>> WE'RE TALKING IN A VERY STRONG WAY AS WE COME DOWN TO 00:00:27.19\00:00:30.53 ANOTHERRENT OF 2016. GOD HAS BEEN GOOD, BUT WE NEED 00:00:30.53\00:00:35.06 YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT. WE WANT TO DEAL WITH AN ISSUE 00:00:35.06\00:00:38.80 THAT WE HEARD MANY, MANY TIMES. YOU'VE GOT AN ISSUE. 00:00:38.80\00:00:45.31 YOU'VE GOT A DECISION YOU NEED TO MAKE. 00:00:45.31\00:00:50.75 YOU'VE GOT A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING. 00:00:50.75\00:00:54.55 WE HEAR DANNY SAY ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE YOU TO DO. 00:00:54.55\00:00:58.25 HE'S NOT JUST SAYING THAT, BECAUSE GOD IS WILING TO TELL 00:00:58.25\00:01:01.82 YOU AND TO DIRECT YOU AND GIVE YOU INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN 00:01:01.82\00:01:06.09 MAKE INTELLIGENT, CHRISTIAN, GODLY DISCUSSION AS YOU PREPARE 00:01:06.09\00:01:10.17 FOR HIGHER CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORD WHICH IS TO COME. 00:01:10.17\00:01:13.30 WE WANT TO WRESTLE WITH IT. HOW DO YOU THEIR THE VOICE OF 00:01:13.30\00:01:17.57 GOD AND ACCESS THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR OWN LIFE. 00:01:17.57\00:01:21.51 THREE PEOPLE WHO CERTAINLY KNOW AND HAVE WRESTLED THAT, SHELLY 00:01:21.51\00:01:25.08 QUINN COMING FROM A SORT OF NON-DENOMINATION, YOU'VE HAD TO 00:01:25.08\00:01:29.82 MAKE DECISIONS. COMING TO THE CHURCH, YOU HAD TO 00:01:29.82\00:01:36.39 MAKE DECISIONS. SHOULD I GO INTO FULL TIME 00:01:36.39\00:01:40.93 MINISTRY, LEAVE CARPENTRY, YOU HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS. 00:01:40.93\00:01:44.63 EACH OF US HAVE HAD TO WRESTLE WITH THIS KIND OF THING. 00:01:44.63\00:01:49.30 I'VE GOT SOME THINGS I'M WRESTLING WITH, HOW DO I KNOW 00:01:49.30\00:01:52.81 WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO. I WANT TO TURN THE FIRE ON BY 00:01:52.81\00:01:55.88 SAYING THIS. THE BIBLE ASKS US TO DO TWO 00:01:55.88\00:01:58.51 THINGS, WATCH AND PRAY. YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH. 00:01:58.51\00:02:05.09 ISAIAH CHAPTER 30 TALKING ABOUT HEARING THAT LITTLE VOICE 00:02:05.09\00:02:08.86 TELLING YOU DON'T GO TO THE RIGHT. 00:02:08.86\00:02:10.89 THIS IS THE WAY, WALK IN IT. YOU WATCH AND PRAY, BECAUSE IF 00:02:10.89\00:02:15.76 YOU'RE WATCHING, AND NOT OPERATING, EVEN WHEN YOU SEE THE 00:02:15.76\00:02:19.70 ANSWER, YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. 00:02:19.70\00:02:22.04 IF YOU'RE OPERATING AND NOT WATCHING, THE ANSWER WILL COME 00:02:22.04\00:02:24.74 AND YOU WILL NOT SEE IT, SO YOU HAVE TO WATCH AND PRAY AND I'VE 00:02:24.74\00:02:28.01 GOT SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAID HERE ABOUT 00:02:28.01\00:02:31.95 UNDERSTANDING THE WILL OF GOD BUT I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO YOU 00:02:31.95\00:02:34.52 TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE DIGEST OF YOUR STUDY IN THIS PARTICULAR 00:02:34.52\00:02:37.79 AREA AND TOGETHER WE'LL SORT OF SYNTHESIZE SOMETHING. 