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This message is one of the Times Square

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Praise the Lord.

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I'd like you to open your Bibles to

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Nehemiah, the 7th chapter, and just leave it

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open, if you will, please, on your lap.

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I'll be coming back to that through the

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course of my message this afternoon.

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Praise the Lord.

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Again, welcome to all of our visitors.

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We trust the Lord has already touched your

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heart.

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And now may the Word do a convicting,

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cleansing work in all of our hearts.

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Who's guarding the front door of your house?

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Heavenly Father, I ask you to speak clearly

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in me and through me and to all

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of us.

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Lord, I thank you for your Word.

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I thank you for the Holy Ghost that

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takes the Word that in itself is dead

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without the anointing of the Holy Spirit and

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brings life to the Word.

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This is a precious Word, Lord, but it

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was given by the Holy Ghost.

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Holy men of old were moved upon by

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the Holy Ghost.

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And Holy Ghost, you moved on the hearts

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of men and now anoint this Word that

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you brought forth from the very throne of

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God the Father.

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Lord, sanctify my lips and my body and

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my mind and give us ears to hear

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we pray in Jesus' name.

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Amen.

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You know what's happened to our school system

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in the United States?

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They now have metal detectors at the doors.

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Our schools are hotbeds of Gnosticism, atheism, evolution.

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It's politically correct in our schools now that

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you cannot have a Bible in class.

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A teacher cannot even lay it on the

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desk.

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A teacher can lay any book on communism,

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pornography, playboy, anything, but you dare not lay

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a Bible on your desk.

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Our schools have become so corrupt and so

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vile.

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We think of our children shooting one another

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now.

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It's incomprehensible that 7th grade boys could take

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guns and mow down their friends and their

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enemies without any sorrow, not any thought about

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killing.

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Folks, there's not a person within the sound

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of my voice right now that could deny

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that our schools, ever since we shut God

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out of them, have been taken over by

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Satan himself.

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Not just colleges, but high schools, grade schools,

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all the way down to kindergarten now with

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New Age teaching and all kinds of foolish

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doctrines and devilish, cultish things creeping into our

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schools.

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But let me tell you, it's not the

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schools that are damning our kids.

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It's not the schools.

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We think about media, because many, many parents

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blame the media, especially MTV.

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Now, folks, I don't even know what MTV

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watch television in our home.

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I've got a monitor, but I don't have

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a set that we watch.

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But I understand that kids run around now

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I've heard on the radio rap music, and

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I was in a music store not too

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long ago, and you look at the lyrics,

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I couldn't believe my eyes that such filth

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could be perpetrated.

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What kind of minds, what kind of money

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-greedy music companies, credible music companies that push

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this perversion.

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Incredible.

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And young people are given to music, and

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you see them running around now with these

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things stuck in their ears.

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Used to be big boomboxes.

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Folks, I'm glad it's not boombox.

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I don't want to hear what some of

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them are listening to.

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But folks, it's devilish.

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It's creeping into the house of God, even.

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Do you know what your kids are listening

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Do you have any idea?

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Dad and Mom, if you see posters coming

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in now with pictures of these devilish-looking

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creatures in these rock and roll bands, you

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better do some investigating and watch out.

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But folks, let me tell you, it's not

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the music ministry, it's not the media that's

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damning our kids.

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That's not the issue.

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That's not what I want to talk about.

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I could stand here and rail against the

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music.

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I could have gotten all kinds of statistics.

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I could have really made a case.

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I see our kids sinking deeper and deeper

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into depravity because of the music that causes

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a spirit of rebellion to get a hold

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of their hearts.

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But that's not what's damning our kids.

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Well, what about the compromised church?

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What about the backslidden church?

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What about the church now that's bringing the

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world in to the house of God?

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What about churches now that are denying the

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virgin birth?

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They deny heaven, they deny hell.

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What about the churches today that are bringing

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in all of this foolishness and our kids

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laugh at it?

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won't find any teenagers.

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To them, religion, church is absolutely irrelevant.

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They have no time for church whatsoever.

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talk to parents about why their kids go

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wrong.

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with the wrong company in school.

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happened, but I know that the music that

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my boy, my girl, that's on drugs, and

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I've worked with drug addicts and alcoholics, I'm

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going to tell you, the music is tied

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to that culture.

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who ever started on pot that didn't get

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that rebellious idea.

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got in with the wrong crowd.

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they blame the church.

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There are people that don't go to church

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or they never darken the doors of this

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church.

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hours we have them here in the annex,

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that we'll make angels out of their rebels.

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their rebels and their kids go bad, they

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blame Times Square Church.

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There are some sitting here right now, you're

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hoping against hope, your boy or your girl's

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got a problem, or one of your children

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has problems, and you're hoping that somebody up

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there in the Sunday school department is going

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to somehow magically get through your kids and

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instill some principles that'll keep them from the

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devil.

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It's never going to happen in two hours.

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There's no magical thing they can say.

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Now folks, where's the blame then?

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Because parents have a tendency to blame, even

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Christian parents, to blame all of these other

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influences as to why their kids go wrong.

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You know, once a month we dedicate babies,

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little children here on the stage.

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Sometimes there'll be 15 to 25 babies up

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here, and they're parents.

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And I love to do that.

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We take oil, we anoint them, and you've

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heard how I pray, Oh God, keep them

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from the wicked one.

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Build a wall of fire around them and

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keep them.

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we've been in this building, ever since we've

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done that, I look at these parents and

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they walk off stage, and sometimes my heart

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sinks because I know that many of those

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kids are going to, not many, but a

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number of those kids are going to go

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to drugs, they're going to go to alcohol

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because some of those parents are not going

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everybody else but their own responsibility, and some

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of those children are going to be lost.

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They're going to be lost.

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That's why I pray, Lord, you hear me,

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Lord, don't let one of them go.

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Don't let one of them go.

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It won't be the problem, it won't be

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caused by this church, a lack of the

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anointing or a lack of a true word

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that does it.

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It's not going to be their music alone

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that does it.

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It's not going to be their friends.

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The responsibility of a parent.

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to raise your kids.

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I couldn't even begin to get into that.

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That's not what my message is all about.

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But who's losing our children?

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Who's to blame?

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All these forces that we talk about are

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usually blamed.

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of you may not want to hear this

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afternoon.

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There's something happening in the charismatic movement and

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even in some evangelical churches that absolutely amazes

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and frightens me.

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There's something happening now in what we call

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Holy Ghost circles.

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People who claim to have the baptism of

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the Holy Ghost and claim to have more

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than any other church has and claim to

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be the source of revival in the land

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today.

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And there's something absolutely amazes me and at

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the same time frightens me.

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Because I see thousands of parents running all

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over the world getting on buses and planes,

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going by car in every conveyance possible to

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go to some revival meeting.

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Now folks, I am not putting down revival

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meetings.

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I'm not putting down manifestations.

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I know that the Holy Ghost manifests in

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He has his own ways.

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Who am I to say how the Holy

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Ghost should manifest himself upon human flesh?

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But what amazes me that many, many of

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these who are going to these meetings are

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mothers.

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will go with some other ladies and they

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will go from meeting to meeting to meeting.

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come upon them and they get some movement

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or work of the Holy Spirit, they say,

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upon them experiencing manifestations.

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And they come away saying, God really touched

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me.

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And they go home so happy and rejoicing

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and testifying this great, great move of God.

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And they go home and their teenager is

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not even in the house.

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The teenagers are running around.

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Teenagers are giving their souls to devilish music.

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Well, what good is it?

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What does it matter?

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What is it profit?

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You gain the whole world and you go

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to every revival on the face of the

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earth and lose your kids.

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Where are the children?

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Mom, where are your children when you're running

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around trying to get a blessing?

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I know lady preachers, teachers.

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Kids are going to hell but they are

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teaching you how to raise your kids.

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I know because they call me and ask

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me if I've got a place for their

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drug addicted sons and daughters.

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Pastors who have given their time to their

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congregations and so little time to their kids.

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And folks, all of this talk about revival.

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All of this talk about we need a

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Holy Ghost revival.

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I'm sick and tired of hearing that from

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parents who don't even have a burden for

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their kids.

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You need a revival in your home.

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Need an awakening in your house.

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The charismatic movement has developed a cockeyed interpretation

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of revival.

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It's cockeyed.

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It's out of kilter.

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It's become...

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The definition of revival is some manifestation in

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the flesh of some emotional thing where everybody,

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happy people laying on the floor laughing and

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making all kinds of animal barnyard noises.

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And folks, now they're talking about gold dust

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falling from the sky and gold teeth being

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filled.

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Folks, I heard that 50 years ago.

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I heard it 50 years ago.

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Folks, I can tell you more than that.

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When I was in my teenage, there was

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oil, they said, coming out of hands.

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And I got so angry as a young

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preacher and I said, How do you know

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it's not sunoco?

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How do you know it isn't gasoline?

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You know, people would get their hands sweaty.

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Up in Canada, just recently, they did a

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national survey of those who said the Holy

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Ghost had filled their teeth in revival.

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One of them was a rather well-known

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man.

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And his dentist saw the telecast and pulled

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his records out where he had filled the

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teeth.

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Did an investigation.

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All 11 of them have been telling lies.

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Folks, we are making a joke out of

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the Holy Ghost.

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And he's not a joke.

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And what bothers me and what concerns me

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and breaks my heart is that while parents

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are around enjoying what they call these blessings

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and revivals, the kids are going straight to

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hell.

