GO NOW WHERE YOU HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE OF HEARING
MY FATHER, KENNETH E. HAGIN, SPEAK.
REV. KENNETH E. HAGIN> NOW, MY MESSAGE TONIGHT IS:
"GATHERING UP THE SPOIL".
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
(LAUGHS) HALLELUJAH! GLORY TO GOD. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSTER'S
DICTIONARY THE WORD SPOIL (A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS SO TO SPEAK BUT
I LIKE THIS ONE); TO SPOIL MEANS TO PLUNDER OR
TAKEN FROM THE ENEMY IN WAR. NOW YOU SEE HERE, WE ENDED HERE,
THEY WERE THREE DAYS IN
GATHERING OF THE SPOIL IT WAS SO MUCH.
PAUL TELLS US IN FIRST
CORINTHIANS THE TENTH CHAPTER AND THE
ELEVENTH VERSE, WRITING TO THE CHURCH AT CORINTH; TALKING
ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL AND SO ON, HE
SAID THAT THIS (WHAT HAPPENED)
IS AN ENSAMPLE (KING JAMES SAID).
ALONG THE MARGIN IT SAID IT'S A "TYPE" UNTO US, AND IT'S WRITTEN
FOR OUR ADMONITION, [GLORY TO GOD], UPON WHOM THE ENDS OF THE
WORLD ARE COME. PRAISE GOD. HALLELUJAH. WELL, WE SEE HERE
THAT THE ENEMY CAME AGAINST JEHOSHAPHAT. THREE ARMIES BANDED
TOGETHER: AMMONITES, MOABITES AND THE CHILDREN OF MOUNT SEIR.
AND THEN IT WAS REPORTED TO JEHOSHAPHAT. HE KNEW THAT FROM
THE NATURAL STANDPOINT. HE HAS AN ARMY ALRIGHT, BECAUSE THE
WORD OF GOD TELLS US THAT THESE SINGERS WENT OUT BEFORE THE
ARMY. BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE, FROM A NATURAL STANDPOINT, AN ARMY
SUFFICIENT TO BATTLE THREE ARMIES COMBINED. SO THANK GOD HE
CALLED A PRAYER MEETING. HALLELUJAH. THAT'S THE BEST
THING TO DO WHEN YOU GET IN TROUBLE, CALL A PRAYER MEETING.
(CONGREGATION AMENS)
AND IT SAYS, JUDAH AND JERUSALEM ALL GATHERED BEFORE THE LORD.
AND THEN WE HAVE HIS PRAYER HERE THAT HE PRAYED; REMINDED GOD
FIRST OF ALL [PRAISE GOD] THAT HE IS:
".THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS. THOU ART THE GOD OF THE HEAVENS."
THAT SORT OF SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME PRAYER THAT THE EARLY
CHURCH PRAYED IN THE FOURTH CHAPTER OF ACTS AFTER THE MAN
WAS HEALED IN THE THIRD CHAPTER AT THE GATE CALLED BEAUTIFUL.
AND PETER AND JOHN WERE ARRESTED AND TAKEN INTO QUESTION,
AND COMMANDED TO PREACH AND TEACH NO MORE IN THE NAME OF
JESUS. AND BEING LET GO (THE SCRIPTURE SAID) THEY WENT UNTO
THEIR OWN COMPANY. HALLELUJAH. THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO BE
WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE - YOUR OWN COMPANY.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
AND THEY, THEY, THEY, THE WHOLE COMPANY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE
TO PRAYER UNTO GOD AND SAID,
LORD, THOU ART GOD WHO HATH MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
(AMEN)
AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS .
NOTICE THE SAME THING HERE IN THE SAME PATTERN. THEY DIDN'T
BEGIN TO PRAY AND TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HERE, JEHOSHAPHAT
DIDN'T BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HE BEGAN TO TALK
ABOUT THAT, "YOU ARE THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS. YOU ARE THE
GOD OF HEAVEN." PRAISE GOD. WHO HE IS; ART THOU NOT GOD
WHICH DIDST DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF
THE LAND BEFORE US? AND SO ON. AND THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT,
IN THY NAME, THY NAME IS IN THIS SANCTUARY. AND IF WHEN EVIL
COMETH UPON US OR THE SWORD OR JUDGMENT OR PESTILENCE OR
FAMINE, WE STAND BEFORE THIS HOUSE AND IN THY PRESENCE FOR
THY NAME IS IN THIS HOUSE; AND CRY UNTO THEE IN OUR AFFLICTION
THOU WILT HEAR AND HELP.