00:02:37.79\00:02:41.82 SHELLY, YOU WANT TO BEGIN? >> I JUS ACTUALLY, YES. 00:02:41.82\00:02:56.57 MY THOUGHT JUST ESCAPED ME. I I HAD CERTIFIED 10 IFFERENT 00:02:56.57\00:02:59.84 WAYS IN WHICH THE LORD SPEAKS. >> I DID A SERMON ON THIS. 00:02:59.84\00:03:03.98 TEN DIFFERENT WAYS. >> HE SPEAKS TO US NUMBER ONE 00:03:03.98\00:03:07.15 THROUGH SCRIPTURE ALWAYS. THAT IS HOW HE SPEAK HE IS THE 00:03:07.15\00:03:12.62 LOUDEST, I WILL SAY AND AS WE READ THE BASEBALL, THEN WE ARE 00:03:12.62\00:03:15.56 HEARING THE VOICE OF THE LORD, IF YOU WILL, OR THE ECH OF HIS 00:03:15.56\00:03:20.06 VOICE THROUGH THE PARAGRAPH AT THE 00:03:20.06\00:03:23.67 PROPHETS AND HIS SON IN CHRIST JESUS, THROUGH CREATION AND 00:03:23.67\00:03:29.27 CREATURES, SIGNS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, VISIONS, DREAMS, 00:03:29.27\00:03:32.21 THE AUDIBLE VOICE AND THEN THE STILL SMALL VOICE OF COURSE FROM 00:03:32.21\00:03:37.65 FIRST KINGS 19:12 WHEN HE SAID THAT ELIJAH HEARD THE STILL 00:03:37.65\00:03:45.35 SMALL VOICE OF THE LORD. THROUGH PERSONALLY, WHEN THE 00:03:45.35\00:03:48.82 LORD TAUGHT ME TO HEAR HIS PRESENCE IN PRAYER, HE SAID BE 00:03:48.82\00:03:53.40 STILL AN KNOW THT I AM GOD. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO 00:03:53.40\00:03:56.60 ARE SO FEARFUL, AND I WILL DO THIS WHEN I GO OUT, KENNY, I'LL 00:03:56.60\00:04:02.00 ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE, HOW MANY WHICH YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW 00:04:02.00\00:04:05.34 THAT GOD HAS IMPRESSED UPON YOUR MIND A THOUGHT, HIS THOUGHT BY 00:04:05.34\00:04:10.68 THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND SO MANY HANDS WILL GO UP, 00:04:10.68\00:04:15.88 YET, IF YOU WERE TO SAY WELL, THE LORD TOLD ME, THEN PEOPLE 00:04:15.88\00:04:20.72 JUST GO OH OH OH. SO, AND THAT ALWAYS PUTS A RED 00:04:20.72\00:04:25.03 FLAG UP IN MY MIND, TOO, DOES IT NOT, IF SOMEBODY SAYS THAT. 00:04:25.03\00:04:30.17 THE MAIN THING, HERE IS HOW YOU KNOW THE LORD TOLD YOU, IT WILL 00:04:30.17\00:04:36.20 ALWAYS LINE UP WITH SCRIPTURE. ALWAYS, IT WILL NEVER DO 00:04:36.20\00:04:40.41 ANYTHING THAT DEEF 80S FROM SCRIPTURE. 00:04:40.41\00:04:44.15 HOW THE LORD CONVINCED ME HE WAS CALLING ME TO FULL TIME MINISTRY 00:04:44.15\00:04:49.45 WHEN WHEN HE TAUGHT ME TO BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE WAS GOD 00:04:49.45\00:04:53.32 AND I BEGAN TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THE THOUGHT AND IT WAS NEVER, HE 00:04:53.32\00:04:57.56 NEVER REVEALED EVERYTHING TO ME ONCE. 00:04:57.56\00:05:07.97 HE WILL REVEAL