Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000203
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00:01 REMEMBER NOW, THE WOMAN HAS
00:03 BEEN TREATED BY THE MEDICAL 00:05 ESTABLISHMENT LIKE NOBODY; 00:08 SHE'S BEEN TREATED BY 00:10 THE CHURCH LIKE NOBODY; 00:13 SHE'S BEEN TREATED BY HER 00:14 FRIENDS LIKE NOBODY. 00:16 IN FACT, EVERY DAY OF HER 00:18 LIFE THERE WAS A LITANY OF 00:20 VOICES THAT CONFIRMED, 00:23 "YOU ARE NOBODY." 00:25 "YOUR NOTHING." 00:27 BUT NOW, JESUS SAYS, "SOMEBODY". 00:30 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:36 THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH 00:39 PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:41 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, 00:43 IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:46 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:52 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:54 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, 00:57 BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:59 ♪ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 01:04 Announcer: GOD IS A HUMBLING MYSTERY. 01:07 BUT A MYSTERY ISN'T SOMETHING WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. 01:11 IT'S SIMPLY SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT. 01:15 SOMETIME OUR SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING GOD CAN PRODUCE ONLY MORE CONFUSION. 01:21 SOMETIMES GOD PASSES BY US AND WE DON'T SEE HIM. 01:26 WE LET THE WORLD GET IN THE WAY. 01:28 WHEN WE CAN'T HEAR GOD SPEAK TO US, WE LOSE OUR ABILITY TO PERCEIVE HIM. 01:35 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE GOD YOU ALWAYS WANTED IS REALLY THERE. 01:40 AND OUR OFFER THIS WEEK WILL HELP YOU KNOW HIM LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 01:45 IT'S A SOUL AWAKENING BOOK CALLED "SEARCHING" BY CHRIS BLAKE. 01:50 GOD HAS PLACED THE YEARNING TO KNOW HIM IN EACH OF US. 01:54 KNOWING HIM--REALLY KNOWING HIM, BEGINS WITH ONE STEP--YOURS. 02:02 TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY JUST CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 02:07 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 02:12 ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF "SEARCHING." 02:14 IT'S YOUR'S FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 02:17 OR YOU MAY WRITE AND ASK FOR THE BOOK. 02:19 JUST WRITE TO: 02:20 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. BOX 97192 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077 02:28 GET YOUR COPY OF "SEARCHING" TODAY. 02:30 FIND THE ONE YOU'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR. 02:36 SO NOW THIS WOMAN REACHES OUT 02:37 TO TOUCH THE BLUE FRINGE, 02:38 AND AS HER FAITH TOUCHES THAT 02:40 FAITHFULNESS, SOMETHING HAPPENS. 02:44 THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE. 02:47 NOW YOU TELL ME THAT'S NOT POWER. 02:52 I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE 02:55 PEOPLE DOING IN ORDER TO GAIN FAVOR WITH GOD. 02:59 I SOMEHOW THINK THAT WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT GAINING FAVOR. 03:04 IN CHRIST, WE HAVE ACCESS TO GOD. 03:08 WHAT WE OUGHT TO LEARN REALLY TO DO IS SIMPLY TO BELIEVE 03:11 ENOUGH TO REACH OUT TO TOUCH JESUS. 03:14 JESUS PASSES BY ALL THE TIME, DOESN'T HE ? 03:18 HE WALKS THROUGH OUR LIVES, AND IF OUR FAITH WERE SUFFICIENT 03:22 TO TOUCH HIS FAITHFULNESS, THERE COULD BE A CHANGE. 03:26 THIS WOMAN REACHES OUT AND TOUCHES. 03:28 NOW IT'S WONDERFUL TO WATCH THE HUMAN DRAMA. 