HE'S REMINDING GOD OF HIS PROMISE. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
AND SO THEN HE WENT ON TO TELL ABOUT. (NEXT VERSE),
BEHOLD THE CHILDREN OF AMMON AND MOAB AND MOUNT SEIR, WHOM
THOU WOULDEST NOT LET ISRAEL
INVADE WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE LAND.
NOW THEY HAVE TURNED ON US TO DESTROY US. THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
CAME UPON JAHAZIEL.
IT GOES ON TO TELL WHO HE'S THE SON OF, AND WHO HIS FATHER WAS
THE SON OF, AND SO ON AND SO
FORTH. AND HE SAID, (HE BEGAN TO PROPHESY),
HEARKEN YE O JUDAH, AND YE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM.
AND NOW, KING JEHOSHAPHAT, THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO THEE:
"BE NOT DISMAYED NOR. AFRAID OR DISMAYED."
DID YOU EVER NOTICE THAT GOD NEVER COMES WITH A SPIRIT OF
FEAR? (HE) NEVER COMES WITH A
WORD OF FEAR; ALWAYS, "FEAR NOT," "BE NOT AFRAID."
"BE NOT AFRAID NOR DISMAYED BY REASON OF THIS GREAT MULTITUDE
FOR THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS, BUT GOD'S."
NOW IF WE COULD EVER UNDERSTAND THAT, PRAISE GOD, WE'D HAVE IT
MADE. TOO MANY TIMES WE SEEM TO GET THE IDEA THAT THE BATTLE'S
OURS; WE'VE GOT TO WIN THE
BATTLE; WE'VE GOT TO WAGE THE WAR.
AMEN. WE WEAR OURSELVES OUT AND SOMETIMES DIE PREMATURELY,
WHEN IF WE'D JUST REST IN THE LORD AND IN HIS PROMISES AND
REMIND HIM THAT THE BATTLE'S HIS, NOT MINE. NOW THEN, I WANT
YOU TO NOTICE, THOUGH HE SAID (AND THOUGH GOD SAID),
" THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S NOT
YOURS." IT'S GOD'S. YET, YOU HAVE
YOUR PART TO PLAY. NOTICE THAT THEY WERE NOT INSTRUCTED JUST
TO SIT DOWN, SO TO SPEAK, AND WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO SAY.YOU KNOW, THINK THEY'RE WALKING
BY FAITH. THEY'RE SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN;
NOTHING HAPPENS EXCEPT BILLS TURN UP THAT THEY CAN'T PAY.
"TOMORROW, GO YE DOWN AGAINST THEM."
THAT'S THE VERY NEXT WORD.
"THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS, BUT GOD'S."
WELL, IF THE BATTLE'S GOD'S AND IT'S NOT
YOURS WHY DON'T YOU JUST STAY STILL AND LET HIM DO IT. NO,
"TOMORROW, GO YE DOWN AGAINST THEM."
THEY STILL HAD TO GO AGAINST THEM. "BEHOLD, THEY
COME UP BY THE CLIFF OF ZIZ (GOD TOLD THEM RIGHT
WHERE THEY WERE) AND YE SHALL FIND THEM AT THE END OF THE
BROOK BEFORE THE WILDERNESS OF JERUEL. YE SHALL NOT NEED TO
FIGHT IN THIS BATTLE."
YOU SEE, THEY HAD TO GO AGAINST THEM, BUT YOU'LL NOT NEED TO
FIGHT. AMEN.
"SET YOURSELVES, STAND YE STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION.
THIS HEBREW WORD TRANSLATED
SALVATION IS ALSO TRANSLATED DELIVERANCE.
.SEE THE DELIVERANCE (HALLELUJAH)
OF THE LORD WITH THEE O
JUDAH AND JERUSALEM. FEAR NOT NOR BE DISMAYED.
(NOTICE HE SAID THAT AGAIN)
TOMORROW, GO OUT AGAINST THEM FOR THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU.
