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Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000592A
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00:11 Sermon #B592 - "God's Miracle Zone" 00:20 PB: “And Jesus was passed over again by a ship unto 00:24 the other side. Much people”--that means a lotta folks─ 00:28 “gathered unto him, and he was nigh unto the sea. 00:32 And behold there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, 00:36 Jairus by name. When he saw him”--when he saw Jesus─ 00:39 “he fell to his feet and besought him greatly, 00:41 saying "My little daughter lieth at the point of death. 00:44 I pray thee, come. Lay thy hands on her that she may 00:49 be healed and she shall live. And Jesus went with him, 00:53 and much people followed him in throngs.” 00:56 So, understand what's going on. Jesus is by the seaside 00:59 and there are a lot of people who are by Him, 01:00 but then Jairus comes, and Jairus says, 01:03 "I need you heal my daughter." Jesus gets up, 01:05 goes with Jairus, and a great number of people 01:07 began to follow Him. Verse 25, "A certain woman 01:12 which had an issue of blood 12 years and had 01:16 suffered many things of many physicians, 01:17 and had spent all that she had, and was 01:19 nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 01:21 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the 01:24 press behind, and touched his garment. 01:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, 01:31 I shall be whole." Do y'all understand the 01:36 degree of faith to that? [Aud. reaction] 01:39 PB: If he doesn't even see me but if I 01:40 can just touch his clothes. "Straightway 01:44 the fountain of her blood was dried up; 01:46 and she felt in her body that she was 01:49 healed of that plague. And Jesus, 01:52 immediately knowing in himself that 01:54 virtue had gone out of him, turned around, 01:58 and said, Who touched my clothes? 02:02 And his disciples said unto him, 02:04 Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, 02:07 and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he 02:10 looked round about to see her that had 02:12 done this thing. But the woman fearing 02:13 and trembling, knowing what was done in her, 02:15 came and fell down before him, and told him 02:17 all the truth. And he said unto her, 02:20 Daughter, thy faith"--everybody say "faith." 02:24 Aud.: Faith. PB: "Hath made thee whole; 02:26 go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 02:27 While he yet spake"--this woman, 02:30 there comes from the ruler of the 02:33 synagogue's house somebody. So this is 02:36 one of the servants of the ruler. 02:38 And he says to Jairus, "Thy daughter is dead: 02:41 why troublest thou the Master any further? 02:46 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken"- 02:49 -I wish I had time just to preach that phrase, 02:51 because in other words, the man is talking 02:53 but Jesus hears what the man is saying at 02:55 the same time. "He saith unto the ruler of 02:59 the house, Be not afraid, only"--what, everybody? 03:03 Aud.: Believe. PB: "And he suffered no man 03:05 to follow him, save Peter, James and John." 03:08 There's a story in that, too. "And he cometh 03:12 to the synagogue--to the house of the ruler 03:14 of the synagogue--and seeth the tumult, 03:15 and them that wept and wailed greatly. 03:17 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, 03:18 Why make ye this ado, and weep? 03:20 the damsel is not"--what? Aud.: Dead. 03:23 PB: "But she"--what, everybody? 03:25 PB: And then verse 40 says they laughed at her. 03:28 Here Jesus is pronouncing a miracle and they 03:31 laughing at Jesus. "But when he had put them all out"- 03:35 -He put 'em out. "He taketh the father and the 03:40 mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, 03:42 and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 03:43 And he took the damsel by the hand, 03:45 and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, 03:49 being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee"- 03:52 -do what, everybody? Aud.: Arise. 