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♪ (MUSIC) > THERE IS HOPE, THERE IS HELP, THERE ♪
♪ IS HEALING YEAH, YEAH COME FOR HEALING < ♪
LYNETTE> HELLO, AND WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO RHEMA PRAISE. WE ARE
SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE TUNED IN TODAY. <
KEN> OH YEAH <
LYNETTE> HONEY, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS WORD OF FAITH MAGAZINE.
YOU KNOW, EVEN IF I DO SAY SO, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MAGAZINE TO
BEGIN WITH AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT - THERE
ARE SO MANY ARTICLES IN HERE THAT WILL HELP YOU. <
KEN> RIGHT <
LYNETTE> .WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETIMES THERE MAY
BE THE ANSWER RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING OF TESTIMONY
ABOUT THE WORD OF FAITH. THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO,
BUT THIS TESTIMONY IS THIS: THERE WAS A MAN THAT WAS
ABOUT TO COMMIT SUICIDE. <
KEN> YES, I REMEMBER <
LYNETTE> .THAT LIFE HAD JUST NOT BEEN GOOD OR FAIR. AND HE WAS
JUST SO DEPRESSED HE WAS ABOUT TO COMMIT SUICIDE. AND HE HAD
ONE OF THOSE FRONT DOORS THAT HAS A MAIL DROP IN IT... <
KEN> RIGHT <
LYNETTE> .SO JUST AS HE WAS. HAD THE GUN AT HIS TEMPLE ABOUT
TO PULL THE TRIGGER, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POSTMAN CAME BY AND
HIS MAIL CAME. AND IT
DROPPED IN AND SO, HIS THOUGHT WAS, "I'M JUST
GOING TO SEE WHAT MY LAST MAIL IS THAT I GET BEFORE I PULL THE
TRIGGER." AND THERE WAS A WORD OF FAITH. <
KEN> RIGHT <
LYNETTE> PRAISE THE LORD.IT MAKES ME CRY. AND SO HE PICKED
UP THAT WORD OF FAITH. HE STARTED READING IT AND GUESS
WHAT - HE DIDN'T TAKE HIS LIFE,
BUT HIS LIFE BECAME DIFFERENT; BECAME CHANGED.
AND HE. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE'S., I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS
NOW, BUT I'M SURE THAT HE IS SO THANKFUL THAT THAT WORD OF FAITH
CAME THAT DAY. <
KEN> YES. AND YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE ON THE. IT
SAYS "RHEMA'S YELLOW-SHIRTED ANGELS". WELL, WHEN WE HAD ALL
OF THE TORNADOS. THAT HAPPENED WHAT BACK LAST. <
LYNETTE> MAY <
KEN> .MAY, THE LATTER PART OF MAY. NOW EVERBODY KNOWS ABOUT
THE. I MEAN IT WAS ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE. <
LYNETTE> IN MOORE, OKLAHOMA <
KEN> .IN MOORE OKLAHOMA, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE IT HAD HIT DOWN BY
SHAWNEE AND A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE TOWNS THERE.
AND NOBODY WAS DOWN THERE.
LYNETTE> TO HELP <
KEN> .AND WE WENT DOWN. WE HAD YELLOW SHIRTS. WE WERE CALLED
THE "YELLOW SHIRTS", AND THEY BEGAN TO HELP THE PEOPLE. <
LYNETTE> IN FACT, MANY OF YOU GAVE. WE HAD IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
MANY OF YOU GAVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. <
KEN> YEAH, MAN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE. WE WERE
STILL HELPING. IN FACT, JUNE, IN FACT, JUST BEFORE SCHOOL. WE
BOUGHT FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE WE BOUGHT. <
LYNETTE> FOR ONE SMALL TOWN <
KEN> .YEAH, JUST A. NINETY, FOR NINETY KIDS IN ONE AREA - THEY
HAD LOST EVERYTHING. AND WE GOT CARDS FROM WALMART. <
LYNETTE> WALMART CARDS, $100 WALMART CARDS. <
KEN> .AND GAVE THEM TO EVERYONE OF THOSE CHILDREN TO HELP
THEM TO GET READY TO GO TO SCHOOL. <
LYNETTE> .YEAH, EACH ONE OF THEM $100 <
KEN> .EACH ONE OF THEM $100; SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE DONATED.
