God Is Still In Control | Donnie Swaggart | Sunday Morning Sermon

Brief Summary

This sermon, titled "God Is Still in Control," uses Joshua 1:1-9 as its foundational scripture to encourage believers to trust in God's sovereignty even in times of uncertainty and change. It emphasizes that God remains in control despite the death of leaders or periods of difficulty. The sermon illustrates this point through the life of Moses and the transition to Joshua's leadership, highlighting God's promise to be with His people. It calls for faith, courage, and obedience to God's Word, urging the church to move forward with confidence in God's plan and promises.

  • God is still in control, even when life feels chaotic.
  • Believers should have faith and courage, trusting in God's promises.
  • The Word of God is a reliable guide for life.

Introduction

The sermon begins with a reading from Joshua 1:1-9, setting the stage for the message that God is still in control. The passage recounts God's charge to Joshua after the death of Moses, promising to be with him as he leads the Israelites into the Promised Land. This scripture emphasizes themes of courage, obedience, and divine presence, which are central to the sermon's message.

Moses: The Christ of the Old Covenant

The speaker describes Moses as the "Christ of the Old Covenant," highlighting his unparalleled importance in the Old Testament. Moses' life is full of striking contrasts: he was both a slave's child and a queen's son, inheriting poverty but enjoying wealth, and being both a warrior and a meek man. He was educated in Egypt but dwelled in the desert, possessing both Egyptian wisdom and childlike faith. Despite being slow in speech, he talked with God, wielding a shepherd's rod with infinite power. He was a fugitive and an ambassador of Heaven, a giver of the law and a forerunner of grace. Even in death, God personally buried him, underscoring his unique relationship with the divine.

God's Control in Moses' Early Life

The narrative shifts to Moses' infancy, emphasizing God's control over his life from the very beginning. Despite Pharaoh's decree to kill all Hebrew baby boys, Moses' parents, Amram and Jochebed, acted in faith by placing him in a handmade ark on the Nile River. This act of faith led to Moses being found by Pharaoh's daughter, who, moved by compassion, decided to raise him as her own. The speaker emphasizes that what the enemy intended for harm, God turned for good, illustrating that God's plan prevails over human schemes.

Moses: Drawn Out by God

The speaker explains the meaning of Moses' name, "drawn out," connecting it to various aspects of his life. Moses was drawn out of death, the water, the palace, and the wilderness to become God's spokesman. He and Aaron stood before Pharaoh, delivering the message "Let my people go," ultimately leading the Israelites to deliverance. The speaker underscores the power of one man, empowered by God, to change the destiny of a nation.

God's Unchanging Nature

The sermon addresses the transition of leadership from Moses to Joshua, emphasizing that while leaders may die, God remains alive and in control. The speaker asserts that believers do not serve a dead god or a dead philosophy but the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He highlights the attributes of God, such as healing the sick and raising the dead, and recounts the resurrection of Jesus Christ as a victory over death, hell, and the grave.

Arise and Go Forward in Faith

Drawing from God's command to Joshua to "arise" and cross the Jordan, the speaker encourages the church to get up and move forward in faith. He expresses weariness with stagnant churches and lifeless sermons, urging believers to embrace the promise of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last days. The speaker reflects on recent difficult times, suggesting that God allowed them to demonstrate how quickly things can deteriorate, but affirming that God remains in control of all aspects of life, including finances, marriage, and physical health.

Looking Forward to a Third Great Awakening

The speaker declares that the church is not looking back but forward, anticipating a third great awakening. He expresses a sense of its imminence, emphasizing that God is not finished with His church. The focus shifts to the importance of ministry being established on God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The speaker acknowledges the foundation laid by previous leaders, who taught the message of the cross, liberating people from sin.

The Mission and Beliefs of SBN

The speaker outlines the mission of SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN) to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. He contrasts SBN with other Christian channels that may present conflicting messages, emphasizing that SBN consistently preaches Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The network is committed to good teaching, preaching, and music, all founded on a solid foundation. The speaker articulates core beliefs, including the belief in Jesus Christ as the only mediator between God and man, the inerrancy of Scripture, and the power of the Bible to save, heal, and empower believers.

God's Promise: "As I Was With Moses, So I Will Be With You"

The speaker emphasizes that God's promise to Joshua, "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you," is also a promise for all believers. He extends this promise, stating that as God was with Abraham, Jacob, Deborah, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Paul, Peter, and Bartholomew, He is with every child of God. The speaker assures the congregation that God is with them in all circumstances, both good and bad, and that the Holy Spirit lives within them.

The Holy Spirit and Personal Conduct

The speaker shares a story about his father, who, despite being a skilled bowler, was instructed by the Lord to stop going to bowling alleys due to the environment of drunkenness and cursing. This anecdote illustrates the importance of being mindful of where one takes the Holy Spirit. The speaker underscores that believers have the Spirit of God within them and must be careful to honor His presence in their lives.

The Importance of the Word of God

The speaker stresses the reliability and trustworthiness of the Bible, encouraging believers to rest their lives on its teachings. He highlights the Bible as a guide to righteousness and holiness, and a source of knowledge about grace, mercy, and the power of God. The speaker emphasizes that the Bible reveals who God is, what Jesus did, the purpose of the Holy Spirit, and what the future holds. He shares his father's conviction that if something is not in the Bible, it is not worth preaching or following.

Transition of Leadership and God's Provision

The sermon revisits the transition of leadership from Moses to Joshua, noting that while Moses brought the Israelites to the edge of the Promised Land, Joshua would lead them into it. The speaker emphasizes the spiritual truth that the call of God upon a person's life lasts only so long, and when God promotes His servants, He always has someone to take their place. The focus remains on looking to Jesus, who will always provide a voice.

Personal Testimony and Encouragement

The speaker shares a personal story from his childhood, recounting a time when his father struggled to find preaching engagements due to his cousin being Jerry Lee Lewis. Despite living in poverty and facing numerous challenges, the speaker's father remained faithful to his calling. The speaker recounts a specific instance when his father was gravely ill with double pneumonia and was tormented by the devil. In his distress, he turned to the Bible and found encouragement in Joshua 1:9, which led to his healing and renewed commitment to God's calling.

