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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US TODAY
ON KINGDOM CONNECTION.
I BELIEVE TODAY’S BROADCAST
IS REALLY GONNA BLESS YOU.
IT’S GONNA BE DIFFERENT MAYBE
FROM ANY BROADCAST YOU’VE EVER
SEEN BEFORE.
BECAUSE I RECENTLY HAD THE HONOR
OF BAPTIZING PEOPLE AT OUR
FREE CHAPEL CONGREGATION,
AT OUR CHURCH.
AND LEMME TELL YOU,
THESE ALWAYS ARE SOME
OF THE MOST POWERFUL SERVICES.
THEY’RE RAW.
WE DON’T REHEARSE THEM.
WE DON’T GO OVER TESTIMONIES
WITH PEOPLE.
IT’S JUST WHAT COMES OUT
OF THEIR SOUL
AND OUT OF THEIR HEART,
AND OUT OF THEIR EXPERIENCE.
SOMETIMES, OUT OF THEIR TEARS.
LET’S GO INTO FREE CHAPEL,
AND LET GOD SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
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>> NOW, I WANT YOU TO SEE
IN 1 CORINTHIANS 10,
WE’LL GO THERE IN JUST A MOMENT,
BUT LEMME SET THIS LITTLE
MESSAGE UP.
AND I’M GONNA CALL IT
“THE BLOOD, THE CLOUD,
AND THE SEA”,
AND IT’LL TAKE ME ABOUT
20 MINUTES TO TEACH IT TO YOU.
BUT I FEEL THE AUTHORITY
OF THE LORD IN THIS.
YOU SEE, THERE ARE TIMES
IN THE SCRIPTURE WHERE
THIS PHRASE, THE HOLY SPIRIT
SENT DOWN FROM HEAVEN,
KEEPS COMING UP.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 1 PETER 1,
HE’S THE HOLY SPIRIT SENT
FROM HEAVEN, THE KING JAMES
SAYS, DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
AND SO, THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THERE’S WATER BAPTISM,
AND THERE’S HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM.
AND LET ME EXPLAIN
THE TWO LIKE THIS.
IF YOU GET BAPTIZED
IN A SWIMMING POOL,
YOU GO DOWN INTO THE POOL,
AND YOU ARE IMMERSED
INTO THE WATER,
AND YOU COME UP OUT
OF THE WATER, AND YOU COME BACK
UP THE STEPS,
OUT OF THE SWIMMING POOL.
THAT WOULD BE A BAPTISM DOWN
INTO A SWIMMING POOL.
BUT, THE COMPARISON OF
THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST
OR HOLY SPIRIT,
BOTH ARE BIBLICAL TERMS
THAT ARE FOUND OVER AND OVER
AND OVER IN THE SCRIPTURES,
WOULD BE INSTEAD OF GETTING YOU
GOING DOWN AND GETTING BAPTIZED
INTO THE WATER,
IMAGINE STANDING UNDER
THE NIAGARA FALLS.
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF GALLONS
COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN,
POURING OUT.
THAT’S THE KINDA LANGUAGE
IN JOEL, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE PROPHET JOEL SAID,
“IN THE LAST DAYS, I’M GONNA
POUR OUT MY SPIRIT,”
AND IT’S GOING TO FALL LIKE
A NIAGARA FALLS,
CASCADING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
OF GALLONS OF HOLY SPIRIT
BAPTISM, AND YOU WILL
BE IMMERSED.
YOU WILL BE — AND THEN,
ONCE YOU ARE IMMERSED,
YOU CAN BE IN-FILLED,
AND THEN THERE WILL
BE AN OUT-FLOW.
1 CORINTHIANS 10 GIVES THIS
REVELATION NOW,
UNDERSTANDING WHAT I’M SAYING.
THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND THE BAPTISM IN WATER.
NOW, WATCH.
THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT.
PAUL BEGINS TO TEACH.
“MOREOVER, BRETHREN, I DO NOT
WANT YOU TO BE UNAWARE THAT
ALL THE FATHERS,”
LISTEN: “WERE UNDER THE CLOUD,”
THAT’S A REFERENCE
TO THE OLD TESTAMENT,
WHEN THEY WERE IN
THE WILDERNESS, AND GOD SENT
A CLOUD, AND THEY LIVED
UNDER THAT CLOUD.
THEY WERE UNDER THE CLOUD:
“ALL PASSED THROUGH THE SEA,”
THEY WERE ALL BAPTIZED
INTO MOSES, EVERYBODY SAY,
“THEY WERE BAPTIZED INTO MOSES.”