A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT KEEP YOU SEEKING HIM 00:05:07.97\00:05:10.94 AND THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD IN MY LIFE. 00:05:10.94\00:05:13.38 >> WELL SAID. ONE THING THAT ADDED, I ALSO 00:05:13.38\00:05:20.28 ADDED COUNSEL OF GODLY PEOPLE, TALK TO THEM BIT, SOMEONE WHO 00:05:20.28\00:05:23.92 YOU KNOW KNOWS THE LORD. JOHN, I WANT TO READ THIS QUICK 00:05:23.92\00:05:29.52 QUOTE. WHEN EVERY OTHER VOICE IS 00:05:29.52\00:05:31.89 HUSHED, GOD IS NOT GOING TO FIGHT THROUGH YOUR COMPUTER, 00:05:31.89\00:05:36.23 T.V. SET, RADIO. YOU GOT TO TURN THAT STUFF OFF 00:05:36.23\00:05:39.30 AND LISTEN. WHEN EVERY OTHER VOICE IS HUSHED 00:05:39.30\00:05:42.50 AND IN QUIETNESS, WE WAIT BEFORE HIM, THE SILENCE OF THE SOUL 00:05:42.50\00:05:46.88 MAKES MORE DISTINCT THE VOIE OF GOD. 00:05:46.88\00:05:49.41 IF YOU WANT TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE, HE'S NOT GOING TO FIGHT THROUGH 00:05:49.41\00:05:55.32 BEYONCE AND JAY-Z. HE'S NOT GOING TO FIGHT THROUGH 00:05:55.32\00:05:59.15 THAT STUFF, YOU'VE GOT TO TURN THAT STUFF OFF, THE FOOTBALL 00:05:59.15\00:06:02.69 GAMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. 00:06:02.69\00:06:06.16 HE IS NOT GOING TO SCREAM THROUGH ALL OF THAT STUFF. 00:06:06.16\00:06:08.60 IF YOU WANT TO HEAR, TURN DOWN THE NOISE AND LISTEN FOR THE 00:06:08.60\00:06:11.43 VOICE OF GOD. IF YOU LISTEN, YOU WILL HEAR, 00:06:11.43\00:06:14.10 BECAUSE HE'S READY, WILLING AND MORE THAN WILLING TO SPEAK TO 00:06:14.10\00:06:16.94 YOU. >> ONE OF THE TEXTS WE KNOW VERY 00:06:16.94\00:06:19.37 WELL IS PROVERBS THREE, VERSE FIVE AND SIX BECAUSE OUR HEARTS 00:06:19.37\00:06:25.05 HAVE SO MUCH TO DO WITH THE DECISIONS WE MAKE. 00:06:25.05\00:06:27.75 WE THINK TO OURSELVES, DO I WANT TO, DO I NOT WANT TO. 00:06:27.75\00:06:33.62 THOSE ARE HARD DECISIONS, DO I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT 00:06:33.62\00:06:37.53 OR DO I NOT. WE PUT OUR HEART INTO IT, BUT 00:06:37.53\00:06:41.30 THE BIBLE SAYS TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART. 00:06:41.30\00:06:45.00 DON'T LEAN ON ALL OUR UNDERSTANDING. 00:06:45.00\00:06:47.40 HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATHS. NOW THAT COMES TO ME, AND I 00:06:47.40\00:06:51.04 APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU PUT UP THE 10 DIFFERENT WAS THAT 00:06:51.04\00:06:54.14 GOD SPEAKS. WE SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE, BUT 00:06:54.14\00:06:56.54 THEN THERE'S ONE THAT I DON'T KNOW, I WAS LOOKING THERE, BUT 00:06:56.54\00:07:00.18 THERE'S ONE THAT I ADDED, I DON'T THINK I HEARD IT, BUT 00:07:00.18\00:07:03.75 PROVIDENCE. >> YES, YES. 00:07:03.75\00:07:05.19 >> APPROACH DENSE. SIGNS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. 