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IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
AND THE EARTH WAS FILL OF FORM.
AND GOD SAID, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE.
AND LET THEM HAVE DOMINION.
AS THE SERPENT SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, YE SHALL NOT DIE, AND
YOUR EYES SHALL BE OPENED.
AND THERE IS SALVATION IN NO OTHER FOR THERE IS NO NAME UNTO
HEAVEN THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO MEN WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED.
OF THE INCREASE OF HIS KINGDOM.
AND PEACE THERE SHALL BE NO END.
AMEN.
[APPLAUSE]
SAY JESUS!
JESUS!
I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE WATCHING ONLINE, IN
NORTH COUNTY, EAST COUNTY, AND MILITARY AROUND THE WORLD, GIVE
THOSE PEOPLE A BIG HAND.
GOD BLESS YOU.
AND WE WANT TO SAY HELLO TO ALL THE VISITORS HERE, WHETHER IT BE
HERE IN POINT LOMA, NORTH COUNTY, EAST COUNTY, IF YOU ARE
A VISITOR, RAISE YARD HAND.
GOD BLESS YOU AND WE HAVE A GROUP FROM CANADA.
IS THAT Y'ALL?
WHERE IS THE GROUP FROM CANADA.
WHAT IS UP Y'ALL.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM.
WHERE IN CANADA?
WHERE IN CANADA.
ALBERTA, I WILL BE IN (INAUDIBLE) IN MAY, COME UP ON
THERE, GOD BLESS Y'ALL.
HEY, LISTEN, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE "SON OF GOD"
MOVIE MOVE I.
OKAY, I WAS WITH MARK BURNETT AND HIS WIFE, ROMA DOWNEY, LAST
WEEK AND THEY ARE STRAIGHT-UP GOD-FEARING PEOPLE AND PUTTING
THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS AND MAKING INCREDIBLE PRODUCTS.
THE BIBLE SERIES AND NOW SON OF GOD ALL THE OTHER STUFF THEY DO.
THEY WANT THIS MOVIE TO NOT ONLY BE A SUCCESS BUT GET THE GOSPEL
OUT.
WHAT PASTORS ARE DOING AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE BUYING SCREENS.
IN OTHER WORDS THEY ARE SAYING WE WANT TO BUY THIS WHOLE SCREEN
WITH 200 SEATS AND GIVE THE TICKETS OUT TO THE CHURCH TO
BRING NON-CHRISTIANS TO WATCH THE MOVIE.
WHAT WE DID AND A FEW OTHER CHURCHES HAVE DONE THIS AROUND
THE COUNTRY, WE ARE BUYING A WHOLE THEATER -- YOU KNOW WHAT I
AM SAYING.
[APPLAUSE]
AND WHEN I SAY BUYING A WHOLE THEATER.
LET ME CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT BUYING THE THEATER.
BUT US THRIVING FINANCIAL AND COMPASSIONATE HAVE COMBINED
TOGETHER TO GET ALL OF THE TICKETS FOR THE AMC 20 AND
MISSION VALLEY, FOR EVERY THEATER.
THERE IS ONE IMAX, BUT NOT IMAX SIZED VIDEO BUT 19 THEATERS.
THE WHOLE MOVIE HOUSE WILL SAY, SON OF GOD, SON OF GOD, SON OF
GOD.
[APPLAUSE]
AND WE ARE GIVING THE TICKETS
AWAY FOR FREE IN THE BOOKSTORE AND ROCK PILE AND ROCK KIOSK AND
ALL THE CAMPUSES.
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, I THINK IT'S 3900 SEATS, BUT
HERE'S THE THING, WHEN THE MOVIE IS OVER IN ALL THE THEATERS THAT
THE PASTORS HAVE TAKEN US, I ASSUME THEY ARE DOING THIS, THEY
CAN STAND UP AT END AND GIVE THE GOSPEL.
BECAUSE IT'S OUR THEATRE FOR THE MOVIE, SO WE HAVE 19.
SO I FILMED THE GOSPEL SO WHEN THE MOVIE CREDITS END
I'M GOING TO BE ON THE SCREEN SHARING THE GOSPEL TO ALL 19
THEATERS, AMEN.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU GET TICKETS IN THE BOOKSTORE, THE
ROCK PILE KIOSK, THAT YOU DON'T USE THEM ALL FOR YOUR FAMILY.
ARE YOU GETTING ME.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU -- I'M TAKING MY FAMILY FOR FREE.
GO FIND SOMEONE YOU CAN INVITE THAT DOESN'T KNOW THE LORD.
OK, GO FIND SOMEBODY.
THE MOVIE ACTUALLY COMES OUT ON FRIDAY.
THIS IS THIS THURSDAY THE DAY BEFORE THE MOVIE COMES OUT, THIS
THURSDAY 7 O'CLOCK AT AMC MISSION VALLEY.
IF YOU GET TICKETS THINK OF SOMEONE YOU ARE GOING TO BRING.
BECAUSE WHEN THE MOVIE GOES OFF WE WILL SHARE THE GOSPEL TO THEM
AND ONE OF THE PASTOR SUPPORT TEAM WILL BE IN FRONT, IF YOU
PRAYED, AND COME ON DOWN, AND HAVE THE ALTAR CALL RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE PLAN, AMEN.
SO GO GET THE TICKETS.
ANOTHER THING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR ONE PERSON.
THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN THIS ROOM OR IN ONE OF OUR
CAMPUSES THAT IS LOOKING FOR A C-LEVEL EXECUTIVE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU.