THIS IS SUCH WEIRD STUFF
YOU READ RIGHT THROUGH
AND IT MAKES NO SENSE
UNLESS YOU ALLOW
THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO OPEN YOUR EYES.
THEY WERE BAPTIZED
INTO MOSES, WHERE?
“IN THE CLOUD AND IN THE SEA,”
TWO BAPTISMS.
THE CLOUD IS THE BAPTISM
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THE CLOUD REPRESENTS
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND THE SEA, REMEMBER,
WHEN THEY WENT DOWN
INTO THE RED SEA, THE EGYPTIANS
WERE PURSUING THEM,
AND THEY WENT DOWN,
AND GOD PARTED THE WATER,
AND ISRAEL WENT THROUGH,
BUT WHEN THE EGYPTIANS TRIED
TO GO THROUGH THE SAME WATER,
THE WATER COLLAPSED ON THEM,
AND DROWNED PHARAOH’S ARMY,
AND DEFEATED THEM FOREVER.
SO, HERE’S WHAT I WANT
YOU TO SEE.
HE SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS 10:6,
THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS
ARE EXAMPLES FOR US.
THE CLOUD AND THE SEA
IS AN EXAMPLE, A TYPE,
FOR YOU AND I.
THERE WERE THREE SUCCESSIVE
PHASES IN ISRAEL’S DELIVERANCE
OUT OF EGYPT.
NOT ONE.
WELL, I’VE BEEN BORN AGAIN,
AND THE REST OF THE STUFF,
THE WATER BAPTISM,
THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM,
SEE, THAT’S WHAT I’M
TALKING ABOUT.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE
THE IN-FILLING.
JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE IN A ROOM
DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE GONNA GET
— YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN TO IT.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST THINK
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,
I’M SAVED, AND THAT’S WONDERFUL,
AND THAT IS YOUR TICKET
TO HEAVEN.
NO OTHER WAY TO BE SAVED
BUT THROUGH THE BLOOD
OF JESUS CHRIST,
THE LAMB OF GOD.
BUT YOU SETTLE THERE
AND YOU MISS OUT ON THE OTHER
TWO THAT HAVE TREMENDOUS
SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE
FOR THE TOTALITY
OF YOUR DELIVERANCE.
LEMME PUT IT THIS WAY.
WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF EGYPT,
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
WAS ENOUGH TO GET THEM
ON THEIR JOURNEY.
THEY WERE FREED BY THE BLOOD
OF THE LAMB, WHEN THEY —
YOU REMEMBER,
WHEN THEY SLEW THE LAMB,
AND THEY PUT THE BLOOD
ON THE DOORPOSTS.
IT STARTED THEIR EXIT OUT
OF EGYPT,
BUT CAN I SAY THIS?
AND I WANT YOU TO LEAN IN.
THE THREE PHASES OF DELIVERANCE
IS, NUMBER ONE,
FAITH IN THE BLOOD
OF THE LAMB.
FOR US, 1 CORINTHIANS 5 SAID:
“FOR CHRIST IS OUR PASSOVER
LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN.”
SO, WHEN I PUT MY FAITH
IN JESUS CHRIST,
AND THE BLOOD THAT HE SHED
ON THE CROSS, INSTANTLY,
I AM FORGIVEN.
INSTANTLY, MY NAME IS WRITTEN
IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
INSTANTLY, FOR LACK OF
A BETTER WORD, I HAVE MY TICKET
TO HEAVEN, AND THE DEVIL
CAN’T TAKE IT AWAY.
IT’S ESTABLISHED AND IT’S SEALED
BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
OF JESUS CHRIST.
NOW, I’M GOING TO HEAVEN
BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,
BUT I’M NOT GETTING OUT OF EGYPT
JUST BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
BECAUSE EGYPT HAS FORCES
THAT ARE TRYING TO RE-CHAIN
ME AND RE-CAPTURE ME
AND RE-ENSLAVE ME,
ALL THE TIME.
AND IF IT WAS JUST THE BLOOD
THAT THEY HAD, THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN RECAPTURED BECAUSE
THE BIBLE’S VERY CLEAR,
THE EGYPTIANS STARTED —
PHARAOH SAID —
THERE’S A PHARAOH SPIRIT
THAT THE MOMENT YOU MAKE
THE COMMITMENT, I TRUST YOU,
LORD, I WANNA BE BORN AGAIN
THROUGH YOUR BLOOD.
FORGIVE ME.
