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♪ (MUSIC) > THERE IS HOPE, THERE IS HELP, THERE ♪
♪ IS HEALING YEAH, YEAH COME FOR HEALING < ♪
KEN> WELL, IT'S RHEMA PRAISE TIME AGAIN AND I WANT TO WELCOME
ALL THE REGULARS AND THEN ALL THE OTHERS THAT HAVE JOINED US
THIS WEEK. WE WELCOME YOU TO BECOME A REGULAR WITH US LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> .AND WHEN WE'RE OUT IN CRUSADES WE LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE
COME UP AND TALK TO US, AND
SAY THAT THEY WATCH US ON THE TELEVSION. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT, AND IF WE'RE IN A RESTAURANT OR A
STORE, OR A WALMART (A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE THERE), HEY, IT'S
OKAY TO COME UP TO US AND SAY, "HI", AND THAT YOU WATCH US.
IT REALLY MAKES US FEEL GOOD. <
KEN> IT MAKES US FEEL GOOD AND WE DON'T MIND TALKING TO YOU AT
ALL. IT'S NOT AN IMPOSITION. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW." HEY, IT'S
NOT AN IMPOSITION. IN FACT, I LIKE TO TALK TO PEOPLE, AND I
LIKE TO KNOW THAT SOMEBODY'S WATCHING AT LEAST. <
LYNETTE> (CHUCKLING) THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK ON THE PROGRAM WE HAVE A MESSAGE
THAT MY SON PREACHED. AND WE ARE SO PRIVILEGED HON, TO HAVE
BOTH OF OUR CHILDREN WITH US IN THE MINISTRY. YOU KNOW, OUR
DAUGHTER IS OVER ALL OF THE. <
LYNETTE> STUDENT MINISTRIES <
KEN> .STUDENT MINISTRIES FROM THE TIME THEY ENTER IN THE
NURSERY UNTIL THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGHSCHOOL. AND CRAIG WORKS
WITH US IN THE MINISTRY THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GREAT TO HAVE THAT...
LYNETTE> ABSOLUTELY <
KEN> . BUT HE'S PREACHING A
SERMON TALKING ABOUT: "DON'T THINK".
AND WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T
THINK ON CERTAIN THINGS AND GET THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE IN LIFE. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> YOU KNOW, HIS PAW PAW (AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE HE GOT IT,
FROM MY DAD - PAW PAW THEY
CALLED HIM), HE WOULD ALL THE TIME
SAY, "WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WILL EVENTUALLY COME OUT." AND
HE WOULD SAY, "RIGHT THINKING PRODUCES RIGHT BELIEVING WHICH
PRODUCES RESULTS. WRONG THINKING PRODUCES WRONG BELIEVING
WHICH PRODUCES NOTHING." <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> THAT'S WHAT I HEARD HIM SAY. SEE, GOD TELLS US TO RENEW
OUR MINDS WITH HIS THOUGHTS. SO WHY DON'T WE GO RIGHT NOW WHERE
REV. CRAIG W. HAGIN IS MINISTERING ON "DON'T THINK". <
REV. CRAIG W. HAGIN> ALRIGHT, TONIGHT I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT I WANTED TO PREACH ON AND WHAT I WANTED TO TITLE IT, AND I
JUST KIND OF GOT BORED THINKING. AND IT JUST GOT TOO CONFUSED,
AND ALL THIS STUFF HAPPENED. SO I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD CALL MY
SUBJECT TONIGHT: "DON'T THINK".
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES TURN TO ISAIAH 55:8
REALLY, I DIDN'T GET ALL CONFUSED THINKING ABOUT THIS.
IT JUST SOUNDED GOOD.
ISAIAH 55:8 - I'M READING FROM THE NEW KING JAMES
VERSION (VS. 8 AND 9 ARE WHAT I REALLY WANT TO READ). IT SAYS:
HOW MANY OF YOU. I'M ASSUMING BY NOW THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE
PROBABLY READ THAT SCRIPTURE FOR YOURSELF OR SOMEONE'S READ
IT TO YOU. MAYBE YOU HAVE THE BIBLE ON TAPE OR THEY READ THE
BIBLE TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO LAZY TO READ IT FOR YOURSELF,
BUT THE MAIN THING I GUESS IS YOU'RE GETTING THE BIBLE. BUT
THE POINT IS, "MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, AND MY WAYS
ARE NOT YOUR WAYS". I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND. WELL,
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION; MAYBE YOU NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT
YOURSELF. IS THIS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OR THE NEW TESTAMENT?