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The kids are laughing.

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Let me tell you what I believe a

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true revival is.

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A true work of the Holy Spirit.

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First of all, it's restoring the gates that

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guard the house from abominations.

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And it's parents guarding the doors of their

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houses.

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That's what the book of Nehemiah is all

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about.

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If I want to learn a New Testament

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truth, I go to the Old Testament to

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look for the type.

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I go to the Old Testament because the

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Bible said these things were written for our

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admonition or for our teaching, our learning, upon

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whom the ends of the world would come.

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And I've made that a habit all my

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life.

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If I want to understand the New Testament,

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I go to the Old Testament because Scripture

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explains Scripture.

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Nehemiah, the 7th chapter.

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In Nehemiah, the 7th chapter, we're very vividly

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shown what happens to the church in times

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of ruin and apostasy.

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Beloved, look at me for just a moment.

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Nehemiah's time, he and some 43,000 repatriates

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go back to Jerusalem.

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And what they find in Jerusalem is a

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city whose walls are torn down and the

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gates are lying in ruins.

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Totally in ruins.

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He said, because of our sins, our enemies

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have dominion over our bodies and we are

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in great distress.

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Did you hear that?

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Because of our sins, the enemy has dominion

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over our bodies and we're in great distress.

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And when you're under the dominion of sin

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and when sin creeps into the church, it

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brings distress.

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It brings bondage.

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It spreads like poison all through the body.

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And there was nothing but ruin.

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And you see, what really bothered Nehemiah is

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that there was no safe place in the

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city.

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Now, Zion or Jerusalem represents, in our time,

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the New Testament church.

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It represents the church of Jesus Christ.

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It represents the church.

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And what we see now, it's a type

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of what has happened in our time to

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what is called the church.

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And there is ruin.

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There is apathy.

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There is devastation.

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Because the walls are down and the gates

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are in ruin.

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And I'll show that to you in just

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a moment.

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It's a picture of the religious system.

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And when Nehemiah went into the city and

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they began to rebuild the houses and the

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walls, the enemy was coming in and is

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pleased.

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Send Balaam, Tobiah, all of the Midianites, anyone,

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thieves, criminals, prostitutes, coming and going because there

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were no walls and there were no gates.

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There was no protection.

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Folks, that's what I see happening now in

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so many church circles.

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I see walls that are coming down, walls

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of protection.

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Those walls are truth that we once stood

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for.

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We stood for this word of God and

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anything contrary to this word was not allowed

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in the house of God.

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But somewhere along the line because of sin

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and compromise, the walls have been torn down.

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The gates have been ruined and destroyed.

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And now the Bible said the wild boar

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has free access representing the devil and demonic

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powers.

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Free access because there are no walls and

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no gates.

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Now, Nehemiah represents God's plan of restoration.

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He represents what a true revival is.

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You've got to have walls around the body

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of Christ.

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There has to be truth that rises up

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that keeps the power through wickedness and darkness

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and so far and no further.

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The gates have to come up.

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Folks, when I hear from parents who write

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to me and say, Pastor Dave, you won't

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believe what's happening in my church.

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You won't believe what's going on.

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And these are not complainers.

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These people are not bitter.

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These are praying people, godly people who are

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worried about their kids.

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And they say our youth pastor is a

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lover of wild music.

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In our church, I get this from Baptist

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churches, I get it from Charismatic, Assembly of

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God, Pentecostal churches all over the United States.

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And you know I have one of the

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largest mailing list in the United States.

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Hundreds of thousands.

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These parents write and say, you won't believe

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what's happening in our church.

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Our church used to be on fire for

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God.

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People used to get saved at our altars.

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Nobody's been saved anymore and there's a death.

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And now on Saturday nights, they move all

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the chairs in the annex or wherever it

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is, they move all the chairs and they

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bring in these.

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She said you can't believe the rock groups

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that they're bringing in that have taken the

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same music and just thrown a little bit

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of Jesus words in, some Jesus words in

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it to justify it.

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She said those performers are tattooed and they

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have rings in their tongues.

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Their belly buttons are showing with rings.

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And she said they look violent and have

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that stance of the same ungodly rock and

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rollers in the secular world.

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They come staggering into the church and one

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woman said, I went to my pastor and

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said, I don't want my teenagers to be

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lost.

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The pastor said, there's no problem, send them.

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They'll be blessed.

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And the mother decided to go to the

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church to see what was going on.

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And she said I was horrified.

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They were body slamming each other in the

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church slamming their bodies against each other and

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up against the stage.

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That is supposed to be the work of

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God.

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I'd say the walls are down.

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The walls are down.

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There was a pastor that allowed the walls

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to go down and allowed to be intimidated

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by his own young people afraid to lose

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them so he's going to give them what

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he thinks they want.

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When I see a church bringing in punk

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rock, when I see multitudes run after every

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wind and wave of doctrine wanting some new

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thing and going through such foolishness, I say

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the walls are down.

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A revival, a true manifestation of the work

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and moving of the Holy Spirit is the

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heart cry of the godly who say, oh

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God, raise up the walls.

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Hallelujah.

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In chapter 7, verse 1, it came to

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pass when the wall was built and I

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had set up the doors and the porters

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and the singers, the Levites were appointed.

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Now look at me please.

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When Nehemiah went in and saw that ruin,

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he didn't call for the people to gather

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around in the middle of this ruin and

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have a shouting party.

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The only manifestation you saw were people that

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had picks and shovels.

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The only manifestation you saw were those that

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had brick and mortar in their hand and

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trumpets and swords and they got to work

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building up those walls because they said we

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don't want this church anymore to have the

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abominations of the land creeping into it.

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So they built the walls.

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Those were the only manifestations you saw.

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Later the glory of the Lord would come

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down and fill the house so that they

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could minister.

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But folks, that's not the time.

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There comes a time to shop but not

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until the walls are up.

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Not until the house is sanctified again.

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Why are some people running around seeking manifestations

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when they ought to have a pick and

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a shovel in their hands saying God help

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me to rebuild the walls.

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How can you laugh when your kids are

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going to hell?

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How can you sit around in the house

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of God and just get blessed when you've

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got family members right on the brink of

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hell itself?

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00:24:00,370 --> 00:24:02,350
So the gates are up now.

549
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,980
What good are walls and gates without people

550
00:24:09,980 --> 00:24:11,340
to police them?

551
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,620
Without people with discernment to know who gets

552
00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:17,340
in and who is not allowed in.

553
00:24:18,260 --> 00:24:20,180
What comes in and what does not come

554
00:24:20,180 --> 00:24:20,480
in.

555
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,420
And so when the walls were built and

556
00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:29,140
the gates were up Nehemiah appoints look at

557
00:24:29,140 --> 00:24:31,120
verse 1 again and I had set up

558
00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:33,980
the doors and the gates and the porters

559
00:24:33,980 --> 00:24:35,920
and the singers and Levites were appointed.

560
00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:42,900
He appointed laymen by shifts to stand at

561
00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:43,620
those gates.

562
00:24:44,180 --> 00:24:45,360
These were not preachers.

563
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:46,420
These were not priests.

564
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:51,020
These were ordinary they were singers, choir members,

565
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:56,280
musicians, people from all walks of life.

566
00:24:57,120 --> 00:25:01,260
They were appointed by this righteous leader Nehemiah

567
00:25:01,260 --> 00:25:03,280
to watch the gates.

568
00:25:04,980 --> 00:25:06,200
Watch the gates.

569
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,900
There was a a pastor of a very

570
00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:18,540
large church in the United States was exposed

571
00:25:18,540 --> 00:25:22,580
outrightly exposed for adultery caught in the act

572
00:25:22,580 --> 00:25:26,520
and also for mismanagement of funds large church.

573
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,700
But the deacons had a meeting and because

574
00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:34,300
he was such a pal such a buddy

575
00:25:35,220 --> 00:25:38,500
because he's such an eloquent speaker in fact

576
00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:39,940
one of the women in the church told

577
00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:43,000
the newspaper said I don't care what he

578
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,380
did I have a hard time getting my

579
00:25:45,380 --> 00:25:47,440
church my husband to church but he'll go

580
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,720
to hear this man so I don't care

581
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,560
what he's done I want my husband in

582
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,280
church he's going to stay.

