BREATH OF LIFE
MINISTRIES PRESENTS:
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B614  "A STORM IS COMING"
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[BREATH OF LIFE Theme Music]
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PB: The Word of God says in
Genesis chapter 6, verse number
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13, “And God said unto Noah, The
end of all flesh is come before
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me; for the earth is filled
with violence through them; and,
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behold, I will destroy them with
the earth. Make thee an ark of
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gopher wood; rooms shalt thou
make in the ark, and shalt pitch
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it within and without with
pitch. This is the fashion which
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thou shalt make it of: The
length of the ark shall be three
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hundred cubits, the breadth of
it fifty cubits, and the height
of it thirty cubits.
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A window shalt thou make to the
ark, and in a cubit shalt thou
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finish it above; and the door
of the ark shalt thou set in the
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side thereof; with lower,
second, and third stories shalt
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thou make it. And, behold,
I, even I, do bring a flood of
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waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is
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the breath of life, from
under heaven; and every thing
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that is in the earth shall die.”
I just want to challenge you,
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not long today, but I just want
to challenge you on the subject,
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“A Storm is Coming.” Father,
bless us now. We ask that your
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Holy Spirit would be in
this place as we preach this,
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your message, your word. May
your people hear you, not me.
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In the name of Jesus I
pray, Amen.  A storm is coming.
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For the past couple of
days I've been flying on an
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airplane every day.
I've been flying to and from
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Tampa, Florida, as
we're getting ready tonight to
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begin our summer evangelistic
series in that city.
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So I'll spend a day in
Tampa, and then after I spend
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that day in Tampa, I fly
back to Huntsville so I can
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do business here at
Oakwood. My week went somewhat
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like this: Wednesday
night I was at prayer meeting
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here at Oakwood. Thursday
morning, early in the morning,
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my wife and I, Danielle
and I, we set out to drive to
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Tampa and make it
there by 7 p.m. Eastern time,
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so that we might be there
for a meeting with the pastors
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in Tampa and the church
officers, in preparation for the
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revival. Now, because the
traffic was so bad, and we're
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driving, and we're looking at
WAZE, WAZE, the app, and we're
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seeing that we're not going
to make it in time, so we say,
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“Let's do this. Let's stop
by the airport in Atlanta.”
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Praise God for frequent-flyer
miles. Do I have a witness
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in this place? And so because
I have frequent flyer miles,
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I was able to get a flight from
Atlanta to Tampa the same day,
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so that I might get to
Tampa at my meeting on time
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Thursday night. Danielle,
wonderful wife, awesome wife,
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if she's watching, I love
you! Danielle says, “You take
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the flight. The girls and
I, we will continue to drive to
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Tampa, and we'll meet
you there.” Later that night,
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they meet me there. 
Friday morning, yesterday,
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I fly back to Huntsville
so I can be here today.
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After church, I fly back
to Tampa so I can be there
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tonight. Now, all the while,
during all of this travel,
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I'm watching the weather
forecast. My flight Thursday
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was delayed for two hours,
so I had to fly and jump on
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another flight that I
didn't originally sign up for,
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because of the rain. My flight
yesterday was also delayed
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because of the rain, and I
hope and pray my flight is not
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delayed too much today,
because while I've been here
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I've already gotten a text
notification that it's going
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to leave an hour late.
Why? Everywhere I go this week,
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I keep hearing that a
storm is coming.  The weather
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channel says there are
potentially 38 million people
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who might be affected
today from a storm in the south
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and southwestern
portions of the United States.
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Meteorologists are telling
people in the northeast to
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prepare for a rainy weekend.
Weathermen and weatherwomen
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are expecting storms
throughout the state of Florida.
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There was even a tornado
watch yesterday, issued for
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portions of north Alabama.
Bottom line: A storm is coming.
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Now, rain is not good for
travel plans. Planes are delayed
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when it rains. Roads
are slick when it rains.
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There are car accidents
when it rains. People drive
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slower in the rain. Your
hair gets wet in the rain.
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Your feet get wet in the
rain. Your car gets dirty
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in the rain. You might
even get sick from the rain.
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Most people don't like being in
the rain, but a storm is coming.
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Now, I'm not just merely
talking about a mere sprinkling
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or a shower. I'm not even
talking about a thunderstorm
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or tropical depression. This
is even bigger than a hurricane.