SOME PEOPLE DONATED A TRAILER. AND THERE WAS A FAMILY SINCE
MAY THEY'D BEEN LIVING (AND THIS WAS THE LAST OF AUGUST) IN A
TENT WITH NO ELECTRICITY, NO RUNNING WATER OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT. SO WE. SOMEBODY CALLED US AND DONATED THIS TRAILER
HOUSE. WELL, I DON'T KNOW, A MOBILE HOME I GUESS - I CALL IT
A TRAILER. IN OUR ERA THEY CALLED IT A TRAILER. NOW THEY'RE
MOBILE HOMES. BUT WE TOOK IT DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE GOING
TO USE IT UNTIL THEY GET THEIR PLACE REBUILT. AND THEN WE'RE
GOING TO BRING IT BACK AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT TO
HELP IN OTHER SITUATIONS.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT SENT MONEY IN FOR
THAT DISASTER RELIEF. <
LYNETTE> WE PUT UP MAILBOXES TOO BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET
THEIR MAIL. <
KEN> YEAH, ALL THEIR MAILBOXES WERE GONE. IT'S JUST A LITTLE
BITTY. LITTLE BITTY PLACE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE LIVE THERE, NOT. <
LYNETTE> NOT A WHOLE LOT <
KEN> .A COUPLE, THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE LIVES IN THIS LITTLE AREA
SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW,
TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT BRINGS ME RIGHT IN TO WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT: THE MINISTRY OF REFRESHMENT. SOMEBODY SAYS,
"WHAT'S THE MINISTRY OF
REFRESHMENT?" WELL, THAT'S JUST MINISTERING. TO THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE. WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT MINISTERING SALVATION AND
HEALING, BUT WE NEED TO MINISTER REFRESHMENT TO PEOPLE.
IN FACT, OUR TEXT THAT WE WILL USE COMES FROM
2 TIMOTHY 1:15-18,
WHERE PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD OF ONESIPHORUS, AND
"HE HAD REFRESHED ME", IT SAYS. WELL, HE MINISTERED TO HIM.
THAT'S ALL IT'S TALKING ABOUT. HE GAVE TO HIM. HE HELPED HIM.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE MINISTRY OF
REFRESHMENT IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN HELPING PEOPLE; MINISTERING
TO THEIR SOMETIMES PHYSICAL NEEDS. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE
TIME, IF YOU WANT TO GET A PERSON. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO
MINISTER ON THE STREET, AND YOU WANT
TO GET A PERSON TO LISTEN TO YOU, FEED THEM AND THEN THEY'LL
LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. LET'S GO RIGHT NOW WHERE I'M
TALKING ABOUT "THE MINISTRY OF REFRESHMENT".
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF REFRESHMENT TODAY.
SECOND TIMOTHY 1:15-18 (PAUL IS WRITING):
NOW, IF I DIDN'T PRONOUNCE THAT THE WAY YOU THINK I SHOULD,
THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
BECAUSE MY HOMILETICS PROFESSOR AND BIBLE SCHOOL SAYS NOBODY
ELSE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT ANYWAYS, SO JUST
PRONOUNCE IT HOWEVER YOU CAN (LAUGHS).
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT THAT'S ALRIGHT TOO.
YOU KNOW, OFTEN IN THE TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF CAPTIVITY COMES
SOME OF THE MOST HEROIC STORIES. I KNOW MY WIFE'S SISTER AND MY
BROTHER-IN-LAW THAT'S GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD, HE WAS CAPTURED;
HIS WHOLE COMPANY WAS CAPTURED (HE WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD)
IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT. HE SPENT THIRTY-SIX MONTHS IN
NORTH KOREA IN THE PRISON CAMP. AND SOME OF THE STORIES THAT
BILLY WOULD TELL. YOU COULDN'T GET HIM TO TALK ABOUT IT VERY
MUCH, BUT HE DID TELL SOME OF
IT. AND IT WAS THEM BANDING TOGETHER THAT
GAVE THEM THE STRENGTH TO ENDURE WHAT THEY ENDURED. HE CAME
HOME, YOU KNOW, HE WAS
ABOUT FIVE-TEN, VERY STOCKY BUILT. BUT HE
CAME HOME WEIGHING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN POUND
WITH TB AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT. HUH? (ANSWERING MRS. HAGIN)
YEAH, AND THE LORD HEALED HIM AND SO FORTH.
