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>> HELLO. HELLO. WELCOME TO
HOUSTON CELEBRATION. WE'RE
SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU
TUNE IN TODAY. I'M YOUR HOST
DR. DANA CARSON, SENIOR
PASTOR OF THE ROCK, ALVIN IN
LAKE JACKSON. WE'RE SO
DELIGHTED TO BE HERE THIS
MORNING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THE THINGS OF GOD'S KINGDOM.
I MEAN, I GET EXCITED WHEN I
THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD IS
DOING AND WHAT JESUS TAUGHT
US WHILE HE WAS HERE.
I OFTEN TAKE WHERE WE ARE
AND WHAT HE SAID AND I TRY
TO MURJ THOSE THINGS IN
ORDER TO GIVE MY LIFE
RELEVANCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS
THINKING ABOUT THIS MORNING
WAS HOW JESUS BEGAN
PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS OF
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
AND I THANK GOD FOR MARCUS
AND JONI LAMB WHO HAVE
CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS THE
GLOBE TO PREACH THE GOOD
NEWS OR TO SHARE THEIR
TESTIMONY IN RESPONSE TO THE
GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL OF
THE KINGDOM. AND IT'S
EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THERE
IS GOOD NEWS IN THE MIDST OF
BAD NEWS.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THE BAD
NEWS HAS BEEN OVER TURNED BY
THE POWER OF GOD. THAT MEANS
WHATEVER THE DEVIL IS DOING
IN YOUR LIFE, THERE IS A
POWER AND AN AUTHORITY THAT
CAN TURN IT AROUND. THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS GAVE
US AUTHORITY OVER ALL OF THE
POWER OF THE ENEMY. I KNOW
TODAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
BE BLESSED IMMENSELY WITH
OUR GUEST WHOSE GOING TO
BLESS YOUR HEART, TIMOTHY
MCNEIL SENIOR, WHOSE THE
PRESIDENT OF KINGDOM
CRUSADES INTERNATIONAL,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
HE'S GOING TO BLESS YOU
TREMENDOUSLY. BUT I WANT TO
TAKE THIS TIME OUT TO INVITE
YOU TO COME AND WORSHIP WITH
US IN ALVIN TEXAS.
I WANT YOU TO COME. WE HAVE
SERVICES THERE AT 8:00 A.M.,
11:00 A.M. AND 6 P.M. AND
THEN IN OUR SERVICES IN BRAZ
SAS PORT BEGINNING IN
DECEMBER WE WILL HAVE A 10
A.M. SERVICE BUT RIGHT NOW
WE HAVE A 3 P.M. SERVICE. I
WANT TO INVITE YOU, TAKE
TIME AND COME OUT AND
WORSHIP WITH US. THE POWER
OF GOD IS MOVING SOMETHING
AWESOME IN THOSE PLACES.
TAKE TIME TO COME.
ALSO, LISTEN TO OUR
TELEVISION BROADCAST RIGHT
HERE ON DAYSTAR ON SUNDAY AT
2:30 P.M.. AND TUNE INTO OUR
RADIO BROADCAST ON 92 FM,
PRAISE 92. WE KNOW THAT
YOU'LL BE BLESSED WHEN YOU
HEAR THE PREACHING AND THE
TEACHING OF THE GOSPEL OF
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
ENOUGH ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE
HAVE AN EXCITING GUEST. DENA
EAT TO KNOW I GUESS GOING TO
MINISTER IN SONG. HERE SHE
COMES AND THEN WE'LL BE
RIGHT BACK WITH YOU.
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>> BLESS THE LORD. LISTEN,
WE ARE EXCITED TODAY TO HAVE
A VERY SPECIAL GUEST WITH US
WE HAVE THE REVEREND TIMOTHY
MCNEIL SENIOR, THE
PRESIDENTS OF KINGDOM
CRUSADES INTERNATIONAL,
HOUSTON, TEXAS. WELCOME TIM.
>> THANK YOU SIR.
>> WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU
I HAVE BEEN SO INSPIRED BY
YOUR MINISTRY PERSONALLY.
