The Famine Is Finished

Amen, if you have your Bibles do it around me chapter 6 and verses 4 through 7 also Amos chapter 8 verses 11 I want to say thank you for the awesome sister Joelle the Jace and his family by the Isaiah and sister Hannah So thankful that you were able to make it the baby Addie is doing better I give honor to all of you men with Anderson. I honor you the youth committee all of your minister directors Thank you so much for all of the work that you have put into this week. Thank you for allowing me to be a part I know that you could have had anybody in the world and I don't take it lightly So I honor you and thank you pray that you're able to rest over the next couple of days. Amen I give honor to my family my wife's summer boys Oliver and Palmer honor my pastor So thankful for them due to Rodney chapter number

six and verse number four anybody know this verse Anybody just want to shout it out right quick. Okay. We're at different speeds, but that's okay Let's try it together here. Oh Israel the Lord our God is one Lord and Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all of thine heart with all of thy soul and with all of that might and These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart and thou shalt teach them diligently until thy children It's imperative that the next generation gets this is what he's trying to say I Don't know about you, but I am passionate about the next generation Understanding the truth of the word of God that there is only one God Amen Amen Amish chapter number eight and verse number 11. Amish chapter number eight and verse number 11 The Bible says behold The days come say of the Lord that I will send a famine in the land Not a

famine of bread nor of a thirst of water, but of hearing the words of the Lord The prophet warned us of a famine that would come not a bread not of water but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord I Believe the Lord has sent me and I'm gonna declare it prophetically right now And I believe it's gonna be true and I want to preach on this last night that the famine is Finished with somebody agree right now that in Arkansas the famine is finished Come on that there is a generation that's gonna be raised up that's hungry for the word of the Lord Here's what I want you to do We need to take somebody by the hand and we're going to pray together Come on. I want you to pray. I know it's the last night I know you're tired, but we're gonna pray that the Lord would talk to us tonight. Come on. Would you pray right now?

One for another come on. Would you really fervently pray right now? God I pray tonight. You give us a fresh love for the word a couple years ago a Couple years ago. I was praying and I said God how how do young people leave powerful atmospheres? Where no doubt their life was changed They didn't go back Three to six months, and they just go right back to how they were before And I really feel like the Lord spoke to me and said because They are settling for experiences and not stepping into relationship. I Want to just tell you it is amazing to experience salvation But it is greater to step into a relationship with the Savior. It's like this a wedding and a marriage are not the same thing a Wedding is a moment that starts a relationship, but a wedding cannot sustain a marriage What's gonna sustain a marriage is a daily relationship every single day Let me just be a youth

pastor for just a moment brother Austin I'm so thankful for conventions But if you don't go home and change some daily rhythms and start engaging in prayer in the word all of this will Be for naught in six months But I just believe That there's a youth group here that says, you know what that's not going to be the case for us He love a shot. I don't have a cold shot Come on somebody shout it the famine is finished Amen God bless you tell somebody that they look better than you next to him and you maybe see it And I just feel right over here in this little area right here There's some forgiveness that needs to take place some katon forgiveness Can we just pray that forgiveness would take place right now in this youth group right here? They know what I'm talking about everybody say in Jesus name In Jesus name. I want to ask you a question If you

have read the entire Bible, would you please stand? The entire Bible don't be embarrassed if you have it Okay, if you're an adult you're not a student or a young adult Please be seated if you're a student or young adult stay standing if you've read the entire Bible genesis of revelation I'm sorry cameraman. I'm a nightmare. I know I walk a lot Okay, I want you to look around with Austin. I don't know how many people are in this room. I would say around 2000 Okay, there are maybe 70 people standing a hundred Okay, here's what I want you to know you can be seated. I Have asked this question this question right here if you've read the entire Bible Stand or raise your hand whatever I have asked it in so many different meanings and gatherings I have asked it in churches. I have asked it in youth camps I asked it at North American Youth Congress and do you know that