A HIGH-TASK, GET IT DONE, "C" EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT WITH C-LEVEL
EXPERIENCE.
CALL THE OFFICE, OKAY, LET'S PRAY.
LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH, HOLY SPIRIT I PRAY YOU DO SOMETHING
CREATIVE AND NEW IN OUR LIFE.
AS WE START THIS NEW SERIES, I PRAY YOU BLESS US AND PREPARE US
AND TRANSFORM OUR CHURCH AND OUR CITY, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AMEN.
AMEN.
LET'S SEE YOUR BIBLES, SAY WORD.
WORD.
ONE MORE TIME SAY WORD.
WORD.
TURN TO GENESIS CHAPTER 1, THE FIRST PAGE, THIS SHOULD BE
VERY EASY TO FIND.
GENESIS 1, FIRST PAGE.
FIRST PAGE.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT WHEN YOU ASK THEM A VERY
SIMPLE QUESTION, THEY GIVE YOU A LONG ANSWER.
YOU ASK THEM, WHAT TIME IS IT.
IT'S A SIMPLE ANSWER.
IT IS BLANK.
AND THEY BUILD YOU A WATCH.
WHAT TIME ARE WE GOING TO EAT.
THEY TELL YOU A LONG STORY ABOUT FOOD PREPARATION.
I GOT TO THAW, I HAVE TO SAUTÉED AND MARINATE AND GO TO THE
STORE, IT WILL BE 15 MINUTES.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE WILL I BE CHEWING.
I AM THAT GUY.
SO I AM GOING TO SHARE A LONG STORY WITH YOU, IT'S GOING TO
TAKE THE WHOLE YEAR.
WE ARE STARTING A SERIES TODAY CALLED KINGDOM COME.
EVERYONE SAY KINGDOM COME.
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME, THY WILL BE DONE ON
EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO USHER IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON
EARTH, NOT THE END TIMES WHEN CHRIST COMES BACK, THAT'S HIS
JOB, WE WANT IT TO HAPPEN NOW IN OUR OWN LIVES, THAT GOD WILL DO
SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL IN OUR LIVES, AMEN.
WE WILL START A SERIES TODAY AND COULD SAY GOD CALL FIRE ON US.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU THIS LONG STORY THAT'S GOING TO START
TODAY.
BIG PICTURE, WE WILL DO IT IN SCENES LIKE A STORY.
SCENE 1 IS CREATION.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT GENESIS 1, 2, AND 3 IN THE NEXT WEEKS.
IN OTHER WORDS HOW GOD CREATED THE WORLD AND INTENDED IT TO BE.
WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TODAY.
AND NEXT WEEK WE WILL TALK ABOUT MAN AND GOD'S INTENT FOR MAN.
AND THEN WEEK AFTER TALK ABOUT HOW THE DEVIL MESSED IT UP AND
THEN TALK ABOUT THE PROPHECY THAT CHRIST COMES TO RESTORE IT.
THAT'S GENESIS 1, 2 AND 3 IS ALL THAT.
THE REST OF THE BIBLE IS GOD'S STORY OF RESTORING WHAT HE DID
IN GENESIS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU READ THE BOOK IN GENESIS FIRST TWO
CHAPTERS AND THE END OF THE BIBLE, THEY ARE THE SAME.
SO GOD SPENT THE WHOLE BIBLE HOW HE'S GOING TO RESTORE BACK TO
WHAT HE INTENDED IT.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT WHOLE STORY.
FOR THE FIRST MONTH WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DEVIL FOR A
MONTH, FIVE WEEKS AND THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE.
HOW SOME OF YOU -- SHOULDN'T SAY SOME BUT ALL OF US HAVE
AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEVIL.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAVE CONTRACTS, YOU HAVE AGREEMENTS
WITH THE DEVIL.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND HOW THE DEVIL
PLACE IN BONDAGE CHRISTIANS.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOLD OUT TO JESUS CHRIST BUT THE DEVIL HAS A
STRONG HOLD IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU MAY BE IN DENIAL ABOUT IT AND WHY IT'S WORKING.
AND WHY NOTHING ELSE IS WORKING TO GET RID OF IT.
AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND JESUS AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT, FOR A GOOD WHILE.
TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S ALL GOOD, JUICY STUFF.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WE DO A SERIES ON
ANGELS AND JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AND JESUS IN PRAYER.
BECAUSE IN THE END WHEN WE USHER IN THE KINGDOM.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LIVE LIKE JESUS AND LIVE EXACTLY HOW HE
DOES.
LAST WEEK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE SURVEY WERE WE MEANT TO
LIVE THE LIFE OF CHRIST?
ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHAT CHRISTIAN MEANS LITTLE CHRIST.
JESUS SAID ALL THE STUFF I SAID, YOU WILL DO.
THAT'S HIS INTENT.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET THERE BUT FIRST UNDERSTAND THE
BEGINNING.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS LIVING-ROOM STARTER KIT THAT I
HAVE.
EVERYONE SEE MY LIVING ROOM STARTER KIT?
LET'S ALL AGREE, YOU SEE A COUCH.OKAY, IT'S REAL,
AND YOU SEE THE RUG AND LAMP.
FAKE FLOWERS AND TABLE AND MAGAZINES AND OKAY PILLOWS, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
WHATEVER THAT IS, Y'ALL SEE IT; RIGHT.
DO WE AGREE, LET'S AGREE IT'S THERE.
IT'S NOT A TRICK.
DO WE ALL AGREE THAT IT'S THERE?
IT'S REAL.
DO WE AGREE IT HAS A PURPOSE?