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS: "OLD")
IT'S IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. SO, IN SOME WAYS THIS DOESN'T APPLY
TO YOU, BUT IT APPLIES TO YOU IN A LOT OF WAYS. BECAUSE SOME
PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY CAN'T THINK ON A HIGHER THING AND THEY
DON'T REALIZE THAT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST HE'S PROVIDED A WAY FOR
YOU TO THINK HIGHER THOUGHTS. HE'S PROVIDED A WAY FOR YOU TO
THINK ABOUT HIGHER WAYS, BUT TOO MANY OF YOU YOU'RE SO LOST IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT THINK: "WELL, I SURE WISH I COULD THINK THOSE
HIGHER THOUGHTS. I SURE WISH I COULD THINK LIKE JESUS THOUGHT,
BUT I GUESS I CAN'T BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M LIMITED BY THIS
SCRIPTURE. NO, YOU'RE LIMITED BY YOUR THOUGHT LIFE. NOW, THE
OTHER DAY WHENEVER I STARTED MY PRODIGAL SON SERIES (WHICH I
NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD PREACH A SERIES ON THE PRODIGAL SON), BUT
IT REALLY HIT ME THE OTHER DAY AND I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT
IT. HOW MANY PEOPLE READ ABOUT THE PRODIGAL SON? ANY OF YOU
READ ABOUT THAT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ ABOUT THAT TODAY, YOU
KNOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHEN WE READ THE PRODIGAL SON,
USUALLY WE KIND OF GET THE PIG PEN VERSION (THE SON'S IN THE
PIG PEN AND DECIDES TO GO HOME, YOU KNOW, HIS DAD ACCEPTS HIM
BACK. THEN WE THINK ABOUT THE OTHER SON. HE WAS JEALOUS
BECAUSE THE YOUNGER SON GOT WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS, AND
HE'S ALL MAD BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GET NO PIG CUT UP FOR HIM.
AND HIS DAD TOLD HIM, ["WELL,
YOU COULD HAVE ANY PIG YOU WANTED. JUST NOT PORKY."])
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
ANYWAY, BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN IT JUST HIT ME. DO YOU REALIZE THE YOUNGER SON DIDN'T
WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, JUST HAD A
THOUGHT, "I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE. I'M JUST
GOING TO ASK MY DAD FOR MY INHERITANCE AND MOVE OUT OF THE
HOUSE." NO, IT ALL STARTED WITH A THOUGHT. SEE, EVERY ACTION
THAT YOU DO STARTS BECAUSE OF A THOUGHT. AND THE WAY YOU
THINK IS GOING TO AFFECT THE WAY YOU ARE. IT'S GOING TO AFFECT
THE WAY YOU LIVE. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE NOT THINKING
THOUGHTS THAT ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT HAPPENS.
IF YOU THINK WAYS THAT ARE NOT HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS THEN HOW
ARE YOU EVER GOING TO BETTER YOURSELF WHEN ALL YOU CAN THINK
ABOUT IS LOWER THAN WHAT YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT. I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING RIGHT NOW.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
BUT MY POINT IS, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO QUIT THINKING AND LETTING
HIM THINK FOR YOU. AND THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO QUIT THINKING IS
TO KNOW HIM. WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS THEN HOW
CAN YOU THINK LIKE JESUS?
I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY SIMPLE. THE REASON SOMETIMES THAT WE
CAN'T THINK LIKE JESUS IS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HIS
THOUGHTS. "OH YEAH, I KNOW HIS THOUGHTS." WELL, IF YOU DO THEN
WHY DON'T YOU THINK ON THOSE THINGS? "WELL, BECAUSE I'M KIND
OF BORED" OR "I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO." I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE DOING. LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ DOWN BECAUSE YOU KNOW SOME
PEOPLE THEY NEVER READ STUFF IN CONTEXT AND THEY JUST STOP AT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO VERSE TEN. IT SAYS:
NOW SEE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THEY COULDN'T THINK THE THOUGHTS
OF GOD. THEY COULDN'T THINK THE HIGHER THOUGHTS, BUT YOU CAN
THINK HIGHER THOUGHTS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? TOO MANY TIMES,
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE POWER AND ABILITY TO THINK THE HIGHER
THOUGHTS, WE DON'T. NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AFFECT
YOUR THOUGHT LIFE, YOU KNOW. BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT AFFECTS
YOUR THOUGHT LIFE IS THE PEOPLE YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH.
YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE ALWAYS SAID, WHO YOU SURROUND YOURSELF
WITH WILL BE WHO YOU ARE. YOU KNOW, DAD ALWAYS USED TO SAY,
"IF YOU LOOK LIKE A DUCK AND TALK LIKE A DUCK YOU'RE PROBABLY
A DUCK." THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, MANY CHRISTIANS IN TODAY'S
DAY AND AGE, WE THINK THAT WE CAN SURROUND OURSELVES WITH
OTHER THINGS AND BE DIFFERENT. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
WE HAVE TO QUIT THINKING, QUIT SURROUNDING OURSELVES WITH WHAT
DAD CALLS "OB-STACK-LES"
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
AND THINK DIFFERENTLY. NOW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU START THINKING
DIFFERENTLY YOU'LL START ACTING DIFFERENTLY. NOW, IF WE WERE TO
ASK JESUS (YOU KNOW, WE WERE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A ONE ON ONE
INTERVIEW WITH JESUS), IF WE ASK JESUS IF HE EVER THOUGHT HE
COULDN'T WALK ON THE WATER HE WOULD SAY, "ABSOLUTLEY NOT."
IF HE EVER THOUGHT HE COULDN'T CHANGE THE WATER INTO WINE HE
WOULD SAY, "NO, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT." I MEAN, EVEN OTHER FOLKS;
MAYBE WE ASK DAVID, AND SAY, "DAVID, WHENEVER YOU FACED
GOLIATH DID YOU EVER THINK THAT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO WIN?"
"DANIEL, DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU WOULD GO IN THE LIONS DEN THE
LIONS WERE GOING TO EAT YOU UP?" WHAT ABOUT SHADRACH, MESCHACH
AND ABEDNEGO? "DID YOU THINK THAT WHENEVER YOU WENT INTO THE
FIERY FURNACE THAT YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO DIE? YOU JUST SAW THE
GUARDS THERE. THEY DIED BECAUSE THE FIRE WAS SO HOT. KING
NEBUCHADNEZZAR WASN'T VERY SMART AND DECIDED TO TURN THE FIRE UP
SEVEN TIMES HOTTER THAN BEFORE. I MEAN IT WAS HOT ENOUGH TO KILL
YOU ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, SEVEN TIMES HOTTER
IS GOING TO KILL YOU FASTER."
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T THINK. YOU KILL YOUR OWN GUYS.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
WHEN YOU FACE A TRIAL DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
OVERCOME IT? OR DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO OVERCOME YOU?
NOW, I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE. I DON'T CARE HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN
A CHRISTIAN. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE WAY A LONG
TIME. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, EVERYBODY FACES THOUGHTS. AND
EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ONE WAY OR THINK ANOTHER.
NOW, MANY OF YOU, YOU'VE HEARD MY GRANDFATHER PREACH. AND HE
TELLS A STORY ABOUT THE TIME WHEN HIS OWN SISTER PASSED AWAY.
AND HE HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH IT. ACTUALLY, THERE'S A COUPLE
OF OTHER STORIES HE'S TOLD WHERE HE'S HAD SITUATIONS WHERE
SOMETHING HAPPENED AND IT KIND OF BOTHERED HIM AND HE BEGAN TO
HAVE TROUBLE WITH IT. AND GOD ALWAYS ANSWERED WITH THIS
STATEMENT. AND THIS STATEMENT
HAS CHANGED THE WAY I SEE THINGS.