Closing Remarks and Call to Action

In closing, the speaker declares that good days are ahead for the body of Christ, emphasizing that the Word of God will not fail. He encourages believers to stand firm in their faith and trust in God's promises. The speaker invites those who are struggling with questions, loneliness, or feelings of abandonment to come forward for prayer. Pastors are called to lay hands on those in need, offering support and encouragement. The sermon concludes with a prayer for faith, victory, and blessing in the name of Jesus.

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0:06 ♪ ♪ . >> THANK YOU, SINGERS, MUSICIANS. OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO THE FIRST CHAPTER OF JOSHUA THIS MORNING. JOSHUA CHAPTER ONE. VERSE ONE. NOW, AFTER THE DEATH OF MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, IT CAME TO PASS THAT THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN MOSES MINISTER SAYING MOSES, MY SERVANT IS DEAD. NOW, THEREFORE, ARISE, GO OVER THIS JORDAN. THOU AND ALL THIS PEOPLE UNTIL THE LAND WHICH I DO GIVE TO THEM, EVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. EVERY PLACE THAT THE SOUL OF YOUR FOOT SHALL TREAD UPON, THAT

0:51 HAVE I GIVEN IT UNTO YOU, AS I SAID UNTO MOSES. FROM THE WILDERNESS AND THIS LEBANON EVEN UPBLT THE GREAT RIVER, THE RIVER EUPHRATES ALL THE LAND OF THE HITTITES AND GREAT SEA GOING DOWN OF THE SUN SHALL BE YOUR COAST. THERE SHALL NOT ANY MAN BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. AS I WAS WITH MOSES, I WILL BE WITH YOU. I WILL NOT FAIL YOU, NOR FORSAKE YOU. BE STRONG AND OF A GOOD COURAGE. FOR UNTO THIS PEOPLE SHALL THOU DIVIDE FOR AN I INHERITANCE TO THEIR FATHER I SWORE TO GIVE THEM. ONLY BE STPROPBG AND VERY

1:38 COURAGEOUS THAT THOU MAY OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL THE LAW WHICH MOSES MY SERVANT COMMANDED THEE. TURN NOT FROM IT TO THE RIGHT HAND OR THE LEFT THAT THOU MAY PROSPER WHERESOEVER THOU GOES. THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE THEREIN DAY AND NIGHT THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN THEREIN. FOR THEN, YOU SHALL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS AND THEN YOU SHALL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS. HAVE NOT I COMMANDED THEE? BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE, BE NOT AFRAID, NEITHER THOU BE

2:23 DISMAYED. THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHERESOEVER YOU GO. NO DOUBT, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE SHAKEN. BY THE PASSING OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD. BUT THEY WOULD FIND OUT THAT GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL. AND THAT'S THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE THIS MORNING. GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL. I FEEL THAT. GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL. YOUR LIFE MAY BE SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL AS YOU SEE IT. BUT GOD IS IN CONTROL.

3:10 FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD THAT WE FEEL IN THIS HOUSE. LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR ANOINTING. HELP ME DELIVER THIS WORD, TAKE IT TO THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE. AND LET IT MINISTER TO THEM. WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY. AND EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN AND AMEN. BIBLE SCHOLARS AND THEOLOGIANS, THEY REFER OF MOSES AS THE CHRIST OF THE OLD COVENANT. I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN. BIBLE SCHOLARS WHEN THEY LOOK BACK UPON THE LIFE OF THIS GREAT PATRIARCH, HE IS CALLED THE CHRIST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

3:58 L GREAT BIBLE SCHOLAR I WANT TO READ SOMETHING HE SAID. FROM ADAM TO CHRIST, THERE IS NUMBER GREATER THAN MOSES. HE IS ONE OF THE FEW CHARACTERS OF SCRIPTURE WHOSE CHORUS IS SKETCHED FROM HIS INFANCY TO HIS DEATH. THE FIERCE LIGHT OF CRITICISM HAS BEEN TURNED UPON HIM FOR GENERATIONS. BUT HE'S STILL THE MOST COMMANDING FIGURE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. IN CHARACTER, IN FAITH, IN THE UNIQUE POSITION ASSIGNED HIM AS THE MEDIATOR OF THE OLD COVENANT. AND IN ACHIEVEMENTS HE STANDS FIRST AMONG THE HEROES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. ALL OF GOD'S EARLY DEALINGS WITH

4:44 ISRAEL WERE TRANSACTED THROUGH MOSES. HE WAS A PROPHET, A PRIEST AND A KING IN ONE PERSON. AND SO UNITED ALL THE GREAT AND IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS WHICH LATER WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONG A PLURALITY OF PERSONS. THE HISTORY OF SUCH A ONE IS WORTHY OF STRICTEST ATTENTION. AND HIS REMARKABLE LIFE DESERVES THE CLOSEST STUDY. ANOTHER SCHOLAR SAID THIS, I LOVE THIS. THE LIFE OF MOSES PRESENTS A SERIES OF STRIKING ANTITHESIS. FOR INSTANCE, HE WAS A CHILD OF A SLAVE AND YET THE SON OF A QUEEN. HE FEELS BORN IN A HUT BUT LIVED IN A PALACE. HE INHERITED POVERTY.

5:29 BUT ENJOYED UNLIMITED WEALTH. HE WAS THE LEADER OF ARMIES AND THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS. HE WAS THE MIGHTIEST OF WARRIORS AND YET THE MEEKEST OF MEN. HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE COURT OF EGYPT, YET HE DWELT IN THE DESERT. HE HAD THE WISDOM OF EGYPT AND FAITH OF A CHILD. HE WAS FITTED FOR A CITY YET WONDERED IN THE WILDERNESS. HE WAS TEMPTED WITH THE PLEASURES OF SIN AND ENDURED THE HARDSHIPS OF VIRTUE. HE WAS BACKWARDS IN SPEECH YET HE TALKED WITH GOD. HE HAD THE ROD OF A SHEPHERD AND THE POWER OF THE INFINITE.