03:54 PB: "And straightway the damsel arose, 03:55 and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. 03:59 And they were astonished with great astonishment. 04:01 And he charged them straitly that no man 04:03 should know it; and commanded that something 04:05 should be given her to eat." Today our subject 04:10 is entitled "God's Miracle Zone." Father, 04:16 bless us now. Speak through me to speak to 04:20 Your people. Forgive us of our sins, and Lord, 04:22 have Your way. Work it out for our good. 04:24 In Jesus' name we pray. Let everyone say amen. 04:28 Back in the day, before we had CNN, MSNBC, HLN, 04:38 Fox News, and other 24/7 news channels and 04:41 breaking news streaming into our iPhone, iPad, 04:45 Androids, and other digital devices, people 04:49 only got the news from one of two sources. 04:53 They got the news from either the newspaper 04:56 or the evening nightly news. Does anybody 05:00 remember what I'm talking about? But now we 05:03 live in a world and in an age where we have 05:06 instant access to news that happens around 05:09 the world and news that happens in the world, 05:12 in an instant. We can be sitting in church, 05:14 we can be on our job, and if anything newsworthy 05:18 comes up, we can see it right come through on 05:21 our mobile device. But more than that, 05:25 it is the nature of the news to report 05:27 the bad things that happen over the good things. 05:32 Speaking of good news and bad news, 05:34 I was reading a story this week about a man 05:36 who came home from work one evening. 05:39 The man walked into the kitchen to find his 05:41 stay-at-home mo--wife, rather, who took care 05:45 of their three preschoolers, looking terribly 05:48 frustrated and upset. The man could tell that 05:51 she was about to deliver some bad news to him, 05:53 so he held up his hand and said "Honey, hold up. 05:56 Wait a minute. Before you start, let me tell 05:58 you I've had a bad day at work. Nothing went right, 06:03 and I can tell that you have more bad news. 06:07 But whatever you do, babe, don't give me 06:09 any more bad news. Give me some good news." 06:13 Well, his wife, smart lady that she was, 06:15 looked at him and she says, "All right, honey. 06:17 You have three children, and today two of them 06:23 didn't fall out of a tree and break their arms." 06:27 [Aud. reaction] PB: That's what I call good 06:30 news and bad news. Do I have a witness in this 06:32 place? In Mark 5, we have two people with bad news. 06:41 Jesus brings some good news. Mark presents us 06:46 with a story within a story. In this text you 06:50 can get probably 10, 15 sermons out of this one text. 06:53 Mark prints us--presents us with a story within 06:56 a story, and there are similarities in both stories. 07:00 For one, both are women. One is a lady, one is a 07:06 little girl. Number two, both are physically sick. 07:09 One has an issue of blood and one is sick unto death. 07:15 Number three, both deal with the number 12. 07:19 The woman with the issue of blood has been 07:21 sick 12 years; the little girl is 12 years old. 07:26 And number four, and most importantly, 07:28 both need a miracle. So we enter into 07:33 God's miracle zone in chapter 5 of Mark. 07:37 The Bible tells us that Jairus is ruler 07:39 of the synagogue, which means he's the one 07:41 in charge of public worship. He's over the choir, 07:44 he's the head elder, he's over the praise team, 07:46 he's the pastor, he's a religious man. But the 07:49 Bible says his daughter is sick unto death. 07:53 Lesson number one in God's miracle zone: 07:55 If you want to enter God's miracle zone, 07:57 number one, just because you work for God 08:00 and just because you serve His church doesn't 08:02 exempt you from trial and tribulation. 08:05 [Aud. reaction] PB: Now I've been through 08:07 enough stuff in my life to know that you can 08:10 pray till your lips are dry. You can pray 08:14 until your tongue feels like sandpaper. 