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COMING TO YOU TODAY IN THAT ALL-POWERFUL NAME,
JESUS!
FRIEND, WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM IN STORE FOR YOU,
MORE 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!
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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.
BUT FRIEND, AS I SAID IN THE OPENING,
IF THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN YOUR LIFE,
CALL OUR PRAYER LINE TODAY.
PHONE COUNSELORS ARE ON DUTY
READY TO TAKE THAT CALL;
THEN AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM,
I'LL BE TAKING YOUR REQUESTS
BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE,
BELIEVING GOD TO MOVE FOR YOU TODAY.
WELL, TO GET THIS PROGRAM STARTED,
FIRST UP IT'S ANGEL'S GRACE CATHEDRAL CHOIR WITH,
"GOD IS WITH US."
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CORLISS WHITNEY,
AND SHE WILL BE SINGING, "WHEN WE SEE OUR KING."
THEN THE MESSAGE FOR TODAY IS ONE THAT I PREACHED.
IT SHOULD BLESS YOU.
THE TITLE IS, "KNOW YOURSELF."
SO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE DECEIVED ABOUT SELF
AND IT CAUSES PROBLEMS IN THEIR WALK WITH GOD.
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♪ OOO... ♪
♪ OOO... ♪
♪ WHEN YOU'RE DOWN [OOO...] ♪
♪ FEELING SAD [OOO...] ♪
♪ DON'T LET JOY SLIP AWAY ♪
♪ IT'S NOT THAT BAD [NOT THAT BAD] ♪
♪ YOU HAVE JESUS [AHH...] ♪
♪ HE WILL HELP YOU [AHH...] ♪
♪ JUST REACH UP AND HOLD HIS HAND ♪
♪ HE WANTS YOU TO ♪
♪ [OOO...] ♪
♪ GOD IS WITH US ♪
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♪ GOD IS WITH US ♪
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♪ WHEN WE'RE IN OUR DEEPEST VALLEY [AHH...] ♪
♪ GOD IS THERE [GOD IS THERE] ♪
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♪ GOD IS WITH US [GOD IS WITH US] ♪
♪ GOD IS WITH US ♪
♪ [GOD IS WITH US] ♪
♪ HE WILL HELP IN TIME OF NEED ♪
♪ BECAUSE HE CARES ♪
♪ WITH GOD'S HELP [OOO...] ♪
♪ WE'LL SEE HIS LIGHT [OOO...] ♪
♪ IT WILL PENETRATE THE DARKNESS [AHH...] ♪
♪ OF OUR PATH [OF OUR PATH] ♪
♪ GOD WILL ALWAYS ♪
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♪ KEEP HIS PROMISE ♪
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♪ HE'LL BE RIGHT BY OUR SIDE ♪
♪ AND WALK WITH US ♪
♪ [WALK WITH US] ♪
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♪ GOD IS WITH US [GOD IS WITH US] ♪
♪ GOD IS WITH US [GOD IS WITH US] ♪
♪ WHEN WE'RE IN OUR DEEPEST VALLEY [AHH...] ♪
♪ GOD IS THERE ♪
♪ [GOD IS THERE] ♪
♪ GOD IS WITH US [WITH US] ♪
♪ GOD IS WITH US [GOD IS WITH US] ♪
♪ HE WILL HELP IN TIME OF NEED ♪
♪ BECAUSE HE CARES [OOO...] ♪
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♪ HE CARES ♪
♪ HE CARES ♪
♪ MY GOD, HE CARES ♪
♪ GOD IS WITH US ♪
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♪ GOD IS WITH US ♪
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♪ WHEN WE'RE IN OUR DEEPEST VALLEY ♪
♪ GOD IS NEAR [GOD IS NEAR] ♪
♪ GOD IS WITH US ♪
♪ [WITH US] ♪
♪ GOD IS WITH US [GOD IS WITH US] ♪
♪ HE WILL HELP IN TIME OF NEED ♪
♪ BECAUSE HE CARES ♪
♪ [HE CARES] ♪
♪ BECAUSE HE CARES ♪
♪ [HE CARES] ♪
♪ BECAUSE HE CARES... ♪
♪ AHH... ♪
♪ OOO... ♪
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♪ GOD IS ♪
♪ WITH US... [GOD WITH US] ♪
♪ [WITH US] ♪
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[applause]
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♪ WE'RE GOING HOME AT LAST ♪
♪ AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN VERY FAST ♪
♪ IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME FOR THE BRIDE TO GO ♪
♪ JESUS IS COMING, DON'T YOU KNOW? ♪
♪ THE TRUMPET OF GOD IS GONNA SOUND ♪
♪ OUR FEET WILL LEAVE THE GROUND ♪
♪ WE'LL SHOUT HALLELUJAH WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ WELL, NOW THE BRIDE IS HOLY, CLEAN AND PURE ♪
♪ HER HOME IS IN HEAVEN AND SHE IS SURE ♪
♪ A PLACE WHERE HER HEART JUST LONGS TO BE ♪
♪ THERE SHE WILL LIVE ETERNALLY ♪
♪ SHE'LL REJOICE AND SING AT THE JOY OF IT ALL ♪
♪ FOR SHE IS HAPPY SHE ANSWERED THE CALL ♪
♪ WE'LL SHOUT HALLELUJAH WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ WELL... ♪
♪ SHOUT HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ WHAT GLORIOUS TRIUMPH ♪
♪ OH, HE WILL BRING ♪
♪ WE'LL LOOK IN HIS EYES AND SEE HIS LOVE ♪
♪ WHAT GLORY WILL BE SENT FROM HEAVEN ABOVE ♪
♪ SING PRAISE ♪
♪ TO THE FATHER FOR SENDING HIS SON ♪
♪ SHOUT HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ THE VICTORY'S WON ♪
♪ WE WILL SHOUT HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ OUR KING ♪
