Most people agree that praising God is a good thing, but few are inclined to praise God during difficult times. The truth is we need to praise God regardless of what is going on around us. When we shift our focus from our problems to God’s love for us, our troubles will seem so small that we’ll hardly remember to bring them to God!
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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES
ON GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
>> AND GRACE.
>> ANDREW, I’M VERY THANKFUL
TO LEARN FROM YOU,
TO HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU
AND TO CONTINUE TO LEARN
>> FROM YOU.
>> I JUST APPRECIATE
YOUR BOLDNESS IN THE TRUTH.
DON’T STOP IT,
>> AND I DON’T THINK YOU WILL.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR TUESDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I’M CONTINUING TO TEACH
ON THE EFFECTS OF PRAISE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR
THANKSGIVING WEEK
AND I TELL YOU,
I THINK THAT THANKSGIVING
IS THE MOST GODLY HOLIDAY
WE HAVE.
GIVING THANKS IS ONE OF
THE MOST POWERFUL THINGS
THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO.
AND SO I’M GIVING
THIS BOOK AWAY.
I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU
TO GET IT.
IT’S OUR GIFT TO YOU.
WE ALWAYS MAKE OUR PRODUCTS
AVAILABLE FOR JUST A GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT.
WE SAY A SUGGESTED DONATION,
BUT WE’LL GIVE IT TO ANYBODY
WHO ASKS FOR IT.
AND THEN I’VE ALSO GOT
CDs AND DVDs ON THIS.
NOW I’M DOING
A CONDENSED TEACHING.
I’M NOT GOING TO GO
INTO ALL OF THE DETAIL
THAT I DO ON THE CDs
AND THE DVDs,
BUT THIS BOOK AND THE CD
AND DVDs WILL.
AND THEN WE’RE ALSO OFFERING
DAVID AND TIM BARTON INTERVIEW
THAT I DID ON TELEVISION
A FEW YEARS BACK
ABOUT AMERICA BEING
SYSTEMICALLY ANTI-RACIST.
THIS CAME OUT DURING THE TIME
THAT ALL OF THE PROTESTS
WERE HAPPENING ABOUT
GEORGE FLOYD
AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING
THAT AMERICA IS
A SYSTEMICALLY RACIST SOCIETY.
THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE LIE.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
MANY OF YOU THAT MAY THINK
WELL, THAT…THAT’S NOT TRUE
BECAUSE EVERYBODY’S SAYING IT.
WELL, EVERYBODY’S WRONG.
AND I TELL YOU,
DAVID AND TIM BARTON, THEY GO IN
AND SHOW YOU DOCUMENTS
THAT PROVE THAT AMERICA
WAS NOT SYSTEMICALLY RACIST.
WE ARE THE FIRST
GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT PUT IN OUR
FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
THAT ALL MEN WERE
CREATED EQUAL.
AND IT’S OBVIOUS
THAT THE PEOPLE
WHO EVEN WROTE THAT
WEREN’T PERFECT PEOPLE,
BUT THEY WERE SOWING THE SEEDS
FOR IT.
THAT’S WHAT THEY BELIEVED,
THAT’S WHAT THEY WERE
HEADED TOWARDS.
AND ANYWAY I COULD TEACH
ON ALL OF THAT.
YOU NEED TO GET
THOSE MATERIALS.
THIS WEEK I’M TALKING ABOUT
THE EFFECTS OF PRAISE
AND I’M USING THE WORD
PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
NEARLY INTERCHANGEABLE.
I ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THEM,
BUT THEY ARE SO CLOSELY RELATED
THAT I’M USING THEM
INTERCHANGEABLY AS I TALK
ABOUT THIS.
AND SO I GAVE KIND OF
AN INTRODUCTION YESTERDAY
TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR SOCIETY
HAS JUST GOTTEN TO WHERE
WE FOCUS ON ALL OF THE BAD
AND WE MAGNIFY.
YOU KNOW, YOUR MIND
IS LIKE A MAGNIFYING GLASS
OR A SET OF BINOCULARS.
AND WHEN YOU FOCUS
ON SOMETHING,
IT JUST GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER
AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.
AND WE HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED
TO FOCUS ON ALL OF THE EVIL.
I USED THE SCRIPTURE YESTERDAY
OUT OF 2 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 3,
WHERE ONE OF THE SIGNS
OF THE END TIME
IS THAT PEOPLE
WILL BE UNTHANKFUL.
AND I TELL YOU, WE JUST LIVE
IN A TIME THAT PEOPLE
ARE UNTHANKFUL.