REGENERATE ME,
THE WORD REGENERATE COMES FROM
THE WORD REGENE,
MEANING BORN-AGAIN, I’M REGENED,
I HAVE A NEW FATHER.
EVEN THOUGH MY OTHER FATHER
MIGHT’VE BEEN THIS,
THAT, AND THE OTHER.
THIS IS MY —
I’M YOUR CHILD NOW.
THAT’S ESTABLISHED THROUGH
THE BLOOD, BUT THAT DOES
NOT MEAN YOU’RE GONNA HAVE
VICTORY DOWN HERE IN EGYPT.
YOU’RE GOING TO HEAVEN,
BUT YOU MAY BE DEFEATED
DOWN HERE, AND BE RE-ENSLAVED,
AND BOUND BACK UP,
AND PUT BACK IN,
AND MESSED UP
AND DEPRESSED AGAIN,
AND LIVING IN FEAR AND TORMENT,
AND STILL BE A CHILD OF GOD.
BECAUSE YOU’RE IGNORING
THE TWO BAPTISMS.
IT WAS THE BLOOD,
IT WAS THE CLOUD,
AND IT WAS THE SEA.
THE SECOND BAPTISM IS THE CLOUD.
IT REPRESENTS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THE SEA REPRESENTS
BAPTISM IN WATER.
AND GOD SAYS THIS STUFF
IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL.
IT’S NOT A RITUAL,
IT’S NOT A CEREMONY.
THE BLOOD THAT GOT THEM
ON THEIR REDEMPTIVE JOURNEY
DID NOT GET THEM OUT OF EGYPT.
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
GOT ISRAEL STARTED OUT OF EGYPT,
BUT IT ALONE DID
NOT GET THEM OUT OF EGYPT.
IF THERE HAD NOT BEEN MORE THAN
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,
THEY WOULD’VE BEEN RECAPTURED
AND ENSLAVED AND CHAINED UP
AND DEFEATED THE REST OF
THEIR LIFE,
EVEN THOUGH THE BLOOD
HAD BEEN APPLIED
TO THEIR HOUSE.
WOW.
WHAT I’M SAYING TO YOU IS,
THE BLOOD IS NOT THE TOTALITY
OF THE PROVISION
FOR YOUR SALVATION.
IT IS WHAT GETS YOU TO HEAVEN,
IT’S NOT WHAT GIVES
YOU VICTORY DOWN HERE ALONE.
IT’S THE BLOOD THAT COMES
WITH THE BAPTISM IN WATER,
AND THE BAPTISM
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THAT BREAKS THE CHAINS
OF THE ENEMY.
THE BLOOD IS THE ONLY WAY
I CAN BE SAVED.
BUT IT TOOK TWO MORE EXPERIENCES
FOR GOD’S PEOPLE TO COME OUT
OF THE DOMINION OF EVIL FORCES.
TWO BAPTISMS, ONE IN THE CLOUD,
THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND THE OTHER IN THE SEA.
THEY WENT DOWN INTO THE WATER,
AND THEY CAME OUT.
NOW, LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAID.
THEY WERE ALL BAPTIZED
UNDER MOSES, IN THE CLOUD,
AND IN THE SEA.
THE CLOUD WAS ABOVE.
THE SEA WAS DOWN.
ONE WAS GOING INTO THE POOL.
THE OTHER WAS THE NIAGARA
FALLS COMING DOWN.
AND BOY, WHEN YOU GET
THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST,
AND YOU LET GOD FILL YOU,
YOU’RE GONNA HAVE ONE RIVER
COMING DOWN,
AND THEN YOU GO DOWN,
AND YOU’VE PUT YOURSELF
IN THE WATER, ONE YOU DO,
THE OTHER HEAVEN DOES.
THE CLOUD IS A TYPE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SEA IS
A TYPE OF WATER BAPTISM,
AND THEY WERE IMMERSED
IN THE CLOUD.
THE CLOUD, WHEN THEY WERE OUT
IN THE WILDERNESS,
WAS SO POWERFUL THAT ONCE
THEY GOT IN THAT CLOUD,
IT LED THEM, THAT’S A TYPE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS.
WHEN THEY WENT INTO THE WATER,
THE WATER WAS THE CUT-OFF
POINT FOR THE EGYPTIANS.