no matter where I ask it I have never seen more than five percent of the crowd stand up So we have to ask ourselves the question Do we not have time? Do we not have time if you want to read the Bible straight through take you 74 hours Okay, I would not advise that There's not enough honest coffee or red bulls to help you get through that That's probably not where you want to start if you want to read it in 30 days a group or friends of mine We did this during COVID. I would not advise this either. It takes about two and a half hours of reading a day If you want to read the Bible in 30 days if you want to read the Bible In three months it takes 50 minutes a day I wouldn't even start there This is my favorite plan There's a QR code QR code if you have your phone I want you to get

it out especially if you're a youth pastor They're gonna put on the screen that they have that if not we will get it at some point. I Want to say really quickly just shameless plug the media team has been amazing Whoever is running the media the graphics has been amazing Okay, I know I'm taking a little time. Just give me a moment here because I care about what you do after this convention. I Didn't just come here to preach to you for three days. I'm preaching to you for you six months down the road I care about what you do after this convention. So this Bible plan is the Bible in six months Don't check it out right now. Just scan it get the link. Okay, tuck it away Put your phone back down and let's lean back in for just a moment What I love about this plan is you're going to read a few chapters of the Old Testament a Chapter

from the book of Psalms and a chapter from the New Testament Because if you read the Bible left to right there will be times you're gonna get bogged down Anybody ever gotten to a certain portion and you're like, oh God, I'm ready to get through this How many people have read Genesis like 1 through 10 like 500 times because every year you say I'm reading the Bible all the way through this year and you get to like chapter 10. You're like, oh, I'm behind I'll do it again next year Well, guess what tomorrow is The first day of the year So here's what we're gonna do all of us are gonna do this plan together and I'm gonna do it with you and Six months from now when we ask the question if you've read the whole Bible Everybody in this room will be able to stand out and say I've read the whole Bible Because I want to just tell you it's

not a time issue It's an appetite issue because we're in a famine But I've come on the last day of 2025 to declare in the Holy Ghost the famine is over There's a young man and there's a young lady that says I'm gonna fall in love with the word of God This is more than just hype. This is more than just emotion. I'm gonna fall in love with the word Somebody shout hallelujah The Bible tells us that we are destroyed for a lack of knowledge But Daniel teaches us the people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits Isaiah said and Isaiah chapter 40 the grass is going to wither and the flowers going to fade But the word of our God shall stand forever I want to tell you in a world where everything changes there is something that will never change In a world where everything's moving there is a pillar called the word of God And if you

want to build your life on anything build it on the word Come on Peter said that we've been born again not a corruptible seed But an incorruptible seed which is the word of God which liveth and abideth forever Can I tell you the word is always gonna be a solid foundation? Listen, I am so thankful for powerful moments like we've had this week But can I just tell you that the only reason I'm still here 15 years later? It's not because I fell in love with church It's not because I fell in love with a move of God and I do love it But I'm gonna tell you what has kept me through as I fell in love with the word of God Somebody shout the word Come on somebody shout the word You can build your life On the word of God the very first question ever asked in Scripture was asked by the serpent when he asked those two original Disciples

have God said and we live in a world with that question is resurfacing that God really say that Does the Bible really say that and I want to tell you it's a dangerous place to be to be in a place Where somebody says did God say that and you don't know if God said that How would you to be encouraged we don't do what we do because your pastor preaches is or because he believes this No, we do it because the Bible says this And I think it's about time that we understand for ourself. Why am I holy? Why am I different? Why do I worship? Why do I pray? Why do I fast? Come on It is the will of God that you know what you believe but you also know why you believe it This is not the idea of your church. It's not even the idea of the UPCI. This is the idea of the scripture So Peter tells us

be ready always To give an answer when somebody asks you your reason of hope cannot tell you I believe it is the will of God that what somebody says. Why don't you believe that there's only one God? That you shouldn't be able to say well That's what my pastor believes Well, thank God for that But that's not why we believe it We believe it because that's what the Bible teaches We need to understand why we believe and what we believe the Bible warns us in 2 Corinthians 11 and 3 But I fearless by enemies as a serpent begot eve through his subtlety So your minds would be corrupted from the simplicity of Christ Paul says again in 2 Thessalonians 2 That would all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish Here's why they perish because they don't have a love for the truth Can I tell you I believe it's the will of God that we not just know the truth, but we