BUT IN CAPTIVITY IT IS
THE BINDING TOGETHER. AND THESE KIND OF STORIES COME FORTH.
IN FACT, DR. JULIUS SEGAL, IN HIS BOOK ENTITLED:
WINNING LIFE'S TOUGHEST BATTLE
HE SHARED SOME OF THE OBSERVATIONS AND HE WROTE ABOUT
HOW THAT INDIVIDUALS CANNOT COPE AND HAVE TROUBLE COPING IN
THESE TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS
ALONE. THAT'S WHY THEY WOULD ISOLATE
THEM SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS TROUBLE. HE
NOTED THAT SOME OF YOUR MOST POWERFUL FIGURES NEED CONTACT
WITH OTHERS IN A CRISIS. IN THE BOOK HE TALKS ABOUT VICE ADMIRAL
JAMES STOCKDALE THAT SPENT 2714 DAYS AS A P.O.W. IN VIETNAM.
ON ONE OCCASION THE NORTH VIETNAMESE HANDCUFFED
STOCKDALE'S HANDS BEHIND HIS
BACK, LOCKED HIS LEGS IN HEAVY CHAINS, DRAGGED
HIM TO A DARK CELL TO SIT IN AN UNSHADED COURTYARD SO THE OTHER
PRISONERS COULD SEE WHAT HAPPENENED TO ANYONE WHO REFUSED
TO COOPERATE. IT SAYS HE REMAINED IN THAT POSITION FOR
THREE DAYS. THEY WOULD NOT LET HIM GO TO SLEEP. SINCE HE HAD
BEEN IN ISOLATION AND IN THE DARK FOR SUCH A LONG TIME IT
WASN'T VERY LONG UNTIL THE
HOT SUN GOT TO HIM AND HE WAS FEELING VERY WEAK. HE WAS BEATEN
REPEATEDLY FOR GOING TO SLEEP. AFTER ONE BEATING STOCKDALE
HEARD THE TAPPING. AND IT'S A WELL-KNOWN FACT THOSE PRISONERS
DEVELOPED A CODE OF TAPPING SO THAT WAS THERE. BECAUSE THEY
COULDN'T COMMUNICATE VERBALLY, BUT THEY COULD TAP. AND THEY HAD
CERTAIN TAPS FOR CERTAIN LETTERS. AND HE HEARD THE
TAPPING OUT OF THE LETTERS: G B U J S. AND IT WAS A MESSAGE THAT
HE WOULD NEVER FORGET: GOD BLESS YOU JIM STOCKDALE. AND, YOU
KNOW, IN ALL THE RECENT STORIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY OF P.O.W.'S
AND HOSTAGES IT SEEMS THAT THEY FOUND INGENIOUS WAYS TO
COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND IT WAS THAT COMMUNICATION
WITH ONE ANOTHER THAT
HELPED KEEP THEM ALIVE. AND SO, CAPTIVITY DOES TWO THINGS: IT
BRINGS OUT THE WORST OR THE BEST IN US. THE APOSTLE PAUL HERE IN
HIS FINAL DAYS. WE READ JUST A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY IN HIS LETTER TO TIMOTHY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT BEFORE HE WROTE
THIS LETTER HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON IN ROME. WE ALSO KNOW
THAT NERO LET HIM OUT OF PRISON FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND HE
IMMEDIATELY STARTED PREACHING AGAIN. AND IT IS THOUGHT THAT HE
MADE CONTACT WITH TITUS
IN CRETE AND ALSO WITH PHILEMON; AND HE WAS ALSO REUNITED WITH
TIMOTHY IN EPHESUS. AND HE CONTINUED TO POUR WISDOM AND
UNDERSTANDING INTO ALL OF THESE THAT HE MET, BUT IT WASN'T LONG
UNTIL NERO GRABBED HIM AGAIN AND PUT HIM IN CHAINS AND HAULED
HIM BACK TO ROME AND TOSSED HIM INTO A DUNGEON. THAT'S WHERE
PAUL PINNED THESE WORDS THAT I JUST READ TO YOU. IT WOULD NOT
BE HENCE UNTIL NERO WOULD GIVE THE WORD (AROUND A.D. 67) THAT
SEVERED PAUL'S HEAD FROM HIS BODY. PAUL WAS CONSIDERED THE
GREATEST MISSIONARY AND MAYBE EVEN CHURCH PLANTER THAT THE
WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. ALSO, IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT HE SPENT HIS
FINAL DAYS IN SOLITUDE. IT APPEARS THAT POSSIBLY LUKE WAS
SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY. I KNOW THAT WHEN WE TOOK A TOUR BACK IN '78,
WE WENT TO ROME AND THEY TOOK US TO A PLACE AND THEY SAID
THAT, "THIS IS THE DUNGEON THAT HE WAS IN." AND IT WAS A. YOU
RAISE THE TOP OF IT AND IT WAS
JUST A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND THEY
DROPPED HIM DOWN IN THERE AND THEY PUT THE LID ON TOP OF HIM.