583
00:25:54,460 --> 00:25:56,780
And some pastors who were concerned he was

584
00:25:56,780 --> 00:25:58,120
so well known in the city and they

585
00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,420
wanted to make sure there's no reproach on

586
00:26:00,420 --> 00:26:02,840
the body of Christ so they went to

587
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,740
the elders and deacons and said would you

588
00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:08,040
please let him have time off for six

589
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:09,840
months and let us minister to him and

590
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,000
restore him they said no he stays in

591
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,280
the poor never missed the beat never missed

592
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,940
the beat and I say to myself those

593
00:26:17,940 --> 00:26:24,480
elders those deacons those leaders were supposed to

594
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,520
be watchmen at the gate so that the

595
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,960
spirit of adultery and these spirits of the

596
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,660
world did not creep into the church that

597
00:26:33,660 --> 00:26:38,520
was their calling that was their obligation I

598
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,300
want to tell these elders that are here

599
00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:47,470
now and any leaders of this church you

600
00:26:47,470 --> 00:26:50,210
have a right before God and not only

601
00:26:50,210 --> 00:26:52,530
a right but I beg of you if

602
00:26:52,530 --> 00:26:54,790
you ever hear me or any minister of

603
00:26:54,790 --> 00:26:57,530
this church bring anything into this pulpit that's

604
00:26:57,530 --> 00:27:01,410
contrary to this book if you see anything

605
00:27:01,410 --> 00:27:03,610
in our lives that is unlike Jesus Christ

606
00:27:03,610 --> 00:27:06,630
and is open sin you have an obligation

607
00:27:06,630 --> 00:27:09,370
to stand up if you sit in any

608
00:27:09,370 --> 00:27:12,390
department of the church to stand up against

609
00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:16,070
any invasion any sign of any any area

610
00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:19,770
of the church you have you have an

611
00:27:19,770 --> 00:27:21,530
obligation to be a keeper at the gate

612
00:27:21,530 --> 00:27:24,590
God has ordained you he has called you

613
00:27:24,590 --> 00:27:26,250
to be keepers of the gate and all

614
00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:28,470
the leaders of all departments of the church

615
00:27:28,470 --> 00:27:30,270
you to be keepers of the gate see

616
00:27:30,270 --> 00:27:33,190
that no teacher brings in false doctrine so

617
00:27:33,190 --> 00:27:36,290
that no one is living in sin you

618
00:27:36,290 --> 00:27:38,330
don't just throw them out you bring it

619
00:27:38,330 --> 00:27:40,050
to the leaders and you counsel with them

620
00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:44,010
but I bring myself under authority not only

621
00:27:44,010 --> 00:27:46,850
to Jesus Christ but to other pastors and

622
00:27:46,850 --> 00:27:49,790
to elders and to submit everything I preach

623
00:27:49,790 --> 00:27:52,450
and the life that I live I'm not

624
00:27:52,450 --> 00:27:55,630
talking about what I've seen and what I

625
00:27:55,630 --> 00:27:57,790
experienced when I was a young preacher my

626
00:27:57,790 --> 00:28:02,330
first church I tried my best and I

627
00:28:02,330 --> 00:28:06,850
know I made some mistakes in leadership but

628
00:28:06,850 --> 00:28:10,170
I'll never forget today those bossy elders who

629
00:28:10,170 --> 00:28:12,270
tried they had driven off every preacher in

630
00:28:12,270 --> 00:28:15,910
30 years little church of 50 people little

631
00:28:15,910 --> 00:28:18,670
country church my first pastor I was 19

632
00:28:18,670 --> 00:28:22,050
years old sure you're going to make mistakes

633
00:28:22,050 --> 00:28:25,270
at 19 but I remember them calling me

634
00:28:25,270 --> 00:28:26,970
in and set me down there's four of

635
00:28:26,970 --> 00:28:28,530
them just set me down I don't know

636
00:28:28,530 --> 00:28:30,050
what hit me they just accused me of

637
00:28:30,050 --> 00:28:32,110
everything possible I was dictator I was this

638
00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:34,390
and I was that and they just railed

639
00:28:34,390 --> 00:28:35,390
on me they didn't give me a word

640
00:28:35,390 --> 00:28:38,190
and I didn't know any better I just

641
00:28:38,190 --> 00:28:42,410
got up and said my bible says touch

642
00:28:42,410 --> 00:28:44,850
not God's anointed do my prophets no harm

643
00:28:44,850 --> 00:28:52,970
I knew they were the wrong spirit and

644
00:28:52,970 --> 00:28:55,690
I said brethren I'm walking out on you

645
00:28:55,690 --> 00:28:58,050
and I'm turning you over to the grace

646
00:28:58,050 --> 00:29:01,970
and judgment of God and I lived to

647
00:29:01,970 --> 00:29:03,970
see the day very shortly after all four

648
00:29:03,970 --> 00:29:08,050
of them were severely judged death and sickness

649
00:29:08,570 --> 00:29:12,430
and disease you can't rise up against God's

650
00:29:12,430 --> 00:29:16,150
anointed but folks I'm not talking about elders

651
00:29:16,150 --> 00:29:19,770
and deacons who have ruled churches and chastised

652
00:29:19,770 --> 00:29:22,270
and intimidated pastors I'm not talking about that

653
00:29:22,810 --> 00:29:25,110
I'm talking about godly men and women who

654
00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:27,670
care about the house of God they want

655
00:29:27,670 --> 00:29:29,350
to know that their teenagers and their young

656
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:30,670
people can come in and hear a word

657
00:29:30,670 --> 00:29:32,670
of God and there's no foolishness in the

658
00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:34,930
house of God there's conviction in the anointing

659
00:29:34,930 --> 00:29:36,710
of the Holy Spirit and that's not going

660
00:29:36,710 --> 00:29:38,690
to happen until people rise up on all

661
00:29:38,690 --> 00:29:41,550
sides fast and pray and believe God and

662
00:29:41,550 --> 00:29:43,570
everyone of you listening to me everyone that

663
00:29:43,570 --> 00:29:45,910
names Times Square Church as your home church

664
00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:47,930
you've been appointed to be a keeper at

665
00:29:47,930 --> 00:29:49,850
the gate that means when we call you

666
00:29:49,850 --> 00:29:52,370
to fast and pray and seek God that's

667
00:29:52,370 --> 00:29:55,470
you standing up just like Nehemiah said appointed

668
00:29:55,470 --> 00:29:58,970
to watch you're crying out oh God keep

669
00:29:58,970 --> 00:30:01,750
us pure, keep us holy let there be

670
00:30:01,750 --> 00:30:03,990
no bigotry into the church let there be

671
00:30:03,990 --> 00:30:06,490
nothing between blacks and whites and Puerto Ricans

672
00:30:06,490 --> 00:30:08,830
or anybody else keep the church holy, keep

673
00:30:08,830 --> 00:30:18,830
it pure hallelujah

674
00:30:20,590 --> 00:30:25,850
Nehemiah then said verse 3 will you read

675
00:30:25,850 --> 00:30:27,770
it, just listen to it and I said

676
00:30:27,770 --> 00:30:30,190
unto them let not the gates of Jerusalem

677
00:30:30,190 --> 00:30:32,650
be open until the sun be hot in

678
00:30:32,650 --> 00:30:34,650
other words, I don't want any dark thing

679
00:30:34,650 --> 00:30:36,530
nothing done in the dark or quiet of

680
00:30:36,530 --> 00:30:38,990
night he said this is going to be

681
00:30:38,990 --> 00:30:42,130
a house of sunlight this is going to

682
00:30:42,130 --> 00:30:44,190
be an open house where everything is open

683
00:30:44,190 --> 00:30:46,770
our hearts are open, pastors are open everybody

684
00:30:46,770 --> 00:30:50,410
is an open book nothing dark, nothing hidden

685
00:30:50,410 --> 00:30:52,610
he said you don't even open the gates

686
00:30:52,610 --> 00:30:55,250
until the sun is up glory be to

687
00:30:55,250 --> 00:31:00,860
God and while they stand by let them

688
00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:04,200
shut the doors and bar them anything unlike

689
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:10,840
Jesus shut it down keep it out oh

690
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,880
glory be to God keep it out of

691
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,540
the house keep the abomination out of the

692
00:31:16,540 --> 00:31:22,680
house of God now here's my message and

693
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:27,520
appoint watches the inhabitants of Jerusalem everyone in

694
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,880
his watch and everyone to be over against

695
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,820
his house now here it is in the

696
00:31:33,820 --> 00:31:37,980
original he appointed guards from the inhabitants of

697
00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:40,940
Jerusalem each at his post and each in

698
00:31:40,940 --> 00:31:43,820
front of his own house and door each

699
00:31:43,820 --> 00:31:46,360
one in front of his own house and

700
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,120
his door now the reason I said who's

701
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,240
guarding your front door here in New York

702
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,120
my apartment doesn't have a back door I've

703
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:59,240
got one door that's my front door most

704
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:00,660
of you live in a house with one

705
00:32:00,660 --> 00:32:02,200
door now some of you got two, God

706
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:07,320
bless you but what we're saying here that

707
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,600
I as a parent am responsible I am

708
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,920
responsible for everything that comes in that door

709
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,560
I'm responsible for every label of music I'm

710
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,620
responsible for every magazine, every book I'm responsible

711
00:32:19,620 --> 00:32:22,980
for every friend I'm responsible for everything I've

712
00:32:22,980 --> 00:32:24,520
been set as a guard at the front

713
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:33,200
door of my house who's guarding the front

714
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,860
door of your house you say well I'm

715
00:32:35,860 --> 00:32:39,480
a single parent you may be here as

716
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,380
a mother I know God put in my

717
00:32:41,380 --> 00:32:44,060
heart to encourage some of you mothers that

718
00:32:44,060 --> 00:32:46,060
there's no husband there's no father in the

719
00:32:46,060 --> 00:32:48,800
house and you're very very discouraged because you

720
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:53,080
know very very difficult it is but you're

721
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,260
the guard you are the guard you can't

722
00:32:57,260 --> 00:32:59,860
sit around saying my son, my boy my

723
00:32:59,860 --> 00:33:03,140
daughter, my girl needs a father right now

724
00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:05,160
you're a father, you're a mother, you're everything

725
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,500
through Jesus Christ you have to be the

726
00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:09,680
guard, you let down your guard if you

727
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,780
wait for somebody else to come and do

728
00:33:11,780 --> 00:33:13,100
the job, it may never happen you can

729
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:19,490
lose your kids in the process two teenage

