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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES ON
GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL
>> LOVE AND GRACE.
> IF IT WASN’T FOR
ANDREW’S TEACHINGS, I WOULD
NEVER BE WHERE I AM TODAY.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE VICTORY.
I WOULD BE LIVING
> A LIFE OF DEFEAT.
> IT WAS ANDREW’S TEACHING
THAT ALLOWED ME TO DEVELOP
> THAT FAITH.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I’M GOING TO START
A BRAND NEW SERIES TALKING ABOUT
HOW YOU CAN LIVE IN GOD’S BEST.
NOW THAT TITLE MAY NOT REALLY
GET YOU AT FIRST,
BUT I’M GOING TO BE EXPLAINING
A LOT OF THINGS.
I GOT A BOOK ON THIS,
LIVING IN GOD’S BEST,
AND LET ME SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE
DON’T LIVE IN GOD’S BEST.
AND I…I COULD SPEND LITERALLY
WEEKS PROBABLY TRYING TO
POSITION THIS,
AND TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LIVE
AND BELIEVE GOD
FOR SOMETHING MORE.
BUT, I’M GOING TO JUST SPEND
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS,
BUT YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT
EXPERIENCING GOD’S BEST.
GOD’S BEST IS FOR TOTAL HEALTH.
NOT JUST RELATIVE TO
OTHER PEOPLE,
BUT I MEAN PERFECT HEALTH
AND THERE ARE SCRIPTURES.
WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
GOD’S BEST IN THE AREA
OF FINANCE IS FOR YOU
TO BE COMPLETELY DEBT-FREE,
BE ABLE TO HAVE SO MUCH
ABUNDANCE THAT YOU CAN ABOUND
UNTO EVERY GOOD WORK.
GOD’S BEST IN MARRIAGE
IS MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT MOST
PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING.
AND THEY SETTLE FOR MUCH LESS.
THEY DON’T FOLLOW GOD’S LEADING
AND THEY DON’T RECEIVE GOD’S
BEST WITH OUR CHILDREN,
WITH OUR VOCATION,
WITH THE VISION THAT GOD
HAS FOR US.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS NEVER
MADE A PIECE OF JUNK EVER.
GOD HAS NEVER MADE A FAILURE.
GOD HAS NEVER MADE A MISTAKE.
WHEN HE CREATED US,
GOD HAS GOOD PLANS FOR US.
JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 29, VERSE 11,
HE SAYS, I KNOW THE THOUGHTS
THAT I THINK TOWARDS YOU,
SAYS THE LORD,
THOUGHTS OF PEACE,
AND NOT OF EVIL,
TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END.
NIV SAYS,
A HOPE AND A FUTURE.
GOD HAS A GREAT PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE,
AND I’M JUST TELLING YOU
THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE LIVING
WAY BELOW GOD’S STANDARDS.
MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE
I COULD SAY THIS.
THAT THERE IS NOT A PERSON
BREATHING THAT HAS TOTALLY
MAXED OUT,
EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM
I KNOW THAT’S CERTAINLY
TRUE OF MY LIFE.
I’VE SEEN GOD DO SOME
GREAT THINGS.
I AM SO BLESSED AND THANKFUL
FOR WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE
AND THROUGH ME,
TO TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE.
I’M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
BUT, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
THAT THERE IS MORE.
GOD HAS SHOWN ME MORE
THAT HE WANTS ME TO DO
AND ACCOMPLISH THROUGH ME,
AND I HAVEN’T ARRIVED.
I’VE JUST LEFT.
I’M ON MY WAY,
TO WHERE GOD WANTS ME TO GO
BUT I HAVEN’T TAPPED OUT
EVERYTHING THAT GOD
HAS FOR ME,
AND WHETHER YOU REALIZE
IT OR NOT,
GOD HAS MORE FOR YOU THAN
WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING.
AND LET ME SAY THAT THE REASON
SOME OF YOU,
AND I’M TALKING TO PEOPLE HERE,
WHO KNOW THE LORD,
WHO LOVE THE LORD,
AND YET YOU AREN’T SATISFIED.
THERE’S MANY REASONS FOR THIS
BUT SOMETIMES,
AND I’M SPEAKING
SPECIFICALLY TO PEOPLE WHO,…
THE REASON YOU’RE DISSATISFIED,
IT’S GOD WHO’S MAKING YOU
DISSATISFIED.
AND THAT MAY SHOCK SOME OF YOU
AND THINK, WELL WHAT
ARE YOU SAYING?
GOD WOULDN’T BE THE ONE
THAT MAKES ME DEPRESSED
OR DISCOURAGED
OR WHATEVER.
BUT THERE IS A SATISFACTION
THAT COMES ONLY WHEN YOU ARE
IN THE CENTER OF GOD’S WILL
THAT YOU WON’T GET
ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS
THAT THE LORD HAS DIRECTED ME
IS, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS
PASTORING IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS
AND I WAS THERE FOR TWO YEARS,
AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE.