00:07:05.19\00:07:08.39 PROVIDENCE. SOMETIMES THE LORD MOVES IN WAYS 00:07:08.39\00:07:10.73 THAT HE WILL BLOCK OTHER DECISIONS YOU'VE MADE, AND THE 00:07:10.73\00:07:15.26 CHRISTIAN LIFE SOMETIMES CAN BE LIKE AN OBSTACLE, A MAZE, IF I 00:07:15.26\00:07:19.30 CAN USE THAT PHRASE. WE WERE IN A MAZE IN HAWAII AND 00:07:19.30\00:07:23.07 WE'D LIKE TO JUST GO STRAIGHT-THROUGH ALL THE BUSH AND GET TO THE POINT BUT THE 00:07:23.07\00:07:28.68 LORD SAYS NO, THIS IS WHERE YOU GO LEFT AND THIS IS WHERE YOU GO 00:07:28.68\00:07:35.08 RIGHT. THERE'S A TEXT IN PROVERBS WHICH I THOUGHT WAS 00:07:35.08\00:07:40.56 VERY INTERESTING. TODAY WE DON'T AUDIBLY HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. 00:07:40.56\00:07:43.12 I'VE GOT TO ADD THIS IN REALLY RIGHT HERE. 00:07:43.12\00:07:45.96 JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, I HAD IN MY SCHEDULE TO SPEAK WITH THE 00:07:45.96\00:07:49.73 STUDENTS AT HOUR SCHOOL, AND I REMEMBER AFTER THIS EVENT 00:07:49.73\00:07:54.24 HAPPENED, I'M SITTING DOWN AT MY DESK, I'M TYPING AND I HEARD 00:07:54.24\00:07:59.61 THIS VERY SMALL VOICE OUTABLY-SAY PASTOR JOHN, IT WAS A NUMBER WHICH VOICES TOGETHER, 00:07:59.61\00:08:08.68 DON'T FORGET WORSHIP AT THE SCHOOL THURSDAY AT 8:00. 00:08:08.68\00:08:11.62 >> WELL. >> AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT GOT 00:08:11.62\00:08:15.02 MY ATTENTION. I THOUGHT I'VE NEVER HEARD GOD 00:08:15.02\00:08:17.56 SPEAK TO ME BEFORE, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM. 00:08:17.56\00:08:20.10 I LOOKED OVER AT MY PHONE AND PICKED UP MY PHONE AND SAID IS 00:08:20.10\00:08:24.17 THIS A NEW APP THAT THE PHONE JUST STARTS TALKING TO YOU. 00:08:24.17\00:08:27.70 I REALIZE A FEW MONTHS AGO, I GAVE ONE OF THE STUDENTS AN APP 00:08:27.70\00:08:32.11 CALLED ZELLO WHERE THEY CAN TALK TO YOU DIRECTLY. 00:08:32.11\00:08:36.58 I HAD WORSHIP ON. I SAID DID YOU TALK TO ME 00:08:36.58\00:08:39.95 THROUGH MY PHONE, BECAUSE MY PHONE JUST STARTED TALKING AND I 00:08:39.95\00:08:44.59 DIDN'T PRESS ANY BUTTONS. THEY SAID YES, FOUR OF US GOT 00:08:44.59\00:08:48.56 TOGETHER AND SENT YOU A MESSAGE THROUGH ZE LLO. 00:08:48.56\00:08:54.93 WE WANTED YOU TO GET THE MESSAGE RIGHT AWAY. 00:08:54.93\00:08:56.80 I THOUGHT WOW. HE SAYS MY SON, GIVE ME YOUR 00:08:56.80\00:09:03.37 HEART AND LET YOUR EYES OBSERVE MY WAYS. 00:09:03.37\00:09:07.68 SOMETIMES GOD HAS A WAY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE 00:09:07.68\00:09:12.15 SAYS THERE ARE WAYS THAT SEEMS RIGHT AND IT SAYS MY WAYS ARE 00:09:12.15\00:09:17.09 NOT YOUR WAYS, MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS. 00:09:17.09\00:09:20.02 SOMETIMES WE CAN STAND BACK AFTER WE'VE ALREADY PRAYED AND 00:09:20.02\00:09:23.69 SUBMITTED THIS TO CHRIST, WE CAN SAY LORD, I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN 00:09:23.69\00:09:28.86 A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO, AND THEN WE 00:09:28.86\00:09:33.17 STAND BACK SOMETIMES AND WE SEE HOW IT'S MOVING. 