730
00:33:19,490 --> 00:33:21,850
boys that went on a killing rampage in

731
00:33:21,850 --> 00:33:27,430
Colorado this past year where was where were

732
00:33:27,430 --> 00:33:31,530
the parents these kids were making making pipe

733
00:33:31,530 --> 00:33:36,810
bombs in the garage did that mother never

734
00:33:36,810 --> 00:33:38,310
go in the room to clean the boys

735
00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:41,630
room because there were all kinds of demonic

736
00:33:41,630 --> 00:33:47,290
paraphernalia devil paraphernalia notes left around about murder

737
00:33:47,290 --> 00:33:53,450
and killings there was no guard at the

738
00:33:53,450 --> 00:33:57,310
door these kids were running around like mafia

739
00:33:57,310 --> 00:34:00,270
in black long coats and black hats and

740
00:34:00,270 --> 00:34:05,410
black eye shadow didn't that mother ever wonder,

741
00:34:05,550 --> 00:34:09,270
didn't that dad say what's going on where

742
00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:14,630
were they dancing folks it absolutely sucks I

743
00:34:14,630 --> 00:34:17,170
was at the shopping mall with my wife

744
00:34:17,170 --> 00:34:20,650
the other day and I'm getting out of

745
00:34:20,650 --> 00:34:24,070
my car and here comes some kids toward

746
00:34:24,070 --> 00:34:28,050
me I'm not trying to be facetious they

747
00:34:28,050 --> 00:34:35,360
look like escapees from some asylum god bless

748
00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:40,699
tongues hanging out with everything and they stick

749
00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:45,469
them out if you're gonna do it stick

750
00:34:45,469 --> 00:34:46,989
it back in, don't let me have to

751
00:34:46,989 --> 00:34:52,719
look at it they're pierced they're not just

752
00:34:52,719 --> 00:35:01,980
glued they're pierced think of the infections what

753
00:35:01,980 --> 00:35:10,820
kind of mother and dad comes home and

754
00:35:10,820 --> 00:35:16,360
sticks out their tongue at mom look we

755
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,520
may laugh at it but folks it's a

756
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,720
life and death see these are symptoms these

757
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:24,640
are symptoms somebody crying out, kids crying out

758
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,040
dad, mom, you're neglecting me you're spending all

759
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:28,800
your time, you're too busy for me you

760
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,600
don't have time for me so they get

761
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,460
with their friends and these are all signs

762
00:35:32,460 --> 00:35:34,920
and symptoms when they do things to their

763
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,580
hair and their lips and they're piercing so

764
00:35:36,580 --> 00:35:46,330
this is something crying out I'm not, as

765
00:35:46,330 --> 00:35:48,750
I told you I'm not here to tell

766
00:35:48,750 --> 00:35:52,090
you how to raise kids but I'm trying

767
00:35:52,090 --> 00:35:53,570
to tell you that one day you and

768
00:35:53,570 --> 00:35:56,050
I parents we stand before a holy God

769
00:35:56,050 --> 00:35:57,930
we stand before the judgment seat of Christ

770
00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:01,430
and we're going to answer for our children

771
00:36:02,450 --> 00:36:07,510
we're going to answer how we've raised our

772
00:36:07,510 --> 00:36:10,750
children we've raised them in the fear, nurture

773
00:36:10,750 --> 00:36:13,590
and admonition of the Lord have we set

774
00:36:13,590 --> 00:36:17,750
the example before them I heard the cry

775
00:36:17,750 --> 00:36:20,510
of praying parents all my growing up days

776
00:36:21,490 --> 00:36:23,430
I told you what I heard my mother

777
00:36:23,430 --> 00:36:27,010
pray up in the third floor and I'd

778
00:36:27,010 --> 00:36:29,810
be out playing in the backyard, oh God

779
00:36:29,810 --> 00:36:35,990
keep David and Jerry Juanita and Ruth the

780
00:36:35,990 --> 00:36:40,110
Lord get a hold of David she prayed

781
00:36:40,110 --> 00:36:41,930
more for me and I couldn't understand I

782
00:36:41,930 --> 00:36:44,510
thought I was special it's just that was

783
00:36:44,510 --> 00:36:46,030
a bigger problem than the rest of them

784
00:36:46,970 --> 00:36:48,610
and I heard her pray one day, oh

785
00:36:48,610 --> 00:36:50,670
God if he's not going to live for

786
00:36:50,670 --> 00:36:53,790
you I'd rather you take him now I'd

787
00:36:53,790 --> 00:36:55,390
rather he be saved now take him if

788
00:36:55,390 --> 00:36:56,770
he's going to live for the devil and

789
00:36:56,770 --> 00:36:59,210
I mean my mother prayed and fasted for

790
00:36:59,210 --> 00:37:01,890
me and I did the same thing folks

791
00:37:01,890 --> 00:37:04,970
I have four children all of them involved

792
00:37:04,970 --> 00:37:08,250
in some kind of ministry husbands and wives

793
00:37:08,250 --> 00:37:11,610
serving the Lord, eleven grandchildren serving the Lord

794
00:37:12,270 --> 00:37:14,810
even the youngest have a heart for the

795
00:37:14,810 --> 00:37:20,670
Lord because the Lord told me years ago

796
00:37:20,670 --> 00:37:23,730
that I was to pray this prayer for

797
00:37:23,730 --> 00:37:25,730
my children and he gave me the prayer

798
00:37:25,730 --> 00:37:27,750
and I give it to you and if

799
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:29,330
you'll take it to God every day God

800
00:37:29,330 --> 00:37:33,890
will answer you Lord make my sons as

801
00:37:33,890 --> 00:37:37,870
oaks beside the waters of life and make

802
00:37:37,870 --> 00:37:40,630
my daughters as polished stones in your palace

803
00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:43,550
that's what we're to pray according to Proverbs

804
00:37:43,550 --> 00:37:45,770
and I prayed every day keep them from

805
00:37:45,770 --> 00:37:47,750
the wicked one and some of you singles

806
00:37:47,750 --> 00:37:49,510
one day God's going to give you a

807
00:37:49,510 --> 00:37:51,290
mate and you're going to have a child

808
00:37:51,290 --> 00:37:53,430
or more and this is going to be

809
00:37:53,430 --> 00:37:54,850
your responsibility if you don't hear everything else

810
00:37:54,850 --> 00:37:57,910
I say hear me right now you may

811
00:37:57,910 --> 00:37:59,910
have lost one of your children you may

812
00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:01,650
be sitting here grieving right now say brother

813
00:38:01,650 --> 00:38:04,370
Dave I'm hurting because I had a tender

814
00:38:04,370 --> 00:38:07,430
child my children were once tender and now

815
00:38:07,430 --> 00:38:09,450
I have a boy or girl on drugs

816
00:38:09,450 --> 00:38:11,710
or you may have somebody in prison you

817
00:38:11,710 --> 00:38:14,410
may have a child that's gone astray and

818
00:38:14,410 --> 00:38:17,050
in trouble and you hurt and you grieve

819
00:38:17,050 --> 00:38:19,750
over it but I'm telling you when you

820
00:38:19,750 --> 00:38:21,430
look back it could be you have to

821
00:38:21,430 --> 00:38:23,290
acknowledge that you were too busy you acknowledge

822
00:38:23,290 --> 00:38:25,430
there's a lot of mistakes you've made but

823
00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:27,190
you can't recall the past you can't bring

824
00:38:27,190 --> 00:38:29,770
back the past but you have leverage now

825
00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:32,270
you've got something that still works and that's

826
00:38:32,270 --> 00:38:34,050
to pray and seek the face of God

827
00:38:34,050 --> 00:38:36,390
and bathe them in prayer and preach Holy

828
00:38:36,390 --> 00:38:38,930
Ghost miserables upon them till sin becomes so

829
00:38:38,930 --> 00:38:41,030
miserable to them and brings them back to

830
00:38:41,030 --> 00:38:43,510
the cross hallelujah you have that power and

831
00:38:43,510 --> 00:38:45,930
authority in Jesus to lay hold of God

832
00:38:45,930 --> 00:38:48,810
in their behalf and if you still have

833
00:38:48,810 --> 00:38:51,970
children in your home that are half way

834
00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:56,170
that is the time to lay hold of

835
00:38:56,170 --> 00:38:58,810
God more than ever before by setting the

836
00:38:58,810 --> 00:39:04,350
example and seeking his face you need to

837
00:39:04,350 --> 00:39:07,910
be praying for wisdom can I just offer

838
00:39:07,910 --> 00:39:14,200
you parents something I've learned something I've earned

839
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:19,920
this gray hair you better believe it I

840
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,800
used to first of all can I give

841
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:29,450
you some good old fashioned grandpa advice don't

842
00:39:30,170 --> 00:39:32,570
look at every problem your has as terminal

843
00:39:34,110 --> 00:39:36,330
just about the time they dump something on

844
00:39:36,330 --> 00:39:39,250
you and you're worried about it and you're

845
00:39:39,250 --> 00:39:41,290
afraid and they're often forgotten all about it

846
00:39:42,110 --> 00:39:46,310
they've moved on to something else take it

847
00:39:46,310 --> 00:39:51,870
to Jesus pray through then forget it don't

848
00:39:51,870 --> 00:39:53,710
preach at your kids if they're back slitting

849
00:39:54,870 --> 00:39:57,930
don't hassle them mom don't get on their

850
00:39:57,930 --> 00:40:00,170
back and just preach and preach and preach

851
00:40:00,170 --> 00:40:02,410
because the mother told me one time she

852
00:40:02,410 --> 00:40:04,770
came to me she said my boy is

853
00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:06,930
back slitting he smokes and he drinks he

