What you imagine may be more important than you realize. Ultimately, what you imagine determines what you believe, and how you believe determines how you receive. Having a positive imagination is what the Bible calls hope! And hope is what faith is based upon.

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>> WELCOME TO

THE WEEKEND EDITION

OF GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY

THAT FOR OVER 50 YEARS

HAS BEEN CHANGING LIVES

THROUGH GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL

>> LOVE AND GRACE.

THE WORD OF GOD SPARKED

HIS IMAGINATION.

THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

FANTASY AND IMAGINATION.

IMAGINATION, GODLY IMAGINATION,

IS BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD.

YOU LET THE WORD

PAINT A PICTURE.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

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WELL, WHAT I’M GOING TO

START SHARING ON, I’VE GOT

A BRAND-NEW TEACHING

ON THE POWER OF IMAGINATION.

AND I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT

THE POWER OF IMAGINATION

TO AFFECT YOUR HEALING.

AND MANY PEOPLE DON’T

UNDERSTAND THIS.

DANIEL AND CARLIE HAVE DANCED

ALL AROUND THIS.

AND TALKED ABOUT IT ALL THIS

MORNING SO, THEY GAVE YOU

THE TEASE.

I’M GOING TO START TEACHING

ON THIS.

AND I’M GOING TO TEACH TONIGHT

ALSO, AND WE WILL BE EXPLAINING

IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

LET ME START WITH A STORY

THAT MANY OF YOU IF YOU’VE

HEARD ME TEACH ON THIS,

YOU MIGHT HAVE
HEARD THIS BEFORE

BUT IT’S JUST REALLY CLASSIC

AND IT MAKES THE POINT

AND THEN I’M GOING TO EXPLAIN

WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT I WAS LISTENING TO A TAPE

ONE TIME AND THERE WAS A WOMAN

WHO WAS LEGALLY BLIND,

HAD REALLY THICK GLASSES

AND SHE HAD BEEN PRAYED

FOR MANY, MANY TIMES.

AND EXACTLY WHAT DANIEL

AND CARLIE WERE TALKING ABOUT

THIS MORNING ABOUT GETTING

SICKNESS IN YOUR BODY IS

ONE THING BUT WHEN IT GETS

ON THE INSIDE OF YOU

IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR MIND,

THAT’S WHEN IT’S HARD

TO GET PEOPLE HEALED.

AND THIS WOMAN HAD BEEN SICK

FOR SO LONG, HAD HAD POOR

EYESIGHT FOR SO LONG THAT

THAT’S THE WAY SHE SAW HERSELF.

AND SHE JUST COULDN’T STAND

TO BE DISAPPOINTED

ONE MORE TIME.

SO, THEY HAD A HEALING MINISTER

COMING TO HER CHURCH,

BUT SHE DIDN’T WANT TO RECEIVE

PRAYER BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T WANT

TO BE DISAPPOINTED AGAIN.

AND SO, SHE AVOIDED

THIS HEALING MINISTER,

AND ANYWAY, HE JUST FINALLY

TRAPPED HER ON THE LAST NIGHT

OF THE MEETING AND HE SAYS,

I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU.

SO SHE SAID, OKAY.

AND HE MADE HER

TAKE HER GLASSES OFF,

AND THEN HE PRAYED FOR HER.

AND HE SAYS NOW, CAN YOU SEE?

SO SHE STARTED TO OPEN HER EYES

AND HE SAYS, SHUT YOUR EYES!

AND SO SHE SHUT HER EYES

THINKING WELL, HOW CAN I TELL

IF I CAN SEE IF I CAN’T

OPEN MY EYES?

AND SO HE SAYS A SECOND TIME,

NOW, CAN YOU SEE?

AND SO SHE STARTED TO OPEN

HER EYES, AND HE SAID,

SHUT YOUR EYES.

AND SHE SHUT HER
EYES, CONFUSED.

AND FINALLY, HE SAID

THE THIRD TIME, NOW,

CAN YOU SEE, SO SHE STARTED

TO OPEN HER EYES, AND HE SAID,

I DIDN’T TELL YOU TO

OPEN YOUR EYES.

YOU HAVE TO SEE YOURSELF

SEEING ON THE INSIDE BEFORE

YOU SEE YOURSELF SEEING

WITH YOUR EYES.

AND SO, SHE FINALLY UNDERSTOOD

WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT

AND SHE JUST KEPT HER EYES

CLOSED AND PRAYED IN TONGUES

FOR A WHILE.

AND AFTER A WHILE SHE SAYS,

I CAN SEE IT.

I CAN SEE MYSELF SEEING.

AND HE SAYS, NOW
OPEN YOUR EYES.

AND HE…SHE OPENED HER EYES

AND SHE COULD SEE PERFECTLY.

MAN, THAT WAS AWESOME.

AND I TELL YOU, THIS…

DANIEL AND CARLIE HAVE

ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS,

BUT I’M GOING TO GO INTO

SOME MORE DETAIL ON IT.

BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG

PROBLEMS OF PEOPLE RECEIVING

HEALING IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE

AN IMAGE ON THE INSIDE.

THEY SEE THEMSELF SICK.

THEY THINK SICK.

THEY TALK SICK.

THEY DREAM SICK.

AND THEN THEY WONDER WHY

THEY AREN’T SEEING THE HEALING.

PROVERBS 23:7 SAYS,

AS HE THINKS IN HIS HEART,

SO IS HE.

YOU HAVE A SELF-FULFILLING

PROPHECY ON THE INSIDE.

YOU SEE YOURSELF A CERTAIN WAY,

AND THIS ISN’T LIMITED

TO HEALING.

THIS IS…THIS IS…APPLIES

TO EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.

IT’S LIKE YOUR IMAGINATION IS

A GOVERNOR THAT JUST STOPS YOU.

ONCE YOU BEGIN TO START GOING

BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE YOURSELF

DOING, IT JUST STOPS YOU

DEAD IN YOUR TRACKS.

YOU CAN’T GO BEYOND IT.

AS YOU THINK IN YOUR HEART,

THAT’S THE WAY THAT YOU ARE.

AND THE SAD FACT IS MANY OF US

SEE OURSELVES SICK.

WE SEE OURSELF INFIRM.

YOU SEE YOURSELF GETTING OLDER

AND YOU’RE THINKING, WHAT IS…

MAN, IT’S ALREADY A PROBLEM

NOW, WHAT’S THIS GOING TO BE

LIKE AS I GET OLDER?

AND YOU SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS

AND THAT BECOMES

A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.

SO, I WANT TO START OVER IN

PSALMS 103, AND IN VERSE 14.

AND I’M GOING TO SHARE SOME

THINGS WITH YOU ON IMAGINATION.

AND THERE’S A LOT OF NEGATIVE

THINGS ASSOCIATED

WITH IMAGINATION.

MOST CHRISTIANS BELIEVE

THAT AN IMAGINATION

IS ONLY FANTASY

AND THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT

WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.

WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

THE REAL DEAL.

BUT LOOK HERE IN PSALMS 103.

IT’S A GREAT PASSAGE.

MATTER OF FACT, DANIEL HAS

ALREADY QUOTED THIS ONCE

THIS MORNING, BUT LET’S READ

IN VERSE 12, IT SAYS, AS FAR

AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST,

SO FAR HATH HE REMOVED

OUR TRANSGRESSIONS

FROM US.

LIKE AS A FATHER PITIETH

HIS CHILDREN, SO THE LORD

PITIETH THEM THAT FEAR HIM.

THEY’VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT

THIS THAT WHAT KIND OF PARENT

WOULD WANT THEIR CHILD

TO BE SICK IF THEY HAD

THE POWER TO HEAL?

WHAT KIND OF PARENT WOULD WANT

THEIR CHILD TO BE SICK?

IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED

CHILD ABUSE.

THIS IS SAYING THAT IN THE SAME

WAY GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH.

GOD WANTS YOU WELL.

HE PITIES US.

AND THEN LOOK AT THIS

IN VERSE 14, FOR HE KNOWETH

OUR FRAME; HE REMEMBERETH

THAT WE ARE DUST.

YOU KNOW, A FRAME IS LIKE

A SKELETON ON A PERSON’S BODY.

THIS BUILDING HAS A FRAME TO IT.

WE HAD TO PUT UP THE WALLS

AND THEN DO ALL OF THESE THINGS.

THERE IS A FRAME.

IT’S WHAT HOLDS

EVERYTHING ELSE UP.

AND DID YOU KNOW THAT THE WORD

THAT WAS TRANSLATED FRAME

RIGHT HERE, IS THE HEBREW WORD

Y-E-T-S-E-R AND IT LITERALLY

MEANS CONCEPTION.

AND THIS WORD WAS TRANSLATED

IMAGINATION FIVE TIMES

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

ONE OF THE CLEAREST IS

GENESIS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 5,

WHERE IT SAYS OF THE LORD

CAME DOWN AND SAW

THAT THE IMAGINATION OF

MEN’S THOUGHTS WERE

ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY.

THAT’S THE EXACT SAME WORD.

AND DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS

EXACT SAME WORD, Y-E-T-S-E-R,

WAS ALSO TRANSLATED
MIND OVER IN

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 26, VERSE 3,

WHERE IT SAYS THE LORD

WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE

WHOSE MIND IS STAYED UPON HIM.

THIS IS THE EXACT SAME WORD.

SO IT WAS TRANSLATED FRAME

BECAUSE YOUR IMAGINATION,

YOUR MIND IS WHAT HOLDS YOU UP.

IT’S…YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING

WITHOUT IT.

IT IS YOUR SPIRITUAL WOMB.

YOU KNOW, CARLIE
WAS PROPHESYING

ABOUT PEOPLE BEING HEALED

OF THAT.

AND WE HAVE A WOMB,

A SPIRITUAL WOMB.

THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS.