HALLELUJAH, THEY'VE HEARD FROM HEAVEN.
JEHOSHAPHAT (IT SAYS) , BOWED HIS HEAD FACE TO THE GROUND.
WELL, FOR HIS FACE TO BE TO THE GROUND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE
DOWN. AND THEN IT SAID HERE THAT,
ALL OF THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM FELL BEFORE THE LORD,
WORSHIPING HIM. AND THEN IT SAID,
THE LEVITES OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KOHATHITES, AND OF THE
CHILDREN OF THE KORITES STOOD UP TO PRAISE THE LORD (HALLELUJAH)
THE LORD, GOD OF ISRAEL WITH A LOUD VOICE.
(HALLELUJAH)
WITH A LOUD VOICE.
NOW THEN, THEY ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING (IT SAYS) AND WENT
FORTH INTO THE WILDERNESS OF TEKOA, AND AS THEY WENT FORTH
JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD AND SAID, "HEAR YE O JUDAH AND YE
INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM; BELIEVE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD, SO
SHALL YE BE ESTABLISHED. BELIEVE
HIS PROPHETS, SO SHALL YE PROSPER."
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD YOU'LL NOT BE
ESTABLISHED. AMEN.
(CONGREGATION AMENS)
THE WORD OF GOD, THE BIBLE, IS GIVEN TO US BY THE INSPIRATION
OF THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT WON'T
WORK. BUT THE SAME THING'S TRUE - FOR THERE ARE PROPHETS
TODAY. AND SOMETIMES FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY STAND IN THE
OFFICE OF A PROPHET, BUT GOD GIVES THEM A WORD. BUT IF
FOLKS DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT WON'T WORK. AMEN.
"BELIEVE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD, SO SHALL YE BE ESTABLISHED.
BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS, SO SHALL YE PROSPER."
THAT JUST SIMPLY MEANS YOU'LL PROSPER IN THE THING THAT WAS
SAID. BUT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT WON'T COME TO PASS.
SOMEBODY SAID, "YEAH, BUT GOD SAID IT!" WELL, GOD SAID IN HIS
WORD THAT HE'S NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT
ALL SHOULD COME UNTO REPENTANCE. DIDN'T HE? AMEN.
AND WHEN HE HAD CONSULTED WITH THE PEOPLE (NOW THE NEXT
VERSE) HE APPOINTED SINGERS UNTO THE LORD, AND THAT SHOULD
PRAISE THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS AS THEY WENT OUT BEFORE THE
ARMY AND TO SAY, "PRAISE THE
LORD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER!"
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SINGING
AS THEY WENT OUT BEFORE THE ARMY:
"PRAISE THE LORD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER! PRAISE
THE LORD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER!"
NOW NOTICE THE NEXT VERSE:
AND WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SING AND TO PRAISE, THE LORD SENT
AMBUSHMENTS AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, MOAB AND MOUNT
SEIR, WHICH WERE COME AGAINST JUDAH, AND THEY WERE SMITTEN.
WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SING AND TO PRAISE THE ANSWER CAME.
HALLELUJAH! NOW, THAT SOUNDS A WHOLE LOT LIKE WE SEE IN THE
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES; THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER OF ACTS, THE
TWENTY-FIFTH VERSE. YOU REMEMBER THAT PAUL AND SILAS WERE
IN JAIL. THEY HAD BEEN WHIPPED, THEIR BACKS WERE BLEEDING.
THEY WERE PUT IN THE INNER-MOST PRISON, THEIR FEET ARE IN
STOCKS. THEY'RE IN A MOST UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION. BUT AT
MIDNIGHT, AT MIDNIGHT
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
AT MIDNIGHT
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
GLORY TO GOD! I SAY ALL THE TIME, AND I'LL REITERATE IT,
I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, BUT
I BELIEVE ALSO THAT THAT'S SYMBOLIC, AMEN. IT'S MIDNIGHT,
THAT DARKEST HOUR IN YOUR LIFE, THAT BIGGEST TEST, WHATEVER
IT IS, WHEN THE ENEMY COMES AGAINST YOU - AMEN.
(CONGREGATION AMENS)
BUT AT MIDNIGHT, THANK GOD, WE KNOW WHAT TO DO!
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
"WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?"