6:14 HE WAS A FUGITIVE FROM PHARAOH AND AN AMBASSADOR FROM HEAVEN. HE WAS THE GIVER OF THE LAW AND FORERUNNER OF GRACE. HE DIED ALONE ON MT. MOAB AND APPEARED WITH CHRIST IN JUDEA, NO MAN ASSISTED AT HIS FUNERAL YET GOD BURIED HIM. WHAT A STATEMENT. GOD BURIED HIM. WE CANNOT MINIMIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS GREAT PATRIARCH. EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM SPEAKS OF THE POWER OF GOD. FROM THE VERY MOMENT JOCHEBED

7:00 HIS MOTHER FASHIONED BULRUSHES LEAVES AND FASHIONED A LITTLE ARK AND PLACED HIM ON THE ARK AND PLACED HIM ON THE NILE BECAUSE THE MANDATE WENT OUT ALL THE BABY BOYS OF THE HEBREWS WERE TO BE KILLED. BUT THE FAITH OF AMRAN AND JOCHEBED SAID, NO, AS THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVED UPON HIM. THANK GOD FOR THE FAITH OF GODLY PARENTS. YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT, CHURCH. I SAID, THANK GOD FOR THE LIFE AND THE FAITH OF GODLY PARENTS. THEY PUT HIM IN THAT LITTLE ARK AND THEY PUSHED HIM DOWN THE NILE. AT THE VERY PLACE THAT PHARAOH'S

7:47 DAUGHTER WAS TAKING A BATH. THE NILE RIVER WAS CONSIDERED THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE IN EGYPT. THEY THE WORSHIPPED THE NILE AS DEITY. THEREFORE BY THE MAGISTRATES AND LEADERS THEY WOULD BATHE IN THE MORNING IN THE NILE THINKING THAT GAVE THEM SPECIAL POWERS. AND HERE IS THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH, WITH ALL OF HER COURT AROUND HER. AS SHE IS IN THE WATER BATHING. ALL OF A SUDDEN, ON THE CURRENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, FLOATS THIS LITTLE BASKET OF BULRUSHES, A LITTLE HAND MADE ARK.

8:33 AND JUST AS IT GOT TO HER BEFORE HE COULD NOTICE, THE HOLY SPIRIT REACHED DOWN AND PINCHED THAT BABY. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BABY MOSES STARTED TO CRY. SHE HEARD THAT CRY. THEY BROUGHT THAT LITTLE ARK OF BULL RUSHES OVER TO HER. AND WHEN SHE SAW THAT BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY CRYING, SOMETHING LEAPED INSIDE OF HER HEART. AND SAID, HE'S MINE. I'M GOING TO TAKE HIM. WHAT THE ENEMY MEANT FOR HARM, COME ON, CHURCH. WHAT THE DEVIL MEANT FOR HARM, GOD WILL TURN IT FOR GOOD. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SHOUT. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN.

9:20 THE DEVIL WAS TRYING TO KILL THE DELIVERER OF GOD'S PEOPLE. BUT GOD IS IN CONTROL. PHARAOH IS NOT IN CONTROL. WASHINGTON IS NOT CONTROL. THERE'S NO POWER ON EARTH THAT IS CONTROLLED. EXCEPT THE POWER OF GOD. GOD IS IN CONTROL. HIS VERY NAME MOSES MEANS DRAWN OUT. HE WAS DRAWN OUT OF DEATH. HE WAS DRAWN OUT OF THE WATER. HE FEELS DRAWN OUT OF THE PALACE. HE WAS DRAWN OUT OF THE WILDERNESS TO BE GOD'S SPOKESMAN. AS HE AND AARON WOULD STAND IN FRONT OF PHARAOH THE MIGHTIEST

10:07 MAGISTRATE, THE MIGHTIEST RULER ON EARTH THAT DAY. EGYPT WAS THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD AT THAT TIME. AND MOSES STANDS THERE WITH AARON. AND AARON SPEAKING FOR MOSES, GAVE THE MESSAGE OF THE AGES. FOR THIS GENERATION. LET MY PEOPLE GO. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SHOUT. AND HE LED HIS PEOPLE. HE LED THEM TO DELIVERANCE. WE CANNOT MINIMIZE THAT. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. JUST ONE MAN. ONE MAN CHANGED THE DESTINY OF A WHOLE NATION. ONE MAN.

10:53 THAT'S THE POWER OF GOD. THAT'S THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THAT'S GOD FINDING A HEART AND A LIFE THAT HE CAN MOLD AND HE CAN SHAPE IT. AND THAT WILL YIELD TO HIM. ONE MAN. ONE STICK. ONE GOD. ONE MESSAGE. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SHOUT. ONE MAN. ONE STICK. WHAT A STICK IT WAS. ONE MESSAGE. ONE GOD. EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM WHEN WE LOOK AT HIM. AND NOW, HE'S GONE.

11:41 THERE IS A SEASON FOR LIFE. AND THERE IS A SEASON FOR DEATH. BUT GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL. CHURCH, MOSES DIED BUT GOD WAS NOT DEAD. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? GOD WAS NOT DEAD. WE DO NOT SERVE A DEAD GOD! WE DO NOT SERVE A DEAD PHILOSOPHY! BUT WE SERVE THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS. WE SERVE THE CREATOR. WE SERVE THE BLIND MAN HEALER. WE SERVE THE LEPER CLEANSING MAN

12:27 FROM GALILEE. WE SERVE THE ONE WHO CAN HEAL THE SICK. WE SERVE THE ONE WHO CAN RAISE THE DEAD. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SHOUT. WE SERVE THE ONE THAT WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN. LIVED A PERFECT, SINLESS LIFE. AT THE AGE OF 33 AND A HALF DIED ON CALVARY'S CROSS AND SHED HIS BLOOD THAT WE MAY BE REDEEMED. THEY PUT HIM IN A TOMB AND THEY SEALED THAT TOMB. HALLELUJAH. BUT ON THE THIRD DAY, THE GOD WE SERVE WALKED OUT OF THAT TOMB VICTORIOUS OVER DEATH, HELL AND THE GRAVE. GOD IS IN CONTROL. HALLELUJAH. PRAISE GOD.

13:12 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE, I'LL BRING OUT SOME POINTS HERE. GOD SPOKE AND SAID, ARISE. AND GO OVER THIS JORDAN. FAITH NEVER WALLERS IN THE DUST. BUT FAITH ALWAYS GETS UP. YOU CAN KNOCK THE CHILD OF GOD DOWN, BUT FAITH WILL PICK THEM UP. DUST THEMSELVES OFF. AND KEEP PRESSING TOWARDS THE MARK OF THE HIGH PRIZE OF THE CALLING THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS. FAITH IS NEVER STAGNANT.