THE BONDAGES OF EGYPT,
THE CHAINS OF SLAVERY,
COULD NOT AND DID NOT HAVE
AUTHORITY TO BE CLAMPED
BACK ON THEM,
AND THE BIBLE SAID WHEN ISRAEL
CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER
TO THE OTHER SIDE,
AND THE EGYPTIANS CAME IN
WITH THEIR CHARIOTS,
AND GOT IN THE SAME WATER,
THE WATER DESTROYED THEM.
THE SEA WAS THE FINAL
CUT-OFF POINT,
AND GOD SAID TO ISRAEL,
“THESE ENEMIES, YOU SHALL SEE
NO MORE.”
WILL THEY TEMPT YOU?
WILL THEY TRY?
THEY WILL, BUT HERE’S THE POINT.
ONCE YOU OBEY GOD,
THIS IS JUST OBEDIENCE.
ONCE YOU OBEY GOD IN WATER
BAPTISM, WHEN YOU STAND,
THEY’RE GONNA COME IN THIS SIDE,
THEY’RE GONNA COME OUT
THIS SIDE, AND WHEN THEY STAND
ON THIS SIDE,
SOMETHING SPIRITUALLY,
IN THE SPIRIT WORLD,
HAS CHANGED.
I NOW HAVE AUTHORITY.
I NOW HAVE LEGAL RIGHT TO SAY
I AM NO LONGER A SLAVE TO SIN.
I DON’T HAVE TO BE AN ADDICT.
I DON’T HAVE TO BE BOUND.
I DON’T HAVE TO BE MESSED UP.
I DON’T HAVE TO BE A SLAVE
TO THE FLESH,
THE LUST OF THE EYES,
THE LUST OF THE FLESH
AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE.
I’M NOT SUPERHUMAN,
I WILL WRESTLE,
I WILL DEAL WITH THINGS,
BUT I HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY
AND RIGHT BECAUSE
I WENT UNDER AND I CAME UP
A NEW CREATION,
AND THE OLD THINGS
HAVE PASSED AWAY.
SOMEBODY THANK GOD
FOR THE BLOOD AND THE CLOUD
AND THE SEA.
HALLELUJAH.
NOW, WATCH, REAL QUICK.
I’M GETTING THERE VERY FAST.
THE FINAL SEPARATION OF ISRAEL
FROM EGYPT WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED
BY THE CLOUD,
AS POWERFUL AS THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS.
THE FINAL SEPARATION
FROM ISRAEL WAS NOT
ACCOMPLISHED BY THE BLOOD,
AS POWERFUL AS THE BLOOD
OF THE LAMB WAS.
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD
SEPARATE ISRAEL FROM EGYPT
PERMANENTLY WAS THE BAPTISM
IN THE SEA,
UNDER THE WATER.
AND WHEN YOU GET
THE REVELATION OF THAT,
THAT I LAID DOWN IN A WATERY
GRAVE ACCORDING TO PAUL’S
TEACHINGS, AND THE OLD ME
IS DEAD AND BURIED,
AND I AM COMING UP BRAND-NEW
AND I’M FREE FROM THE CHAINS
OF FEAR AND TORMENT AND GUILT
AND SHAME AND ADDICTION.
OH, LOOK OUT.
FOR THE BELIEVER, WATER BAPTISM
IS THE FINAL CUT-OFF POINT
TO THE PAST.
SALVATION IS INSTANT,
BUT SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD
IS A PROCESS.
1 PETER 3 GIVES
ANOTHER QUICK EXAMPLE.
WE READ RIGHT THROUGH
THIS STUFF, AND WE DON’T
UNDERSTAND.
THAT WAS 1 CORINTHIANS 10,
NOW THIS IS 1 PETER 3.
THEY WERE FORMALLY —
HE’S TALKING ABOUT,
THEY WERE FORMALLY DISOBEDIENT,
LONG-SUFFERING, HOW GOD WAITED
DURING THE DAYS OF NOAH.
REMEMBER, NOW, HE’S TAKING YOU
BACK TO THE OLD TESTAMENT,
THE STORY OF NOAH.
WATCH WHAT HE SAYS.
WHILE THE ARK — EVERYBODY SAY,
“THE ARK REPRESENTS JESUS.”
WHILE THE ARK WAS BEING PREPARED
IN WHICH FEW,
THAT IS EIGHT SOULS,
THAT’S NOAH’S FAMILY,
WERE SAVED THROUGH WATER.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE JUST SAID?
HE SAID, “I WANT YOU TO SEE
THAT NOAH AND HIS FAMILY
GOT IN THE ARK, JESUS CHRIST.”
THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES
IN AN UNGODLY, WICKED WORLD
THAT GOT IN THE ARK.