OKAY, IT HAS A FUNCTION.
WE ALL AGREE THAT IT DIDN'T PUT ITSELF THERE.
IT'S NOT A TRICK.
DO WE ALL AGREE THAT IT DID NOT PUT ITSELF THERE.
DOES ANYBODY THINK THAT IT PUT ITSELF THERE?
I MEAN, YOU DON'T BUT ANYBODY -- OKAY, WOULD ANYBODY AGREE THAT
IT ACTUALLY MADE ITSELF.
SO WE ALL AGREE THAT SOMEONE HAD TO MAKE IT AND PUT IT HERE.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT'S A LIMITED OBJECT AND IT DOESN'T
HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ITSELF OR GIVE ITSELF PURPOSE.
IT SERVES A PURPOSE BIGGER THAN IT HAS A CAPACITY TO GIVE
ITSELF.
IT HAS A LIMIT.
THE COUCH SITS THERE, THAT'S ITS LIMIT IT CAN CUSHIONIZE ITSELF
UNTIL PEOPLE PUT THEIR *** ON THERE AND IT GETS FLAT.
SO IT HAS A LIMIT.
FOLLOW ME.
IT DIDN'T CREATE ITSELF AND THAT MEANS THAT IT'S REQUIRED TO HAVE
A DESIGNER.
BECAUSE IF IT DIDN'T PUT ITSELF THERE, SOMEBODY ELSE HAD TO PUT
IT THERE.
CAN I GET AN AMEN.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IT DID DIDN'T HAVE A DESIGNER AND PUT
ITSELF THERE, ALL RIGHT, WE ALL AGREE.
OKAY, THE SAME TRUTH APPLIES TO THE UNIVERSE.
IN OTHER WORDS THE UNIVERSE IS FAR MORE COMPLEX.
FAR MORE INVOLVED, MUCH BIGGER.
MUCH DIVERSE THAN A SIMPLE LITTLE LIVING ROOM.
AND IF THIS SIMPLE LIVING ROOM COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT ITSELF,
HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT THE UNIVERSE DID IT ITSELF.
WE ALL AGREE THAT THE UNIVERSE IS THERE.
WE AGREE THAT THE UNIVERSE IS THERE AND SERVES A FUNCTION.
THE SUN GIVES LIGHT DURING THE DAY AND THE MOONLIGHT AT NIGHT.
AND PLANTS BREATHE AIR IN AND OUT.
AND THE FISH SWIM UNDER THE OCEAN AND WE GET OXYGEN FROM THE
WATER.
WE DIDN'T DO THAT, THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEMSELVES DO THAT.
YOU DIDN'T CREATE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN YOUR BRAIN, HOW CAN YOU BE SURE YOU EVEN
HAVE ONE.
YOU NEVER HAVE SEEN YOUR HEART YOUR LUNGS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AN
ULTRASOUND BUT NEVER SEEN IT INSIDE OF YOUR BODY.
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN YOUR STOMACH.
YOU MAY HAVE READ BOOKS ABOUT HOW IT WORKS, BUT YOU REALLY
DON'T KNOW.
YOU DIDN'T DO IT.
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN YOUR SOUL.
SOMEONE ELSE MUST HAVE DONE THAT.
IF YOU 100% AGREE SOMEONE DID THIS, SOMEONE ELSE HAD TO DO
THIS.
THAT SOMEONE IS GOD.
GOD IS THE UNCREATED CREATOR.
BY THE WAY I KNOW AND I ASSUME THAT SOME OF YOU BELIEVE IN
EVOLUTION, WE JUST DISPROVED IT.
UNLESS YOU SAY -- IF YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS CAME FROM NOWHERE, AND NO ONE
INTELLIGENT ORGANIZED IT.
IT'S INCREDIBLY ORGANIZED, MUCH MORE ORGANIZED THAN THAT LIVING
ROOM.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU CONTRADICT YOUR LOGIC TO SAY
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ITSELF BUT THIS DOES MAKE ITSELF.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, IT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC.
SO WHO IS THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING IS GOD.
LOOK AT CHAPTER 1, VERSUS 1, IT SAYS IN THE BEGINNING GOD
CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
HE CREATED THE HEAVENS AND EARTH.
NOW KEEP YOUR FINGER HERE AND TURN TO ROMANS CHAPTER 1 REAL
QUICK.
ROMANS CHAPTER 1.
IT SAYS IN ROMANS CHAPTER 1, VERSE 20.
ROMANS IS THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
ROMANS 1:20, SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES.
EVERYONE SAY INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES ARE CLEARLY SEEN
BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE.
IN OTHER WORDS WE CAN UNDERSTAND GOD'S INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES WHEN
WE LOOK AT WHAT HE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD SO
PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.
LET ME BACK UP, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LIVING ROOM YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT SOMEONE ORGANIZED IT AND PUT THIS STUFF IN ORDER SO IT
COULD FUNCTION.
THEY THOUGHT IT OUT AND HAD COLOR COORDINATION,INVISIBLE
ATTRIBUTES OF WORK AND CRAFTSMANSHIP AND ETC., AND WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING THAT GOD MADE.
YOU CAN SEE HIS POWER.
THERE IS A SHOW COMING OUT CALLED COSMOS, AND IT'S GOING TO
TEACH YOU EVOLUTION.
IT'S GOING TO LIE TO YOU.
IT WILL TELL YOU THAT ALL THE MATTER IN THE WORLD, ALL THE
PLANETS AND EVERYTHING WAS IN A SPACE SMALLER THAN AN ATOM AND
SOMEHOW IT BLEW UP, ALL BY ITSELF.