THEY…THEY’RE…
THEY’RE GRIPERS.
THEY’RE COMPLAINERS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SITUATION
WHERE WE WERE
HOLDING A MEETING
AND WE HAD A HOTEL
THAT WE WERE USING,
AND WE WERE TAKING
THEIR RESERVATIONS
AND PUTTING PEOPLE
IN CERTAIN ACCOMMODATIONS
ACCORDING TO THEIR WISH.
AND ANYWAY, THERE WAS A GUY
WHO CALLED, AND HE HAPPENED
TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE.
I KNEW THIS GUY.
HE WAS A MINISTER.
AND HE CALLED IN
AND MY SECRETARY
HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG.
I FORGET THE DETAILS,
BUT IT WASN’T EXACTLY
THE WAY HE WANTED.
AND HE REAMED HER OUT.
AND HE HAD HER CRYING.
I WALKED BY
AND HERE WAS THIS SECRETARY
CRYING BECAUSE THE GUY
HAD BEEN ON THE PHONE
CRITICIZING HER OVER THE WAY
SHE HANDLED HIS DEAL.
AND ANYWAY, WHEN SHE TOLD ME
WHO IT WAS, I KNEW WHO HE WAS.
SO I CALLED HIM
AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HE SAYS, WELL I WASN’T
DOING ANYTHING.
HE SAYS SHE JUST
GOT SOMETHING WRONG
AND SO I WAS TAKING CARE OF IT.
AND I SAID,
SHE’S SITTING HERE CRYING.
HE SAYS, WELL I MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A LITTLE HARD, BUT YOU KNOW,
IT’S THE SQUEAKY WHEEL
THAT GETS THE OIL
AND…AND I JUST TOLD HIM,
I SAID, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
TREATING ANY OF MY EMPLOYEES
THAT WAY.
AND I TOLD HIM
THAT HE WASN’T
WELCOME TO COME.
AND SOME PEOPLE THINK
THAT’S HARSH BUT SEE,
THEY…HE WAS JUST THINKING
THAT THIS IS THE WAY
YOU DO BUSINESS.
THAT YOU GO IN
AND YOU DEMAND THIS.
I’VE BEEN WITH PASTORS BEFORE
THAT CALLED THE MANAGER OUT
BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T LIKE THE WAY
THEIR FOOD WAS COOKED.
AND I MEAN THEY CALLED HIM OUT
THREE AND FOUR TIMES.
NOW I THINK THAT THERE’S A TIME
AND A PLACE.
LIKE ONE TIME I HAD
A CIGARETTE BUTT
IN MY ENCHILADAS.
AND I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THAT THE MANAGER
WOULD WANT TO KNOW.
I’M NOT SAYING
THAT YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING.
BUT I DIDN’T SIT THERE
AND DEMAND THAT THEY DO
ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR ME.
BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
THAT THEY JUST TREAT PEOPLE
LIKE TRASH, AND THEY DON’T
MEAN ANYTHING BY IT.
THAT’S THEIR CULTURE.
WELL YOUR CULTURE IS WRONG.
YOU OUGHT TO BE KIND
AND YOU OUGHT TO BE THANKFUL
TO PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW JAMIE AND I FLEW
OVER TO ENGLAND MANY,
MANY YEARS.
AND WE WOULD TAKE A FLIGHT
FROM WASHINGTON DULLES
TO LONDON, ENGLAND.
AND IT WAS A LATE NIGHT FLIGHT
THAT USUALLY LEFT LIKE AT 8:30
AND YOU WOULDS…
YOU WOULD SLEEP OVERNIGHT
AND YOU GET THERE
IT WAS MIDDAY IN ENGLAND
AND STUFF.
SO ANYWAY WE WOULD DO THIS,
AND THE FLIGHTS
WERE CANCELLED SO OFTEN
THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT TO WHERE
WE WOULD BOOK A DAY IN ADVANCE
BECAUSE THEY WOULD
CANCEL A FLIGHT SO MANY TIMES.
AND IT WASN’T
BECAUSE THERE WAS MECHANICAL
DIFFERENCES…DIFFICULTIES.
IT WAS THEIR FLIGHT WASN’T FULL
AND SO RATHER THAN
WASTE THE MONEY,
THEY WOULD JUST
CANCEL THE FLIGHT,
MAKE YOU HAVE
ALL THE INCONVENIENCE AND STUFF,
AND IT WAS A PAIN.
SO ANYWAY, I WAS ON
ONE OF THOSE FLIGHTS.
THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELED.