08:16 You can pray until your knees have welts on them. 08:20 Preach as hard as you want; sing as much as 08:23 you want; teach in church school at Oakwood. 08:27 But every now and then, you gonna go 08:29 through something. Somebody's gonna die. 08:32 Somebody's gonna get sick. Somebody's 08:35 gonna hurt you. Somebody's gonna disappoint you. 08:38 But I've learned, every experience that we 08:40 have in our lives is tied to a purpose. 08:43 Everything that God happens--allows to 08:45 happen in your life, through His providential will, 08:48 is, my friends, a sovereign setup. Remember, 08:52 your setback is just a setup for a comeback. 08:56 You'd better learn how to give God glory for 08:58 whatever you're going through, because what 09:01 you're going through is tied to something 09:03 bigger God has for your life. It was Paul, 09:07 as the choir sung, who said, And we know 09:09 that all things work together for good to 09:13 them who love the Lord and are called according 09:15 to His purpose. Suffering is God's way of making 09:18 us stronger, and suffering forces us to depend 09:20 on Him. Somebody's still not getting it. 09:24 Let me try it this way. So I thought of 09:26 Lynn Ross with this illustration. 09:27 I thought of you, Brother Ross. 09:29 I'm glad you're here today. 09:30 We have a lot of golfers in this church, 09:31 and this is a golf illustration. 09:33 Are we okay, everybody? Pastor Byrd doesn't golf. 09:35 My father-in-law, before I got married, 09:36 took me to the golfing range. I was trying 09:38 to get brownie points, but I haven't 09:39 been back since then. [Aud. reaction] 09:41 PB: Come on, say amen. All right, 09:43 have you ever looked closely at a golf ball? 09:48 All golf balls have dimples, little grooves, 09:54 in the surface. Now, I did a little study. 09:56 The first golf balls in Scotland were smooth. 10:01 And it would seem that a smooth surface would 10:04 make the golf ball fly further and straighter. 10:08 But these original golfers discovered that 10:11 when the smooth golf balls got scratched 10:14 and roughed up, they actually flew further 10:17 because of an aerodynamic principle. 10:19 Y'all don't hear what I'm saying. 10:21 So the old golfers would cut grooves 10:23 and shallow holes in their golf balls, 10:26 and eventually golf balls were manufactured 10:29 with dimples instead of smooth surfaces. 10:33 A golf ball is a parable of our lives. 10:36 God knows that if our lives were perfectly smooth, 10:41 we wouldn't go as far. You don't hear 10:44 what I'm saying. So God knows that a few 10:47 rough edges, a few rough experiences, 10:50 will actually take us further in life. 10:53 I wish I had a witness in this place. 10:55 You see, if I had not gone through what 10:57 I've gone through over my 24 years of ministry, 10:59 I would not be who I am today. Are you 11:02 hearing what I'm saying? So just because 11:04 you're a pastor doesn't exempt you from suffering. 11:08 Just because you're an elder doesn't exempt 11:12 you from suffering. Just because you sing in 11:15 the praise team or in the choir, you're a deacon 11:17 or deaconess, doesn't exempt you from suffering. 11:20 You have to have some rough edges. You've gotta 11:23 have some rough experiences. You still gotta 11:27 go through some fire to come out as pure gold. 11:30 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 11:31 The Bible declares that Jairus' daughter is 11:33 sick unto death, and that there is a multitude 11:35 that is gathered by the seashore to hear Jesus. 11:37 But Jairus fights through the crowd so he can 11:40 get to Jesus, because he says, What I need, 11:42 I don't need from anybody else. What I need, 11:45 I can only get from Jesus. People are pressing 11:47 Jesus on every side. They're pushing Him. 11:50 They're shoving Him, because everyone wants 11:52 to see this famous miracle worker. But in 11:54 spite of this, Jairus wasn't gonna let the 11:57 crowd stop him from what he needed. 