THE STATEMENT WAS: "DO NOT TOUCH IT AGAIN IN THOUGHT LIFE." NOW,
THE REASON THAT GOD TOLD HIM NOT TO TOUCH IT AGAIN IN THOUGHT
LIFE IS BECAUSE IF HE KEEPS TOUCHING IT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT
HIM. NOW, THESE WERE THINGS
THAT THE LORD ACTUALLY TOLD HIM NOT TO TOUCH AGAIN IN THOUGHT
LIFE, BUT IN MY OWN LIFE I'VE RUN ACROSS THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND
BECAUSE OF A TEACHING THAT I'VE HEARD I BEGIN TO TELL MYSELF I'M
NOT GONG TO TOUCH IT AGAIN IN THOUGHT LIFE. I'M NOT GOING TO
LET THAT AFFECT ME. AND SEE, CRAIG HAS HIS OWN LITTLE. OF
COURSE, I LIVE IN MY OWN LITTLE WORLD SOMETIMES. BUT MY OWN
THOUGHT IS IF I REALLY NEED THE ANSWER WHEN I GO TO HEAVEN I'M
GOING TO ASK. I'M GOING TO SIT JESUS DOWN AND I'M GOING TO ASK
HIM. BUT I REALLY KIND OF FEEL
THAT ONCE THAT HAPPENS I WON'T REALLY CARE. BUT THE FACT OF THE
MATTER IS, HOW MANY TIMES HAS THERE BEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU
KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT
ALONE AND YOU KEEP PULLING IT OUT?
WHY DO YOU PULL THAT OUT? "I
DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST." USUALLY YOU
PULL THAT OUT WHEN YOU REACH A MOMENT OF VULNERABILITY BECAUSE
SOMETIMES YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING FOR A LONG TIME.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU REACH THIS PLACE
OR MAYBE YOU HAVE A SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE AS WHAT HAPPENED
BEFORE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN. YOUR BRAIN IS AWESOME. I MEAN
THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS YOU. THE REASON THAT MAN RULES THE
UNIVERSE IS BECAUSE OF THEIR BRAIN. AND WITHOUT YOUR BRAIN
NOT A LOT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN TELLS YOUR ARMS WHAT TO
DO. IT TELLS. YOU KNOW, YOUR BRAIN IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY.
NOT ONLY DOES IT TELL YOU WHAT TO DO IT ALSO FILES ALL THESE
LITTLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU BOTH GOOD AND BAD. YOU KNOW,
SOME THINGS ARE GOOD BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE KID. ANYONE
EVER A LITTLE KID BEFORE?
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
GOOD. I GOT TWENTY PERCENT OF YOU THAT WERE A LITTLE KID ONCE.
THE REST OF YOU GUYS, I MEAN YOU JUST KIND OF GOT TRANSPORTED
FROM HEAVEN AND GOT TO AGE TWENTY. MAYBE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU
JUST HAD TO FIGURE WHENEVER YOU GOT BORN AGAIN AND EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THAT YOU JUST DON'T REMEMBER THAT KIND OF
STUFF. BUT AT ONE POINT IN TIME YOU WERE A LITTLE KID WHETHER
YOU KNEW IT OR NOT, WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE A LITTLE KID NOW. YOU
SAY, "WELL, I'VE NEVER GROWN UP BECAUSE I WAS A "TOYS-R-US" KID,
AND THEY TOLD ME I'M NOT GOING TO GROW UP BECAUSE I'M A
TOYS-R-US KID; MORE GAMES, MORE TOYS, OH BOY!
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, YOU WERE A LITTLE KID AT ONE
TIME. AND WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE KID, KIDS DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT
EVEN WHEN THEIR PARENTS TELL THEM THEY STILL DON'T KNOW A
WHOLE LOT. AND THEY'LL DO THINGS THAT'S NOT TOO SMART LIKE TOUCH
A STOVE THAT'S HOT. ACTUALLY, SOME OF THE NEWER STOVES DON'T
EVEN. USED TO THEY HAD FIRE. MOST KIDS RUN UP, "FIRE BURNS"
(LEARN THAT PRETTY QUICK).
BUT THEN YOU KNOW, THEY GOT RID OF THE FIRE,
GOT RID OF THE GAS AND SO THEY TURN RED. RED'S HOT. EITHER THAT
OR "STOP". SOME OF THE NEW STOVE TOPS DON'T EVEN TURN COLORS.
THEY'RE FIGURE YOU'LL JUST KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN COOKING. BUT A
KID TOUCHES A HOT STOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT BURNS THEIR HAND.
THE NEXT TIME THEY SEE A HOT STOVE THEIR BRAIN SAYS, "DO NOT
TOUCH. DO NOT TOUCH. DO NOT TOUCH." THEY DON'T TOUCH IT
AGAIN. NOW, A FEW OF YOU MAYBE YOU WEREN'T SO BRIGHT.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
OR MAYBE YOU SAID, "WELL, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I TOUCHED IT FOR
TOO LONG. LET ME JUST TOUCH IT A MILI-SECOND SHORTER THIS TIME."