THEY WERE ALL INVITED,
BUT THEY ALL DID NOT PARTAKE.
AND WHEN THEY GOT IN THE ARK,
THEN THE RAIN AND THE WATER
BURST FORTH FROM THE GROUND
AND FROM THE SKY,
AND WHEN THE WATER CAME,
THE BIBLE SAID THEY WERE
SAVED BY WATER.
INTERESTING WORDING.
IN THE ARK, THEY PASSED
THROUGH THE WATER.
BY THE WATERS, THEY WERE
DELIVERED FROM A WICKED,
UNGODLY WORLD.
COULD THE WICKED PASS THROUGH
THE SAME WATER?
NO, THEY PERISHED IN THE WATER.
JUST LIKE THE EGYPTIANS,
IN THEIR CHARIOTS,
PERISHED WHEN THEY TRIED TO GO
THROUGH THE WATER TO FOLLOW
AFTER ISRAEL AND DEFEAT THEM.
NOW, HERE IS PAUL OR PETER,
1 PETER, HE’S SAYING,
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND
THAT NOAH IS A TYPE OF YOU
ENTERING WITH YOUR FAMILY
INTO THE ARK,
AND THERE WAS A KEY
TO THEIR DELIVERANCE,
IT WAS THE WATER.
THE WATER IS WHAT SAVED THEM,
BUT THE WATER IS WHAT DESTROYED
THE UNGODLY AND WICKED
THAT WOULD NOT GET IN THE ARK.
IF IT NOT HAD BEEN
FOR THE BAPTISM IN WATER,
YOUR SALVATION IS NOT COMPLETE.
IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN BAPTIZED,
YOU’VE GOT YOUR TICKET
TO HEAVEN THE MOMENT
YOU PRAY IN AN ALTAR
AND RECEIVE THE SHED BLOOD
OF JESUS CHRIST,
BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE VICTORY
DOWN HERE LIKE GOD WANTS TO GIVE
YOU VICTORY UNTIL YOU GET THE
— YOU NEED THE BAPTISM
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WHICH IS THE CLOUD,
AND THE BAPTISM IN THE SEA,
WHICH IS THE WATER BAPTISM.
AND THAT WILL BECOME
THE DEVIL’S CUT-OFF POINT.
HALLELUJAH.
>> NOW, GIVE US YOUR NAME.
>> ALEX HERNANDEZ.
>> AND HOW DID YOU END
UP AT FREE CHAPEL?
>> I HEARD ABOUT FREE CHAPEL
WHEN I WAS IN JAIL,
AND JUST, I’M NERVOUS
RIGHT NOW.
>> HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT
IT IN JAIL?
>> PICKED UP A BOOK OF FASTING,
AND IT HAD YOUR —
I SEEN YOU ON THE COVER,
JENTEZEN FRANKLIN,
AND I READ IT.
AND, JUST THE WHOLE PROCESS
OF ME GETTING GOING IN JAIL,
AND GIVING MY LIFE TO CHRIST,
WAS SOMETHING SPIRITUAL,
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
CHANGED IN ME.
>> AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN OUT?
>> I’VE BEEN OUT
TWO-AND-A-HALF MONTHS NOW.
>> AND YOU’VE BEEN
IN CHURCH HERE?
>> YES.
>> PRAISE GOD.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER, THE SON,
JESUS CHRIST,
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH.
BLESS THE LORD.
HI.
WHAT’S YOUR NAME?
>> ALEXA.
>> ALEXA, HOW LONG YOU BEEN
COMING TO THE CHURCH?
>> SINCE EASTER OF LAST YEAR.
>> DID YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT
TO THE LORD THEN?
>> NO.
SO I ACTUALLY —
THE PAST TWO YEARS
HAVE BEEN A STRUGGLE.
IN MAY OF 2020, I FOUND OUT
THAT I WAS HAVING A
SWEET BABY.
AND, I TRIED FOR AWHILE
TO MAKE IT WORK WITH HIS DAD,
AND I PRAYED MANY TIMES ON IT.
AND GOD’S ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO.
AND, I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN
I GOT VERY ANGRY WITH GOD.
AND I REMEMBER, MAY 1ST
OF LAST YEAR, WAS ONE
OF THE HARDEST DAYS,
AND IT WAS ONE
OF THE SCARIEST DAYS.
I GOT SOME NEWS THAT I WAS
BLINDSIDED WITH, AND I LAID
ON MY BACK PORCH AND CRIED.