YOU HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS
BLESSING IN MY LIFE AND I
KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN A
BLESSING TO THE BODY OF
CHRIST AT LARGE.
SO TIM, FOR OUR VIEWING
AUDIENCE THAT MAY NOT BE
FAMILY WITH YOUR MINISTRY,
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR MINISTRY AND WHERE YOU
COME FROM.
>> I'M ORIGINALLY FROM
LONGVIEW TEXAS, I GREW UP IN
NORTHEAST TEXAS, ONE OF MY
COUSIN, DERRICK HORNE GREW
UP TOGETHER IN CHURCH GOING
THROUGH ALL THE EAST TEXAS
AREA, 3 GENERATIONS DEEP ON
MY FATHER'S SIDE AS FAR AS
PREACHERS.
>>, ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE
WE'LL ABOUT 3 OR 4 DEEP AS
WELL.
>> THAT'S A LONG VIEW BUT
DID GO AHEAD.
>> SO AFTER DOING THAT OR
HAVING BEEN IN THE MINISTRY
THAT LONG I'VE PASTORED FOR
12 YEARS BOTH IN ILLINOIS
AND TEXAS AND THE CHICAGO
LAND AREA AS WELL AS THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA, AND
WITCH AT THAT FALLS AS A
MATTER OF FACT. I'VE BEEN
HERE FOR A YEAR AND NOW
WE'RE MOVING INTO OTHER
ASPECTS OF MINISTRY.
>> NOW, THAT'S INTERESTING,
YOU SAID YOU'RE TRYING TO DO
THINGS IN NON TRADITIONAL
FACETS BUT YOU SAID YOU'RE A
THIRD GENERATION PREACH DHER
AND YOU PASTORED TWO
CHURCHES. WHAT
DENOMINATIONAL BACKGROUND
ARE YOU A THIRD GENERATION
PREACHER?
>> THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING
QUESTION. MY FATHER'S FATHER
IS BAPTIST. MY FATHER IS
BAPTIST. MY MOTHER'S FATHER
THOD DID I SAY AND THEN MY
MOTHER'S GRANDFATHER CHURCH
OF GOD IN CRUST. I GREW UP
AN AL APOSTOLIC CHURCH SO I
HAVE A VERY DIVERSE
BACKGROUND. SO I'VE KIND OF
LOOKED AT IT FROM THE
STANDPOINT OF ALL OF IT AS
FAR AS THE MIXTURE OF THE
DENOMINATIONS HAS LED ME TO
WHERE I AM NOW WHICH IS
SIMPLY KINGDOM.
>> BECAUSE I WAS SAYING --
BAPTISTING, METHODIST,
APOSTOLIC, WHAT DO YOU
BELIEVE?
>> I'M WHAT YOU CALL, I'M A
SUMMER CHRISTIAN. SOME OF
THIS AND SOME OF THAT. BUT
NONE THE LESS I BELIEVE THAT
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. THAT'S
WHAT I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE
THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS
AT HAND. I BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE LIVING IN THE LAST
DAYS. I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
LIVING NOT ONLY THE LAST
DAYS BUT REALLY IN OUR LAST
HOURS AS RELATES TO MY
BELIEF SYSTEM. MY BELIEF
SYSTEM IS BASED UPON THE
FACT THAT THERE IS NO OTHER
NAME UNDER HEAVEN WHEREBY
MAN MAY BE SAVED EXCEPT THE
NAME OF JESUS. I KNOW
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
GOING ON OUT THERE,
REFERRING TO THE HIGHER
POWER AND THE LORD OF LORDS.
BUT HE IS JESUS CHRIST WHOSE
THE KING OF KINGS ABOVE ALL.
>> I CAN HEAR THAT STRONG
CONVICTION AND PASSION IN
YOUR VOICE ABOUT YOUR DESIRE
TO PLATFORM JESUS CHRIST.