12:00 He has to get into God's miracle zone. 12:05 So what does he do? Lesson number two: 12:08 Don't let anyone or anything stop you from 12:13 getting your miracle. Ha ha. Aud.: Amen. 12:16 PB: All right, so, there comes a time 12:17 in your life where you've got to make up 12:19 your mind that it doesn't make a difference 12:21 how many folk are around you. It doesn't 12:23 make a difference how many folk are looking 12:24 at you strange in church 'cause you're 12:26 clapping your hands. But you've got to learn 12:28 to refuse to be intimidated by the crowd. 12:30 I'm not worried about what people may say. 12:33 I'm not worried about what people may do. 12:36 I've learned, people may look at me funny, 12:38 but by any means necessary I've got to 12:42 get to my Jesus. And when you're in the 12:44 crowd trying to get to Jesus, you're not 12:46 in the crowd looking like everybody else. 12:49 You're not in the crowd to be a spectator. 12:52 You're not in the crowd to be an onlooker. 12:54 You're not in the crowd just to try to find 12:56 out who's here and who's not here. 12:57 You are trying to Jesus. Ellen White says 13:00 that as soon as Jairus approached Jesus, 13:04 Jesus set out at once to Jairus's house. 13:08 So now, they're on their way to Jairus's house. 13:09 They're on their way to the house, 13:11 because when all of a sudden, 13:12 the Bible says that a woman--a what, everybody? 13:14 PB: A what, everybody? A woman interrupts them. 13:18 So what do you do when you're trying to get 13:20 to Jesus, and somebody interrupts you? 13:23 What do you do when you're trying to listen 13:26 to the sermon, and somebody interrupts you? 13:30 What do you do when you need a miracle 13:32 from Jesus, and you're being distracted? 13:36 What do you do when you need healing for 13:38 your body? Peace for your soul? And it's 13:41 broken up by a distracting, disturbing force 13:43 you can't control. Jesus is following Jairus 13:45 to Jairus's house, but there's a woman who 13:49 heard Jesus was passing by. She needed a 13:51 miracle, too. She needed to get in 13:53 Jesus' miracle zone. So she works her way 13:55 through the crowd, and says If I can just 13:57 touch His clothes. But wait a minute. 14:01 Jesus is on His way to Jairus's house. 14:04 Jairus's daughter needs a miracle. 14:06 So imagine--let's be clear. Here he is, 14:09 the ruler of the synagogue; here he is, 14:11 the pastor of church. I imagine myself 14:12 in this situation, and I have a baby girl 14:14 that's sick, and I'm walking with Jesus, 14:15 and somebody--Jesus is about to give my 14:18 daughter just what she needs, but then 14:20 Jesus stops and says, Somebody touched Me. 14:23 Jesus, yes. Somebody touched You. 14:30 There are a bunch of people out here, pushing, 14:33 shoving, touching. What do you mean, somebody 14:37 touched You? But I believe I've got a witness 14:40 in this place-- [Aud. reaction] 14:41 PB: --that knows casual contact with 14:43 Christ isn't the same as a desperate grasp 14:46 of faith. Jesus stops, and says somebody touched me. 14:51 But Jairus is trying to hurry Jesus to his 14:53 house to see his daughter, but he's been 14:54 interrupted--interrupted by this woman. 14:56 So let's make it practical today. 14:58 What do you do when you need a miracle, 15:00 but somebody has to get there first? 15:02 What do you do when somebody has to get 15:05 their healing first? Their deliverance first? 15:08 Somebody has to get the job first. 15:11 I've come to tell you today that you need 15:14 to understand that even when it looks like 15:16 somebody has to get their miracle first, 15:19 it does not dilute the fact that your miracle 15:22 is on the way. [Aud. reaction] 15:24 PB: Maybe God just might be saying today, 15:27 I'm trying to see how you gonna act when 15:30 I bless other folk before I bless you. 15:33 Y'all don't hear what I'm saying. 