THAT NO ONE DID ANY OF THAT, IT JUST HAPPENED.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, THAT IT CAN HAPPEN BY ITSELF.
IF THIS CAN'T HAPPEN BY ITSELF, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN BY ITSELF
AND THEN THE POWER AND WHO BANGED IT AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN HOW DID IT BANGED AND ORGANIZED.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
THEY CAN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE THERE IS NO ANSWER OUTSIDE OF
GOD.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED.
GOD ORGANIZED AND HAD POWER AND AND CREATIVITY STRATEGIC LOGIC,
HE HAD PLANNING.
CHAPTER 1, AND EVERYTHING HE DID WAS GOOD.
CHAPTER 1:4, IT SAYS AND GOD SAW THAT THE LIGHT WAS GOOD AND
DIVIDED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS.
IS IT GOOD?
SAY YES.
I MEAN I AM NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT TO SAY, IS THERE NIGHT?
IS THIS A DAY?
AND IT'S GOOD.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, GOD SAYS IT'S GOOD.
VERSE 10, GOD CALLED THE DRY LAND EARTH -- ERF -- AND THE
GATHERING HE SAW WAS SEAS, IS IT GOOD, IT'S GOOD, IT'S THERE,
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
AND VERSE 12, THE EARTH BROUGHT FORTH GRASS, NOT WEED.
THE EARTH THAT YIELDS SEED ACCORDING TO ITS KIND AND THE
TREE THAT YIELDS TRUTH WHOSE SEED IS IN ITSELF ACCORDING TO
ITS KIND AND GOD SAID IT WAS GOOD.
SAY GOOD.
EVERYTHING THAT IS LIVING HAS A SEED IN IT, THAT CAN PRODUCE
ITSELF.
IF NO SEED, THAT THING CAN GROW EXTINCT.
EVERYTHING HAD A SEED AND GOD SAID, BOOM, BOOM, AND THAT'S
GOOD.
THAT SEED HAS INFORMATION, WHERE DOES THAT INFORMATION COME FROM?
NOWHERE?
IT JUST HAPPENED?
REALLY.
VERSE 17, GOD SET THE FERMENT OF THE HEAVENS TO GIVE THE GREATER
LIGHT AND THE LESSER LIGHT IN THE STARS IN THE HEAVENS TO GIVE
LIGHT IN THE EARTH TO RULE OVER THE DAY AND NIGHT AND GOD SAW
THAT IT WAS GOOD, SAY GOOD.
VERSE 21, GOD CREATED THE SEA CREATURES EVERYTHING LIVING
THING THAT MOVED, AND EVERY WINGED BIRD ACCORDING TO ITS
KIND, AND GOD SAID IT WAS GOOD.
SAY GOOD.
AND GOD MADE THE BEAST OF ITS EARTH -- BY THE WAY THAT'S MY
DAUGHTER'S NICKNAME FOR ME.
BEAST.
THE CREEPS ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS -- THE CREEPS ARE BUGS AND
SOME GUYS.
AND GOD SAW EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE AND INDEED IT WAS VERY
GOOD.
SAY VERY GOOD.
NOW EVERYBODY SAY WHAT DOES THIS DO WITH THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,
SAY THAT, WHAT DOES IT HAS TO DO WITH THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 6 -- LET ME READ IT TO YOU, OUR FATHER WHO ART IN
HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THOU KINGDOM COME YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN.
IN OTHER WORDS, GOD, WHAT YOU DESIRE MAY IT HAPPEN ON EARTH.
THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD.
THE FIRST PART OF THIS STORY IS THAT GOD MADE EVERYTHING THE WAY
THAT HE WANTED AND IT WAS GOOD.
IT WAS GOOD.
NOW BEFORE WE GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HE MADE, WHICH
IS MAN, THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MAKING IT.
WE KNOW THERE IS A FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT.
EVERYONE SAY, FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT.
THAT'S THE TRINITY.
ALL THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT ARE
TALKED ABOUT AND DESCRIBED ALL AS GOD.
I AM GOING TO DO A WHOLE SERIES ON HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEY ALL
PLAY ROLES ON EVERYTHING.
IN SALVATION GOD HAD THE PLAN OF SALVATION, HIS SON, JESUS, WHO
IS GOD CAME DOWN AND SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH HIS BLOOD, HE DIED
ON THE CROSS THAT HE WOULD BE SAVED.
AND THEN JESUS WENT TO HEAVEN AND SENT THE THIRD PERSON, NOT
HUMAN, PERSONALITY, OF THE GOD HEAD, THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME
IMPLEMENT SALVATION.
SO WHEN YOU ASK CHRIST TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE, IT'S THE HOLY
SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT OF GOD THAT LIVES IN YOU.
NOT JESUS HIMSELF, NOT THE FATHER.
THE SPIRIT OF.
BUT THEY ARE SO CLOSELY ONE, IT'S ONE IN THE SAME.
AND IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVING IN OUR LIFE AND CHANGING OUR
LIFE AND TRANSFORMING OUR LIFE AND GIVING YOU POWER AND IDEAS
AND WORKING IN YOUR LIFE TO TRANSFORM YOUR THOUGHTS.
IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT DOES THAT.
WHEN GOD STARTED IN THE VERY BEGINNING, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
INVOLVED IN CREATION.
SO LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS IN CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1, IT SAYS, IN
THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
AND THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM.
AND VOID.
AND DARKNESS WAS ON THE FACE OF THE DEEP.