00:09:33.17\00:09:36.30 WE SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, THE LORD WANTS ME TO GET ONBOARD. 00:09:36.30\00:09:41.18 SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DELETE OUR PLANS TO ACCEPT HIS PLANS. 00:09:41.18\00:09:44.05 SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I THINK BIT, I SAID OK, YOU KNOW, I WANT 00:09:44.05\00:09:50.49 GOD TO DIRECT ME. PSALMS, DIRECT MY STEP BY YOUR 00:09:50.49\00:09:59.73 WORDS. THE WORD OF GOD SOMETIMES DIRECT 00:09:59.73\00:10:01.50 OUR STEMS BUT THE WORD OF GOD DOESN'T SAY I WANT TO YOU 00:10:01.50\00:10:06.17 SUPPORT 3ABN OR THE WORD OF GOD DOESN'T WAY YOU NEED TO GO TO 00:10:06.17\00:10:19.51 INDONESIA OR LONDON. MOMENT BY MOMENT, I SAY GOD, 00:10:19.51\00:10:22.78 WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO. SHESHELLY, OUR FAMILY HERE, 00:10:22.78\00:10:30.09 SOMETIMES GOD WILL SAY SOMETHING TO ME THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE. 00:10:30.09\00:10:33.83 THE VERY THING I TALKED ABOUT WILL COME SO CLEARLY THROUGH 00:10:33.83\00:10:37.57 SOMEBODY ELSE. LET ME GIVE YOU A PERFECT 00:10:37.57\00:10:42.50 EXAMPLE. 2003 WHEN I WAS SITTING ON THE 00:10:42.50\00:10:43.91 EDGE OF MY BED IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AFTER BEING IN THE IO 00:10:43.91\00:10:48.78 MISSOURI CONFERENCE FOR NINE MONTHS AND THE PLAN THERE I 00:10:48.78\00:10:51.41 REALIZED WASN'T GOING TO WORK. I SAID LORD, YOU KNEW THIS 00:10:51.41\00:10:54.35 WASN'T GOING TO WORK. WHY DID YOU HAVE ME COME TO ST. 00:10:54.35\00:10:59.25 LOUIS? I HAD A PERFECTLY -- MY CHURCH 00:10:59.25\00:11:01.96 WAS THRIVING IN FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA. 00:11:01.96\00:11:05.26 IT WAS PACKED EVERY SABBATH. WE HAD SO MANY THINGS GOING. 00:11:05.26\00:11:10.40 WHAT AM I DOING HERE IN ST. LOUIS. 00:11:10.40\00:11:12.27 THEN I ASKED THIS QUESTION, FATHER PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT 00:11:12.27\00:11:16.50 YOU'D LIKE ME TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE. 00:11:16.50\00:11:19.11 I JUST SAID THAT JUST AS I'M TALKING TO YOU. 00:11:19.11\00:11:21.24 I TALK TO GOD THAT WAY SOMETIMES. 00:11:21.24\00:11:23.88 TALK TO HIM IN MY CAR JUST AUDIBLABLY. 00:11:23.88\00:11:27.05 TWO DAYS LATER I GOT A CALL FROM DANNY SHELTON. 00:11:27.05\00:11:30.72 I DIDN'T KNOW DANNY LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T SEND OUT AN EMAIL. 