I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WONDER. BUT THE
POINT IS WE LEARN THINGS BECAUSE WE FILE THEM IN MEMORY AND
WHENEVER WE FACE SIMILAR SITUATIONS OUR BRAIN TELLS US
HOW TO THINK OR HOW NOT TO THINK. BUT YOUR BRAIN IS NOT
HOOKED UP WITH YOUR SPIRIT. AND SO,
WHEN YOU COME ACROSS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T TOUCH
IN THOUGHT LIFE YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOURSELF, "DON'T TOUCH IT. DON'T
TOUCH IT." NOW, YOU KNOW, THE REASON YOU DON'T TOUCH IT IS
BECAUSE IF YOU BEGIN TO LET IT ENTER INTO YOUR THOUGHTS IT'LL
CHANGE YOUR ACTIONS. NOW, SEE, LIKE I SAID, THIS YOUNG SON
BEFORE HE TOOK OFF FROM HIS DAD'S HOUSE I BET HE ASKED A FEW
PEOPLE WHAT THEY THOUGHT
ABOUT IT. I BET THE PEOPLE HE ASKED WERE NOT REALLY THE MOST
EDUCATED. THEY WERE PROBABLY PEOPLE JUST LIKE HIM. "OH YEAH,
YOU SHOULD GO AND YOU SHOULD TAKE ME WITH YOU. AND ACTUALLY,
WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE-THIRD OF YOUR INHERITANCE."
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE
THAT LOOK FOR ADVICE FROM PEOPLE THEY ALWAYS LOOK TO PEOPLE
THAT THEY KNOW HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SITUATION AND GET ASIDE
WITH THEM. I FIND THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO WANT ADVICE NEVER GO
SEARCH OUT SOMEONE THAT THEY KNOW IS GOING TO GIVE THE ADVICE
CONTRARY TO WHAT THEY TO THINK. WHY NOT? BECAUSE THEY DON'T
REALLY WANT ADVICE THEY WANT SOMEONE TO TELL THEM, YOU KNOW,
IT'S OKAY TO DO IT. THEY WANT AFFIRMATION. THEY WANT
AFFIRMATION. THEY WANT SOMEONE TO TELL THEM. BUT SEE, IN LIFE,
THINGS THAT WE THINK WILL ALSO BE THINGS THAT WE SAY. NOW,
THERE'S A TIME. SOMETIMES YOU CAN HOLD THINGS IN AND NOT SPEAK
THEM. BUT EVENTUALLY THOSE THOUGHTS WILL COME OUT. IF YOU
KEEP HAVING THOSE THOUGHTS EVENTUALLY THEY'LL COME OUT IN
YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS. NOW, I GOT A TOTALLY NEW
REVELATION TODAY THAT I
NEVER HAD (AND I WASN'T PLANNING ON DOING THIS SRIPTURE FIRST BUT
I'M GOING TO GO THERE), ISAIAH. (NOT THAT ONE), PROVERBS
PROVERBS THE 23RD CHAPTER, THE 7TH VERSE. MANY PEOPLE PROBABLY
KNOW THIS. IT SAYS:
FOR AS HE THINKS IN HIS HEART SO IS HE.
ANYONE EVER HEARD THAT
SCRIPTURE? SO AS YOU THINK YOU ARE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. MOST PEOPLE HAVE IT OUT OF
CONTEXT. IT ACTUALLY SAYS AS YOU THINK IN YOUR HEART SO YOU ARE.
WELL, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE BLOOD "WARSHED" - WASHED,
WARSHED, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY, TONGUE-TALKING FOLKS AND
THEY LOVE GOD, BUT THEY DO THINGS CONTRARY. THIS SAYS IF
YOU THINK IN YOUR HEART SO ARE YOU. WELL IF YOU THINK IN YOUR
HEART THAT'S THE REAL YOU. THE INNER MAN'S THE REAL MAN. BUT
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU EVEN THOUGH THE REAL YOU IS THERE, THE OTHER
YOU, YOUR HEAD CAN COME
OUT. MANY PEOPLE. SEE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY THINKING THIS SCRIPTURE
SAYS AS YOU THINK IN YOUR HEAD SO ARE YOU. NO, IT DOESN'T. IT
SAYS AS YOU THINK IN YOUR HEART. SEE, WE CAN'T JUDGE A MAN'S
HEART JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS. NOW MANY OF YOU.