03:33 SOME PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS SO REAL, 03:35 THEY PUT IT SO FAR AWAY, AND THEY MAKE IT SO SANITIZED. 03:42 THE SANITIZED VERSION OF THE GOSPEL; I SLIKE IT. 03:46 I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAME IN THE MIDST OF HUMAN AFFAIRS, 03:50 I BELIEVE THAT HIS POWER IS EFFICACIOUS IN THE MIDDLE OF 03:54 THINGS THAT ARE JOSTLING AGAINST EACH OTHER. 03:56 JESUS DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE US OUT OF OURSELVES FOR HIS POWER TO WORK; 04:00 THE POWER OF JESUS IS EFFECTIVE WHERE WE ARE. 04:04 SO, IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF SOCIETY, 04:06 JESUS IS STILL EFFECTIVE, 04:08 HIS POWER IS SUFFICIENT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS. 04:13 SO, JESUS SAYS, "SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME." 04:21 REMEMBER NOW, THE WOMAN HAS BEEN TREATED BY THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT LIKE NOBODY; 04:29 SHE'S BEEN TREATED BY THE CHURCH LIKE NOBODY; 04:33 SHE'S BEEN TREATED BY HER FRIENDS LIKE NOBODY. 04:36 IN FACT, EVERY DAY OF HER LIFE THERE WAS A LITANY OF VOICES THAT CONFIRMED, 04:43 "YOU ARE NOBODY, YOUR NOTHING." 04:47 BUT NOW, JESUS SAYS, "SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME." 04:58 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT REALLY SOMEBODY UNTIL JESUS SAYS SO. 05:04 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU MAY POSSESS; 05:06 I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU LIVE, OR WHAT YOU DRIVE. 05:08 UNTIL JESUS SAYS YOU'RE SOMEBODY, YOU'RE NOT SOMEBODY. 05:13 JESUS TURNED THE TABLES AROUND AND DECLARED, 05:16 "YOU ARE SOMEBODY." 05:17 AND I SUGGEST TO YOU TONIGHT THAT WE LIVE IN A GENERATION, 05:20 SOME OF OUR CHILDREN FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOBODY. 05:23 THIS SOCIETY OF OURS IS MEAN; 05:26 IT WILL CHEW YOU UP AND SPIT YOU OUT; 05:29 IT WILL CRUNCH YOU DOWN INTO A NUMBER. 05:31 THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES WHERE WE ARE TURNED FROM HUMAN BEINGS INTO NUMBERS. 05:37 YOU GO INTO MOST HOSPITALS WITHOUT AN INSURANCE CARD, 05:41 AND SEE HOW YOU FEEL. 05:44 "UH, YOUR INSURANCE." 05:47 "WELL, I HAVE IT." 05:48 "NO, NO, NO, DO YOU HAVE YOUR CARD ?" 05:51 "WHAT IS YOUR INSURANCE NUMBER ? 05:54 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR NAME IS; 05:55 YOU GOTTA HAVE A NUMBER HERE." 05:57 HUH ? 05:59 DO YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE ? 06:01 THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MUST DEPEND ON PUBLIC WELFARE, 06:05 YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A NUMBER; 06:07 WHEN YOU RUN INTO A PROBLEM IN THE COURTHOUSE, 06:09 YOU'VE GOT TO COME IN WITH A CASE NUMBER. 06:11 IN FACT, EVEN WHEN YOU DIE, 06:13 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A GRAVE PLOT NUMBER. 06:17 NUMBERS ! 06:19 BUT IN THE SIGHT OF JESUS, I AM NOT A NUMBER ! 06:25 I'M SOMEBODY WITH JESUS. 06:29 I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY ELSE SAYS, 06:31 IN THE POWER OF CHRIST I TAKE ON PERSONHOOD. 06:35 SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT 06:38 THE CONCOCTIONS OF MODERN SOCIETY THAT MAKE YOU SOMEBODY. 06:44 WE ARE NOW ALL IN THIS NEW AGE; 06:47 IT IS THE POST-MODERN ERA WHEN WE HAVE COME OUT OF THE FEELING 06:52 THAT POSSESSIONS MAKE YOU SOMEBODY. 06:53 WHEN I WAS A CHILD, HE WHO HAD THE MOST TOYS WON. 06:58 YOU KNOW ? 07:00 NOW SOME OF US ARE OLD ENOUGH TO STILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THAT OBSESSION. 