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WELCOME, AND WELCOME TO
HOMEKEEPERS AND HOW ARE YOU
TODAY MY FRIEND? I HOPE THAT YOU
WILL SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CUP OF
TEA TODAY, I LIKE TO WELCOME THE
BRAND-NEW VIEWERS, AND I KNOW
THAT WE HAVE A NEW ONES EVERY
DAY, AND I PRAY THIS WILL NOT BE
THE LAST TIME, AND FOR MORE THAN
10 YEARS, AND THE FAITHFUL,
FAITHFUL VIEWERS AND I PRAY FOR
YOU AND I KNOW YOU PRAY FOR ME
AND WE'LL GET THROUGH THE LIFE
TOGETHER, DON'T WE? AND THROUGH
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, I'M VERY
DELIGHTED TODAY, TO HAVE THE
AUTHOR OF A WONDERFUL BOOK, IS
IS CALLED, RESPONSIBLE, AND IF
YOU KNOW CHRISTIAN TV YOU'VE
SEEN HIM, AND HIS FATHER AND THE
GREAT CORNERSTONE CHURCH, AND
SAN ANTONIO, AND IT IS AN HONOR
TO HAVE YOU.
>> IT IS A JOY TO BE WITH YOU.
>> I HAVE SEEN YOU A LOT, AND
YOU AND YOUR DAD, OR GRADE
PREACHERS AND YOU KNOW, AND IT
IS REFRESHING AND I THINK AND I
LOVE GREAT SERMONIZING.
>> I HAVE GOT IT, A LOT OF
LESSONS TO LEARN FROM PASTOR,
AND HE IS A FABULOUS MENTOR AND
TEACHER.
>> AND THIS COMES OUT IN THE
BOOK, AND GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THIS IN A MOMENT, BUT I
HAVE GOT, A LITTLE CLIP THAT I
WANT TO SHOW YOU, AND WE USUALLY
START OUT COOKING, AND I HAVE
HEARD, THAT YOU KNOW COOKING,
AND WE HAD SOMEBODY ON HERE THAT
YOU KNOW, THAT DID SOME COOKING
AND LET US TAKE A LOOK.
>> AND I SAY, AND WHAT DO YOU
SAY?
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS, BUT I'M GLAD YOU DID,
AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF
THE MEXICAN GOOD, AND IT IS NOT
COMPLICATED, AND IT IS TASTY,
AND PRESENTATION, THE COLORS ARE
SO PRETTY, AND IT IS SO EASY TO
DO, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I
HAD SURVEY AND THIS IS ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR ETHNIC FOODS.
>> AND I LOVE THE REFRIED
BEINGS, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO
BE TOO HOT. THIS IS NOT
PREPARED THE DISH ITSELF,AND A
REALLY GOOD, MEXICAN FOOD,
>> DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT LADY?
>> I AM HUNGRY.
>> AND THAT IS HIS MOTHER. AND
SHE WAS ON THE PROGRAM IN 1998,
>> AND PASTOR WAS MY MOTIVATION
FOR PREACHING, AND SHE IS MY
MOTIVATION FOR COOKING, AND THE
REASON, SHE HAS BEEN A FABULOUS
COOK AND SHE SAID HER FIVE
CHILDREN ANYBODY THAT WE WANTED
TO HAVE COME BY THE HOUSE, OUR
HOME WAS HOSPITALITY CENTRAL,
THIS WAS THE THING, AS A YOUNG
MAN, AND MY SISTERS DID NOT
COOK. AND I THOUGHT, I'VE GOT
ONE MOMENT IN THE HOUSE THAT
DOES COOK, AND THREE THAT DO
NOT. AND IF ONE OUT OF THREE, I
THOUGHT I BETTER LEARN TO COOK,
AND MAYBE I WOULD NOT HAVE A
WOMAN THAT WOULD COOK,
>> AND THAT IS GOOD THINKING,
AND SHE BROUGHT THAT OUT IN THE
INTERVIEW, AND THEY TRACK, OF
THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT
CAME FOR YOUR HOME? AND SHE
WOULD COOK FOR THEM.