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This is even bigger than a
tornado, but a storm of massive
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proportions is coming.
Genesis 6:3 teaches that
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God's spirit would not
always strive with men.
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Matthew 24 teaches that as
it was in the days of Noah,
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so shall it also be in
the coming of the Son of Man.
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Church, a storm is coming.
 All right, you all still
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don't believe me. Let me
try this. When the leader
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of the free world meets
with the two biggest dictators
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in the world within the
past six months, and nobody
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really knows what they
talked about, a storm is coming.
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When accusations of
infidelity against the President
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of the United States
are mounting and his former
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attorney is no longer
protecting him, as evidenced
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by the fact that he
recorded tapings of their
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conversations, a storm
is coming. When rumors or
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Russian collusion in the
affairs of our government
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and our elections are
getting louder, you know a
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storm is coming. When
the continued fighting in
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the Middle East never
ends, a storm is coming.
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When children are
being separated from their
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parents at our
nation's borders, and then they
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are told they will
soon be reunited but they
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never are, you better
believe a storm is coming.
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So I'm not a weatherman.
I'm not a meteorologist.
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But I'm a preacher man,
and I can tell you something
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about storms. I can tell
you something about the rain.
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In fact, I want to tell
you four things about rain,
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and then I'm going to
sit down. Is that all right,
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everybody? Now, the irony
is that the four things that
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I want to tell you about
in the storm that are coming
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are not all that bad. In
fact, the four things that
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I want to tell you about
this storm, they're actually
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pretty good. What am I
talking about?  Number one,
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rain washes things
out. Rain washes things out;
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rain washes things up;
rain cleans things out.
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Let me help you
understand what I mean. If the
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atmosphere is cold,
water molecules bond with
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particles in the air,
and if the atmosphere is
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cold, you get snow. If
the atmosphere is cool,
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these same water
molecules will bond with the
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cool particles in the
air, and you get sleet.
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But if the atmosphere
is warm and water molecules
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bond with warm particles
in the air, you get rain.
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So if you have cold, you
have snow. If you have cool,
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you have sleet. If you
have warm, you have rain.
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Somebody's going get
this in a minute. Now, when
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it snows, snow shuts things
down. Visibility is limited.
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Things are cloudy. When
it snows, you get snowed in.
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If one inch of snow
falls in Huntsville, they shut
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the whole city down. You
can't go anywhere in a blizzard.
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You can't go anywhere in
a snowstorm. Are you hearing
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what I'm saying? When you
get sleet, you get icy roads.
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It's hard to drive in sleet.
It's hard to walk in sleet.
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You slip; you slide; you
fall. But, when it rains,
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rain has a way of washing
things away. Rain refreshes
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things. Rain makes things
clearer, cleaner and brighter.
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So then when it
rains, it's not always bad,
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because rain washes
things out. And when you ask
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God to come into your
life, if the atmosphere in
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your heart is cold,
your heart will bold with
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cold particles, and
your life will be shut down.
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Your life will be slowed
in. If the atmosphere is cool,
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when you ask God to
come into your life you'll
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find yourself in
sleeting situations.
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You'll be
slipping; you'll be sliding;
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you'll be falling.
But when your heart
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is warm and you ask
the Lord to come into
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your life, the
Holy Ghost will reign in
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your life, and when
the Holy Ghost reigns in
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your life, He will
clean you up and He will
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clean you out.  [Aud. reaction]
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When the Holy Ghost
reigns, God washes you.
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God cleanses you.
God changes you from the
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inside out. When God
reigns, saints are made
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out of sinners,
deacons out of drunkards,
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prayer warriors
out of prostitutes,
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choir members out
of club-goers, good
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men out of bad
men, humble men out of
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high-minded men,
conquerers out of cowards.
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When God reigns,
tyrants die on the spot.
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When God reigns,
ravens feed prophets.
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Red Seas become
dry highways. Lions lay
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down like house
dogs. Air-condition comes
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down and cools
down fiery furnaces.
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When God reigns, donkeys talk.
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The sun stands
still. Dry dust becomes
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fleas and lice in
defense of the children
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of God. When God
reigns. But not only that.
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Number two. Another
good thing about rain is
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that you hear rain
before you see rain.
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Somebody missed that.