AND IT WAS PROBABLY IN THIS THAT HE WROTE THESE LAST LETTERS THAT
HE WROTE AND ESPECIALLY TO HIS SON IN THE FAITH, TIMOTHY.
CAN YOU PICTURE TIMOTHY AS HE READS THIS LETTER FROM PAUL
REALIZING THAT IT IS PROBABLY THE LAST COMMUNICATION THAT HE
WILL EVER HAVE FROM HIS FATHER IN THE FAITH BECAUSE IN THE
LETTER HE TELLS TIMOTHY THAT HE IS NEAR DEATH. I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE TIMOTHY'S FEELING AS HE READ THE LETTER, AND WOULD LOVE
TO BE THERE, BUT HE COULDN'T. AND HE GIVES TIMOTHY HIS LAST
ADVICE. IN CHAPTER ONE HE
CALLES HIM TO COURAGEOUS LIVING. HE STARTS OUT BY ADDRESSING WHO
HE WAS AND THEN HE BEGINS TO TALK TO TIMOTHY ABOUT BEARING UP
AND BEING UNDER SUFFERING AND HAVE COURAGE. AND THEN HE
JUMPED. CHAPTER TWO BECOMES A CHECKLIST SORT OF, OF A FAITHFUL
SOLDIER: BE STRONG IN THE GRACE; BE FAITHFUL TO ENTRUST TRUTH TO
OTHERS; BE A BRAVE SOLDIER; BE DISCIPLINED; BE HARD-WORKING; BE
DILIGENT; BE GENTLE AND SUBMISSIVE. (IN) CHAPTER THREE
HE BEGINS TO WARN TIMOTHY ABOUT DIFFICULT DAYS. AND THEN IN
CHAPTER FOUR HE CALLS TIMOTHY TO: PREACH THE WORD; STICK TO
PREACHING THE GOSPEL; DON'T GET INVOLVED IN OTHER THINGS, BUT
PREACH THE WORD; DO THE
WORK THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO AND KEEP THE END SIGHT. IN
OTHER WORDS, KNOW THAT THERE IS ALWAYS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL. THESE WERE PAUL'S FINAL WORDS TO HIS SON IN THE FAITH.
THE NEXT WORD FROM PAUL
(OR ABOUT PAUL I GUESS I SHOULD SAY),
WAS THAT HE HAD BEEN EXECUTED. BUT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE HE
MENTIONS A MAN BY THE NAME OF ONESIPHORUS. ACTUALLY, THE NAME
MEANS HELP-BRINGER. AND I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO SOME
THINGS IN THIS. HE GOES ON HERE IN
(2 TIMOTHY) 1:15, HE SAYS, "ALL
ASIA HAS TURNED AWAY FROM ME." EVIDENTLY, TWO OF HIS MAIN
FOLLOWERS. IN CONTRAST TO ALL OF THOSE THAT HAD TURNED AGAINST
PAUL THERE WAS ONE MAN THAT PAUL MAKES MENTION OF THAT BROUGHT
COMFORT TO HIM AND HELPED HIM. OF COURSE, HIS NAME MEANT HELP-
BRINGER. PAUL STRESSED THAT THIS MAN REFRESHED HIM IN THE MIDDLE
OF HIS STRUGGLE IN THE CHAINS. MOFFAT'S SAID:
HE BRACED ME UP OR HELPED ME.