>> AND LITERALLY, AND HOW THE
CHURCH WAS BUILT, AND PEOPLE
WOULD COME TO THE CHURCH, AND
HERE MY FATHER PREACH, AND HE
WOULD TAKE THE VISITORS, THAT
WOULD VISIT THE CHURCH, AND
BREAK BREAD WITH THEM AT HIS
HOME. AND A LOT OF
RELATIONSHIPS WERE DEVELOPED
AROUND THE DINNER TABLE, AND AS
THE CHURCH GREW, AND WHERE EVER
WE COULD GROW, IN THE BACKYARD,
IT IS CREATED A LOT OF LASTING
RELATIONSHIPS, AND WITH
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN
THE CHURCH FOR 25 YEARS, THEY
WILL TELL YOU I REMEMBER WHEN WE
HAD THE BARBECUE INTO MY
BACKYARD, AND THOSE WERE
WONDERFUL THINGS TO SHARE.
>> AND THAT IS SO BIG, AND
THAT IS SO BIBLICAL AND THAT IS
HOSPITALITY
>> AND IT IS HOUSE TO HOUSE AND
THE SIMPLICITY
>> AND BETTER THAN GOING TO A
RESTAURANT
>> I AGREE
>> AND YOU WRITTEN ANOTHER
BOOK, SHAKEN NOT SHATTERED, BUT
THIS IS YOUR NEW BOOK, BUT I
CANNOT, I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS
ENOUGH AND THIS IS JUST SO FULL
OF GOOD SENSE. AND THE THINGS,
AND IF YOU WOULD JUST SURE THIS
UP IN YOUR OWN LIFE, AND YOUR
LIFE WOULD GO BETTER AND DO SO
WITH THE WORLD, AND WHAT I
THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND ABOUT
THESE CHAPTERS, AND IF EVERYBODY
HAD A FATHER LIKE YOU HAD, AND
THAT RELATIONSHIP AND CAN YOU
IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD CHANGE
THE SOCIETY? AND WE HAVE GOT A
FATHER DEFICIT.
>> AND SINGLE PARENTING, AND
THE FATHERLESS GENERATION IS ONE
OF THE GREATEST TRAGEDIES OF OUR
TIME, HOWEVER AS YOU SAID, THE
FATHER THAT WE HAVE, AND WE ALL
HAVE A FATHER. AND THAT IS OUR
HEAVENLY FATHER AND HE ASKED
GIVEN US A BOOK AND THAT BOOK IS
THE BIBLE. AND WHILE THE
SUBTITLE OF MY BOOK, IS LESSONS
MY FATHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIFE,
AND THOSE LESSONS CAME FROM HIS
FAITH IN HIS HEAVENLY FATHER AND
THE THINGS FROM THE WORD THAT HE
APPLIED. AND SO, I SEE, I SEE
THE VOID, BUT I ALSO SEE THE GOD
OF GRACE WHO HAS FILLED THE
VOID, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO
ACCEPT HIM. I RECENTLY HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH A SINGLE
MOTHER AND SHE WAS GIVING ME ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT SHE WISHED
WERE IN THE CHURCH, THAT WOULD
SUPPLEMENT THAT WOULD HELP HER
SON'S AND I TOLD HER, AND I
SAID, AS MUCH AS I WISH I HAD
TO, AND THE REALITY IS, YOUR
CHILDREN WANT, THEY WANT THEIR
DAD. AND HE IS NOT ON OUR
STAFF, AND I CANNOT BRING HIM
AND THEIR LIVES AND WHAT WE CAN
DO, AND WE CAN COMMUNICATE THE
LOVE OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER
EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, AND HIS LOVE
WOULD FILL THE VOID. AND THOSE
ARE THINGS, BUT I'M HOPEFUL,
THIS BOOK, AND THOSE THAT ARE
WATCHING WOULD HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE WHEN
THEY READ IT.