WE HAD TO STAND IN LINE
FOR TWO HOURS AND IT WAS LIKE
10 O’CLOCK AT NIGHT.
AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN YELLING
AT THESE PEOPLE
REBOOKING THEIR FLIGHTS
AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS BAD.
IT WAS A BAD SITUATION.
I DIDN’T LIKE IT EITHER.
BUT WHEN I GOT UP
TO THE COUNTER
AND…AND THE LADY WAS READY
TO REBOOK OUR FLIGHT
AND DEAL WITH THINGS.
I JUST STARTED BY SAYING LOOK,
I DON’T LIKE THIS
ANY MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE,
BUT I SAID, YOU AREN’T THE ONE
WHO CANCELED THE FLIGHT.
AND I SAID I JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR BEING NICE
TO PEOPLE AND PUTTING UP
WITH PEOPLE SCREAMING
AND YELLING AT YOU
AND SAYING THINGS.
I SAID, YOU AREN’T THE ONE
WHO DID IT,
AND I SAID THANK YOU.
THAT WOMAN GOT
TEARS IN HER EYES
SHE NEARLY REACHED
ACROSS THE COUNTER
AND HUGGED ME.
I MEAN IT TOUCHED HER SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID?
SHE PUT US UP
IN A HOTEL IN A SUITE,
GAVE US A MEAL VOUCHER
AND UPGRADED US TO FIRST CLASS
ON THE NEXT FLIGHT THE NEXT DAY
JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY
WAS THANKFUL.
SOMEBODY WAS KIND TO HER.
I HAD A SIMILAR THING HAPPEN
ON A DELTA FLIGHT
WHICH I WAS FLYING
OUT OF ATLANTA.
AND THEY WEREN’T USED TO
DE-ICING PLANES THERE,
SO THEY DIDN’T HAVE
A LOT OF EQUIPMENT
AND IT WAS COLD AND THEY HAD TO
DE-ICE THE PLANES.
AND WE SAT ON THAT PLANE
FOR TWO HOURS
WAITING TO GET DE-ICED
AND THEY COULDN’T
RUN THE AIR CONDITIONER.
IT WAS ACTUALLY HOT ON THE PLANE
WHILE IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE.
PEOPLE WERE MAD.
PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING.
THEY WERE TELLING THEM
TO SIT DOWN.
AND I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER
SAYING ANYTHING.
I DON’T REMEMBER
DOING ANYTHING.
BUT WHEN I GOT HOME,
I GOT A SPECIAL LETTER
FROM DELTA SAYING
THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY
YOU ACTED WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE
WAS ACTING SO BAD,
THEY GAVE ME A, I DON’T KNOW,
A $500 VOUCHER FOR TRAVEL
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE POINT IS THAT JUST BEING
KIND TO PEOPLE
AND BEING THANKFUL
AND TELLING PEOPLE THANK YOU
IS RARE TODAY.
THAT’S ONE OF THE SIGNS
OF THE END TIME
IS THAT PEOPLE
WILL BE UNTHANKFUL.
AND I TELL YOU,
IF YOU ARE UNTHANKFUL,
IT AFFECTS YOU
MORE THAN YOU REALIZE.
THANKSGIVING, FOR
YOU TO JUST DO
WHAT IT SAYS
OVER IN PHILIPPIANS,
WHERE WITH THANKSGIVING
LET YOUR REQUESTS
BE MADE KNOWN
UNTO GOD.
IF YOU JUST MAKE THIS SOMETHING
THAT I GUARANTEE THAT GOD,
WHATEVER MY NEED IS,
I’M GOING TO COME IN
AND START OFF BY SAYING
OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
I’M GOING TO PRAISE YOU FIRST.
THEN I’LL SLIP IN,
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
OR HEAL ME OR WHATEVER IT IS
THAT YOU NEED.
AND THEN I’M GOING TO END IT
WITH FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,
THE POWER,
AND THE GLORY FOREVER.
YOU ARE GOING TO START AND END
WITH PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING.
AND IF YOU MADE THAT DECISION
THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
LET YOUR REQUESTS
BE MADE KNOWN
WITH THANKSGIVING,
IT WOULD CHANGE YOUR FOCUS.
INSTEAD OF COMING IN
AND JUST SAYING, OH GOD,
LOOK AT THE REPORT
THAT THE DOCTOR GAVE ME
AND THEN YOU SIT THERE
AND SPEAK OUT ALL OF THE BAD.
IF YOU CAME IN
AND STARTED BY SAYING,
OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN,
YOU ARE GREATER
THAN THIS REPORT.