13:59 FAITH NEVER RETREATS. BUT FAITH GOES FORWARD, HALLELUJAH. ARISE. CHURCH, IT'S TIME WE GOT UP. I'M SICK AND TIRED OF DEAD CHURCHES. I'M SICK AND TIRED OF DEAD SERMONS, GIVING DEAD CONGREGATIONS. FAITH IS SAYING TODAY, CHURCH, GET UP. OUR BEST DAYS ARE NOT BEHIND US. BUT OUR BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF US. BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROMISE FROM THE PAGES OF GOD'S WORD, IN THE LAST DAYS, IT SHALL COME TO PASS, SAYS THE LORD GOD, I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH. AND UPON YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS. I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT.

14:46 THEY SHALL PROPHESY AND DREAM DREAMS. SOMEBODY! WOO! HALLELUJAH. GOD IS IN CONTROL. WE JUST CAME OUT OF SPEAKING IN THE NATURAL NOW, SPEAKING, WE JUST CAME OUT OF FOUR YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH. BUT GOD WAS IN CONTROL. I THINK GOD ALLOWED ALL OF THAT FOR THIS REASON. TO SHOW US AS A NATION HOW BAD IT CAN GET THAT QUICKLY.

15:31 BUT THAT OTHER SIDE, THEY WERE HUFFING AND PUFFING, WE GOT IT. BUT GOD IS IN CONTROL. GOD? CONTROL. GOD? CONTROL. HE'S IN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE. HE'S IN CONTROL OF YOUR FINANCES. HE'S IN CONTROL OF YOUR MARRIAGE. HE'S IN CONTROL OF YOUR PHYSICAL BODY. HE'S IN CONTROL OF YOUR PAST, YOUR PRESENT AND YOUR FUTURE. YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. YOU ARE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. LET THE DEVIL HUFF AND PUFF BUT HE CANNOT BLOW GOD'S HOUSE DOWN. BECAUSE GOD IS IN CONTROL. HALLELUJAH.

16:17 CHURCH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD, BECAUSE THE BEST DAYS OF THE WORK OF GOD IS NOT, I THANK GOD FOR AZUZA STREET, I THANK GOD FOR THE REVIVAL AND FIRST GREAT AWAKENING AND SECOND GREAT AWAKENING. BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S A THIRD GREAT AWAKENING RIGHT ON THE DOOR RIGHT NOW. I CAN SEE IT. I CAN TASTE IT. I CAN SMELL IT THIS MORNING. GOD IS NOT THROUGH WITH HIS CHURCH. BECAUSE HE IS IN CONTROL. WE'RE GOING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO POSSESS THE LAND.

17:08 THE MINISTRY, ALL MINISTRY IF IT'S TRULY OF GOD IS ESTABLISHED ON GOD BY GOD AND THROUGH GOD. NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? ALL TRUE MINISTRY IS ESTABLISHED ON THE FOUNDATION OF GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. THAT'S THE FOUNDATION. I THANK GOD THE MOSES OF THIS HOUSE GAVE US A GOOD FOUNDATION. [APPLAUDING] I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. I THANK GOD THAT THE MOSES OF

17:55 THIS HOUSE, HALLELUJAH, SOME OF YOU CHRISTIANS, YOU HAVE SINS THAT WERE WEIGHING YOU DOWN. YOU COULDN'T GET VICTORY OVER. BUT THE MAN OF GOD, GOD RAISED UP IN THIS HOUSE BEGAN TO TEACH YOU THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS. IN ESSENCE, HE WAS SAYING, DEVIL, LET MY PEOPLE GO! LET MY PEOPLE GO! HALLELUJAH! SO WE'RE NOT BACKING UP. WE'RE NOT RUNNING FOR COVER. BUT WE ARE PRESSING FORWARD. HALLELUJAH. WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO POSSESS THE LAND THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN FRONT OF US. WOO. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRINT AND

18:43 DISTRIBUTE EXPOSITOR'S STUDY BIBLES AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE PUSHING FOUR MILLION. WHY NOT FIVE? WHY NOT TEN? WHY NOT 20? WHY NOT 30? WHY NOT 50? WHY NOT 100 MILLION? WE SERVE A BIG GOD. GOD IS IN CONTROL. SBN WILL NEVER STOP PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. WHEN YOU TURN ON, LISTEN TO ME, TELEVISION AUDIENCE. YOU CAN TURN ON THOSE OTHER CHRISTIAN CHANNELS AND ONE PROGRAM SAYS IT'S LEFT. THE NEXT PROGRAM SAYS IT'S RIGHT. THE NEXT PROGRAM SAYS I'M NOT SURE WHICH WAY.

19:29 BUT WHEN YOU TURN ON SBN, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ONE MESSAGE. ONE MESSAGE. JESUS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED. HALLELUJAH. YOU'RE GOING TO GET GOOD TEACHING. YOU'RE GOING TO GET GOOD PREACHING. YOU'LL GET GOOD MUSIC. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED ON A SOLID FOUNDATION AND WE'RE NOT HOLDING BACK BUT WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD, HALLELUJAH. BECAUSE GOD IS IN CONTROL. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PREACH THE WORD. I GET AMUSEED WELL NOT REALLY AMUSED. I'M A LITTLE BROKEN IN SPIRIT.

20:15 YOU HEAR, YOU CAN WATCH SOME PREACHERS ON TV FOR MONTHS AND NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE. NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY STAND FOR. YOU WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. WITH SBN. YOU'LL NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM KNOWING WHAT WE BELIEVE. BECAUSE WE PREACH AND WE LIVE WHAT WE BELIEVE. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE BELIEVE? WE BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN. ONLY ONE MEANS OF SALVATION. AND IT'S NOT BUDDHA. IT'S NOT JOSEPH SMITH.