You hear it before you
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see it. You hear
thunder and lightning before
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you see it. You've
got to hear God say it's
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going to rain before
you see rain. God told
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Noah in Genesis 6,
it's gonna rain, before
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Noah even saw rain.
Noah preached 120 years
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about something that
had never happened before.
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Noah preached 120
years for nobody to listen
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to him but his wife, his
three sons, and their wives.
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Noah preached 120 years to
get in a boat full of cows,
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horses, elephants,
kangaroos, camels and birds.
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He preached, it's
gonna rain. [Aud. reaction]
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But why would he
preach about something he had
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never seen before?
Noah preached about rain
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because the Lord
told him to. Noah preached
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because he had faith
in God. Noah preached
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because Noah knew
God's promises were true.
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What's our
application for us today?
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You've got to hear
God say, you're gonna
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be healed,
before you even see it.
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You've got to hear
God say, you've got
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a new job,
before you even see it.
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You've got to hear God
say, you gonna get married,
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even before you see that
man or you see that woman.
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You've gotta hear
God say that your son,
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your daughter, your
grandson, your granddaughter
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is coming back to
the Lord before you even
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see them coming
back to the Lord.
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You hear rain
before you see rain,
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so you better tell
somebody, I don't see it,
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but I can hear
it. I almost gave up,
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but I heard
something. I almost threw in
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the towel, but I
heard something. I almost
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walked away, but I heard
something. I almost said,
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“Forget it,” but I
heard something. I almost
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dropped out of
school, but I heard something.
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I almost closed up my
practice, but I heard something.
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I almost lost my
marriage, but I heard something.
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You've got to hear
it before you see it.
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[Aud. reaction] 
But then number three.
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When you hear something,
you got to tell somebody.
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When you hear rain is
coming, naturally, you tell
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somebody. When you hear
a thunderstorm is coming,
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you tell somebody.
When you hear a hurricane or
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tornado, that they're
coming, you tell somebody.
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I hear rain, and
I've gotta tell somebody.
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And so I came today to
drop by and tell somebody
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that God is about to
rain down His spirits,
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that God is about to
bless somebody, that God
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is about to reign in
somebody's life, that somebody,
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your best days are ahead
of you because your latter
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is going to be
greater than your former.
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I hear the abundance
of rain. I hear somebody
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coming out of their drought,
out of their depression,
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out of their
sickness, out of their debt,
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out of their illness,
out of their dry place.
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When you hear something,
you gotta tell somebody.
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But then my fourth and
final point: There's always
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what I call a first
rain, and then a second rain.
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You ever know what I'm
talking about? It rains
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real hard and it'll
stop, but then another rain
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will follow the first
rain. Does anybody know what
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I'm talking about? I
believe this is spiritual
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because we understand
from the Word of God that
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there's a former rain,
but there also would be a
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latter rain. Are you
hearing what I'm saying?
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What am I talking
about? Some of you think I'm
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lost, but I'm still
in the Word. Understand,
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Joel chapter 2. Joel
chapter 2. Joel chapter 2,
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verse number 21. Let
me read it to you. Joel,
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chapter 2, verse 21. If
you have it, turn there.
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Turn there if you
have it. Joel chapter 2,
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verse number 21,
the Word of God says,
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“Fear not, O land;
but be glad and rejoice.”
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Everybody say
rejoice.  Aud: Rejoice
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“Rejoice: for the
Lord will do great things.”
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Verse 22: “Be not
afraid, ye beasts of the field:
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for the pastures of
the wilderness do spring,
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for the tree beareth
her fruit, the fig tree
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and the vine do yield
their strength.” Verse 23:
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“Be glad then, ye
children of Zion, rejoice in the
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Lord your God: he hath given
you the former rain moderately.”
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Hallelujah, somebody. But
“he will cause to come down for
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you the rain, the former
rain, and the latter rain in
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the first month. And the
floors shall be full of wheat,
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and the vats shall overflow
with wine and oil.” Verse 25:
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“And I will restore to
you the years that the locust
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hath taken, that the
cankerworm, and the caterpillar,
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and the palmerworm, my great
army which I sent among you.
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And ye shall eat in plenty,
and be satisfied, and praise
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the name of the Lord your
God, that hath dealt wondrously
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with you: and my people
shall never be ashamed. But ye
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shall know that I am in
the midst of Israel, that I am
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the Lord your God, and
none else: and my people
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shall never be
ashamed.” Verse 28:
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“And it shall come to pass
afterward, that I will pour
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out my spirit upon all
flesh; your sons and your
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daughters shall
prophesy, your old men shall
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dream dreams, your
young men shall see visions.”
