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We receive this word
- He leads the church in receiving the message they have just heard, praying that God would open spiritually blinded eyes, unstop spiritually deaf ears, and give mobility in the spirit — the church's need is not first for physical miracles but for spiritual ones.
- He tells how he asked brother Nolan whether he had an ending to his message, and the answer came back: well dad, I think I do, but you obey the Lord — and he says he is glad they have heard the voice of the next generation.
What money can't buy
- He says the devil has convinced many that tithe and offering belong to the charismatic realm and cannot be mentioned in an apostolic church, and he thanks God this church gave over a quarter of a million dollars to worldwide missions last year — hoping one day to say it has sent a million.
- The fear with financial blessing is that we start throwing money at everything that touches our heart; but some things money can't buy — it is easier to throw a thousand dollars at a need than a three-day fast. Money can't buy a prodigal son or daughter back down the altar, or a good doctor's report, but a three-day fast might do it.
- He brings Rhonda, his wife's sister, to stand beside him: for years her sister Penny would not put a bite of food in her mouth all day on Wednesday — not even on vacation — fasting and weeping for her family to come to the truth, while Rhonda was far from the truth; what the church is looking at tonight, he says, is what fasting can buy.
I belong in the throne room
- He tells what God gave him in the prayer room: one of the morning's preachers — he does not know whether it was brother Erickson or brother Hammond — had quoted the scripture, let us come boldly before the throne of grace, that we may find grace to help in the time of need, and the Spirit stopped him on one question: why must you come boldly?
- Because the throne room is where the battle is fought: hell wants to keep us out of it, for there the voice of the tempter is silent and we are renewed and recharged in the Holy Ghost; every intimidating spirit will say we are all right, or that we are not good enough — but we belong there, and must walk in the boldness of the blood.
- He compares it to citizenship: in another country you feel the lessening of your rights, but coming home the passport is stamped and you hear, welcome home — in your own country you square your shoulders because you were born there and have a right to its things; so the church should not be intimidated by the enemy, whatever the past or the need: I belong in the throne room.
Give God something starting in the morning
- He leads the altar call around a commitment — not money tonight, but a gift money can't buy: a meal a week given to fasting, a half hour of prayer a day, an alarm clock set early in the morning to spend time with God beside the bed.
- With every head bowed he asks those who purpose to give God something starting in the morning to raise a hand, and he closes in prayer — thanking God for all three messages of the day, promising to begin giving him things he has not given before, and asking him to open the eyes, unstop the ears, and raise the dead — before dismissing the church to clap its hands and shout unto the Lord, because blessings, answers of prayer, and miracles are on the way.
Transcript
oh mighty god of heaven we receive your word tonight god we receive your word o god tonight lord we receive this word the voice of the next generation god we receive the word tonight from the voice of the next generation oh god in the name of jesus christ the name of jesus christ the name of jesus christ oh god i was in the prayer room tonight and us praying and what the church needs more than anything is not the miracle of a physical blind eye being open satan has got people blinded we need those blinded eyes to be open amen what we need most of all is not some person that's deaf to come here they get healed but what we need most of all is someone who is spiritually deaf what we need tonight is not some in a wheelchair to come down to the front go running around here we need someone tonight to be healed to mobility in the spirit i asked brother nolan tonight i said do you have an ending to your message he said well dad i think i do but he said you obey the lord the first thing i want to tell you is i'm glad that we have heard the voice of the next generation most of the time it's older men that get up and talk about time and offerings you know why it is it's because our height is tough because the devil has convinced us that tithe and offering belongs in the charismatic realm but not the apostolic realm we can't mention tithe and money around the apostolic church for fear that somebody's going to think the preachers got ulterior motive aren't you thankful we've we are delivered from that kind of business aren't you thankful to be a be at a church that last year you gave over a quarter of a million dollars to worldwide missions aren't you thankful to be in that church and i'll tell you before i die i hope i get up here and i hope i'll be able to say church we reach the one million dollar part we send a million dollars out and i'm going to tell you something i appreciate the a young man flowing with that message tonight didn't stammer around presented a biblical truth so number one i appreciate the voice of the next generation number two the fear that we ought to have with financial blessings is that we start throwing money at everything that touches our heart but there's some things money can't