I MEAN, WE DID NOT SEE
A GREAT SUCCESS AT ALL,
AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE
DURING THIS TIME.
BUT I WAS COMMITTED TO IT.
I LOVED THAT PLACE.
I PRAYED FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY
AS I WAS WALKING DOWN
AT THE CHURCH
AND I WAS PRAYING,
I JUST LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW
AND IT’S LIKE MY COMPASSION,
MY JOY,
MY PEACE,
ABOUT BEING IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS
JUST LEFT.
I MEAN IT WAS GONE,
AND I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW,
AND I THOUGHT, WHY AM I HERE?
I DON’T LIKE THIS PLACE.
I WANT TO GET OUT OF THERE.
AND PRIOR TO THAT TIME
I JUST LOVED IT,
AND I WAS COMMITTED
TO STANDING THERE AND PRAYING,
AND IT WAS SUCH
A RADICAL SWITCH.
I MEAN IT’S JUST LIKE MY HEART
JUST INSTANTLY CHANGED
THAT I WAS SHOCKED BY IT,
AND I SPENT TWO OR THREE HOURS
PRAYING, GOD, WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
WAS THIS YOU,
OR THIS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME?
AND THE MORE I PRAYED ABOUT IT
THE MORE THE LORD CONVINCED ME
IT WAS HIM,
JUST TAKING THIS DESIRE
TO BE IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS
OUT OF MY HEART.
AND SO AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS
PRAYING ABOUT IT,
THE LORD SPOKE TO ME,
AND HE TOLD ME I WAS LEAVING.
IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE
AND HE EVEN GAVE ME A DATE.
HE SAID NOVEMBER THE 1ST,
AND I FORGET EXACTLY
WHAT YEAR THAT WAS.
IT WOULD’VE BEEN I THINK IN 1975
PROBABLY, NOVEMBER THE 1ST
THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.
SO I PRAYED ABOUT IT UNTIL
I WAS SURE THAT’S WHAT GOD SAID.
I WENT HOME TO TELL JAMIE
THAT I HAD BEEN PRAYING,
AND GOD HAD JUST SPOKEN
THIS TO ME,
AND WHEN I GOT HOME
THERE WAS A FOR SALE SIGN
IN OUR YARD.
WE WERE RENTING A HOUSE,
AND THERE WAS A FOR SALE SIGN
IN OUR YARD,
AND SO I WENT IN
AND I ASKED JAMIE.
I SAID WHAT’S THE FOR SALE SIGN?
SHE SAID THE LANDLORD CAME BY
AND TOLD US THEY’RE SELLING
THE HOUSE,
AND WE’VE GOT TO BE OUT
OF THIS HOUSE
BY NOVEMBER THE 1ST.
IT WAS A PERFECT CONFIRMATION
AND IT WAS EXACTLY
WHAT GOD WANTED,
AND WHAT I’M SAYING IS,
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT GOD LED US
WAS THROUGH JUST PUTTING
A HOLY DISSATISFACTION.
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE SORROW OF THIS WORLD,
THE GRIEF THAT COMES
WHEN YOU’VE MESSED UP
AND DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
BUT SOMETIMES THE LORD
WILL MAKE YOU DISSATISFIED
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.
HE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO BE
CONTENT WHERE YOU ARE.
NOW AGAIN, THERE’S OTHER REASONS
THAT PEOPLE GET DISSATISFIED,
BECAUSE THEY AREN’T KEEPING
THEIR MIND ON THE LORD
AND THEY AREN’T SEEKING
THE LORD, ETCETERA.
BUT I’M SAYING THAT THERE ARE
SOME OF YOU WHO LOVE GOD,
YOU’RE SEEKING THE LORD
AND YET THERE IS A HOLY
DISSATISFACTION IN YOUR LIFE.
AND I’M TELLING YOU
THE REASON FOR IT,
IS BECAUSE GOD’S GOT MORE
FOR YOU.
HE’S WANTING, YOU KNOW IT’S,
I’VE READ THAT THEY SOMETIMES
THE MOTHER BIRDS,
WHEN THEY WANT THEIR CHICKS
TO GET OUT OF THE NEST,
AND…AND PUSH THEM OUT
AND START FLYING,
AND GETTING OUT,
AND DO THINGS ERN…ON THEIR OWN
THEY’LL ACTUALLY TAKE
THE FEATHERS AND THE THINGS
THAT CUSHIONED THE NEST,
AND MADE IT SO COMFORTABLE
THAT THEY’LL START PLUCKING
THOSE THINGS OUT,
SO THAT THE STICKS AND THE TWIGS
AND THINGS STICK THROUGH
AND IT POKED THE BIRDS
AND MOTIVATES THEM TO GET ON.