854
00:40:06,930 --> 00:40:08,990
comes in all hours of the night and

855
00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:10,730
I have to wait up this mother would

856
00:40:10,730 --> 00:40:12,070
wait up till 2 or 3 o'clock

857
00:40:12,070 --> 00:40:14,210
in the morning she'd be up there waiting

858
00:40:14,210 --> 00:40:16,610
and where were you questions and all of

859
00:40:16,610 --> 00:40:18,930
this and she said pastor Dave what am

860
00:40:18,930 --> 00:40:22,070
I going to do you're going to stop

861
00:40:22,070 --> 00:40:24,990
preaching to him first of all because every

862
00:40:24,990 --> 00:40:27,690
time he'd get up in the morning she'd

863
00:40:27,690 --> 00:40:30,190
fix breakfast she'd say honey please go to

864
00:40:30,190 --> 00:40:31,790
church with me and he says I don't

865
00:40:31,790 --> 00:40:33,370
want you ever talking to me about church

866
00:40:33,370 --> 00:40:34,790
again I don't want to hear anything about

867
00:40:34,790 --> 00:40:37,870
it and I said would you please stop

868
00:40:37,870 --> 00:40:40,750
preaching at him and just pray for him

869
00:40:41,850 --> 00:40:44,630
and when you go home tonight don't you

870
00:40:44,630 --> 00:40:45,750
wait up for him you go to bed

871
00:40:45,750 --> 00:40:47,430
even though you don't sleep pretend you're sleeping

872
00:40:49,130 --> 00:40:50,910
when you get up in the morning fix

873
00:40:50,910 --> 00:40:53,610
his breakfast don't say anything about church don't

874
00:40:53,610 --> 00:40:55,290
say anything about God just leave him alone

875
00:40:55,290 --> 00:40:57,750
pray for him love him do what is

876
00:40:57,750 --> 00:41:00,170
right as a mother but no more preaching

877
00:41:00,830 --> 00:41:04,310
she said okay she went home that night

878
00:41:04,310 --> 00:41:05,550
and he came in about one o'clock

879
00:41:05,550 --> 00:41:08,590
and she wasn't there she wasn't at the

880
00:41:08,590 --> 00:41:15,080
door she wasn't in the kitchen mom she's

881
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,180
up in the bed pretending to be asleep

882
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:22,000
she'd get up the next day and he

883
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,840
comes cranky into the kitchen for his eggs

884
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,560
and bacon and says I got in at

885
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,660
1.30 last night she said good for

886
00:41:29,660 --> 00:41:39,350
you son he couldn't get over

887
00:41:39,350 --> 00:41:42,690
because he'd just been using mom manipulating her

888
00:41:43,910 --> 00:41:48,660
and they'll do that to you she said

889
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,440
son you know the rules if you want

890
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:53,700
to break them fine but I'm not going

891
00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:55,040
to lose any sleep over it anymore I've

892
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:59,600
turned you over to Jesus and she said

893
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,100
you don't have to go to church with

894
00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:03,400
me anymore he said I'll go if I

895
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,400
want to go nobody can keep me from

896
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:13,180
going and it took only less than two

897
00:42:13,180 --> 00:42:16,640
weeks that boy came to church and got

898
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:30,850
saved every

899
00:42:30,850 --> 00:42:36,890
man at his door now if you're married

900
00:42:36,890 --> 00:42:42,310
you're a Christian family sir you are the

901
00:42:42,310 --> 00:42:45,850
priest of your family you're the one who's

902
00:42:45,850 --> 00:42:48,750
to take the authority and it should never

903
00:42:48,750 --> 00:42:52,010
and mother it should never be wait till

904
00:42:52,010 --> 00:42:56,130
your dad gets home if you're on your

905
00:42:56,130 --> 00:42:59,390
knees you've got the spiritual authority they will

906
00:42:59,390 --> 00:43:03,790
listen and mother another piece of grandpa advice

907
00:43:03,790 --> 00:43:08,150
don't ever scream at your kids I've had

908
00:43:08,150 --> 00:43:11,510
drug addict after drug addict tell me I

909
00:43:11,510 --> 00:43:13,650
still hear ringing in my ears a screaming

910
00:43:13,650 --> 00:43:17,630
mother screamed and screamed and screamed you could

911
00:43:17,630 --> 00:43:20,610
hear him down the street supposed to be

912
00:43:20,610 --> 00:43:23,550
Christians screaming at their kids you can scream

913
00:43:23,550 --> 00:43:27,370
your kids right into hell the power is

914
00:43:27,370 --> 00:43:30,150
not raising your voice and then your kids

915
00:43:30,150 --> 00:43:31,990
lose all respect for every word your word

916
00:43:31,990 --> 00:43:33,550
doesn't mean anything because you said you do

917
00:43:33,550 --> 00:43:36,130
it once more and I'll get you you

918
00:43:36,130 --> 00:43:37,490
don't do anything you don't pick up the

919
00:43:37,490 --> 00:43:39,670
belt you don't apply the rod one more

920
00:43:39,670 --> 00:43:42,150
time and about 20 times later you still

921
00:43:42,150 --> 00:43:43,890
say one more time and he's laughing at

922
00:43:43,890 --> 00:43:48,790
you but when dad walks in the door

923
00:43:48,790 --> 00:43:51,690
there's got to be a holy respect for

924
00:43:51,690 --> 00:43:55,290
his word and that comes often by applying

925
00:43:55,290 --> 00:43:59,910
a proper discipline you have every right until

926
00:43:59,910 --> 00:44:01,950
your children are of age to set the

927
00:44:01,950 --> 00:44:04,330
rules for your house you set the rules

928
00:44:04,330 --> 00:44:06,930
for your house whether they run whatever it

929
00:44:06,930 --> 00:44:08,770
is my book makes it clear if you

930
00:44:08,770 --> 00:44:10,470
raise them right if you'll stand by the

931
00:44:10,470 --> 00:44:12,230
book God will honor you and when they're

932
00:44:12,230 --> 00:44:13,990
old they'll not depart from the way it

933
00:44:13,990 --> 00:44:15,910
may be down the road somewhere but God

934
00:44:15,910 --> 00:44:17,470
somewhere along the Lord they're going to bring

935
00:44:17,470 --> 00:44:19,510
them back to that place because you stood

936
00:44:19,510 --> 00:44:21,850
for the word of God you didn't compromise

937
00:44:21,850 --> 00:44:24,150
on the word of God you wouldn't let

938
00:44:24,150 --> 00:44:26,510
your children intimidate you and tell you what

939
00:44:26,510 --> 00:44:28,610
things how things are going to be you

940
00:44:28,610 --> 00:44:30,390
took the stand not as a dictator but

941
00:44:30,390 --> 00:44:32,030
as a loving father and a loving mother

942
00:44:32,030 --> 00:44:39,190
amen now before I close this afternoon I

943
00:44:39,190 --> 00:44:40,970
want to talk for just a moment I

944
00:44:40,970 --> 00:44:44,210
want to bring a word of hope folks

945
00:44:44,210 --> 00:44:48,270
I didn't expect this is not some great

946
00:44:49,230 --> 00:44:51,950
theological discourse this is just out of my

947
00:44:51,950 --> 00:44:54,030
heart today something this week that God just

948
00:44:54,030 --> 00:44:56,110
put in my heart that there would be

949
00:44:56,110 --> 00:45:01,330
those of you here that are absolutely concerned

950
00:45:01,330 --> 00:45:03,330
about your children some of your Christian parents

951
00:45:03,330 --> 00:45:05,230
and you're worried and concerned about how your

952
00:45:05,230 --> 00:45:06,590
children are going to be raised in this

953
00:45:06,590 --> 00:45:09,650
wicked age because of the school system because

954
00:45:09,650 --> 00:45:11,670
of the way society is going and you

955
00:45:11,670 --> 00:45:14,290
wonder what your teenagers become maybe you have

956
00:45:14,290 --> 00:45:17,330
little children you're concerned about it and some

957
00:45:17,330 --> 00:45:21,390
of you single mothers especially God has put

958
00:45:21,390 --> 00:45:23,990
this in my heart and I'm going to

959
00:45:23,990 --> 00:45:25,570
give you a promise from the word of

960
00:45:25,570 --> 00:45:28,030
God a covenant promise that if you lay

961
00:45:28,030 --> 00:45:31,190
hold of it God gave me this last

962
00:45:31,190 --> 00:45:33,150
night I said Lord I've got to have

963
00:45:33,150 --> 00:45:35,130
something from you and the Holy Ghost led

964
00:45:35,130 --> 00:45:38,390
me to this particular covenant promise and I

965
00:45:38,390 --> 00:45:39,570
want you to go with me to Isaiah

966
00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:47,140
44 before I close Isaiah 44 if every

967
00:45:47,140 --> 00:45:50,220
parent listening to me now will claim this

968
00:45:50,220 --> 00:45:57,950
promise God's going to work a miracle in

969
00:45:57,950 --> 00:46:05,540
your life and home for your children now

970
00:46:05,540 --> 00:46:07,620
before I tell you where to go in

971
00:46:07,620 --> 00:46:09,100
Isaiah would you look this way for just

972
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:17,250
a moment and those in the annex God