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Everybody say
visions.  Aud: Visions.
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“And also upon the
servants and upon the
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handmaids in those days
will I pour out my spirits.
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And I will shew wonders
in the heavens and in the
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earth, blood, and fire,
pillars of smoke.” Verse 31,
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good ol' Adventists:
“The sun shall be turned into
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darkness, the moon into
blood, before the great and
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the terrible day of the
Lord shall come.” Verse 32:
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“And it shall come to
pass, that whosoever shall
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call on the name of the
Lord shall be delivered,”
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hallelujah! “For in
mount Zion and in Jerusalem
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there shall be deliverance,
as the Lord hath said,
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and in the remnant
whom the Lord shall call.”
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Church of the living
God, a storm is coming.
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And in a spiritual
sense the rain is good. Why?
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Because rain washes things
up. Rain washes things out.
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You hear rain before you see
rain. When you hear something,
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you gotta tell somebody.
But then there's the former rain
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and the latter rain,
and the latter is going to
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be greater than the
former. [Aud. reaction]
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What am I talking about?
We've already experienced
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the dark day, May 19th,
1780, when across the entire
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United States the sun
didn't shine on that day.
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At that night, the
moon turned to blood.
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In Revelation chapter 6,
and in Matthew chapter 24,
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these events have already
happened under the sixth seal,
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which means we're
already living in the time of
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the seventh seal. And
it's under the seventh seal
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that Jesus Christ is
going to come. God is about
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to rain. God is about to pour
out His Spirit on all flesh.
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The primary application
of the former rain and the
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latter rain in Joel 2 is
the restoration of adequate
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rainfall, that the
former rain fell in the fall
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and promoted germination.
But the latter rain fell
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in the spring and
helped to bring the grain crops
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to maturity. When we
apply this to God's church,
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the former rain and then
the latter rain represent
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the work of the Holy
Ghost. The former rain,
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or the early rain, represents
the outpouring of God's
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Spirit on the day of
Pentecost in Acts chapter 2.
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Whereas the latter rain
represents the final outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit,
which produces the ripening
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of the harvest in the
last days. The time of the
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latter rain is the
time of the loud cry,
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that the message of
Christ's righteousness
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is to sound from one
end of the earth to the
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other end of the
earth, to prepare us for the
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coming of the Lord. 
Now, this latter rain
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is not a little
shower, but it's a downpour.
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Ellen White says in
“Great Controversy” that
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the great work of the
gospel cannot close with
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less power than that
which marked or started
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its opening. You all
don't hear what I'm saying.
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Which means she's
saying that the latter rain
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prepares the church
for the coming of Jesus,
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and it's going to be
greater than the former rain.
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On the day of
Pentecost, when the disciples
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were in one place in
Acts chapter 2, filled
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with the Holly
Ghost, Peter says, “This is
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that which was
spoken by the prophet Joel.”
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This was the former
rain. If you don't believe me,
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check on Acts
chapter 2, verse 16.
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Acts 2 teaches that
the disciples in the former
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rain were in one
place, in one accord.
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The Holy Ghost rained
on them like never before.
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The Bible says they
turned the world upside down,
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that sicknesses were
healed, relationships
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were mended, that
3,000 people were baptized
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on one day. But
this was the first rain.
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But the Bible
teaches that the second rain,
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the latter rain, is
going to be greater than
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the first rain, the
former rain, that the events
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at Pentecost are just
a partial fulfillment of
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Joel's prediction. I
said all that to say this:
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Child, you ain't
seen nothin' yet.
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[Aud. reaction]  Let
me tell you something.
00:20:48.68\00:20:51.51
People talking about
Trump and all what's going on.
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Let me tell you all
something. A storm is coming.
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God is about to do
something.  I can't see it yet,
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but I hear it. 
And because I hear it,
00:21:02.82\00:21:06.39
I gotta tell somebody.
 [Aud. reaction / organ]
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And when the people of
God come together today,
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just like the people
did in Acts chapter 2,
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the people who come
in this church sick,
00:21:17.01\00:21:19.61
they gonna leave
healed.  The people who come
00:21:19.64\00:21:22.64
in here blind are
gonna leave seeing.