buy us money can't buy you what a fast can buy you see it's a whole lot easy for me to throw a hundred dollar bill or a thousand dollars at something but it's much more difficult for me to throw a three-day fast at it so tonight i don't want anybody to think we're going to pass the offering containers again it's not for your money tonight it's for a gift that you that money can't buy you money can't buy your prodigal daughter or son coming back down to the altar but a three-day fast might do it money can't buy a good doctor's report but a three-day fast might do it rhonda rhonda would you come up here beside me now this is sister carpenter sister holly this is sister carpenter's sister ronda ronda you come here and stand beside me tonight can i tell you what you're looking at right now you're looking at for years her sister penny wouldn't put a bite of food in her mouth all day on wednesday what you're fasting for it doesn't matter we're on vacation or not mom did not eat no on wednesday and she would tear up and she'd tell you i'm fasting for my family to come to the truth and at that time rhonda was far from the truth but you know what you're looking at tonight you're looking at what fasting can buy the church you're looking at what fasting can buy the church some of you that got lost children maybe tonight you ought to walk down the aisle you don't have to tell it that's fair to see it but maybe you'll say god i'm going to give you a meal a week god because i want my child to show back up at this church i'm not just gonna come to you and ask you to touch bob and jane and choosing god i'm gonna bring you something once a week you're gonna see a meal missing from my hand here comes something i hear comes up tonight here comes that might be a meal it might be a day you just saw a day a week come on come on discourage because god hasn't answered your prayer has it been nothing but words with nothing in your hand could it be tonight that god is saying if you'll give me something it'll activate me if you give me something high i believe this tonight i believe if you give god prayer and fasting that in the next 30 days you'll see a change happen i believe that you'll have a child start talking to you about god that hasn't talked to you about god in a long time come on move up around the altar tonight this order needs to be full satan's got satan's got the eyes of our children blinded the eyes of our grandchildren blinded satan has blinded the minds of them which we believe not but i believe that we can come into the presence of god with a prayer and fasting gift come on lift it up tonight lift it up tonight lift it up tonight why don't you pray right now like you would want your child to pray in this altar why don't you begin to act right now like you would want your child to begin to act right now oh god i love you oh god i love you come on god i'm going to commit to a day of fasting god i'm going to commit to a half hour of prayer a day god i'm going to commit i'm going to turn myself off for a half hour i'm going to spend it in prayer i'm going to spend it in prayer i commit myself to you right now god i commit myself to you right now lord god i commit myself to daily prayer i commit myself to early morning prayer i commit myself to early morning prayer god when i get up in the morning i'm going gonna set my alarm clock early i'm gonna shut my alarm clock early i'm gonna get up early in the morning god i'm gonna i'm gonna slide down beside my bed and i'm just gonna spend some time with you god i'm going to ask you god to help me god i've got some spiritual issues i've got some attitudes and clara god i'm going to bring you prayer because i want deliverance from rebellion god i'm gonna bring you prayer because i want deliverance oh yes come on it's come on it's time to you take this prayer give us time for you to take this prayer right now some of you to take this prayer right now god oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god i can't just show up on the first day of the week and not have you on the other days of the week god oh god i can't just show up on sunday with my prayer i can't just show back up midweek service in the prayer room but god in the morning i'm going to set my alarm clock early tonight as i go to bed and i set that alarm clock early jesus i'm doing this for you jesus this is what i'm going to give you oh my god my god my god my god oh my god my god my god oh yes come on let's seek after god a little bit right now come on let's seek after god a little bit right now i ask you to lift up your voice a little bit come on we'll just we'll just travail in the spirit tonight come on fight against the spirit tonight oh god oh god i love you lord i love you lord i love you more i want to tell you what god gave me in the prayer room tonight it was either brother erickson his brother hammond today that quoted the scripture i don't know which one that did it but they quoted the scripture let us come boldly before the throne of grace that we may find grace help in the time of need i've heard that quoted i've heard that quoted sister lay i've heard that quote let us come boldly but today when either brother hammond or brother ericsson quoted that scripture it was as if the spirit stopped me and said well why must you come boldly why must you come boldly because that's the place that you're going to fight your battle brother after if there's one place hell wants to keep us away is the throne room the throne room is our rechargeable case the throne room is where i become new and renewed in god the throne room is