NOW, I KNOW MANY FOLKS LIKE. THEY REMEMBER BROTHER HAGIN'S
STORIES. REMEMBER THE MOTHER-IN-LAW STORY? AND HE'S SITTING
THERE AT DENNY'S OR WHEREVER (A RESTAURANT LIKE DENNY'S), AND HE
SAYS SOME GUY WAS TRYING TO SAY HE HATES HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. AND
HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO SAY, 'I HATE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW', AND WHEN
YOU DO YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE TUGGING
AT YOUR HEART BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY HATE YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW."
BUT HE SAID IT. SEE, YOU CAN SAY THINGS THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GREATER THOUGHTS OR HIGHER THOUGHTS
BECAUSE. WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET OVER IS NATURALLY, YOUR NATURAL
THOUGHTS ARE NEVER GOING TO BE GOD'S NATURAL THOUGHTS. AND THE
REASON I WANT TO GET THIS OVER IS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THINK,
"WELL, IF I HAVE THE LORD IN MY HEART I'LL NEVER SAY ANYTHING
WRONG. I'LL NEVER DO ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE THE LORD IS
THERE." NOT TRUE. IF IT WERE TRUE THEN WE WOULD SEE MORE
CHRISTIANS BEING DIFFERENT
BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T SAY SOME OF THE THINGS THEY SAY. ONE OF
MY GOOD FRIENDS HE GAVE THIS ILLUSTRATION. I LOVE IT. OKAY?
IF WE WERE TO HAVE A BUNCH OF ORANGES AND WE SQUEEZE THE
ORANGES WHAT WOULD WE GET?
(CONGREGATION REPLIES: "ORANGES")
OKAY, IF WE HAD A BUNCH OF APPLES
AND WE SQUEEZED THE APPLES WHAT WOULD WE GET?
(CONGREGATION REPLIES: "APPLES")
OKAY, IF WE HAD A BUNCH OF GRAPES AND WE SQUEEZED THE
GRAPES WHAT WOULD WE GET?
(CONGREGATION REPLIES: "GRAPES")
ALRIGHT, WHAT ABOUT PINEAPPLES?
(CONGREGATION REPLIES: "PINEAPPLES")
WHAT ABOUT A CHRISTIAN?
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
BECAUSE I FOUND OUT WHEN A LOT OF CHRISTIANS GET SQUEEZED GOD
DOES NOT COME OUT.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
YOU DON'T GET THE GOD JUICE. <
KEN> I KNOW YOU ENJOYED THAT MESSAGE AND I TRUST YOU GOT
AHOLD TO WHAT HE WAS TRYING. WHAT HE WAS SAYING HERE. AND HE
WAS TRYING TO SAY TO YOU THINK THE THOUGHTS IN LINE WITH GOD'S
WORD. THINK THOUGHTS THAT ARE IN LINE WITH GOD'S WORD; GOOD
THOUGHTS, THE THOUGHTS OF THE WORD OF GOD. <
LYNETTE> AND YOU KNOW HONEY, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN THINK
THOSE THOUGHTS IS TO MEDITATE IN THE WORD OF GOD AND SURROUND
YOURSELF WITH THE WORD OF GOD. YOU KNOW, WE SURROUND
OURSELVES WITH THE WORD OF GOD TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY. <
KEN> THAT'S RIGHT <
LYNETTE> .WHETHER IT'S LISTENING TO A MESSAGE, WHETHER IT'S
LISTENING TO MUSIC, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, THE WORD OF GOD ON IT. SO
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THE WORD OF GOD
AND WHEN YOU DO THE WORD OF GOD WILL COME OUT OF YOU AND THAT'S
WHAT YOU'LL THINK. <
KEN> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK. WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN
READING, WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN
WATCHING HAS AN AFFECT ON YOUR THOUGHT LIFE. <
LYNETTE> IT'LL COME OUT <
KEN> .AND THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS RENEW YOUR MIND WITH THE
WORD OF GOD. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT, HONEY I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE FACT OF
WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER THIS MONTH - YOUR BOOK:
DON'T QUIT! YOUR FAITH WILL SEE YOU THROUGH ,
AND MY CD: "USING STUMBLING BLOCKS AS
STEPPING STONES, AND YOUR DAD'S (DVD) "JUST KNOW GOD". I WAS
THINKING ABOUT THESE AND I THOUGHT, WE HAVE LIVED EVERY
CHAPTER OR EVERY MESSAGE. <
KEN> OH YEAH <
LYNETTE> .THAT WE'RE GIVING HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TO RELY