BY YOUR STRIPES
I’VE ALREADY BEEN HEALED.
I THANK YOU THAT ALL THINGS
ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM
THAT BELIEVES.
AND IF YOU SPENT TIME
GLORIFYING THE LORD
AND PRAISING GOD,
THEN COME TO YOUR NEED
AND SAY, OH YEAH,
THEY SAID I’M GOING TO DIE
BUT FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,
THE POWER,
AND THE GLORY FOREVER.
I’M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER
IN HEAVEN, SO IF I GET HEALED,
PRAISE GOD I’LL RUB
THE DEVIL’S NOSE IN IT.
AND IF I DIE,
I’M GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN
WHERE THERE WILL BE
NO MORE SICKNESS.
SEE IF YOU HAD THAT KIND
OF AN ATTITUDE,
THAT’S A THANKSGIVING ATTITUDE,
I GUARANTEE YOU,
IT WOULD JUST SHRINK
THOSE PROBLEMS
DOWN TO NOTHING.
BUT MOST OF US,
WE DON’T ENTER HIS GATES
WITH THANKSGIVING AND HIS…
ENTER INTO HIS COURTS
WITH PRAISE.
WE DON’T LET OUR REQUESTS
BE MADE KNOWN
WITH THANKSGIVING.
WE JUST COME AND THROW UP
ALL OF OUR UNBELIEF AND HURT
ON THE LORD.
NOW THERE’S A PLACE
FOR TELLING THE LORD
HOW YOU FEEL.
I’M NOT SAYING
THAT YOU DISGUISE YOUR FEELINGS,
BUT YOU ALWAYS PUT PRAISE
AND THANKSGIVING
BEFORE AND AFTER ANY REQUEST
YOU HAD TO GOD.
IF YOU WOULD DO THAT,
IT WOULD TRANSFORM YOUR FOCUS.
IT’S JUST LIKE WHEN I USED TO
HAVE AN OLD CAMERA
THAT HAD A 35MM LENS ON IT
AND YOU WOULD ACTUALLY FOCUS
THROUGH THE LENS.
I REMEMBER GOING TO THE ZOO
AND YOU COULD LOOK AT,
YOU KNOW, THE ANIMALS.
AND YOU COULD FOCUS
ON THE ANIMAL
AND THAT CHAIN LINK FENCE
WOULD JUST TOTALLY DISAPPEAR.
OR YOU COULD
FOCUS ON THE FENCE
AND THE ANIMAL WOULD DISAPPEAR.
WHATEVER YOUR FOCUS IS ON
IS WHAT’S GOING TO BE
DOMINATING YOU.
AND SAD TO SAY, MOST OF US
FOCUS ON ALL OF THE NEGATIVES
IN OUR LIFE.
BEING A PERSON OF THANKSGIVING
AND PRAISE WILL MAKE YOU FOCUS
ON THE GOOD.
IF YOU JUST MADE A DECISION
JUST LIKE IT SAYS IN PSALMS 100,
I AM GOING TO ENTER HIS GATES
WITH THANKSGIVING
AND INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE.
I’M GOING TO BE THANKFUL
UNTO HIM AND BLESS HIS NAME.
FOR THE LORD IS GOOD.
THAT’S THE COMMAND
THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU JUST SAID,
I WILL DO THAT,
I DON’T CARE HOW BAD
MY SITUATION IS,
I’M GOING TO START WITH PRAISE
AND THANKSGIVING.
AND IF YOU MADE THAT DECISION,
IT WOULD MAKE YOU FOCUS
BEYOND YOUR PROBLEM
AND LOOK AT GOD.
IT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY
THAT YOU VIEW THINGS.
AND I TELL YOU,
THE WAY YOU VIEW THINGS,
WHAT YOU’RE FOCUSED ON
DETERMINES WHAT’S GOING TO
DOMINATE YOU.
AS A MAN THINKS IN HIS HEART,
SO IS HE.
IF YOU JUST FOCUS
ON THE PROBLEM
AND MAGNIFY IT, THE PROBLEM
IS GOING TO DOMINATE YOU.
BUT IF YOU FOCUS ON GOD
AND HIS PROMISES,
WELL THEN THEY WILL
DOMINATE YOU.
AND PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
WILL MAKE YOU FOCUS UPON GOD.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF
THE FOUNDATION THINGS
OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I JUST, I CONSTANTLY
AM PRAISING GOD.
YOU KNOW I…I GO OUT OF MY WAY
TO LOOK AT A SUNRISE
OR A SUNSET AND JUST THANK GOD
FOR CREATING THAT.