THE DEFINITION OF THAT

HEBREW WORD YETSER IS

CONCEPTION IS WHAT IT MEANS.

THIS IS WHERE YOU

CONCEIVE THINGS.

DID YOU KNOW, I BUILT

THIS BUILDING,

I ACTUALLY DREW THIS BUILDING

OUT ON A…ON A NAPKIN.

AND THAT BUILDING OVER THERE

I DREW IT OUT ON A NAPKIN,

AND I TOLD THE ARCHITECTS

WHAT I WAS DOING, AND SO,

THEY STARTED
DRAWING SOMETHING

THAT LOOKED A LOT BETTER

THAN WHAT I DID.

AND THEN I WOULD LOOK AT IT

AND I WOULD SAY, NOPE,

THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT.

AND WE KEPT DRAWING AND TALKING

UNTIL THEY SAW WHAT I SAW.

I SAW THIS BUILDING.

AND I WISHED I HAD TIME

TO GO INTO ALL OF THIS.

IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN ON

OUR WEB SITE AND SEEN

THE TESTIMONY THAT WE CALL,

THE LITTLESTAR VIDEO,

IT’S A…A MAN GILBERT JACKSON,

OWNED THIS PROPERTY AND 11 DAYS

BEFORE HE DIED,

HE GOT BORN AGAIN.

HIS HOSPICE WORKER LED HIM TO

THE LORD AND HE GOT BORN AGAIN.

AND…AND THE NEXT MORNING

HE WOKE UP AND HE FELT SO BADLY

THAT HE HAD NEVER GIVEN ANY TIME

TO THE LORD, THAT HE DEDICATED

THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE

TO CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.

AND GOD SHOWED HIM A VISION

OF THESE BUILDINGS WITH GLASS

ON THEM, AND HE SAW THIS.

AND 11 DAYS BEFORE HE DIED

HE DEDICATED THIS PROPERTY

TO THE LORD.

THAT WAS IN 1992,

AND ON THAT EXACT DAY I WAS

IN ENGLAND AND GOD SPOKE TO ME

ABOUT STARTING A BIBLE SCHOOL

JUNE THE 22ND, 1993.

AND SO, AT THE EXACT DAY

THAT HE HAD THIS VISION

I WAS IN ENGLAND AND GOD

SPOKE TO ME.

AND I CAME BACK AND I BUILT

THESE BUILDINGS WITHOUT

KNOWING HIS VISION.

GOD PUT THIS VISION IN MY HEART.

GOD SHOWED ME THESE BUILDINGS,

AND I’VE GOT A BUNCH

MORE BUILDINGS.

I’VE GOT A $150 MILLION

WORTH OF BUILDINGS

THAT I’VE SEEN.

BUT I SAW THESE BUILDINGS.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

I KEPT TALKING TO THE ARCHITECTS

AND THEY WOULD DRAW PICTURES

AND THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK

AND I WOULD SAY, NO, CHANGE IT,

AND I EVENTUALLY
GOT THEM TO SEE

WHAT I WAS SEEING AND THIS IS

WHAT FRAMED ALL OF THIS.

YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING

WITHOUT AN IMAGINATION.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO

EMPHASIZE THIS BRIEFLY

BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHEN YOU THINK OF IMAGINATION,

THEY…THEY EQUATE IT

WITH FANTASY.

THEY EQUATE IT WITH I THINK

AGAIN, DANIEL WAS TALKING

ABOUT THE MAGIC KINGDOM

AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE

THINK OF AS IMAGINATION.

BUT YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR

IMA…DID YOU KNOW YOU…

WHEREVER YOU PARKED,

PRAISE GOD.

WE JUST GOT OUR TCO

FOR THE PARKING GARAGE

YESTERDAY, AMEN?

AND SO, IF YOU’RE PARKED

IN OUR PARKING GARAGE,

DID YOU KNOW YOU HAVE

A PICTURE OF WHERE YOUR CAR IS?

YOU DO.

I WAS WALKING OUT YESTERDAY

WITH SOMEBO…OR NOT YESTERDAY,

IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO

AND I WAS WALKING OUT

AND SOMEBODY WAS…WE WERE

GOING TO WALK TO THEIR CAR

AND THEY STARTED TO WALK OUT

AND THEY STOPPED FOR JUST

A SECOND AND THEY HAD TO THINK,

NOW WHERE’S MY CAR?

AND THEY REMEMBERED

THAT IT WAS TO THE RIGHT

AND SO THEY STARTED

AND THEN THEY STARTED LOOKING.

DID YOU KNOW THEY HAD A PICTURE

OF WHERE THAT CAR WAS?

THAT’S YOUR IMAGINATION.

IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE

AN IMAGINATION, YOU COULDN’T

FIND YOUR CAR TODAY.

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULDN’T

GO HOME?

YOU WOULD HAVE TO USE THE GPS

TO GET HOME EVERY TIME IF YOU

DIDN’T HAVE AN IMAGINATION,

BUT YOU’VE DONE IT.

DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY ONE

OF YOU, PROBABLY MOST OF YOU

HAVE NEVER SAT
DOWN AND COUNTED

THE WINDOWS IN YOUR HOUSE?

BUT I COULD ASK YOU,

HOW MANY WINDOWS DO YOU HAVE

IN YOUR HOUSE?

AND YOU DON’T HAVE IT JUST

STORED IN YOUR INFORMATION,

BUT DID YOU KNOW

YOU COULD TELL ME.

YOU COULD COUNT THEM

BECAUSE YOU CAN
SEE YOUR HOUSE.

AND SOME OF YOU IF YOU HAVE

A BIG HOUSE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF WINDOWS

AND IT MIGHT…BUT LET’S JUST

SAY, TAKE ONE ROOM, YOU KNOW

YOUR BEDROOM OR SOMETHING.

HOW MANY WINDOWS

ARE IN YOUR BEDROOM?

OR I COULD ASK YOU, WHAT WAS

YOUR HOUSE THAT
YOU GREW UP IN?

NOW IF YOU’VE TRAVELED

ALL OF THE TIME AND DIDN’T HAVE

JUST ONE HOUSE, IT MAY BE

VAGUE BECAUSE YOU LIVED IN

SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.

BUT IF YOU LIVED IN ONE PLACE,

I…LIKE RIGHT NOW YOU COULD

ASK ME WHAT THE HOUSE WAS

LIKE THAT I GREW UP IN

AND I COULD DRAW THE FLOOR PLAN

FOR YOU.

I’VE…I’VE GOT A PICTURE OF IT.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT

IT LOOKS LIKE, AND YET,

I’M NOT LOOKING AT IT.

THE DEFINITION OF IMAGINATION

ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY

IS JUST YOUR ABILITY TO PICTURE

SOMETHING IN YOUR MIND OR

IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU CAN’T

SEE WITH YOUR EYES.

RIGHT NOW, IF I WAS TO ASK YOU

OR…OR I WAS TO TRY AND GIVE

YOU DIRECTIONS HOW YOU GO

DOWN HERE TO WALMART.

I COULD TELL YOU THAT YOU EXIT

THIS PROPERTY.

AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE END

OF OUR PROPERTY YOU TURN RIGHT

YOU GO OUT TO HIGHWAY 24.

THERE’S A STOP SIGN THERE,

AND THEN YOU TURN LEFT,

AND I COULD COUNT.

I’VE NEVER DONE THIS BUT I COULD

COUNT AND TELL YOU EXACTLY

HOW MANY STOP LIGHTS

OR GREEN LIGHTS, AS DANIEL

WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I COULD TELL YOU
HOW MANY LIGHTS

THERE ARE BEFORE YOU GET DOWN

TO WALMART.

I COULD TELL YOU,

IT’S ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

I COULD TELL YOU

WHAT’S AROUND WALMART.

I COULD DO ALL THESE THINGS

AND YET I DON’T KNOW

THOSE THINGS.

I’VE NEVER SAT DOWN

AND MEMORIZED IT,

BUT I’VE GOT A PICTURE OF IT.

YOU THINK IN PICTURES.

WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT,

THIS IS YOUR FRAME.

IT’S HOW GOD MADE US.

GOD KNOWS OUR FRAME

AND THAT WORD

IS LITERALLY IMAGINATION.

THIS IS HOW HE CREATED YOU.

YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING

WITHOUT AN IMAGINATION.

MATTER OF FACT,

IN THE 11TH CHAPTER OF GENESIS,

LET ME JUST READ THIS

TO YOU QUICKLY.

BUT IN GENESIS, CHAPTER 11,

VERSE 6, IT SAYS, AND THE LORD

SAID, BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE IS ONE,

AND THEY HAVE ALL ONE LANGUAGE;

AND THIS THEY BEGIN TO DO:

AND NOW NOTHING WILL BE

RESTRAINED FROM THEM,

WHICH THEY HAVE IMAGINED TO DO.

HE SAYS IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT,

YOU CAN DO IT.

AND THIS WAS…THE IMAGINATION

IS SO POWERFUL THAT IT ACTUALLY

THREATENED GOD’S PLANS FOR

THE HUMAN RACE.

AND SO HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING

TO DIVIDE THEIR ABILITY

TO COMMUNICATE AND…

AND SHARE THE PICTURE

THAT THEY HAD ON THE INSIDE

WITH ANOTHER PERSON.

LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT

BUILDING THIS BUILDING,

I BEGAN TO TALK…TALK TO

OUR ARCHITECTS AND I HAD

TO TELL THEM THINGS.

I USED WORDS.

YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE…

IF YOU’RE ASSEMBLING SOMETHING,

THEY WILL HAVE WRITTEN

INSTRUCTIONS AND THEY’LL SAY

A GOES TO B, OR WHATEVER,

BUT THEN THEY’LL HAVE A FIGURE

OVER THERE, A PICTURE

THAT HELPS YOU TO SEE IT.