(CONGREGATION AMENS)
WE'RE RUNNING AROUND A LOT OF TIMES TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY TO
TELL US WHAT TO DO. THANK GOD THE BIBLE TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO!
(CONGREGATION AMENS)
AT MIDNIGHT, WHAT'D THEY DO? NUMBER ONE, THEY PRAYED.
NOW YOU KNOW THAT SOUNDS A WHOLE LOT LIKE THE WORDS, THE
SAME MESSAGE THAT JAMES WROTE TO THE CHURCH. WE'RE ALL
FAMILIAR WITH JAMES 5:14 AND 15:
IS ANY SICK AMONG YOU? LET HIM CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE
CHURCH, AND LET THEM PRAY OVER THEM AND ANOINT THEM WITH OIL
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. THE PRAYER OF FAITH SHALL THE SICK
AND THE LORD SHALL RAISE HIM UP, AND IF HE COMMITTED SINS IT
SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM.
BUT BACK UP ONE VERSE. NOTICE THE THIRTEENTH VERSE OF THAT
FIFTH CHAPTER OF JAMES:
IS ANY AMONG YOU AFFLICTED? LET HIM PRAY. IS ANY MERRY?
LET HIM SING PSLAMS.
NOW SEE, WE THINK ABOUT A LOT OF TIMES, "SO AND SO'S AFFLICTED
WITH THIS SICKNESS OR DISEASE." BUT, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT
AFFLICTED HERE HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT SICKNESS OR DISEASE
BECAUSE HE SAYS, " IS ANY AFFLICTED?. IS
ANY MERRY?... IS ANY SICK?"
TALKING ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT THINGS. THE GREEK WORD
TRANSLATED AFFLICTED HERE IS ALSO TRANSLATED "TEST" OR
"TRIAL". IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S LITERALLY SAYS, "IS ANY AMONG
YOU GOING THROUGH A TRIAL? IS ANY AMONG YOU BEING TESTED?
LET HIM PRAY." WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO
PRAY, AMEN. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO DO YOUR
OWN PRAYING. AMEN. LET HIM PRAY. I DON'T COME UP TO
SOMEBODY AND SAY, "I'M MERRY, YOU SING."
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
SEE, THE SAME VERSE SAYS, ["IS ANY AMONG YOU AFFLICTED?
IS ANY AMONG YOU GOING THROUGH A TEST? IS ANY AMONG YOU
GOING THROUGH A TRIAL? LET HIM PRAY (OR HER PRAY).
IS ANY MERRY? LET HIM SING PSALMS."] SO I DON'T COME UP TO
YOU AND SAY, "I'M MERRY, YOU SING." IF I'M MERRY I'M GOING TO
BE SINGING MYSELF, WHETHER I CAN SING OR WHETHER I CAN'T SING
(CHUCKLES).
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
AMEN. SO IF YOU'RE AFFLICTED, PRAY. YOU GOING THROUGH A
TEST, PRAY. I TELL IT ALL THE TIME, IT'LL BEAR REPETITION.
WE PASTORED, MY WIFE AND I, ABOUT TWELVE YEARS. I DON'T LIKE
TO EXAGGERATE. I'M JUST PLAIN VANILLA MYSELF. ACTUALLY, WE
PASTORED ELEVEN YEARS AND NINE MONTHS; LIKE THREE MONTHS
IT'D BE IN TWELVE YEARS. BUT WE SAY TWELVE YEARS BECAUSE
IT'S CLOSER TO TWELVE THAN ANYTHING, SEE. AND MY WIFE AND I
TALKED ABOUT IT. SHE SAID, "HONEY, I DON'T
BELIEVE IN TWELVE
YEARS THAT WE COUNSELED WITH PEOPLE TWELVE HOURS IN TWELVE
YEARS." THAT'D BE BUT ONE HOUR A YEAR. WELL, YOU SAY,
"DIDN'T FOLKS HAVE ANY PROBLEMS?" YEAH, I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENED. WE ALWAYS CLOSED EVERY SERVICE OUT BY EVERYBODY
COMING AROUND THE ALTAR PRAYING. AND THEY PRAYED THEMSELVES.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE. I DON'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ISOLATED
INCIDENT; I MEAN IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. I'M SHAKING HANDS
WITH FOLKS THAT HAD COME TO CHURCH, AND A GENTLEMAN LOOKS
VERY, VERY LONG-FACED; SOMETHING BAD'S HAPPENED YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN TELL BY LOOKING AT HIM. SOMETHING BAD'S HAPPENED.