>> AND THE FATHERS IT SHOULD
READ THIS BOOK. AND WHAT STRUCK
ME, AND YOUR DAD IS BUSY
BUILDING A CHURCH, AND IT IS
JUST, IT REALLY HAS NO EQUAL IN
MANY WAYS, AND DEALING WITH ALL
OF THAT, BUT HE WAS SO A HAND
ON, AND THE DETAILS, AND
TALKING TO THE TEACHERS AND YOU
KNOW, AND YOU CAN DO THIS AND
THIS, BUT DO THIS AND THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY, AND PEOPLE ASK A
VERY SIMPLE QUESTION, AND WHY DO
YOUR SIBLINGS, AND WHY DO YOU
LOVE THE CHURCH? AND WHY DIDN'T
YOU HAVE THAT TYPICAL PREACHERS
KID EXPERIENCE, AND YOU WOULD
REBEL FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES
AND BE SAVED, AND AFTER WEEPING
AND WAILING AND GNASHING OF
TEETH? AND THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS,
VERY PLAIN, AND MY FATHER NEVER
PUT THE CHURCH BEFORE HIS FAMILY
AND HIS FAMILY CAME BEFORE THE
CHURCH AND WE NEVER FELT LIKE
THE CONGREGATION REPLACED US,
AND WE FELT LIKE WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN OUR CHURCH ON
SUNDAY WAS AN EXTENSION OF OUR
HOME. AND EVEN TO THE POINT,
IF HE WAS DEALING WITH THE
CHURCH MATTER, AND ONE OF THE
CHILDREN CAME IN THE ROOM, HE
WOULD SAY, EXCUSE ME, HE WOULD
ADDRESS US, AND WE WERE NOT AN
INCONVENIENCE AND WE WERE A
PRIORITY. AND HE IS GOT FIVE
ADULT CHILDREN, THAT ARE ALL
MARRIED, RAISING CHILDREN, AND
EVERY SUNDAY WE ARE IN CHURCH
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
EACH OTHER AT CHURCH. AND
UNFORTUNATELY, AND THAT IS THE
EXCEPTION AND NOT THE RULE, THE
REASON IT BECAME A REALITY, AND
HE PUT HIS IN FRONT OF THE
CONGREGATION.
>> AND THAT IS A GOOD WORD,
THAT IS A GOOD WORD FOR ANY
PASTOR, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY
WATCHING, AND SOMETIMES IT IS
PRETTY TOUGH.
>> IT IS, I AM DEALING WITH IT
IN MY OWN LIFE, AND I HAVE A
PRIORITY, IT, MY PRIORITY SHOULD
BE MY FAMILY.
>> AND DON'T LET THEM BE AROUND
HER DEATH BED LIKE THAT, AND
WHAT HE PUTTING UP HIS WEBSITE,
AND WERE GOING TO BE SEEING THE
REST OF THE PROGRAM, AND IF YOU
WANT TO GET THE BOOK, YOU CAN
FIND ANYWHERE THERE, AND THIS IS
ALSO IN THE BOOKSTORES
AND AMAZON THE OTHERS.
>> AND ALL OF THE FORMS AND
FASHIONS.
>> AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND
IT, THE PASTORS, AND THERE ARE
SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS IN HERE
THAT I THINK APPLY TO
LEADERSHIP. AND YOUR DAD SAID,
YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO
RESPOND, AND THIS IS WHERE THIS
CAME FROM?
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF WORDS PUT
TOGETHER, RESPONSE--ABLE. AND
MY FATHER HAS ALWAYS SAID THIS,
HE SAID, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE
TO RESPOND. AND THERE IS THE
FOUNDATION OF RESPONSIBILITY. I
WROTE THE BOOK, BECAUSE I
VISITED WITH A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE AND THEY FELT LIKE A THAT
THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, AND
AND THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO DO, THEY WENT TO
COLLEGE AND THEY LEARNED THE
BUSINESS AND THEY LEARNED THEIR
AREA OF EXPERTISE, THE NOW IT IS
NOT THEIR FAULT THAT THE WORLD
THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE,
FULL OF OPPORTUNITY IS NOT
AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND THE MORE
I LISTENED, AND I SHARED THEIR
SADNESS, AND I THOUGHT, AND WE
NOT MIGHT NOT BE RESPONSIBLE BUT
WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO
RESPOND. AND IN TAKING THE
ACTIONS OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY
AND WE CAN INDEED, CREATED THE
SHIFT AND THE CHAINS THAT WOULD
BRING BACK THE OPPORTUNITY THAT
WE WISH WERE AVAILABLE TO US.
>> AND THESE PEOPLE THAT
THOUGHT THEY WOULD GO INTO A
CERTAIN SALARY, IN THE JOB
MARKET.