21:02 IT'S NOT ALLAH OR ANY OTHER FALSE GOD. THERE'S ONLY ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS. HE IS THE SON OF GOD. HE WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN. HE LIVED A SPOTLESS LIFE. HE DIED ON CALVARY'S CROSS AND SHED HIS BLOOD FOR THE REDEMPTION OF HUMANITY. THERE'S ONLY ONE MEANS OF SALVATION. THE MAN CHRIST JESUS. THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE! WE BELIEVE IN THE INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE AS THE HOLY SPIRIT BREATHES INSPIRATION AND REVELATION UPON MEN OF OLD AND THEY SET DOWN UNDER THE

21:48 INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WROTE WHAT WE CALL THE BIBLE. THIS IS THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD. THERE IS NO OTHER BOOK THAT IS EQUAL. THERE IS NO OTHER BOOK THAT IS GREATER. THERE IS NO OTHER BOOK THAT CAN COMPARE. THIS IS. IT JUST HIT ME. MOSES, I SAID IT EARLIER. IT JUST HIT ME. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG? MOSES HAD ONE STICK. WE'VE GOT ONE STICK. I SAID WE'VE GOT ONE STICK. WE'VE GOT ONE STICK. AND THIS BOOK SAYS THE SINNER CAN BE SAVED. THE SICK BODY CAN BE HEALED. THE BELIEVER CAN BE BAPTIZED IN

22:34 THE HOLY SPIRIT. THIS BOOK BELIEVES IN HOLINESS. THIS BOOK PREACHES RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND THIS BOOK TELLS US SOON AND VERY SOON THE TRUMP OF GOD IS GOING TO SOUND. [APPLAUDING] GOD TOLD JOSHUA, AS I WAS WITH MOSES, I'LL BE WITH YOU. NOW, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. THAT WASN'T JUST A PROMISE TO MOSES SECOND IN COMMAND. AND THE ONE WHOM GOD HAD CHOSEN TO LEAD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

23:21 ACROSS THE JORDAN INTO THE PROMISED LAND. BUT THAT IS YOUR PROMISE AS WELL. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, THE SAME PROMISE APPLIES TO YOU. HE'S SAYING TODAY, HEY, AS I WAS WITH MOSES, I WAS WITH YOU. I'LL TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER. AS I WAS WITH ABRAHAM, I'M WITH YOU. AS I WAS WITH JACOB, I'M WITH YOU. AS I WAS WITH DEBORAH, I'M WITH YOU. AS I WAS WITH DAVID, I'M WITH YOU. AS I WAS WITH ISAIAH AND

24:07 JEREMIAH AND EZEKIEL, I'M WITH YOU. AS I WAS WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL. AS I WAS WITH PETER, AS I GUIDED THE FOOTSTEPS OF BARTHOLOMEW I'M WITH YOU. IF YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD, WHEREVER YOU GO, GOD GOES WITH YOU. HALLELUJAH! THE CHURCH SHOULD NEVER WONDER IF GOD IS WITH US. IF YOU ARE TRULY BORN AGAIN, FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, DOING YOUR BEST TO FOLLOW THE PRECEPTS OF GOD'S WORD, WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING, HE'S WITH YOU. WHEN YOU GET IN THE CAR TO DRIVE TO WORK, HE'S WITH YOU.

24:53 WHEN YOU'RE ON THE JOB, HE'S WITH YOU. HALLELUJAH. WHEN YOU'RE IN SCHOOL, YOUNG PERSON, HE'S WITH YOU. EVEN WHEN YOU DIDN'T STUDY FOR THAT TEST, HE'S WITH YOU. REBUKING YOU FOR NOT STUDYING FOR THAT TEST. HELLO? HE'S WITH YOU. IN THE GOOD TIMES HE'S WITH YOU. IN THE BAD TIMES, HE'S WITH YOU. HALLELUJAH. YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. AND HE LIVES, THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES INSIDE OF US. DO YOU REALIZE, THAT IS THE SAME

25:40 POWER THAT BROUGHT THE WORLD INTO EXISTENCE? AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED. AND LIGHT CAME OUT OF DARKNESS. ORDER CAME OUT OF CHAOS. HALLELUJAH. YOU'VE GOT GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU TAKE THE HOLY SPIRIT. HELLO? YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT MY DAD IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, HE WAS A MEAN PLAYING POOL PLAYER. HE COULD FLAT OUT, HE COULD RUN THE TABLE.

26:29 HE WAS A PHENOMENAL BOWLER. HE LOVED TO BOWL THREE HUNDRED. STRIKE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE WERE HOLDING REVIVALS, DAD WOULD ALWAYS ASK, HE WOULD ALWAYS ASK, THE MEETINGS HAD GOTTEN TO THE PLACE. THE SHORT MEETING WAS A MONTH. THE AVERAGE MEETING WAS SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS. HE WOULD ASK THE PASTOR TO DISMISS SERVICE ONLY MONDAY NIGHTS SO HE HAD ONE NIGHT TO REST. HE WOULD ASK TWO THINGS TO THE PASTOR. DO YOU BOWL? WHERE IS THE NEAREST BOWLING ALLEY? HE JUST LOVED TO BOWL.

27:20 1965, I BELIEVE. WE WERE IN ILLINOIS. AND JUST SO HAPPENED THAT PASTOR WAS A BIG TIME BOWLER TOO. SO DADDY WAS IN HEAVEN. WE HELD REVIVAL I THINK THERE FOR A MONTH. EVERY MONDAY NIGHT HE AND THAT PASTOR, WE WOULD GO OUT. BOWLING IS OKAY. YOU KNOW? IT'S OKAY. I SAW THE FUNNIEST THING ON YOUTUBE THE OTHER DAY. PRACTICAL JOKES. THEY RIGGED THIS PERSON HAD NEVER BOLD BEFORE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW

28:05 TO BOWL. THEY HAD RIGGED TO IT WHERE THE PINS WERE PERMANENT. AND THEY COULDN'T BE KNOCKED DOWN . SO THEY GOT FLU. --THROUGH. SHOWING THE PERSON WHAT TO DO. THE PERSON GOT UP. THE WALL JUST HIT THEM AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. MAN. THAT'S ODD. WILL HE ME SHOW YOU AGAIN. THEY WOULD DO IT ON THE ADJACENT LANE. BAM. COME ON, TRY IT AGAIN. NOTHING. I LAUGHED SO HARD. I'LL NOT SAY WHAT THEY SAID. ANYWAY.

28:51 WE WERE IN THAT BOWLING ALLEY. AND DADDY WAS BOWLING. IT WAS HIS TURN. I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. HE STEPPED UP WITH THAT BALL IN HIS HAND AND THE LORD SPOKE TO HIM. PUT THAT BALL DOWN. TURN AROUND. WALK OUT. AND DON'T EVER SET FOOT IN ANOTHER BOWLING ALLEY. HE TOLD HIM WE HAVE TO GO. I REMEMBER. BOWLING IS NOT A SIN. I REMEMBER HIM SAYING, I REMEMBER HIM TALKING ABOUT IT. GOD WHY? DID YOU TELL ME THAT?