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♪ THE BRIDE WILL BE DRESSED IN ROBES OF WHITE ♪
♪ NO STAINS OF THE WORLD WHEN SHE TAKES HER FLIGHT ♪
♪ OUR PRECIOUS LOVED ONES HE WILL BRING ♪
♪ GREATEST THRILL OF ALL IS TO SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ THE ONE WHO DIED TO SAVE THE LOST ♪
♪ WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM ♪
♪ NO MATTER THE COST ♪
♪ WE'LL SHOUT HALLELUJAH WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ OUR KING ♪
♪ WELL... ♪
♪ SHOUT HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ WHAT GLORIOUS TRIUMPH ♪
♪ OH, HE WILL BRING ♪
♪ WE'LL LOOK IN HIS EYES AND SEE HIS LOVE ♪
♪ WHAT GLORY WILL BE SENT FROM HEAVEN ABOVE ♪
♪ SING PRAISE ♪
♪ TO THE FATHER FOR SENDING HIS SON ♪
♪ SHOUT HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ THE VICTORY'S WON ♪
♪ WE WILL SHOUT HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ OUR KING ♪
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♪ SHOUT HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ OH, WHAT A GLORIOUS TRIUMPH ♪
♪ WHEN WE SEE OUR KING ♪
♪ WE'LL BE DRESSED IN ROBES OF WHITE ♪
♪ GONNA TAKE A VICTORIOUS FLIGHT ♪
♪ WE'LL BE CAUGHT UP TO SEE ♪
♪ OUR LORD AND KING ♪
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[applause]
TONIGHT I'M DEALING WITH SOMETHING
THAT EVERYONE HAS HERE,
WHETHER YOU'RE SERVING THE LORD OR NOT;
AND THE TITLE OF THE MESSAGE IS,
"KNOW YOURSELF,"
KNOW YOURSELF.
STARTING SCRIPTURE IS FOUND IN II CORINTHIANS,
CHAPTER 13, VERSE 5.
IT READS, "EXAMINE YOURSELVES,
"WHETHER YE BE IN THE FAITH;
"PROVE YOUR OWN SELVES.
"KNOW YE NOT YOUR OWN SELVES,
"HOW THAT JESUS CHRIST IS IN YOU,
EXCEPT YE BE REPROBATES?"
NOW HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT TO STUDY YOURSELF?
YOU KNOW, YOUR BEHAVIOR RUNS IN PATTERNS,
AND DO YOU EVER CONSIDER THE KIND OF HABITS YOU HAVE?
GOOD, BAD,
WE ALL HAVE HABITS.
THEY ARE IN EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
DOWN TO THE WAY WE DRESS OURSELVES
EACH AND EVERY DAY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU DRESS YOURSELF,
NORMALLY YOU HAVE THE HABIT
OF STARTING TO PUT YOUR SOCKS
ON A CERTAIN FOOT AT A TIME,
WHETHER IT'S THE LEFT FOOT OR THE RIGHT FOOT.
BUT WE ARE HABITUAL CREATURES, HUMAN BEINGS.
NOW HABITS, GOOD AND BAD,
WILL AFFECT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
THEY CAN AFFECT YOUR HEALTH, PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.
A LOT OF HABITS WE NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT
OR CONSIDER.
WE DON'T EVEN CONSIDER THEM TO BE HABITS;
WE JUST DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER
DAY AFTER DAY,
AND FOR SOME HABITS THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS.
NOW SOME HABITS WE DEVELOP AS ADULTS,
BUT MANY OF THE HABITS WE HAVE
WE DEVELOPED AS CHILDREN
AND CARRY THEM OVER INTO ADULTHOOD.
IN GROWING UP, KIDS FORM HABITS
THROUGH THEIR PARENTS:
WHAT THEY ARE TAUGHT, WHAT THEY HEAR AND OBSERVE,
OFTENTIMES PICKING UP THEIR PARENTS' HABITS.
CHILDREN NEED TO BE TAUGHT AND SHOWN
THE RIGHT KINDS OF HABITS TO DEVELOP,
AND IT WILL GO A LONG WAY
IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD;
AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO CONSIDER.
IN II CORINTHIANS
PAUL TELLS US TO EXAMINE OURSELVES,
AND IN DOING SO WE SHOULD EXAMINE OUR HABITS.
IN FACT, WE NEED TO KNOW
AS MUCH ABOUT OURSELVES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN HOUR TO BE A STRANGER TO YOURSELF.
KNOW YOUR WEAKNESSES.
KNOW WHAT UPSETS YOU OR WHAT GETS YOU DOWN.
KNOW THE TEMPTATIONS
THAT THE DEVIL LIKES TO USE AGAINST YOU.
THEN LEARN TO YIELD THESE AREAS OF YOUR LIFE
TO THE HOLY GHOST
AND TO THE NINE FRUITS OR GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.
II CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 12, VERSE 9,
HERE THE LORD IS SPEAKING TO PAUL,
"AND HE SAID UNTO ME,
"MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE:
FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS."
NOW AN ANGEL OF SATAN WAS SENT TO BUFFET PAUL,
TO STIR UP TROUBLE, TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS
EVERYWHERE PAUL TRAVELED.
NO DOUBT PAUL WAS SERIOUSLY GRIEVED
AND VEXED BY THIS SPIRIT.
SO HE SOUGHT THE LORD THREE TIMES FOR DELIVERANCE,
AND OF COURSE THE LORD GAVE
ONE OF THE GREATEST REVELATIONS
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
HE GAVE THIS TO PAUL
AND HE'S GIVING IT TO ALL OF US:
GOD'S GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR EVERY HUMAN WEAKNESS;
HOWEVER, YOU MUST LEARN
TO TRUST GOD'S GRACE FOR YOUR WEAKNESSES.