love the truth Come on. I didn't come to suppress a button to make you jump But my god if we're gonna shout about anything it ought to be the truth if we're gonna dance about anything It ought to be the truth. It's the truth that set me free It's the truth that sets you free and it's the truth that'll set your skull free I'm telling you and I believe the reason that we must stand and preach is you live in a world that tells you it doesn't matter There are people all over instagram that tells you it doesn't matter youtube that tells you it doesn't matter But I'm telling you it matters I'm not trying to be mean But it matters When somebody says Why are you so adamant about the fact that god is one? I tell them i'm adamant Because the bible is adamant Deuteronomy six and four we read it hero israel The lord our god is one lord, but

it's not just deuteronomy six and four Ephesians four and five says there's one lord There's one faith and there's one baptism Paul writes in first Timothy 3 16 for without controversy Great is a mystery of godliness for god was manifested in the flesh Justified in the spirit seen of angels Precented to the Gentiles believed on in the world and received up into glory John writes and john went and won in the beginning What's the word and the word was with god and the word was god The same was in the beginning with god and all things were made by him and without him Was not anything made that was made in him was life and the life was the light of men And the light shined in the darkness and the darkness comprehended and not and the word was made flesh That's when paul writes beware when people try to spoil Duvain philosophy for in jesus dwell at all the fullness of the

godhead bodily and we are Complete and him from cover To cover the bible is emphatic that god Is one that god Is one Why why do you make such a big deal? Dr. Anderson when somebody says I want to be baptized And you tell them that's amazing And when they get in the water We make no apology That is you're going to be baptized It must be done in the name of our lord jesus christ Or there is no remission of sins We are passionate about this because the bible is passionate about this acts for in 12 neither Neither Neither is your salvation and any other for there is another name under heaven given among men Whereby we must be safe. Can I tell you the power is in the water? The power is the name You can get baptized in a creek in a river in a pond or in a tank That doesn't matter the power is in the name of

jesus That's why paul writes in the book of galatians chapter three whatsoever You do in word R&D You do it all In the name of jesus That is why when they asked peter on the day of pender calls They were pricked in their heart and they said men and brethren. What shall we do? Peter wasn't confused. He said i'll tell you what you've got to do You've got to repent and then you've got to be baptized in the name of jesus And i just want to encourage you that march chapter 16 or matthew chapter 28 verse 19 Excuse me. It is not confusing what jesus tells his disciples go you there for in all nations Baptizing him in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost They understood that the name is singular. They knew exactly what they were talking about That's why peter did tell them on the day of pender calls if you're gonna be

baptized You got to do it in the name of jesus When somebody needs a miracle what name do we pray in? When you're about to wreck your car and you need help, what do you say? So why when somebody gets baptized would we say any other name? We don't because there is only one name that has saving power Somebody thank god for the name of jesus We're adamant not Because we want to be mean We're arrogant But we're adamant because the scripture is adamant The scripture is adamant in Luke chapter 4 When jesus is led by the spirit into her wilderness The devil comes and tempts him three times Does anybody know what jesus told the devil in the wilderness? Say it louder It is written You know what jesus was doing he was declaring what was already settled in the scripture You want to know why this is so powerful? Because in 2025 going into 2026 you're going to deal with the

same enemy But you have access to the same word so you can look at the same devil and make the same proclamation You are a liar. It is written. I said you are a liar. It is written. It is written It is written Can I just tell you you don't have the authority to declare it is written If you don't know what's been written But i'm telling you brother isiah the famine is finished There is a youth group and there is a district that says i'm gonna fall in love with the word of god You got your bible anybody got your bible right here? I want you to come Come here Are you Nathan or Isaac? Nathan sorry They look a lot alike But I knew their names You know what the bible says? In Hebrews chapter 4 and verse number 12 it says For the word of god is quick And powerful It's sharper than any two-headed sword Talk about the word