IN A SENSE THAT’S WHAT GOD
IS DOING TO SOME OF YOU
IS HE’S PUT A HOLY
DISSATISFACTION THERE.
THINGS THAT USED TO SATISFY
DON’T SATISFY.
NOW AGAIN, LET ME JUST QUALIFY
THAT THERE’S MULTIPLE REASONS.
SOME…SOMETIMES THE REASON
PEOPLE ARE DISSATISFIED
IS BECAUSE THEY AREN’T KEEPING
THEIR MIND STAYED UPON THE LORD.
ISAIAH 26:3,
THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU
IN PERFECT PEACE,
WHOSE MIND IS STAYED UPON HIM
BUT, THERE IS A HOLY
DISSATISFACTION
AND I KNOW I’M SPEAKING
TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
WHO GOD HAS STIRRED YOU UP
AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE.
YOU AREN’T SATISFIED.
YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
MORE.
YOU KNOW IN MY WAY
OF READING THINGS,
OVER HERE IN JUDGES, CHAPTER 6.
LET ME JUST TURN OVER,
AND READ SOME OF THIS,
BUT THIS IS ABOUT GIDEON,
AND GIDEON WAS AN ISRAELITE.
THE ISRAELITES AT THIS TIME
HAD BEEN CONQUERED BY
THE MIDIANITES,
AND THE MIDIANITES
WERE OPPRESSING THEM,
AND ANYTIME ANYBODY HARVESTED
THEIR FIELD,
AND STARTED BEATING OUT
THE GRAIN AND THINGS,
THE MIDIANITES WOULD COME
AND TAKE IT FROM THEM
AND SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE
HAVING TO HIDE THEIR FOOD,
AND THINGS TO BE ABLE
TO SURVIVE.
AND SO, GIDEON WAS BEHIND
A WINEPRESS,
AND HE WAS THRESHING OUT
HIS WHEAT,
AND AS HE DID THIS,
IT SAYS, IN JUDGES, CHAPTER 6
IN VERSE 12,
AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
APPEARED UNTO HIM,
AND SAID UNTO HIM,
THE LORD IS WITH THEE,
THOU MIGHTY MAN OF VALOUR.
AND GIDEON SAID UNTO HIM,
OH MY LORD,
IF THE LORD BE WITH US,
WHY THEN,
IS ALL THIS BEFALLEN US?
AND WHERE BE ALL HIS MIRACLES
WHICH OUR FATHER TOLD US OF,
SAYING, DID NOT THE LORD
BRING US UP FROM EGYPT?
BUT NOW THE LORD HATH
FORSAKEN US,
AND DELIVERED US INTO THE HANDS
OF THE MIDIANITES.
DID YOU KNOW ON FIRST READING
OF THAT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE
THAT HE’S JUST TOTALLY
SPEAKING UNBELIEF.
HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN GOD.
HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT
THIS IS A TOTAL STATEMENT
OF UNBELIEF.
BUT LOOK AT THE RESPONSE,
IN VERSE 14, IT SAYS,
THE LORD LOOKED UPON HIM,
AND SAID, GO IN THIS THY MIGHT,
AND THOU SHALT SAVE ISRAEL
FROM THE HAND OF MIDIANITES:
HAVE NOT I SENT THEE?
WHY WOULD GOD BLESS
A TOTAL NEGATIVE STATEMENT
ABOUT MAN, GOD’S NOT WITH US?
HE’S FORSAKEN US.
WELL, YOU DON’T HAVE THE ABILITY
TO HEAR THE INFLECTION
OF HIS VOICE,
AND TO SEE EXACTLY
WHAT HE’S SAYING.
BUT, I BELIEVE,
BASED ON MY STUDYING.
I DON’T WANT TO JUST SPEND
MY TIME TEACHING ON GIDEON
BUT THIS IS MY BELIEF
THAT GIDEON WAS BASICALLY
JUST EXPRESSING
A HOLY DISSATISFACTION,
AND SAYING,
I’M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS.
MAN I’VE HEARD THESE STORIES
ALL MY LIFE,
ABOUT HOW THE ISRAELITES
CAME OUT OF EGYPT,
WITH ALL OF THESE MIRACLES
AND HERE WE ARE,
WE CAN’T EVEN EAT.
I’VE GOT TO HIDE
TO THRESH OUT MY WHEAT,
AND HE WAS SICK AND TIRED
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED,
AND HE WAS READY AND LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING MORE.
AND THAT’S THE REASON
THAT THE ANGEL REWARDED HIM
AND SAID, GO IN THIS THY MIGHT
GO WITH THIS ATTITUDE.
GO KNOWING THAT THERE
IS SOMETHING MORE
AND THAT YOU AREN’T GOING TO
SETTLE FOR LESS.
YOU KNOW LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY.