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD -- EVERYONE SAY SPIRIT OF GOD, THE
HOLY SPIRIT WAS HOVERING OVER THE FACE OF THE DEEP.
LIKE THIS.
LIKE A BIRD OVER ITS CHICKS.
HOVERING.
FIRST THING THE HOLY SPIRIT DID WAS HE BROUGHT ORDER TO
DISORDER.
LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 2, IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS DISORDER
AND THERE WAS NO FORM AND THERE WAS DARKNESS.
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS, NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO TO WORK.
WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, WE WILL SEE THAT IN A FEW WEEKS.
THE SPIRIT CAME DOWN LIKE A DOVE ON HIM AND EMPOWERED HIM AND WE
WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW WEEKS.
THE SPIRIT GIVES ORDER TO THINGS.
THE SPIRIT ORGANIZES THINGS.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH WITH IDEAS AND GIFTS.
AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN IDEAS.
IF WE ALL SUBMIT TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL
COORDINATE.
HE IS ORGANIZED.
HOW MANY OF Y'ALL FEEL LIKE YOUR LIVES HAVE DISORDER IN IT?
RAISE YOUR HAND REAL HIGH.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, YEAH, RAISE YOUR HAND REAL HIGH.
A BUNCH OF Y'ALL, MY GOODNESS, MY GOODNESS WE NEED ORDER.
ONE REASON WE HAVE DISORDER IS BECAUSE THY WILL BE DONE ON
EARTH AS IN HEAVEN.
LORD, THY WILL FOR MY LIFE BE DONE IN MY LIFE.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN.
HOW MANY OF YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR CHAOS IS NOT GOD'S FAULT,
IT'S YOUR FAULT.
SOME OF YOU ARE IT AIN'T MY FAULT, IT'S GOD'S FAULT.
NO, IT'S YOUR FAULT.
GOD IS COORDINATED OR IF YOU GO TO FOREST OVER SWIM UNDER WATER,
SNORKEL OR SCUBA, OR WATCH "ANIMAL PLANET" THERE IS
INCREDIBLE ORDER TO MILLIONS OF SPECIES OF LIVING THINGS.
MASTERFUL ORDER.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
GOD.
HOW DO THEY KNOW WHEN TO MIGRATE, WHERE TO MIGRATE, WHAT
TO EAT, HOW TO REPRODUCE, ETC. HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT?
GOD.
HE IS INCREDIBLY ORGANIZED.
AND YET OUR SINGLE LIFE IS SO CHAOTIC.
LET'S ALL -- PRAYER NUMBER ONE, BOW YOUR HEADS AND CLOSE YOUR
EYES.
HOLY SPIRIT, I PRAY FOR ALL THE DISORDER IN ALL THE LIVES OF THE
PEOPLE LISTENING NOW.
WE PRAY THAT YOU HOVER OVER THEIR LIFE AND GIVE THEM ORDER.
PEACE.
THAT YOU WOULD SETTLE THEIR HEART.
MAY THEIR STRESS BE REPLACED BY PEACE.
MAY THEIR CHAOS BE REPLACED BY ORDER.
JUST AS YOU IMPLEMENTED AND EXECUTE THE WILL OF GOD ON
EARTH.
AS IT WAS IN HEAVEN.
WE PRAY THAT YOU DO THE SAME IN OUR LIFE.
EYES CLOSED AND HEADS BOWED, I WANT YOU TO SAY, I RECEIVED THAT
FROM GOD, OUT LOUD.
AMEN.
JESUS' NAME.
AND SECOND THING THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES, IT BRINGS BEAUTY
AND UNIQUENESS.
TURN TO JOB 26.
JOB 26.
EWW.
IT SAYS IN VERSE 13, JOB 26.
RIGHT ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE BIBLE.
RIGHT BEFORE PSALMS, PSALMS IS THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE.
IT SAYS JOB 26:13-14, BY HIS SPIRIT HE ADORNED OR GARNISHED
OR BEAUTIFIED THE HEAVENS.
GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE SPIRIT WENT AND THEY BELIEVE HE
PLACED THE STARS OUT THERE.
SOMEHOW HE BEAUTIFIED IT AND ALL THAT IS OUT THERE IS STARS AND
GALAXY, AND PLANETS.
IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR MIND BLOWN UP STUDY THE HEAVENS.
THE EARTH IS BUT THE A SPECK IN THE GALAXY THAT IS BUT THE A
SPECK IN THE UNIVERSE.
MASSIVE.
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE.
THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, GOD IS
STRETCHING THE HEAVENS AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
DAH.
HIS SPIRIT, VERSUS 13, HE ADORNED THE HEAVENS, HIS HAND
WITH THE FLEEING SERPENT, AND INDEED THESE ARE THE MERE EDGES
OF HIS WAYS.
IN OTHER WORDS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE HALF OF IT.
HOW SMALL OF A WHISPER WE HEAR OF HIM.
IS GOD TALKING TO YOU LIKE THIS.
TALKING TO YOU LIKE THAT [WHISPERING] SAYING, I KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU, I LOVE YOU.
[BABY CRYING]
SAYS HOW SMALL OF A WHISPER BUT
THE THUNDER OF HIS POWER WHO CAN UNDERSTAND.
GOD IS HUGE.
HERE IS WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO DO TO YOU.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO SHOW YOU YOUR UNIQUENESS.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IS ONE OF A KIND.
SAY, I AM ONE OF A KIND.
SAY, I AM ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS, NOW I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME SOME
OF THIS.
JUST MAKE BELIEVE YOU ARE IN ITALY.
SAY, I AM ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS.
THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS CREATED YOU MARVELOUS.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO GIVE YOU A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND
GIFTS.
HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU A COMBINATION OF GIFTS, WHICH IS
PERSONALITY AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOMETHING UNIQUE TO YOU.
HOLY SPIRIT SAID, I AM GOING TO MAKE THE SKY BLUE.
I AM GOING TO MAKE ALL, I AM GOING TO MAKE THE EARTH
BEAUTIFUL.
YOU SEE A PICTURE OF THE SAND, THE OCEAN, THE FOREST NEXT TO A
LAKE, WITH A FISH JUMPING OUT OF IT.
I MADE THAT BEAUTIFUL, I PUT THAT ON IT.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE YOU YOUR
UNIQUENESS AND SHOW YOU YOUR UNIQUENESS.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
HOW MANY OF YOU UNCLEAR OF YOUR PURPOSE ON THIS EARTH.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT MORE CLARITY.
I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEAD AND CLOSE YOUR EYES.
HOLY SPIRIT, WE WANT CLARITY.
AND WE KNOW THE BEST CLARITY IS NOT GOING TO COME FROM A
SELF-HELP BOOK.
IT'S NOT GOING TO COME FROM A MOTIVATIONAL CONFERENCE.
IT'S COMING FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
YOU CAN USE THAT BOOK OR THE CONFERENCE, BUT ULTIMATELY IT
COMES FROM YOU.
SO SAVE US THE $199 CONFERENCE FEE AND GIVE IT TO US RIGHT NOW.
HOLY SPIRIT, SHOW US, REVEAL TO US YOUR PURPOSE.
EVERYBODY SAY, I RECEIVED THAT FROM GOD.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
GENESIS 1.
GENESIS 2.
WOW.
GENESIS 2:7, THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES LIFE.
IT SAYS, THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND.
AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE AND HE BECAME
A LIVING BEING.
ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE THE BREATH OF LIFE AT SOME FORM.
THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES LIFE.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE AND THEY ARE SURVIVING.
BUT THEY ARE NOT THRIVING.
IN OTHER WORDS THEY BREATHE.
THEY MAYBE ABLE TO TALK OR NOT OR FUNCTION, OR CAN FUNCTION OR
EAT.
REPRODUCE.
THEY ARE ALIVE.
THEY MAY HAVE A JOB AND MAKING MONEY, MAYBE EVEN BIG MONEY.
BUT THEY ARE NOT THRIVING, THEY ARE DEAD, NO LIFE FROM INSIDE.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD HIS INTENT IS TO GIVE YOU LIFE.
TO GIVE YOU LIFE ABUNDANT AND ETERNAL.
TO GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO HAVE COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP
WITH A LIVING GOD.
WHICH IS YOUR ULTIMATE PURPOSE.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS GOING TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET THAT FROM YOUR JOB.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET IT FROM THINGS OR ANOTHER PERSON.
THERE WAS A MOVIE OUT "JERRY MCGUIRE" AND HE AND RENE
ZELLWEGER AND COMES IN, HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THE MOVIE.
AND THEY ARE KIND OF DATING AND HE COMES IN THE ROOM AND SHE
SAYS, YOU HAD ME AT HELLO.
IN OTHER WORDS I HAD A THING FOR YOU.
THE SECOND I SAW YOU.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DIALOGUE BUT ONE OF THEM SAID,
YOU COMPLETE ME.
PEOPLE DO NOT COMPLETE PEOPLE.
THEY MAY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER THAN YOU EVER FELTED.
AND TO YOU THAT'S COMPLETE.
BECAUSE SOMETHING YOU HAVE HAD MISSING IN YOUR LIFE IS ALL OF A
SUDDEN THERE.
BUT IRONICALLY THERE IS SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT.
TWO INCOMPLETE PEOPLE --
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TWO INCOMPLETE PEOPLE THAT GET MARRIED, HAVE AN INCOMPLETE
MARRIAGE.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IF YOU GOT A HOLE IN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR
HOLE IS NOT FILLED BY THE ULTIMATE HOLE FILLER, WHICH IS
GOD.
AND IF YOU THINK I AM DYSFUNCTIONAL AND MARRY ANOTHER
DYSFUNCTIONAL MARRIAGE, TWO HALVES DON'T MAKE A WHOLE IN
THIS SITUATION.
THAT'S WHEN THEY GET MARRIED AND LOVE EACH OTHER AND SIX MONTHS
LATER THEY ARE JACKED UP, BECAUSE JACKED UP CAME TO THE
SURFACE.
WHAT GIVES YOU LIFE AND LIFE ABUNDANT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE FATHER, SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT
MADE YOU.
YOU DIDN'T MAKE YOURSELF.
YOU DIDN'T EVOLVE FROM THE MONKEY.
BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS, WHO MADE THE MONKEY?
AND THEN YOU GOT CHINESE PEOPLE AND MEXICAN PEOPLE AND WHITE
PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE.
DO YOU HAVE CHINESE MONKEYS AND MEXICAN MONKEYS?
NO, NO.
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I HAVE TO DO EVOLUTION SERIES, THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER DEAL.
THE POINT IS THAT GOD MADE YOU UNIQUE AND MADE YOU UNIQUE TO
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
AND JUST AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD FULFILLED THE WILL OF THE FATHER
BY MAKING IT JUST LIKE GOD SAID.
IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS JUST LIKE WHAT GOD SAID.
AND THEN IT GOT MESSED UP.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS.
TODAY YOU HAVE A DECISION, DO I WANT THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO RENEW
ME?