HE CHEERED ME UP - WEYMOUTH SAYS. THE NEW LIVING TESTAMENT
SAYS: HE ENCOURAGED ME. THE J.B. PHILLIPS TRANSLATION SAYS:
HE PUT FRESH HEART IN ME. IN OTHER WORDS, GAVE HIM COURAGE TO
STAND IN THE MIDST OF ALL HE WAS FACING. THAT'S THE MINISTRY OF
REFRESHMENT, AND WE ALL NEED THAT MINISTRY. PERHAPS, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, WE ALL NEED
TO BE A PERSON WHO GIVES THEMSELVES TO THE MINISTRY OF
REFRESHMENT. TO DO THIS, THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS.
NUMBER ONE: YOU'VE GOT TO KILL YOUR PRIDE.
(CONGREGATION AMENS)
AND IT SAYS HERE THAT ONESIPHORUS WAS NEVER ASHAMED OF
HIM BECAUSE HE WAS IN CHAINS AND IN PRISON. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL
SUSCEPTIBLE TO MOMENTS OF PRIDE THAT ROB US FROM BLESSINGS.
YOU KNOW, IMAGINE THE STIGMA THAT'S ON PAUL'S LIFE RIGHT NOW.
HE WAS A CRIMINAL ON DEATH ROW. POSSIBLY ANYBODY THAT HAD
CONNECTION WITH HIM COULD ALSO BE THROWN INTO PRISON ALSO.
AND ACTUALLY, HE ENDURED A LOT OF PHYSICAL ABUSE AND IT'S
DOUBTFUL THAT HIS APPEARANCE WAS ANYTHING GOOD TO LOOK AT.
YET, ONESIPHORUS LOVED PAUL. PAUL HAD BROUGHT THE GOSPEL TO
HIM. AND HE WAS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY TO HELP
EASE THE SUFFERING THAT CAME TO THE APOSTLE PAUL IN HIS
SITUATION IT MEANT THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO RISK HIS OWN
REPUTATION. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE AND REFRESH
SOMEONE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A COST
INVOLVED. IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT
NONE OF US WILL EVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REFRESH SOMEONE LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL, BUT WE'RE SURROUNDED
WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR OWN CHAINS THAT CONFINE THEM.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT CHAINS AROUND YOUR WRIST, YOUR FEET,
THEY CAN CHAFF THE SKIN AND BREAK THE SKIN OPEN. BUT WE'RE
NOT DEALING WITH CHAINS LIKE
THAT THAT AFFECT THE SKIN. WE'RE DEALING
WITH CHAINS THAT ERRODE THE SOUL. YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE ARE
BOUND WITH CHAINS OF FAILURE
CHAINS OF PAST SCARS, AND PAINFUL WOUNDS
CHAINS OF HABITS THAT THEY CAN'T SHAKE
CHAINS OF VIOLENT TEMPER
CHAINS OF POUR IMAGE
CHAINS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
CHAINS OF FINANCIAL PRESSURE
CHAINS OF A FUTURE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO FACE
CHAINS OF DEPRESSION
CHAINS OF PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE
AND WE COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON WITH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR LIVES THAT THEY ARE IMPRISONED WITH.
DON'T BE ASHAMED OF THE CHAINS THAT'S ON SOMEBODY. IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOURSELF TO THE MINISTRY OF REFRESHMENT.
HELLO. IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL WE CAN BECOME TOO BIG TO DO
SOMETHING SMALL
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
AS WE BEGIN TO THINK MORE HIGHLY OF OURSELVES
THAN WE OUGHT(AND PAUL WARNS US AGAINS THAT) OR WE CAN
BEGIN TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION AND WE THINK THAT WE'RE TOO
SMALL TO DO ANYTHING. THE CHURCH NEEDS PEOPLE WHO WILL KILL
THEIR PRIDE AND PREJUDICE LONG ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING FOR
THE KINGDOM.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT STATEMENT AGAIN BECAUSE YOU NEED TO GET
AHOLD OF IT. THE CHURCH NEEDS PEOPLE WHO'S WILLING TO KILL
THEIR PRIDE AND PREJUICE LONG
ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE KINGDOM.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
IT'S VERY WELL THAT GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH A HERITAGE, HE
HAS BLESSED YOU WITH HEALTH AND HE'S GIVEN YOU A GIFT AND THE
MEANS TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
DON'T GET TOO IMPORTANT TO HELP A PERSON WHO HAS A CHAIN.