29:36 THERE WAS NO SIN IN ROLLING A BALL DOWN A HARDWOOD FLOOR. GOD SAID NO, IT'S NOT. BUT IT'S THE ENVIRONMENT. PEOPLE GETTING DRUNK. CUSSING. YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL. HE'S CALLED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR A REASON. AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. WHERE YOU TAKE THE HOLY SPIRIT. AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO I'LL BE WITH YOU. YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN YOU. WE GET THESE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS ON "FRANCES AND FRIENDS". WE'LL GET IT. WE'LL GET THIS, THERE'S FIVE OR

30:22 SIX QUESTIONS. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEM ALMOST EVERY SINGLE WEEK. SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE. I UNDERSTAND IT. THAT'S OKAY. THEY DON'T GET TO HEAR. DO YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST HAD A SENIOR MOMENT. I JUST FORGOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T HAVE A CLUE. WHAT I WAS FIXING TO TELL YOU. IT WAS GOOD. BUT I DON'T HAVE A CLUE. IT WAS THERE.

31:08 AND IN A BLINK OF AN EYE IT WAS GONE. GIVE ME A DOUBLE DOSE OF... WOO. I TAKE IT EVERY MORNING. I'M SERIOUS. I'VE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE. IT'S YA'LL'S FAULT ALL YOU GRAY HAIR UP THERE, IT'S YOUR FAULT. I'M SERIOUS. I'LL THINK OF IT AT 3 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. QUESTIONS. I'LL GET IN THE CAR AND BE DRIVING TO EAT AND IT WILL POP IN MY HEAD. HE PROMISED TO JOSHUA AS I WAS WITH MOSES, I'LL BE WITH YOU. THEN HE SAID, THIS BOOK OF THE

31:57 LAW SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. CHURCH. YOU CAN REST YOUR LIFE ON THIS BOOK. YOU CAN TRUST YOUR LIFE WITH THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK WILL LEAD YOU DOWN THE RIGHT PATH. THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE PATH OF HOLINESS. HALLELUJAH. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT GRACE, READ THE BOOK. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT MERCY, READ THE BOOK. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD, READ THE BOOK. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO GOD IS, READ THE BOOK. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT JESUS DID, READ THE BOOK. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE PURPOSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, READ THE BOOK. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE'S

32:43 GOING TO DO TOMORROW, LEAD THE BOOK. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, READ THE BOOK. --. HALLELUJAH. THE BIBLE IS OUR GUIDE AND OUR FOUNDATION. WE WILL NOT COMPROMISE. THE WORD OF GOD. MY DAD WAS A STUDENT OF THE WORD. I CAN REMEMBER HIM NUMEROUS TIMES OVER AND OVER, IF IT'S NOT IN THE THE BIBLE, I'M NOT PREACHING IT. IF IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE, IT'S NOT WORTH TALKING ABOUT. IF IT'S NOT IN THE WORD OF GOD WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THAT. ALL OF THE FADS AND THE CHURCH IS FULL OF FADS THAT HIT THE

33:30 CHURCH, DOING IT LAUGHING REVIVAL, THIS, THAT. I REMEMBER DAD, WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED HIM. IS THAT OF GOD? GOD SAID IF IT'S IN THE BOOK THAT'S FINE. IF IT'S NOT IN THE BOOK IT'S NOT OF GOD. IF IT'S NOT IN THE BOOK, IT'S NOT OF GOD. YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG, CHURCH, LETTING THE WORD OF GOD DIRECT THE PATH OF YOUR LIFE. THE PSALMIST SAID, FOREVER LORD, YOUR WORD IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN. WE DON'T ADD ANYTHING AND WE DON'T TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM THE BOOK.

34:17 THIS IS GOD'S REVELATION TO MAN. IT TELLS US THE STORY OF JESUS CHRIST. THE PSALMIST SAID YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND LIGHT TO MY PATH. WHATEVER WE DO, IT WILL BE BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, GET ON YOUR FACE BEFORE GOD AND SAY, GOD, SHOW ME IN YOUR WORD WHAT TO DO. AND GUESS WHAT, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL. MOSES BROUGHT THEM TO THE EDGE OF THE PROMISED LAND. THAT WAS HIS MISSION. BUT JOSHUA WOULD LEAD THEM INTO

35:03 THE PROMISED LAND. THERE IS GREAT SPIRITUAL TRUTH. THE CALL OF GOD UPON A PERSON'S LIFE ONLY LASTS SO LONG. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE BREATHING. THAT'S WHEN IT LASTS. BUT WHEN GOD PROMOTES HIS SERVANTS, GOD ALWAYS HAS SOMEONE TO TAKE THEIR PLACE. UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WE DON'T LOOK TO MEN. WE LOOK TO JESUS. HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A VOICE. I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK IN

35:49 CLOSING, SINGERS, MUSICIANS, MAKE YOUR WAY BACK. WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY. I THINK I WAS TWO OR THREE YEARS OLD AT THE OLDEST. MAYBE EVEN YOUNGER THAN THAT. WE LIVED IN A, I DON'T REMEMBER IT, I REMEMBER DAD TALKING ABOUT IT. WE LIVED IN A HOUSE TRAILER. THAT'S ALL DAD COULD AFFORD. WORKING FOR THE STATE AND TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT WOULD GIVE HIM MEETINGS. ON WEEKENDS, WHEN HE COULD. BUT HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING MEETINGS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME?

36:36 BECAUSE HIS COUSIN WAS JERRY LEE LEWIS. SERIOUSLY. PEOPLE WOULD NOT THE, PASTORS WOULD NOT HAVE HIM PREACH BECAUSE OF WHO HE WAS RELATED TO. ISN'T THAT RIDICULOUS? ISN'T THAT LIKE RELIGION? IT WAS A STRUGGLE. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE CALLED TO PREACH, SOMEBODY SENT AN EMAIL INTO. I REMEMBER THIS ONE. SENT AN EMAIL IN THE OTHER DAY AND SAID, I THINK GOD'S CALLED ME TO PREACH BUT HOW WILL I KNOW? HOW WILL NOW NOT KNOW? WHEN YOU GO TO BED YOU'LL GO TO BED PREACHING. WHEN YOU WAKE UP YOU'LL BE PREACHING. IT WILL BE ROLLING THROUGH YOU.

