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.

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.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

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I WANT TO SHARE SOME THINGS

WITH YOU.

IF YOU WERE HERE THIS MORNING,

I STARTED TALKING ABOUT

THE POWER OF IMAGINATION

AND HOW THAT RELATES TO

YOUR HEALING,

THAT IF YOU CAN’T SEE YOURSELF

HEALED ON THE INSIDE,

YOU WON’T SEE IT ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM

WITH MOST PEOPLE,

BECAUSE THEY SEE THEMSELF SICK.

THEY THINK SICK, THEY TALK SICK,

AND THEN THEY PRAY FOR HEALING.

IT JUST DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY.

AS A MAN THINKS IN HIS HEART,

SO IS HE.

AND I SHARED SOME SCRIPTURES.

I WAS TALKING A LOT ABOUT

THIS HEBREW WORD, Y-E-T-S-E-R,

THAT IS TRANSLATED, MIND,

IN ISAIAH, CHAPTER 26, VERSE 3,

THE LORD WILL KEEP HIM

IN PERFECT PEACE

WHOSE MIND IS STAYED UPON HIM.

BUT THAT SAME WORD

WAS TRANSLATED IMAGINE,

OR IMAGINATIONS,

FIVE TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,

AND I GAVE SOME OF

THOSE REFERENCES.

AND THE ACTUAL DEFINITION OF

THAT HEBREW WORD

MEANS, CONCEPTION.

YOUR IMAGINATION IS

YOUR SPIRITUAL WOMB

AND YOU HAVE TO
CONCEIVE THINGS.

AND AS A MAN

THINKS IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE.

THAT’S TALKING ABOUT

AS YOU SEE THINGS,

NOT AS YOU PRAY

AND BEG AND PLEAD.

AND MANY TIMES,

PEOPLE WILL SAY,

OH GOD, THIS IS SERIOUS

AND THEY’LL TELL GOD

HOW BAD IT IS

AND THEY TRY

AND GET GOD TO MOVE

BECAUSE OF NEED.

IF THE LORD MOVED

BECAUSE OF NEED,

THINGS WOULD BE

TOTALLY DIFFERENT

THAN THEY ARE TODAY.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED

THE POWER OF GOD THE MOST

ARE THE FURTHEST FROM IT

AND GOD DOESN’T JUST MOVE

BECAUSE YOUR NEED IS THERE.

HE MOVES THROUGH PEOPLE

WHO BELIEVE, JUST LIKE ASHLEY

WAS GIVING TESTIMONY.

THAT WAS SUCH

A GREAT TESTIMONY ABOUT,

HE DIDN’T BUY HEALING,

BUT HE NEEDED TO BELIEVE.

AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

IN LUKE, CHAPTER 16,

THAT TRUSTING GOD

IN THE AREA OF FINANCES

IS THE LEAST USE OF YOUR FAITH.

IF YOU CAN’T DO

THAT WHICH IS LEAST,

YOU CAN’T DO

THAT WHICH IS GREATEST.

AND THERE’S PEOPLE,

THERE’S PROBABLY

PEOPLE RIGHT HERE

THAT YOU ARE DESPERATE

FOR A HEALING,

BUT YOU…YOU’RE AFRAID

TO TRUST GOD IN FINANCES.

YOU WOULDN’T DARE

GIVE EVERYTHING

THAT’S IN YOUR SAVINGS

OR THAT’S IN

YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT

BECAUSE YOU REALLY DO

TRUST THAT,

AND YET YOU’RE BELIEVING

FOR A HEALING.

DID YOU KNOW TRUSTING GOD

FOR FINANCES IS NOT NEAR

AS IMPORTANT AS HEALING.

YOU CAN’T BUY HEALING.

THERE’S PEOPLE THAT SPEND

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THERE ARE BILLIONAIRES

THAT ARE DYING

BECAUSE YOU CAN’T BUY HEALING.

HEALING IS INFINITELY

MORE IMPORTANT THAN FINANCES,

AND IF YOU CAN’T DO

THAT WHICH IS LEAST,

IF YOU CAN’T TRUST HIM

IN FINANCES, THEN YOU CAN’T

TRUST HIM IN SOMETHING GREATER.

SO THERE’S PEOPLE HERE

PRAYING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH,

AND YET YOU’VE
NEVER TRUSTED HIM

IN THAT AREA OF FINANCES.

YOU NEED TO DO THAT.

YOU NEED TO CONCEIVE A MIRACLE,

AND WHEN HE TOOK

THAT STEP OF FAITH

AND GAVE THOSE FINANCES,

THAT’S NOT BUYING ANYTHING

FROM GOD, BUT IT WAS…

IT WAS TRUSTING GOD.

IT WAS BELIEVING GOD.

AND I TELL YOU WHAT,

THAT RELEASES THE SUPERNATURAL

POWER OF GOD.

GOD IS A GOOD GOD

THAT WANTS US ALL TO PROSPER.

HIS WILL FOR EVERY ONE OF US

IS PROSPERITY.

3 JOHN, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 2,

BELOVED, I WISH ABOVE ALL THINGS

THAT YOU MIGHT PROSPER

AND BE IN HEALTH, EVEN

AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS.

GOD WANTS TO

PROSPER YOU, GOD WANTS IT MORE

THAN YOU WANT IT,

BUT WE BLOCK IT

THROUGH OUR DOUBT,

THROUGH OUR FEAR.

AND SO, YOU HAVE TO

GET OUT OF THAT PLACE OF FEAR

AND DOUBT AND WORRY

AND START TAKING

A STEP OF FAITH.

AND AGAIN,

IT STARTS WITH FINANCES.

I COULD NEARLY PREACH

ON FINANCES.

BUT I’VE TALKED ABOUT

ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

WHAT I WANT TO DO

IF WHAT I WAS SAYING

THIS MORNING WAS TRUE.

AND IF YOUR IMAGINATION

WAS SO STRONG

THAT THE LORD HAD TO COME DOWN

AND CONFUSE THE LANGUAGES

AT THE TOWER OF BABEL

TO STOP PEOPLE

FROM IMAGINING

AND DOING THINGS,

IF IMAGINATION IS THAT POWERFUL,

HOW COME ALL OF THE REFERENCES

TO IMAGINATION IN THE BIBLE

ARE NEGATIVE?

I DEALT WITH THIS

FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS,

PRAYING, GOD, WHY IS THIS?

AND I USED A NUMBER OF

SCRIPTURES THIS MORNING.

LET ME USE ONE MORE OVER IN

2 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 10 TO 9,

AND READ THIS TO YOU.

THIS IS A NEW TESTAMENT

SCRIPTURE ABOUT

YOUR IMAGINATION.

2 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 10,

AND IN VERSE 3,

IT SAYS, FOR THOUGH

WE WALK IN THE FLESH,

WE DO NOT WAR AFTER THE FLESH:

FOR THE WEAPONS
OF OUR WARFARE

ARE NOT CARNAL,

BUT MIGHTY THROUGH GOD

TO THE PULLING DOWN

OF STRONGHOLDS;

CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS,

AND EVERY HIGH THING

THAT EXALTS ITSELF

AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD,

AND BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY

EVERY THOUGHT TO

THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST.

DID YOU KNOW

OUR SPIRITUAL WEAPONS.

PEOPLE WILL TEACH THAT MAN,

THE DEVIL IS THIS HUGE FORCE

AND SATAN IS FIGHTING AGAINST US

AND YOU’VE GOT TO

INTERCEDE AND BIND

AND DO ALL OF THIS STUFF.

I BELIEVE SATAN IS REAL.

I BELIEVE HE EXISTS.

I BELIEVE HE IS OUT

GOING ABOUT SEEKING WHOM

HE MAY DEFOU…DEVOUR,

BUT EXACTLY AS CARLIE SAID

THIS MORNING, HIS ONLY POWER

THAT HE HAS IS DECEPTION.

HE IS A DEFEATED FOE.

HE DOESN’T HAVE THE POWER

TO MAKE YOU SICK,

TO DO ANYTHING,

UNLESS YOU BELIEVE IT.

HE HAS TO HAVE
YOUR COOPERATION

TO DO ANYTHING.

THANK YOU FOR

THAT THUNDEROUS SILENCE.

MOST PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE THAT,

BECAUSE WELL,

I DIDN’T BELIEVE FOR THIS.

I D…I DIDN’T ASK

FOR THIS CANCER.

I DIDN’T COOPERATE.

I WASN’T OUT LIVING IN SIN.

I WASN’T DOING ANYTHING.

CANCER JUST CAME AT ME.

I DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING

TO DO WITH IT.

YEAH, YOU DID.

IF NOTHING ELSE,

YOU BOUGHT THE LIE

THAT YOU’RE ONLY HUMAN,

AND THAT AFTER ALL,

CANCER AND THESE

KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN,

AND WHAT CAN YOU DO?

I MEAN, IT’S INCURABLE,

AND OH GOD, HELP ME!

AND THE MOMENT YOU COME

TO GOD AND SAY, GOD,

I CAN’T DO ANYTHING.

THE DOCTOR SAYS I’M DYING,

YOU COOPERATED WITH THE DEVIL.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT NO PLAGUE

WILL COME NIGH YOUR DWELLING.

BUT IT SAYS THERE

IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 91,

IT SAYS, I WILL SAY OF THE LORD,

HE IS MY REFUGE

AND MY FORTRESS:

MY GOD, IN HIM WILL I TRUST.

YOU HAVE TO SAY IT.

THE POWER OF GOD

IS VOICE-ACTIVATED.

GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS

AND THE EARTH BY WORDS.

HE SPOKE EVERYTHING

THAT’S PHYSICAL INTO EXISTENCE,

AND EVEN THE GERMS

AND EVEN THE VIRUSES

AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN

CORRUPTED SINCE THE FALL OF MAN

AND NOW THEY’RE DESTRUCTIVE,

THOSE THINGS WERE

CREATED BY WORDS.

THEY WILL RESPOND TO WORDS

AND YOU HAVE TO SPEAK WORDS.

AND WHEN YOU SAY, OH GOD,

I AM NOTHING, I HAVE NOTHING,

AND I CAN DO NOTHING,

BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN

DO ALL THINGS.