and it pierces to the dividing of thunder of soul and spirit And the joints of the marrow, you know what the bible says about the word? It says it is a discerner Of the thoughts And the intense of the heart can I tell you every thought that comes to your mind is not from god And so many young people Freely accept the lies of the enemy because they don't know what the word already says about them But the word has the power to discern and cut away the lies of the enemy Come on that word have I hit in my heart that I might not sin against the old god That word is a lamp under my feet and a lamp under my path Come on that word is forever Saddled in heaven Psalm 119 and 9 I want you to see this on 119 and 9 This is a question that every youth pastor asked How can a young person stay KJV

said where would shelly young man cleans his way one translation says this how can a young person stay On the path to purity how can I stay in the church? I'm gonna tell you how to always stay in the church Stay in the word You want to know why people get out of the will of god? They get out of the word of god You know why people get out of the church? They get out of the word You know how you get in the false doctrine you get out of the truth the word Is a sharp sword And paul when he writes About spiritual warfare and the visus chapter 6 He's still talking about the armor of god He never think you've got you've got the helmet of salvation You got the breastplate of righteousness You got the seal of faith your loins are going about with truth Come on. He said you got the feet that are shod with the preparation

of the gospel Come on. I want you to just I want you to just hold your hand out and they think like that like you're a soldier Oh show them show these ladies what a soldier looks like All eyes are on you I'll protect you Tell them. Yeah, there you go. There you get a little swagger about you That's a soldier right there, but you know what nathan Everything that I just listed that paul gave you is defensive armor All that that does is protect you So if this is all you got The only thing you can do when you walk on campus is say oh god I hope this shield really works I hope this helmet really works. I hope I don't die But paul doesn't stop there because paul said I'm gonna put something in your hand and he said take under you The sword of the spirit Which is the word of god Can I tell you you walk a

little bit different with the sword in your hand? You worship a little bit different with the sword in your hand I'm telling you it is high time for you to fall in love with the word of god I was somebody would have a praise break because you're thankful for the word I was somebody would have a praise break because you're thankful for the word I'm telling you there's a youth group gonna have revival because you're falling in love with the word This isn't just hype. This isn't just emotion. This is the word Somebody shout it the famine Is finished This isn't just about what happens on sunday and wednesday This is about me every single day I'm telling the youth group right now. I'm telling you The principal is laid out in the book of acts Watch this Act chapter 2 Watch what happens in verse 42 After 3,000 souls You feel what the holy ghost After h yc Here's what they did

verse 42 They continued said fastly in the apostles doctrine They said thank god for this great revival But we got to stay in the word Watch what happens in verse number 47 And this is what I believe the end time church is going to look like They were praising god They had favor with all the people And bro the anderson the bible says and the lord added to the church daily I'm telling you before the end of all of this people are going to get baptized on monday Tuesday thursday But it's not going to happen if you don't stay in the word But i've got a hurry watch what happens What this is what the bible says And i and i love this the lord added to the church daily How many would love that? But watch what happens four chapters later Act chapter number six and verse number four This is what they said But we will give ourselves continually to prayer

And what else the ministry of the word And here Is the formula verse number seven and the word Of god increased But notice we're not in addition anymore Now the number of disciples were multiplied Come on the formula to go from addition to multiplication is we got to preach the word and we got to live the word It's really that simple It's really that simple the word works the word works jesus said I will confirm my word But can I just tell you You can't share a bible You don't know And you won't know a bible you don't read I know there's a famine out there But not in arkansas The famine is finished I said the famine is finished I said the famine is finished Not in my church Not in my youth group Not in my family Not in my school Not in my city Not on my campus Come on I want you to lift your hands all over this

room And I want somebody to begin to pray Give me a love for the word I'm telling you right now tonight People are going to get baptized People are going to get the holy ghost People are going to be healed You know why? I have learned Jesus has told me Drew just preached a word And let the word work I was flying home For maryland last year I told you last night I prayed For my mother For 13 and a half years I did the math I was in approximately 1,800 church services From the time I got the holy ghost To march the 17th last year But I was flying home from maryland On march the 16th And the lord spoke to me I was going to preach that sunday My pastor was out of the country I was nervous I didn't have anything And that's not typically how I operate And I said God You got to talk to me I said