37:25 YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANYBODY TO PREACH TO BUT YOU'LL GO OUT TO THE FIELD TO THE COWS AND THE COWS WILL GET SAVED. IT WILL BURN IN YOU. WHEN SOMETHING IS BURNING IN YOU AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN OUTLET, IT SEEMINGLY EVERY DOOR CLOSED. HERE YOU ARE, LIVING IN A HOUSE TRAILER AND IT WAS AN UGLY ONE AT THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER IT. BUT THAT'S WHAT DAD SAID. UGLY. LITTLE DINKY HOUSE TRAILER. HE SAID IT WAS LIKE THE DEVIL

38:11 EVERY TIME I GOT IN MY CAR AND TURNED THE RADIO ON, THERE WAS JERRY LEE. HE HAD NUMBER ONE SONG IN AMERICA AT THAT TIME. HE WAS MAKING $10,000 A NIGHT AND THAT'S IN 1950S. SO THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A NIGHT DRIVING A BRAND-NEW CADILLAC. AND OUR CAR IT WAS THE PITS. I MEAN, NOTHING. AND THEN DAD GOT SICK, PNEUMONIA. HE WAS DYING. THEY PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL. THE DOCTOR SAID IT'S ONE OF THE

39:00 WORST CASES OF PNEUMONIA. SEE WHEN YOU GET DOWN, THE DEVIL LOVES TO KICK YOU. BUT REMEMBER, WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR THE NIGHT BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING. [APPLAUDING] AND HE WAS SO SICK BUT HE WOULD GO FROM CONSCIOUSNESS TO AWAKE UNCONSCIOUSNESS TO AWAKE. HE KNEW IN HIS HEART HE SAID, I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THIS

39:46 HOSPITAL. HE WOKE UP AND MADE UP IN HIS MIND , I'M LEAVING THIS HOSPITAL. THREW BACK THE COVERS. STAGGERED OUT OF BED. HE HAD TUBES STARTED PULLING THINGS OFF OF HIM. BEEPERS AND BUZZERS AND BELLS STARTED GOING OFF. MAN. THAT NURSE RAN IN THERE AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? GET BACK IN BED. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? HE SAID I AM LEAVING THIS HOSPITAL. THE NURSE SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT. AND DAD SAID, IF I CAN FIND MY PANTS, I'M LEAVING.

40:34 HE LEFT WITH THEM WALKING BEHIND HIM, YOU CAN'T DO THIS. YOU'LL GET HOME. GOT HOME. SICK. IT WAS BAD. PROBABLY THE SICKEST HE HAS EVER BEEN AT THAT TIME. PNEUMONIA ACTUALLY IT WAS DOUBLE PNEUMONIA. HE WAS LAYING IN THE BED IT WAS A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND MOTHER TOOK ME TO CHURCH. WE LEFT. DAD WAS LAYING IN THE BED HORRIBLY SICK. HE SAID LATER WHEN WE LEFT AND

41:20 WALKED OUT THE DOOR, HE SAID IT WAS LIKE THE POWERS OF DARKNESS WALKED INTO THAT ROOM. HE SAID EVERYTHING GOT DARK. THE OPPRESSIVE POWER OF THE EVIL ONE. THE ONE WHO COMES TO STEAL, TO KILL AND TO DESTROY. THE DEVIL TALKED TO HIM, LET ME TELL YOU THE DEVIL WILL TALK TO YOU, THE DEVIL IS ALSO A LIAR. THE DEVIL SAID LOOK AT YOU. YOU'RE THE MAN OF FAITH. LOOK AT YOU K. YOU'RE LAYING IN A BED SO SICK YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS.

42:09 YOU CALL YOURSELF AN EVANGELIST, WHERE IS YOUR NEXT MEETING? YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. YOU HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN WEEKS. NO ONE IS CALLING YOU. NO ONE IS GOING TO CALL YOU. LOOK AT YOU. YOUR CAR IS BEAT UP. THE BEST YOU CAN GIVE YOUR WIFE AND SON IS THIS STINKING NO GOOD HOUSE TRAILER. LOOK AT YOUR COUSIN. JERRY LEE. HE'S TOAST OF THE WORLD. EVERYBODY KNOWS HIS NAME. HE'S ON THE RADIO.

42:57 HE'S ON ED SULLIVAN. HIS ALBUMS ARE SELLING LIKE HOT CAKES. HE HAD ANOTHER COUSIN NAMED CARL WHO WAS PLAYING IN A BAND THAT HAD A TOP TEN RECORD AT THAT TIME. ANOTHER COUSIN. MICKEY IS IN HOUSTON GETTING NOTORIETY IN HOUSTON AS A COUNTRY SINGER. AND HERE YOU ARE. NO MONEY. LIVING IN A STINKING HOUSE TRAILER. CALLING YOURSELF AN EVANGELIST WITH NO MEETINGS TO YOUR NAME AND NO PROSPECT OF GETTING ANY

43:43 MEETINGS. YOU'RE A JOKE. YOU'RE A FAILURE. DAD SAID IT WAS LIKE THE HOUNDS OF HELL WERE SNAPPING AT HIS FEET. HE COULD SENSE THE POWER OF DARKNESS. HIS BIBLE AS A SKOLEFIELD BIBLE IS WHAT HE USED IN THOSE DAYS, WAS LAYING ON THE NIGHT STAND RIGHT BY THE BED.

44:29 HE TOOK THE BIBLE AND PULLED IT TO HIS CHEST, AND SAID, GOD YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME SOMETHING. TOUGH GIVE ME A WORD. HE FLIPPED THE BIBLE OPEN AND IT FELL OPEN EUFPLTS LIKE TWO HANDS OPENED IT. AND THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID, LOOK DOWN. HE LOOKED DOWN. IT WAS OPEN TO JOSHUA CHAPTER ONE. THE WORDS OF VERSE NINE, IT WAS LIKE GOD TOOK THEM AND LIFTED THEM OFF THE PAGES HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU, BE STRONG. BE OF GOOD COURAGE.