I LOOK AT THE TREES AND STUFF
AND I THANK GOD.
I LOOK AT THE LITTLE BIRDS
AND ANIMALS.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK
THAT’S TRITE AND INSIGNIFICANT,
BUT I AM JUST CONSTANTLY
FINDING SOMETHING TO THANK GOD
AND PRAISE GOD FOR.
THANK GOD THINGS ARE AS GOOD
AS THEY ARE.
THEY COULD BE WORSE.
YOU KNOW WE ARE FACING A CRISIS
IN OUR NATION RIGHT NOW.
I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT WE ARE AS
MUCH AT WAR TODAY
AS WE’VE EVER BEEN
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
DURING THE CIVIL WAR,
DURING WORLD WAR II.
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE SOUL
OF THIS NATION.
AND MOST OF THE CONSERVATIVES
ARE JUST CONSTANTLY
FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION
ON ALL OF THE BAD STUFF,
TELLING US EVERY WOKE
WEIRD THING THAT IS HAPPENING.
AND THERE TO A DEGREE
YOU NEED TO BE AWARE
OF WHAT’S GOING ON.
BUT I TELL YOU, WE OUGHT TO
ALWAYS BE PUTTING THINGS
IN ITS PROPER PERSPECTIVE.
AND YES, THERE’S BAD THINGS
HAPPENING, BUT WE NEED TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT
OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.
AND YET, MOST PEOPLE,
EVEN MOST MINISTERS
WILL SIT THERE AND START WITH
HOW BAD EVERYTHING IS.
THEY’LL GIVE ALL OF
THE STATISTICS,
PAINT THIS DESPERATE PICTURE,
AND TRY AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE
TO DO THE RIGHT THING,
TO GET OUT AND
VOTE OR SOMETHING
BY HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS.
WELL YES, THOSE THINGS
NEED TO BE HIGHLIGHTED
BUT THEY DON’T NEED
TO BE THE FOCUS.
WE NEED TO
CONSTANTLY PUT THINGS
IN ITS PROPER PERSPECTIVE.
AND I TELL YOU,
I HAVE GONE BACK OFTEN.
AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR,
DID YOU KNOW,
THINGS WERE ACTUALLY WORSE,
MORE BLEAK THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
WE TALK ABOUT THUS…
THE SUPREME COURT
AND HOW THAT IT’S BEEN
TAKEN OVER
AND PEOPLE ARE WANTING
TO PACK THE SUPREME COURT
AND DO THINGS.
DID YOU KNOW,
IN THE 1850s THEY HAD
THE DRED SCOTT DECISION,
WHICH THE SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE
ACTUALLY WROTE
THAT BLACK PEOPLE
WERE NOT TRUE PEOPLE.
THEY WEREN’T HUMANS.
THAT THEY COULD BE SUBJECTED
TO SLAVERY FOR
THEIR OWN BENEFIT
BECAUSE THEY WERE SUBHUMAN
AND STUFF.
THAT WAS A SUPREME COURT THING.
THAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
AND PRAISE GOD, THINGS ARE BAD,
BUT THEY AREN’T THAT BAD YET.
WE HAVEN’T FOUGHT A WAR.
DID YOU KNOW, IN THE CIVIL WAR
THAT THERE WAS OVER
635,000 AMERICANS DIED.
AND PROPORTIONAL
TO THE POPULATION OF THAT TIME,
IT WAS A HUGE PERCENTAGE
OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION.
AND EVEN JUST LOOKING
AT THOSE NUMBERS,
DID YOU KNOW THAT ADDING UP
WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II,
AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR,
THE WAR OF 1812,
THE VIETNAM WAR,
THE KOREAN WAR,
YOU KNOW THE WAR
IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
ALL OF THESE.
ALL OF THE WARS
THAT AMERICA
HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN
ALL PUT TOGETHER
HAS NOT EQUALED
THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN LIVES
THAT DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT
AS A PROPORTION
TO THE POPULATION, MAN,
IT IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
THEY WOULD HAVE
UP TO 25, 30,000 PEOPLE KILLED.
ULYSSES S. GRANT SAID,
THAT YOU COULD NOT WALK
ACROSS THE BETTLE…BATTLEFIELD
AND STEP ON GRASS.
THERE WERE BODIES
JUST PACKED TOGETHER,
YOU HAD TO WALK ON PEOPLE
TO EVEN CROSS THE BATTLEFIELD.
TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE DIED.
WE’VE NEVER SEEN THINGS
LIKE THAT.