IT VERY WELL COULD BE AT THE END OF THAT CHAIN ANOTHER APOSTLE,
ANOTHER PERSON THAT GOD WANTS TO USE IN A MAGNIFICENT WAY.
SO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A PERSON OF
HELP AND REFRESHMENT YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THINKING ABOUT
"WHO I AM", "WHO AM I" AND "WHAT
WILL THEY THINK OF ME IF I'M SEEN".
AND THEN IT'S ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN HE CAME TO
ROME (ONESIPHORUS CAME TO ROME) IT SAYS HE SEARCHED EVERYWHERE
UNTIL HE FOUND ME. SUCH A MINISTRY,
THE MINISTRY OF REFRESHMENT
IS ABOUT BEING RELIABLE.
IT'S ABOUT BEING DEPENDABLE.
IT'S ABOUT BEING RESPONSIBLE.
AND WE KNOW IN THE AGE AND DAY IN WHICH WE LIVE WE NEED PEOPLE
WHO WILL STAND UP UNDER THE PRESSURE AND WHO ARE WILLING TO
DO THE WORK EVEN IF THEY GET NO RECOGNITION. I WANT YOU TO
NOTICE THAT ONESIPHORUS, HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO
SAY, "OH, LOOK WHAT HE'S DOING." ALL HE WAS INTERESTED IN WAS
HELPING THE MAN THAT BROUGHT HIM THE GOSPEL.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE YOURSELF TO
THE MINISTRY OF REFRESHMENT YOU'LL HAVE TO SEEK OUT
OPPORTUNITIES TO DO IT. <
LYNETTE> YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO MINISTER TO
OTHERS, FOR US TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS. YOU
KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT HONEY, JUST THIS MORNING.
ACTUALLY, AS WE WERE COMING TO TAPE THESE, ALL OF A SUDDEN A
PERSON CAME TO MY MIND, AND SO I THOUGHT, "I'M GOING TO PRAY
FOR THAT PERSON." <
KEN> RIGHT <
LYNETTE> AND AS I BEGAN TO PRAY FOR THAT PERSON, YOU KNOW,
THE LORD BROUGHT SOME THINGS FOR ME TO PRAY ABOUT FOR
THAT PERSON. <
KEN> RIGHT <
LYNETTE> AND SO, THEN YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT WITH TECHNOLOGY
AS WE HAVE NOW BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO DO
SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP TO REFRESH SOMEBODY. AND SO
WHAT I DID IS I TEXT THAT PERSON AND I SAID, "I PRAYED FOR YOU
THIS MORNING AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE LORD BROUGHT
TO ME TO PRAY ABOUT." AND I SAID, "I PRAYED ABOUT EVERY ONE
OF THOSE AND THEN I JUST STARTED PRAYING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
FOR SOMETHING THAT I MIGHT NEED TO PRAY ABOUT THAT I DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT OR THAT THE LORD DIDN'T BRING TO MY REMEMBERANCE
KEN> RIGHT <
LYNETTE> SO, AND YOU KNOW, AND SHE WROTE ME BACK AND SHE
SAID, "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IMPORTANT
THAT WHEN SOMEBODY COMES ACROSS YOUR MIND KNOW THAT THAT MAY
BE THE LORD PROMPTING YOU TO EITHER PRAY FOR
THEM OR TO MINISTER TO THEM IN SOME WAY. <
KEN> YEAH, JUST MINISTER TO SOMEBODY TODAY. <
LYNETTE> YES, I LOVE MINISTERING. <
KEN> MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO MINISTER TO SOMEBODY TODAY. HEY,
DON'T FORGET, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WORD OF FAITH AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM.
YOU CAN GO TO RHEMA (DOT) ORG, YOU CAN
DOWNLOAD IT OR YOU CAN ORDER A HARD COPY OF IT OR YOU CAN JUST
READ IT ONLINE. AND ALSO, WE HAVE THE CAMPMEETING CLASSICS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE AND
IT'S A $28.00 NORMAL, AND IT'S ON
FOR $19.95. DAD, MYSELF, JOHN OSTEEN AND ORAL ROBERTS
CAMPMEETING CLASSICS. BUT THIS WEEK, AND ONLY THIS WEEK, WE
HAVE A SERMON I PREACHED AND I THINK IS VITALLY IMPORTANT: "GET
ACQUAINTED WITH GOD". A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT GOD, BUT THEY
DON'T REALLY "KNOW" GOD. <
LYNETTE> ABSOLUTELY <
KEN> YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY, THEY SAID,
"DO YOU KNOW SO AND SO.?" AND I SAID, "I KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
I HAVE TALKED TO THEM, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW THEM."