PAUL WROTE IN II TIMOTHY
THAT HE HAD COMMITTED EVERYTHING OF HIMSELF
INTO THE LORD'S HANDS,
KNOWING THE LORD WAS ABLE
TO KEEP ALL HE HAD GIVEN UNTO HIM.
AND THIS RIGHT HERE CAN BE THE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS
IN THE LORD.
REMEMBER WHAT ENABLED GOD TO TRANSLATE ENOCH
THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH?
ENOCH PLEASED GOD, THE BIBLE DECLARES.
PLEASING GOD: THAT WAS HIS GOAL,
THAT WAS HIS LIFESTYLE,
AND THEN WHEN THE TIME CAME HE WAS TRANSLATED.
IN THIS HOUR IT IS A MUST TO HAVE THE HOLY GHOST
IF YOU WILL PLEASE GOD AS ENOCH DID.
GOD'S WORD SAYS HE WILL GIVE THE HOLY GHOST
TO THEM THAT OBEY.
AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE POSSESSED BY THE HOLY GHOST
THAT HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE DESIRES TO DO THROUGH YOU
AS A YIELDED VESSEL.
AND WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
YOU CAN LEARN ALL ABOUT YOURSELF.
JESUS SAID THAT THE HOLY GHOST WOULD BE OUR TEACHER.
YOU CAN KNOW YOUR ABILITIES AND INABILITIES.
KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO AND THEN TRUST GOD FOR THE REST,
UNDERSTANDING THAT GOD IS ABLE
TO KEEP ALL HIS PROMISES,
AND HE'S NOT SLACK CONCERNING ANY OF THEM.
KNOW YOURSELF.
KNOW WHAT KIND OF WITNESS YOU ARE MAKING FOR THE LORD.
JESUS SAID WE ARE TO BE A SHINING LIGHT TO THE WORLD,
AND IT IS A MUST TO LET THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACH YOU
AND GUIDE YOU,
KEEPING YOUR EARS TUNED TO WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING
ALL THE TIME.
IT IS A MUST TO HAVE A REJOICING SPIRIT,
A SPIRIT OF PRAISE UNTO THE LORD.
BUT SO MANY CHRISTIANS TODAY,
THEY MAKE SUCH A POOR, MISERABLE WITNESS:
UP AND THEN DOWN,
HAPPY THEN SAD,
OPPRESSED AND DEPRESSED,
ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.
BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SEEK JOY AND PEACE
FROM FRIVOLOUS THINGS THAT ARE NOT OF GOD.
AND WHEN THAT LOVE BRIDLE COMES OFF
AND YOU BEGIN TO GRUMBLE AND COMPLAIN,
WELL, THEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE
BECAUSE A PERSON WILL NEVER RISE ABOVE
WHAT THEY WALK AND TALK.
JESUS IS TO BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS.
HE BROUGHT ALL THE DIVINITY WE NEED TO KNOW OURSELVES.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PEOPLE,
WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE, ARE DECEIVED ABOUT SELF.
BUT THIS IS THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE LAST DAYS,
"SEDUCERS WOULD WAX WORSE AND WORSE,
DECEIVING, AND BEING DECEIVED,"
DECEIVED ABOUT SELF.
A PERSON CAN ONLY KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT SELF
THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS
AND THE MIRROR OF GOD'S WORD.
AS A CHILD OF GOD,
YOU ARE TO SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD
AND THEN REMAIN SEPARATED.
BE CONSISTENT IN SERVING THE LORD.
YOU'VE HEARD THE SAYING,
"OH, CONSISTENCY, THOU ART A JEWEL."
AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOURSELF
AND REFRAIN FROM BAD HABITS.
SEEK TO DEVELOP GOOD HABITS THAT WILL BLESS YOU
AND CAUSE YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD TO FLOURISH.
NOW THE DEVIL HAS BAD HABITS
TO LOAD DOWN UPON PEOPLE AS MUCH AS HE CAN,
BUT WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN,
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ON THE NEW AND LIVING WAY.
BEWARE OF BAD HABITS, AGAIN I SAY,
BECAUSE MANY TIMES YOU'RE NOT EVEN CONSCIOUS OF THEM.
THEY HAVE BECOME A WAY OF LIFE.
THEY ARE INGRAINED INTO YOUR DAILY PATTERN.
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR HIM TO DEAL WITH YOU.
IN SIN PEOPLE CAN DEVELOP BAD HABITS,
THEN THEY'LL CARRY THEM OVER
INTO THEIR WALK WITH GOD.
SOME CHRISTIANS BRING A LOT OF BAGGAGE WITH THEM,
A LOT OF BAGGAGE,
OLD BAD HABITS THAT WILL BECOME A NUISANCE
IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND WALK WITH GOD.
NOW THESE BAD HABITS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SINFUL,
BUT STILL HARMFUL TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
FOR EXAMPLE,
MAYBE THROUGH HURT IN THE PAST
YOU DEVELOPED A HABIT OF NOT TRUSTING PEOPLE.
AND WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST PEOPLE,
YOU CAN'T TRUST GOD;
AND YOU PUT THAT WALL UP BETWEEN YOU AND PEOPLE,
BUT YOU'RE ALSO PUTTING A WALL UP BETWEEN YOU AND GOD,
AND GOD HAS SUCH A HARD TIME DEALING WITH YOU.
MAYBE IN THE PAST PEOPLE LET YOU DOWN
AND YOU HAVE THE HABIT OF THINKING GOD WILL, TOO.
"IT'S INEVITABLE.
GOD'S GONNA LET ME DOWN BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS."
OR MAYBE YOU HAVE A BAD HABIT OF WORRYING,
LIVING IN FEAR.
YOU WORRY, WORRY, WORRY.