AND I JUST REMEMBER LAYING
THERE AND SCREAMING,
AND JUST ASKING GOD TO GET ME
OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE.
AND HE DID, AND I REMEMBER
PRAYING, AND I TOLD GOD
THE OUTCOME THAT I WANTED,
AND HE GAVE ME AN OUTCOME
THAT WAS BETTER
THAN I PRAYED FOR.
NOW, I CAME TO CHURCH
THE VERY NEXT MORNING,
AND PASTOR JAVON RUFF
WAS PREACHING, AND HE —
I FELT LIKE EVERYTHING
THAT HE WAS SAYING,
HE WAS SPEAKING TO MY HEART.
AND I REMEMBER,
HE DID THE ALTAR CALL,
AND I JUST FELT LIKE I NEEDED
TO COME DOWN TO THE ALTAR.
AND, I WAS IN THE VERY BACK
OF THE BALCONY,
MY BABY WAS SLEEPING IN MY ARMS,
AND I WAS WEARING HEELS,
AND I SAID, LORD, THIS IS ME
GIVING MY LIFE TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, I’M GIVING
IT ALL TO YOU,
I’M LAYING IT AT YOUR FEET,
BUT THERE’S A LOT OF STAIRS,
MY BABY’S SLEEPING.
I’M IN HEELS.
I HAD ALL THESE EXCUSES OF WHY
I WASN’T GONNA WALK DOWN HERE,
BUT I SAID I’M GONNA GIVE IT
TO YOU FROM MY SEAT,
AND PASTOR JAVON STARTED
DOING THE PRAYER OVER
EVERYONE DOWN HERE,
AND HE STOPPED, AND HE SAID,
“I CAN’T GO ON BECAUSE
I FEEL LIKE THERE’S SOMEONE
ELSE THAT NEEDS
TO BE DOWN HERE.”
AND I WAS LIKE, HOLY MOLY,
THAT’S ME.
AND SO, I SAT UP
AND I TOOK MY BABY WITH ME,
AND WE WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS
AND MADE IT HERE,
AND HE PRAYED OVER US,
AND I FELT LIKE A WEIGHT
HAD BEEN LIFTED
OFF MY SHOULDERS.
I TURNED AROUND AND THE LADY
THAT HAD PLACED HER HAND ON
MY SHOULDER BEGAN TO TELL
ME THAT SHE WAS ONCE
A SINGLE MOM,
THAT SHE CAME TO FREE CHAPEL
AND SHE MET HER HUSBAND
WHO WAS A PASTOR HERE,
AND SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH
THEIR BABY, AND SHE GAVE
ME SO MUCH HOPE.
AND I JUST FELT LIKE GOD PLACED
HER THERE TO LET ME
KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS
GONNA BE OKAY,
AND THAT HIS PLANS ARE GREATER
THAN MY PLANS, AND THERE ARE
DAYS THAT I FELT LIKE THE ONLY
THING I COULD DO WAS LAY
ON THE FLOOR AND JUST BEG GOD
TO HELP ME.
AND HE DID, AND HE SHOWED ME
THAT EVEN WHEN I’M HAVING
BAD DAYS THAT HE IS STILL GOOD,
AND HE STILL HAS A PLAN,
AND I’M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.
>> I LOVE THAT.
DON’T YOU?
SOME DAYS, ALL YOU CAN DO
IS LAY ON YOUR BACK AND CRY.
YOU EVER HAD A DAY LIKE THAT?
I SURE HAVE.
THAT’S PART OF LIFE, FOLKS.
BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL.
YOU MINISTERED TO ALL OF US,
WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT.
YOU WERE GOING THERE,
AND IT WAS GOING DEEP,
WASN’T IT?
TO GOD BE THE GLORY,
AND HE’S GONNA TAKE CARE
OF YOU AND YOUR BABY
IN AMAZING WAYS.
I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER, THE SON,
JESUS CHRIST,
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU, LORD.
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT.
HALLELUJAH.
GIVE US YOUR NAME, SIR.
>> IT’S CRAIG GOODMAN.
>> AND HOW LONG YOU BEEN
COMING TO THE CHURCH?
>> SO, I’VE BEEN COMING
TO THIS CHURCH ON-AND-OFF
FOR YEARS, AND BY THE GRACE
OF GOD AND THE SPIRITUAL
PROGRAM OF RECOVERY,
I’M HERE TO SAY TODAY
I’M FREE FROM THE BONDAGE
OF ALCOHOL.