GOD, WOULD YOU STRETCH FORTH

YOUR HAND AND HEAL?

YOU’VE COOPERATED

WITH THE DEVIL.

YOU WERE BELIEVING

THAT YOU’RE POWERLESS.

AND PEOPLE WILL SAY,

WELL…IT SAYS IN

JOHN, CHAPTER 15, VERSE 5,

JESUS WAS SPEAKING,

AND HE SAID, WITHOUT ME

YOU CAN DO NOTHING.

WELL, THAT’S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

I AGREE WITH THAT 100%.

WITHOUT JESUS, I’M A ZERO

WITH THE RIM KNOCKED OFF.

I AM NOTHING,

BUT I’M NEVER WITHOUT JESUS.

HE’S NEVER GOING TO LEAVE ME

NOR FORSAKE ME.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH

I, IN MYSELF, AM NOTHING,

I, IN CHRIST, AM AWESOME.

I’M GREATER THAN ANY SICKNESS

OR ANY DISEASE,

AND THE MOMENT YOU START

PRAYING AND SAYING, OH GOD,

WE’RE JUST POWERLESS.

THE DOCTOR SAYS IT’S INCURABLE.

THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN DO,

YOU’VE COOPERATED

WITH THE DEVIL.

YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT,

BUT YOU HAVE.

YOU HAVE BELIEVED A LIE.

YOU BELIEVED THAT SICKNESS,

PARALYSIS, DISEASE IS

BIGGER THAN YOU.

THERE’S NOTHING I CAN

DO ABOUT IT.

THAT’S A LIE.

AMEN.

I KNOW THAT THERE’S MANY

PEOP…I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING…

I DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING

TO DO WITH THIS.

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

SATAN CAN’T DO

ANYTHING TO YOU

WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT

AND COOPERATION.

YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE

A LIE SOMEWHERE.

IF YOU WERE WALKING IN

THE FULLNESS OF

THE POWER OF GOD

AND IF YOU WERE

APPROPRIATING EVERYTHING

HE HAD DONE FOR YOU,

I GUARANTEE YOU,

NO PLAGUE WOULD

COME NIGH YOUR DWELLING.

BUT SEE, YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THIS.

AND SO ANYWAY,

I GOT OFF ON THAT BY SAYING

PEOPLE ARE REBUKING THE DEVIL

AND FIGHTING DEMONS AND STUFF,

AND THEY DO EXIST.

I’M NOT SAYING THEY DON’T EXIST,

BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE

YOUR COOPERATION.

THIS IS WHY THAT MAN

THAT WAS DEMON-POSSESSED,

HIS DEMONS WERE CALLED LEGION.

THOSE DEMONS BEGGED THE LORD

TO LET THEM ENTER INTO THE SWINE

BECAUSE A PIG HAS
MORE AUTHORITY

THAN THE DEVIL.

THE DEVIL DOESN’T HAVE

A PHYSICAL BODY.

ONLY PEOPLE WITH
PHYSICAL BODIES

HAVE AUTHORITY IN THIS EARTH.

AND SO, SATAN HAS TO GAIN

SOME COOPERATION.

HE…YOU KNOW,

A…A…A…A CATERPILLAR,

SLIME HAS MORE AUTHORITY

THAN THE DEVIL.

IT’S GOT A BODY.

IT CAN DO SOMETHING.

THAT’S THE REASON

SATAN HAS TO INHABIT A DEMON.

IF IT WAS JUST UP TO THE DEVIL,

HE GOES ABOUT

SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR,

BUT HE CANNOT
DEVOUR EVERYBODY.

IF IT WAS UP TO THE DEVIL,

EVERY ONE OF US WOULD BE DYING.

EVERY ONE OF US

WOULD BE PARALYZED.

EVERY ONE OF US WOULD

HAVE A DEATH SENTENCE.

BUT HE CAN’T HAVE EVERYBODY

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO COOPERATE.

AND IT’S NOT ALWAYS

BECAUSE YOU’RE OUT THERE

SINNING OR SAYING,

DEVIL, I LOVE YOU.

COME FIGHT ME,

COME DEVOUR ME.

THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU’RE DOING.

BUT YOU HAVE BELIEVED A LIE

THAT YOU’RE ONLY HUMAN,

THAT THERE’S
NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

THE DOCTOR SAYS IT’S INCURABLE,

SO WHAT CAN I DO?

YOU COULD BELIEVE GOD.

YOU COULD BEGIN TO START

RENEWING YOUR MIND

AND FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE

AND TAKE YOUR AUTHORITY

AND SPEAK TO THAT DEVIL

AND COMMAND IT TO LEAVE.

SOME OF YOU THINK,

MINE ISN’T A DEVIL.

IT’S JUST SOMETHING PHYSICAL.

ANYWAY…OUR SPIRITUAL WEAPONS,

WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?

TO CAST DOWN IMAGINATIONS

AND EVERY HIGH THING

THAT EXALTS ITSELF

AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

AND BRINGING TO CAPTIVITY

EVERY THOUGHT TO

THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST.

THAT’S ANOTHER THING,

THAT SEE, MOST PEOPLE

HAVE JUST GIVEN THEIR THOUGHTS

OVER TO THE DEVIL.

THEY DON’T THINK YOU CAN KEEP

YOUR MIND STAYED UPON GOD.

BUT I’VE ALREADY QUOTED

THAT VERSE ONCE, ISAIAH 26:3,

THE LORD WILL KEEP HIM

IN PERFECT PEACE,

WHOSE MIND IS STAYED UPON HIM:

THAT’S TALKING ABOUT

YOUR IMAGINATION, WHO YOU ARE,

TAKING THE WORD OF GOD

AND THINKING ON IT

UNTIL IT PAINTS A PICTURE OF YOU

OF VICTORY, OF AUTHORITY,

OF CONTROL OVER THE DEVIL

THAT’S COMING AGAINST YOU.

AND WHEN YOU THINK THAT WAY

AND KEEP YOUR MIND STAYED

UPON HIM, NOT JUST…

YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS,

THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.

THEY DON’T VISIT THERE.

THEY DON’T VACATION AT FAITH.

THIS IS WHERE THEY LIVE.

YOU LIVE BY FAITH.

YOU CAN BRING EVERY THOUGHT

INTO CAPTIVITY

AND UNDER OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE

THESE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.

YOU CAN’T NECESSARILY KEEP

A NEGATIVE THOUGHT
FROM COMING.

KENNETH HAGIN USED TO

SAY IT THIS WAY,

YOU CAN’T KEEP A BIRD

FROM FLYING OVER YOUR HEAD,

BUT YOU CAN KEEP HIM

FROM LANDING

AND MAKING A NEST IN YOUR HAIR.

YOU CAN’T NECESSARILY

KEEP NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

FROM COMING,

BECAUSE WE LIVE IN

A FALLEN WORLD

AND YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR

A BUNCH OF NEGATIVE STUFF,

BUT YOU CAN TAKE

EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE

AND IN OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.

AND THERE’S MANY PEOPLE,

I WOULD SAY THE VAST MAJORITY

OF CHRISTIANS DO NOT BELIEVE

THAT’S POSSIBLE.

IT’S NOT EVEN A GOAL,

AND YOU WILLINGLY PLAY…

PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS

A MONTH TO HAVE UNBELIEF

AND DOUBT AND ADULTERY

AND MURDER AND BAD NEWS

PIPED INTO YOUR HOME.

AND YOU SPEND

EVERY AVAILABLE MOMENT

ON A TELEPHONE

WATCHING AND LEARNING

ALL THIS STUFF.

AND WE WONDER WHY WE DON’T

WANT TO KEEP OUR MIND

STAYED UPON GOD.

IT’S NOT EVEN A GOAL

FOR MOST PEOPLE.

MOST PEOPLE DON’T

EVEN BELIEVE IT.

YOU KNOW,

IF THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE DOING,

THEN YOU HAVE,

UNWILLINGLY MAYBE,

BUT YOU HAVE COOPERATED

WITH THE DEVIL

AND THAT’S GIVING HIM PLACE.

ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE

ADAM AND LI…EVE LIVED

TO BE 930 YEARS OLD

IS CAUSE THEY DIDN’T KNOW

HOW TO BE SICK.

THEY DIDN’T HAVE SOMEBODY

TELLING THEM IT’S FLU SEASON.

HAVE YOU GOT YOUR FLU SHOT YET?

AND SO, THEY HAD FEAR

AND STARTED PLANNING, OH MAN,

I GOT TO WATCH IT

OR I’LL CATCH THE FLU.

THEY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE FLU.

THEY DIDN’T KNOW

THAT WHEN YOU WERE OVER

30 OR 40 THAT YOU WERE

OVER THE HILL,

AND NOBODY GAVE THEM

BLACK BALLOONS

AND STARTED GIVING
THEM DEPENDS

AND TALKING ABOUT,

YOU’RE GOING TO NEED THESE,

AND PREPARATION H,

AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THEY DIDN’T KNOW

ABOUT THESE THINGS.

IT TOOK THE DEVIL 930 YEARS

TO CONVINCE THEM

ABOUT HOW TO DIE.

THEY DIDN’T KNOW

HOW TO DIE.

WE’VE BEEN TAUGHT

HOW TO DIE.

WE’VE BEEN TAUGHT

HOW TO SPEAK DEATH.

WE’VE BEEN TAUGHT

HOW TO EXPECT IT.

WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT,

THAT’S COOPERATING

WITH THE DEVIL.

THIS IS NOT THE WAY

GOD MADE YOU TO BE.

GOD DID NOT MAKE YOU

TO BE SICK.

BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS,

YOU ARE HEALED.

WE’VE HEARD THAT

100 TIMES ALREADY,

AND YET THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN

HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR SICKNESS

AND DEFEAT.

SO, HERE’S A NEGATIVE USE

OF YOUR IMAGINATIONS.

IF IMAGINATION IS THIS POWERFUL,

HOW COME IT’S NOT TALKED ABOUT

IN A POSITIVE WAY?