15:34 I'm trying to see if you gonna have an 15:36 attitude when somebody else gets the promotion; 15:39 when somebody else passes the test; 15:42 when somebody else gets the job first; 15:45 when somebody else graduates first; 15:47 when somebody else gets married first; 15:49 when somebody else gets the baby first; 15:51 when somebody else gets the house first; 15:53 when somebody else gets a car first; 15:55 when someone gets out of debt first; 15:57 when somebody else gets the healing first. 15:59 Jesus heals the woman, tells the woman, 16:02 Your faith has made you whole. 16:05 So the text--we read it--the messenger comes 16:09 up to Jairus. He says, Jairus, don't worry about it. 16:13 Don't trouble Jesus. Your daughter is dead. 16:19 I can hear Jairus saying, If it weren't for 16:25 this woman, we woulda made it on time. 16:29 I know she needed a miracle; I know she 16:32 needed a healing, but if it weren't for 16:33 this interruption, we would have gotten to 16:37 the house on time. But Mark 5:36 says, 16:41 "Jesus heard the word that was spoken." 16:46 In other words, He overheard their conversation. 16:51 I like how Ellen White puts in “Desire of Ages.” 16:53 She says that Jairus caught the ear of Jesus. 16:58 Jesus says, “Be not afraid,” __ me. Only believe.” 17:01 In other words, Jesus says to Jairus, Look bro, 17:05 whose report are you gonna believe? Don't you 17:08 know who I am? [Aud. reaction] 17:10 PB: I am the Resurrection and the Life. 17:15 If I do show up late, I'm still early. 17:19 In fact, it's not a miracle if I get 17:22 there when you want Me to, it's a miracle 17:25 when I show up late. Which leads me to 17:27 lesson number three: He may not come 17:29 when you want Him, but He's always 17:33 right on time. Delay is not denial. 17:37 I've learned in my life, sometimes 17:39 God says yes; sometimes God says no; 17:43 and sometimes God says not yet. 17:46 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 17:48 Let me throw this in. It's not one 17:49 of the lessons, but it's still good anyway. 17:51 Come on, say amen. This story illustrates 17:53 why you have to surround yourself with 17:55 positive people. Think about it. 17:58 Negative people, unbelieving folk, 18:00 told Jairus, she's dead. They told Jairus, 18:03 move on. Forget about it. But friends, 18:05 you gotta surround yourself with positive people. 18:07 You don't need to be around folk who mean 18:09 you no good. You can do bad by yourself. 18:13 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 18:15 That's why I gotta be around positive- 18:16 -I like going up to people who smile 18:17 when I smile. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 18:19 That are approachable. They don't have that look. 18:21 Don't talk to me, don't say anything to me. 18:23 I ain't got time for that. Come on, say amen. 18:24 [Aud. reaction] PB: You gotta be around 18:26 positive people. You have to be around- 18:28 -listen to me good, this is practical. 18:29 Not in the message but let me tell you this- 18:31 -you gotta learn to be around winners. 18:33 [Aud. reaction] PB: There's a certain mentality 18:37 associated with being a winner. 18:39 People who are winners hang together. 18:43 Winners expect to win. Winners don't- 18:48 -y'all don't hear what I'm saying- 18:49 -winners don't expect to lose. 18:52 That's why certain teams--except the Patriots. 18:55 Ha ha ha. [Aud. reaction] 18:58 PB: Always have winning seasons. 19:01 They don't apply here. I have my reasons. 19:03 Some sports teams always have losing seasons. 19:08 I don't care who they draft, I don't care what 19:11 free agents they get, because they have a loser 19:13 mentality. They always lose. But winners 19:17 expect to win. But that's just not in the 19:21 secular world, that's also in the spiritual world. 19:24 If you are a spiritual winner--I wish I had a 19:26 witness in this place--you will gravitate to 19:29 people who are also spiritual winners. 