00:11:30.72\00:11:34.42 THAT WAS GOD. HE SAID MY SON, GIVE ME YOUR 00:11:34.42\00:11:37.53 HEART AND LET YOUR EYES OBSERVE MY WAYS. 00:11:37.53\00:11:40.46 LET ME TAKE IT FROM HERE. THE LORD DID THAT. 00:11:40.46\00:11:42.80 GOT THE CALL FROM DANNY, FROM THE ILLINOIS CONFERENCE AND 00:11:42.80\00:11:47.40 TOGETHER THEY SAID WE'RE STARTING A NEW CHURCH IN 00:11:47.40\00:11:49.74 ILLINOIS, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE THE PASTOR OF IT. 00:11:49.74\00:11:52.24 I GAVE GOD MY HEART AND I OBSERVED HIS WAYS. 00:11:52.24\00:11:55.71 SO GOD DOES THAT SO MUCH IN MY LIFE, I JUST SIT BACK AND TALK 00:11:55.71\00:12:00.28 TO GOD AUDIBLY AND THE LORD RESPONDS IN JUST AMAZING WAYS. 00:12:00.28\00:12:04.82 >> AMEN. >> SOMETIMES GOD BEGINS TO CLOSE 00:12:04.82\00:12:07.56 DOWN DOORS AND OPENS OTHER DOORS AND YOU CAN SEE HIS MOVEMENT. 00:12:07.56\00:12:12.39 MY INTENTION IS TO DO THIS, BUT THAT DOOR IS JUST BLOCKED. 00:12:12.39\00:12:16.40 IT JUST MIRACULOUSLY OPENS UP. >> JUST LIKE WITH PAUL. 00:12:16.40\00:12:19.87 >> PRECISELY. >> HE SAID THAT, IF YOU WANT ME 00:12:19.87\00:12:25.57 TO PREACH. >> GOD TOOK HIM UP ON IT. 00:12:25.57\00:12:28.24 >> PROVIDENCE. PROVIDENCE. 00:12:28.24\00:12:29.64 >> LET ME JUST ADD SOMETHING HERE. 00:12:29.64\00:12:31.71 THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, HIS VOICE IS ALSO 00:12:31.71\00:12:37.12 REVEALED IN HIS PARAGRAPH DEN SHE WILL WORKINGS. 00:12:37.12\00:12:38.99 >> YES. >> AMOUNTED IT IS TO BE 00:12:38.99\00:12:41.29 RECOGNIZED IF WE DO NOT SEPARATE OUR SOULS FROM HIM BY WALKING IN 00:12:41.29\00:12:45.29 OUR OWN WAYS, DOING ACCORDING TO OTHER OWN.-LORD, THIS IS WHAT I 00:12:45.29\00:12:50.63 WANT, BUT NEVER THAT'S NOT MY WILL, THY WILL. 00:12:50.63\00:12:57.51 IF YOUR HEART IS OPEN, GOD WILL SHOW YOU. 00:12:57.51\00:13:01.14 AND FOLOW THE PRINCIPLES OF AN UNSANCTIONIFIED HEART UNTIL WE 00:13:01.14\00:13:11.82 BECOME SO CONFUSED AND THE VOICE OF SATAN IS SO DISGUIDES THAT IT 00:13:11.82\00:13:18.16 IS ACCEPTED AS THE VOICE OF GOD. ONE THING WE NEED TO ASK FOR IS 00:13:18.16\00:13:25.53 DISCERNMENT. >> HOW DO YOU PUSH BACK TO THE 00:13:25.53\00:13:44.62 DEVIL AND AP CLOSED DOOR WHERE THE LORD IS SAYING UH-UH, NOT 00:13:44.62\00:13:48.69 THAT WAY, THIS WAY. WHEN WE STEPPED UP FOR 00:13:48.69\00:13:54.03 EVANGELISM, WE GOT PUSHED BACK FROM SATAN. 00:13:54.03\00:13:55.90 IS THAT GOD SAYING NO OR IS THAT THE DEVIL FOR WANT OF A BETTER 00:13:55.90\00:14:00.64 TERM MESS, ME? HELP ME WITH THAT. 00:14:00.64\00:14:02.70 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, EVERY TIME YOU MOVE FORWARD, 00:14:02.70\00:14:12.41 THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPOSITION. YOU KNOW AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU 00:14:12.41\00:14:15.98 SAY I WANT TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES, YOU KNOW AUTOMATICALLY, 00:14:15.98\00:14:20.12 THERE'S OPPOSITION. WE REALIZE WHEN GOD IS SPEAKING 00:14:20.12\00:14:23.46 INTO OUR HEARTS AND TO OUR MINDS, YOU