>> I'VE GOT A BACHELORS IN
BUSINESS, GIVE ME $80,000, AND
YOU GOT A COLLEGE DEGREE AND NOW
YOU'RE WORKING AT WALMART AND
THAT IS THE REALITY OF THE
SITUATION. IN THE BOOK, I TALK
ABOUT A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH
4 COLLEGE GRADUATES, THEY WERE
MAD AND I MEAN THEY WERE MAD AT
THE WORLD, AND ME, AND
EVERYTHING AROUND US, AND THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE
EDUCATION AND THE EXPERTISE THAT
THEY HAD.
>> AND NOBODY WANTS IT.
>> AND NOBODY WAS WILLING TO
PAY THEN AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I
SAID YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A
CAREER, AND YOU ARE NOT LOOKING
FOR WORK. AND THEY SAID, WHAT
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND I
SAID, YOU DON'T WANT A JOB, I
SAID, YOU'RE DRINKING A FOUR
DOLLAR COFFEE, YOU'RE WEARING
$200 AND CLOSING, AND TELLING ME
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE, I SAID, I
SAID THERE IS A WALMART, I'M
LOOKING AT A BANNER THAT IS 16
FEET LONG AND HE SAYS, NOW
HIRING. I SAID WALK OVER THERE,
AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION,
AND THEY SAID WE ARE EDUCATED.
AND I SAID, AND FOR ALL OF THE
EDUCATION YOU HAVE, YOU DON'T
KNOW THAT WORK WILL BECOME
BEFORE YOUR SUCCESS I SAID GO TO
WALMART AND SHOW THEM WHAT YOUR
EDUCATION IS WORTH. AND I'M
CERTAIN, IF YOU PROVE VALUABLE
WE WILL PROMOTE YOU. AND THEY
WERE JUST DISGRUNTLED.
>> I WONDER IF WE FOLLOWED YOUR
ADVICE?
>> AND OUT OF THE 4, PROBABLY
NOT BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO
RESOLVE THE ISSUES OF THIS
GENERATION, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO
AND SOMEBODY MUST, AND SOMEBODY
MUST BE ABLE TO MAKE A RESPONSE,
AND NOT THE JOB I WANT, EVEN
THOUGH IT IS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT
IF I WILL DO THE JOB I HAVE, AND
MAYBE THE JOB I WANT WILL COME
TO PASS. AND YOU TALK ABOUT A
BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE, AND YOU CAN
SEE IT WORKED OUT. AND JOSEPH
DID NOT WANT TO BE IN PHOTIFAR'S
HOUSE, BUT HE DID SUCH A GOOD
JOB, AND HE SAID, HE HE WANTED
THE YOUNG MAN TO MANAGE ALL OF
HIS AFFAIRS, AND HE DID ALL OF
THAT SO WELL, AND WHEN HE GOT TO
THE PRISON, AND HE DID NOT THINK
HE DESERVED TO BE, THE WARDEN
SAID, THIS GUY HAS GOT SOME
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, I THINK
I WILL ALLOW HIM TO RUN THE
PRISON. AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE
PALACE, HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO
DO AND HOW TO DO IT AND HE
WANTED TO BE IN THE PALACE FROM
A TEENAGER, BUT UNTIL HE HAD THE
EXPERIENCE, TO BE POWERFUL FOR
THE JOB, HE DID NOT GET THE
CHANCE.
>> AND WHAT YOU TOLD COLLEGE
STUDENTS, AND IT WAS PRACTICAL,
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING BIGGER,
THERE WAS A SPIRITUAL COMPONENT,
AND GOD WILL PROMOTE YOU, WHEN
IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE. AND
YOUR FATHER DID WITH MY FATHER
WOULD HAVE DONE, AND WHEN YOU
TOLD HIM THAT YOU FELT CALLED TO
THE MINISTRY. AND YOU WANTED TO
PREACH. AND MY DAD, HE WOULD
ALWAYS TRY TO TALK US OUT OF IT,
AND HE KNEW AND HE KNEW IF THE
CALL WAS VALID, YOU COULD NOT
TALK THEM OUT OF IT. AND YOU
OWN FATHER, DID THAT TO YOU, AND
YOU WOULD THINK, HE MIGHT BE
JUMPING UP AND DOWN.