19:31 Because there's a mentality that goes along 19:33 with winning. And once you get the mentality 19:35 of a winner, you can listen to a person talk 19:37 for a few minutes. All it takes me is five 19:40 minutes to talk to somebody, I know where 19:42 they are. That's all it takes. And you can 19:44 talk to somebody for five minutes, 19:46 and it either feeds you or it doesn't. 19:48 And sooner than later, things that don't 19:50 feed you, you don't spend time fooling with. 19:53 Because it's counterproductive to where 19:55 you're trying to go. Are you hearing what 19:57 I'm saying? You see, friends of mine- 19:59 -and I don't mean to sound arrogant, 20:01 I'm just being transparent today. 20:02 This is a regular worship not a special day. 20:04 I can just talk to my church. Let me tell you, 20:06 I'm a winner. [Aud. reaction] 20:09 PB: I'm more than a conqueror. [Aud. reaction] 20:14 PB: I'm trying to go somewhere. 20:16 I'm trying to get to God's great heaven. 20:19 I'm trying to get to God's great kingdom. 20:22 I'm a winner. I don't fight for victory; 20:25 I fight from victory. Jesus has already won. 20:29 Satan has already been defeated. 20:31 Don't wait till the battle is over--shout now!! 20:36 [Aud. reaction] PB: Losing and failing 20:38 promotes a specific mindset. You can get 20:42 around some failing folk, and have failing 20:44 circumstances and listen to all that negative 20:46 talk, and you'll find yourself unable to 20:48 get back up again, because not only are 20:50 you down but your environment is down, 20:53 and everybody that is talking to you is 20:55 talking down. And so you develop a mentality 20:57 that is built around your condition. 21:00 That's why you have to watch who you hang with. 21:02 Watch who your friends are. You are the 21:07 company you keep. Birds of a feather 21:09 flock together. Where there is fear, 21:12 there is little faith. Jairus has been 21:16 so strong in faith that he found no difficulty 21:18 in believing that Jesus could heal his daughter. 21:21 So, Jesus gets to Jairus's house, and then 21:25 Jesus says in the text, verse 37. Look at 21:27 it when you go home. Jesus says in the text, 21:29 verse 37. He says, "I need Peter, James, 21:35 and John." Y'all don't hear what I'm saying. 21:40 I need Peter, James, and John. I appreciate 21:50 everybody else. I thank everybody else, 21:54 but I need Peter, James, and John. 22:02 Because we're getting ready to confront 22:05 the enemy. [Aud. reaction] 22:07 PB: And I need around me Peter, James, 22:13 and John. Can I give you lesson number four? 22:17 The closer you get to your miracle, 22:21 your crowd is gonna get smaller. 22:23 I wish I had a witness in this place. 22:25 [Aud. reaction] PB: The, the--I look at 22:29 my ministry. I'm being transparent with 22:31 you guys today. Soso, Mississippi. 22:33 Two people in Laurel. How many people, everybody? 22:38 Count 'em. How many? Aud.: Two. 22:40 PB: Two. I was USM President of Oakwood. 22:44 Graduated in '94. Elder McCoy hired me, 22:46 sent me down to Laurel Soso, in Clement, Mississippi. 22:49 I went to my first Sabbath, my installation Sabbath. 22:52 How many members? One and two. 22:57 Preaching hard one Sabbath, 'cause I said 23:03 wherever there are two or three gathered in 23:04 God's name--[Aud. reaction] 23:07 PB: --God said He'd be in the midst. 23:09 I'm preaching to those two ladies over 65. 23:11 One of 'em puts their hands up, goes out the room. 23:14 The other puts their hands, goes out and I'm 23:15 preaching to myself! [Aud. reaction] 23:18 PB: That's why I had to get married 23:19 and have children. I had to increase the 23:20 membership. Come on, say amen. [Aud. reaction] 23:22 PB: Two. And I've looked at my ministry. 23:26 Listen to me--Pastor Byrd being transparent today. 23:30 Soso, Laurel, Columbia. Then I went to Tuscaloosa 23:33 and Utah, then to Nashville, then to Houston, 23:34 then to Atlanta, then to Oakwood Church. 23:37 And people who were my friends before, 23:39 they ain't friends now. Not because of 23:43 anything I've done, but the closer you get 23:45 to your miracle--[Aud. reaction] 23:48 PB: --the closer you get to your breakthrough, 23:51 your crowd gets smaller. Young people, 23:54 young preachers, one of y'all is going to 23:56 take my place one day. I'm telling you, 23:58 it's lonely at the top. I praise God for that woman, 24:01 Danielle Byrd, right there and my three girls. 