SO AS BAD AS THINGS ARE,
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT’S BEEN WORSE.
AND YET GOD BROUGHT US
THROUGH THAT.
AND IF YOU WERE TO JUST
LOOK BACK AND FF…
TRY AND FIND SOMETHING POSITIVE
TO COMPARE THINGS TO,
MAN, THE KLU KLUX KLAN,
WE STILL HAVE BAD THINGS
HAPPENING TODAY.
AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
HOW BAD IT IS, BUT MAN,
IT WAS WORSE RIGHT AFTER
THE CIVIL WAR.
AND THE RISE
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
THEY’RE THE ONES THAT STARTED
THE KLU KLUX KLAN.
THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE CONFEDERACY
IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT,
AND HE WAS A MAJOR DEMOCRAT
AND THE DEMOCRATS PROMOTED IT.
AND THERE WAS OVER 4,000 PEOPLE
HUNG DURING THAT TIME.
DID YOU KNOW WHAT,
IT’S NOT THAT BAD RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE
HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THE GEORGE FLOYD THINGS
THAT HAPPENED.
AND I’M NOT SAYING
THAT ANY OF THAT STUFF IS GOOD,
BUT AGAIN, YOU GOT TO
PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE
AND RECOGNIZE
WE’VE COME A LONG WAYS.
BUT THERE’S PEOPLE
TRYING TO SAY, OH NO,
EVERYTHING IS WORSE
THAN IT EVER WAS.
IT’S NOT.
IT’S MUCH, MUCH BETTER
THAN IT EVER WAS.
WE’VE ACTUALLY HAD A BLACK MAN
ELECTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
I TELL YOU, AND THEN YET
THERE’S PEOPLE THAT JUST
WANT TO IGNORE
ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ANYWAY, I COULD GET OFF
AND TALK ABOUT NOTHING
BUT OUR SOCIETY.
BUT THE POINT I’M MAKING IS
REGARDLESS OF WHAT’S GOING ON
IN YOUR LIVES,
I DON’T CARE IF YOU’VE GOT
A DEATH SENTENCE,
I DON’T CARE
IF YOU’VE GONE THROUGH
A DIVORCE, I DON’T CARE
IF YOUR FINANCES
HAVE COLLAPSED,
IT DOESN’T MATTER
WHAT’S GOING ON.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
A POOR PERSON
IN THE UNITED STATES
IS BETTER THAN A WEALTHY PERSON
IN MANY COUNTRIES.
AND PEOPLE SIT THERE
AND TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW,
YOU’RE IN THE POVERTY LEVEL
BECAUSE YOU MAKE ONLY $20,000
A YEAR.
MOST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE YOUR POVERTY.
MATTER OF FACT, MANY OF YOU
WHO ARE IN POVERTY RIGHT NOW
ARE WATCHING ME ON TELEVISION.
MOST PEOPLE IN POVERTY
IN THIS WORLD
DON’T HAVE A TELEVISION SET.
AGAIN, AM I SAYING THAT…
THAT EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE
IS PERFECT?
NO.
BUT I’M SAYING
THAT THERE’S GOOD THINGS
AND IF YOU WOULD JUST
BECOME A PERSON WHO
JUST LIKE THE SCRIPTURES SAYS
YOU ENTER INTO HIS GATES
WITH THANKSGIVING,
AND INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE.
AND IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING
TO PRAISE GOD ABOUT,
EVERY TIME YOU’RE GOING TO
SLIP IN YOUR GRIPE
AND YOUR COMPLAINT,
IT WOULD…IT WOULD
SHRINK DOWN YOUR PROBLEMS
TO A MANAGEABLE SIZE.
YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED
THAT YOUR MIND IS LIKE
LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS.
WE LOOK THROUGH THE SMALL END
AND OUT THE BIG END
AND THAT MAGNIFIES THINGS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR MIND
CAN EITHER MAGNIFY THINGS
OR IT CAN SHRINK THINGS.
IT’S LIKE TURNING
THE BINOCULARS AROUND
AND LOOKING
THROUGH THE BIG END
AND OUT THE LITTLE END.
AND YOU COULD DO THAT,
AND YOU COULD
LOOK AT A MOUNTAIN
AND JUST SHRINK A MOUNTAIN DOWN
TO WHERE IT’S NOTHING.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY
GET THROUGH THANKSGIVING,
GET TO WHERE INSTEAD OF
MAGNIFYING ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE WRONG IN YOUR LIFE,
YOU START MAGNIFYING THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOOD IN YOUR LIFE.