YOU'RE ALWAYS WORRYING ABOUT SOMETHING;
AND EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING'S WELL YOU'RE WORRYING THAT,
"THIS ISN'T RIGHT.
"SOMETHING BAD IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S GOING TOO GOOD."
BUT YOU'RE IN A HABIT OF WORRY AND LIVING IN FEAR.
THESE HABITS WILL DEFINITELY
TIE GOD'S HANDS IN YOUR LIFE.
BUT HOW DO YOU START YOUR DAY?
DO YOU CLICK ON THE RADIO AND TELEVISION FIRST THING
OR RUN FOR THAT CUP OF COFFEE?
YOU KNOW A GOOD HABIT TO HAVE
IS PRAYING IN THE MORNING
FIRST THING OUT OF BED,
READING SOME IN THE WORD OF GOD.
START EACH DAY IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
PUTTING ON THE WHOLE ARMOR.
BESIDES, WHAT GOOD IS A CUP OF COFFEE TO YOU
FOR THE BATTLES THAT WILL FACE YOU THAT DAY?
NOW SOME, THEY HAVE A BAD HABIT
OF WAITING 'TIL THE END OF THE DAY TO PRAY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THE BATTLES ARE OVER,
THE DAY IS DONE, YOU'RE TIRED AND WEARY,
AND NOW YOU WANT TO PRAY?
WHAT GOOD IS THAT HABIT TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
II TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 15,
"STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD,
"A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED,
RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH."
WHAT KIND OF HABITS DO YOU HAVE WITH THE WORD OF GOD?
DO YOU SPEND TIME WITH IT DAILY,
EACH AND EVERY DAY?
JESUS SAID, "MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE,
"BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD."
NOW WE ALL HERE HAVE THE HABIT
OF EATING PHYSICAL FOOD EVERY DAY,
MOST OF US THREE TIMES A DAY AT LEAST.
WE MAKE SURE TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT HABIT.
DO YOU SPEND TIME FEASTING AND DINING
ON THE WORD EACH DAY?
DO YOU FEED YOURSELF THE WORD OF GOD EVERY DAY?
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A POOR PHYSICAL APPETITE
AND YOU DON'T EAT PHYSICAL FOOD EVERY DAY,
YOU'RE GONNA BECOME EVENTUALLY WEAK, SICKLY.
IT'S NO GOOD FOR YOUR BODY.
SO IT IS WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL BODY,
YOUR SPIRITUAL BEING.
IF YOU DO NOT CONSISTENTLY FEED THE SPIRITUAL MAN
THE WORD OF GOD DAY TO DAY,
YOU'LL END UP BEING SICK AND WEAK
SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING.
TAKE TIME TO MAKE A GOOD HABIT
OF SPENDING TIME WITH THE LORD IN THE WORD.
WHEN YOU PICK UP THE WORD,
ARE YOU IN THE HABIT OF READING IT
LIKE A STORYBOOK OR A NOVEL?
OR DO YOU TAKE IT IN?
DO YOU STUDY IT?
DO YOU SOAK IN EVERY WORD?
LINE UPON LINE; PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT;
HERE A LITTLE, THERE A LITTLE.
AND HOW ABOUT FASTING?
HAVE YOU CULTIVATED THE PRACTICE OF FASTING?
IN REV. ANGLEY'S BOOK, "THE POWER OF BIBLE FASTING,"
IN THAT BOOK HE REFERS TO THE SPIRIT OF FASTING.
MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THERE'S AN ACTUAL SPIRIT OF FASTING.
AND IN THE BOOK HE SAYS,
"IF PEOPLE NEVER FAST SHORT FASTS,
"THEN THE SPIRIT OF FASTING CANNOT MOVE UPON THEM
TO DRAW THEM ON A LONG FAST."
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
REV. ANGLEY ENCOURAGES HIS CONGREGATION
TO FAST SOME EACH AND EVERY WEEK.
CULTIVATE THAT PRACTICE OF FASTING,
EVEN IF IT'S JUST A MEAL IN A WEEK.
GOD HONORS EVERY SACRIFICE.
WHEN YOU CULTIVATE THAT PRACTICE OF FASTING,
THAT HABIT OF FASTING,
IT'LL BE MORE LIKELY AND IT'LL BE HELPFUL
TO THE SPIRIT OF FASTING TO DRAW YOU ON A LONG FAST.
AND WHAT KIND OF HABITS HAS YOUR TONGUE DEVELOPED?
YOU KNOW, THE TONGUE CAN BE A GREAT BLESSING
OR A GREAT CURSE TO GOD AND YOU.
NOW SOME HAVE CULTIVATED BAD HABITS WITH THE TONGUE:
GOSSIPING,
BLOWING UP UNDER STRESS,
TEARING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN,
AND THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT MANY TIMES,
IT'S BECOME SUCH A HABIT TO THEM.
A CHILD OF GOD SHOULD SEEK NOT TO TEAR OTHERS DOWN,
BUT BUILD THEM UP,
TO BE A BLESSING AND NOT A CURSE,
TO ENCOURAGE RATHER THAN CAST DOWN.
AND MANY THINK THEY ARE GETTING BY
WITH THEIR HABITS OF USING BYWORDS
OR STRETCHING THE TRUTH,
TELLING WHAT THEY CALL LITTLE WHITE LIES,
BUT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE LIE.
ALL LIES ARE AS BLACK AS SIN,
AND ALL DECEIT IS GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL.
AND THE BIBLE INSTRUCTS US
THAT OUR CONVERSATION IS TO BE THE SAME AS IN HEAVEN,
AND THAT'S GOING SOME.
PEOPLE, THEY WOULD SAVE THEMSELVES A LOT OF TROUBLE
AND A LOT OF HEARTACHE
IF THEY WOULD JUST DEVELOP THE HABIT
OF BRIDLING THE TONGUE AT THE START OF EVERY DAY.
REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID,
THAT IF WE WOULD OFFEND ONE OF HIS OWN,
THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF A MILLSTONE
WOULD BE TIED AROUND OUR NECK
AND WE BE CAST INTO THE SEA.
AND HE ALSO SAID THAT WE WOULD BE JUDGED
BY EVERY IDLE WORD WE SPEAK.
IDLE WORDS: THEY ARE USELESS, EMPTY WORDS.
JESUS NEVER USED IDLE WORDS;
HE ALWAYS SPOKE WITH PURPOSE AND MEANING.
HE ALWAYS SPOKE UNTO EDIFICATION.
BUT SOME, THEY HAVE A BAD, BAD HABIT
OF LIMITING GOD IN THEIR LIVES
WITH THE WORDS, "I CAN'T.
I CAN'T; I CAN'T,"
WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS IN PHILIPPIANS 4:13,
"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
THAT GIVES ME THE STRENGTH."
SO WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH IN LIFE,
INSTEAD OF GRUMBLING AND COMPLAINING,
WHICH WILL HINDER GOD FROM MOVING FOR YOU,
MAKE IT A HABIT TO PRAISE THE LORD IN FAITH,
KNOWING THAT HE'S GONNA LEAD YOU OUT.
THE PSALMIST, HE HAD THE HABIT
OF ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE GOOD
NO MATTER THE SITUATION.
HE SAID, "I DON'T SEE TO BELIEVE,"
THE PSALMIST SAID,
"I BELIEVED TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD."
I BELIEVE TO SEE, THAT'S FAITH.
THAT'S FAITH IN ACTION,
AND THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
AND WITHOUT FAITH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD.
CHILD OF GOD, MAKE IT A HABIT OF LOOKING UP
INSTEAD OF ALWAYS LOOKING DOWN.
YOU'RE HIS CHILD;
THAT MEANS YOU'RE SPECIAL TO GOD.
YET SOME, THEY'RE ALWAYS DOWN,
ALWAYS DOWN.
AND THE DEVIL COMES AROUND,
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY WORK TO DO
BECAUSE SOME CHRISTIANS HAVE SUCH A STRONG HABIT
OF KEEPING THEMSELVES DOWN.
THE DEVIL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
THEY CAST THEMSELVES DOWN CONTINUALLY.
KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
KNOW YOUR BENEFITS AND MAKE IT A HABIT
TO ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN THE LORD.
DON'T SPEAK DOUBT AND FEAR TO YOURSELF.
MAKE IT A HABIT TO USE THE PRAISE CURE.
WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT IN THIS JESUS MINISTRY
PRAYER IS 99.9 PERCENT PRAISE;
AND YOU PRAISE THE LORD.
YOU PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT HE'S ALREADY DONE FOR YOU,
AND YOU PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO FOR YOU
IN THE FUTURE.
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 19,
"SPEAKING TO YOURSELVES IN PSALMS AND HYMNS
"AND SPIRITUAL SONGS,
"SINGING AND MAKING MELODY IN YOUR HEART
TO THE LORD."
DO YOU HAVE THIS HABIT?
IT'S A GREAT HABIT TO CULTIVATE.
IT'S A GREAT HABIT TO NURTURE
IN YOUR SPIRITUAL MAN
AND IT'LL GO A LONG WAY IN YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD.
IN THIS FINAL HOUR, THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
WILL NOT BE IN THE HABIT OF TYING GOD'S HANDS.
SHE WILL BE CAREFUL TO KEEP HIS HANDS
UNTIED IN HER LIFE
SO HE CAN USE HER IN MIGHTY WAYS IN THIS FINAL HOUR.
BECAUSE EPHESIANS ALSO TELLS US
THAT JESUS IS COMING AFTER A CHURCH
WITHOUT SPOT, WRINKLE, OR ANY SUCH THING.
IT IS A CHURCH THAT WILL BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH,
SO WE MUST STRIVE TO KEEP HIS HANDS UNTIED.
PRAISE THE LORD IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES.
MARK THE PERFECT MAN.
KEEP THE LOVE BRIDLE IN EVERY DAY.
MAKE IT A HABIT TO BELIEVE GOD
AND WALK THE SEAS OF PROMISES
OR ELSE YOU'RE GONNA COME UP LACKING.
AND WHAT KIND OF HABITS DO YOU POSSESS
CONCERNING THE WORK OF GOD?
ARE YOU IN THE HABIT OF VOLUNTEERING YOURSELF
UNTO THE LORD AND HIS SERVICE?
OR DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE PAID
FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR GOD?
ARE YOU IN THE HABIT OF BEING LATE?
THIS CAN BE A BAD HABIT IN GOD'S WORK.
ARE YOU IN THE HABIT OF BEING LATE,
SHOWING UP TO WORK AT THE VERY LAST MOMENT,
WAITING TO THE LAST MINUTE TO GET WHERE YOU NEED TO BE?
MAYBE YOU'RE A PERSON--
SOME OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH THIS--
YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON FIVE OR SIX TIMES
BEFORE YOU EVER THINK ABOUT MOVING
AND GETTING OUT OF BED.
BUT ALL YOU'RE DOING IS STARTING YOUR DAY OFF LATE,
AND THEN IT'S RUSH, RUSH, RUSH, RUSH,
AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO START YOUR DAY.
YOU KNOW, IN LISTENING TO AN INTERVIEW,
I HEARD A MAN SAY--
AND THIS WAS A SINNER MAN.
THEY ASKED HIM, "WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE
YOU EVER RECEIVED IN YOUR LIFE?"
AND THE MAN SAID THAT THE BEST ADVICE
HE HAD EVER RECEIVED WAS FROM HIS FATHER.