A PICTURE IS WORTH

A THOUSAND WORDS.

AND IF I WASN’T ABLE TO SPEAK

TO THESE BUILDERS AND DRAW

LITTLE CRUDE THINGS,

AND THEN THEY TALK BACK

AND THEY DRAW THEIR DRAWINGS

AND IF WE HADN’T HAVE BEEN

ABLE TO COMMUNICATE,

WE WOULDN’T HAVE COME…

WE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE

TO BUILD THESE BUILDINGS.

AND SO THE LORD CONFUSED

THEIR LANGUAGES AND GAVE

DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO STOP

OUR ABILITY FROM COMMUNICATING

AND…AND MERGING THESE

IMAGINATIONS TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW I’M NOT GOING TO

TAKE THE TIME TO GO

INTO THE EXPLANATION,

BUT THIS MORNING I HAD A DREAM

THAT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST

DREAMS I’VE EVER HAD.

AND ANYWAY, I HADN’T GOT TIME

TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT IT WAS

ABOUT SOMETHING THAT AT THIS

MOMENT IS COMPLETELY
IMPOSSIBLE.

IT CANNOT HAPPEN AND YET,

I DREAMED THAT IT HAPPENED

AND I WAS TELLING JAMIE ABOUT IT

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I’VE IMAGINED IT.

I BELIEVE THAT

THAT COULD BE DONE.

AND WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD

OF TIME I WAS COMING UP

WITH WAYS TO DO SOMETHING

THAT NO HUMAN BEING HAS EVER

DONE IN THEIR…AND I BELIEVE

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT,

YOU CAN DO IT.

AND THE SAD FACT IS MOST OF US

WHEN WE’RE YOUNG YOU HAVE

A VIVID IMAGINATION

AND THEN IT’S BEAT OUT OF YOU

AND YOU’RE ACTUALLY TOLD

TO QUIT DREAMING.

TO QUIT THINKING BIG.

MATTER OF FACT,

WE’VE GOT ROLAND,

I FORGET HIS LAST NAME,

BUT DEUTCHMAN,
BUT HE’S THE HEAD

OF COLORADO SPRINGS

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS THAT HAS

A BRANCH HERE IN
WOODLAND PARK.

AND HE COMES AND SPEAKS HERE

EVERY YEAR.

AND HE’S USED THIS EXAMPLE

THAT I JUST THINK IS GREAT.

AND HE SAYS THAT HE ASKED

ALL OF THE FIFTH…

THE FIVE YEAR OLD’S,

THE KINDERGARTEN KIDS

WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN,

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ARTISTS?

EVERY SINGLE ONE RAISES

THEIR HAND.

HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SING?

EVERY SINGLE ONE

RAISE THEIR HAND.

HOW MANY OF YOU CAN DO…

EVERYBODY RAISES THEIR HAND.

THEN HE ASKS THEM WHEN

THEY’RE IN HIGH SCHOOL,

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ARTISTS?

AND THERE WILL BE TWO,

THREE, FOUR.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG,

THEY BELIEVED THEY COULD

DO EVERYTHING.

NOW AGAIN, THERE IS A PLACE

FOR REALITY AND TO RECOGNIZE

THAT I MAY NOT BE…THIS MAY NOT

BE MY GIFTING OR TALENT.

BUT THE POINT I’M MAKING IS

THAT SEE YOU’RE ALL…

WE ALL START JUST BELIEVING

WE CAN DO EVERYTHING.

BUT THEN YOU DO SOMETHING,

AND SOMEBODY MAKES FUN OF IT,

CRITICIZES IT.

YOU TRY A JOB AND MAYBE YOU GET

FIRED OR YOU GET MARRIED

AND THAT MATE DIVORCES YOU.

AND AFTER A WHILE YOUR IMAGE

ON THE INSIDE BEGINS TO CHANGE

AND THE SAD FACT IS MOST PEOPLE

BECOME PESSIMISTS, CRITICAL,

CYNICAL THE OLDER THEY GET

BECAUSE OF LIFE HAS JUST BEAT

THIS OUT OF THEM.

AND YOU CAN DESCRIBE THAT IN

A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS

BUT A BIBLICAL WAY OF TALKING

ABOUT IT IS YOUR IMAGINATION

HAS BEEN AFFECTED.

YOU NO LONGER SEE YOURSELF

CAPABLE OF DOING

ALL OF THESE THINGS.

MAN, THIS IS HUGE

WHAT I’M SAYING.

AND, APPLYING IT TO HEALING,

MANY OF US HAVE JUST BEEN

TAUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW,

AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR

IT’S FLU SEASON.

IT’S WHAT YOU DO.

YOU JUST GET SICK.

IT’S NORMAL.

WE’VE BEEN TAUGHT

THAT TO HAVE A COLD

ONCE A YEAR IS JUST NORMAL.

AND THAT YOU GOT TO BE SICK

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

AND THAT YOU GOT TO HAVE PAINS

AND I’M GETTING OLDER AND SO

THEREFORE I CAN’T EXPECT

TO BE PAIN-FREE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU…

YOU EXPECT YOUR JOINTS

TO START GETTING TO WHERE

THEY ACHE AND THINGS LIKE THIS,

AND WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THIS

AND THAT IS THE IMAGE

THAT YOU HAVE…AND IT IS

A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.

YOUR IMAGINATION IS SO POWERFUL

THAT THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION

OF MANKIND ACTUALLY CHALLENGE

GOD’S PURPOSES.

AND THAT’S THE REASON

THAT HE DIVIDED OUR LANGUAGES.

I TELL YOU, YOUR IMAGINATION IS

ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL THINGS.

IT IS YOUR SPIRITUAL WOMB.

IT’S WHERE YOU CONCEIVE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T HAVE

A CHILD WITHOUT CONCEPTION.

IF YOU’RE PRAYING FOR A CHILD

JUST FOR GOD TO SEND IT,

YOU KNOW, BY THE STORK.

YOU’RE JUST BELIEVING GOD

FOR A CHILD, IT’S NOT GOING

TO WORK THAT WAY.

YOU HAVE TO CONCEIVE A CHILD.

AND THIS WORD Y-E-T-S-E-R

THAT WAS TRANSLATED MIND

AND IMAGINATION, IT LITERALLY

MEANS CONCEPTION.

THIS IS HOW YOU CONCEIVE THINGS.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO HEALING

ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE REALLY

TRY AND DO AT THIS CONFERENCE IS

TO TEACH YOU HOW TO CONCEIVE

AND GIVE BIRTH TO

YOUR OWN HEALING.

INSTEAD OF HAVING YOU COME

AND JUST HAVE US WAVE

OUR HANDS OVER YOU.

NOW, WE ARE PRAYING WITH PEOPLE

AND CARLIE MADE A POINT OF THAT.

I’M NOT SAYING THAT THERE’S

ANYTHING WRONG.

WE ALL NEED HELP AT TIMES

SO THERE’S NOTHING WRONG

WITH YOU GETTING HELP,

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ONLY

HAVE THIS HEALING IS HERE

CONFERENCE ONCE A YEAR.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET STRUCK

IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER

AND ONLY HAVE TWO
MONTHS TO LIVE

AND YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO COME

TO ANOTHER HEALING
CONFERENCE?

MAN, WE WANT YOU TO LEARN

HOW TO RECEIVE.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS

CONFERENCE IS IT’S NOT JUST

TRYING TO HAVE

THE ANOINTING OF GOD FALL

AND TO GET SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.

WE’RE TRYING TO TEACH YOU

WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.

YOU ALREADY HAVE
THE SAME POWER

ON THE INSIDE OF YOU THAT RAISED

JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.

EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 18

AND 19, SAYS THAT…HE’S PRAYING

THAT YOUR EYES WOULD BE OPENED

SO THAT YOU CAN SEE

WHAT YOU HAVE,

IN VERSE 19, THAT YOU HAVE

THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED

CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.

IT’S NOT OUT THERE.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO PRAY IT DOWN.

THIS IS WHERE SO MANY

WEIRD DOCTRINES COME FROM

THAT THE DEMONS ARE BLOCKING

OUR PRAYERS FROM GETTING UP

TO HEAVEN.

OUR PRAYERS DIDN’T GET

ABOVE THE CEILING.

YOU DON’T NEED YOUR PRAYER

TO GET ABOVE YOUR NOSE

BECAUSE GOD’S RIGHT HERE,

AMEN.

THIS IS THE REASON YOU BOW

YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU PRAY

SO YOU CAN LOOK AT GOD.

GOD’S HERE.

YOU GOT THE SAME POWER

THAT RAISED JESUS CHRIST

FROM THE DEAD LIVING

ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.

AND WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO

IS TO HELP YOU TO RELEASE WHAT

YOU HAVE INSTEAD OF TELLING YOU

TO COME AND GET WHAT I’VE GOT.

YOU’VE ALREADY GOT THE FULLNESS

OF GOD.

AND TONIGHT I…WE’RE GOING TO

BE GIVING AN INVITATION FOR

ANYBODY WHO ISN’T BORN AGAIN,

ANYBODY WHO DOESN’T HAVE

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

IF YOU’VE GOT THOSE TWO THINGS,

IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN

AND BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,

YOU’VE GOT EVERYTHING

THAT IT TAKES TO SEE

THE BLIND EYES OPEN,

THE DEAF EARS OPEN,

TO WALK FREE,

TO COME OUT OF WHEELCHAIRS,

TO BE 100% FREE.

BUT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE

TO KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED

UNTIL YOU CAN SEE
YOURSELF WELL.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE JUST

PRAY AND THEN…DANIEL WAS

TALKING ABOUT THIS.

WE ASK OUR BODY, AM I HEALED?

YOU’RE WALKING

BY SIGHT INSTEAD OF BY FAITH.