AND IT’S LIKE TURNING
THOSE BINOCULARS AROUND
AND IT’LL JUST
SHRINK YOUR PROBLEMS DOWN
TO WHERE, OH, YEAH,
CANCER IS NO BIG DEAL.
MAN, I KNOW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN
HEALED OF CANCER.
AND IF I THINK ABOUT THAT
AND TALK ABOUT HOW GOD
IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS,
ROMANS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 11,
WELL THEN PRAISE GOD,
IF GOD DID IT FOR THEM
HE’S GOING TO DO IT FOR ME.
WHO CARES WHAT
THE DOCTOR SAYS.
WHO CARES WHAT, YOU KNOW,
THE TEXTBOOKS SAY
ABOUT THIS KIND OF CANCER
BEING INCURABLE.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
TO HIM THAT BELIEVES.
AND YOU CAN JUST,
YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING,
I DON’T CARE WHAT’S HAPPENING
IN YOUR LIFE,
INTO ITS PROPER PERSPECTIVE
AND IT’LL JUST MAKE
YOUR FAITH ABOUND.
YOU KNOW A SCRIPTURE
THAT I USED YESTERDAY
ON OUR PROGRAM, IT SAYS
IN COLOSSIANS, CHAPTER 2,
VERSE 6, AS YOU HAVE THEREFORE
RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS THE LORD,
SO WALK YE IN HIM.
AND VERSE 7, SAYS,
ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN HIM,
AND ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH,
AS YE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT,
ABOUNDING THEREIN
WITH THANKSGIVING.
I BELIEVE THAT THE THEREIN
IS TALKING ABOUT
YOU ABOUND IN FAITH
WITH THANKSGIVING.
IF YOU AREN’T THANKING GOD
BEFORE YOU SEE THE END RESULT,
BEFORE YOU SEE
THE HEALING COME,
BEFORE YOU SEE
THE FINANCES COME,
BEFORE YOU SEE
THE MARRIAGE HEALED,
BEFORE YOU SEE YOUR CHILDREN
COME BACK,
BEF…IF YOU AREN’T PRAISING GOD
AND THANKING HIM
BEFORE YOU SEE
THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION
OF WHAT YOU’VE PRAYED FOR,
THEN YOU HAVE NOT
ABOUNDED IN FAITH.
YOU CANNOT THINK ABOUT
YOUR FAITH BEING COMPLETE
WITHOUT THERE BEING
SOME RESPONSE OF THANKSGIVING
AND PRAISE.
SO IF THERE ISN’T THANKSGIVING
AND PRAISE AS YOU ARE WALKING
THROUGH THE SITUATION,
THEN THAT MEANS
THAT YOU AREN’T ABOUNDING
IN FAITH AND THAT’S ONE REASON
THAT YOU HAVEN’T SEEN
THE RESULTS YET.
I’M GOING TO GO ON
AND TALK ABOUT HOW PRAISE
AFFECTS THE DEVIL
BUT I’LL JUST GIVE YOU
A LITTLE TEASE
THAT PRAISE IS SOMETHING
THE DEVIL CAN’T STAND.
WHEN YOU START PRAISING GOD
AND GIVING THANKSGIVING
INSTEAD OF GRIPING
AND COMPLAINING,
IT JUST DRIVES THE DEVIL AWAY.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS TWO
OR THREE TIMES
THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID
WE ARE A SWEET SAVOR
UNTO THE LORD.
AND IT COULD BE
TOTALLY SYMBOLICAL
THAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT.
I DON’T KNOW FOR SURE,
BUT IN MY HEART, I PICTURE
THAT WHEN YOU ARE
WORSHIPPING GOD,
YOU PUT OFF THIS SWEET SAVOR,
THIS SWEET SMELL
THAT THE LORD INHABITS.
AND LIKEWISE, WHEN YOU’RE
GRIPING AND COMPLAINING,
YOU PUT OFF A BAD SMELL
IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM.
I DON’T KNOW IF THERE IS
SUCH THING AS SMELL
IN THE SMEAR…SPIRITUAL REALM.
BUT IF THERE IS,
IT’S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW,
POOP, DOG POOP OR SOMETHING.
I’VE HEARD THAT MAN,
FLIES CAN SMELL THAT STUFF
FROM MILES AWAY.
THEY HAVE SUCH A SENSE OF SMELL,
AND THEY ARE DRAWN
TO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND I GUARANTEE YOU
WHEN YOU GO TO GRIPING
AND COMPLAINING,
ALL OF THE DEMONS
WITHIN A MILE RADIUS
WILL BE DRAWN TO YOUR GRIPING
AND COMPLAINING.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE THANK…
THANKING GOD,
IT’S PUTTING OFF THIS SAVOR
THAT GOD INHABITS
THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE,
IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 22.