HOVER OVER ME?
GIVE ME LIFE AND PURPOSE AND CLARITY ABOUT WHO I AM.
BECAUSE IF THE SPIRIT OF GOD DID THAT FOR ALL CREATIONS,
CERTAINLY HE CAN DO THAT FOR ME.
HELP ME WITH WISDOM FOR MY JOB AND CAREER AND FINANCES AND
RELATIONSHIP AND HEALTH AND FUTURE.
MY DEPRESSION AND OPPRESSION.
THE DARKNESS IN MY LIFE, CERTAINLY THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAN
GUIDE ME THROUGH THAT.
HE CAN.
AND IN A MINUTE WE WILL PRAY, SOME OF YOU RAISED YOUR HANDS,
YES, I WANT TO THRIVE.
I WANT TO HAVE ORGANIZATION IN MY LIFE.
I WANT TO HAVE CLARITY IN MY LIFE.
I WANT TO KNOW WHY I AM HERE.
NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
LET'S ALL BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY.
ALL CAMPUSES BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY ONLINE.
BY A SHOW OF HANDS, HOW MANY OF FEEL LIKE EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE
ALIVE, YOU ARE ONLY SURVIVING BUT YOU ARE NOT THRIVING.
RAISE YOUR HAND REAL HIGH.
GOD BLESS YOU.
MANY ALL OVER.
YOU CAN PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT MORE ORDER ORGANIZATION IN YOUR LIFE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
GOD BLESS YOU.
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT CLARITY OF PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO PRAY IN ALL THE CAMPUSES.
AND I WILL ASK THE PASTORAL SUPPORT TEAM TO COME TO THE
STAGE IN ALL THE CAMPUSES.
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU SITTING IN YOUR SEATS IN ALL THE
CAMPUSES IN A MINUTE TO PRAY WITH US.
SO WE CAN PRAY FOR YOU.
AS SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD BLESS YOU.
THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD GIVE YOU CLARITY.
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU IN HERE THAT YOU NEED TO SURRENDER YOUR
LIFE TO CHRIST.
YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR SINS FORGIVEN.
WE WILL JUST PRAY ONE PRAYER.
AND THEN I WILL ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD SO WE CAN PRAY FOR YOU.
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU HERE THAT HAVE ILLNESS.
YOUR MARRIAGE IS STRUGGLING.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU.
BUT FOR NOW I ASK EVERYONE HERE TO PRAY THIS ONE PRAYER WITH ME.
A PRAYER OF SURRENDER IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO
DO SOMETHING POWERFUL IN YOUR LIFE TODAY.
PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME, AND THEN WE WILL CALL YOU FORWARD.
AND IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR HEART PRAY, DEAR GOD, I KNOW YOU
CREATED ME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR MY LIFE.
A PLAN FOR MY LIFE TO BE ORGANIZED.
MY PURPOSE TO BE CLEAR.
MY SIN TO BE FORGIVEN.
A PLAN FOR ME TO LIVE IN FREEDOM.
NOT IN BONDAGE.
I SURRENDER MY LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS.
HOLY SPIRIT DESCEND UPON ME, TAKE OVER MY LIFE.
EYES CLOSED, HEADS BOWED, IN A MINUTE, I WILL ASK YOU TO STAND
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER OR IF YOU WANT PRAYER FOR ANYTHING.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO WALK OUT OF HERE WITHOUT PURPOSE.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO WALK OUT OF HERE WITHOUT HOPE OR
ENCOURAGEMENT.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO WALK OUT OF HERE WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BE TRANSFORMED.
EYES CLOSED AND HEADS BOWED, IN ALL CAMPUSES IF YOU SAID THAT
PRAYER, STAND TO YOUR FEET.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
VERY GOOD, GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
VERY GOOD.
GOD BLESS YOU.
VERY GOOD, GOD BLESS YOU.
WE SEE YOU ALL OVER, AND IN THE BALCONY.
ANYONE ELSE, STAND TO YOUR FEET.
GOD BLESS YOU.
NOW WE WILL ASK -- GOD BLESS YOU, VERY GOOD.
NOW ASK ALL OF YOU THAT ARE STANDING, IN A MINUTE COME DOWN
TO THE ALTAR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE BALCONY, JUST WALK UP AND THE USHERS WILL
BRING YOU DOWN.
BEFORE THAT, THERE ARE SOME OF YOU IN HERE YOU NEED PRAYER AND
YOU WANT PRAYER FOR YOUR MARRIAGE.
YOU WANT PRAYER FOR YOUR LIFE.
YOU WANT PRAYER FOR YOUR HEALTH.
WHEN THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING COME DOWN, I WANT YOU
TO COME DOWN AS WELL.
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU HERE THAT WANT MORE GOD IN MY LIFE, WE
WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU.
TODAY IS THE DAY THAT YOU WALK AWAY FROM THAT OLD LIFE.
SO RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE STANDING UP OR IF YOU WANT PRAYER FOR
SOMETHING, COME OUT OF YOUR SEAT AND COME TO THE ALTAR.
GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY COME DOWN.
[APPLAUSE]
COME ON.
AMEN.
COME ON.
COME ON DOWN.
AMEN.
COME ON DOWN.
[APPLAUSE]
COME ON DOWN.
AMEN.
IF YOU ARE IN THE BALCONY, WALK UP AND THE USHERS WILL BRING YOU
DOWN.
COME ON DOWN.
[APPLAUSE]
AMEN.
AMEN.
COME ON OUT OF YOUR SEAT, SOME OF YOU NEED TO COME DOWN HERE.