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,

2 CORINTHIANS 5:7, THAT WE WALK

BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT,

AND YET THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN

IS ROCK…WALKING BY SIGHT

AND NOT BY FAITH.

YOU’VE GOT TO GET TO WHERE

YOU SEE YOURSELF HEALED

TO WHERE YOU SEE IT,

AND IT BECOMES A PART OF YOU.

LOOK AT THIS PASSAGE OVER IN

1 CHRONICLES, CHAPTER 28,

AND IN VERSE 9.

AND THOU, SOLOMON MY SON,

KNOW THOU THE
GOD OF THY FATHER,

AND SERVE HIM WITH

A PERFECT HEART

AND WITH A WILLING MIND.

FOR THE LORD SEARCHETH

ALL HEARTS, AND UNDERSTANDETH

ALL THE IMAGINATIONS OF

THE THOUGHTS:

IF THOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL

BE FOUND OF THEE;

BUT IF THOU FORSAKE HIM,

HE WILL CAST THE OFF FOREVER.

SO NOTICE IT SAYS THAT HE

UNDERSTANDETH ALL OF

THE IMAGINATION
OF THE THOUGHTS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THI…

YOUR IMAGINATION IS A PART

OF YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS?

AND WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT,

YOU THINK IN PICTURES.

MOST OF YOU HAVEN’T SAT DOWN

AND…AND THOUGHT ABOUT THIS,

BUT YOU THINK IN PICTURES.

I’VE USED A LOT OF THESE THINGS,

SO IF YOU’VE HEARD IT BEFORE

FORGIVE ME, BUT I’M JUST

GOING TO…

YOU KNOW THERE’S PEOPLE

THAT COME HERE THAT HAVE NEVER

HEARD THESE THINGS, AND MAN,

WE NEED TO…TO KNOW

ALL OF THIS.

BUT IF I SAY, DOG, YOU DON’T SEE

THE WORDS OR THE LETTERS D-O-G.

YOU SEE A DOG.

IF I SAID, DOG, YOU THINK

OF A DOG.

IF I SAY, APPLE,

YOU THINK OF AN APPLE.

IF I SAY, BANANA,

YOU…YOU PICTURE A BANANA.

YOU DON’T SEE THE WORD

SPELLED OUT.

THERE ARE SOME OF YOU

THAT CAN’T SPELL BANANA.

BUT YOU CAN SEE IT.

AND WORDS PAINT PICTURES.

IF I SAID…YOU KNOW IF I SAY,

DOG, SOME OF YOU OR PROBABLY

THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE ARE GOING

TO PICTURE A…IF YOU HAVE A DOG

THAT’S THE DOG

THAT YOU WILL PICTURE.

OR IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR

WITH A DOG OR IF YOU’VE HAD

ANY EXPERIENCE WITH ONE,

YOU WILL PICTURE SOMETHING

THAT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED

BUT YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF A DOG,

AND WORDS PAINT PICTURES.

AND SO, I COULD SAY, A BIG DOG,

AND IMMEDIATELY SOME OF YOU

HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PICTURE

BECAUSE YOU HAD A LITTLE DOG.

I COULD SAY, A BIG BLACK DOG,

AND YOU HAVE TO CHANGE

YOUR PICTURE BECAUSE YOU GOT

A WHITE DOG.

AND I COULD SAY, A BIG BLACK,

MEAN DOG, AND I COULD DESCRIBE

A DOBERMAN PINSCHER WITH

ITS TAIL BOBBED AND I CAN START

USING ALL OF THESE WORDS

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

NOW EVERYBODY’S PICTURING

THE SAME THING.

BUT IF I TRIED TO…IF I WAS

TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE

AND IF YOU COULDN’T PICTURE IT,

YOU CAN’T REALLY GRAB IT.

YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO RETAIN IT.

DID YOU KNOW YOUR MEMORY…

LOOK AT THIS VERSE OVER

IN CHAPTER 29, AND VERSE 8…18,

THIS IS 1 CHRONICLES 29:18,

DAVID HERE, THEY TOOK UP

AN OFFERING AND THEY GAVE

THE EQUIVALENT OF BILLIONS…

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF

GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES

FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.

DAN…DAVID GAVE BILLIONS

OF DOLLARS PERSONALLY

OUT OF HIS OWN TREASURY

AND THE PEOPLE
WERE SO TOUCHED

TO SEE WHAT HE HAD DONE

THAT THEY STARTED GIVING

AND THEY GAVE
MORE THAN HE GAVE.

THERE WAS ABOUT

$4 BILLION WORTH OF GOLD,

SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES

THAT CAME IN

IN THIS OFFERING,

AND DANIEL WAS…I MEAN DAVID

WAS SO TOUCHED BY THIS,

HE BEGAN TO START PRAYING

AND SAYING, LORD, WHO ARE WE

TO GIVE AN OFFERING LIKE THIS?

WE WERE SLAVES IN EGYPT.

WE HAD NOTHING AND NOW

LOOK AT ALL OF THIS ABUNDANCE.

ALL WE’VE DONE IS GIVE BACK

A PORTION OF WHAT YOU’VE GIVEN

UNTO US.

WHO ARE WE TO DO THIS?

AND THEN HE PRAYED THIS

IN VERSE 18, HE SAYS,

OH LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM,

ISAAC, AND OF ISRAEL,

OUR FATHERS,

KEEP THIS FOR EVER IN

THE IMAGINATION OF THE THOUGHTS

OF THE HEART OF THY PEOPLE,

AND PREPARE THEIR HEART

UNTO THEE.

HE SAYS, KEEP IT FOREVER IN

THE THOUGHTS OF THE IMAGINATION

OF YOUR PEOPLE.

IN OTHER WORDS, HELP THEM

TO REMEMBER IT.

DID YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T

REMEMBER WITHOUT
AN IMAGINATION.

IF I WAS TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING,

BUT IF YOU CAN’T PICTURE IT,

YOU CAN’T REMEMBER IT.

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DID YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE JUST

TAUGHT THAT TWO PLUS TWO

IS FOUR,

FOUR PLUS FOUR IS EIGHT,

AND IF YOU LEARN IT ALL BY ROTE

AND YOU…YOU DON’T HAVE

A PRACTICAL APPLICATION,

YOU CAN’T SEE A USE FOR IT,

WELL THEN THAT’S THE REASON

THAT PEOPLE DON’T DO WELL

WITH MATH IS

BECAUSE IT’S ABSTRACT.

THEY CAN’T SEE IT.

BUT DID YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN

SHOW A PERSON THE USE OF IT.

LIKE FOR INSTANCE, EVERY DAY

OF MY LIFE I GET OVER 100

PAGES OF REPORTS EVERY DAY.

AND IT GIVES ME THE NUMBER

OF PHONE CALLS THAT WE’VE GOT,

THE AMOUNT OF MONEY

THAT CAME IN,

THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCT

THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED,

AND ON AND ON AND ON IT GOES,

AND DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY…

LIKE IF IT’S THE THIRD OF

THE MONTH.

AND I’LL TAKE A FIGURE

THAT WE’VE HAD, I DON’T KNOW,

LET’S JUST SAY 6,000 CALLS

IN THREE DAYS.

WELL I KNOW THAT THREE DAYS

IS ONE-TENTH OF A MONTH.

AND SO I CAN ANTICIPATE

THAT THIS MONTH WE WILL HAVE…

THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD

HAVE 60,000 PHONE CALLS.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?

THAT’S MATH, BUT THAT’S GOT

A PRACTICAL APPLICATION.

AND IF YOU CAN SEE

A PRACTICAL USE OF IT,

IF YOU COULD DO IT INSTEAD OF

JUST LEARNING IT BY MEMORY

AND SOMETHING THAT YOU’VE SAID

SO MANY TIMES, IF YOU COULD SEE

THE USE OF IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

MATH JUST OPENS UP.

SAME THING WITH HISTORY.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU WEREN’T

ATS…ASKING THAT QUESTION,

BUT THAT’S AN ANSWER TO WHY

SOME OF YOU JUST HATE MATH.

IT’S BECAUSE YOU CAN’T SEE

A USE FOR IT.

IF YOU CAN SEE IT,

THEN YOU CAN REMEMBER IT,

THEN IT BECOMES ALIVE TO YOU.

AND THIS IS WHAT A MINISTER,

IT’S WHAT ANY TYPE OF PERSON

THAT COMMUNICATES IS SUPPOSED

TO DO.

YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PAINT

PICTURES WITH YOUR WORDS.

THIS IS WHAT JESUS DID BY

TEACHING PARABLES TALKING

ABOUT A MAN SOWING A SEED.

YOU KNOW, THAT’S NOT REALLY

TALKING ABOUT FARMING.

IT’S TALKING ABOUT

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND HOW THE WORD OF GOD

WORKS IN THE KINGDOM,

BUT IT USES SOMETHING

THAT PEOPLE SEE AND ARE

FAMILIAR WITH.

AND IF YOU CAN SEE IT,

THEN YOU CAN RETAIN IT.

YOU KNOW I’VE USED THIS EXAMPLE

AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE

HEARD ME USE THIS.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE, WELL

THEN YOU COULD REMEMBER IT.

BUT MANY OF YOU IN HERE WON’T

KNOW WHAT A WATER BLIVET IS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IN THE…

IN VIETNAM WE HAD A WATER BLIVET

THAT WE…THAT’S WHERE WE GOT

OUR DRINKING WATER FROM.

I WAS ON A FIRE SUPPORT BASE UP

ON A HILL.

AND WE WERE CUT
OFF COMPLETELY

SURROUNDED BY
THE NVA AND STUFF.

SO THEY HAD TO BRING US IN ALL

OF OUR FOOD AND
ALL OF OUR WATER

AND WATER BLIVETS WERE THESE

BLACK RUBBER CYLINDERS.