07:03 AND SO WE GATHER THINGS. 07:06 IT'S "KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES'" WHOEVER THEY ARE. 07:09 AND YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY GET SOMETHING, YOU GET SOMETHING. 07:12 THEY GET NEW FURNITURE, YOU GET NEW FURNITURE. 07:15 COME ON NOW. 07:18 THEY GET A REFRIGERATOR THAT'S GREEN, 07:22 AND NOW YOU'VE GOT TO GET ONE THAT'S BLACK 07:24 AND YOU CAN'T PUT FINGERPRINTS ON IT. 07:28 THEY GET A BIG SCREEN TELEVISION; 07:30 YOU'VE GOT TO GET ONE THAT COVERS THE WALL. 07:33 THEY GET A LITTLE RUG THAT ROLLS THROUGH THE HOUSE; 07:35 YOU'VE GOT TO GET WALL-TO-WALL CARPET SO THICK THAT YOUR SHOES DISAPPEAR WHEN YOU STEP IN IT. 07:42 THAT OBSESSION WAS IN THE MODERN ERA. 07:45 NOW WE HAVE COME TO THE POST-MODERN ERA WHEN 07:49 INFORMATION IS KING. 07:51 SO, IF YOU WANT TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS YOU SAY, 07:53 "TODAY I WAS ON THE INTERNET." 07:59 HUH ? 08:01 AND YOU KNOW GOOD AND WELL THAT YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET, 08:04 BUT YOU WERE AS LOST AS YOU COULD HAVE BEEN. 08:06 (laughter) 08:11 YOU CAN WASTE MORE TIME ON THE INTERNET THAN ANY OTHER PLACE I KNOW 08:13 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 08:16 BUT INFORMATION IS KING. 08:17 I'VE GOT A PERSONAL COMPUTER AND I'LL TELL YOU MY WIFE 08:20 ACCUSES ME OFTEN OF BEING PART OF IT, 08:23 I'M LOOKING FOR A SMALLER COMPUTER, YOU KNOW. 08:26 I MET A FRIEND OF MINE THE OTHER DAY, 08:27 AND TALKING ABOUT KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES', 08:30 HE'S GOT A COMPUTER THAT'S SMALLER THAN MINE. 08:32 AND HE CAME IN YOU KNOW AND OPENED HIS LITTLE CASE, 08:36 PULLED IT OUT, HE SAID, "YOU SEE I CAN ACCESS THE INTERNET NOW ON THIS. 08:40 AND I LOOKED BACK AT MY BIG COMPUTER AND I SAID, 08:42 "OH, THAT'S TERRIBLE". 08:43 NOW I GOT TO GO OUT AND GET ME A BIGGER COMPUTER, 08:46 SO THAT NOT ONLY WHEN I SAY I'VE BEEN ON THE INTERNET, 08:48 BUT I'VE BEEN ON THE INTERNET WITH A SMALLER COMPUTER. 08:51 FOLK LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 08:53 YOU CAN SPEND ALL DAY ON THE INTERNET, 08:56 BUT WHEN YOU SHUT DOWN YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER, 08:59 YOUR HEART WILL STILL NEED JESUS. 09:04 THE PROBLEM WITH OUR WORLD NOW IS THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION, 09:07 INFORMATION SURROUNDS US. 09:09 WE'VE GOT SO MANY CHOICES THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 09:12 IN FACT THE ONLY CHOICE THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IS TO TURN YOUR 09:16 LIFE OVER TO A JESUS WHO'S POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CONTROL EVERYTHING. 09:21 FOR THE POWER OF GOD IS GREATER THAN THE INTERNET, 09:24 GREATER THAN THE POWER OF SOME INTERCONNECTED WEB. 09:27 GOD IS IN FACT, SO POWERFUL THAT HE CAN BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU 09:33 WITH THE SMALLEST TRANSPONDER THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE. 09:40 DON'T GET ME STARTED! 09:43 I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT MY FIRST CELL PHONE; 09:47 IT WAS LIKE A BRICK -- BIG THING. 09:49 YOU PUT IT UP, COME ON, SOME OF YOU FOLK STILL HAVE THOSE. 09:53 AND THEN, I SAW SOMEBODY WITH A SMALLER ONE, 09:55 AND I GOT THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IT UP HERE AND I GOT ONE YOU COULD FLIP OPEN, 10:00 AND YOU PUT IT YOU KNOW, AND THEN I SAW SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY WITH ONE 10:04 SO SMALL THEY COULD HOLD IT UP LIKE THAT. 10:08 AND I SAID, "OH, I GOT TO GET ME ONE OF THOSE." 