AND HIS FATHER SAID, "SON, WHEREVER YOU GO,
"WHETHER IT'S TO A MEETING,
"AN APPOINTMENT WITH SOMEONE,
"OR WORK, WHEREVER YOU GO,
"WHEN YOU SHOW UP EXACTLY ON TIME,
"IT MEANS YOU WERE LATE.
YOU WERE LATE."
IN OTHER WORDS,
MAKE IT A HABIT OF ALWAYS BEING ON TIME
BY GIVING YOURSELF EXTRA TIME.
AND DON'T PROCRASTINATE.
SOME HAVE A BAD, BAD HABIT OF THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS, "OH, I'LL GET TO IT.
"I'LL GET TO IT LATER.
I'LL GET TO IT TOMORROW."
YET WITH THAT BAD HABIT TOMORROW NEVER COMES.
IT NEVER COMES,
AND THE WORK OF GOD SUFFERS FOR IT.
JESUS WAS ALWAYS ON TIME
IN EVERYTHING HE DID AND EVERYWHERE HE WENT.
EVEN AT LAZARUS' TOMB WHEN IT APPEARED HE WAS LATE,
NO, HE WAS RIGHT ON TIME.
JESUS, HE WAS NEVER TOO BUSY,
NEVER TOO TIRED TO HELP A SOUL
BECAUSE JESUS NOT ONLY WAS EFFICIENT WITH TIME,
BUT HE WORKED WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY.
HE DECLARED, "I MUST WORK
"THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME,
FOR THE NIGHT COMETH, WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK."
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1, IT READS,
"I BESEECH YOU THEREFORE, BRETHREN,
"BY THE MERCIES OF GOD,
"THAT YE PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE,
"HOLY, ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD,
WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE."
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO GOD TO GIVE HIM OUR VERY BEST
BECAUSE HE GAVE HIS VERY BEST TO US
WHEN HE GAVE JESUS.
AND YOU SHOULD MAKE IT A HABIT TO VOLUNTEER
FOR THE WORK OF GOD.
DON'T GRIEVE THE SPIRIT BY BEING IN THE HABIT
OF SEEKING JUST HOW MUCH YOU CAN GET BY WITHOUT DOING.
THE NIGHT SOON COMETH FOR THIS CIVILIZATION,
AND ALL WE DO FOR JESUS
WE SHOULD DO TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.
ALL OF OUR TRAITS, CHARACTERISTICS AND HABITS
SHOULD BE JUST LIKE JESUS.
AND DON'T BE LIKE SOME CHRISTIANS
THAT HAVE A BAD HABIT OF SERVING SELF
TO PEOPLE THEY MEET.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SERVE THEIR IDEAS,
THEIR OPINIONS, THEIR PERSONALITY.
IF WE ARE TO BE LIKE JESUS, WE MUST DO AS HE DID.
AND WHEN JESUS WAS HERE, HE EVEN TOLD PEOPLE,
"I GIVE YOU NOTHING OF MYSELF.
"THAT WHICH I GIVE YOU
MY FATHER HAS GIVEN ME TO GIVE YOU."
SO MAKE IT A HABIT TO SERVE PEOPLE JESUS.
MAKE IT A HABIT TO SERVE THE NINE FRUITS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THIS
IS BY TAKING ON THE MIND OF CHRIST,
AND WE CAN HAVE IT
ACCORDING TO PHILIPPIANS 2:5.
WE CAN HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST,
BUT WE MUST BE DILIGENT IN ADDING ALL THE INGREDIENTS
THAT MAKE UP THE MIND OF CHRIST.
AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE WITHOUT EVEN ONE
OF THESE INGREDIENTS,
MAKE IT A HABIT TO KEEP ADDING,
KEEP ADDING UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS.
JESUS IS COMING SOON AND WE MUST KNOW OURSELVES
AND HAVE NO DECEIT ABOUT IT.
BE IN THE HABIT OF EXAMINING YOURSELF,
NOT OTHERS, YOURSELF TO SEE
IF YOU BE IN THE FAITH.
BE IN THE HABIT OF KEEPING THE MIRROR OF GOD'S WORD
EVER BEFORE SELF.
BE IN THE HABIT OF BRINGING YOUR SPOON
TO EACH AND EVERY SERVICE
RATHER THAN THE FORK SO YOU CAN SPOON IN
ALL THAT THE LORD IS POURING OUT,
AND YOU WON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO USE THAT FORK
TO PUT IT OVER ON OTHERS.
INSTEAD OF BEING ENTANGLED
AND SMOTHERED BY THE CARES OF LIFE,
JESUS SAID WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SEE THESE THINGS
COME TO PASS UPON THE EARTH,
THESE END-TIME SIGNS, LOOK UP, NOT DOWN,
LOOK UP AND REJOICE FOR YOUR
REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH.
SINNER, BACKSLIDER,
THERE ARE ONLY TWO ROADS TO WALK IN THIS LIFE.
THE LORD SAID THE ONE ROAD IS A BROAD WAY,
AND EVERY UNCLEAN DEED, CHARACTERISTIC, TRAIT,
AND HABIT WALK THIS ROAD.
THE OTHER ROAD IS A STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY
AND ONLY THE PURE AND HOLY CAN WALK THIS ROAD.
WHICH ROAD ARE YOU WALKING IN LIFE TODAY?
YOU KNOW, IT'S NO BIG DEAL WHEN PEOPLE BOAST
AND SAY THEY ARE READY TO MEET GOD.
THAT MEANS NOTHING,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE DECEIVED ABOUT THEMSELVES.
THE REAL QUESTION IS: IS GOD READY TO MEET YOU?
GOD BLESS YOU TONIGHT.
[applause]
MANY GOOD THINGS IN THE MESSAGE TONIGHT.
CHECK THE MESSAGE WITH YOUR LIFE,
NOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S,
AND SEE WHERE YOU CAN MEASURE UP MORE.
