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.

AGAIN, I’M GIVING AWAY THIS BOOK

ON THE EFFECTS OF PRAISE.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET IT.

AND THEN I HAVE CDs AND DVDs

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FROM OUR TELEVISION PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE’RE ALSO OFFERING

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