AND IT WAS…IT WAS A CYLINDER

AND ON EACH END THERE WAS

A BRASS SPIGOT AND THEY CAME

IN 250, 500, 1,000, AND 1,500

GALLON SIZES AND THE AIR…

THE HELICOPTERS WOULD HOOK

ONTO EACH END WHERE

THAT BRASS SPIGOT WAS

AND THEY WOULD FLY THEM IN

AND DROP IT OFF.

AND ANYWAY, YOU WOULD GO

TO THE SPIGOT AND YOU WOULD

FILL UP YOUR CONTAINER WITH

THIS WATER THAT WAS IN THERE,

AND THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

WOULD COLLAPSE THEM AS THEY

EMPTIED OUT SO THAT THEY WOULD

BE TOTALLY FLAT AND THEY WOULD

PICK THEM UP, CARRY THEM OFF

AND GET ANOTHER ONE.

NOW THAT MAY NOT BE

A PERFECT PICTURE.

BUT NOW, YOU COULD RETAIN

WHAT A WATER BLIVET IS.

WHERE IF I WOULD OF JUST SAID

THE WORDS, YOU WOULD HAVE

LOST IT BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE

ANYTHING TO TIE IT TO.

YOU DON’T HAVE A PICTURE

ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO I’M SAYING ALL OF THESE

THINGS TO SAY THAT

THAT’S YOUR IMAGINATION.

YOU CAN’T THINK WITHOUT

AN IMAGINATION.

YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND

WITHOUT AN IMAGINATION.

YOU CAN’T REMEMBER

WITHOUT AN IMAGINATION.

YOUR IMAGINATION IS

THE FRAMEWORK

AND IT’S THE CONCEPTION.

IT’S THE SPIRITUAL WOMB

OF EVERYTHING.

AND THIS APPLIES TO EVERY PART

OF YOUR LIFE BUT SPECIFICALLY

CONCERNING
HEALING, YOU HAVE TO

CONCEIVE YOUR MIRACLE.

NOW AGAIN, YOU CAN GO

AND ADOPT SOMEBODY EL…

A MIRACLE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.

AMEN.

BUT ALL BABIES COME

THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

NOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO

AND ADOPT

SOMEBODY ELSE’S BABY.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME

AND LET SOMEBODY DOWN HERE

LAY HANDS ON YOU AND GET HEALED

THROUGH WHAT THEY’RE DOING.

BUT IF YOU’RE GOING TO RECEIVE

PERSONALLY FROM THE LORD,

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.

YOU HAVE TO CONCEIVE IT

AND YOUR CONCEPTION TAKES

PLACE IN YOUR IMAGINATION.

IF YOU CAN’T SEE

YOURSELF HEALED.

THEN YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO

ADOPT SOMEBODY ELSE’S MIRACLE.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T COMPLETELY

UNDERSTAND ALL THE THINGS

I’M SHARING WITH YOU RIGHT HERE.

BUT I JUST KNEW THAT FAITH

COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING

BY THE WORD.

AND I WAS READING ONE DAY

IN JOHN 14:12 WHERE IT SAYS

JESUS WAS SPEAKING AND HE SAID,

VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,

HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME,

THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE DO

ALSO; AND GREATER WORKS

THAN THESE SHALL HE DO;

BECAUSE I GO UNTO MY FATHER.

AND I WAS READING THAT,

AND I SAID, FATHER,

I REALLY BELIEVE THIS

AND YET I HAVEN’T SEEN

THE WORKS THAT YOU’VE DONE.

FORGET THE GREATER WORKS

RIGHT NOW.

I HADN’T SEEN THE WORKS

THAT HE HAD DONE.

I HADN’T SEEN ANYBODY RAISED

FROM THE DEAD AT THAT TIME.

AND I SAID, I’M A…

I’M A BELIEVER AND SO,

I SHOULD SEE THE DEAD RAISED.

I SHOULD SEE BLIND EYES OPEN.

I SHOULD SEE DEAF EARS OPEN.

I OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEE

PEOPLE WALK THAT CAN’T WALK.

AND SO, I TOOK THOSE VERSES

AND I JUST STARTED MEDITATING

ON THEM.

AND I’M GOING TO TALK

ABOUT THIS MORE TONIGHT.

BUT MEDITATION IS ALL

USING YOUR IMAGINATION.

WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT,

YOU CAN’T MEDITATE WITHOUT

YOUR IMAGINATION.

AND SO, I BEGAN TO TAKE

THESE PROMISES OF GOD

AND JUST PRAY OVER IT

AND SAY FATHER I’M GOING TO

SEE THESE THINGS HAPPEN,

AND I FOCUSED IN ON SEEING

THE DEAD RAISED.

AND SO WHAT I DID WAS TAKE

EVERY INSTANCE IN THE BIBLE

WHERE A PERSON WAS RAISED

FROM THE DEAD.

THERE’S EIGHT OF THEM

OUTSIDE OF JESUS BEING

RAISED FROM THE DEAD.

AND THEN AT HIS RESURRECTION

IT SAYS THAT A MULTITUDE

CAME OUT OF THE GRAVES

AND WALKED IN JERUSALEM.

AND IT DOESN’T GIVE YOU

THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS.

BUT INDIVIDUAL CASES OF PEOPLE

BEING RAISED FROM THE DEAD,

THERE WAS EIGHT OF THEM

STARTING WITH ELIJAH AND THEN

ELISHA AND GOING RIGHT ON.

AND SO, I TOOK THOSE OUT OF

THE SCRIPTURES, PUT THEM…

AT THIS TIME IT WAS BEFORE

I HAD A COMPUTER.

I JUST PUT THEM ON A LEGAL PAD

AND I WROTE THESE SCRIPTURES

OUT AND I STARTED READING THEM.

AND I MEDITATED ON THEM TO

THE POINT THAT I HAD ALL OF

THE INFORMATION,

ALL OF THE DETAILS THERE.

YOU CAN’T MEDITATE ON SOMETHING

THAT YOU DON’T ALREADY KNOW,

SO I HAD TO PUT THE FACTS

IN ME FIRST.

AND SO I JUST READ THEM

AND STUDIED THEM UNTIL I HAD

ALL OF THE FACTS DOWN,

LEARNED ALL OF THE THINGS

THAT I COULD, BUT THEN I

STARTED SEEING MYSELF.

IT WASN’T…IT WASN’T ENOUGH

TO SEE JESERUS…JESUS GOING

AND SAYING, LAZARUS,
COME FORTH.

BUT I STARTED SEEING ME

DO THAT IN MY IMAGINATION.

I WOULD JUST SEE IT

AND I STARTED…I…I WOULD

STAND THERE AND I WOULD SAY,

LAZARUS, COME FORTH.

AND HE SPOKE WITH A LOUD VOICE

AND I WOULD SEE MYSELF

BEING BOLD AND YELLING

AND SAYING, LAZARUS,
COME FORTH!

I SAW ELISHA AND ELIJAH RAISING

THE BOYS FROM THE DEAD.

AND HE WENT IN AND LAID ON HIM

AND PUT HIS MOUTH ON HIS MOUTH,

HIS HANDS ON HIS HANDS,

AND LAID ON TOP OF HIM

AND HIS FLESH WAXED WARM.

AND THEN HE WALKED IN THE HOUSE

AND PRAYED AND THEN HE WENT

AND LAID ON HIM AGAIN

AND HE BEGAN TO…AND HE GOT UP

AND HE PRESENTED HIM TO

HIS MOTHER RAISED
FROM THE DEAD.

I ACTUALLY WENT AND LAID

ON A BED AND IMAGINED

A PERSON BEING HERE

AND ME LAYING MY HANDS ON…

I STARTED SEEING THIS.

AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK,

WELL, THAT’S WEIRD.

BUT I THINK YOU’RE WEIRD

NOT TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION.

IT’S POWERFUL.

AND NOT TO CONCEIVE IT.

I STARTED SEEING IT,

AND I DIDN’T JUST SEE ELIJAH

AND ELIJAH AND PAUL AND PETER

AND JESUS RAISING THE DEAD.

I SAW ME RAISING THE DEAD

AND I GOT TO WHERE I WAS

MEDITATING ON IT AND THINKING

ABOUT IT SO MUCH THAT I STARTED

DREAMING EVERY NIGHT ABOUT

RAISING PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.

I WOULD RAISE 20 PEOPLE

FROM THE DEAD EVERY NIGHT

IN MY DREAMS.

AND I WOULD WAKE UP SOMETIMES

AND WONDER, WAS THAT REAL?

DID IT REALLY HAPPEN?

BECAUSE I’M A LUCID DREAMER,

IS WHAT THEY CALL IT.

MAN, I DREAM ALL OF THE TIME

AND I DREAM IN COLOR.

AND ANYWAY, I…I…

I JUST STARTED DREAMING

AND SEEING ALL OF THIS,

AND THEN GUESS WHAT?

A MAN DIED AND I SAW HIM

RAISED FROM THE DEAD.

AND SOME PEOPLE WOULDN’T

ASSOCIATE ALL OF THESE THINGS

THAT I’M TALKING ABOUT,

BUT I TELL YOU, THAT TIME

THAT I SPENT, IT WAS PROBABLY

SIX MONTHS PERIOD OF TIME

THAT I SPENT JUST MEDITATING

AND THINKING ABOUT THIS AND…

AND SEEING MYSELF DOING IT.

THAT WAS MY CONCEPTION

AND THEN IT HAPPENED,

AND I SAW TWO PEOPLE

RAISED FROM THE DEAD.

AND THEN I WENT ABOUT

12 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

AND DIDN’T SEE ANYBODY

RAISED FROM THE DEAD.

AND ONE DAY I WAS READING

JOHN 14:12, AND I SAID,

YOU KNOW WHAT, I DID THIS

ONCE BEFORE, I THINK

I’M GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.