>> AND WE DID NOT HAVE A PEP
RALLY, I WAS A TEENAGER AND I
JUST COME BACK FROM YOUTH CAMP,
AND IN MY OWN MIND I HAD
DECIDED, IF I WAS GOING TO GO
TO THE MINISTRY AND GOD WOULD
CALLED ME THIS WEEK. AND THE
REASON I DID IT, AND THE YOUTH
PASTOR SAID, BEFORE YOU GO TO
THE CAMP, I WANT YOU TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT GOD TO TELL
YOU, AND BEGIN TO ASK HIM NOW.
I TOLD THE LORD, TELL ME WHAT
LIKE GOING TO THE MINISTRY? AT
THE END OF THE CAMP, I HAD
REALLY FELT THAT GOD HAD CALLED
ME TO THE MINISTRY AND THEY CAME
HOME AND I WOULD TALK
WITH MY FATHER. AND HE SAID,
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS,
AND HE DID NOT GIVE A SHOUT OF
PRAISE OR A TRIUMPHANT YELL, HE
SAID LET'S TALK, AND HE SAYS
WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME, AND
YOU'RE GOING TO COMMIT YOUR
LIFE, AND HE SAYS, YOU'RE GOING
TO COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO SERVICE,
AND YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE, AND
THEN WHEN YOU HAVE DONE ALL OF
THOSE THINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ALLOWED TO START DOING THESE
THINGS, AND ONCE YOU HAVE DONE
THOSE THINGS, YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO YOU THESE THINGS,
AND THEN I WILL ORDAIN YOU, AND
THEN, IT WAS VERY UPSETTING.
>> WAS IT DISCOURAGING?
>> IT WAS NOT, BECAUSE OF THE
CALLING. IT WAS ALMOST, IT WAS
AN AFFIRMATION OF FOR MY SOUL,
IT WAS NOT AN INTIMIDATION TO MY
FLESH.
>> AND I WANT TO JUMP AHEAD,
AND THE GIVE YOU THE PRIVILEGE
TO PREACH,.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND THIS YOUNG MAN, AND IT
IS WRECK YOUR SELF-ESTEEM? AND
YOU WROTE OUT THE MESSAGE, HE
WENT THROUGH IT WITH A PENCIL?
AND THAT WOULD BE CHILD ABUSE.
>> AND WE WOULD'VE GONE TO
DOCTOR PHIL FOR SURE, I WAS 13
WHEN I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO
PREACH AND IMMEDIATELY HE PUT ME
INTO THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRY.
AND FOUR 2 YEARS, I GOT ESCORTED
THE LITTLE BOYS, TO AND FROM THE
BATHROOM. AND THAT IS WHERE MY
MINISTRY BEGAN.
>> YOU CANNOT GET MUCH LOWER
THAN THAT.
>> IF THERE IS A LEVEL, I DON'T
WANT TO SEE IT. AND SO, AND WE
STARTED THERE, AND WHEN I WAS
17, I GRADUATED, AND BEFORE YOU
LEAVE FOR UNIVERSITY, I WANT YOU
TO PREACH ON A SUNDAY NIGHT, AND
LET'S MAKE IT THE LAST SUNDAY
NIGHT BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR THE
MONDAY, THAT WAS IN A JULY. AND
I THINK HE WANTED THERE, I COULD
GET OUT OF SITE FOR A LITTLE
WHILE IN CASE IT WAS REALLY BAD.