I ASKED THAT QUESTION

FOR A LONG TIME,

AND THEN ONE DAY I WAS JUST

READING OVER HERE

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 8.

LET ME TURN OVER

AND READ THIS TO YOU,

AND REMEMBER
THAT THE DEFINITION

OF AN IMAGINATION,

ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY,

IT’S THE ABILITY TO SEE

WHAT ISN’T REAL OR PRESENT.

IT’S EITHER SOMETHING THAT’S…

THAT’S REAL,

BUT YOU CAN’T SEE IT.

IT’S REMOVED FROM YOU

OR IT’S SOMETHING

THAT HASN’T COME INTO BEING YET,

LIKE THESE BUILDINGS.

I SAW THESE BUILDINGS

BEFORE THEY WERE HERE.

THEY WERE IN MY IMAGINATION,

SO THAT’S A DEFINITION OF

IMAGINATION ACCORDING TO

THE DICTIONARY IS THE ABILITY

TO SEE SOMETHING

THAT’S NOT REAL OR A PRESENT.

AND ONE DAY, I WAS JUST READING

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 8,

AND IN VERSE 24, IT SAYS,

WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE:

BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN

IS NOT HOPE:

FOR WHAT A MAN SEETH,

WHY DOTH HE YET HOPE FOR?

BUT IF WE HOPE FOR

THAT WE SEE NOT,

THEN DO WE WITH PATIENCE

WAIT FOR IT.

AND I WAS JUST MEDITATING

ON THAT AND THINKING ABOUT IT

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,

IT DAWNED ON ME.

HOPE IS SEEING SOMETHING

THAT YOU CAN’T SEE,

WHICH IS THE DEFINITION

OF IMAGINATION.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE

CALLS A POSITIVE IMAGINATION,

HOPE.

AND SO MAN,

THAT JUST OPENED UP

ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO ME.

IMAGINATION IS ALWAYS SPOKEN OF

IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

THE ONLY…THE ONLY USE

OF IMAGINATION

THAT WASN’T JUST

TOTALLY NEGATIVE

IS 1 CHRONICLES 29:18,

WE READ THAT THIS MORNING,

AND THAT’S WHERE DAVID PRAYED

TO KEEP THIS FOREVER

IN THE THOUGHTS OF

THE IMAGINATION OF HIS HEARTS…

OF THEIR HEARTS,

AND THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT

YOUR MEMORY.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT,

IT SAYS THAT THE THOUGHTS OF

MAN’S HEARTS WERE ONLY…

THE IMAGINATION OF

THE THOUGHTS OF MEN’S HEART

WERE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY.

THAT LUKE 1:51,

THAT HE’S GOING TO

TAKE THEM IN THE IMAGINATION,

DESTROY THEM IN THE IMAGINATION

OF THEIR OWN HEARTS.

SO, IMAGINATION IS USED

PRIMARILY TO DESCRIBE

A NEGATIVE IMAGINATION.

BUT A POSITIVE IMAGINATION

IS WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS, HOPE.

AND THIS IS WHAT DANIEL

AND CARLIE WERE TALKING ABOUT

THIS MORNING.

THEY GOT OFF ON THIS HEBREWS,

CHAPTER 11, VERSE 1.

I’M GOING SAY SOME OF

THESE THINGS VERY QUICKLY

CAUSE I GOT A WAYS TO GO.

BUT HEBREWS, CHAPTER 11,

VERSE 1, NOW FAITH IS

THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS

HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF

THINGS NOT SEEN.

SUBSTANCE IS TALKING ABOUT

SOMETHING THAT IS TANGIBLE,

THAT’S REAL.

THIS PULPIT HAS SUBSTANCE,

AND SO FAITH GIVES SUBSTANCE,

TANGIBILITY TO THINGS HOPED FOR,

AND THAT’S TALKING ABOUT

YOUR IMAGINATION.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE IT

IN YOUR IMAGINATION,

FAITH DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING

TO GIVE SUBSTANCE TO.

AND DANIEL AND CARLIE

TOUCHED ON THIS

THIS MORNING,

BUT MOST PEOPLE GIVE HOPE

A BAD RAP.

LIKE PEOPLE WILL SAY,

ARE YOU, YOU KNOW,

ARE YOU BELIEVING GOD

FOR HEALING?

WELL, I HOPE SO.

AND THEY’LL SAY, WELL,

DON’T QUO…DON’T HOPE SO,

BELIEVE.

BUT YOU KNOW OVER IN

1 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 13,

VERSE 3, NOW ABIDETH FAITH,

HOPE, AND LOVE,

BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE

IS LOVE.

HOPE IS MENTIONED RIGHT THERE

IN BETWEEN FAITH AND LOVE.

IT’S ONE OF THE BIG THREE.

IT’S A POWERFUL FORCE.

HOPE IS WHAT ACTIVATES FAITH.

AND I TELL YOU, ONCE YOU GET

A HOPE…I WISHED I HAD

BETTER WORDS TO SAY THIS.

I…IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS

THAT IT’S EASIER CAUGHT

THAN IT IS TAUGHT.

BUT ONCE YOU…ONCE YOU GET

A HOPE, ONCE YOU MEDITATE

ON SOMETHING, YOU PRAY,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN

YOU SEE IT…AGAIN,

I WISH I COULD SAY THIS BETTER.

I’M ASKING THE HOLY SPIRIT

TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THIS

BECAUSE THERE’S MANY OF YOU

THAT HAVE SQUELCHED

YOUR IMAGINATION FOR SO LONG

THAT IT’S HARD FOR YOU TO RELATE

TO WHAT I’M SAYING.

BUT ONCE YOU PRAY ABOUT

SOMETHING AND MEDITATE ON IT.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,

GOD SPEAKS A WORD TO YOU

AND YOU SEE IT, YOU KNOW,

GOD HAS SPOKEN TO YOU.

I GUARANTEE YOU,

ONCE THAT HAPPENS,

FAITH WILL KICK IN LIKE THAT.

YOU WILL FIND SOME WAY

TO MAIN…BRING THIS THING.

FAITH WILL GIVE SUBSTANCE

TO THINGS HOPED FOR

AND EVIDENCE, PHYSICAL PROOF,

TO THINGS NOT SEEN.

IT DIDN’T SAY THINGS

THAT DON’T EXIST.

THEY DO EXIST, BUT THEY EXIST

IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM,

BUT IT WILL GIVE SUBSTANCE

TO THINGS HOPED FOR

AND EVIDENCE TO
THINGS NOT SEEN.

YOU KNOW, JAMIE AND I WENT

TO LOOK AT A CAR ONE TIME.

WE JUST NEEDED A CAR.

AND WE DIDN’T HAVE MONEY

FOR A CAR, BUT WE KNEW

WE NEEDED ONE,

SO WE THOUGHT,

WE’RE GOING TO GO

TO A DEALERSHIP

AND JUST LOOK AT A CAR.

IT WASN’T EMOTIONAL.

WE…WE HAD A DOG OF A CAR.

IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

AND SO WE JUST THOUGHT,

WE ARE GOING TO

START THE PROCESS.

AND WE WENT DOWN THERE

AND WE TOLD THE SALESMAN,

WE DON’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING

EXCEPT JUST GET

SOME INFORMATION.

HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST?

HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO

BELIEVE FOR,

AND WHAT’S THE, YOU KNOW,

WHAT…WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

WHAT KIND OF CAR

IS IN OUR PRICE RANGE?

AND SO, THAT’S WHAT WE WERE

GOING TO DO.

BUT WHEN WE WENT THERE,

THESE SALESMEN KNOW

THE POWER OF IMAGINATION.

AND THIS SALESMAN SAY,

OH NO, YOU DON’T JUST WANT…

INFORMATION.

GO SIT IN THE CAR.

I SAID, I DON’T WANT TO

SIT IN THE CAR.

I JUST WANT SOME INFORMATION.

HE WOULDN’T GIVE ME ANYTHING

UNTIL I WENT AND SAT IN THE CAR.

AND THEN HE SAYS, MAN,

DOESN’T THAT SMELL GOOD?

DOESN’T THAT FEEL GOOD?

AND THEN, CAN…

CAN’T YOU SEE YOURSELF

DRIVING THIS CAR?

AND THEN HE SAYS,

LET’S DRIVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK.

AND I SAID, NO, I DON’T

WANT TO DRIVE IT

AROUND THE BLOCK.

AND HE SAYS, NO, I WANT YOU TO

DRIVE AROUND THE BLOCK.

SO, I DROVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK

AND COMPARED TO OUR CAR

THAT HER…HAD ALL KINDS OF

NOISE AND RATTLES,

AND…AND IT WAS…

THE SHOCKS WERE BAD

AND EVERYTHING ELSE,

THIS ONE WAS SMOOTH.

AND DID YOU KNOW I SAW MYSELF

IN THAT CAR.

AND ANYWAY, I HAD ENOUGH

SELF-CONTROL TO TELL

THIS GUY NO,

AND WE WENT HOME.

I DIDN’T MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS,

BUT I STAYED UP HALF

OF THE NIGHT THINKING,

HOW CAN I DO THIS?

HOW CAN I MAKE THIS HAPPEN?

ONCE I SAW MYSELF IN IT,

BOY, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

MY CREATIVE JUICES

STARTED FLOWING.

AND SEE THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS.

WHEN…ONCE YOU SEE SOMETHING,

ONCE YOU CAN GET IT

IN YOUR IMAGINATION,

I GUARANTEE, IT’S JUST

A MATTER OF TIME

UNTIL YOU WILL SEE IT

AND TOUCH IT.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS

MOST PEOPLE ARE

PRAYING FOR SOMETHING

THAT THEY’VE NEVER CONCEIVED,

THAT THEY DON’T SEE.

YOU DON’T SEE YOURSELF WELL.

YOU DON’T SEE YOURSELF

THE VICTOR.

YOU SEE YOURSELF THE VICTIM.

DON’T LOOK AT ME

IN THAT TONE OF VOICE.

I PRAY WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE,

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE,

AND I WOULD SAY,

THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE

COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING

TO THE EFFECT OF,

COULD YOU PLEASE PRAY?