10:12 A MAN TOLD ME ON THE PLANE THE OTHER DAY, 10:14 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LONG BEFORE THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN THE SIZE OF A WATCH, 10:19 AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO JUST, BUT I, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE SECRET, 10:22 DID YOU KNOW I CAN, STANDING RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE MY TRANSPONDER, 10:28 BUT I CAN HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS. 10:35 I DON'T NEED A FLIP PHONE, 10:37 I DON'T NEED A CELL PHONE, 10:39 I DON'T NEED A SMALL ANY WATCH LOOKING . . . 10:42 I DON'T NEED ANYTHING ! 10:44 I GOT A TELEPHONE IN MY BOSOM THE OLD FOLK USED TO SAY, 10:49 AND I CAN RING IT UP FROM MY HEART. 10:53 YOU DON'T NEED TO PAY A BILL; 10:54 JESUS PAID THE BILL AT CALVARY. 10:57 YOUR LONG DISTANCE FEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CARED FOR, 11:01 AND ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS JUST CALL HIM. 11:02 IF YOU BELIEVE IT, CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ? 11:07 THIS WOMAN TOUCHES THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT 11:09 AND THINKS THAT JESUS DOESN'T KNOW IT. 11:11 HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET ALL THAT KIND OF POWER, 11:13 FAITH TOUCHING FAITH, AND JESUS DOESN'T KNOW IT ? 11:16 IF JESUS HAD KEPT ON GOING, I WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED. 11:20 I'D HAVE SAID, "WHAT'S DOES IT TAKE ?" 11:22 IS JESUS SO INSENSITIVE THAT A WOMAN COULD BE HEALED AND HE NOT KNOW IT ? 11:25 SO JESUS SAYS, "LOOK, SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME." 11:29 PETER IS THE ONE WHO USUALLY TALKS, 11:31 "JESUS, THERE'S A CROWD AROUND YOU, CERTAINLY SOMEBODY TOUCHED YOU. 11:38 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHING YOU ALL DAY, JESUS." 11:41 HE SAID, "BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, DON'T TALK THAT WAY, 11:44 YOU'RE NOT ON MY WAVELENGTH. 11:46 SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME WITH A DIFFERENT TOUCH. 11:51 I FELT SOME POWER LEAVE ME." 11:54 NOW HE DID NOT SAY THAT AS THOUGH HE WAS DISTURBED THAT THE POWER LEFT HIM. 11:59 IN FACT, THE REASON WHY JESUS CAME TO THE WORLD WAS SO THAT HE COULD DISPENSE POWER. 12:05 "I AM COME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY." 12:10 JESUS CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST. 12:13 JESUS CAME SO THAT THE BLIND MIGHT SEE AND THE DEAF MIGHT HEAR. 12:16 JESUS CAME SO THE DISCOURAGED MIGHT TAKE HOPE. 12:20 HE WASN'T DISTURBED, HE JUST SAID, "I KNOW ONE THING, SOME POWER LEFT." 12:24 HE SAID, "WELL LORD, THERE'S PEOPLE EVERYWHERE." 12:25 HE SAID, "NO, NO, NO." 12:27 AND HE BEGINS TO LOOK NOW. 12:28 AND THE LITTLE LADY, NOT WANTING TO DISCUSS HER PROBLEM, 12:31 ALL SHE WANTS TO DO NOW -- SHE GOT HER BLESSING. 12:37 (applause) 12:42 "NO, NO, NO, I DON'T NEED TO TALK. 12:46 YOU ALL JUST GO ON WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 12:49 I'M GOING HOME NOW. 12:52 LET'S SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO TREAT ME IN SEVEN DAYS. 12:56 CAUSE THIS PLAN IS WORKING FOR ME, 12:58 MY BLOOD IS NO LONGER OOZING FROM MY BODY; 13:02 I'M HEALED BY THE POWER OF JESUS. 13:04 ALL I GOT NOW IS SEVEN DAYS TO FREEDOM, 13:07 GOIN' DOWN TO CHURCH TO HAVE ME A HALLELUJAH GOOD TIME." 13:14 BUT JESUS ISN'T THROUGH YET. 13:19 WHEN HE HEALS, HE HEALS COMPLETELY. 