MAN, HE JUST LOVES PRAISE.
AND IT DRAWS BLESSING.
WHEREAS GRIPING
AND COMPLAINING
GROK…DRAWS PROBLEMS.
MAN, THAT’S…THAT’S AMAZING.
TO ME THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
I BELIEVE IT’S A BIG DEAL
TO GOD.
I’M GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THAT,
ABOUT HOW PRAISE AFFECTS YOU,
HOW IT AFFECTS THE DEVIL,
AND HOW IT AFFECTS GOD.
MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW
HOW PRAISE AFFECTS GOD,
BUT GOD INHABITS THE PRAISES
OF HIS PEOPLE.
GOD IS LOOKING,
LONGING FOR JUST A THANK YOU.
AND PEOPLE, THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE WATCHING THIS THINK,
I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING
TO PRAISE GOD FOR.
MAN, YOU IF NOTHING ELSE
YOU OUGHT TO PRAISE GOD
THAT I’M NOT GOD.
AMEN.
BECAUSE WITH THAT ATTITUDE,
MAN IF YOU SAY YOU HAVE NOTHING
TO PRAISE GOD FOR,
IF I WAS GOD I WOULD JUST
DROPKICK YOU OFF THE EARTH
OUT INTO SPACE.
I WOULD TURN YOU INTO A PILE
OF ASHES.
YOU UNGRATEFUL THING.
YOU GOT BREATH.
THE BIBLE SAYS
EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH
SHOULD BE PRAISING THE LORD.
YOU’VE GOT LIFE.
AND SOME OF YOU THINK,
WELL MY LIFE IS MISERABLE.
WELL, THAT…YOU’RE THE ONE
WHO CHOOSES THOSE KIND
OF THINGS.
YOU COULD CHOOSE TO
SUBMIT YOURSELF TO GOD
AND GOD COULD BLESS YOU.
BUT MAN, YOU…YOU’VE GOT LIFE.
YOU OUGHT TO BE THANKING GOD
FOR THE BREATH
THAT’S IN YOUR LUNGS.
YOU KNOW I REMEMBER
SENDING MY OLDEST SON
OVER TO THE SOVIET UNION.
THIS IS BACK BEFORE
IT FELL APART WHILE…
WHILE THE SOVIET UNION U.S.S.R
WAS STILL IN PLACE.
AND WHEN HE GOT BACK
FROM A TRIP TO THE SOVIET UNION,
HE GOT OFF THE PLANE
AND KISSED THE GROUND.
SOMETIMES WE DON’T UNDERSTAND
HOW BLESSED WE ARE.
I’VE…I’VE BEEN TO MEXICO
AND SEEN PEOPLE
THAT WERE BORN,
LIVED, AND DIED ON A DUMP.
A HUGE DUMP COVERING,
I MEAN JUST A VAST AREA.
AND THEY LIVE IN A CARDBOARD BOX
AND EAT THE FOOD
THAT IS DUMPED THERE IN TRASH.
AND THEY LIVE THERE.
THEY NEVER GET OFF OF IT.
THEY LIVE THERE.
AND YOU THINK YOU
GOT PROBLEMS.
YOU OUGHT TO BE PRAISING GOD.
THAT THINK…YOU’RE WATCHING ME
ON TELEVISION.
YOU’RE BOUND TO
BE FARTHER AHEAD
THAN THOSE PEOPLE ON THE DUMP.
YOU SHOULD BE PRAISING GOD.
I DON’T CARE HOW BAD
YOUR SITUATION IS,
YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT
TO GRIPE AND COMPLAIN.
YOU MAY HAVE REASONS,
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE A RIGHT.
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU BREATH.
GOD IS FOR YOU.
GOD WANTS YOU TO PROSPER.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
YOU OUGHT TO BE PRAISING GOD
EVEN IF YOU CAN’T SEE IT
AT THIS MOMENT,
JUST THE FACT THAT HE WANTS TO
PROSPER YOU.
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Very good sermon. It’s as if the Lord is reminding me to walk in Thanksgiving and Praise. I really have to go back to Thanksgiving and praise the Lord. It is a reality. I have been praising and thanking the Lord since a young Christian but because of many burdens and problems just left off. But the Lord continue to remind me to give thanks and offer praise. Yes, Thanksgiving and praises will honour and glorify our God. Amen