AND THEY GET PITIFUL HOPING

THAT’LL TOUCH MY EMOTIONS.

WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR ME?

THE DOCTOR SAYS

I’M GOING TO DIE.

AND I’VE GOT THREE CHILDREN

AND I’VE GOT THIS,

AND WHA…AND THEY START…

AND WHAT THEY…THIS IS HOW

THEY SEE THEMSELF.

I’M NOTHING.

I HAVE NO POWER.

I EVEN HAD ONE MAN COME TO ME

JUST A MONTH OR TWO AGO

AND HE SAYS, I KNOW WHAT

YOU’RE SAYING,

AND I KNOW THAT BY THE STRIPES

OF JESUS, I WAS HEALED.

I KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.

I BELIEVE WHAT YOU’RE SAYING,

BUT I JUST DON’T HAVE ANY POWER.

AND YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING

I SAID TO HIM IS

PROVERBS 18:21,

DEATH AND LIFE ARE

IN THE POWER OF YOUR TONGUE.

YOU GOT POWER RIGHT HERE,

BUT YOU’RE USING IT

TO KILL YOURSELF

BY SAYING YOU DON’T HAVE POWER.

YOU ARE HUNG

BY YOUR TONGUE.

YOU NEED TO START

SPEAKING THE WORD.

BUT SEE, MOST PEOPLE COME

IN SOME FORM OF, I’M DESPERATE.

I DON’T HAVE ANY POWER.

WOULD YOU PLEASE
DO SOMETHING?

THE MOMENT YOU APPROACH GOD

LIKE THAT OR APPROACH ANY OF

HIS MESSENGERS LIKE THAT,

YOU HAVE JUST COOPERATED

WITH THE DEVIL.

YOU ARE SEEING YOURSELF

AS A LOSER.

THAT’S HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF,

AND THEN YOU WONDER

WHY YOU LOSE.

YOU WONDER WHY

YOU’RE STILL SICK,

WHY YOU STILL HAVE

THESE PROBLEMS.

YOU DON’T SEE YOURSELF WELL.

YOU DON’T TALK WELL.

YOU DON’T THINK WELL.

AMEN OR, OH ME?

WE’RE SAVED BY HOPE

AND THE WORD, SAVED, HERE,

GREEK WORD, SOZO,

IT’S NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT

FORGIVENESS OF SINS,

BUT IT’S TALKING ABOUT HEALING.

HEALING IS A PART OF

YOUR SALVATION.

YOU HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN OF SINS,

BUT YOU’VE ALSO BEEN HEALED

JUST AS MUCH AS YOU WERE

FORGIVEN OF SINS.

I’M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING

RIGHT NOW THAT
THE VAST MAJORITY

OF PEOPLE DON’T GET

AND THEY MISUNDERSTAND,

BUT THAT’S YOUR PROBLEM,

NOT MINE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I BELIEVE I AM REDEEMED

FROM SICKNESS

AS MUCH AS I’M REDEEMED

FROM SIN.

I FIGHT SICKNESS

AS MUCH AS I FIGHT SIN.

I WOULDN’T HAVE A COLD.

I WOULDN’T GET SICK

ANY MORE THAN I WOULD

COMMIT ADULTERY.

I WON’T DO IT.

AND SOME OF YOU, WELL,

I DON’T HAVE ANY CONTROL

OVER THAT.

YOU JUST COOPERATED WITH

THE DEVIL BY THINKING THAT.

WELL, I CAN’T CONTROL

WHETHER I GET A COLD OR NOT.

YES, YOU CAN.

AMEN.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU THINK

THIS IS JUST TOTALLY WEIRD,

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT’S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE

SICKNESS HAS WON IN MY LIFE.

I’VE…I’VE HAD SOME SICKNESS

TRY AND KNOCK ON MY DOOR.

I WAS MAKING RADIO ONE TIME

AND HAD THE FLU ATTACK ME

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF

A RADIO PROGRAM.

AND I STARTED HAVING

ACHES AND CHILLS,

AND I STOPPED FOR ABOUT

30 MINUTES

AND PRAYED IN TONGUES

AND GOT OVER IT

AND WENT BACK

AND FINISHED UP THE DEAL.

I’VE HAD SICKNESS FIGHT ME,

BUT I HAD…SICKNESS HADN’T

WON IN MY LIFE IN 50 YEARS.

I DON’T GET SICK.

I DON’T BELIEVE IN GETTING SICK.

I WILL NOT GET SICK.

YOU CAN’T MAKE ME SICK.

AND MANY OF YOU ARE SAYING,

WELL, THAT’S NOT TRUE.

YOU CAN’T LIVE THAT WAY.

THAT’S THE REASON YOU’RE SICK.

AS LONG AS YOU CAN BE SICK,

YOU WILL BE SICK.

BUT WHEN YOU GET SICK AND TIRED

OF BEING SICK,

AND SAID, I WILL NOT DO THIS

BECAUSE JESUS HAS PURCHASED IT

AND I’VE GOT AUTHORITY

AND POWER.

DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN

THE POWER OF MY TONGUE

AND I’M GOING TO

WALK IN HEALING.

WHEN YOU GET TO THAT PLACE,

THEN IT’S JUST LIKE PSALMS 91,

NO PLAGUE WILL COME NIGH

THY DWELLING.

ONLY WITH YOUR
EYES WILL YOU SEE

AND BEHOLD THE REWARD

OF THE WICKED.

A THOUSAND WILL FALL

AT YOUR SIDE

AND TEN THOUSAND

AT YOUR RIGHT HAND,

BUT IT WILL NOT COME NIGH YOU.

THAT’S THE PROMISES OF GOD.

BUT DID YOU KNOW

ALL OF THOSE PROMISES IN

PSALMS, CHAPTER 91,

IT SAYS, I WILL SAY OF THE LORD,

HE IS MY REFUGE
AND MY FORTRESS.

IT’S VOICE ACTIVATED.

THE POWER OF GOD

IS VOICE ACTIVATED.

YOU GOT TO START SPEAKING THIS.

YOU GOT TO START SAYING

THAT BY HIS STRIPES

I AM HEALED.

I REFUSE THIS SICKNESS.

YOU GOT TO FIGHT AGAINST IT.

LET’S TURN OVER TO

THE SCRIPTURES THAT…

I THINK IT WAS DANIEL

WAS USING THIS

THIS MORNING, OR CARLIE.

ANYWAYS, ONE OF THE TWO,

OR BOTH OF THEM.

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 4,

AND IN VERSE 17,

AS IT IS WRITTEN,

I HAVE MADE THEE

A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS,

BEFORE WHOM HIM

WHOM HE BELIEVED,

EVEN GOD,

WHO QUICKENETH THE DEAD,

AND CALLETH THOSE THINGS

WHICH BE NOT

AS THOUGH THEY ARE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS

A QUOTATION FROM

THE OLD TESTAMENT

WHEN IT SAYS THAT HE CALLS

THINGS THAT BE NOT

AS THOUGH THEY ALL…WERE?

AND WHAT IT’S TALKING ABOUT

IS ABRAHAM’S NAME

ORIGINALLY WAS ABRAM,

WHICH MEANT EXALTED

OR MIGHTY FATHER.

AND HE SAYS,

I’M CHANGING YOUR NAME

FROM ABRAM,

FROM BEING AN EXALTED FATHER,

TO BEING ABRAHAM,

THE FATHER OF MANY NATIONS,

BECAUSE A FATHER
OF MANY NATIONS

HAVE I MADE YOU.

ALREADY DONE, PAST TENSE.

THAT WAS 26 YEARS

BEFORE ISAAC CAME ALONG,

AND GOD CALLED HIM

A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS

26 YEARS BEFORE

HE HAD A CHILD

AND THAT’S WHAT

IT’S REFERRING TO.

GOD CALLS THOSE THINGS

THAT BE NOT

AS THOUGH THEY WERE.

HE SPOKE IT INTO EXISTENCE.

AND THEN IN VERSE 18,

TALKING ABOUT ABRAHAM,

WHO AGAINST HOPE,

BELIEVED IN HOPE.

THERE WAS NO HOPE

IN THE NATURAL.

IN THE NATURAL,

HE WAS 99 YEARS OLD

WHEN THE LORD APPEARED TO HIM

FINALLY IN THE 18TH CHAPTER,

OF GENESIS, AND TOLD HIM,

THIS TIME IN THE NEXT YEAR,

YOUR WIFE WILL CONCEIVE

AND HAVE A CHILD.

HE WAS 99 YEARS OLD

AND SARAH WAS 90 YEARS OLD

AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

THAT IT HAD CEASED TO BE

WITH HER AFTER THE MANNER

OF WOMEN.

SHE HAD BEEN
THROUGH MENOPAUSE.

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER

TO HAVE A CHILD.

AND SO, IN THE NATURAL,

THERE WAS NO HOPE.

BUT HE, AGAINST HOPE,

AGAINST ALL OF THE ODDS,

HE BELIEVED IN HOPE,

AND HOPE, WHAT IS HOPE?

IT’S A POSITIVE IMAGINATION.

HE HAD A VISION OF

HAVING A CHILD IN HIS OLD AGE.

AND THAT’S THE REASON,

I THINK, AGAIN,

CARLIE AND ASHLEY
MENTIONED THIS

THIS MORNING, BUT THIS IS

THE REASON THAT GOD SAYS,

COUNT THE STARS IN THE SKY

OR NUMBER THE GRAINS OF SAND

ON THE SEASHORE.

IF YOU CAN COUNT THEM,

SO SHALL YOUR SEED BE.

THAT’S HOW NUMEROUS

YOUR DESCENDANTS

ARE GOING TO BE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE REASON

GOD GAVE HIM THOSE

IS BECAUSE IT HELPED HIM TO SEE.

IT HELPED HIS IMAGINATION.

EVERY DAY,

HE DIDN’T HAVE BOOTS LIKE I DO.

HE HAD TO WALK IN SANDALS,

AND HE GOT DIRT ON HIS FEET.

AND EVERY DAY, HE HAD TO

CLEAN THE DUST

AND THE GRAINS OF SAND

OFF OF HIS FEET.