MAYBE HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW'S MOVED IN ON HIM AND STAYED.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
I MEAN HE LOOKS FORLORN.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
AND YOU CAN TELL, HE'S DOWNCAST. "BROTHER HAGIN, I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU." WELL, I LOOKED AT MY WATCH AND I SAID,
"BROTHER, I MEAN IT'S JUST ALMOST TIME
TO START THE SERVICE.
I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER THE SERVICE." (HE SAID,) "FINE."
SO WE WENT THOUGH THE SERVICE. WE'D INVITE SINNERS TO COME
TO THE ALTAR TO BE SAVED. WE'D INVITE BELIEVERS TO COME TO
BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT; THEN WE'D INVITE EVERY CHRISTIAN
TO COME AROUND THE ALTAR AND PRAY. AND MOST OF THEM
WOULD. AND THEY'D PRAY SOMETIMES FOR. I'M GOING TO STOP
AND TAKE A LITTLE SIDE JOURNEY. YOU MIND ME DOINT THAT?
SOMETIMES, FOLKS GET AS MUCH OUT OF THE SIDE JOURNEYS AS
THEY DO THE MAIN JOURNEY.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
I WAS HOLDING A MEETING FOR PASTOR, AND HE SAID TO ME,
"BROTHER HAGIN, HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PEOPLE TO PRAY?" I SAID,
"YOU PRAY YOURSELF."
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
I NEVER HAD A BIT OF PROBLEM IN THE WORLD WITH MY PEOPLE
PRAYING; NOT A BIT OF PROBLEM. NOW WHY? BECAUSE I PRAYED.
I SET THE EXAMPLE IN FRONT OF THEM. AND SO, WE GATHERED
AROUND THE ALTAR TO PRAY. WELL, SOME FOLKS WOULD PRAY JUST
A FEW MOMENTS. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE CLOSING THE
SERVICE OUT. IN ONE SENSE OF THE WORD THIS IS THE
BENEDICTION. THEY GET THROUGH PRAYING, GET UP AND LEAVE.
SOME PEOPLE STAYED A FEW MINUTES. SOME PEOPLE STAYED TEN
MINUTES. SOME PEOPLE STAYED SOMETIMES TWENTY MINUTES.
SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE WOULD STAY AS LONG AS THIRTY MINUTES.
SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE WOULD STAY AS LONG AS FORTY OR
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES. BUT FINALLY, WE GOT THROUGH PRAYING.
I LOOKED AROUND AND PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY WAS GONE. AND SO,
I SAID TO THIS GENTLEMAN THAT HAD SAID. I TALKED TO HIM
AFTERWARDS. I SAID, "LET ME SHAKE HANDS WITH THESE FEW HERE
THAT'S LEFT BEFORE THEY LEAVE, AND THEN I'LL TALK TO YOU."
HE SMILED. I COULD TELL HE HAD A DIFFERENT COUNTENANCE. HE
SAID, "THAT'S ALRIGHT, I GOT MY ANSWER." NOW WHAT DID HE
MEAN, "I GOT MY ANSWER." HE MEANT THERE PRAYING, "I GOT MY
ANSWER." HE FOLLOWED THE BIBLE PRECEPT. AMEN. LET HIM PRAY.
GLORY TO GOD, HALLELUJAH. YOU GET IN TROUBLE, PRAY.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO THE FOURTH CHAPTER NOW OF ACTS, THAT
THIRTEENTH VERSE:
BEING LET GO THEY WENT UNTO THEIR OWN COMPANY.
I JUST LIKE THAT EXPRESSION. IT DOES SOMETHING FOR ME.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I LIKE THE COMPANY I RUN WITH.
PRAISE GOD. AMEN.
THEY WENT UNTO THEIR OWN COMPANY AND REPORTED WHAT THE
CHIEF PREISTS AND ELDERS SAID TO THEM. AND THEY (THEY, THEY)
LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE UNTO GOD AND SAID, "LORD, THOU ART GOD
(HALLELUJAH!) WHO MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND THE
SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS. THEN OVER IN THIS SIXTEENTH
CHAPTER OF ACTS AND TWENTY-FIFTH VERSE:
AT MIDNIGHT (AT MIDNIGHT) PAUL AND SILAS PRAYED AND.