ON OUR FAITH, AND WE'VE HAD TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO QUIT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO QUIT REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
COME. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT - THESE ARE TRIED AND TRUE THINGS. <
KEN> OH YES <
LYNETTE> .THAT WE HAVE DONE, THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AND THAT
WE'VE DONE THAT'S BROUGHT US VICTORIOUS OVER TO THE OTHER
SIDE. A GREAT OFFER. GREAT INFORMATION THIS MONTH. AND THIS
RETAILS FOR $31.90, AND WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS. THIS IS GOING
TO HELP YOU IN LIFE. THIS IS GOING TO HELP YOU TO BE
VICTORIOUS IN LIFE; TO SUCCEED IN LIFE. SO WE WANT TO OFFER
THIS FOR $24.95, WHICH IS ALMOST A $7.00 SAVINGS. <
KEN> HEY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS COMING UP. LYNETTE'S
KINDLE THE FLAME MINISTRY. (CHUCKLES) MINISTRY - <
BOTH> "WOMEN'S" CONFERENCE. <
KEN> OH, LISTEN AT ME - SEPTEMBER 26-28. HEY LADIES, MEN
YOU WANT TO GET YOUR LADY HERE. IT IS A FANTASTIC TIME. I KNOW
EVERY YEAR THE LADIES LEAVE TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS.
OF COURSE, NONE OF US MEN GET TO COME TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS. <
LYNETTE> THEY TRY TO SNEAK IN, BUT THEY CAN'T (LAUGHS) <
KEN> YEAH, YEAH, BUT HEY, IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
JUST GET HERE.
LYNETTE> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT <
KEN> LIKE SOMEBODY SAYS, "JUST DO IT." WELL, JUST GET THEM
SIGNED UP. GET YOUR LADY HERE, ALRIGHT.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CAN GO ON THE WEB TO RHEMA (DOT) ORG
AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR KINDLE THE FLAME. AND THEN,
NOVEMBER 1-3, HONEY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE BIBLE OR IF YOU FEEL CALLED TO THE MINISTRY; TO THE
MINISTRY OF HELPS THEN RHEMA BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE IS THE
PLACE TO COME. AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COLLEGE WEEKEND. <
KEN> YEAH, THE FALL COLLEGE WEEKEND. <
LYNETTE> YEAH, NOVEMBER 1-3, SO COME AND CHECK US OUT. <
KEN> AND THEN MY "CALL TO ARMS" MEN'S CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 7-9,
BUILDING MEN OF CHARACTER. AND YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER MEN'S
CONFERENCE LIKE THIS. I GUESS BECAUSE I GREW UP IN THIS AND I
SAW SO MUCH OF THIS STUFF AND IT WAS A BUNCH OF HYPE. AND I SAID,
HEY, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEN'S CONFERENCE THEN WE'RE
GOING TO DEAL WITH THE REAL NITTY GRITTY SUBJECTS THAT MEN
DEAL WITH EVERYDAY IN LIFE. AND THIS ONE IS BUILDING MEN OF
CHARACTER. I WANT YOU TO COME AND BE HERE. IT IS GOING TO BE
GREAT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO MISS HALF YOUR LIFE (AS MY DAD USED
TO SAY) IF YOU'RE NOT HERE. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT. AND IF YOU'RE IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA
COME AND CHECK OUT RHEMA BIBLE CHURCH THERE AT:
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KEN> YES, YES, ALRIGHT. HEY, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY ON THE PROGRAM.
IT'S ALL OF YOU GOOD PARTNERS THAT HELP US TO
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BY. AND SOMEBODY SAYS, "WHAT'S A PARTNER?" WELL, THAT SOMEBODY
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REV. LYNETTE HAGIN> WE'RE GOING TO STEP ON THOSE STONES RIGHT
NOW. WHATEVER THOSE STONES ARE IN YOUR LIFE, HERE WE GO! WE'RE
GOING TO STEP ON THOSE STONES AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM
STEPPING STONES INSTEAD OF STUMBLING BLOCKS. <
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REV. KENNETH E. HAGIN> AND SO, AS I SAID TO YOU, WE
SO MANY TIMES, IN SO MANY CIRCLES, IN SO MANY WAYS HAVE
MAJORED IN THE MINORS, AND SPENT
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