973
00:46:17,250 --> 00:46:20,930
never moves on a praying pastor to preach

974
00:46:20,930 --> 00:46:25,390
something that isn't relevant for some reason this

975
00:46:25,390 --> 00:46:28,130
had to be preached this afternoon as he

976
00:46:28,130 --> 00:46:30,910
knew who would be here he knew the

977
00:46:30,910 --> 00:46:32,790
cry of some of you some of you

978
00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:36,370
may be grandparents weeping and grieving over your

979
00:46:36,370 --> 00:46:41,190
children first of all if you're not going

980
00:46:41,190 --> 00:46:43,630
to fast and pray none of these covenant

981
00:46:43,630 --> 00:46:45,090
promises I'm going to give you now have

982
00:46:45,090 --> 00:46:47,610
any merit for you at all they don't

983
00:46:47,610 --> 00:46:50,550
apply to you but if you have if

984
00:46:50,550 --> 00:46:52,970
you're willing like Nehemiah when he heard about

985
00:46:52,970 --> 00:46:54,710
the walls down he heard about the gates

986
00:46:54,710 --> 00:46:57,310
destroyed the Bible said he mourned he wept

987
00:46:57,310 --> 00:47:00,250
he prayed he fasted and if you have

988
00:47:00,250 --> 00:47:02,430
a concern you say I want my children

989
00:47:02,430 --> 00:47:06,750
to grow up as godly young people I

990
00:47:06,750 --> 00:47:09,290
want my children to be strong in Christ

991
00:47:10,310 --> 00:47:12,250
I want you to read with me follow

992
00:47:12,250 --> 00:47:15,150
me the first four chapter 44 first four

993
00:47:15,150 --> 00:47:18,190
verses yet now hear O Jacob my servant

994
00:47:18,190 --> 00:47:20,990
in Israel whom I have chosen thus saith

995
00:47:20,990 --> 00:47:22,970
the Lord that made thee and formed thee

996
00:47:22,970 --> 00:47:27,570
from the womb which will help thee fear

997
00:47:27,570 --> 00:47:32,290
not now look at me please Isaiah is

998
00:47:32,290 --> 00:47:36,150
speaking to the Jews of his time he's

999
00:47:36,150 --> 00:47:38,330
also speaking to the church of Jesus Christ

1000
00:47:38,330 --> 00:47:41,010
it's very clear in the context he's speaking

1001
00:47:41,010 --> 00:47:42,890
prophetically of our time in which we live

1002
00:47:42,890 --> 00:47:45,510
right now and God is saying in this

1003
00:47:45,510 --> 00:47:48,730
right now hear O Jacob my servant Israel

1004
00:47:48,730 --> 00:47:51,630
now there's an Israel of God that those

1005
00:47:51,630 --> 00:47:53,730
who are chosen whom I've chosen those are

1006
00:47:53,730 --> 00:47:55,910
chosen in Jesus Christ if you can sit

1007
00:47:55,910 --> 00:47:57,650
here right now and say pastor David I

1008
00:47:57,650 --> 00:47:59,910
know I'm chosen I know I'm in Christ

1009
00:47:59,910 --> 00:48:01,770
then here's the word of the Lord for

1010
00:48:01,770 --> 00:48:03,410
you the next verse thus saith the Lord

1011
00:48:03,410 --> 00:48:05,830
that made thee and formed thee from the

1012
00:48:05,830 --> 00:48:09,970
womb which will help thee fear not here's

1013
00:48:09,970 --> 00:48:11,910
his message to you right now don't be

1014
00:48:11,910 --> 00:48:14,490
afraid don't let the devil lie to you

1015
00:48:14,490 --> 00:48:16,570
you're going to lose your kids don't live

1016
00:48:16,570 --> 00:48:19,250
under bondage and fear keep the concern keep

1017
00:48:19,250 --> 00:48:21,910
in prayer but have faith right now my

1018
00:48:21,910 --> 00:48:24,830
God who chose me from the womb is

1019
00:48:24,830 --> 00:48:26,870
going to keep my children God's going to

1020
00:48:26,870 --> 00:48:30,130
keep me from fear of the enemy destroying

1021
00:48:30,130 --> 00:48:31,990
and getting into my home and destroying my

1022
00:48:31,990 --> 00:48:36,590
family my husband my wife my marriage I

1023
00:48:36,590 --> 00:48:38,430
will help you fear not O Jacob my

1024
00:48:38,430 --> 00:48:42,530
servant and Jerusalem that means the righteous is

1025
00:48:42,530 --> 00:48:46,130
the interpretation there is righteous whom I've chosen

1026
00:48:46,130 --> 00:48:48,890
now folks look at me can you say

1027
00:48:48,890 --> 00:48:50,850
in all faith that you are righteous person

1028
00:48:50,850 --> 00:48:53,450
before God through Jesus Christ and his righteousness

1029
00:48:53,450 --> 00:48:55,790
can you say I'm chosen in the Lord

1030
00:48:55,790 --> 00:48:57,210
raise your hand if you can't wave it

1031
00:48:57,210 --> 00:48:59,310
at me I am chosen I am righteous

1032
00:48:59,310 --> 00:49:01,650
not my own but the righteousness of Christ

1033
00:49:01,650 --> 00:49:04,530
then this applies to you this is your

1034
00:49:04,530 --> 00:49:07,530
covenant promise look what it says in next

1035
00:49:07,530 --> 00:49:10,170
verse I will pour water upon him that's

1036
00:49:10,170 --> 00:49:13,590
thirsty and floods upon the dry ground now

1037
00:49:13,590 --> 00:49:15,970
look at me you sit here right now

1038
00:49:15,970 --> 00:49:18,030
I will pour water have you been getting

1039
00:49:18,030 --> 00:49:20,490
the water in your thirsty soul are you

1040
00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:22,710
feeding on what I'm preaching right now are

1041
00:49:22,710 --> 00:49:25,710
you feeding on the word of God has

1042
00:49:25,710 --> 00:49:27,670
the Holy Ghost poured floods of water on

1043
00:49:27,670 --> 00:49:30,670
your dry soul have you known dry spells

1044
00:49:30,670 --> 00:49:32,650
and the Holy Ghost came and lifted that

1045
00:49:32,650 --> 00:49:36,810
dry spell did he touch you then this

1046
00:49:36,810 --> 00:49:40,730
next verse why won't you claim it I

1047
00:49:40,730 --> 00:49:44,030
will pour my spirit upon thy seed and

1048
00:49:44,030 --> 00:49:47,950
my blessing upon thine offspring that's your children

1049
00:49:48,890 --> 00:49:51,850
and they shall spring up among the grasses

1050
00:49:51,850 --> 00:49:56,070
willows willows are trees that grow fast and

1051
00:49:56,070 --> 00:50:01,390
spread far willow trees one of my favorite

1052
00:50:01,390 --> 00:50:04,990
trees you see them beside the water course

1053
00:50:05,890 --> 00:50:08,470
wherever there's water you're going to find and

1054
00:50:08,470 --> 00:50:10,310
the very water that the Holy Ghost is

1055
00:50:10,310 --> 00:50:12,590
pouring on you he's going to pour on

1056
00:50:12,590 --> 00:50:16,330
your children and the Bible says I make

1057
00:50:16,330 --> 00:50:19,810
you an iron clad oath promise a covenant

1058
00:50:19,810 --> 00:50:25,050
promise that if you'll cast out your fear

1059
00:50:25,050 --> 00:50:27,570
and put your trust in me seek my

1060
00:50:27,570 --> 00:50:31,430
face pray hold your children name them right

1061
00:50:31,430 --> 00:50:33,630
here in this verse I will pour spirit

1062
00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:35,850
upon thy seed put your kids names there

1063
00:50:35,850 --> 00:50:42,330
upon thy Michael upon thy Susan and my

1064
00:50:42,330 --> 00:50:45,450
blessing my think of it my blessing upon

1065
00:50:45,450 --> 00:50:49,910
your children I have claimed that I have

1066
00:50:49,910 --> 00:50:53,910
proven it oh glory to God his word

1067
00:50:53,910 --> 00:50:57,750
is true you say my boy is vaccinated

1068
00:50:57,750 --> 00:51:04,900
my girl is gone keep feeding in the

1069
00:51:04,900 --> 00:51:08,980
word seek his face and believe this promise

1070
00:51:08,980 --> 00:51:11,080
right now and you that have children that

1071
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:14,280
are so high lay your hands on them

1072
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,760
that's right while they're sleeping just go once

1073
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:17,940
a week and lay your hands on them

1074
00:51:17,940 --> 00:51:19,860
take this verse with you memorize it memorize

1075
00:51:19,860 --> 00:51:22,100
it and Lord you've made me this covenant

1076
00:51:22,100 --> 00:51:23,420
promise and I'm going to tell you God

1077
00:51:23,420 --> 00:51:25,460
told me to tell you this I'm telling

1078
00:51:25,460 --> 00:51:27,060
you now that's why he had me preach

1079
00:51:27,060 --> 00:51:30,440
this right now many many children are going

1080
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:31,940
to be saved from the powers of hell

1081
00:51:31,940 --> 00:51:33,960
out of this service now many of you

1082
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:36,360
from the elders to the choir and all

1083
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,000
over this house God is going to save

