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TO BURN THEM ALL. BLOW THEM
IN SMOKE. I WAS GOING TOG
MAYO CLINIC AND TWO HOURS
PRIOR TO TELETHON COMING UP, I
DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING ON,
AND I WATCHED KENNETH COPELAND
AND HE WAS ON HEALING.
HEALING, HEALING, HEALING.
AND IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS
SAYING DOTTIE, HUSH YOUR
CRYING NOW IN THAT DARKROOM,
LISTEN, PRAISE ME IN THE
PAIN. PRAISE ME IN THE
WEAKNESS WHEN YOU COULDN'T
WALK AND SOMEBODY TAKING CARE
OF ME. AND I DIDN'T WANT YOU
TO KNOW I WAS THAT BAD AGAIN.
GOD DIDN'T TELL ME HE'S
THROUGH WITH ME YET. THE
DEVIL IS STILL AFTER ME AND I
LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I
JUST LOVE IT. (AUDIENCE
APPLAUDING)
BUT I WATCHED KENNETH, HE WAS
ON HEALING AND THEN WAS DR.
ED YOUNG. AND HE WAS ON
HEALING. AND I THOUGHT
THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING
HERE. THEN HERE COMES THE
OPENING OF TELETHON. AND I
THOUGHT THIS IS A RERUN
BECAUSE I WASN'T PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE CALENDAR.
AND THEY OPENED UP WITH THIS
ALTER WHICH WAS WONDERFUL AND
THEY OPENED WITH MY SONG.
BRING ALL YOUR NEEDS TO THE
ALTER. THAT I HAD WRITTEN
MANY YEARS AGO. I'VE NEVER
TOLD THIS TO BUT A FEW
PEOPLE. MANY YEARS AGO WE
WERE IN A SERVICE AND WE HAD A
BIG BAND THEN, AND WE WERE
GIVEN AN ALTER SERVICE. NEVER
HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED. I
PRAY FOR IT TO DO IT AGAIN.
BUT MAYBE THE LORD JUST SAYS
YOU ONLY CAN HANDLE ONE OF
THESE. BUT I LOOKED AT THE
PIANO PLAYER, THE BAND LEADER
AND I GAVE HIM ONE CORD IN
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE WE DO
NUMBERS MORE THAN READ MUSIC,
AND HE SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO SING? AND I SAID JUST
FOLLOW ME. SO I GAVE HIM THE
TEMPO AND THE LORD SAID OPEN
YOUR MOUTH. AND I OPENED MY
MOUTH AND I STARTED SINGING A
SONG THAT WE'LL DO LATER, BUT
I WANTED TO TELL YOU WHAT
HAPPENED THIS NIGHT ON
TELETHON. THEY CAME ON
SINGING THIS SONG THAT I'M
GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
BRING ALL YOUR NEEDS TO THE
ALTER. REMEMBER THAT? WHEN I
OPENED MY MOUTH I NEVER HEARD
THE MUSIC, I HAD NEVER HEARD
THE WORDS, EVERY WORD WAS
GIVEN TO ME AS I SANG IT AND
THE BAND FOLLOWED ME, I WOULD
SAY D C D, FOUR FIVE. WE
WOULD GO THE NUMBERS AND I
WROTE THE WHOLE THING. AND
WHEN I GOT THROUGH, PEOPLE
WERE JUST POURING INTO THE
ALTER AND GOT THROUGH, GOT ON
THE BUS AND THE BAND LEADER
WAS UPSET AND SAID WHY DIDN'T
YOU TEACH US THAT NEW SONG, I
SAID I NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE.
THAT'S THE GOSPEL. I HAD
NEVER HEARD IT. SO I KNEW IT
WAS TELETHON AND YOU REMEMBER,
THAT FIRST NIGHT WAS A HEALING
SERVICE NIGHT. THE WHOLE
NIGHT WAS MIRACLE AFTER
MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE. AND
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, THE
HOLY SPIRIT SAID OUT OF YOUR
WEAKNESS, GET YOUR HANDS UP,
QUIT BEGGING ME, I'VE ALREADY
DONE THIS FOR YOU, QUIT
BEGGING ME. FORGET MAYO,
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'VE
ALREADY TOLD YOU I'D GET THE
GLORY FOR YOU. I ALREADY TOLD
YOU A LONG TIME AGO. SHUT UP
AND PRAISE ME. WELL IT'S HARD
TO SHUT UP AND PRAISE HIM BUT
I WAS TRYING TO. I STARTED
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULDN'T
GET IN ANY POSITION WITHOUT
WEEPING. I LOOKED AT CLOCK, I
LOST TWO HOURS OF THE TELETHON
BECAUSE I WENT SOUND ASLEEP.
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PAIN TO
TAKE AN ASPIRIN. THIS ALL OF
A SUDDEN STARTED HAPPENING,
LISTEN TO ME, I COULDN'T WAIT
TO GET SOMEBODY TO TALK TO TO
TELL IT TO. THE LORD CARRIED
ME OUT OF THE ROOM INTO THE
HOLY OF HOLIES, AND WHEN I GOT
INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES, YOU
SEE I KNEW THAT JESUS PRAYS
FOR US AND IT DAWNED ON ME ALL
THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT
PRAY FOR ME DURING ALL THIS,
AND FOR YOU, BUT HAD BEEN
PRAYING FOR MY HEALING FOR THE
LORD TO KEEP ME HERE FOR NEW
SONGS. I SAW THIS IN THE
SPIRIT, AS THOUGH I WAS BEING
IGNORED BUT THEY KNEW I WAS
THERE. JESUS WAS STANDING
FATHER, FATHER, HELP HER,
SHE'S CRYING OUT, HELP HER,
HELP HER, AND SATAN WAS
STANDING THERE EVER TO ACCUSE
THE BRETHREN. SHE HAD A BAD
THING, SHE DID THIS. AND
JESUS WAS SAYING LIKE THIS.