THAT AS LONG AS YOU CAN LIVE
WITH LESS THAN GOD’S BEST,
YOU WILL.
BUT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST STEPS
IN SEEING GOD’S BEST
COME IN YOUR LIFE,
IS YOU GOT TO BE SICK AND TIRED
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED.
YOU GOT TO GET TO A PLACE
WHERE I’VE TAKEN ALL OF THIS
I’M GOING TO TAKE.
I JUST DON’T WANT THIS ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW I CAN REMEMBER
ANOTHER TIME WHEN I WAS
IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS
THIS INSTANCE THAT
I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER,
AND I WAS PASTORING
THIS LITTLE CHURCH
AND JAMIE AND I WERE POOR
BECAUSE OF MY OWN STUPIDITY.
I’M GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS
A LOT MORE
AS I GET INTO THIS SERIES.
I WON’T SPEND TIME TO DO IT NOW.
BUT WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING
WITH POVERTY
AND WE HAD A CAR
THAT WE WERE WANTING TO SELL,
A ’56 CHEVY BEL AIR,
AND IT WAS A DOG.
IT HAD A LOT OF THINGS
WRONG WITH IT.
BUT ANYWAY, LONG STORY.
I’M NOT GOING TO GO INTO
ALL OF IT.
BUT WE HAD TRIED FOR WEEKS
TO SELL THIS CAR.
WE HAD…WE HAD E…ACTUALLY
DECREASED THE PRICE
THAT WE PUT ON IT.
WE HAD DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS
AND IT JUST WOULDN’T SELL.
PEOPLE WOULD COME LOOK AT IT
BUT ONCE THEY SAW IT
AND I MEAN IT BURNED A QUART
OF OIL EVERY 50 MILES.
IF YOU TURNED ON THE HEATER
IT PUMPED WATER OUT
ON YOUR FEET.
THERE WAS A HOLE
IN THE FLOORBOARD
AND THE KEYS, THE DIFFERENCE,
THE U-JOINTS WERE GOING
OUT ON IT,
AND THE THING SHOOK SO BAD
THAT THE KEYS WOULD ACTUALLY
COME OUT OF THE IGNITION,
AND IF YOU WEREN’T CAREFUL
THEY WOULD FALL THROUGH THE HOLE
IN THE FLOORBOARD.
I MEAN IT WAS A…IT WAS A MESS.
AND SO I THINK WE WERE ONLY
ASKING LIKE THR…$400,
AND I THINK WE CAME DOWN
TO $350,
AND IT WASN’T LIKE WE WERE
PUTTING AN EXCESSIVE
PRICE ON IT,
BUT IT WAS JUST A DOG.
AND ANYWAY, THE LORD HAD TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS GOING TO SUPPLY
OUR NEEDS THROUGH THAT
SELLING OF THE CAR,
AND WE WAITED FOR THREE WEEKS.
WE WERE BEHIND ON OUR RENT.
WE HADN’T BEEN EATING,
AND I HAD TRIED TO BE PATIENT
AND STAND IN FAITH,
AND FINALLY ONE DAY
I JUST HAD HAD IT UP TO HERE.
I MEAN, I DECIDED THAT
THIS WAS IT.
WE HAD TO HAVE SOME MONEY.
THE LORD HAD TOLD ME
IT WAS THAT CAR
THAT HE WOU…HE…
WE WERE GOING TO SELL IT,
AND GET THE MONEY OUT OF THAT
AND SO I WAS DOWN
IN MY CHURCH BUILDING
AND I MEAN I JUST GOT ANGRY.
I GOT MAD, NOT AT GOD.
I WASN’T MAD AT GOD.
I KNEW GOD WASN’T MY PROBLEM
BUT I WAS MAD AT ME,
AND I WAS MAD AT THIS SITUATION,
AND I JUST LET THE DEVIL
HAVE IT.
I MEAN, IF I COULD’VE GOTTEN
MY HANDS ON HIM PHYSICALLY,
I WOULD HAVE DONE SOME DAMAGE.
I JUST GOT MAD.
I WAS SICK AND TIRED
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED
AND BEING POOR,
AND I JUST STARTED
SCREAMING AND YELLING
AT THE DEVIL AND FIGHTING.
AND, ANYWAY, I…WITHIN JUST
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
IT WAS LIKE BOOM,
I GOT A BREAKTHROUGH
AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS DONE.
I STARTED REJOICING
AND PRAISING GOD,
AND I WENT HOME.
I HAD THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT
OF THE CHURCH,
AND IT HAD A FOR SALE SIGN
ON IT,
AND I WENT HOME TO TELL JAMIE
THAT MAN IT’S OVER.
I DON’T KNOW HOW,
BUT GOD’S GOING TO SELL
THIS CAR.
WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS MONEY.
IT’S A DONE DEAL.