1084
00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:42,420
God is going to save your children because

1085
00:51:42,420 --> 00:51:45,400
you have laid hold of his word and

1086
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:52,150
you believed it my daughters laid hands on

1087
00:51:52,150 --> 00:51:53,670
their children while they were in the womb

1088
00:51:54,290 --> 00:51:56,830
sang songs to them and quoted scripture verses

1089
00:51:58,590 --> 00:51:59,950
you get a hold of your children you

1090
00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:02,130
lay hands on them while they're sleeping say

1091
00:52:02,130 --> 00:52:04,750
now in Jesus name I claim this Lord

1092
00:52:04,750 --> 00:52:08,050
you've put water on me you satisfied my

1093
00:52:08,050 --> 00:52:10,210
thirsty soul and you made me a promise

1094
00:52:10,210 --> 00:52:12,110
you're going to bless this child of mine

1095
00:52:12,110 --> 00:52:13,650
you're going to keep this boy you're going

1096
00:52:13,650 --> 00:52:15,330
to keep this girl I don't care if

1097
00:52:15,330 --> 00:52:17,130
he's 20 years old when he's sleeping go

1098
00:52:17,130 --> 00:52:24,610
in and pray the same prayer you watch

1099
00:52:24,610 --> 00:52:38,660
the devil run will you stand you

1100
00:52:38,660 --> 00:52:44,680
hallelujah well I got that off my heart

1101
00:52:49,810 --> 00:52:51,490
do you realize I was preacher to you

1102
00:52:51,490 --> 00:53:01,270
today I was pastor and grandfather you're

1103
00:53:01,270 --> 00:53:05,570
clapping for Jesus amen glory be to God

1104
00:53:05,570 --> 00:53:08,310
how many of you no I'm not going

1105
00:53:08,310 --> 00:53:09,250
to ask you I'm going to say how

1106
00:53:09,250 --> 00:53:11,610
many of you have unsaved love teenagers I

1107
00:53:11,610 --> 00:53:12,710
don't want to do that I don't put

1108
00:53:12,710 --> 00:53:14,850
you in a spot we're going to just

1109
00:53:14,850 --> 00:53:17,130
take it to the Lord we're going to

1110
00:53:17,130 --> 00:53:25,050
take it to the Lord bow your heads

1111
00:53:26,670 --> 00:53:30,530
Jesus there's something else you're trying to say

1112
00:53:30,530 --> 00:53:32,110
by your spirit and I want to hear

1113
00:53:32,110 --> 00:53:34,610
it I want us all to hear it

1114
00:53:36,490 --> 00:53:40,030
Lord the devil is trying to destroy every

1115
00:53:40,030 --> 00:53:43,750
Christian home and rob every Christian parent of

1116
00:53:43,750 --> 00:53:48,350
their children trying to deceive the children trying

1117
00:53:48,350 --> 00:53:53,190
to engage the parents in such activities that

1118
00:53:53,190 --> 00:53:56,730
they're not taking the spiritual time making them

1119
00:53:56,730 --> 00:53:58,630
so busy they don't have time they're not

1120
00:53:58,630 --> 00:54:00,230
taking the time to pray and seek your

1121
00:54:00,230 --> 00:54:03,430
face Lord we need to repent of that

1122
00:54:04,650 --> 00:54:07,010
I'm asking Lord to burden my heart and

1123
00:54:07,010 --> 00:54:08,430
the heart of this church for all of

1124
00:54:08,430 --> 00:54:11,250
the unsaved children and all of the children

1125
00:54:11,250 --> 00:54:15,030
Lord that are going to schools oh Lord

1126
00:54:15,030 --> 00:54:17,370
Jesus our children when they go to school

1127
00:54:17,370 --> 00:54:21,690
and fight through hell and see all their

1128
00:54:21,690 --> 00:54:24,990
friends into wild stuff Lord they've got to

1129
00:54:24,990 --> 00:54:27,810
come home to something where there's peace and

1130
00:54:27,810 --> 00:54:31,390
power with the Lord they've got to enter

1131
00:54:31,390 --> 00:54:34,070
in a home where there's no turmoil Lord

1132
00:54:34,070 --> 00:54:35,770
there should be no fighting no bickering they

1133
00:54:35,770 --> 00:54:37,510
should come home to a place of peace

1134
00:54:38,190 --> 00:54:41,630
oh God for the single mothers the kids

1135
00:54:41,630 --> 00:54:43,490
shouldn't come home and watch the mother watching

1136
00:54:43,490 --> 00:54:47,230
television soap operas those kids need to leave

1137
00:54:47,230 --> 00:54:49,890
the house every day with a prayer said

1138
00:54:49,890 --> 00:54:52,450
over them and mother praying for them while

1139
00:54:52,450 --> 00:54:54,290
they're gone and they need to come home

1140
00:54:54,290 --> 00:54:56,930
to loving arms and to a mother who

1141
00:54:56,930 --> 00:54:59,290
sits down with her children and reads the

1142
00:54:59,290 --> 00:55:02,250
word and prays with them oh God help

1143
00:55:02,250 --> 00:55:05,590
us to establish family altars Lord I thank

1144
00:55:05,590 --> 00:55:07,230
you for the family altar I still have

1145
00:55:07,230 --> 00:55:09,330
with Gwen and I we still pray every

1146
00:55:09,330 --> 00:55:11,530
day we pray for our children even though

1147
00:55:11,530 --> 00:55:13,910
they're married and our grandchildren even though many

1148
00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:16,290
times we don't see them oh God I

1149
00:55:16,290 --> 00:55:18,930
pray I know in my heart that this

1150
00:55:18,930 --> 00:55:21,630
simple message is going to be the salvation

1151
00:55:22,230 --> 00:55:26,730
of a host of our children thank you

1152
00:55:26,730 --> 00:55:28,830
for them Lord keep them by your power

1153
00:55:28,830 --> 00:55:31,830
I want everybody raise your hands and ask

1154
00:55:31,830 --> 00:55:34,190
God right now to save all of our

1155
00:55:34,190 --> 00:55:37,290
unsaved children Father I'm asking you right now

1156
00:55:37,290 --> 00:55:39,890
to put this burden the Holy Ghost on

1157
00:55:39,890 --> 00:55:42,790
our families even the singles can pray for

1158
00:55:42,790 --> 00:55:44,810
the mothers and fathers and for the children

1159
00:55:44,810 --> 00:55:47,950
and the teenagers God especially for our teenagers

1160
00:55:47,950 --> 00:55:51,050
oh God they're facing hell in school and

1161
00:55:51,050 --> 00:55:54,710
just walking the streets God send a guard

1162
00:55:54,710 --> 00:55:58,050
if they have no father God you be

1163
00:55:58,050 --> 00:56:00,790
their father send angels to walk with them

1164
00:56:00,790 --> 00:56:04,390
God give wisdom to mothers and fathers I

1165
00:56:04,390 --> 00:56:09,090
pray in Jesus name he is Lord he

1166
00:56:09,090 --> 00:56:11,010
is risen from the dead and he is

1167
00:56:11,010 --> 00:56:12,990
Lord will you sing that for just a

1168
00:56:12,990 --> 00:56:18,090
moment Holy Spirit just now told me what

1169
00:56:18,550 --> 00:56:21,650
I was feeling I'm going to make this

1170
00:56:21,650 --> 00:56:27,350
invitation very very succinctly and for certain people

1171
00:56:27,350 --> 00:56:29,430
only up in the balcony here and even

1172
00:56:29,430 --> 00:56:33,270
in the annex Holy Spirit spoke to my

1173
00:56:33,270 --> 00:56:34,590
heart there were there some of you sitting

1174
00:56:34,590 --> 00:56:36,470
here right now listening to me you're looking

1175
00:56:36,470 --> 00:56:39,010
back over your childhood and what you've been

1176
00:56:39,010 --> 00:56:42,110
through and the hurts that you've had and

1177
00:56:42,110 --> 00:56:43,950
you have carried for a long long time

1178
00:56:43,950 --> 00:56:45,750
there's some people here that have carried a

1179
00:56:45,750 --> 00:56:49,150
root of bitterness toward one or two parents

1180
00:56:50,830 --> 00:56:53,390
you've had something you've not been able to

1181
00:56:53,390 --> 00:56:55,650
deal with it it has you said almost

1182
00:56:55,650 --> 00:56:57,210
ruined my life or you say it did

1183
00:56:57,210 --> 00:57:00,130
ruin my life but and it may be

1184
00:57:00,130 --> 00:57:03,030
also those that have been divorced you're a

1185
00:57:03,030 --> 00:57:04,850
single mother and you're here and say Pastor

1186
00:57:04,850 --> 00:57:07,450
David I am overwhelmed I have got to

1187
00:57:07,450 --> 00:57:08,650
have a miracle I want to pray for

1188
00:57:08,650 --> 00:57:13,010
you if you're here there's no husband or

1189
00:57:13,010 --> 00:57:16,370
father in your household you have a child

1190
00:57:16,370 --> 00:57:19,190
or more I want you to come if

1191
00:57:19,190 --> 00:57:20,210
the Spirit of the Lord is moving and

1192
00:57:20,210 --> 00:57:23,050
I want to pray God give you strength

1193
00:57:23,050 --> 00:57:25,610
and wisdom and I'm praying for those who

1194
00:57:25,610 --> 00:57:28,190
have bitterness God made that clear to me

1195
00:57:28,190 --> 00:57:30,450
I don't know where you're at don't walk

1196
00:57:30,450 --> 00:57:32,630
out of here carrying that and those in

1197
00:57:32,630 --> 00:57:35,690
the annex you can come right down go

1198
00:57:35,690 --> 00:57:38,690
to the back of the auditorium there and

1199
00:57:38,690 --> 00:57:39,830
the officers will show you how to get

1200
00:57:39,830 --> 00:57:41,450
into this building walk down the aisle come

1201
00:57:41,450 --> 00:57:44,430
and meet me right here now don't be

1202
00:57:44,430 --> 00:57:46,090
afraid to cry let it out right now

1203
00:57:46,090 --> 00:57:51,010
let that stuff come out and these single

1204
00:57:51,010 --> 00:57:53,090
mothers God has a word for you God

1205
00:57:53,090 --> 00:57:54,310
has a touch for you He's going to

1206
00:57:54,310 --> 00:57:57,710
give you wisdom and those that have this

1207
00:57:57,710 --> 00:58:00,570
thing that you've carried now if you're backslidden