13:24 THAT'S THE POWER OF JESUS. 13:28 THIS WOMAN'S PROBLEM WAS NOT ONLY THAT SHE WAS SICK; 13:30 HER PROBLEM WAS NOT ONLY THAT SHE HAD BEEN IMPOVERISHED, 13:34 BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS. 13:36 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT IS NOT TO HAVE ANYBODY TO TALK TO FOR THAT LONG ? 13:40 YOU MUST THINK OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, 13:43 AND IT'S A FACT THAT THE ASSOCIATION WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS -- 13:50 IN FACT, LET ME BROADEN THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET SO NARROW IN OUR DEFINITIONS, 13:56 THAT IF WE DON'T THINK SOMEBODY IS A CHRISTIAN WE DON'T WANT TO ASSOCIATE WITH THEM. 14:01 WELL, THE FACT IS THAT ALL OF US WERE EITHER LOST OR WE'RE STILL LOST, 14:07 AND IF WE ARE FOUND, IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF OUR POWER; 14:11 IT'S THE POWER OF JESUS. 14:12 WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY IS A CHILD 14:16 OF THE KING AND LEARN HOW TO LOVE EACH OTHER MORE. 14:20 BUT SOMEBODY MUST HAVE THOUGHT, WELL, 14:22 THIS WOMAN, SHE NEEDS TO ASSOCIATE WITH SOME FOLK; 14:25 SHE NEEDS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT. 14:27 BECAUSE SHE MAY HAVE EVEN COME TO THE PLACE LIKE I DO SOMETIMES 14:30 I'M GETTING KIND OF OLD NOW; I'LL TALK TO MYSELF 14:32 IF NOBODY'S AROUND. 14:34 (laughter) 14:38 THEY USED TO SAY THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU, 14:40 BUT ONE MAN EXPLAINED TO ME THE OTHER DAY THAT IT'S OK IF YOU TALK TO YOURSELF, 14:44 IT'S EVEN OK IF YOU ANSWER, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T ARGUE. 14:48 (laughter) 14:55 THIS WOMAN NEEDED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY. 14:57 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THERE IS POWER IN ASSOCIATION. 15:03 THE BIBLE SAYS, THE WRITER TO THE HEBREWS TALKING, 15:06 "FORSAKE NOT THE ASSEMBLING OF YOURSELVES TOGETHER, 15:08 YOU OUGHT TO COME TOGETHER TO PROVOKE EACH OTHER TO GOOD WORKS." 15:11 YOU OUGHT NOT COME TOGETHER TO PULL EACH OTHER DOWN, 15:14 BUT YOU ARE TO COME TO GOD'S HOUSE TO SAY SOMETHING TO UPLIFT SOMEBODY. 15:17 IN FACT, EVERY ONE OF US HAVE SOMETHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK, 15:22 WHY INSTEAD DON'T YOU SAY WHAT HAPPENED GOOD THIS WEEK ? 15:25 TELL SOMEBODY THAT JESUS HAS BLESSED YOU ! 15:29 AMEN ? 15:31 WE'VE GOTTEN SO SOPHISTICATED NOW THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE 15:34 THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT WAKING UP IN THE MORNING. 15:40 MY GRANDFATHER USED TO BE ABLE TO PRAY THOSE WONDERFUL, LOQUACIOUS PRAYERS. 15:45 MY BROTHER AND I USED TO SIT AND LISTEN TO HIM; 15:47 WE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT HIS RHETORIC WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. 15:51 AND HE WOULD SAY, "WELL YOU KNOW, YOU'LL NOW WHO I'VE BEEN AROUND," 15:55 BUT HE WOULD SAY, "LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU WOKE ME UP THIS MORNING, 15:59 CLOTHED IN MY RIGHT MIND, WITH THE ACTIVITY OF MY LIMBS." 16:04 WELL, YOU FOLK ARE TOO SOPHISTICATED TO PRAY LIKE THAT I UNDERSTAND. 16:07 AND THEN HE'D SAY, "LORD, I THANK YOU THAT WHEN I WOKE UP 16:10 THE FOUR WALLS OF MY ROOM WERE NOT THE NARROW CHANNEL OF MY GRAVE 16:15 AND MY COUCH WAS NOT MY COOLING BOWL." 16:20 YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT. 16:22 WHAT GRANDDADDY WAS SAYING IS THAT I KNOW THAT WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, 16:25 IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS JESUS. 