EVERY NIGHT, THEY DIDN’T HAVE

A BUILDING LIKE THIS.

THEY SAT OUT UNDER THE STARS.

AND EVERY NIGHT,

HE SAW THE STARS.

SO DAY AND NIGHT FOR 26 YEARS,

EVERY TIME HE LOOKED UP,

THERE IT WAS:

SO SHALL MY SEED BE.

EVERY TIME HE LOOKED AT

THE GRAINS OF SAND,

SO SHALL MY SEED BE.

FOR 26 YEARS,

HE CONCEIVED THIS.

THAT’S THE REASON

GOD DID THIS.

HE GAVE HIM SOMETHING

THAT HE COULD SEE.

THIS IS THE REASON

THE BIBLE SAYS,

DON’T TAKE AWAY LANDMARKS.

THERE ARE SCRIPTURES ABOUT

IT’S A…IT’S FORBIDDEN.

YOU COULD BE PUNISHED BY DEATH

IF YOU TAKE AWAY

YOUR NEIGHBOR’S LANDMARKS.

BECAUSE WE NEED TO

HAVE LANDMARKS.

WE NEED TO REMEMBER THINGS.

I’VE GOT A ROCK THAT’S

THAT TALL AND ABOUT THIS BIG,

IT WEIGHS OVER A TON,

THAT ROLLED OVER MY HEAD,

AND I GOT A LANDMARK,

A…A THING RIGHT THERE

WHERE I WROTE THE
SCRIPTURE DOWN

OUT OF PSALMS, THAT SAYS,

THE LORD PRESERVES THE SIMPLE,

AND…I SAID, GOD SAVED MY LIFE

WHEN THIS ROCK

ROLLED OVER MY HAND,

ARM, AND HEAD,

AND IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE

I STARTED ON TELEVISION.

IT WAS 1999, AND I’VE GOT THAT.

AND EVERY TIME I WALK

DOWN THAT TRAIL, I SEE THAT,

AND I REMEMBER, JESUS,

YOU GOT A PURPOSE

FOR MY LIFE.

YOU’VE KEPT ME FROM DYING.

AND I’VE GOT THESE MEMORIES.

WE NEED TO IMAGINE THINGS.

WE NEED TO REMEMBER THINGS.

WE NEED A VISION OF

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IF I WAS TO ASK MOST OF YOU

IN HERE TO WRITE DOWN

YOUR VISION FOR YOUR LIFE.

THERE’S MANY OF YOU

THAT HAVE A WISH LIST.

YOU WISH YOU WOULD

HAVE MORE MONEY.

YOU WISH YOU COULD

DO SOMETHING,

START YOUR OWN BUSINESS

OR DO THINGS.

BUT WHAT DO YOU REALLY SEE

FOR YOUR LIFE?

I’VE DONE THIS IN OTHER SERVICES

AND OVER…USUALLY OVER 80%

OF THE PEOPLE

IN A SERVICE LIKE THIS

DON’T HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION

FOR YOUR LIFE.

YOU’RE JUST DOING

WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES…

YOU HAD TO HAVE A JOB,

AND SO YOU GOT A JOB.

IT’S PAYING YOUR BILLS.

AND SO YOU’RE DOING IT,

BUT MANY OF YOU HATE

WHAT YOU’RE DOING.

MAN, YOU GET UP ON MONDAY

AND TALK ABOUT BLUE MONDAY

AND THEN ON FRIDAY, T-G-I-F.

MAN, IF YOU’RE EXCITED ABOUT

TAKING THE WEEK OFF,

IT’S BECAUSE YOU HAVEN’T FOUND

WHAT GOD’S CALLED YOU TO DO.

MAN, I LOVE WHAT I’M DOING.

I ACTUALLY HAD…

I WALKED THROUGH

THE BREAK ROOM ONE DAY

AND ONE YOUNG GUY WAS GOING,

T-G-I-F!

AND I SAID,

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

HE SAID, THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY.

AND I SAID,

WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT FRIDAY?

HE SAYS, I DON’T HAVE TO

WORK TOMORROW.

I SAID, I CAN FIX IT

SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORK

ANY DAYS.

I SAID, DO YOU NOT LIKE

WORKING HERE?

AND HE GOES, OH NO,

I LIKE IT HERE.

AND I SAID, WELL THEN,

WHY ARE YOU SO EXCITED

ABOUT GETTING OFF OF WORK?

AND BOY, HE STARTED
BACKPEDALING

AND…ANYWAY, HE DOESN’T

WORK FOR ME ANYMORE.

BUT I’M TELLING YOU,

IF THAT’S THE WAY THAT YOU ARE

AND IF YOU’RE…IT’S A DRAG

AND IT’S A BURDEN ON YOU

TO GO TO WORK,

YOU HAVE NOT FOUND

WHAT GOD’S WILL

FOR YOUR LIFE IS YET.

AND THERE’S MANY PEOPLE

THAT JUST WORK A JOB,

BECAUSE WELL, I’VE GOT TO DO IT

AND I DON’T KNOW,

I JUST PUT IN A WANT…

I ANSWERED A WANT AD

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED,

BUT YOU DON’T KNOW

THAT GOD CALLED YOU TO DO THAT.

YOU NEED TO BE OUT THERE

DOING WHAT GOD
CALLED YOU TO DO.

AND LET ME JUST PUT IN A PLUG

FOR CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE.

THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT.

THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT KNOW THAT THERE’S MORE

THAN WHAT THEY’RE EXPERIENCING.

THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS,

BUT THEY…THERE’S GOT TO BE

MORE TO LIFE

THAN WHAT I’M EXPERIENCING.

AND THEY FIGURE

THAT GOD IS THE ANSWER,

AND THEY FIGURE

IT’S IN THE WORD,

AND SO THEY COME TO

BIBLE COLLEGE.

AND I TELL YOU, WE HAVE

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE THAT DISCOVER

WHAT GOD’S WILL FOR THEIR LIFE

IS AND IT TAKES ON MEANING

AND IT JUST TOTALLY

TRANSFORMS YOUR LIFE.

MAN, IF YOU DON’T KNOW FOR SURE

WHAT GOD CALLED YOU TO DO,

I WOULD RECOMMEND CHARIS.

IT’LL…IT’LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND I HAVE PEOPLE SAY,

WELL, IF I…IF I COULD JUST DO

WHAT I WANTED TO DO,

I WOULD COME.

I WOULD COME TO

CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE,

BUT I’M JUST NOT SURE IT’S GOD.

AND SO, I TELL PEOPLE

ALL THE TIME,

I SAY, WELL, I UNDERSTAND

WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.

IT MIGHT BE THE DEVIL

THAT WANTS YOU TO COME

SIT UNDER THE WORD

FOUR HOURS A DAY,

FIVE DAYS A WEEK

FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS.

OR THAT MIGHT BE YOUR FLESH.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE DEVIL,

LIKE JUST THE FLESH

THAT YOU WANT TO
COME TO SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

IF YOU’VE GOT A DESIRE,

GUESS WHAT?

GOD PUT THE DESIRE THERE.

YOU NEED TO SATISFY IT.

WE’VE GOT ALL KINDS OF WAYS.

WE GOT AN ECHARIS

THAT YOU CAN TAKE OUT THERE

AND GET AN IPAD

AND THE WHOLE FIRST YEAR

IS LOADED ON THERE.

YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE

AN INTERNET CONNECTION.

AND…ANYWAY, GOOD THINGS.

SO WHY DID I GET OFF ON THAT?

BUT IT WAS GOOD.

YOU GOT TO HAVE A VISION

FOR YOUR LIFE.

THAT’S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU, GREG.

AND SO, MOST PEOPLE DON’T HAVE

A VISION FOR THEIR LIFE.

THEY’RE JUST LIKE ON A TREADMILL

AND THEY’RE JUST GOING,

AND THEY DON’T KNOW

WHERE THEY’RE GOING.

THEY’RE GOING NOWHERE.

BOY, THAT’S…

THAT’S A WASTED LIFE.

GOD’S NEVER MADE

A PIECE OF JUNK.

GOD HAS NEVER MADE YOU

TO JUST OCCUPY SPACE.

GOD HAS NEVER MADE ANYBODY

TO JUST GO THROUGH LIFE

AND THEN WHEN YOU DIE,

NOBODY MISSES YOU.

YOU DIDN’T TOUCH ANYBODY.

YOU DIDN’T DO ANYTHING.

I’M NOT SAYING THIS

TO CONDEMN YOU.

I KNOW MANY PEOPLE,

OH, I DON’T WANT TO

THINK ABOUT THAT.

WELL, THE ONLY TIME

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

ABOUT IT’S NOW.

AFTER YOU’RE DEAD AND GONE,

IT’S TOO LATE.

SO YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH IT NOW.

IT MAY NOT BE PLEASANT,

BUT I’M TELLING YOU,

YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHAT GOD’S PURPOSE

FOR YOUR LIFE IS.

I WAS BORN FOR SUCH A TIME

AS THIS.

I KNOW I’M WHERE GOD TOLD ME

TO BE.

YOU KNOW, I WENT AND SPOKE

ONE TIME AT A GUY

WHO WAS A PARTNER OF MINE

AND HE HAD 30, 40 EMPLOYEES,

AND HE ASKED ME TO COME IN

AND SPEAK TO THEM

AND SO, I SPOKE TO THEM,

SAW SOME PEOPLE BORN AGAIN,

SAW SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPEN,

AND WHEN I WALKED OUT,

THERE WAS A NEW LADY,

AN ORIENTAL LADY

THAT WAS SITTING AT

THE RECEPTION DESK,

AND I SAID,

YOU WEREN’T BACK THERE

WITH THE REST.

AND SHE SAID, NO,

I’M THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

AND THEY WANTED ME

TO ANSWER THE PHONES

WHILE EVERYBODY
WAS IN THE BACK.

AND SHE SAID, WHO ARE YOU?

SO I TOLD HER MY NAME,

AND SHE SAYS,

WHAT DO YOU DO?

AND I SAID, I’M A MINISTER.