AND BEFORE I COULD TELL HER
ANYTHING SHE CAME RUNNING OUT
AND SHE SAYS QUICK A MAN CALLED.
HE SAW YOUR CAR AT THE CHURCH.
HE’S ON HIS WAY DOWN THERE.
HE’S GOING TO BE THERE
IN FIVE MINUTES
AND HE WANTS TO BUY THE CAR.
SO I DIDN’T EVEN GET TO TELL HER
ABOUT MY BREAKTHROUGH.
I WENT DOWN,
AND THIS GUY HE HAD THE CASH
AND HE WANTED TO BUY
THE UM…CAR.
AND I SAID, WELL I’VE GOT TO
TELL YOU ABOUT ALL OF THE BAD
STUFF SO I TOLD HIM ABOUT
BURNING OIL.
I TOLD HIM ABOUT PUMPING WATER
OUT ON YOUR FEET.
I TOLD HIM ABOUT THAT
THE U-JOINTS WERE GOING OUT,
AND I MADE HIM DRIVE THE CAR
AROUND THE BLOCK,
AND I MEAN HE TOOK OFF
AND IN A BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE,
AS IT BURNED ALL OF THIS OIL
IT WENT AROUND THE BLOCK
AND HE CAME BACK
AND HE PARKED IT,
AND HE SAYS, CAN I HAVE IT NOW?
I MEAN IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW,
WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO DO
TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU
THIS MONEY,
AND SO FINALLY I SAID WELL OKAY,
AND I TOOK THE MONEY.
AND WHEN HE GAVE ME THE MONEY
HE SAID, THREE WEEKS AGO
THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT YOU PUT
A FOR SALE SIGN ON THAT CAR
AT A MORE EXPENSIVE PRICE
HE SAYS, I TOLD MY WIFE,
THAT’S MY CAR.
I’M GOING TO GET THAT.
AND THE GUY DIDN’T WANT IT
TO DRIVE.
HE WANTED IT FOR PARTS.
HE WAS GOING TO TAKE
PARTS OFF OF IT,
BECAUSE IT WAS A POPULAR CAR
AND UH, ANYWAY, HE SAYS
I’VE BEEN TRYING FOR THREE WEEKS
TO GET MY WIFE TO AGREE
THAT HE WOULD LET…
THAT SHE WOULD LET ME
GO BUY THIS CAR,
AND HE SAID IT WAS ON A SATURDAY
AND HE SAYS I WAS WATCHING
A FOOTBALL GAME
AND I WASN’T EVEN THINKING
ABOUT IT.
AND HE SAYS JUST A…
ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES AGO,
SHE JUST WALKED IN,
AND THREW THE MONEY AT ME
AND SHE SAYS, ALL RIGHT,
GO GET YOUR CAR!
AND YOU KNOW WHAT,
THAT’S THE EXACT TIME
THAT I WAS PRAYING.
THAT’S THE EXACT TIME
I GOT SICK AND TIRED,
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED,
AND THAT I FINALLY SAID
I’M NOT GOING ANY FURTHER.
I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE THIS WAY.
AND THE REASON I SAY ALL OF THIS
IS TO SAY THAT AS LONG
AS YOU CAN SETTLE FOR GOD’S LESS
THAN HIS BEST YOU WILL.
AND DID YOU KNOW,
AFTER ALL THIS WAS OVER
I REMEMBERED THINKING TO MYSELF
WHY DID IT TAKE ME THREE WEEKS
TO COME TO THIS BREAKING POINT
TO WHERE I FINALLY
JUST PUT MY FOOT DOWN,
AND SAID THAT’S IT.
I’M NOT GOING ANY FURTHER.
AND I’VE SEEN THIS SINCE
THAT TIME.
I’VE SEEN MANY, MANY TIMES
THAT YOU KNOW I’LL TOLERATE
SOMETHING.
I’LL BE PATIENT,
AND THINK WELL IT’S GOING TO
WORK OUT OR SOMETHING,
BUT FINALLY THERE JUST COMES
THIS BREAKING POINT,
AND WHEN I GET TO WHERE
I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE
LIKE THIS ANYMORE,
THERE’S A BREAKTHROUGH,
AND IT MAKES ME WONDER
WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO WHERE
I’M TRAUMATIZED,
AND IN THIS BAD SITUATION
BEFORE I, YOU KNOW,
JUST PUT MY FOOT DOWN,
AND SAY I’M NOT GOING
ANY FURTHER.
I’M SAYING ALL OF THESE THINGS
TO YOU,
THAT THERE ARE MANY OF YOU
THAT YOU KNOW YOUR LIFE IS NOT
THE WAY GOD WANTS IT TO BE.
YOU KNOW YOUR MARRIAGE ISN’T
THE WAY GOD WANTS IT TO BE.
YOU KNOW YOUR HEALTH ISN’T
THE WAY GOD WANTS IT TO BE.