SO, YEAH.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> YOU KNOW, TODAY IS ACTUALLY
FIVE MONTHS THAT
I’VE BEEN SOBER,
AND I’M VERY GRATEFUL OF THAT.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING UP
THERE ABOUT TEN ROWS DEEP,
BACK IN OCTOBER,
AND YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT
HAVING A SERMON ON GOD
USES LIFE’S BRUISES,
AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS —
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY PERSON
HERE THAT DAY,
AND GOD SPOKE TO ME THAT DAY,
AND YOU KNOW, THAT’S TRUE.
YOU KNOW, GOD CAN USE MY BRUISES
TO HELP ANOTHER PERSON,
AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME,
AND THERE’S A DIFFERENT WAY
OF LIFE OUT THERE,
AND I KNOW THAT TODAY,
AND I’M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT.
MY DAUGHTERS ARE HERE TODAY,
AND YOU KNOW,
I’M VERY GRATEFUL THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT I’M PRESENT
IN THEIR LIVES TODAY,
AND THAT’S A MIRACLE.
THAT’S A MIRACLE.
>> I LOVE THAT.
I’M PRESENT.
I’M PRESENT IN THEIR LIVES.
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THAT
ADDICTION DOES, IS IT JUST
TAKES YOU — YOU’RE THERE,
BUT YOU’RE NOT THERE.
AND, WHAT A BLESSING.
WHAT A POWERFUL,
POWERFUL TESTIMONY.
AND TO KNOW THAT THAT ADDICTION
THAT WANTS TO PURSUE YOU
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,
YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY
WHEN YOU COME UP
OUT OF THIS WATER TO SAY,
“I’M NO LONGER A SLAVE TO SIN.
I BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST.”
>> YES.
I’LL CLOSE WITH THIS, YOU KNOW,
THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN HELP
ANOTHER PERSON LIKE ME
IS A PERSON
WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS.
AND I KNOW TODAY, MY PURPOSE
IS TO HELP ANOTHER PERSON.
AND I WILL.
SO.
>> YES, YOU WILL.
SO TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE TODAY,
AND WE DON’T COME FROM AN
APPROACH OF LOOKING DOWN.
YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST ANYTHING
THAT IS DESTROYING YOUR LIFE
IS NOT OF GOD.
IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE.
AND SO, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO THEM THAT YOU WANT —
THAT YOU KNOW YOU NEEDED
TO HEAR?
>> SO I WOULD SAY IT ALL STARTS,
YOU KNOW, THERE’S — WHAT WORKED
FOR ME IS A 12-STEP
RECOVERY PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, IT ALL STARTS
WITH SURRENDERING.
YOU KNOW, ADMITTING I WAS
POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL
AND MY LIFE WAS UNMANAGEABLE,
AND THAT’S THE FIRST STEP
I TOOK, AND YOU KNOW,
STEP TWO IS I CAME TO BELIEVE
A POWER GREATER THAN MYSELF
COULD RESTORE ME TO SANITY.
YOU KNOW, GOD IS DOING FOR ME
WHAT I COULD NOT DO FOR MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, SO.
I’M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
>> SO GREAT, SO GREAT.
I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER, THE SON,
JESUS CHRIST,
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
BLESS HIM, LORD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT MIRACLE.
PRAISE THE LORD.
PRAISE THE LORD.
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>> IF YOU’RE WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM TODAY AND THESE STORIES
AND TESTIMONIES HAVE SPOKEN
TO YOU, YOU CAN
MAKE A CHANGE, TOO.
YOU DON’T JUST HAVE TO STRUGGLE
WITH ADDICTION THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU MAY BE SO FAR FROM GOD
THAT YOU SAY THERE’S NO WAY
GOD CAN FORGIVE ME.
I’VE DONE SO MUCH,
I’VE GONE TOO FAR.
THERE’S NO WAY, PASTOR,
THAT GOD WOULD TAKE
SOMEBODY LIKE ME.
HE’S A GOOD GOD,
AND HE WILL FORGIVE YOU.
HE DOES LOVE YOU.
HE WILL RESTORE YOU.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
HIS PROMISE IS I MAKE ALL
THINGS NEW.
I BELIEVE RIGHT WHERE YOU
ARE TODAY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS INVITE JESUS INTO YOUR HEART.
LET’S DO IT TOGETHER,
JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE
YOU JUST HEARD FROM.
IT STARTED IN A SIMPLE ACT
OF REPENTANCE AND FAITH.
SO SAY, JESUS, I SURRENDER.
COME INTO MY HEART.
WASH ME.