16:29 IF YOU THINK THAT YOUR ALARM CLOCK WOKE YOU UP THIS MORNING, 16:31 TAKE ONE DOWN TO A FUNERAL HOME. 16:37 IT IS JESUS. 16:39 IN HIM WE LIVE, AND MOVE, AND HAVE OUR BEING. 16:44 ARE YOU STILL WITH ME ? 16:46 SO IF YOU GOT A BACKACHE, YOU OUGHT TO THANK GOD THAT YOU GOT A BACK TO ACHE. 16:51 (applause) 16:56 IF YOUR FEET HURT, YOU OUGHT TO THANK GOD THAT YOU HAVE FEET TO HURT. 17:02 AND IF YOU'VE GOT A HEADACHE, YOU SURE OUGHT TO THANK GOD 17:03 THAT YOU HAVE A HEAD TO HAVE AN ACHE IN. 17:07 SOME PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A HEADACHE. 17:11 WE'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO PRAY AND THANK GOD. 17:14 THERE IS POWER IN SHARING THE BLESSINGS OF GOD. 17:18 YOU OUGHT TO KEEP A LITTLE BLESSING TUCKED AWAY WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY LOOKING 17:21 LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. 17:23 TELL 'EM YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BECAUSE THE LORD JUST BLESSED YOU. 17:26 THAT SONG SAYS, "IT IS NO SECRET WHAT GOD CAN DO, WHAT HE'S DONE FOR OTHERS, HE'LL DO FOR YOU." 17:34 JESUS SAID, "LADY, YOU, YOU OVER THERE." 17:42 "COME HERE, COME HERE DEAR. 17:45 YOU TOUCHED ME, DIDN'T YOU ? 17:47 WOULD YOU COME HERE, I WANT YOU TO SHARE WITH THESE FOLK WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU." 17:57 SEE THERE'S POWER IN SHARING YOUR BLESSINGS. 18:01 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS WOMAN WHO HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO 18:03 MANY PEOPLE FOR THE LONGEST, GET'S UP AND SAYS, "YOU KNOW SOMETHING, 18:09 A MINUTE AGO I THOUGHT I WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT. 18:12 I WAS SO WEAK THAT I COULD BARELY GET INTO THIS CROWD, 18:15 BUT I JUST SOMEHOW FELT THAT IF I COULD TOUCH THE HEM OF JESUS' GARMENT, 18:21 THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALRIGHT. 18:23 AND, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WHEN I PUT MY FAITH IN MY TOUCH, 18:28 AND WHEN I PUT . . . YOU SHOULD HAVE FELT WHAT I FELT !" 18:35 SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE PROBABLY SAID, 18:36 "WELL YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING ISN'T IT ? 18:38 I'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND HERE WITH ALL THESE PROBLEMS 18:40 AND I DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO HAVE THAT KIND OF FAITH." 18:43 AND HERE'S A WOMAN WHO IS TELLING NOW THAT -- THERE IS A BOOK WRITTEN BY DR. DAVID SOBEL. 18:48 DR. SOBEL SAYS THAT OF ALL THE OTHER FACTORS THAT BUILD UP YOUR 18:53 IMMUNE SYSTEM -- YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN READING A 18:57 LITTLE BIT -- EXERCISE, DIET, HEALTH CARE -- OUT OF ALL THE 19:03 FACTORS THAT BUILD UP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, THE HIGHEST ONE IS SOCIALIZATION. 19:10 SOCIALIZATION IS SIMPLY GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE, 19:15 HAVING FRIENDS AND SHARING POSITIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. 19:20 IT BUILDS UP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. 19:23 NOW FORGIVE ME, YOU KNOW EVERY NOW AND THEN MY IMAGINATION 19:25 GETS BAPTIZED AND SET FREE. 19:28 I BELIEVE IN MY HEART, THAT NOT ONLY DOES JESUS WANT TO HEAL HER FOR NOW, 19:33 BUT HE WANTS TO GIVE HER AN EXPERIENCE TO RECONNECT HER WITH SOCIETY, 19:37 SO THAT HER IMMUNE SYSTEM COULD BE BUILT UP, 19:40 SO SHE WOULD NOT FALL AGAIN INTO A SITUATION LIKE SHE WAS IN. 19:44 I BELIEVE THAT WHEN JESUS HEALS YOU, 19:46 HE NOT ONLY HEALS YOU OF YOUR INSTANT PROBLEM, 19:49 BUT HE MAKES A CHANGE IN YOU SO THAT YOU ARE NOT DISPOSED TO FALL BACK INTO THAT SITUATION. 