you got to give me something And this is what the lord told me I'll never get on saturday night It changed my life It changed the way I approach preaching He said Drew Preach my word And I will confirm it I got up on sunday morning And I bring some messages very simple to this I just talked about the gospel This is why we believe in the death barrel and resurrection This is why we believe there's only one god This is why we believe in holiness and separation And when I got there he's preaching My mother stepped off the back row And walked down to the front And 30 seconds later she was field With the gift of the holy ghost I'm telling you arkansas the word Steel works And so tomorrow The practical application will begin Every single day Wake up and spend time in the word I'm telling you a young person With a sword in their hand Is unstoppable When

you don't know the word The only thing you can pray Is you go to school and you don't backslide But I'm telling you When you know the word of god You step onto your campus Not praying you don't backslide But saying I've come to take this campus In the name of Jesus Come on I'm gonna say it over and over The famine is finished The famine is finished The famine is finished Come on there is a district That's falling in love But the word there is a district That's falling in love With the word Here's what we're gonna do Mark chapter 16 and verse number 15 Jesus said Go and to hold the world And preach Somebody shall preach He that believeth in his baptize Shall be saved But he that believeth not Shall be down And these signs Shall follow them That believeth I want you to know This is not just for your favorite preacher If you believe This is for

you In my name They shall cast out devils They shall speak with new tongues Now I hope I never have to see this But if I do in Jesus name Let it work They shall take up serpents Your boy don't do snakes And if they drink any deadly thing It shall not hurt them Somebody hear me They shall lay hands on the sick And they shall recover So after the Lord had spoken to them He was received up in heaven And sat on the right hand of God And what did they do? They did what he told them to do And they went forth preaching everywhere Here's what you gotta know When you leave tomorrow Somebody's leaving with you Come on the Lord's gonna go with you It is gonna work with you And it's gonna confirm The word What's done is done Because the famine is finished I said the famine Is finished A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in

our church office in my office The secretary was there I don't think the pastor was there at the time And the church doorbell rang And the first stalt was Oh God I don't have any money I don't have any cash Youth pastors don't have a lot of cash Can I get amen? But I opened the door And there's this lady Standing there I said yes ma'am How can I help you? She said I'm looking for somebody To teach me What Pentecostals believe I was shocked Then I said oh oh yeah You're in the right place Come in We went to our secretary's office It's me Our church secretary And I don't even know what this is Serial killer I just let her in by faith I said yes ma'am She said Years ago my grandson visited this church I think he had come to one of our youth services I've been youth pastor for so long No hair Multiple generations Pray for me

She told me in his name I said I think I know you're talking about She said I own a business here in town And when that business is not in operation I do I do this delivery business on the side And I was getting ready to go through McDonald's drive-thru for breakfast So I can make some deliveries And she said something started moving on me That I needed to come to this church And ask somebody What you believe And what I need to do to be saved She said So I grew up Catholic I think My family is a little bit of everything But I'm just asking you Can you just tell me what the Bible teaches So I told the lady, Ms. Ruth, I said okay Really quickly I mean give you three minutes of my story Let me give you about three minutes of what the scripture says I said because I was just like you I had no idea So

I sat across from her Told her my story in three minutes Then I went through I said here's what we believe We believe the Bible teaches emphatically That there's only one God And that there was a sin issue And that one God robed himself in flesh And he died for us on Calvary We believe that the gospel Is the death barrel and resurrection of Jesus Christ And we apply that through repentance What a baptism in Jesus' name And the infilling of the Holy Ghost And as I began to talk to her I noticed she started kind of getting emotional I said Ms. Ruth Would you be okay if I prayed with you She said absolutely So she closed her eyes And I took her by the hand And I closed my eyes And I started praying But as I prayed I kind of opened my eyes To see if anything was happening And I noticed she started crying I said Ms. Ruth I'm

not trying to freak you out But if you will repent right now Jesus will give you what you're looking for And right there In the secretary's office At 9 a.m. on a Monday morning Ms. Ruth lifted up her hands She said Jesus I'm sorry And about one minute later She was talking in tongues Can I just tell somebody The world is hungry And we've got the bread of life We've got the bread of life The famine is over The famine is over I said you can do this You can do this Just give somebody the bread of life Lift up your hands all over this room Call up the shataya and the rabokah