AND BOY, HER EYES GOT BIG,

AND SHE SAID, FOR WHO?

AND I SAID,

FOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

AND SHE SAYS,

YOU’RE THE ONE!

AND I SAID, THE ONE WHAT?

AND SHE TOLD ME

THAT SHE WAS A BUDDHIST

AND THE NIGHT BEFORE,

SHE WAS GOING THROUGH

ALL OF HER RITUALS

THAT SHE GOES THROUGH

AND SHE JUST STOPPED

IN THE MIDDLE OF IT,

AND SHE SAYS, GOD,

THIS CAN’T BE IT.

SHE SAYS, I KNOW

THAT THERE IS A GOD.

I KNOW THAT YOU EXIST,

BUT THIS CAN’T BE IT.

WHO ARE YOU?

REVEAL YOURSELF.

AND SHE SAID A BALL OF LIGHT

CAME IN FRONT OF HER

AND IT WAS PULSATING,

AND SHE HEARD

AN AUDIBLE VOICE SAYING,

TOMORROW I’LL SEND YOU A MAN

WHO WILL TELL YOU WHO I AM.

AND SHE SAID, YOU’RE THE MAN.

AND I SAID,

I AM THE MAN,

PRAISE GOD.

AND I GOT TO LEAD HER,

I LED HER INTO SALVATION,

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

AND THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE

WHAT GOD DID FOR HER.

BUT WHEN I WENT

AND SAT IN THE CAR,

I COULDN’T EVEN

START THE CAR UP.

I JUST SAT THERE

PRAISING GOD, THINKING GOD,

I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE

AT THE RIGHT TIME.

I WAS IN THE PERFECT CENTER OF

GOD’S WILL, AND THAT FEELING

IS AMAZING TO KNOW

THAT YOU’RE EXACTLY WHERE

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.

AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

I LOVE YOU,

BUT THERE’S SOME OF YOU

THAT HAVE NEVER HAD THAT.

YOU DON’T KNOW.

YOU’RE HOPING SO.

YOU HOPE THAT YOUR LIFE

IS GOING FOR SOMETHING,

BUT YOU AREN’T

IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT.

YOU’RE JUST IN THE BACK SEAT

ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

YOU AREN’T
CONTROLLING ANYTHING.

MAN, THAT’LL KILL YOU.

THAT’S NOT WHAT GOD INTENDED.

SO, I FORGOT I GOT OFF

ON ALL THAT, BUT GOD’S…

YOU GOT TO HAVE A VISION

FOR YOUR LIFE.

AND SO, HE HAD A VISION.

HE KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO

HAVE A CHILD

AND HE HAD BEEN WAITING,

AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NEAR…

HE WAS 100 YEARS OLD

WHEN ISAAC WAS BORN.

HE HAD A VISION,

AND LOOK AT THIS,

IT SAYS, WHO AGAINST HOPE

BELIEVED IN HOPE,

THAT HE MIGHT BECOME THE FATHER

OF MANY NATIONS, ACCORDING TO

THAT WHICH WAS SPOKEN,

SO SHALL THY SEED BE.

THAT IS A QUOTATION FROM

GENESIS, CHAPTER 15,

WHERE HE SAYS,

COUNT THE STARS IN THE SKY.

IF YOU CAN NUMBER THEM,

SO SHALL YOUR SEED BE.

FIVE WORDS.

ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD

WITH FIVE WORDS.

WE’VE GOT MILLIONS OF WORDS,

BUT THE WORD

PAINTED A PICTURE.

IF YOU CAN COUNT THE STARS,

IF YOU CAN COUNT

THE GRAINS OF SAND,

SO SHALL YOUR SEED BE.

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.

MAN, I GOT SO MUCH

I WANT TO SAY.

PUT A LITTLE COMMA HERE.

I’M GOING TO COME RIGHT BACK

TO THIS, AND I’M NOT GOING TO

TURN OVER THERE

LEST I STOP AND PREACH ON IT,

BUT IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 1,

VERSE 2, IT SAYS,

THE GODLY MAN WHO IS BLESSED,

HIS MEDITATION IS IN

THE LAW OF THE LORD;

AND IN HIS LAW DOTH HE MEDITATE

DAY AND NIGHT.

THEN IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 2,

VERSE 1, WHY DO

THE HEATHEN RAGE,

AND THE PEOPLE IMAGINE

A VAIN THING?

THE WORD, IMAGINE,

IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 1,

AND THE WORD, MEDITATE,

IN PSALMS 1:2, IS THE EXACT SAME

HEBREW WORD.

YOU CAN’T MEDITATE

WITHOUT IMAGINING.

MEDITATION IN THE WORD

IS WHEN YOU READ THE WORD,

YOU TAKE THAT INFORMATION,

BUT THEN YOU CLOSE THE BOOK

AND YOU WAIT UNTIL

THOSE WORDS FORM A PICTURE,

UNTIL IT AFFECTS

YOUR IMAGINATION.

THIS IS WHY

WHEN PEOPLE GO TO ISRAEL

THEY COME BACK AND THEY SAY,

OH THE BIBLE JUST CAME ALIVE.

THERE’S SUCH AN ANOINTING

ON THAT PLACE.

MAN, EVERYTHING WAS AWESOME.

THERE ISN’T A GREATER ANOINTING

ON…IN ISRAEL THAN THERE IS

RIGHT HERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS IN ISRAEL?

THINGS THAT YOU’VE READ ABOUT

BUT YOU DIDN’T MEDITATE

UNTIL IT FORMED AN IMAGE,

NOW YOU CAN GO OVER THERE

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,

YOU SEE THESE PLACES

AND IT SPARKS YOUR IMAGINATION.

I TOOK A TOUR TO ISRAEL

AND WHEN THEY WENT DOWN TO

THE VALLEY OF ELAH

WHERE DAVID FOUGHT GOLIATH,

IT WAS A HOT DAY

AND THE BUS PARKED ON

THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

AND THERE’S NOTHING THERE.

AND FOR MILES, IT’S JUST OPEN.

IT’S VERY SIMILAR TO

THE WAY IT WAS IN DAVID’S TIME,

AND THE TOUR GUIDE SAID,

THIS IS WHERE DAVID FOUGHT

GOLIATH RIGHT HERE.

DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GET OUT?

AND IT WAS A HOT DAY

SO NOBODY WANTED TO GET OUT

BUT ME, AND I GOT OUT

AND MADE THEM ALL WAIT.

AND I WALKED DOWN TO

THIS DRY…TO THIS DRY RIVERBED

OR STREAM, AND I GOT

FIVE SMOOTH STONES

AND I STOOD THERE

AND HELD THOSE STONES

AND LOOKED AROUND

ON THE MOUNTAINS

AND THOUGHT ABOUT

WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE

FIGHT GOLIATH. ?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I WAS SEEING IT.

I IMAGINED IT.

IT QUICKENED MY IMAGINATION

AND THAT BECAME REAL TO ME.

AND I’VE GOT A WHOLE SERIES

THAT I TAUGHT ABOUT DAVID

BECAUSE I DIDN’T JUST

READ THE WORDS,

BUT I READ IT AND I SAW IT

AND THEN I SAW MYSELF

FIGHTING MY GOLIATHS, MY GIANTS.

SEE, THERE’S PEOPLE

THAT WILL READ IT

AND YOU COULD TELL ME

WHAT DAVID DID

AND HOW IT WORKED FOR HIM,

BUT YOU’VE NEVER SEEN YOURSELF

SLAYING THE GIANT.

THAT’S YOUR IMAGINATION.

THAT’S HOW YOU MEDITATE

IN THE WORD.

YOU HAVE TO…YOU CAN’T MEDITATE

WHAT YOU HAVEN’T READ.

SO YES, YOU HAVE TO READ

AND YOU HAVE TO STUDY

AND YOU HAVE TO PUT

THE INFORMATION IN,

BUT THEN YOU NEED TO SIT THERE

AND SEE THESE THINGS

COMING TO PASS.

IF THE BIBLE SAYS

GREATER IS HE

THAN HE…THAT’S IN YOU

THAN HE THAT’S IN THE WORLD,

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN YOURSELF

GREATER THAN THE DEVIL?

GREATER THAN THE PROBLEMS

THAT YOU’RE FACING?

OR DO YOU SEE
YOURSELF OVERCOME

AND DO YOU COME
UP TO SOMEBODY,

AND OH, I’M IN SUCH A BAD SHAPE.

I’M GOING TO DIE

IF THE LORD DOESN’T…

THAT’S NOT SEEING YOURSELF

GREATER THAN THE PROBLEMS

THAT YOU’RE FACING.

MANY PEOPLE CAN

QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE,

BUT THEY DON’T SEE IT.

YOU’VE GOT TO SEE IT,

SO ABRAHAM SAW IT.

AND IT SAYS IN THE NEXT VERSE,

AND BEING NOT WEAK IN FAITH,

HE CONSIDERED NOT

HIS OWN BODY NOW DEAD,

WHEN HE WAS ABOUT

A HUNDRED YEARS OLD,

NEITHER YET THE DEADNESS

OF SARAH’S WOMB.

THE WORD, CONSIDER,

IF YOU LOOK IT UP

IN THE DICTIONARY, IT MEANS,

TO STUDY, PONDER, DELIBERATE,

EXAMINE, MEDITATE.

HE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT

HIS BODY BEING DEAD.

LET ME ASK YOU IF GOD TOLD YOU,

AND IF YOU WANTED A CHILD

WHEN YOU WERE 100 YEARS OLD…

CARLIE WAS MENTIONING THAT

THIS MORNING.

I…THAT’S NOT SOMETHING

I’M BELIEVING FOR,

PRAISE GOD.

BUT IF YOU WANTED A CHILD,

IF YOU HAD BEEN BELIEVING FOR IT

YOUR WHOLE LIFE

AND IF GOD CAME TO YOU

AND SAID, YOU’RE GOING TO

HAVE A CHILD THIS TIME

NEXT YEAR, WHAT WOULD

MOST OF US DO?

WE WOULD GOOGLE IT.

WHAT’S THE OLDEST

THAT ANY PERSON’S EVER

HAD A CHILD?