AND HAVING, AND HAVING BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE CHILDREN'S
MINISTRY AND THE YOUTH MINISTRY
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND FOR
THE LAST 4 YEARS, I JUST KNEW,
THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE
MAGNA CARTA, OF ALL SERMONS,
AND I MEAN, THERE WAS GOING TO
BE A REVIVAL AND PEOPLE WOULD
FALL OUT AFTER I READ THE TEXT,
I HAD WATCHED ENOUGH CHRISTIAN
TV TO KNOW, AND HOW YOU SHOULD
BEHAVE AND I KNEW, THAT
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MOMENT WAS
GOING TO BE PERFECT, AND I HAD
ARRIVED. AND FOUR 2 MONTHS, I
WORKED ON A MANUSCRIPT, THAT WAS
38 PAGES. AND YOU KNOW, I FOUND
OUT LATER ON, THAT THAT WOULD BE
A BOOK AND NOT A SERMON. AND
ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO MY
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT, AND THE
PASTOR SAID, I KNOW YOU BEEN
WORKING ON YOUR MANUSCRIPT, AND
HE SAID LET'S READ IT. I WAS
FULL OF EXCITEMENT, AND I KNEW,
THAT HE WAS GOING TO FEEL, THE
ANGELS IS SITTING AROUND HIM AS
HE READ IT. AND HE LOOKED AT MY
TITLE, AND THE TEXT, AND HE
LOOKED OVER THE FIRST 4 LINES,
AND HE SAID, AND THERE IS A RED
PEN THERE, HE SAID GO GET IT,
AND THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD
LEFT OUT SOME PUNCTUATION, AND
MAYBE HE WOULD GIVE ME A CHECK
MARK. AND YOU CERTAINLY COULD
NOT CORRECTED, THERE WERE NO
MISTAKES IN THE MASTERPIECE
AND 45 MINUTES LATER, IT LOOKED
LIKE A SMALL ANIMAL HAD DIED ON
THE PAGES, HE SCRATCHED IT OUT,
AND TOOK THIS OUT, AND THE HE
HAD LINES EVERYWHERE, AND THINGS
WERE OVER HERE IN THE MARGINS,
AND WE WOULD FINISH A PAGE, AND
YOU WOULD PUT IT ON THE GROUND,
LIKE IT WAS TRASH. AND I
THOUGHT, HE WAS ABANDONING HIS
GRANDCHILDREN, AND HOW COULD HE
ABUSE THE MANUSCRIPT LIKE THIS?
AND WHEN HE GOT DONE THERE ALL
OF THE PAGES ON THE FLOOR, THEY
WERE TO PAGES ON THE COFFEE
TABLE, AND HE PULLED OUT THE
TWO PAGES, AND YET 4 LINES, OUT
OF 38 PAGES, AND HE SAID, THOSE
FOUR LINES, YOU CAN KEEP AND
THOSE FOUR LINES, CAME OUT OF
THE WORD AND HE SAYS THE REST OF
THIS HAS COME OUT OF YOU, NOBODY
WILL EVER COME TO HEAR YOU. BUT
THEY WILL COME FROM THE CORNERS
OF THE HER STAY HERE YOU THE
WORD. I DID NOT FALL OUT OF THE
HOLY GHOST, I DID NOT SAY, AND
THANK YOU, I PICKED UP ALL OF
THE PAGES, AND I WENT BACK TO MY
STUDY, AND I THROUGH THE
MANUSCRIPT IN THE TRASH, AND I
BEGAN TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE
ARGUMENT THAT WAS COMING, AND
HOW COULD YOU JUST CRUSH ALL OF
THAT? AND ALL OF MY EFFORT, AND
HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? AND WHEN
I GRABBED THE DOOR, I WAS GOING
TO ARGUE, A STILL SMALL VOICE,
THE MOMENT OF PAUSE, THAT THE
HOLY SPIRIT GIVES YOU BEFORE YOU
JUMP OFF OF THE EDGE, IT BROUGHT
THESE THINGS TO MY MIND, IS
THIS WHERE IT ENDS? I THOUGHT,
AND WHAT? AND I TOOK A HALF
SECOND, AND IF I COULD ENCOURAGE
THE VIEWERS, TO DO ANYTHING
TODAY, TAKE ONE HALF SECOND, TO
CONSIDER WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
SAYING AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT IT FOR HOURS, AND IF
YOU GIVE HIM A LITTLE ROOM HE
WILL COME THROUGH. AND THIS IS
WHERE YOUR MINISTRY ENDS? AND I
THOUGHT, HOW CAN I ENDED HERE,
IF I HAVE NOT EVEN PREACHED MY
FIRST SERMON, AND I BEGAN TO
CONSIDER ALL OF THESE PASTORS
THAT I HAD MET, AND THROUGHOUT
MY OPPORTUNITIES AND HERE'S OF
THE TRAVELING AND BEING AROUND
MY FATHER, AND HE WOULD TELL
ME, I WISH HE WOULD SHOW ME HOW
HE PREPARES A SERMON, I WISH,
HE WOULD TEACH ME. AND I BEGAN
TO THINK, YOU KNOW,
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> 17. AND I THOUGHT IF THERE
ARE THAT MANY MEN, IN THE
COUNTRY, AND THEY WANTED TO SIT
DOWN WITH MY FATHER, I PROBABLY
NEED TO GO IN THERE WITH A BLANK
PEACE OF PAPER AND SHOW ME.