1208
00:58:00,570 --> 00:58:02,190
you're not right with Jesus come with these

1209
00:58:02,190 --> 00:58:04,710
that are coming right now as we sing

1210
00:58:04,710 --> 00:58:06,910
He is Lord again He's Lord of everything

1211
00:58:06,910 --> 00:58:08,730
in your life He's going to deliver you

1212
00:58:08,730 --> 00:58:10,330
God's going to do a good work in

1213
00:58:10,330 --> 00:58:16,290
your heart right now Amen I see a

1214
00:58:16,290 --> 00:58:19,550
lot of handkerchiefs a lot of tears but

1215
00:58:19,550 --> 00:58:21,350
you see the tears have to come from

1216
00:58:21,350 --> 00:58:23,590
a heart that is ready and prepared to

1217
00:58:23,590 --> 00:58:27,270
say Lord I will give up everything in

1218
00:58:27,270 --> 00:58:30,070
the way of a grudge or bitterness toward

1219
00:58:30,070 --> 00:58:32,090
anyone who has ever hurt me it doesn't

1220
00:58:32,090 --> 00:58:34,910
matter anymore you can't relive the past you

1221
00:58:34,910 --> 00:58:37,570
can't bring back anything of the past let

1222
00:58:37,570 --> 00:58:39,250
it go will you let it go right

1223
00:58:39,250 --> 00:58:42,050
now in Jesus name let everything go and

1224
00:58:42,050 --> 00:58:44,950
for mothers and for those that are here

1225
00:58:44,950 --> 00:58:46,930
right now led to this altar by the

1226
00:58:46,930 --> 00:58:49,050
Holy Spirit look at me please for just

1227
00:58:49,050 --> 00:58:53,110
a moment all you single mothers hear me

1228
00:58:53,110 --> 00:58:57,650
please get in a habit starting today when

1229
00:58:57,650 --> 00:58:59,730
you go home get in the habit to

1230
00:58:59,730 --> 00:59:03,430
get your bible out just go please just

1231
00:59:03,430 --> 00:59:05,290
go through the book of Psalms to start

1232
00:59:05,750 --> 00:59:07,250
go through the book of Psalms put a

1233
00:59:07,250 --> 00:59:10,630
check mark on every chapter read it if

1234
00:59:10,630 --> 00:59:12,150
you can only do 2 or 3 chapters

1235
00:59:12,150 --> 00:59:13,910
a day if it's a long chapter like

1236
00:59:13,910 --> 00:59:16,750
119th Psalm take 2 or 3 days to

1237
00:59:16,750 --> 00:59:19,030
read it if you have to every day

1238
00:59:19,030 --> 00:59:20,330
because the Lord is going to give you

1239
00:59:20,330 --> 00:59:23,050
wisdom and direction right here and then bow

1240
00:59:23,050 --> 00:59:25,950
your head and ask the Lord right now

1241
00:59:28,470 --> 00:59:31,030
Isaiah 44 can you remember that Isaiah 44

1242
00:59:31,030 --> 00:59:35,390
verses 1 to 4 Isaiah 44 1 to

1243
00:59:35,390 --> 00:59:38,710
4 again Isaiah 44 1 to 4 that

1244
00:59:38,710 --> 00:59:40,470
is a promise the Holy Ghost gave you

1245
00:59:40,470 --> 00:59:42,630
I want you to cling to that and

1246
00:59:42,630 --> 00:59:44,450
I want you to quote that every day

1247
00:59:44,450 --> 00:59:45,670
and I want you to lay hands on

1248
00:59:45,670 --> 00:59:47,790
your children but folks I want you to

1249
00:59:47,790 --> 00:59:51,290
pray don't ever bring into your home any

1250
00:59:51,290 --> 00:59:54,770
video don't turn on any television that has

1251
00:59:54,770 --> 00:59:57,050
one word of filth don't let your kids

1252
00:59:57,050 --> 00:59:59,830
go and watch Disney now or anything else

1253
00:59:59,830 --> 01:00:02,170
that's full of demonic new age filth that's

1254
01:00:02,170 --> 01:00:03,690
going to flood their mind you got to

1255
01:00:03,690 --> 01:00:07,990
guard you have to be the door keeper

1256
01:00:07,990 --> 01:00:10,370
now you've got to be watching the door

1257
01:00:10,370 --> 01:00:11,930
you're the one now I'm going to ask

1258
01:00:11,930 --> 01:00:14,310
God to give you a Holy Ghost gumption

1259
01:00:14,310 --> 01:00:16,670
a Holy Ghost fire in your belly so

1260
01:00:16,670 --> 01:00:18,650
to speak I'm not going to turn my

1261
01:00:18,650 --> 01:00:21,650
kids over the devil I'm going to set

1262
01:00:21,650 --> 01:00:23,510
some standards in my home now and I'm

1263
01:00:23,510 --> 01:00:25,470
going to stick with them Father I pray

1264
01:00:25,470 --> 01:00:27,090
for the mothers first of all the single

1265
01:00:27,090 --> 01:00:29,390
mothers that you will give them strength you've

1266
01:00:29,390 --> 01:00:31,450
given them a promise you've stirred their hearts

1267
01:00:31,450 --> 01:00:33,170
that you're going to keep them and Lord

1268
01:00:33,170 --> 01:00:35,030
you're going to keep their children that first

1269
01:00:35,030 --> 01:00:37,330
of all sanctify these mothers every one of

1270
01:00:37,330 --> 01:00:39,250
them to be mothers of God mothers of

1271
01:00:39,250 --> 01:00:42,070
Zion for those backslidden for those that are

1272
01:00:42,070 --> 01:00:43,710
coming to this altar now who need a

1273
01:00:43,710 --> 01:00:45,630
new touch for those Lord who need to

1274
01:00:45,630 --> 01:00:48,430
lay down all kinds of bitterness and rebellion

1275
01:00:48,820 --> 01:00:50,630
laying down things that have to be given

1276
01:00:50,630 --> 01:00:52,370
to Jesus Lord let it be done now

1277
01:00:52,370 --> 01:00:54,070
through the might and power of the Holy

1278
01:00:54,070 --> 01:00:56,070
Ghost I want everybody that came forward to

1279
01:00:56,070 --> 01:00:58,890
pray this with me now Jesus I come

1280
01:00:58,890 --> 01:01:04,010
to be serious before you no games I

1281
01:01:04,010 --> 01:01:07,290
ask you Holy Spirit to give me power

1282
01:01:08,290 --> 01:01:13,110
and wisdom I ask you help me to

1283
01:01:13,110 --> 01:01:17,510
forgive and to forget every hurt against me

1284
01:01:17,510 --> 01:01:21,170
everything said against me everything done against me

1285
01:01:21,170 --> 01:01:25,410
in Jesus name I lay it down I

1286
01:01:25,410 --> 01:01:31,710
surrender it now Lord Jesus cleanse me purge

1287
01:01:31,710 --> 01:01:35,590
my heart of all sin and iniquity and

1288
01:01:35,590 --> 01:01:37,870
draw me close to you and give me

1289
01:01:37,870 --> 01:01:41,170
faith to walk in the Holy Spirit and

1290
01:01:41,170 --> 01:01:43,810
the fear of God I love you Jesus

1291
01:01:43,810 --> 01:01:46,990
and I know you heard my prayer and

1292
01:01:46,990 --> 01:01:49,430
I give you thanks now thank him right

1293
01:01:49,430 --> 01:01:51,170
out loud Lord I give you thanks I

1294
01:01:51,170 --> 01:01:54,530
give you praise I give you thanks I

1295
01:01:54,530 --> 01:01:58,990
give you praise I am free I am

1296
01:01:58,990 --> 01:02:03,190
free you know that folks time is getting

1297
01:02:03,190 --> 01:02:06,570
away in just about 15 minutes we start

1298
01:02:06,570 --> 01:02:09,190
again, can't meet in time so I want

1299
01:02:09,190 --> 01:02:11,250
you to turn around and I want you

1300
01:02:11,250 --> 01:02:13,130
to just a good God bless you or

1301
01:02:13,130 --> 01:02:15,230
a hallelujah or praise the Lord some good

1302
01:02:15,230 --> 01:02:17,130
word to at least five people around you

1303
01:02:17,130 --> 01:02:18,970
as you walk out of this church singing

1304
01:02:18,970 --> 01:02:19,750
I am free