NOW, YOU WERE SAYING THAT
YOU ARE TRYING TO PRESENT
MINISTRY IN A NON
TRADITIONAL FACET. MIRROR
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOUR
PREACHING IS IN THE NON
TRADITIONAL CHURCH.
>> I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A GOOD
GRIP ON NON DENOMINATIONAL.
THE DENOMINATION IS NON
DENOMINATIONAL. MY CHURCH IN
CHICAGO WAS NON
DENOMINATIONAL. MY CHURCH IN
WITCH AT THAT FALLS WAS
BAPTIST. I JUST REALLY FELT
BOUND, I REALLY FELT
RESTRICTED AS RELATED TO THE
DENOMINATIONAL AND THE
ORGANIZATIONAL PRE
REMEMBERING SITS AND/OR
MANDATES AS RELATES TO
EXECUTING AND DOING THE WORK
OF CHRIST AS TO LAYING ON OF
HANDS. IF THAT WAS AN ISSUE
THEN SPEAKING OF TONGUES WAS
AN ISSUE. SO IT WAS ALWAYS
GOING TO BE SOMETHING WRONG
IN THE CHURCH BEFORE WE
COULD GET IT RIGHT. SO I
FIGURED AT SOME POINT WE
HAVE TO STEP OUT OF THE
CHURCH AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS THING ON A BROADER BASE
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT
THAT GOD WANTS TO PUT FORTH.
AND THAT'S HIS SON. HE WANTS
TO PUT THE WORK OF JESUS
CHRIST AS WELL AS THE LORD
SHIP OF JESUS CHRIST OVER
THE ONE KINGDOM THAT TRULY
MATTERS. SO MY BACKGROUND AS
RELATES TO BEING EXPOSE TO
DO THE DIFFERENT
DENOMINATIONS HAS LED ME TO
THE POINT WHERE NOT THAT I
86 OR CANCEL OUT
DENOMINATIONS BUT IT'S LET
ME TO THE POINT TO WHERE
THERE'S ONLY ONE TRUE KING.
>> IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE
YOU'RE SAYING I'M FROM
LONGVIEW BUT IT'S NOW BROAD
VIL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> YOU MAKE A TREMENDOUS --
I'M LISTENING AND YOU MADE A
TREMENDOUS DECISION. YOUR
GRANDFATHER IS A BAPTIST
PREACHER, YOUR FATHER IS A
BAPTIST PREACHER, YOU WERE
PASTORING ONE OF THE FASTEST
GROWING BAPTIST CHURCHES IN
YOUR AREA AND YOU RESIGNED
BECAUSE YOU FELT BOUND. MOST
PEOPLE WOULD FEEL VERY, VERY
HONORED AND FAVORED BY THE
LORD IF THEY HAD ONE OF THE
FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES.
WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE
YOUR HAH HEAD, MAN?
>> WELL, MY FATHER ASKED ME
THAT. CERTAINLY MANY OF THEM
WANTED TO ECONOMIC ME INTO A
REHAB PROGRAM OR SOMETHING
TO THAT EFFECT. WHEN I
RESIGNED I DIDN'T RESIGN
BECAUSE A BOARD WAS SENDING
ME AWAY. I DIDN'T RESIGN
BECAUSE I HAD FALLEN FROM
GRACE. I DIDN'T RERESIGN
BECAUSE THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
I RESIGNED BECAUSE IT WAS
TIME FOR ME TO GO. TO MOVE
ON AND MOVE OUT SO GOD COULD
MOVE ME UP. AFTER LEAVING,
MY FATHER AND MANY OF HIS
COLLEAGUES WERE SAYING WHAT
IN THE WORLD ARE YOU SMOKING
I'M SAYING I DON'T SMOKE AT
ALL BUT IT'S THE FACT THAT
THE LORD HAD SPOKEN TO ME
WHILE I WAS THERE IN WITCH
AT THAT FALSE AND HAD TOLD
ME LAST YEAR THAT IT WAS
TIME TO GO. I CALLED IN THE
LEADERSHIP COUNSEL. I
RESIGNED 6 MONTHS BEFORE I