AND WE WOULD GO CHECK IT OUT

ON THE INTERNET

AND THEN WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW,

GO TO THE DOCTOR

AND GET CHECKED OUT

OR HAVE OUR WIFE CHECKED OUT.

YOU KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE?

COULD SHE STILL HAVE…

AND YOU ACCUMULATE

ALL OF THIS UNBELIEF

AND THEN YOU’VE GOT

THIS MOUNTAIN OF UNBELIEF

THAT SAYS, NO, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.

IT CAN’T HAPPEN.

THEN YOU GO BACK AND SAY, GOD,

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

AND HE SAID, YES,

AND THEN YOU SAY,

IT’S SO HARD TO BELIEVE.

WHY IS IT HARD TO BELIEVE?

BECAUSE YOU CONSIDERED

ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF

THAT SAYS, NO, IT CAN’T HAPPEN.

ABRAHAM NEVER CONSIDERED

HIS OWN BODY NOW DEAD.

HE NEVER EVEN…HE…

I’M SURE HE HAD THE KNOWLEDGE

THAT HE WAS 100 YEARS OLD

AND HIS WIFE HAD CEASED TO

BE WITH HER AFTER THE MANNER

OF WOMEN.

I’M SURE THAT HE HAD THE FACTS

BUT THAT’S NOT

WHAT HE FOCUSED ON.

HE WASN’T CONSIDERING.

HE WASN’T STUDYING IT.

HE WASN’T PONDERING IT.

HE WASN’T EXAMINING IT.

BUT MOST OF US,

THE FIRST THING WE DO

IF THE DOCTOR SAYS

YOU’RE GOING TO DIE,

MAN, WE GO RESEARCH IT

AND LOOK IT UP AND FIND OUT,

HOW LONG HAVE I GOT TO LIVE?

HAS ANYBODY EVER BEAT THIS?

AND YOU STUDY

ALL OF THESE THINGS

AND THEN WONDER WHY IT IS

THAT IT’S SO HARD

TO BELIEVE GOD.

MAN, I’VE GOT SO MUCH

I WOULD LOVE TO SAY.

I GOT A GREAT SERIES,

HARDNESS OF HEART,

AND ONE OF THE GREAT POINTS

IN IT IS HEBREWS 11, VERSE 15,

THAT SAYS, IF THEY HAD

BEEN MINDFUL OF THE COUNTRY

THEY CAME OUT OF,

THEY MIGHT HAVE
HAD OPPORTUNITY

TO RETURN.

AND FOR THEM,

OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK

TO UR OF THE CHALDEES

WOULD HAVE BEEN UNBELIEF,

SO IT’S SAYING

THAT THEIR UNBELIEF,

THEIR TEMPTATION WAS LINKED TO

WHAT THEY THOUGHT ON.

HERE’S ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING IT.

YOU CAN’T BE TEMPTED WITH

SOMETHING YOU HAVEN’T THOUGHT.

YOU HAVE TO GO THERE

IN YOUR MIND BEFORE
YOU GO THERE

IN YOUR BODY.

IT’S LIKE BEING IN A TUNNEL.

YOU CAN’T JUST WALK THROUGH

DIRT AND ROCK.

YOU GOT TO HOLLOW A PLACE OUT

AND MAKE A VACANCY

BEFORE YOU CAN ENTER IN.

THAT’S THE WAY IT IS.

YOU GOT TO GO SOMEPLACE

IN YOUR MIND FIRST.

YOU CAN’T COMMIT ADULTERY

WITHOUT THINKING ADULTERY.

YOU CAN’T COMMIT SIN.

YOU CAN’T OPERATE IN UNBELIEF

WITHOUT THINKING THINGS

THAT PRODUCE UNBELIEF.

AND AGAIN, MOST OF US

PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS

TO HAVE UNBELIEF

PUMPED INTO OUR HOUSE

AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE

TALK ABOUT AND RIDICULE GOD

AND RIDICULE THINGS

AND TALK ABOUT HOW BAD

EVERYTHING IS.

AND WE WONDER
WHY WE STRUGGLE

TO BELIEVE GOD.

ABRAHAM…IF YOU WERE TO

TAKE ABRAHAM

AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

JUST TRANSPORT HIM

IN A TIME MACHINE

INTO YOUR LIFE WATCHING,

LISTENING, READING,

THINKING THE WAY THAT YOU DO,

HE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

PRODUCE A SEED

ANY MORE THAN YOU ARE.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,

IF YOU WERE TO TAKE YOU

AND TRANSPORT YOU

INTO HIS LIFE

SO THAT EVERY DAY AT NIGHT

AND AT DAY,

DAY AND NIGHT,

SO SHALL MY SEED BE.

AND FOR 26 YEARS,

IF THAT’S ALL YOU THOUGHT

AND THEN WHEN GOD APPEARED

TO YOU, YOU DIDN’T EVEN

CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE.

YOU WOULD GET THE SAME RESULTS

THAT ABRAHAM GOT.

ABRAHAM DIDN’T HAVE

GREATER FAITH.

YOUR FAITH IS GREATER

THAN ABRAHAM’S.

THE PROBLEM ISN’T THAT WE DON’T

HAVE FAITH.

THE PROBLEM IS

WE GOT SO MUCH UNBELIEF

THAT COUNTERBALANCES

AND NEGATES OUR FAITH.

MAN, I…I’VE GOT ANOTHER

TWO HOURS IN THAT
LITTLE PASSAGE

RIGHT THERE,

BUT LET ME TURN OVER

TO HEBREWS, CHAPTER 11,

AND…AND WIND THIS THING UP.

I KNOW THAT THE HEART

CAN’T ABSORB MORE THAN

THE SEAT CAN ENDURE.

BUT HERE IN HEBREWS, CHAPTER 11,

THIS IS TALKING ABOUT

ABRAHAM AGAIN.

MATTER OF FACT, I JUST READ

VERSE 15.

IT SAYS, AND TRULY,

IF THEY HAD BEEN MINDFUL OF

THE COUNTRY THEY CAME OUT OF,

THEY MIGHT HAVE
HAD OPPORTUNITY

TO RETURN.

AND THEN IT SAYS

IN THE NEXT VERSE, IN VERSE 16,

BUT NOW THEY DESIRE

A BETTER COUNTRY,

THAT IS, A HEAVENLY:

WHEREFORE GOD IS NOT ASHAMED

TO BE CALLED THEIR GOD:

FOR HE HATH PREPARED FOR THEM

A CITY.

BY FAITH ABRAHAM,

WHEN HE WAS TRIED,

OFFERED UP ISAAC:

AND HE THAT HAD RECEIVED

PROMISED SEED,

OR THE PROMISES,

OFFERED UP

HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,

OF WHOM IT WAS SAID,

THAT IN ISAAC SHALL THY SEED

BE CALLED.

SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT

GENESIS 22 WHEN
GOD TOLD ABRAHAM

TO SACRIFICE HIS SON

AS AN OFFERING.

AND IT SAYS…THAT’S WHAT

IT’S TALKING ABOUT.

AND LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS

RIGHT HERE IN VERSE 19.

HERE’S WHAT HE WAS THINKING,

ACCOUNTING THAT GOD WAS ABLE

TO RAISE HIM UP,

EVEN FROM THE DEAD;

FROM WHENCE ALSO
HE RECEIVED HIM

IN A FIGURE.

THE NEW TESTAMENT

SAYS THAT WHAT WE HAVE

IS GREATER THAN

WHAT ANY OLD TESTAMENT MAN HAD

AND SO…SO MUCH GREATER,

THAT WHAT THEY HAD

HAS NO GLORY COMPARED TO

WHAT WE HAVE.

SO, ABRAHAM WAS INFERIOR

TO WHAT I HAVE.

MY FAITH, MY COVENANT,

IS SO MUCH GREATER

THAN ABRAHAM.

AND SO, BASED ON THAT,

I HONESTLY SAT DOWN ONE TIME

AND TRIED TO FIGURE,

GOD, WOULD I HAVE ENOUGH FAITH

TO LITERALLY SACRIFICE MY SON

IF YOU TOLD ME TO DO IT?

NOW, WE LIVE UNDER

A DIFFERENT COVENANT,

AND GOD NEVER INTENDED THIS.

HE WAS JUST TESTING ABRAHAM

IS WHAT IT SAYS,

SEEING IF HE WAS WILLING.

ACTUALLY, I COULD GO INTO

A LOT OF DETAIL,

BUT GOD CAN ONLY DO THINGS

ON THIS EARTH

TO THE DEGREE THAT SOMEBODY

YIELDS AND SUBMITS UNTO HIM.

HE DOESN’T MOVE SOVEREIGNLY.

HE DOESN’T MOVE

INDEPENDENT OF US.

EPHESIANS 3:20,

NOW AND TO HIM WHO IS ABLE

TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY

ABOVE ALL WE ASK OR THINK,

ACCORDING TO THE POWER

THAT WORKS IN US.

IF THERE’S NO POWER

WORKING IN US, GOD CAN’T DO IT.

AND I PER…I PERSONALLY BELIEVE

THAT THE REASON GOD WANTED

ABRAHAM TO BE WILLING

TO OFFER HIS SON

IS BECAUSE UNTIL SOME PERSON

TOOK THAT STANCE AND BELIEVED,

GOD COULD NOT SEND HIS SON

INTO THE EARTH.

HE HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE

TO FLOW THROUGH.

AND SO ANYWAY,

THAT WAS A PART OF

BRINGING JESUS,

AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED

THAT THE PLACE THAT HE WAS

OFFERING ISAAC
WAS MOUNT MORIAH

EXACTLY WHERE THE TEMPLE IS

AND EXACTLY WHERE

THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

EVENTUALLY STOOD,

AND WHERE THE VEIL

WAS RENT IN TWO.

THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS

GOING ON HERE.

SO ANYWAY, I WAS THINKING, GOD,

IF WHAT I’VE GOT IS GREATER,

COULD I SACRIFICE

ONE OF MY SONS?