19:59 FRIENDS OF MINE, IT IS THIS POWERFUL JESUS WHO I GIVE TO YOU TONIGHT. 20:06 POWER BY ITSELF WOULD ALMOST BE BEYOND REASON WITHOUT THE CARING THAT JESUS HAS. 20:18 TO THINK THAT GOD COULD ARRANGE IT SO THAT A WOMAN WHO HAD ALMOST RUN OUT OF STRENGTH, 20:26 COULD FIND HERSELF CONFRONTED BY THE VERY ONE WHO HAD THE VERY THING THAT SHE NEEDED. 20:33 TO THINK THAT WITH ONE TOUCH, HER FAITH, 20:37 COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE REPRESENTATION OF JESUS' 20:41 DETERMINATION TO OBEY HIS FATHER. 20:44 HER FAITH TOUCHING HIS FAITHFULNESS COULD CAUSE 20:48 POWER TO SURGE INTO HER LIFE. 20:52 NOT ONLY CHANGING HER PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT CHANGING MANY OTHER THINGS ABOUT HER. 20:58 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS STRANGE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE; 21:04 ANONYMOUS; LOST; NOBODY. 21:10 BUT IN CHRIST, THERE IS IDENTITY. 21:15 YOU MAY LIVE IN AN APARTMENT ALL BY YOURSELF. 21:19 YOUR RELATIVES MAY HAVE STOPPED DROPPING BY. 21:24 BUT JESUS STILL KNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE. 21:30 YOU MAY BE A SINGLE MOTHER TAKING CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN. 21:35 THE COURT SYSTEM CAN'T EVEN MAKE THE MONEY FLOW WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO FLOW. 21:40 AND YOU MAY THINK THAT BECAUSE YOUR FORMER MATE HAS GIVEN UP ON YOU, 21:45 THAT THERE IS NO HOPE, BUT JESUS KNOWS WHAT YOUR PROBLEMS ARE. 21:51 JESUS UNDERSTANDS YOUR NEEDS. 21:55 YOU ARE NOT A NUMBER TO HIM. 21:57 YOU MAY BE A MAN SEEKING COMPANIONSHIP, 22:01 YOU KNOW IN THIS SOCIETY IT'S STRANGE, 22:03 WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF MECHANISMS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, WHEN IN FACT, 22:08 THE MAGNETISM OF CHRIST IS PROBABLY THE MOST TRUSTWORTHY. 22:12 IF YOU ARE IN CONTACT WITH JESUS, 22:15 AND YOU MEET SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S IN CONTACT WITH JESUS, 22:18 THERE OUGHT TO BE A LITTLE CONSONANCE THERE. 22:21 AMEN. 22:23 IN FACT, IF WE STOPPED TRUSTING IN LOOKS SO MUCH, 22:27 AND START TRUSTING IN THE POWER OF JESUS, 22:33 YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WITH MORE SURETY WHO IT IS THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. 22:38 SO SISTER, INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO'S SUIT LOOKS THE BEST, 22:43 OR WHOSE CAR IS THE NEWEST, WHY DON'T YOU FIND A MAN WHO LOVES JESUS THE MOST ? 22:49 WHY DON'T YOU LET THE JESUS IN HIM REACH OUT TO THE JESUS IN YOU ? 22:54 TRUST THAT CONNECTION ! 22:58 IT'S MORE RELIABLE. 22:59 BUT WHATEVER YOUR NEED IS, 23:02 THE FACT IS THAT THE POWERFUL JESUS HAS A SUPPLY. 23:07 TONIGHT I WANT TO SUGGEST TO US THAT WE STOP TRUSTING IN EXTERNALS AND PERIPHERALS 23:15 AND THINGS THAT ARE TRIVIAL AND DON'T MATTER. 23:19 SO YOU GOT A COMPUTER, SO WHAT ? 23:25 EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER YOU BUY IT, IT'S OBSOLETE. 23:31 GO DOWN TO GET A PART FOR IT, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU IT WOULD 23:33 BE QUICKER TO BUY A NEW ONE THAN TO FIX THE ONE YOU'VE GOT. 23:39 I WANT TO TELL YOU, I WANT TO REMIND YOU, ABOUT A CONNECTION THAT DOESN'T BECOME OBSOLETE. 23:46 WHEN YOU CALL JESUS, YOU CAN CALL HIM ON THE SAME LINE 23:50 THAT YOU USED TEN YEARS AGO, AND IT STILL REACHES. 