SEE, THAT'S NOT ALL THEY DID. WELL, TOO MANY TIMES FOLKS SAY,
"WELL, I PRAYED AND I PRAYED, AND I PRAYED AND I PRAYED, AND
I PRAYED." WELL, WHY DON'T YOU QUIT NOW AND START DOING
SOMETHING ELSE.
AT MIDNIGHT THEY PRAYED AND "SANG" PRAISES UNTO GOD!
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
NOTICE THE ANSWER CAME WHILE THEY WERE SINGING PRAISES, NOT
WHILE THEY WERE PRAYING. NOTICE HERE IN THIS. IN SECOND
CHRONICLES, THIS TWENTIETH CHAPTER - THE ANSWER CAME, THE
DELIVERANCE CAME WHILE THEY WERE SINGING PRAISES, NOT WHILE
THEY WERE PRAYING. THANK GOD FOR PRAYER, BUT PRAYER ALONE
WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? AMEN!
THE BIBLE SAYS A LOT ABOUT PRAISING GOD, AMEN. NOW YOU KNOW
JUST AS WELL AS I KNOW THAT OVER IN HEBREWS, THE THIRTEENTH
CHAPTER, THE FIFTEENTH VERSE, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS:
BY HIM, THEREFORE, LET US OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE.
NOW HERE HE TALKS ABOUT A SACRIFICE OF
PRAISE. YOU SEE, I'M
SURE PAUL AND SILAS DIDN'T FEEL LIKE PRAISING GOD. THEY'RE
BACKS ARE BLEEDING, AND THEY'RE FEET IN STOCKS. SOMETIMES
YOU JUST HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND SACRIFICE, AMEN.
LET US, THEREFORE, OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE TO GOD.
(EVER ONCE IN A WHILE)
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
LET US OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE OF PRAISE TO GOD.
(WHEN WE FEEL LIKE IT)
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
NO, CONTINUALLY! EVERYBODY SAY, "CONTINUALLY."
(CONGREGATION: "CONTINUALLY!")
THAT MEANS ALL THE TIME DOESN'T IT? CONTINUALLY. WHAT IS
IT? THAT IS THE FRUIT OF OUR LIPS. <
KEN> I KNOW YOU ENJOYED THAT. IT'S A TREMENDOUS VIDEO. <
LYNETTE> IT'S ACTUALLY AN HOUR
AND A HALF LONG (THE WHOLE VIDEO).
KEN> THE WHOLE VIDEO'S AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG. YOU
JUST GOT AN EXCERPT. THEY JUST TOOK A PORTION OF IT.
ACTUALLY, IT SAYS HERE, ON THIS POWER-PACKED DVD FROM
CAMPMEETING 1998, KENNETH E. HAGIN EXPLAINS THAT YOU ARE
OPPOSED BY A DEFEATED ENEMY, AND TEACHES HOW TO GATHER UP
THE SPOIL. MINSTERING UNDER A POWERFUL ANOINTING, HE
ENCOURAGES THE CONGREGATION TO TAKE WHATEVER BELONGS TO
THEM, AND AS YOU WATCH YOU'LL BE ENCOURAGED TO GATHER UP THE
SPOILS IN YOUR LIFE.
DAD MINISTERED FOR OVER SEVENTY YEARS. AND THIS IS ONE MORE
GREAT DEAL. HEY, AND YOU GET THE WHOLE THING FOR $14.95.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST PUT TOGETHER, COME OUT
WITH, AND YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO GET IT. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE
GOING TO WANT TO WATCH IT OVER.
BOTH> AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN <
KEN> SO, $14.95, "GATHERING UP THE SPOIL", REV. KENNETH E.
HAGIN. SOMEBODY SAYS, "WELL, WHO ARE YOU?" I'M KENNTH "W."
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN OUR NAME WAS THE MIDDLE INITIAL. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY WE LOOK IS NOT MUCH. <
LYNETTE> (LAUGHS) I KNOW. WELL, HONEY, WE ARE GOING TO BE
IN CALIFORNIA FOR A LIVING FAITH CRUSADE THIS MONTH.