YOU CAN KNOW ABOUT SOMEBODY (EXCUSE ME). YOU CAN EVEN TALK
WITH THEM AND NOT REALLY KNOW THEM. AND MANY PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT GOD. THEY KNOW ABOUT GOD. <
LYNETTE> THEY'VE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS SAVIOR <
KEN> THEY'VE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS SAVIOR, BUT DO YOU REALLY KNOW
GOD? AND THIS IS $7.00. THIS IS. THIS ONE TIME ONLY, THIS WEEK,
WE'RE OFFERING THIS RIGHT HERE, ONE TIME ONLY. SO GO TO YOUR
COMPUTER RIGHT NOW AND ORDER IT. RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW,
ORDER IT. <
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, NOVEMBER 1-3, HONEY WE'RE HAVING
A "FALL COLLEGE WEEKEND" FOR RHEMA BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE. IF
YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING TO THE COLLEGE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THE WORD OF GOD OR IF YOU FEEL A CALL TO MINISTRY COME AND
CHECK US OUT. <
KEN> THAT'S RIGHT. AND REMEMBER "CALL TO ARMS"
MEN'S CONFERENCE. I DO THEM DIFFERENTLY. I SAID. YOU KNOW,
I GREW UP IN THIS. I SAW SO MANY OF THEM - A LOT OF HYPE. I SAID
IF I DO A MEN'S CONFERENCE IT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME MEAT TO IT.
THERE ARE NINE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS THAT YOU CAN GO TO AND
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT - EACH ONE OF THEM IS DESIGNED TO
DEAL WITH PROBLEMS THAT MEN FACE; REAL PROBLEMS.
AND, OF COURSE, "BUILDING MEN OF CHARACTER", AND THIS HELPS US
TO BUILD OUR CHARACTER SO WE CAN LIVE THE LIFE THAT WE NEED TO
LIVE FOR GOD; BE THE EXAMPLES THAT WE NEED TO BE TO OUR
FAMILIES. YOU WANT TO GET HERE. JUST GO TO RHEMA (DOT) ORG
(SLASH) CTA. AND YOU CAN SIGN UP RIGHT THERE. AND ALL THE
OTHER INFORMATION'S THERE ABOUT HOTELS AND SO FORTH. WE'RE
GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR YOU.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO BRING. <
BOTH> HOPE, HELP AND HEALING TO THE WORLD! <
REV. KENNETH E. HAGIN> AND WHEN JEHOSHAPHAT AND HIS PEOPLE CAME
TO TAKE AWAY THE SPOIL OF THEM, THEY WERE THREE DAYS
IN GATHERING OF THE SPOIL IT WAS SO MUCH. HALLELUJAH! <
REV. KENNETH W. HAGIN> YOU KNOW, WORLDLY PEOPLE LIVE FOR THE
MOMENT. CHRISTIANS ARE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL. FRIEND, I'M HERE
TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE CHRISTIAN JOURNEY AIN'T
NO EIGHT- SECOND RIDE.
REV. JOHN OSTEEN> GOD WANTS TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG, BUT WE HAVE
TO HAVE A WANT-TO THAT'S STRONG ENOUGH TO STAY IN THERE AND
DON'T LET THE DEVIL WIN. HOW BIG IS YOUR WANT-TO? <
REV. ORAL ROBERTS> YOU SEE, GOD MADE A VOW. HE KEPT THAT VOW
THROUGH NOAH, THROUGH ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, ISRAEL, DAVID, ON
DOWN THROUGH MARY TO JESUS, AND THEN JESUS TO THE CROSS, AND
THEN THE RESURRECTION! <
REV. KENNETH E. HAGIN> HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH (LAUGHING)
GATHERING UP THE SPOIL! GATHERING UP THE SPOIL! <
♪ MUSIC (BEGINS) ♪
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THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY
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AND REMEMBER, THERE IS HOPE, HELP AND HEALING
FOR A HURTING WORLD