where the voice of the tempter is silent and the throne room is where i get recharged renewed in the holy ghost so i said lord why must i come boldly he said because as you're coming into my throne room every intimidating demonic spirit is going to tell you every reason you you don't need to go in there it's going to tell you you're okay it's going to tell you you're all right or it's going to tell you you're not good enough to be in there and you need to walk in the blood and you need to walk in the baldness you need to walk in the boldness that this is where i belong i belong in the prayer room you need to stare every demonic spirit down you need to stare it down as you walk into the throne room because this is where i belong this is where i belong satan you are a liar this is where i belong i belong shoulders back tonight if any of you if you any of you have ever been out of the country you know the feeling that i'm about to tell you about when you're in another country you automatically feel a lesser of your rights as a united states citizen you know why because you are a lesser you're not a citizen of that country and it doesn't matter that you've got your american papers and your passport you're not a citizen of that country you can't buy property you can't open certain check accounts you're not a citizen of that country but how many knows that feeling and coming back and landing in the states and they take your passport and one of the greatest words you'll ever hear and see if it doesn't sound familiar is when they take that passport stamp that passport and look at you and say welcome home when i'm in another country i may walk with a little bit that i don't belong here but when i come back to the us of a i square my shoulders back because i was born in america i was born in this great nation i was a citizen at the time of my birth i've got a right to be in a marriage i got a right to the things because i'm a citizen of this country church rejoice with me tonight don't be intimidated by the enemy you've got a right you know what all these fireworks is going on about right now it's a group of men and women over 200 something years ago said we're tired of being under this form of government we're tired of taxation without representation we're tired of being under this dominion and they created a revolution and they rebelled can i tell you tonight the devil will keep you under his yoke as long as you're comfortable but do we have anybody tonight that wants to rebel against that i belong in the throne room i belong in the throne room go ahead right now i don't care what your past is you belonging at the wrong range i don't care how broke you are you belong in the throne room this message is not about money tonight come on i belong in the throne room right now i've got a right to come to the throne and say jesus god you know what i have need of tonight i've got a blinded i've got a blinded child i've got a deaf boy i've got a lame i've got a lame cousin i've got somebody that needs some help god i need you tonight lord i need you thank you lord now i ever had while every head is bowed and every eyes closed tonight all of this building all over this building on the only success is how you respond to this i know right now i know right now what i have told god i'm going to begin to give him i already know i have already told god tonight he's getting something from me and i want to see blinded eyes open and i want to see deaf ears unstopped and i want to see the walk and i want to see the dead brought back to life but not in a physical realm necessarily i want to see a spiritual opening of the eye so i'm going to give god some things because i want to see that tonight every head bowed eye is closed if you have purpose now if you haven't purposed please don't raise your hand but if you purpose to give god something starting in the morning would you raise your hand right now oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my gosh hallelujah oh my oh my come on right now is the time right right now is the time right now is the time just one more moment just one more moment one more moment i'm going to set my alarm clock early in the morning i'm going to get up early in the morning going home tonight i'm going to set my alarm clock for early in the morning jesus this is what i'm giving you lord because i want some things done in my life god this is what i'm giving you right now lord that's what i'm giving you right now god this is what i'm giving you right now god and lord just like sister carpenter it fasted for some time god i'm going to do this until and then when the until happens god i'll keep doing it but we're going to see a breakthrough with our families we're going to see a breakthrough in our church we're going to see a breakthrough in our community we're going to begin to see some things we've never seen before because god is going to see some things out of us he's never seen before the name of jesus the name of jesus god i thank you for all three messages i've heard today god i needed all three of these messages god i needed all three of these messages god i thank you for it god god and i promise you tonight that in the morning i'm going to begin to give you things god i've not given you god i want to see you open the eyes unstop the ears cause the crippled of the dead to be raised again in jesus mighty name we pray amen amen get ready get ready get ready blessings answers of prayer and miracles are on the way if you believe that tonight as you're being dismissed i want you to clap your hands and shout unto the lord