COME ON.
YOU GUYS CAN SPREAD OVER HERE.
COME ON, COME ON.
AMEN.
KEEP COMING, COME ON, COME ON.
[APPLAUSE]
AMEN.
LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU.
LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH, YOU WANT TO GET
UP IN THE MORNING OR ALL WEEK BE PRAYING ABOUT IT, AND SAY, GOD,
HERE IS MY PROBLEMS AND DILEMMA AND QUESTIONS.
I WANT YOU TO BRING THAT TO CHURCH.
OKAY.
AND I WANT YOU TO SAY, GOD, AND I WANT TO HAVE YOUR MIND ON THAT
AND HOW GOD IS GOING TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
AMEN.
YOU FOLLOW ME.
I DON'T WANT YOU PUT IT BACK HERE, I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT
HERE.
AND SAY, GOD SPEAK TO THIS PLEASE.
AND COME EXPECTING GOD TO MEET YOU.
THE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE PURPOSE OF THIS
MEETING.
NO FOUR, ONLY ONE REASON WE ARE HERE, AND THAT'S TO HAVE AN
ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD, AND YOU SAY, GOD I
WANT TO HAVE AN ENCOUNTER EVERYTHING WITH YOU, AND WHETHER
WITH MARRIAGE OR HEALTH OR PROBLEMS, I COME TO HAVE AN
ENCOUNTER WITH YOU.
COME TO CHURCH WITH THAT ATTITUDE AND EXPECTANCY, AND I
WILL SAY, IF YOU COME TO CHURCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND YOU ARE
NOT MEETING GOD.
ONE OF TWO THINGS ARE WRONG.
YOU NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH.
AND TRUST ME, GOD MAY WANT YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I AM NOT TRYING TO GET RID OF YOU, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS TO GET GOD.
SO GOD, I WANT TO GET GOD -- AMEN.
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I WANT TO GET GOD.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO COME ON TIME.
RIGHT, BECAUSE WE ARE WORSHIPING.
COME ON TIME.
AND WHEN YOU WORSHIP GET FOCUSED ON THE LORD, NOT THE GIRL DOWN
OVER THERE.
GET FOCUSED ON THE LORD.
YOU COME TO GET ALL THE WORSHIP, YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLE AND PRAYING
AND READING THE BIBLE AND PAYING ATTENTION.
AND GOD, I WANT TO GET YOU.
IF YOU SEEK HIM, YOU WILL FIND HIM.
NOW --
[APPLAUSE]
IF YOU, IF YOU COME LATE OR YOU
COME NOT PREPARED OR YOUR MIND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THAT'S ON YOU AND YOU ARE DISTRACTED AND YOU GOT THE KID
STUFF GOING ON AND YOU ARE LATE.
ALL OF THE DISTRACTIONS, THEN WHAT THE DEVIL WILL DO TO
DISTRACT YOU.
HAVE A FIGHT WITH YOUR GIRL IN THE CAR, THAT'S THE DEVIL TRYING
TO DISTRACT YOU.
HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO GET GOD.
BUT KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT.
THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
CAN I GET AMEN.
WE KNOW, IF THAT'S THE BATTLE, YOU FIGHT THAT BATTLE AND
PREPARE FOR IT, AND THEN YOU COME READY.
AND YOU COME READY, SAY, LORD, I WANT IT.
THEREFORE WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY IS FOR YOU TO GET IT, YOU HAVE
TO COME GET IT.
SO IF WE SAY, I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THERE.
AIN'T NOBODY LOOKING AT YOU.
YOU CAN'T SEE BUT THE BACK OF THEIR HEADS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?
OKAY WHEN WE SAY PRAY FOR ME AND LET'S GO.
DON'T COME AND GOD HERE IS WHERE IT IS, COME OVER HERE AND GET
IT.
I DON'T WANT TO COME THERE, WHY, BECAUSE GOD IS NOT PLAYING YOUR
RULES.
YOU FOLLOW ME.
YOU HAVE TO GO HOME AND HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE.
I WANT TO PRAY FOR, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, THAT'S WHAT THIS
IS ABOUT.
I WILL PRAY FOR ALL OF YOU AND THEN THEY WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND
MARK WILL PRAY FOR THE OFFERING, AND NEXT WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE
THE SERIES, BRING A FRIEND NEXT WEEK.
LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH, HOLY SPIRIT I PRAY YOU FALL ON THESE
PEOPLE AND NOW AND HOVER ON THEM LIKE THE WATER, AND BRING ORDER
IN THEIR LIFE AND CLARITY AND PURPOSE.
HEAL THEM.
ENCOURAGE THEM.
FORGIVE THEIR SIN.
DO ALL THE THINGS THAT ONLY YOU CAN DO.
AND LORD, I PRAY FOR THE CONGREGATION THAT THEY RECEIVE
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE FOR THEM.
AND THEY WOULD PURSUE YOU LIKE THEY NEVER PURSUED ANOTHER
PERSON IN THEIR LIFE.
THAT THEY WOULD SEEK YOU, AND PRAY TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU.
AND WHEN THEY GET IN THE CAR, SAY, HOLY SPIRIT I NEED YOU IN
MY LIFE.
AND THEY WILL LET YOU DO YOUR THING.
AND WE PRAY ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY WHEN THE MOVIE COMES OUT
THIS WEEK, THAT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GIVE THEIR
LIFE TO YOU.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GIVE THEIR LIFE TO YOU AND REALIZE THAT YOU
ARE REAL BECAUSE THE TOMB IS EMPTY.