YOU KNOW THAT YOUR JOB
AND YOUR CAREER IS A DEAD END.
IT’S GOING NOWHERE.
THERE ARE MANY OF YOU THAT HAVE
THIS HOLY DISSATISFACTION,
AND YET YOU JUST
ARE TOLERATING IT.
MOST OF US KIND OF NUMB OURSELF
TO THESE THINGS.
I’M CONVINCED THAT THIS IS ONE
REASON THAT MOST PEOPLE
DO NOT GET QUIET AND STILL.
YOU KNOW IT SAYS,
IN PSALMS 46:10,
BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD
AND I’M CONVINCED ONE
OF THE REASONS PEOPLE JUST
CONSTANTLY HAVE TO HAVE
A RADIO ON,
A TELEVISION ON,
THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING
GOING, THEY HAVE TO BE DOING
SOMETHING.
THEY JUST DON’T HAVE DOWNTIME.
THEY DON’T SIT,
IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU SIT
AND GET TO CONTEMPLATING
AND MEDITATING AND THINKING
ABOUT YOUR LIFE,
THERE IS A HOLY DISSATISFACTION
THAT COMES UP
IN MOST PEOPLE’S LIVES,
BECAUSE THEY…WHEN YOU’RE QUIET
AND YOU AREN’T BEING ENTERTAINED
OR BOMBARDED WITH SOMETHING,
BUT YOU’RE JUST THINKING.
YOU GO TO KIND OF EVALUATING,
WHERE AM I?
WHERE HAVE I COME FROM?
WHERE AM I NOW?
WHERE…WHAT’S MY FUTURE
GOING TO BE LIKE?
AND IT’S DISPLEZ…
IT’S UNPLEASANT TO MOST PEOPLE,
AND MOST PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THAT,
BECAUSE THEY AREN’T EXPERIENCING
GOD’S BEST.
MOST OF US ARE LIVING WAY
BELOW GOD’S STANDARDS.
AND THIS IS ONE REASON
I THINK THAT PEOPLE AVOID
JUST BEING STILL.
ON THE CONTRARY,
I LOVE JUST SPENDING TIME
DOING NOTHING,
BUT JUST SITTING THERE
THINKING AND MEDITATING
AND GOD, WHERE AM I?
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
AM I DOING THINGS THE WAY
THAT YOU WANT ME TO?
IS THERE THINGS THAT
I NEED TO CHANGE?
I LOVE DOING THAT,
BECAUSE GOD SPEAKS TO ME,
AND HE PUTS VISION IN MY HEART.
BUT I THINK MANY PEOPLE
AVOID THAT,
BECAUSE IN THEIR HEART THEY
KNOW THAT THINGS AREN’T RIGHT,
AND SO THEY TRY,
AND NUMB THEMSELF TO IT
AND OCCUPY THEMSELF
WITH OTHER THINGS.
DURING THIS SERIES
I’M GOING TO TRY AND GET YOU
TO CONFRONT THIS,
AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT MOST OF US
ARE SELLING OURSELVES SHORT.
GOD HAS GOOD PLANS FOR YOU.
HE’S GOT PLANS FOR YOU
THAT ARE FAR GREATER THAN
ANYTHING THAT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED
AND LIKE I SAID, AT THE VERY
BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM,
I DON’T BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS A ONE OF US
THAT HAS MAXED OUT
WHAT GOD HAS FOR US.
IF YOU’RE STILL BREATHING,
GOD’S GOT MORE.
I DON’T BELIEVE ANYBODY
HAS TAPPED OUT THE TOTAL ABILITY
AND POTENTIAL,
THAT GOD HAS PLACED
ON THE INSIDE OF THEM.
SOME OF US ARE FURTHER ALONG
THAN OTHERS,
BUT I DON’T THINK THERE’S
A PERSON BREATHING,
WHO HAS JUST MAXED OUT
EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAD
FOR THEM,
AND SO I’M ENCOURAGING YOU.
IF YOU’RE BRAND NEW,
IF THIS IS ALL NEW STUFF
AND YOU’VE NEVER REALLY
STRETCHED OUT,
AND BELIEVED GOD FOR ANYTHING,
OR IF YOU’VE BEEN WALKING
WITH GOD FOREVER,
I’M TELLING YOU GOD HAS MORE,
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO BELIEVE FOR GOD’S BEST
NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT,
YOU ARE CARRYING OTHER
PEOPLE’S MIRACLES.
GOD HAS CREATED EVERY ONE
OF US FOR A PURPOSE.
HE HAS A DESIGN FOR YOUR LIFE
AND IT’S GOING TO BLESS YOU,
AND SATISFY YOU, YES.