00:21:22.68\00:21:26.38
The people who come here
lame are gonna leave walking.
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When God says
something, you better believe
00:21:29.12\00:21:32.22
it's gonna happen. 
And so Acts chapter 2,
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verse number 1
says, “And when the day of
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Pentecost was finally
come, they were all with
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one accord in one
place.”  And the Bible says,
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“Suddenly”everybody say
suddenly. [Aud reaction]
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Come on, say it like
you mean it.  Say suddenly.
00:21:44.47\00:21:46.57
Aud:  Suddenly.  “There
came a sound from heaven
00:21:46.60\00:21:49.00
like the sound of a
mighty rushing wind,
00:21:49.04\00:21:51.94
and it filled the house
where they were sitting.”
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The Bible says it
happened suddenly.
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Without warning. 
Suddenly.  No head's up.
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Suddenly. 
Unexpected.  Sudden. Immediate.
00:22:03.18\00:22:10.16
[Aud reaction /
Organ]  It was suddenly.
00:22:10.19\00:22:12.86
The disciples had no
idea how the Holy Ghost
00:22:12.89\00:22:14.83
was doing to come.  They
just saw the Holy Ghost come.
00:22:14.86\00:22:17.97
And so now I hear God
telling us that if you just
00:22:18.00\00:22:23.61
come to a place of
agreement, that if you just
00:22:23.64\00:22:27.64
come together and
touch and agree, that there
00:22:27.68\00:22:32.68
are going to be some
mighty things that are
00:22:32.71\00:22:35.58
gonna happen in your
life.  And they're going
00:22:35.62\00:22:38.45
to happen suddenly.
 God's about to bring
00:22:38.49\00:22:41.99
about healing,
suddenly.  God's about to
00:22:42.02\00:22:45.89
bring about
breakthrough, suddenly.
00:22:45.93\00:22:49.06
God's about to bring
deliverance, suddenly.
00:22:49.10\00:22:52.63
God's about to
bring rescue, suddenly.
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God says, I'm
tired of things taking so
00:22:55.87\00:22:57.74
long in your life.
 God says, There are
00:22:57.77\00:23:00.31
gonna be some
things I do suddenly.
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The sick are going
to be healed, suddenly.
00:23:02.44\00:23:05.28
The lame are made
to walk, suddenly.
00:23:05.31\00:23:07.62
The dumb made to talk, suddenly.
00:23:07.65\00:23:10.19
The blind made to see, suddenly.
00:23:10.22\00:23:12.79
Marriages mended, suddenly.
00:23:12.82\00:23:15.16
Chains broken, suddenly.
00:23:15.19\00:23:17.56
Addictions alleviated, suddenly.
00:23:17.59\00:23:20.36
Strongholds
pulled down, suddenly.
00:23:20.40\00:23:22.26
[Aud. reaction / organ]
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Ways made out of
no way, suddenly.
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If God be for us,
who can be against us?
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Now, let me close
with this.  We are living
00:23:31.51\00:23:34.64
in what I call a
post-Christian society.
00:23:34.68\00:23:38.25
We can't do church
the way we used to do it.
00:23:38.28\00:23:44.72
We're living in a
post-Christian society.
00:23:44.75\00:23:50.03
When we talk to people
today, they're not even
00:23:50.06\00:23:53.66
talking about
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:23:53.70\00:23:55.36
They talking about,
do I believe in Jesus?
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We are living in a
post-Christian society.
00:23:58.33\00:24:03.04
Now, the message is
the same, but the methods
00:24:03.07\00:24:06.81
must change.  Folk are
tired of playing church.
00:24:06.84\00:24:11.55
Folk are tired of
[unclear] outside show for
00:24:11.58\00:24:13.72
an unfriendly world. 
Folk are tired of form
00:24:13.75\00:24:15.92
and fashion without,
with no power and deliverance.
00:24:15.95\00:24:20.56
Folk are tired of
religion with no [unclear].
00:24:20.59\00:24:23.83
[Aud. reaction]  Folk
are tired of rules and
00:24:23.86\00:24:26.49
regulations without
relationship.  Folk are
00:24:26.53\00:24:28.33
tired of the way it
used to be instead of
00:24:28.36\00:24:29.80
the way it ought to
be.  Folk are tired of
00:24:29.83\00:24:31.67
talking about it
instead of being about it.