CLEANSE ME.
YOU DIED ON THE CROSS AND TOOK
EVERYTHING SINFUL AND WRONG
I’VE EVER DONE.
I’M A SINNER
AND I NEED A SAVIOR.
WASH ME IN YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD.
CLEANSE ME AND MAKE ME
THE PERSON I OUGHT TO BE.
I CAN’T CHANGE ME,
BUT JESUS, YOU CAN.
IN JESUS’ NAME,
YOU ARE FORGIVEN.
HALLELUJAH.
O, PRAISE THE LORD.
I JUST SENSE A GLORIOUS,
GLORIOUS MIRACLE IS TAKING
PLACE IN YOUR LIFE.
I DON’T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY
TO DESCRIBE IT.
A MIRACLE.
AND YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYER,
AND WE WOULD LOVE
TO HEAR FROM YOU.
IT’S SUCH A BLESSING
WHEN WE HEAR BACK FROM
OUR AUDIENCE, AND I WANT YOU
TO CALL THE NUMBER THAT’S
ON THE SCREEN, OR GO ONLINE,
GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND VISIT IT.
IT’S ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE FREE RESOURCES
WE WOULD LOVE TO LOAD YOU DOWN
AND JUST KNOW THAT PEOPLE
ARE PRAYING FOR YOU,
AND MAYBE TALK TO ONE
OF OUR PRAYER PARTNERS
ON THE LINE, AND LET THEM
PRAY WITH YOU TODAY,
AND HELP YOU IN EVERY STEP
OF YOUR NEW LIFE AND WALK
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
BEFORE WE GO,
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU
FOR SUPPORTING THIS MINISTRY.
YOU ARE AMAZING, AMAZING PEOPLE.
THE TREMENDOUS GENEROSITY
OF OUR VIEWERS, JUST ABSOLUTELY
TOUCHES MY HEART.
BECAUSE OF YOU, WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO SO MUCH
FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
IT’S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE
THE IMAGES OF WAR, AND DEATH,
AND DESTRUCTION COMING OUT
OF THE UKRAINE.
THAT TORN AND DEVASTATED NATION.
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TODAY.
WE ARE BELIEVING THAT
WE CAN MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE
FOR THE SUFFERING BROTHERS
AND SISTERS OF THE UKRAINE.
SO FAR, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO SEND OVER $500,000
TO THE UKRAINE.
JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS,
AS WE HAVE BEEN MAKING
AN APPEAL.
NOT ONLY HAVE YOU HELPED
US WITH THE RESOURCES,
PAID FOR ALL OF OUR AIRTIME,
WE OWE NO MAN NOTHING,
BUT WE’VE HAD ENOUGH,
$500,000, THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE
TO SEND TO MANY,
MANY MINISTRIES OVER THERE,
AND WE HAVE ESTABLISHED
A COMFORT CENTER IN THE UKRAINE,
WHERE WE’RE PROVIDED
MUCH-NEEDED FOOD AND EMERGENCY
SUPPLIES WITHIN THE COUNTRY.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE WE’RE
HELPING ARE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.
WE’RE EVEN WORKING THROUGH
ONE JEWISH ORGANIZATION,
SIDE-BY-SIDE, AND ALSO
WITH CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEY’RE MINISTERING
TO GOD’S PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE ALREADY
BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH,
AND THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I HEARD THEIR
PRESIDENT, THAT BRAVE, BRAVE
PRESIDENT SAY,
“MY GREATEST FEAR,”
HE DIDN’T SAY IT
WAS THE RUSSIANS,
HE DIDN’T SAY WAS THEIR MISSILES
AND THEIR AIR FORCE
AND ALL THE WEAPONS
OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE.
HE SAID, “MY GREATEST FEAR
IS THAT AMERICA WILL FORGET US.”
WE CAN’T FORGET THEM.
AND WE ARE GOING TO SEND
ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY RELIEF
AS YOU ENABLE US TO DO THAT,
TO OVER 80 CHURCHES
IN THE UKRAINE,
THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED
INTO REFUGEE CENTERS.
WE’VE ALREADY SENT HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
TO THAT EFFORT,
BUT WE NEED TO DO EVEN MORE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING
US PREACH THE GOSPEL,
AND DO ALL THAT WE DO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU,
WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME
ON KINGDOM CONNECTION.
♪ ♪
>> WE HOPE YOU’VE ENJOYED THIS
TEACHING BY JENTEZEN FRANKLIN,
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT
OF THIS MINISTRY.
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