AND I STARTED DOING

THE SAME THING.

THIS TIME I PUT ALL OF

THE SCRIPTURES ON MY COMPUTER

AND I WOULD JUST MEDITATE

ON THEM AND THINK ABOUT IT.

AND THEN I WOULD SEE MYSELF

RAISING PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.

AND THEN I GOT TO WHERE I WAS

DREAMING EVERY NIGHT RAISING

20 PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.

AND MY OWN SON DIED ON

FEBRUARY THE 4TH…OR EXCUSE ME,

MARCH THE 4TH, 2001,

WAS DEAD FOR FIVE HOURS.

AND THEY CALLED ME.

AND BECAUSE I HAD BEEN

MEDITATING ON THIS, JAMIE AND I

JUST SPOKE OUR FAITH.

AND OUR SON WHO WAS

ALREADY DEAD IN A MORGUE,

ON A SLAB, STRIP NAKED,

IN A FREEZER WITH A TOE TAG ON

SAT UP AND STARTED TALKING.

PRAISE GOD.

HE’S ALIVE AND WELL TODAY

BUYING A HOUSE TOMORROW.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

THERE IS NOT…THERE’S NOT

A DISCONNECT.

SOME PEOPLE, YOU GET UP

AND TELL THE TESTIMONY ABOUT

WELL, I SAW THIS HAPPEN.

AND PEOPLE, WELL, I WANT THAT,

WOULD YOU PRAY FOR ME?

WELL, THAT’S LIKE ME TELLING YOU

THAT I’VE GOT TWO BOYS

AND YOU SAY, WELL,

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BOY,

WOULD YOU PRAY FOR ME?

WELL, YEAH, I’LL PRAY FOR YOU,

BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S LIKE CARLIE

WAS SAYING THERE’S A LITTLE BIT

MORE TO IT THAN THAT.

YOU NEED TO CONCEIVE.

YOU NEED TO GIVE BIRTH

AND THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT ARE JUST COMING

AND WANTING US TO PRODUCE

YOUR MIRACLE FOR YOU.

AND WE’RE GLAD TO PRAY WITH YOU

AND WE…IT’S AN HONOR TO PRAY

WITH PEOPLE AND WE WILL DO IT.

IF THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO

RECEIVE A MIRACLE WAS FOR YOU

TO JUST CONCEIVE IT AND GO

THROUGH ALL OF THE STEPS

THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.

THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE

AND YOU’VE ONLY GOT A WEEK

TO LIVE?

WELL, THEN THAT WOULD JUST

MEAN THAT YOU ARE DESTINED

TO DIE BECAUSE YOU DON’T

HAVE TIME TO CONCEIVE

AND BRING IT TO BIRTH

AND…AND RAISE IT.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT,

GOD HAS GIVEN SPECIAL GIFTS

TO THE BODY OF CHRIST.

PEOPLE THAT HAVE A GIFT

OF FAITH, THE GIFTS OF HEALING,

THE GIFT OF MIRACLES

AND THINGS LIKE THAT,

AND YOU CAN RECEIVE A MIRACLE

OFF OF ONE OF THESE

SUPERNATURAL GIFTS,

AND THAT’S GOOD.

BUT YOU KNOW THE DRAWBACK

TO THAT IS THAT YOU CAN’T

GO HOME.

YOU CAN’T BRING THAT PERSON

THAT’S GOT THIS ANOINTING HOME.

HE’S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE

TO DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE THING.

IT’S…IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO

BE A SUBSTITUTE
FOR YOU LEARNING

THE WORD OF GOD AND LEARNING

HOW TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE.

AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN

THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST

BASICALLY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND

HOW TO RECEIVE FROM GOD.

AND SO THEY JUST PRAY OUT OF

DESPERATION AND ASK GOD.

DON’T KNOW IF ANYTHING’S

GOING TO HAPPEN.

THEY COME TO A CONFERENCE

WANTING EVERYBODY ELSE

TO PRAY AND TO GIVE THEM

THEIR MIRACLE.

AND AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO PRAY

WITH YOU AND WE’RE GOING TO

HELP YOU.

BUT I’M SAYING THAT LONG-TERM

SOLUTION, GOD’S BEST IS

FOR EACH ONE OF YOU

TO UNDERSTAND.

HOW TO CONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH

TO YOUR OWN MIRACLE.

AND THAT’S WHAT

THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

THIS IS REALLY NOT A CONFERENCE

ON JUST DRAWING IN THE ANOINTING

OF GOD.

ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE HAD

SUCH A POWERFUL ANOINTING

HERE TODAY THAT MAN, IF THIS

DOESN’T LIGHT YOUR FIRE,

YOUR WOOD IS WET.

SO THERE IS AN ANOINTING HERE

AND WE’VE PROBABLY SEEN JUST

BY THE HANDS THAT I SAW,

MAYBE 1,000 PEOPLE

ALREADY THAT HAVE BEEN HEALED,

AND SO, YES, THE PRESENCE OF

THE LORD IS HERE AND HIS POWER

IS TO HEAL.

AND SO, I BELIEVE ALL OF THAT,

BUT WE WANT…WHAT REALLY

BLESSES ME IS TO SEE YOU GET

HOLD OF THESE TRUTHS

AND BE ABLE TO START LIVING IT.

MAN, THAT’S AWESOME.

THAT’S GOD’S BEST.

AND I’M TELLING YOU

WE’VE ALREADY HEARD

A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TODAY.

AND WE’VE STILL GOT ANOTHER

THREE DAYS TO GO.

MAN, IF YOU SIT HERE AND IF

YOU OPEN UP AND RECEIVE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SHARING

WITH YOU THE THINGS THAT GOD

HAS DONE IN OUR LIFE.

AND I TELL YOU WHAT,

YOU NOT ONLY SHOULD BE HEALED

BUT YOU OUGHT TO BE

A HEALING MACHINE.

YOU…YOU BECOME A MOBILE

OFFICE FOR JESUS.

AMEN.

THAT AS YOU GO BACK TO ALL OF

THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

AND ALL OF THESE

DIFFERENT STATES,

MAN, WE COULD TAKE THIS…

THESE TRUTHS.

IT’S THE TRUTH THAT SETS

PEOPLE FREE.

AND WE COULD TAKE

THESE TRUTHS BACK.

AND WE COULD SEE
THESE HEALINGS

MULTIPLIED THOUSANDS

AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS

OF TIMES.

THIS IS WHAT OUR HEART’S

DESIRE REALLY IS.

YOU KNOW WHEN I FIRST STARTED

IN MINISTRY, I USED TO PRAY FOR

EVERYTHING THAT WOULD MOVE.

AND I WOULD STAY UP UNTIL THREE

AND FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING

PRAYING WITH PEOPLE.

AND WE SAW GREAT

MIRACLES HAPPEN.

BLIND EYES OPEN, DEAF EARS OPEN,

PEOPLE COME OUT
OF WHEELCHAIRS.

AND I’M CONVINCED THAT IF I WAS

TO JUST DRAW EVERYBODY’S

ATTENTION TO ME AND GOD HAS

ANOINTED ME AND BLESSED ME

AND IF I GOT YOUR FAITH

BUILT UP,

I COULD SEE SOME OF YOU HEALED

BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE FAITH

IN MY FAITH.

AND I COULD GET SOME OF YOU

HEALED OFF OF THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I’M LIMITED.

I CAN’T PRAY FOR EVERYBODY

THAT’S IN HERE.

AND I’VE GOT AN EXPIRATION DATE.

I’M PLANNING ON BEING AROUND

A LONG TIME.

BUT I JUST TURNED 70.

I’M NOT…I’M…I’M OVER

HALFWAY THERE.

AND I HAVE JUST REACHED

THE PLACE, I ACTUALLY

REACHED THIS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO

WHERE I STARTED BRINGING

MY BIBLE COLLEGE STUDENTS

WITH ME AND I HAVE THEM PRAY,

AND I WOULD RATHER SEE PEOPLE

HEALED THROUGH SOMEBODY

I HAVE TAUGHT THE WORD OF GOD,

THAN TO SEE THEM HEALED

THROUGH MY PRAYER.

I WAS JUST REJOICING WATCHING

DANIEL AND CARLIE UP HERE,

MAN, JUST PREACHING THE WORD

AND STUFF BECAUSE THERE WAS

A TIME BACK 50 YEARS AGO

WHEN AS FAR AS I KNEW,

I KNOW THERE WAS OTHER PEOPLE,

BUT IT’S IN MY REALM

OF INFLUENCE,

I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS

PREACHING HEALING.

THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW

A PERSON HEALED, I DIDN’T KNOW

THAT THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER

PERSON HEALED IN 2,000 YEARS.

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF

ANOTHER PERSON BEING HEALED.

BUT I WAS IN A BAPTIST CHURCH

AND WE WERE JUST STUDYING

MARK, CHAPTER 16, THESE SIGNS

WILL FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVE,

THEY’LL LAY HANDS ON THE SICK.

AND I TOLD THEM IN

THE BAPTIST CHURCH, I SAID LOOK,

I’VE NEVER SEEN A PERSON HEALED.

I DON’T KNOW IF IT HAPPENS

TODAY, BUT IT SAYS,

BELIEVERS WILL DO THIS.

I’M A BELIEVER.

IF YOU GET SICK,

DON’T STAY HOME,
COME TO CHURCH

AND I’LL PRAY FOR YOU.

AND SO, ONE MORNING

A YOUNG GIRL, DIANE JACOBY,

I WAS TEACHING

A HIGH SCHOOL GROUP.

AND I WAS I THINK 19 YEARS OLD

OR SOMETHING.

AND SHE CAME IN AND SHE WAS

GREEN SHE WAS SO SICK.

SHE LOOKED TERRIBLE, AND I SAID,

DIANE WHY ARE YOU HERE?