JANUARY THE 26-28, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA
AT ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP, PASTORS DOUG AND JANICE BIRD.
AND THEN, JANUARY 29-31, LANCASTER,
CALIFORNIA (AT) ANTELOPE
VALLEY CHRISTIAN CENTER WITH PASTORS TOM AND DONNA PICKENS.
SO IF YOU'RE IN THAT AREA COME AND SEE US. <
KEN> YEAH, COME AND BE WITH US. AND FEBRUARY 16-21, WINTER
BIBLE SEMINAR RIGHT HERE. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT! <
KEN> .ON THE CAMPUS. WE WANT EVERYBODY THAT IS A RHEMA
GRADUATE OR THAT HAS ATTENDED RHEMA TO COME BACK FOR THIS
SPECIAL EVENT. THEY'RE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. I
THINK BRAZIL'S BRINGING ABOUT 300. I KNOW THEY'RE BRINGING
25 OR 30 FROM THAILAND. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE COMING
FROM NIGERIA. I MEAN WE'VE GOT SCHOOLS - 175 SCHOOLS IN
47 NATIONS. SO, I MEAN, THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COMING.
I THINK IT'S 47. I DON'T KNOW, 45. <
LYNETTE> IT CHANGES <
KEN> IT CHANGES DAILY JUST ABOUT. BUT IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN
A PART OF THIS MINISTRY THROUGH PRAYING FOR US, THROUGH GIVING
AN OFFERING; IF YOU'VE EVER GIVEN ONE DOLLAR TO THIS
MINISTRY YOU WANT TO COME AND SEE THE FRUIT OF WHAT YOU HAVE
BEEN A PART OF.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> SO COME AND BE WITH US. OKAY? YOU KNOW, MAN. (COUGHS) <
LYNETTE> WE ARE EVERYWHERE (LAUGHS) <
KEN> THAT'S WHAT I STARTED TO SAY. WE'RE EVERYWHERE. WE'RE
ON ROKU, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR "WORD OF FAITH" MAGAZINE.
YOU CAN READ IT ONLINE. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT OR YOU CAN GO
THERE TO RHEMA (DOT) ORG AND. <
LYNETTE> AND REQUEST A HARD COPY <
KEN> ..AND REQUEST A HARD COPY TO BE SENT TO YOU. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> YOU CAN LISTEN TO "RHEMA FOR TODAY" OUR RADIO PODCAST.
RHEMA (DOT) TV, YOU CAN VIEW ARCHIVES OF ALL OF OUR
CONFERENCES AND VIDEOS. AND JOIN US "LIVE! - LIVE EVERY
SUNDAY MORNING AT 10 AM, AND EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7 PM, AND
EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7PM,
RIGHT HERE AT RHEMA BIBLE CHURCH. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S CENTRAL STANDARD TIME <
KEN> YEAH, RIGHT HERE YOU CAN JOIN US, RIGHT ON THERE, RIGHT
ON THE INTERNET. IT'S STREAMED LIVE. BUT YOU CAN FIND OUT
ANYTHING ABOUT US. YOU CAN FIND OUT ALL ABOUT RHEMA BIBLE
TRAINING COLLEGE. YOU CAN GO THERE TO RHEMA BIBLE TRAINING
COLLEGE. YOU CAN GO TO
RBTC (DOT) ORG (SLASH) TRENDSETTERS. <
LYNETTE> TRENDSETTERS, YES <
KEN> OR IF YOU'RE ON THE RHEMA (DOT) ORG THERE'S A DEAL YOU
CAN PUNCH AND GET THERE TOO, SO, HEY, YOU WANT TO KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT US JUST GO TO RHEMA (DOT) ORG. WE'RE SO GLAD
THAT YOU WERE WITH US TODAY. I TRUST YOU REALLY ENJOYED DAD'S
MESSAGE. HEY, AND LISTEN, YOU NEED TO GET AHOLD OF THIS. SO
GO RIGHT NOW AND ORDER THAT RIGHT NOW. WELL, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO BRING. <
BOTH> HOPE, HELP AND HEALING TO THE WORLD! <
♪ MUSIC (BEGINS) ♪
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FOR A HURTING WORLD