BUT, GOD HAS A PLAN
FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU
TO NOT ONLY BE BLESSED,
BUT TO BE A BLESSING,
AND HE’S GOT THINGS
THAT HE WANTS
TO FLOW THROUGH YOU
THAT WILL TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU MAY NOT BE A MINISTER
LIKE ME,
BUT YOU…YOU COULD MINISTER
TO PEOPLE AT YOUR JOB,
IN YOUR FAMILY,
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
IN YOUR WORLD OF INFLUENCE.
GOD WANTS TO BRING YOU
TO A PLACE THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU
PROSPEROUS AND JOYFUL,
AND JUST, I MEAN THRILLED
WITH THE LIFE THAT GOD
IS GIVING YOU.
BUT GOD WANTS TO TAKE
ALL OF THESE THINGS
THAT HE WANTS TO DO FOR YOU,
AND USE YOU AS A TESTIMONY
TO OTHER PEOPLE
TO TOUCH THEM,
AND TO SHOW THEM,
WHAT GOD CAN DO IN THEIR LIFE.
SO, IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT YOU.
OTHER PEOPLE’S MIRACLES
ARE ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
THERE IS OTHER PEOPLE
THAT MAY NEVER WATCH
MY TELEVISION PROGRAM,
THAT MAY NEVER OPEN A BIBLE,
THAT MAY NEVER GO TO CHURCH,
BUT THEY KNOW YOU.
AND GOD WANTS TO BRING YOU
TO HIS FULLNESS IN YOUR LIFE
NOT ONLY TO BLESS YOU,
BUT SO THAT YOU COULD
BE A TESTIMONY, A SIGNPOST,
TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT
WHAT GOD COULD DO FOR THEM.
SO, I’M TELLING YOU
THIS IS IMPERATIVE.
I THINK THAT MOST OF US
ARE LIVING WAY, WAY, WAY BELOW
WHAT GOD WANTS,
AND BECAUSE OF IT,
WE AREN’T EXPERIENCING
GOD’S BEST,
BUT WE ALSO AREN’T BEING
THE TESTIMONY
THAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU.
BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST
LOOK AROUND NOT EVERYBODY
IS EXPERIENCING GOD’S BEST,
AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE OF GOD.
IT’S NOT GOD’S FAULT.
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE,
BUT YOU HAVE TO COOPERATE,
AND ONE OF THE VERY FIRST STEPS,
THIS IS WHAT I’VE SPENT ALL DAY
TODAY TALKING ABOUT IS,
THAT YOU HAVE TO GET
DISSATISFIED WITH LIVING
A SUBSTANDARD LIFE.
AS LONG AS YOU CAN PUT UP
WITH BEING MEDIOCRE
AND BEING AVERAGE, YOU WILL.
BUT WHEN YOU GET A HOLY
DISSATISFACTION,
AND SAY GOD I’VE TAKEN
ALL OF THIS I’M GOING TO TAKE.
I’M SICK AND TIRED
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED.
I’M NOT GOING TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
I’M GOING TO CHANGE.
NOW THAT’S NOT ALL THAT THERE
IS TO IT,
BUT THAT IS A FIRST PLACE.
AS LONG AS YOU CAN TOLERATE
BEING LESS THAN GOD WANTS
YOU TO BE, YOU WILL BE.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO A PLACE
TO WHERE I’M NOT LIVING THIS WAY
I’M GOING TO CHANGE.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I BELIEVE THAT
IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM,
THAT MAN, THAT JUST STARTS
DRAWING ALL KINDS OF GOD
ACTIVITY TOWARDS YOU.
I’M GOING TO SHARE
THIS SCRIPTURE TOMORROW
IN MORE DETAIL,
BUT 2 CHRONICLES 16:9,
THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE RUNNING
TO AND FRO,
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
TO SHEW HIMSELF STRONG
IN BEHALF OF,
GOD IS LOOKING.
THIS PROGRAM IS HEARD
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
DID YOU KNOW THAT TODAY,
WHEREVER YOU ARE,
GOD IS RIGHT THERE LOOKING
AND SAYING, ARE YOU GOING
TO RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE?
ARE YOU GOING TO BE
SICK AND TIRED OF BEING
SICK AND TIRED?
ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING MORE?
AND IF YOU WOULD JUST RESPOND
TO THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY,
I BELIEVE GOD WOULD SHOW UP,
AND MIRACLES WOULD START WORKING
IN YOUR LIFE.
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>> TODAY YOU CAN GET
ANDREW’S TEACHING,
LIVING IN GOD’S BEST,
IN A HARDBACK BOOK
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>> WHEN YOU CONTACT US.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO GET THESE MATERIALS
THAT I’M OFFERING.
I’VE GOT THIS HARD COVER BOOK
ON LIVING IN GOD’S BEST,
WE’VE GOT A STUDY GUIDE,
WHICH IS 475 PAGES,
AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNED SO THAT YOU CAN
DISCIPLE OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS.