23:56 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO IN AND GET A NEW SYSTEM, 23:59 ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS STAY IN TOUCH ON YOUR KNEES, 24:02 STAY IN TOUCH WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING, 24:04 STAY IN TOUCH WHILE YOU'RE RIDING THE BUS, 24:06 STAY IN TOUCH WHILE YOU'RE ON THE TRAIN, 24:08 STAY IN TOUCH WHILE YOU'RE AT WORK, 24:10 STAY IN TOUCH IN YOUR FAMILY, 24:12 STAY IN TOUCH WHEN YOU'RE WITH YOUR BOSS, 24:14 STAY IN TOUCH WHEREVER YOU ARE AND YOU'LL LEARN THAT YOU CAN CALL JESUS FROM ANYWHERE. 24:21 TONIGHT, THIS POWERFUL JESUS, THE ONE THAT WE OUGHT TO BE LIFTING BEFORE OUR CHILDREN, 24:27 WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STRIVING TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES, 24:31 WE OUGHT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE ANSWER TO SUCCESS IS JESUS, 24:36 WHO HOLDS THE WORLD IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND. 24:40 WHILE THEY'RE OUT CHASING SOME DREAM THAT WILL NEVER COME TO FRUITION, 24:45 THEY OUGHT TO BE SOMEWHERE TRYING TO FIND JESUS, 24:48 FOR IN HIS GRASP THERE IS SUCCESS. 24:51 THERE IS EVERYTHING YOU COULD DREAM OF, 24:53 AND THINGS THAT YOU COULD NOT IMAGINE THAT COULD BE. 24:56 THEY ARE IN THE HANDS OF A JESUS WHO LOVES US, 25:00 WHO IS NOT ONLY POWERFUL, BUT WHO IS CARING. 25:04 TONIGHT, I RECOMMEND THIS JESUS. 25:07 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME FOR JUST A MOMENT ? 25:10 FATHER, IN A WORLD GONE MAD, 25:15 IN A WORLD THAT STRIPS US OF OUR POWER, 25:19 AND MAKES US FEEL IMPOTENT, 25:23 IN A WORLD THAT TALKS OF EMPOWERMENT, 25:26 BUT CEASES TO EMPOWER. 25:29 HELP US TO KNOW THAT OUR POWER SOURCE IS NOT FOUND IN THIS WORLD, 25:36 BUT THE SOURCE OF OUR POWER SHOULD BE JESUS. 25:41 AND TONIGHT, WE DON'T NEED A DECODER, 25:44 WE DON'T NEED SOME SPECIAL SYSTEM, 25:46 ALL WE NEED IS TO ASK, 25:49 TO INVITE, TO OPEN THE DOORS OF OUR HEART, 25:53 AND THIS JESUS WILL WALK INTO OUR LIVES AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR US. 25:59 FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE POWER OF PRAYER, 26:03 THE CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT, THROUGH CHRIST, 26:06 TO THE THRONE OF GOD. 26:08 WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT OUR PRAYER HAS BEEN HEARD, AND THE ANSWERS ARE ON THE WAY. 26:12 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 26:19 Announcer: GOD IS A HUMBLING MYSTERY. 26:22 BUT A MYSTERY ISN'T SOMETHING WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. 26:25 IT'S SIMPLY SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT. 26:29 SOMETIMES GOD PASSES BY US AND WE DON'T SEE HIM. 26:32 WE LET THE WORLD GET IN THE WAY. 26:35 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE GOD YOU ALWAYS WANTED IS REALLY THERE. 26:39 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK WILL HELP YOU KNOW HIM LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 26:43 IT'S A SOUL AWAKENING BOOK CALLED "SEARCHING" BY CHRIS BLAKE. 26:48 JUST CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:52 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 26:56 ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF "SEARCHING." 26:58 IT'S YOUR'S FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 27:00 OR YOU MAY WRITE AND ASK FOR THE BOOK. 27:01 JUST WRITE TO: 27:03 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. 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