AND YOU KNOW WHAT

I GOT TO THINKING,

I GOT TO IMAGINING

WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE

TO SEE THE LIFE

DRAIN OUT OF YOUR SON

AND KNOW THAT YOU WERE THE ONE

THAT KILLED HIM.

AND THEN I IMAGINED

WHEN I WENT BACK HOME

AND JAMIE SAID,

WHERE’S JOSHUA OR PETER?

AND I SAID, OH, I KILLED HIM.

I WAS IMAGINING

ALL OF THIS STUFF

AND I TRIED MY BEST TO SAY,

FATHER, I’M BELI…

AND I JUST HAD TO SAY, FATHER,

I COULDN’T…I CAN’T IMAGINE

MYSELF DOING IT.

AND THEN I SAW THIS VERSE.

YOU KNOW WHY ABRAHAM

WAS ABLE TO DO IT?

BECAUSE HE NEVER

SAW HIS SON DEAD.

IT SAYS HE WAS ACCOUNTING

THAT GOD WAS GOING TO

RAISE HIM UP EVEN FROM THE DEAD

IF HE HAD TO.

HE NEVER SAW ISAAC DEAD

BECAUSE ISAAC WAS

THE PROMISED SEED

THAT WOULD BE…

PRODUCE CHILDREN

AS NUMEROUS

AS THE STARS IN THE SKY,

AND HE WASN’T MARRIED

AT THIS TIME.

HE HADN’T PRODUCED A CHILD,

AND SO HE HAD TO LIVE.

ABRAHAM WAS SO
FOCUSED ON GOD,

HE HAD THIS VISION SO STRONG

IN FRONT OF HIM

THAT IF HIS SON WOULD HAVE DIED,

HE FIGURED GOD WOULD RAISE HIM

FROM THE DEAD.

HE NEVER SAW HIS SON DEAD.

YOU KNOW WHY YOU ARE

STRUGGLING WITH THINGS?

BECAUSE YOU’VE SEEN

YOURSELF SICK.

YOU’VE ACCEPTED THAT DIAGNOSIS.

YOU’VE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE

WHO SUFFERED WITH IT.

YOU’VE GOT THAT IMAGE OF,

THIS IS WHAT’S HAPPENING TO ME

AND YOU’RE CONFORMED TO IT

IN YOUR INSIDE.

AND AS A MAN THINKS

ON THE INSIDE, SO IS HE.

I’M NOT SAYING THIS

TO CONDEMN ANYBODY.

THE BIBLE SAYS WE PERISH

FOR A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.

WE’RE DESTROYED

FOR A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE,

AND MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW

THE THINGS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND SO, OUT OF INNOCENCE,

WE’VE ADOPTED THE WAY

THE WORLD THINKS.

BUT I’M TELLING YOU,

YOU DO NOT

HAVE TO LIVE THAT WAY.

YOU CAN TAKE THE WORD OF GOD

AND YOU CAN PAINT A PICTURE

ON THE INSIDE OF YOU OF…

OF YOU BEING WELL,

AND YOU HAVING

AUTHORITY AND POWER,

AND YOU RESISTING THE DEVIL

AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.

AND YOU WILL HAVE WHAT YOU SAY,

AND YOU CAN TAKE

ALL OF THESE SCRIPTURES

AND YOU CAN MEDITATE ON THEM

UNTIL THOSE THINGS COME ALIVE

AND YOU CAN BECOME

SO PREGNANT WITH YOUR HEALING

THAT YOU JUST CAN’T HELP

BUT BE HEALED.

YOU KNOW, WHEN A WOMAN

GETS PREGNANT, SHE’S PREGNANT

BEFORE SHE KNOWS IT.

IT TAKES A WHILE

FOR A WOMAN TO RECOGNIZE

SHE’S PREGNANT.

BUT THEN SHE RECOGNIZES

SOME CHANGES TAKING PLACE

AND SO SHE KNOWS
SHE’S PREGNANT

BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE

KNOWS SHE’S PREGNANT.

BUT THEN AFTER A WHILE,

EVERYBODY KNOWS

SHE’S PREGNANT.

IT’S BEGINNING TO SHOW,

AND THEN EVENTUALLY

YOU DELIVER THAT CHILD

AND PEOPLE SAY, WELL MAN,

THAT WAS A QUICK DELIVERY.

IT ONLY TOOK TWO HOURS,

OR YOU KNOW,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT NO, IT TOOK NINE MONTHS

AND TWO HOURS.

AND IT WAS A PROCESS.

AND I’M TELLING YOU,

IF YOU’LL GET INTO THE WORD

AND START DOING THE THINGS

WE’RE TALKING ABOUT,

MEDITATING IN IT,

TAKING ALL OF THESE TRUTHS,

YOU’LL GET PREGNANT

BEFORE YOU EVEN REALIZE IT.

YOU’LL THINK,

WELL NOTHING’S CHANGED.

I DON’T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT.

BUT SOMETHING’S HAPPENING

ON THE INSIDE OF YOU,

AND PRETTY SOON,

YOU’LL BEGIN TO START SAYING,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I FEEL DIFFERENT.

INSTEAD OF BEING HOPELESS

AND IN DESPAIR,

I’VE NOW GOT HOPE.

I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THIS.

AND YOU WILL SEE IT.

NOBODY ELSE WILL SEE IT.

BUT YOU KEEP MEDITATING ON IT,

AFTER A WHILE IT’LL BECOME

SO REAL PEOPLE WILL SAY,

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DELIVER?

MAN, YOU’RE LIKE

YOU’RE READY TO POP.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU,

YOU CAN GET TO A PLACE TO WHERE

EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT MAN,

YOU’RE BELIEVING GOD

AND THEY…THEY GET FAITH

BECAUSE THEY SEE

THAT YOU’VE GOT FAITH.

BUT IT’S A PROCESS.

AND I’M TELLING YOU,

IT’LL WORK FOR ANY PERSON.

EVERY ONE OF YOU

HAVE THIS POTENTIAL.

THE ONLY THING

THAT CAN STOP THIS

IS IF YOU AREN’T TRULY

BORN AGAIN.

NOW THIS WILL WORK TO A DEGREE

IF YOU AREN’T BORN AGAIN.

BUT WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN,

YOU BECOME A BRAND-NEW PERSON

IN CHRIST, AND GOD HIMSELF

MOVES ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.

AND THEN THE BAPTISM

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

IS WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS POWER.

WHEN YOU HAVE THE BAPTISM

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND THE ABILITY

TO PRAY IN TONGUES,

I TELL YOU WHAT,

THAT MOVES YOU

TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

SO, THE ONLY RESTRICTIONS

I WOULD PUT ON THIS

IS YOU NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN.

YOU NEED TO HAVE MADE JESUS

YOUR LORD.

NOT JUST KNOW ABOUT GOD,

NOT JUST BELIEVE THAT HE EXISTS.

IT SAYS IN JAMES, CHAPTER 2,

VERSE 19, YOU BELIEVE

THAT THERE IS ONE GOD;

YOU DO WELL:

THE DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE,

AND TREMBLE.

BUT WON’T YOU KNOW,

O VAIN MAN,

THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS

IS DEAD.

YOU’VE GOT TO DO MORE

THAN JUST BELIEVE

THAT HE EXISTS.

YOU GOT TO YIELD

YOUR LIFE TO HIM.

YOU’VE GOT TO COMMIT YOUR LIFE

TO HIM.

AND THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT KNOW ABOUT GOD,

BUT THEY DON’T KNOW

GOD PERSONALLY.

WHEN…WHEN YOU

EXPERIENCE GOD,

YOU GET CHANGED

ON THE INSIDE,

AND YOU HAVE GOD HIMSELF

MOVE ON THE INSIDE.

TRUE SALVATION IS NOT JUST

AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF SOMETHING,

BUT IT’S AN EXPERIENCE.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT JESUS IS YOUR LORD.

YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO HIM,

BUT THEN YOU EXPERIENCE IT

AND YOU BECOME A

BRAND-NEW CREATURE

THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.

AND IF THAT HASN’T HAPPENED

TO YOU, THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN ONCE YOU GET

BORN-AGAIN.

JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES

DON’T GO ANYWHERE,

DON’T TELL ANYBODY.

THE GREATEST NEWS IN THE WORLD

THAT JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD.

AND THAT HE WAS THE MESSIAH,

DON’T TELL ANYBODY UNTIL

YOU RECEIVE POWER

FROM ON HIGH.

AND WHEN THEY RECEIVED POWER,

THESE MEN WHO HAD DENIED

THE LORD AND RAN AND FEAR,

ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY STOOD

BOLDLY BEFORE THE VERY PEOPLE

WHO HAD CRUCIFIED JESUS.

AND THEY SAID YOU JUDGE

YOURSELF WHICH WHO WE OUGHT

TO OBEY, WHETHER YOU ARE GOD.

AND MAN, THEY TOOK KNOWLEDGE

OF THEM THAT THEY HAD BEEN

WITH JESUS.

AND IT WAS JUST

A FEW DAYS LATER.

WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE?

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

MATTER OF FACT, IT SAYS

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 5,

IT SAYS THAT THIS LOVE OF GOD

IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS

BY THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS

GIVEN UNTO US.

THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL CAUSE

THE LOVE OF GOD TO JUST

EXPLODE IN YOUR LIFE.

SO EVERY PERSON IN HERE

NEEDS SALVATION,

AND NEEDS THE BAPTISM OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

THOSE ARE NECESSARY THINGS

AND I DON’T WANT TO LET US

GO THROUGH THIS AND JUST

ASSUME EVERYBODY IN HERE

HAS THOSE TWO THINGS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON’T

SPEAK IN TONGUES YOU NEED

TO RECIEVE THE BAPTISM OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE’S

SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE TAUGHT,

WELL, I GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT

WHEN I GOT BORN-AGAIN.

AND THAT…THAT’S ALL I NEED.

I’M NOT EVEN GOING TO GO THERE

AND EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS

BUT I’M TELLING YOU,

IF YOU AREN’T SPEAKING

IN TONGUES,

YOU’RE MISSING OUT ON THE POWER

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

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>> BEFORE YOU
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GOD ALREADY HAD DETERMINED

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