WE’VE ALSO GOT THIS BOOK
IN SPANISH,
WE’VE GOT A SERIES
THAT WAS RECORDED LIVE,
AND THEN WE HAVE A CD SET
AND A DVD SET.
BUT I TELL YOU, THIS TEACHING
ON LIVING IN GOD’S BEST
IS ABSOLUTELY LIFE CHANGING
IF YOU WILL LISTEN TO IT
AND THEN HEED IT AND ACT ON IT.
SO PLEASE CHECK IT OUT TODAY.
>> ANDREW’S ENTIRE SERIES,
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BUT IF YOU’RE SIMPLY
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WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY
AND HOPE TO HEAR
>> FROM YOU TODAY.
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>> IF GOD IS WITH US,
>> WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
>> WE ARE NOT ALONE.
>> HE WILL HELP US TO FACE NERO.
>> LET HIM AMONG YOU
WHO IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM
>> THROW THE FIRST STONE.
>> TO ALL PERSONS SUSPECTED
OF FOLLOWING THE RELIGIOUS SECT
KNOWN AS CHRISTIANITY
>> WILL BE THROWN TO THE LIONS.
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>> ANDREW’S BIBLE COLLEGE,
CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE,
HAS OVER 60 EXTENSION SCHOOLS
AROUND THE WORLD.
GO TO CHARISBIBLECOLLEGE.ORG
TODAY,
TO FIND A SCHOOL NEAR YOU.
TRANSFORMING LIVES.
TRAINING LEADERS.
CHANGING THE WORLD.
>> CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE.
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YOU SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS
I’M NOT GOING BY WHAT I SEE.
I GO BY WHAT
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS.
THERE’S MORE THAN
JUST THIS PHYSICAL REALM.
THERE’S ALSO A SPIRITUAL REALM.
I DON’T CARE
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE,
I KNOW WHAT
GOD’S WORD SAYS.
>> I WAS TOLD THAT
I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE
SEVERE ASTHMA
>> AND FOOD ALLERGIES.
>> I WAS BORN MISSING
THE LEFT SIDE OF MY HEART
WITH A VERY SMALL CHANCE
>> OF LIVING.
>> THE DOCTORS INDICATED
THAT I HAD A PERMANENT
BRAIN INJURY
AND THAT I WOULD NEVER FUNCTION
>> IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY AGAIN.
>> I’M TIM MCDERMOTT
AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE TOLD
THAT WE WOULD NEVER RECOVER
FROM AUTISM.
FROM A YOUNG AGE
I HAD SEVERAL DIAGNOSES
INCLUDING ASPERGER’S SYNDROME,
DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME,
AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.
MY BROTHER JAMES WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH AUTISM BEFORE HE TURNED 3.
FOR YEARS IT SEEMED LIKE
WE WOULD NEVER BE NORMAL,
BUT THEN MY PARENTS
STUMBLED ACROSS
THE HEALING JOURNEY
OF HANNAH TERRADEZ.
A FEW WEEKS LATER WE WENT
TO ANDREW’S FREE
GRACE AND FAITH CONFERENCE
WHERE WE WERE HEALED OF AUTISM.
TODAY, 10 YEARS LATER
I’M STILL WALKING IN
MY COMPLETE HEALING
>> AND I’M NOT ALONE.
>> I HAVEN’T NEEDED MY INHALER
IN YEARS AND NOW I EAT
>> WHATEVER I WANT.
>> MY HEART GREW BACK
ITS MISSING PIECE
AND THE DOCTORS COULD NOT
>> EXPLAIN IT.
>> TODAY, I AM COMPLETELY
HEALED, AND I GET TO TEACH
>> GOD’S TRUTH ABOUT HEALING.
>> BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU
PARTNERED WITH ANDREW
WOMMACK MINISTRIES,
WE HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN
OUR LIVES BACK.
WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH
FOR YOUR GENEROSITY,
BUT THERE ARE STILL MILLIONS
OF LIVES OUT THERE
LOOKING FOR THE SAME TRUTH
THAT SET US FREE.
WILL YOU HELP US BRING
>> THIS MESSAGE TO THEM?
>> THE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT
TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES.
PLEASE CONSIDER
>> A PARTNERSHIP.
>> PLEASE PARTNER
WITH THIS MINISTRY.
>> IT’S AMAZING.
>> PLEASE CONSIDER
BEING A PARTNER
>> WITH THIS MINISTRY.
YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW
THESE PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW
EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE
THAT YOU JUST SAW THEM
GIVE A TESTIMONY,
AND I TELL YOU,
JESUS CHANGED THEIR LIFE
BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERS.
IF YOU’VE NOT YET JOINED WITH US
AND BECOME A PARTNER,
I ASK YOU TO PRAY ABOUT IT
AND JOIN WITH US TODAY.
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