>> AND HE REALLY HAS
THE ABILITY TO THINK FORWARD
BUT YOUR MOTHER WOULD WEEP.
>> AND MY MOTHER WAS DEVASTATED
AND SHE SAID, AND JOHN, YOU
CRUSHED HIM. AND HE SAID, I
MUST TEAR HIM DOWN BEFORE I CAN
YOU BUILD HIM UP. AND I'VE
SURVIVED, BUT I AM THANKFUL FOR
IT AND I'M THANKFUL FOR IT
>> AND THE TIME IS GOING SO
QUICKLY. AND IF YOU ARE TUNING
IN, I'M TALKING WITH MY
SPECIAL GUEST, AND THIS BOOK IS
CALLED--RESPONSE-ABLE AND WERE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TALK
ABOUT IT ALL,
>> I'M GLAD THERE IS MORE THAN
ONE THING IN HERE.
>> AND WE CAN GET A RED PEN AND
GO THROUGH THIS, AND HE GOES
THROUGH THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF
LIFE, AND EDUCATION AND POLITICS
AND THERE ARE FIVE THINGS IN
HERE, AND THE PROPER RESPONSE TO
ALL THESE THINGS. AND I WAS
INTERESTED, AND ALL OF THIS, AND
SOME OF THIS REALLY STRUCK ME,
AND HOW FINANCIAL DECISIONS ARE
JUST DESTROYING PEOPLE AND THE
FAMILIES. AND BRINGING SO MUCH
HEART ACHE. BUT I DON'T KNOW,
LIKE I SAID, AND WHEN I SEE
THE IMPACT OF DAVID RAMSEY, AND
HE WAS IN TIME MAGAZINE, AS ONE
OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE,
BUT DO YOU SEE A SHIFT, AND
PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE SOME COMMON
SENSE, AND MY GRANDFATHER AND
LIKE HE HAD?
>> AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT ARE WAKING UP TO WHAT THEY
NEED AND WHAT THEY WANT, AND
THEY ARE FINDING GRATIFICATION A
MEETING THEIR NEED, INSTEAD OF
REACHING FOR THEIR WANTS, AND
DAVID RAMSEY HAS DONE A
WONDERFUL JOB OF MAKING THAT
ISSUE. AND SOMETHING WE CAN
DISCUSS. AND FINANCIALLY, AND
IF YOU CANNOT OBTAIN FINANCIAL
FREEDOM, AND THAT IT MEANS TO BE
DEBT-FREE, THE BIBLE SAYS, AND
THE BORROWER WOULD BE A SLAVE TO
THE LENDER, IF YOU CANNOT
FREEDOM LIKE THAT, YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THE AMOUNT OF
RISK THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE
IN LIFE, ABSOLUTELY CHANGES.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE
BIBLE TALKS, JESUS TAUGHT THE
DISCIPLES, HE SAID DON'T WORRY
ABOUT THE MATERIAL THINGS, IT
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS
POSITION AGAINST PROSPERITY.
BUT CHRIST KNEW THAT HE WAS
GOING TO ASK THESE 12 MEN TO LAY
DOWN THEIR LIVES. AND IF THEY
WERE EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED TO
THE POSSESSIONS THAT THEY HAVE
HAD IN THEIR HANDS, IT WOULD BE
MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO
CONSIDER THOSE THINGS. AND YET,
AND IN DOING SO, AND BECAUSE
THEY HAD A FINANCIAL FREEDOM
THERE WAS NOT A RISK THAT THEY
WERE NOT WILLING TO TAKE. AND
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS THIS
COUNTRY PARALYZED, AND WE ARE
FINANCIALLY ENSLAVED. AND WE
HAVE TO ASK THE BANK, AND THE
BANK MUST TALK TO THE INSURANCE
COMPANY, THEY MUST TALK TO THE
GOVERNMENT, AND THEY RULE, THE
BANK DECIDES, AND WE CANNOT DO
ANYTHING.