BUT FATHER, FATHER, AND I WAS
LISTENING THINKING JESUS, WHO
ELSE TO PRAY FOR ME BUT
JESUS. GLORY. AND WHEN THAT
HAPPENED, THE LORD STARTED
TOUCHING ME, THAT WHOLE
TELETHON WAS FOR ME, I KEPT
CALLING IN AND CALLING IN AND
I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
QUICKLY, I CALLED IN WITH
MONEY I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS
GOING TO GET IT OR NOT BUT I
ALWAYS TRUSTED GOD. I JUST
CALLED IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
GOSPEL TRUTH, MY LADY THAT
WORKS WITH ME KNOWS IT'S THE
TRUTH. I HAD CLEANED OUT THIS
ONE END TABLE THAT I JUST LIVE
WITH BY MY BED ALL THE TIME.
WE HAD WASHED THAT DRAWER
TWICE AND CLEANED IT OUT. THE
NEXT DAY, I OPENED THAT DRAWER
UP AND THAT SAME AMOUNT PLUS
ONE MORE HUNDRED DOLLARS WAS
STUCK IN THE BACK OF THE
DRAWER. STUCK IN THE BACK OF
THE DRAWER. (AUDIENCE
APPLAUDING)
I SAID GOD, I CAN'T TAKE ALL
OF THIS. IS THAT AWESOME?
YOU SEE WHY I CAN'T BE STILL
TONIGHT? DO YOU FEEL THE
STRENGTH THE LORD HAS PUT AND
PLACED IN ME. DON'T STOP WHAT
WE'RE DOING. DON'T, BECAUSE
WE'RE BRINGING THE LORD BACK
IN MARK. AREN'T WE?
>> I JUST WANTSED TO SAY TO
YOU AS WE WERE LISTENING TO
YOU SING, YOUR VOICE IS
PROBABLY STRONGER THAN I'VE
HEARD IT. IT IS RICHER THAN
, WE HEARD IT. IT IS MORE A
THANK GOD FOR THAT. ONE THING
THAT I ADMIRE ABOUT YOU DOTTIE
IS THAT YOU HAVE AN ABILITY TO
BOUNCE BACK. I DON'T KNOW
MANY PEOPLE AT ANY LEVEL THAT
COULD ENDURE WHAT YOU'VE
ENDURED AND KEEP FIGHTING.
YOU ARE A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF
VIGILANCE AND PERSISTENCE AND
GOD WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU.
YOU ARE VALUABLE AND WE LOVE
YOU (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
>> YOU KNOW MARK, THE LORD
PUTS FIGHT IN US. HE PUTS
FIGHT IN YOU EVERYDAY. I KNOW
HE DOES. AND WE MUST FIGHT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. IT
IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT SOMETHING
EVERYDAY WE WILL. THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT WILL COME
AGAINST YOU. I DON'T CARE HOW
CLOSE YOU WALK WITH GOD.
THERE'S SOMETHING ALL THE
TIME. BUT UNTIL THE LORD SAYS
DOTTIE, LAY DOWN, CLOSE YOUR
EYES, I'M GOING TO KEEP
FIGHTING. I REFUSE, I REFUSE,
I WILL NOT, THERE'S TOO MUCH
GOING ON. MY NEW BOOK IS HALF
THROUGH. I'M SO EXCITED I
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON I
CAN'T QUIT FOR KEEPING ON.
MARK, I WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT
YOUR CHURCH. RALEIGHDERM,
YOU'VE PASTORED THERE FOR
>> WE'RE IN OUR TENTH YEAR.
WE STARTED THE CHURCH, MY WIFE
AND I AND MY DOG. NOW WE HAVE
ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHEN YOU
FELL THE CALLING OF THE
PROPHETIC WORD COME ON YOU.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT
>> NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE,
THREE WEEKS AFTER I WAS SAVED
AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT IN FLORIDA AT A
DELIVERANCE CHURCH, I WAS
CALLED OUT AND HAVING HAD A
BACKGROUND IN SATANISM AND THE
OCCULT, IT FRIGHTENED ME TO
SEE THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE AND
I REJECTED IT AT FIRST AND THE
MAN OF GOD WHO CALLED ME OUT,
SAID MARK WHAT YOU HAD AND
WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE YOU MET
JESUS WAS THE COUNTERFEIT AND
DON'T BE AFRAID OF THIS
BECAUSE GOD IS GOING TO USE
YOU IN THE LAST DAYS IN A
PROPHETIC MINISTRY SO EMBRACE
THIS. AND WHEN I BEGAN TO
REALIZE AND HE BEGAN TO OPEN
THE SCRIPTURES TO ME AND
SHOWED ME THE SCRIPTURES THAT
THIS WAS WORD OF KNOWLEDGE,
WORD OF WISDOM AND IT WAS THE
REAL THING, I BEGAN TO FLOW IN
IT AND WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF
BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT
>> BUT YOU GROW AND GROW. DO
YOU SOMETIMES, DOES SATAN EVER
JUST TRY TO SCARE YOU TO STOP
YOU WHEN YOU START TO SPEAK
>> ALL THE TIME. IT NEVER
STOPS. AND I THINK THAT PART
OF THAT, WHILE WE STAND AND WE
BELIEVE GOD, I THINK WE NEVER
CAN FORGET THAT WE ARE HUMAN,
AND WE ARE FALLIBLE, AND SO I
THINK THERE'S A SENSE OF
HEALTHY FEAR WHEN YOU REALIZE
IF WE'RE DEPENDANT ON