45:16 BE NOT AFRAID. NEITHER BE DISMAYED FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD, HALLELUJAH, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHERESOEVER YOU MAY GO! HE SAID, THE POWER OF GOD CAME INTO THAT ROOM. HE SAID, THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED, GOD HEALED HIM. THE FEVER WAS BROKEN. THE CON SKWREPBGS IN HIS LUNGS WERE GONE. THE COULD HAVEING WAS OVER. WHEN MOTHER AND I WALKED IN, HE WAS WALKING UP AND DOWN THAT LITTLE TRAILER. I DON'T REMEMBER THIS. I WAS TOO YOUNG. I HEARD HIM AND MOTHER TALKING

46:02 ABOUT IT. HE WAS SHOUTING THE PRAISES OF GOD. AND HE WAS SAYING, DEVIL, ELVIS CAN HAVE HOUND DOG, I'LL HAVE JESUS. JERRY LEE CAN HAVE GREAT BALLS OF FIRE BUT I WANT THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. COME ON, CHURCH! COME ON, CHURCH. AND FROM THAT DAY FORWARD, UNTIL NOW, HE'S BEEN WITH US. HE'LL BE WITH US. AND HE'S GOING TO BE WITH US. CHURCH, AS I CLOSE, GOOD DAYS ARE AHEAD. FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST. GOOD DAYS. I'M NOT HYPING YOU.

46:48 I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. THE WORD OF GOD WILL NOT FALL TO THE GROUND. THE WORD OF GOD IS A LIVING TESTAMENT OF WHO GOD IS, WHAT GOD HAS DONE AND WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO. HE ALWAYS SAVES THE BEST FOR LAST. STAND TO YOUR FEET THIS MORNING. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS. LORD, I PRAY THAT THESE HALTING WORDS. HAS FOUND GOOD SOIL TO LODGE IN.

47:40 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN YOUR HEART TODAY, IF YOU FEEL ALONE, IF YOU FEEL FORSAKEN, I WANT YOU TO STEP OUT. PASTORS, I WANT OUR PASTORS TO COME. IT MAY BE A BATTLE IN THE HOME. IT MAY BE YOUR FINANCES. IT MAY BE IN YOUR PHYSICAL BODY. IT MAY BE IN YOUR MENTAL STABILITY. BUT THERE'S A CRISIS. THERE'S A BATTLE. I WANT YOU TO COME. AND OUR PASTORS ARE GOING TO LAY

48:26 HANDS ON YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY WITH YOU THIS MORNING. YOU'RE NOT IN THE FIGHT ALONE. YOU ARE NOT BY YOURSELF. AS THEY BEGIN TO SING WHATEVER THEY FEEL LED TO SING, I WANT YOU TO STEP OUT AND COME ON RIGHT NOW. ♪ LET YOUR LIVING WATER FLOW OVER MY SOUL. ♪ LET YOUR HOLY SPIRIT COME AND TAKE CONTROL. ♪ OF EVERY SITUATION THAT HAS TROUBLED MY MIND. ♪ ALL MY CARES AND BURDENS ON TO YOU I ROLL.

49:15 ♪ JESUS, JESUS. ♪ JESUS. ♪ SING TO THE FATHER. ♪ FATHER, FATHER, FATHER. ♪ HOLY SPIRIT. ♪ SPIRIT, SPIRIT, SPIRIT.

50:09 ♪ COME NOW, HOLY SPIRIT, AND TAKE CONTROL. ♪ COME NOW AND MAKE ME WHOLE. ♪ WIPE AWAY ALL DOUBT AND FEAR AND TAKE MY PRIDE. ♪ KEEP ME BY YOUR SIDE. ♪ JESUS. ♪ JESUS, JESUS.

50:55 ♪ SING TO THE FATHER. ♪ FATHER, FATHER, FATHER. ♪ HOLY SPIRIT. ♪ SPIRIT, SPIRIT, SPIRIT. ♪ GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS, LET HIM FILL YOUR SOUL.

51:43 ♪ LET HIM TAKE YOU IN HIS ARMS AND MAKE YOU WHOLE. ♪ AS YOU GIVE YOUR LIFE TO HIM, HE'LL SET YOU FREE. ♪ YOU WILL LIVE AND REIGN WITH HIM ETERNALLY. ♪ JESUS, JESUS, JESUS. ♪ SING TO THE FATHER. ♪ FATHER, FATHER, FATHER.

52:40 ♪ ♪ . >> FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WHETHER HERE IN THE SANCTUARY OR THOSE THE WATCHING, WHEREVER IN THE WORLD THEY'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW. WHATEVER THE PROBLEM. WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCE, WHATEVER THE SITUATION, YOU HAVE PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE US. YOU WOULD NEVER FORSAKE US. YOU HAVE GIVEN US A PROMISE IN YOUR WORD. AS YOU WERE WITH MOSES, YOU SHALL BE WITH US. YOU SAID, BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASKING THAT FAITH WOULD GROW IN THE HEARTS AND LIVES OF YOUR PEOPLE. THAT NO MATTER THE BARRIER, THE HEARTACHE, THE SITUATION THEY'RE FACING, NO MATTER HOW BIG IT SEEMS, YOU'RE BIGGER THIS

53:27 MORNING. AND YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF EVERY SITUATION AND EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. AND THIS MORNING, WE SPEAK LIFE. WE SPEAK VICTORY. WE SPEAK BLESSING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD UPON YOUR CHILDREN. LORD, WE SAY IT DONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. ONE MORE TIME. HUG SOMEBODY'S NECK WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING THE BUILDING. BE BACK AT SIX O'CLOCK. ♪ JESUS, JESUS, JESUS. ♪ SING TO THE FATHER.

54:13 ♪ FATHER, FATHER, FATHER. ♪ HOLY SPIRIT, SPIRIT, SPIRIT, SPIRIT. ♪ ♪ were blessed and enjoyed this live service from Family Worship Center. Family Worship Center located in Baton Rouge, LA at Jimmy Swaggart Ministries holds 3 services weekly. Sunday morning at 10AM. Sunday evening at 6PM. And Wednesday at 7PM.

54:59 All Central Time. All services are broadcast live on the Sonlife Broadcasting Network, Sonlife Radio, online at Sonlifetv.com, and on the free SBN Now App. To join the Family Worship Center Media Church, call 1.800.288.8350 or join at jsm.org. Live services are produced by the Sonlife Broadcasting Network. There's a battle for your mind.

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