AND SHE SAID, YOU SAID THAT IF

WE WERE SICK WE WERE SUPPOSED

TO COME TO THE CHURCH.

AND YOU WERE GOING TO

LAY HANDS ON US, AND I SAID,

OH I DID SAY THAT DIDN’T I?

SO, I JUST SET HER IN A CHAIR,

AND WE HAD ABOUT 10 OR 15 KIDS

AND WE JUST SAID, WELL,

WE’RE GOING TO DO WHAT

THE WORD SAYS.

AND SO WE LAID HANDS ON HER

AND PRAYED.

DID THE BEST WE COULD,

AND SHE STARTED TO THROW UP,

HAD TO RUN OUT OF THE ROOM

AND SHE LEFT AND WENT HOME.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL,

THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.

AND I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I…I DID THE BEST I KNEW HOW.

AND ANYWAY, WE WENT

INTO THE CHURCH SERVICE

AND RIGHT BEFORE IT STARTED,

I WAS SITTING THERE
AND SOMEBODY

TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER

AND IT WAS DIANE.

BY THE TIME SHE GOT HOME

SHE WAS TOTALLY HEALED.

AND SHE GOT UP IN FRONT OF

THE BAPTIST CHURCH
AND TOLD THEM

THAT GOD HEALED HER.

AND THAT BEGAN MY PERSECUTION

BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE

THAT THOSE THINGS HAPPENED.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I…

I DIDN’T…I DIDN’T LEARN THIS

FROM SOMEONE.

IT WAS JUST THE WORD

AND I STARTED DOING

WHAT THE WORD SAID.

AND I’VE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES

AND I HAVEN’T DONE THINGS RIGHT,

BUT MAN, WE’VE SEEN

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HEALED.

WE’VE SEEN…I…I’VE COUNTED UP

OVER 50-SOMETHING PEOPLE

RAISED FROM THE DEAD

THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW ABOUT.

WE HAVE OUR DISCIPLESHIP

EVANGELISM PROGRAM IN UGANDA.

IS…THERE’S OVER HALF A MILLION

PEOPLE A WEEK THAT GO THROUGH

THAT PROGRAM AND I’VE HEARD

PERSONAL TESTIMONIES OF OVER

12 PEOPLE RAISED FROM THE DEAD

THROUGH THAT.

WE HAVE CALLS COME IN

ALL THE TIME.

AND…AND OVER THE PHONE

OUR PHONE CENTER PEOPLE

RAISE PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.

WE’VE GOT DOZENS OF

EXAMPLES OF THAT.

AMEN.

AND YOU KNOW HOW ALL THIS

GOT STARTED?

IN YOUR IMAGINATION.

I CONCEIVED IT.

AND I’M NOT TAKING CREDIT

ANY MORE THAN A WOMAN

WHO GIVES BIRTH TAKES CREDIT.

LOOK WHAT I DID.

YOU DIDN’T DO IT BY YOURSELF,

AMEN.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE VIRGIN BIRTH

AND YOU AREN’T GOING TO BE

THE SECOND ONE,

AMEN?

BUT YOU ARE THE RECEIVER.

YOU HAVE TO COOPERATE.

I’M NOT TAKING CREDIT FOR IT.

BUT I AM SAYING THAT I HAVE

COOPERATED AND WE’RE…

WE’RE WANTING YOU TO

COOPERATE AND RECOGNIZE

THAT YOUR IMAGINATION IS

YOUR SPIRITUAL WOMB.

IT’S…IT’S WHERE YOU

CONCEIVE THINGS.

AND SO, IF YOU WANT TO BE

HEALED WE’RE ENCOURAGING

YOU TO CONCEIVE

AND HAVE YOUR OWN CHILD,

RATHER THAN GO AND ADOPT

SOMEBODY ELSE’S.

WE WANT YOU TO LEARN

HOW TO GIVE BIRTH.

EVERY ONE OF YOU WAS INTENDED.

THERE’S NO

INFERTILE CHRISTIANS.

THERE’S A LOT OF CHRISTIANS

THAT DON’T HAVE ANY CHILDREN

THAT HAVEN’T GIVEN BIRTH

TO ANYTHING.

BUT IT’S NOT BECAUSE GOD DIDN’T

EQUIP YOU TO DO IT.

YOU JUST HAVEN’T LEARNED HOW

TO RECEIVE IT AND HOW TO DO IT

AND THAT’S WHAT THE ALL OF THIS

IS ABOUT.

AND YOU CONCEIVE
THESE MIRACLES

IN YOUR IMAGINATION.

THERE IS A PROPER USE

OF YOUR IMAGINATION.

AND YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU

UNDERSTAND THIS, IT’S KIND OF

LIKE HAVING A PHYSICAL CHILD.

THE CONCEPTION IS THE BEST PART.

AMEN.

SOMETIMES GIVING BIRTH

IS A LITTLE PAINFUL, BUT MAN,

THE CONCEPTION, THAT’S FUN.

AND I’VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN TO

WHERE I ENJOY CONCEIVING THINGS

MORE THAN I DO GIVING BIRTH

TO IT.

WHEN WE BUILT OUR FIRST BUILDING

DOWN IN COLORADO SPRINGS

DEBT-FREE, $3.2 MILLION

DOWN THERE, MAN,

IT WAS THE BIGGEST MIRACLE

THAT I HAD EVER SEEN.

AT THAT TIME, AT THE INCOME

LEVEL THAT WE WERE AT,

IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME

TILL I WAS 120

TO HAVE ACCOMI…A…

ACCUMULATED THAT $3.2 MILLION.

AND SO TO GET $3.2 MILLION

IN 14 MONTHS

AND MOVE INTO THAT BUILDING

WAS A GREATER MIRACLE THAN

TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE…

PROPORTIONAL TO OUR INCOME.

AND SO, IT WAS A BIG DEAL,

AND MAN, I WAS…I PUT TAPE

DOWN ON THE FLOOR.

I HAD OUR BUILDERS TAKE

THE PLANS AND PUT WHERE

THE WALLS WERE,

WHERE EVERY DOOR WAS.

THEY WOULD TAKE THE…

WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?

DUCT TAPE AND THEY
WOULD MOVE IT

SO I COULD TELL IT WAS A DOOR,

AND I WOULD SPEND PROBABLY

THREE HOURS A DAY IN THE DARK

WALKING AROUND THAT BUILDING

AFTER EVERYBODY WAS GONE.

AND I WOULD PRAY
OVER EVERYTHING

AND I WAS LOOKING AT

ALL OF THIS.

I WOULD SEE THIS TAPE

ON THE FLOOR AND SAY,

IS THIS THE WAY I WANT

THIS TO LOOK?

SOME OF YOU DON’T HAVE A VERY

VIVID IMAGINATION TO THINK

THIS IS CRAZY, BUT MAN,

I…I WOULD WALK.

AND I NEVER STEPPED

THROUGH A WALL.

I NEVER STEPPED OVER THE TAPE.

I WOULD GO TO WHERE

THE DOOR WAS.

AND I WOULD SEE MYSELF

OPENING THAT DOOR

AND I WOULD WALK IN.

AND WHEN…IN OUR AUDITORIUM,

I PUT FOUR FIVE-GALLON BUCKETS

DOWN AND I PUT SHEETROCK

ON TOP OF IT.

AND I STOOD UP THERE LIKE

A STAGE, AND I STOOD THERE

AND I PREACHED ENTIRE MESSAGES

WITH NOBODY THERE.

IT WAS TOTALLY DARK.

AND I PREACHED.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW SOME OF YOU

THINK, BOY, YOU’RE WEIRD.

I THINK YOU’RE WEIRD.

LOOK WHAT MY WEIRDNESS

HAS PRODUCED.

BUT THERE WAS JUST NO WAY

IN THE NATURAL FOR THIS

TO HAPPEN, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I SAW IT.

I DON’T KNOW HOW TO

DESCRIBE THIS TO YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ALLOWED THE DEVIL

TO JUST QUENCH
YOUR IMAGINATION,

TO PUT OUT YOUR IMAGINATION,

SOME OF YOU MAY JUST THINK

THAT THIS IS TOTALLY STRANGE.

BUT I’M TELLING YOU,

ONCE I SEE SOMETHING,

I’VE GOT IT.

AND I KNOW I’VE GOT IT.

WHETHER I CAN SEE

ANYTHING OR NOT.

I’VE GOT $150 MILLION WORTH

MINIMUM OF BUILDINGS

THAT I’VE SEEN.

AND THEY AREN’T…THEY AREN’T

TOTALLY CLEAR YET.

LIKE THESE BUILDINGS,

I STARTED OFF AND I KNEW

THAT GOD WAS WANTING ME

TO BUILD SOME THINGS,

BUT I JUST PRAYED ABOUT IT.

I MEDITATED ON IT AND I SAT DOWN

WITH THESE ARCHITECTS,

AND FINALLY, I SAW THAT BUILDING

OVER THERE WITH THOSE BEAMS

IN IT.

EACH ONE OF THOSE BEAMS IS

90,000 POUNDS, 45 TONS APIECE.

THEY’RE THE LARGEST BEAMS

IN COLORADO, AND ONE PERSON

TOLD ME IN THE US, BUT I…

I CAN’T IMAGINE THAT

THAT’S TRUE.

BUT ANYWAY, THEY’RE…

THEY’RE GIGANTIC BEAMS

AND WE COULD’VE BUILT

THINGS CHEAPER,

BUT THAT’S WHAT I SAW,

AND I SAID, THIS IS WHAT I WANT.

AND GOD TOLD ME TO QUIT

LIMITING HIM

BY MY SMALL THINKING.

AND SO…I JUST SAT DOWN

AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF

THIS PROCESS AND WE ACTUALLY

HAD THE PLANS DRAWN.