00:24:31.70\00:24:33.47
So today, I want a
thunderstorm. I want a tornado.
00:24:33.50\00:24:40.51
I want a
hurricane.  I want it to rain.
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I want the Holy Ghost to rain.
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Let it rain in Huntsville.
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Let it rain in Atlanta.
00:24:50.85\00:24:52.99
Let it rain in Tampa.
00:24:53.02\00:24:54.89
Let it rain in New York.
00:24:54.92\00:24:56.79
Let it rain in Los Angeles.
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.79
Let it rain in Miami.
00:24:58.83\00:25:00.63
Let it rain in Kingston.
00:25:00.66\00:25:02.46
Let it rain in Port-au-Prince.
00:25:02.50\00:25:04.50
Let it rain in Port of Spain!
00:25:04.53\00:25:06.30
Let it rain in Africa!
00:25:06.33\00:25:08.00
Let it rain in Australia!
00:25:08.04\00:25:09.70
Let it rain in Asia.
00:25:09.74\00:25:11.47
Let it rain in your hearts!
00:25:11.51\00:25:14.68
Create in me a
clean heart, and renew a
00:25:14.71\00:25:22.68
right spirit
within me.  [Aud reaction]
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Rain cleanses me.
 It washes me out.
00:25:26.29\00:25:33.16
I hear rain before I see rain.
00:25:33.19\00:25:38.10
I hear it, and after I hear it,
00:25:38.13\00:25:41.00
I've got to go
tell it.  [Aud reaction]
00:25:41.04\00:25:44.81
The latter rain will be
greater than the former rain.
00:25:44.84\00:25:51.31
I'll go to sporting
events, and I'll sit
00:25:51.35\00:25:56.58
in football
stadiums, 80,000 people sitting
00:25:56.62\00:25:59.95
up in there, and I
begin to scratch my head.
00:26:00.06\00:26:03.46
And I begin to say,
God, how are you going to
00:26:03.49\00:26:06.36
do this latter rain? 
How are all these people
00:26:06.39\00:26:09.50
who don't know about
this wonderful gospel message,
00:26:09.53\00:26:12.40
how are they going to
come into the knowledge
00:26:12.43\00:26:14.90
of your truth? 
And all I can say is,
00:26:14.94\00:26:18.21
“Lord, thou knowest.” 
Because if God said it,
00:26:18.24\00:26:22.74
that settles it. 
The storm is coming.
00:26:22.78\00:26:31.05
And I want to know,
is there anyone else
00:26:31.09\00:26:35.99
other than me
that wants it to rain.
00:26:36.02\00:26:40.40
Does anybody else want
the Holy Ghost to rain?
00:26:40.43\00:26:46.30
[Aud reaction]  I'm not
talking about Hurricane Trump.
00:26:46.33\00:26:49.34
I'm not talking
about Hurricane Putin.
00:26:49.37\00:26:52.01
I'm not talking
about Stormy Daniels.
00:26:52.04\00:26:54.01
I'm talking about
Hurricane Holy Ghost!
00:26:54.04\00:26:56.98
[Aud reaction]  Jesus
is good. Jesus is coming.
00:26:57.01\00:27:10.43
So somebody says, why
do you get on all these
00:27:10.46\00:27:15.76
planes and go back and
forth? Come on, you all.
00:27:15.80\00:27:19.67
Because the Lord's
been mighty good to me.
00:27:19.70\00:27:25.14
I tell it everywhere I
go.  My plane is supposed
00:27:25.17\00:27:33.75
to leave Atlanta at
five o'clock today so I
00:27:33.78\00:27:35.42
can get there at 7:12.  Because
that service starts at seven.
00:27:35.45\00:27:39.65
And I got a notification
that my plane is not leaving
00:27:39.69\00:27:42.82
Atlanta until 6:40. 
Which means I'm not supposed
00:27:42.86\00:27:46.39
to get there, based on
that flight, until 8:20.
00:27:46.43\00:27:50.57
But I'm trusting God. 
Now, He's got some folk
00:27:50.60\00:27:56.50
in Tampa, Florida that
need to hear this gospel
00:27:56.54\00:28:00.74
>: Thank you very
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00:28:00.78\00:28:02.68
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00:28:02.71\00:28:04.85
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00:28:04.88\00:28:06.78
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