SEE IF THERE AREN'T SOME IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN MAKE
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT HIMSELF.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO WALK LIKE JESUS WALKED
AND TALK LIKE HE TALKED
AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE FATHER IS SAYING LIKE HE DID;
AND WE CAN EVER JOURNEY ON,
EVER JOURNEY ON.
AND WE'LL DO THE WORK THAT THE LORD HAS CALLED US TO DO.
WE WON'T SHUN THE WORK OF THE LORD.
I STARTED LISTENING TO THE LORD WHEN I GOT SAVED AT 18
AND I NEVER WOULD TURN ANYTHING DOWN
THAT THEY NEEDED SOMEBODY TO VOLUNTEER TO DO.
THEY COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON ME TO DO IT.
IF THEY NEEDED SOMEBODY TO TAKE SOMEBODY'S PLACE,
I WAS RIGHT READY.
"GIVE ME MORE TO DO FOR JESUS;
GIVE ME MORE TO DO."
NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS, I WAS READY AND WILLING,
AND I STILL AM.
AND WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE LORD,
YOU'RE LIKE THAT, ANYTHING FOR JESUS.
YOU'RE READY TO VOLUNTEER;
YOU DELIGHT IN IT.
YOU LOVE IT.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING HIS HOLY WILL.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE WALKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH HIM,
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING IN YOU
AND THROUGH YOU,
AND THE LORD IS USING YOUR HANDS, YOUR EYES,
YOUR MOUTH, THAT TONGUE OF FIRE.
THAT HOLY TONGUE MEANS SO MUCH TO HEAVEN,
SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS.
THOSE HANDS MOVING TO DO THE WORK OF GOD.
JESUS IS SOON COMING, AND EVERY HAND IS NEEDED;
AND THE LORD IS READY TO BLESS EVERY MEMBER
OF THE BRIDAL COMPANY.
AND IT'S WHOSOEVER WILL
CAN BECOME A MEMBER IF THEY'RE NOT,
CAN BECOME A MEMBER TONIGHT.
YOU THAT'S LISTENED TO THIS MESSAGE BY RADIO
OR TELEVISION, YOU THAT ARE UNSAVED,
COME TO JESUS.
YOU THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE HABIT OF STUDYING THE BIBLE,
READING THE BIBLE FIRST IN THE MORNING
AND LAST IN THE EVENING AND ANY TIME DURING THE DAY,
THE WORD HASN'T BEEN PARAMOUNT;
LET IT BECOME THE BOOK OF ALL BOOKS.
AND NOW COME TO JESUS, SINNER.
BACKSLIDER, COME BACK HOME.
HELP ME SAY THE SINNER'S PRAYER.
THERE'S A LARGE CONGREGATION HERE ON THIS SUNDAY TONIGHT.
SAY, OH, GOD! [audience repeats]
I AM LOST.
BUT I'M COMING OUT OF THE DARKNESS
INTO THE LIGHT OF CALVARY.
I WANT JESUS IN MY LIFE.
I'M NOT SATISFIED WITHOUT HIM.
AND I AM REPENTING OF ALL OF MY SINS.
I'M SO SORRY, LORD,
THAT I HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU,
BUT I HAVE COME HOME,
AND I WILL SERVE YOU THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I WILL KEEP YOUR LOVE COMMANDMENTS.
I WILL DO YOUR WILL, NOT MINE,
BUT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE IN MY LIFE.
COME INTO MY HEART, JESUS!
AND I BELIEVE THE BLOOD OF JESUS
WASHES AWAY ALL OF MY SINS,
ALL OF MY SINS!
COME ON IN, JESUS!
COME ON IN!
I'M TAKING YOU AND KEEPING YOU IN MY HEART FOREVER.
COME ON IN, JESUS.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE HIM IN YOUR HEART,
HEALING IS THE CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL HEALING-BREAD
FROM HEAVEN, THE HEALING MANNA.
CHRIST CAME TO BE OUR GREAT PHYSICIAN
FOR SOUL, MIND AND BODY.
IN THIS GREAT CONGREGATION TONIGHT
MOST EVERYBODY'S HAD AT LEAST ONE MIRACLE;
MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD MANY MIRACLES,
MANY MIRACLES.
WE DON'T ONLY BELIEVE IN MIRACLES,
WE DEPEND ON THEM,
AND WE USE THAT MIRACLE POWER.
IF YOU CAN GET TO THE TELEVISION SCREEN
PUT YOUR HAND AGAINST MINE.
THE LORD TOLD ME YEARS AGO
IT WAS A METHOD OF LAYING ON OF HANDS,
TO TELL THE PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR HAND AGAINST MINE
AND HE WOULD HEAL THE PEOPLE.
LORD, HERE THEY ARE...
IF IT'S RADIO, TOUCH THE RADIO AS A POINT OF CONTACT,
AND I WILL BE YOUR WITNESS.
LORD, LAY A HEALING HAND ON THEM NOW.
SET THE CAPTIVES FREE.
HEAL!
IN THE BLOOD- NAME OF JESUS.
HEAL!
THROUGH THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD.
THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.
IN THE HOLY BLOOD-NAME, JESUS,
JESUS, JESUS!
FEEL THAT POWER GOING INTO YOUR BODY,
KILLING OUT ALL THE DISEASES.
AND DECIDE, "I'M GONNA NOW BE WELL,"
JUST LIKE HE MADE ME WELL SO MANY YEARS AGO.
I'M A LIVING WITNESS
AND HAVE BEEN ALL THESE MANY, MANY YEARS.
I WENT TO DEATH'S DOOR, BUT HE DIDN'T LET ME DIE
AND HEALED ME OVER 60 YEARS AGO.
AND I'VE HAD SUCH WONDERFUL HEALTH TO WORK FOR THE LORD.