>> IT IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
WE'RE IN TROUBLE. AND WAS IT
YOUR FATHER THAT SAID, IN YOUR
PERSONAL LIFE, UNTIL YOU DO WHAT
IS REQUIRED, YOU CANNOT ENJOY
THE NEXT LEVEL OF LIFE? THAT WAS
ONE OF HIS QUOTES? IT JUST MAKES
ME THINK, HOW STUNTED SO MANY
LIVES ARE AND THEY CANNOT MOVE
INTO, AND THEY CANNOT GO INTO
THE NEXT LEVEL AND WHERE GOD IS
CALLING THEM AND THEY
ARE STUCK.
>> AND YES, AND LIFE IS A
SERIES OF COMPLETIONS AND
COMMENCEMENTS, AND ONE OF THE
THINGS, AND WHAT I TALK ABOUT,
AND ALL OF THE THINGS MY FATHER
HAD FOR ME, AND ONE OF THE
THINGS, THAT WAS VERY APPARENT,
AND WHEN I COMPLETED MY
EDUCATION I COULD NOT COMMENCE
MY MINISTRY. AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE SEE, THE WORLD
TODAY, IS THE INSTANT
GRATIFICATION, I WANT IT,--NOW.
AND YOU CAN HAVE IT, WHEN YOU
EARN IT. AND YOU MUST COMPLETE
THE PHASES, YOU DON'T GET THE
RIGHT TO JUMP OUT THERE AND
CLAIM IT, AND YOU ACTUALLY GOT
TO PUT IN THE HOURS AND THE TIME
AND THE EFFORT, AND THAT
APPLIES TO EVERY BODY AND
FINANCIALLY, AND THAT APPLIES
PERSONALLY AND THAT APPLIES IN
YOUR MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP AND
THAT APPLIES IN YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN.
I SEE MY FATHER'S PEERS, SAY TO
HIM, HOW DO YOU HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR ADULT
CHILDREN? AND HE HAD A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WHEN WE WERE
CHILDREN. AND I DID NOT
REINTRODUCED MYSELF TO THEM WHEN
THEY WERE 21, AND I KNEW THEM
FROM THE HOSPITAL AND WE NEVER
LOST A RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS
NOT STRONG. AND BECAUSE HE HAD
COMPLETED HIS JOB AS A FATHER,
HE COULD ENJOY US, NOW THAT WE
ARE ADULTS AND HIS NEW ROLE, IS
GRANDFATHER, AND HE IS GOT 12
GRANDCHILDREN, AND ALL THINGS
BECOME NEW, AND MY FATHER BECAME
A NEW CREATION WHEN THE
GRANDCHILDREN SHOWED UP. AND
THE FELLOW I KNEW, AND I MEAN,
IF MY SON ABOUT HIS NAME, THEY
WOULD BE NO RED PEN, AND WE
NEED TO PUT THIS ON THE BULLETIN
BOARD, AND READ IT EVERY DAY.
>> AND WE HAVE GOT ABOUT 60
SECONDS, AND THE TIME FLIES WHEN
YOU'RE HAVING FUN. AND JUST
QUICKLY, AND ABOUT YOUR FATHER,
AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE SO
INVOLVED, AND THE CHRISTIANS
UNITED FOR ISRAEL, AND
NOW THIS IS SUCH A HUGE
MINISTRY, AND UNITED FOR ISRAEL.
>> AND CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR
ISRAEL, IT IS A REGION BY
REGION, IS AN ORGANIZATION, AND
OUR PURPOSE IS TO STAND UP AND
SPEAK FOR THE SAKE OF ZION. LIKE
THE BIBLE SAYS.
>> AND THIS IS REALLY BEEN A
PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU. AND HOW
THE CHURCH WORLD, APPRECIATE
YOU, AND SO MUCH OF THE WORLD,
AND THE MINISTRY, AND ALSO IN
SAN ANTONIO, AND YOU AND YOUR
FATHER ARE STILL PREACHING THE
UNADULTERATED WORD OF GOD FROM
THE BIBLE. AND IT CHANGES LIVES
AND COME BACK, AND IF YOU'RE
EVER IN FLORIDA, PLEASE COME
BACK.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO.
>> AND MY PRECIOUS VIEWERS, I
AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU RECEIVED
SOMETHING FROM THIS FINE YOUNG
MAN. AND PLEASE JOIN ME NEXT
TIME, AND REMEMBER, AND THERE IS
NO HIGHER CALLING THAN THAT OF A
HOME KEEPER AND GOD BLESS YOU.
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