24:03 'Cause at the end of the day, when I'm on my sickbed 24:07 of affliction, I know Richard Long will come see me. 24:10 I know my Peter, James, and John will come see me. 24:11 But I came with my family; I'm leaving with my family. 24:14 Y'all don't hear what I'm saying. [Aud. reaction] 24:16 PB: The closer you get to your miracle, 24:19 your crowd is gonna get smaller, because everybody 24:22 is not gonna understand the level of spiritual 24:23 warfare you're about to enter into. That's why 24:26 you gotta know who your Peter, James, and John are. 24:28 It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with Matthew, 24:31 Andrew, or Thomas. But you've got to know who your 24:36 Peter, James, and John are, because everybody can't 24:41 handle everything. I wish I had a witness in this place. 24:43 [Aud. reaction] PB: They get to the house, 24:47 and the people in the house are crying. 24:49 Ellen White says that there are professional 24:52 mourners. People who get paid to cry. 24:56 Jesus walks in with Peter, James, and John, 25:03 and Jesus says to Jairus, Your daughter is 25:07 not dead. She's just asleep. The Bible then 25:14 says in verse 40 that the people in the house 25:18 started laughing. They started making fun of Jesus, 25:23 like Jesus was crazy; like Jesus was making up 25:26 something. But then, the Bible says- 25:29 -that's why I love me some Jesus. 25:31 People try to make Jesus out like He's 25:32 some weak, mild-mannered man--I love me some Jesus. 25:35 They laughing at Jesus, and Jesus, the Bible says, 25:39 put them out. [Aud. reaction] 25:44 PB: The house. Now, let me be clear. 25:46 I'm being transparent. I don't want anyone to 25:50 leave Oakwood Church. I don't want anyone to leave 25:54 Oakwood Church. I don't. I don't want anyone to 25:58 transfer out of Oakwood Church. I don't. 26:01 I love everybody. When someone says, I'm gonna go 26:04 a different way, I try to talk to 'em. I don't want 26:06 any of that. But I've learned in my ministry, 26:08 sometimes you have to have blessed subtractions-- 26:12 [Laughter] PB: --for multiple additions. 26:17 Y'all don't hear what I'm saying. Jesus put 'em out. 26:22 There are many times when I go to the hospital. 26:26 One of you are sick, and the family says, 26:30 Pastor come pray for me. Pray my family member. 26:32 And before I pray, I say, it's nice seeing all 26:35 of you all. But let me tell you something. 26:39 I believe in Jehovah Rapha. I believe that 26:43 He is a healer. And if you don't believe that, 26:46 ain't no hard feelings. I'm not mad at you. 26:49 But you need to get up out of this room, 26:52 because we're about to pray down the power of God, 26:56 and I don't need any doubting, any faithless, 26:59 any laughing spirits in this room, and God told 27:04 me to tell somebody today that there are some 27:07 folk laughing at what God is about to do in your life. 27:10 Put them out! [Aud. reaction] 27:15 PB: You need somebody that can stand in agreement 27:23 with you. You need a child who God--who knows 27:27 how to fall on their knees and pray. All right, 27:29 so y'all know I love Elder Long. He's Elder Long; 27:32 he's Uncle Richard to me. All right. I put that 27:35 out there. I'm being transparent today. 27:37 I love Brother Jacobs, but he's Uncle Harold to me, 27:40 because when I grew up as a kid, that's all I knew. 27:43 Before we started this project, I thought--Listen now. 27:46 We gonna do this thing. We don't need any 27:50 doubting spirits. If we gonna do it; 27:54 let's do it. But we don't need no coward soldiers. 28:01 "Thank you very much for tuning into this 28:04 week's Breath of Life Broadcast. 28:06 We hope and pray that you have been blessed 28:08 by Dr. Byrd's inspirational message. 28:11 If you would like to hear this sermon in 28:12 its entirety, please feel free to visit us at 28:15 www.breathoflife.tv or call us at 256.929.6460. 28:26 - End - |
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