JESUS IS OUR GREAT PHYSICIAN
FOR SOUL, MIND AND BODY.
ONLY TRUST HIM;
HE WILL DO WONDERFUL THINGS FOR YOU.
ONLY TRUST HIM.
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YOU CAN WRITE TO US:
WELL, WE HAVE MORE GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC
AND SINGING FOR YOU;
IT'S CORLISS WHITNEY AND TONY NICHOLS
SINGING A WONDERFUL NUMBER,
"I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD FOR MY LORD."
♪
♪ I WAS ALONE AND IDLE ♪
♪ I WAS A SINNER, TOO ♪
♪ I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAY ♪
♪ THAT THERE IS WORK TO DO ♪
♪ I TOOK MY MASTER'S HAND ♪
♪ AND I JOINED THE CHRISTIAN BAND ♪
♪ NOW I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ WELL, I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ YES, I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ I PROMISED HIM THAT I ♪
♪ I WOULD SERVE HIM 'TIL I DIE ♪
♪ NOW I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ I LEFT MY FRIENDS AND KINDRED ♪
♪ BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND ♪
♪ WITH THE GRACE OF GOD UPON ME ♪
♪ AND THE BIBLE IN MY HAND ♪
♪ THROUGH THE DISTANT LAND I TROD ♪
♪ CRYING, SINNER, COME TO GOD! ♪
♪ AND NOW I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ WELL, I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ YES, I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ I PROMISED HIM THAT I ♪
♪ I WOULD SERVE HIM 'TIL I DIE ♪
♪ NOW I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪
♪ NOW WHEN I MET MY SAVIOR ♪
♪ [MY SAVIOR] ♪
♪ I MET HIM WITH A SMILE ♪
♪ WELL... ♪
♪ HE HEALED MY WOUNDED SPIRIT ♪
♪ AND HE OWNED ME AS HIS CHILD ♪
♪ WELL, AROUND THE THRONE OF GRACE ♪
♪ [THRONE OF GRACE] ♪
♪ HE APPOINTS MY SOUL A PLACE ♪
♪ [MY SOUL A PLACE] ♪
♪ NOW I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ [FOR MY LORD] ♪
♪ WELL, I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD, YES! ♪
♪ YES, I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ WELL, I PROMISED HIM THAT I ♪
♪ [THAT I] ♪
♪ I WOULD SERVE HIM 'TIL I DIE ♪
♪ ['TIL I DIE] ♪
♪ NOW I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD, YES! ♪
♪ WELL, I GOT MY SWORD AND SHIELD ♪
♪ FROM MY LORD, YES! ♪
♪ LET ME TELL YOU ♪
♪ I'M DOIN' ALL THE WILL FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ IN VICTORY EVERY DAY ♪
♪ I'M GONNA MARCH THE HOLY WAY ♪
♪ I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ I'M ON THE BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD ♪
♪ FOR MY LORD... ♪
♪♪
[applause]
♪
♪
♪ EYE HATH NOT SEEN ♪
♪ EAR HATH NOT HEARD ♪
♪ THE THINGS THAT GOD'S PREPARED FOR US IN HEAVEN ♪
♪ AHH... ♪
♪ SUCH WONDERS WE'LL BEHOLD ♪
♪ AS WE WALK ON STREETS OF GOLD ♪
♪ HOW LONG WILL IT BE 'TIL I GO HOME ♪
♪ [I GO HOME] ♪
♪ WELL, I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WHEN I'LL FLY AWAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO GLORY ♪
♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪
♪ MANY SAINTS HAVE LEFT THIS EARTH ♪
♪ AND THEY NOW WALK HEAVEN'S SHORES ♪
♪ FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES WHO WERE SO DEAR ♪
♪ [SO DEAR] ♪
♪ THEY'RE WAITING FOR US NOW ♪
♪ I CAN ALMOST HEAR THEM SHOUT ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH! ♪
♪ WHAT A HOMECOMING DAY ♪
♪ [HOMECOMING DAY] ♪
♪ YES, I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WHEN I'LL FLY AWAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO GLORY ♪
♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WHEN I'LL FLY AWAY ♪
♪ [FLY AWAY] ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO GLORY ♪
♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WHEN I'LL FLY AWAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO GLORY ♪
♪ I CAN HARDLY WAIT ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ♪
♪ I'M ONE DAY CLOSER TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ THAN I WAS ♪
♪ YESTERDAY... ♪
♪♪
[applause]
HELLO!
I'M REV. BROCK MILLER,
ONE OF REV. ANGLEY'S ASSOCIATE PASTORS.
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LORD, IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS,
I BRING THE SICK AND AFFLICTED TO YOU,
THOSE THAT HAVE CALLED IN WITH THAT SPECIAL REQUEST.
GOD, DO MOVE FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
LAY YOUR HEALING HAND UPON EACH ONE,
AND IN THE HOLY BLOOD-NAME OF JESUS,
HEAL!
HEAL! HEAL!
LET YOUR BLOOD- POWER FLOW RIGHT NOW
BREAKING EVERY BONDAGE, LIFTING EVERY BURDEN,
AND SUPPLYING THE NEED OF THIS PEOPLE.
RAISE THEM UP AS A TESTIMONY FOR YOU
IN THIS HOUR.
IN THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, AND AMEN.
FRIEND, NOTICE EVERY CHANGE EACH DAY;
GIVE GOD THE HONOR AND GLORY.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO ME AND THE GOOD LORD.
GOD BLESS YOU TODAY!
♪
(announcer) IT'S TIME TO TAKE THIS JESUS GOSPEL TO THE WORLD!
YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT
ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED
AND ARE USED TO HELP WIN SOULS
FOR THE LORD'S KINGDOM!
WELL, 'TIL THE NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER,
REMEMBER,
YOU ARE SPECIAL TO GOD!
♪
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