I HAD SPENT OVER A MILLION

AND A HALF DOLLARS ON PLANS

ALONE BEFORE I ASKED THEM,

I SAID, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING

TO COST?

I NEVER CONSIDERED COST.

I SAID, HERE’S WHAT I WANT.

THIS IS WHAT GOD SHOWED ME.

AND I JUST BEGIN TO DREAM.

AND AT FIRST IT WAS FOGGY,

BUT AFTER A WHILE I SAW

THAT BUILDING.

AND ONCE I SEE IT, I’VE GOT IT.

AS…AS LONG AS IT’S VAGUE,

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK ME

OUT OF IT OR MAKE ME CHANGE,

BUT ONCE I SEE SOMETHING,

IT’S MINE.

I SAW THIS BUILDING.

I SAW THIS BUILDING WHEN

THERE WAS NOTHING HERE.

DID YOU KNOW SEVEN YEARS AGO

ON THIS DATE, THERE WAS ZERO

ON THIS PROPERTY.

NOTHING EXISTED.

ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN BUILT

DEBT-FREE IN SEVEN YEARS.

AND IT’S BECAUSE…

BECAUSE I TOOK THE LIMITS OFF

AND I BEGAN TO START

USING MY IMAGINATION.

AND I’M TELLING YOU

THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU

HAVE THAT SAME

SUPERNATURAL POTENTIAL.

YOU NEED TO LOOSE

YOUR IMAGINATION,

AND YOU NEED TO

SEE YOURSELF HEALED.

YOU NEED TO SEE YOURSELF DOING

WHAT GOD CALLED YOU TO DO.

AND IF YOU CAN EVER SEE IT

ON THE INSIDE,

YOU’LL SEE IT

ON THE OUTSIDE.

IT’S REALLY THAT SIMPLE.

BUT MOST OF US HAVE SPENT

A LIFETIME HAVING OUR

IMAGINATION SQUELCHED.

AND IT MAY TAKE TIME FOR YOU

TO SIT THERE AND REVIVE IT.

AND TO GET TO WHERE YOU START

FUNCTIONING IN THIS.

BUT MAN,

IT’S WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.

I TELL YOU THIS WILL

CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

THE REASON I DO WHAT I DO

IS TWO FOLD.

FIRST OF ALL,

GOD JUST TRANSFORMED MY LIFE

AND IT’S JUST LIKE THE GUY

THAT THE LORD TOLD HIM, SAYS,

DON’T GO TELL ANYBODY

ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENED

TO YOUR DAUGHTER,

AND HE, MAN, COULDN’T KEEP IT

QUIET.

WHEN YOU GET GOD TOUCHING YOU,

YOU JUST WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY.

YOU’VE GOT THIS GOOD NEWS,

YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE.

BUT BEYOND THAT,

I BELIEVE GOD’S GOT

A SPECIFIC CALL ON MY LIFE,

AND I MEAN, GOD HAS

ENCOURAGED ME

THOUSANDS OF TIMES.

AND ON NOVEMBER THE 4TH, 2014,

HE WOKE ME UP AT 3:00

IN THE MORNING,

AND HE SAID, THIS IS THE REASON

THAT I’VE RAISED YOU UP

IS TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S OPINION

OF ME,

AND AS THEIR OPINION OF ME

CHANGES,

THEN THEY, IN TURN,

WILL GO CHANGE THEIR WORLD.

OUR PARTNERS ARE ESSENTIAL

TO EVERYTHING WE DO.

53% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE US

AND CONTACT US,

DON’T GIVE A THING

AND WE SEND THEM THE MATERIAL,

AND THE REASON THAT I GIVE

MY TAPES AWAY

IS BECAUSE BACK IN THE BEGINNING

OF OUR MINISTRY,

WHEN WE WERE

IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS,

PASTORING OUR FIRST

LITTLE CHURCH,

I JUST MADE A PROMISE.

I SAID, GOD, IF YOU EVER SHOW ME

SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE

ANOTHER PERSON’S LIFE,

I’LL NEVER DENY THEM

ACCESS TO IT

BECAUSE OF FINANCES.

THE INITIAL RESPONSE THAT I GET

FROM PEOPLE

WHO COME IN CONTACT

WITH OUR MINISTRY

IS THAT THEY JUST SEE GOD

IN A TOTAL DIFFERENT LIGHT

THAN THEY’VE EVER SEEN HIM.

THAT CAUSES THEM TO RESPOND

TO GOD.

♪ MUSIC ♪

THE WHOLE MOTIVE BEHIND CHARIS

IS 2 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 2,

VERSES 1 AND 2, WHERE PAUL SAID,

BE STRONG IN THE GRACE

THAT’S IN THE LORD JESUS.

AND THE THINGS

THAT YOU HAVE HEARD OF ME

AMONG MANY WITNESSES,

THE SAME COMMIT THOU

TO FAITHFUL MEN

AND WOMEN WHO’LL BE ABLE

TO TEACH OTHERS ALSO.

THAT’S BEEN MY WHOLE THRUST,

AND WHEN I STARTED

CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE,

IT WAS BECAUSE I COULD SEE

THAT IT WAS A WAY OF FULFILLING

THOSE VERSES.

THROUGH CHARIS, WE GO DEEPER

WITH PEOPLE THAN I CAN DO

ON TELEVISION

OR THROUGH A BOOK

OR THROUGH A CD

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO, WHAT WE HOPE

TO ACCOMPLISH

IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES

AND IT’S ALREADY HAPPENING.

WE’VE GOT PEOPLE

ON EVERY CONTINENT
OF THE WORLD

THAT ARE REACHING PEOPLE,

AND, THROUGH THEM,

WE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT

THAT I COULD NEVER DO.

♪ MUSIC ♪

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING

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I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW

THAT WE HAVE NOW STARTED

A CHARIS DAILY LIVE BIBLE STUDY.

WE’VE BEEN DOING A BIBLE STUDY

EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT

LIVE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS,

BUT NOW WE HAVE

FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

WE’VE VARIED THE TIMES

SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE

ANYBODY’S SCHEDULE.

AND IT’S GOING TO

REALLY BE GOOD.

WE’RE GOING TO USE

OUR INSTRUCTORS

FROM THE SCHOOL,

AND IT’LL BE A BLESSING,

SO REMEMBER, WE NOW HAVE

A CHARIS DAILY LIVE BIBLE STUDY

FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

♪ MUSIC ♪

>> MAREN HAMM WAS ONLY

NINE YEARS OLD

WHEN SHE CONTRACTED

THE SWINE FLU.

MYSTERIOUS SYMPTOMS

PLAGUED HER BODY AND MIND

UNTIL SHE WAS NO LONGER

>> ABLE TO WALK.

> THE PAIN IN MY LEGS

WAS SO BAD

THAT IT FELT LIKE A BLOWTORCH

WAS TOUCHING THEM

> IF A BED SHEET TOUCHED THEM.

>> WHEN HER SYMPTOMS

TURNED FOR THE WORST,

MAREN WAS DIAGNOSED

WITH LATE STAGE LYME DISEASE,

WHICH MOST PEOPLE

>> NEVER RECOVER FROM.

> AND I JUST TURNED TO MY MOM

AND I’M LIKE, I JUST WANT

TO GO TO COLORADO.

I HAVE BEEN SO SICK,

AND I JUST WANTED TO ENJOY

THE MOUNTAINS EVEN IF I JUST SIT

IN MY WHEELCHAIR

> AND LOOK AT THEM.

>> HER MOTHER, LINNAE,

BOOKED A CABIN IN,

OF ALL PLACES, THE SMALL TOWN

>> OF WOODLAND PARK.

> WE WENT OUT TO COLORADO

AND WE FOUND THIS LITTLE CABIN.

MY MOM WAS GETTING MY SCOOTER

OUT OF THE CAR

AND THE LADY CAME UP

AND SHE’S LIKE,

THERE’S A HEALING SCHOOL

LIKE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

> IT’S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

>> GOD LED US

RIGHT TO HEALING SCHOOL,

RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD

>> AT CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE.

> WHETHER IT LOOKS LIKE IT,

IT DOESN’T MATTER.

YOU SAID IT,

I’M STEPPING INTO IT,

AND I’M JUST WALKING

> IN WHAT YOU HAVE FOR ME.

>> THE NEXT DAY,

WE PACKED UP THE CAR

AND WE STOPPED

AT A NATIONAL FOREST

BEFORE WE LEFT TO GO BACK HOME,

AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

I’M SITTING THERE

AND JUST THIS, LIKE, BOLDNESS

ROSE UP ON THE INSIDE OF ME,

THIS PROMPTING, LIKE,

>> STAND UP AND WALK.

> AND I HEAR HER JUST SAY,

MOM!

AND I TURNED BACK

AND THEN I REALIZED

> SHE WAS STANDING.

>> BY THE END OF THE WEEK,

I WAS WALKING,

AND A MONTH LATER,

I WAS COMPLETELY HEALED

EVER SINCE,

>> SO PRAISE THE LORD.

> HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS!

YOU KNOW, IT’S YOUR PARTNERSHIP

THAT ENABLED US

TO HAVE THE HEALING SCHOOL

WHERE MAREN GOT HEALED,

AND THIS IS HAPPENING THOUSANDS

> AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES OVER.

>> THE ONLY REASON

THAT I AM SITTING BEFORE YOU

TOTALLY HEALED,

IS BECAUSE YOU’VE SOWED

INTO THAT MINISTRY.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART,

I JUST CAN’T SAY THANK YOU

ENOUGH,

CAUSE THAT’S WHAT MAKES THIS

>> ALL POSSIBLE.

> THANK YOU PARTNERS

FOR HELPING US TO REACH OUT

AND IF YOU HAVEN’T YET BECOME

A PARTNER,

PRAY ABOUT IT AND JOIN WITH US

> TODAY.

♪ MUSIC ♪

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