MENTIONED A WHILE AGO 00:14:23.46\00:14:27.30 DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, PASTOR JOHN AND SHELLY MENTIONED 00:14:27.30\00:14:30.87 THESE THINGS WE COME TO A POINT WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE, A 00:14:30.87\00:14:34.07 DECISION AND WE NEED TO BASE IT REALLY ON NATURALLY THE WORD OF 00:14:34.07\00:14:38.74 GOD BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD IS GOD'S VOICE SPEAKING TO US. 00:14:38.74\00:14:42.34 >> IT IS. >> WE JUST HAVE TO WHEN WE READ 00:14:42.34\00:14:46.15 IT KNOW THAT GOD IS SPEAKING TO US INDIVIDUALLY. 00:14:46.15\00:14:50.39 MY BROTHER ALWAYS SAID A SET UP. I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I WAS SET UP. 00:14:50.39\00:14:56.76 IT'S JUST A YOUNG PERSON. I WAS EXPLAINING HOW SET UP, 00:14:56.76\00:15:01.06 BECAUSE FIRST I SAID WHEN I WAS SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I 00:15:01.06\00:15:03.77 DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT EVEN CAME TO 00:15:03.77\00:15:08.00 THIS POINT, ONE DAY IT WAS LIKE I WAS IMPRESSED THAT SOMEDAY, 00:15:08.00\00:15:11.71 SOMETHING ABOUT PREACHING WILL BE IN YOUR LIFE, JUST A VERY 00:15:11.71\00:15:14.74 YOUNG AGE AND I SAID NOT SO, LORD. 00:15:14.74\00:15:18.48 WHATEVER ENTERED MY MIND, I SAID THAT IS ONE THING THAT I WILL 00:15:18.48\00:15:22.45 NEVER EVER DO IS TO BE A PREACHER. 00:15:22.45\00:15:24.92 AND THEN I SAID THINKING THROUGH THIS, WHY WOULD JUST A YOUNG 00:15:24.92\00:15:29.96 GUY, WHY WOULD I BE THINKING ALONG THAT LINE, WHY DID I? 00:15:29.96\00:15:34.23 >> THEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE VOICE OF GOD, SOMEBODY MENTIONED HERE 00:15:34.23\00:15:37.27 THAT GOD USES PEOPLE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:15:37.27\00:15:38.60 >> USES PEOPLE AND I'LL MENTION ONE THAT YOU KNOW VERY WELL IS 00:15:38.60\00:15:43.04 WE CALL IT THE MICHA SISTERS.-THEIR GRANDMOTHER USED TO GO TO THE CHURCH WHEN I WAS 00:15:43.04\00:15:54.08 17, 18 YEARS OLD. JUST A GODLY WOMAN. 00:15:54.08\00:15:56.22 JUST THE LOVE OF JESUS WAS ALWAYS COMING THROUGH THIS LADY. 00:15:56.22\00:15:59.39 ONCE IN A WHILE THEY'D ASK ME TO GET IN FRONT AND DO SOMETHING, 00:15:59.39\00:16:04.06 WHATEVER AND I'D GIVE IT THE BEST SHOT. 00:16:04.06\00:16:06.06 WHEN I WAS DONE, SHE WAS SO ENCOURAGING. 00:16:06.06\00:16:08.63 SHE GRABBED MY HAND ONE DAY AND GOT BOTH HANDS ON IT, SHE LOOKED 00:16:08.63\00:16:12.53 AT ME AND SAID GOD HAS SPOKEN TO MY HEART. 00:16:12.53\00:16:15.70 ONE DAY YOU WILL BE A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. 00:16:15.70\00:16:18.34 AND I SAID TO MYSELF, THANK YOU, HON, AND THEN I SAID TO MYSELF, 00:16:18.34\00:16:23.28 NO WAY. THERE'S A POSITIVE AND THERE'S A 00:16:23.28\00:16:26.98 NEGATIVE. WE'RE FIGHTING IT, YOU KNOW, BUT 00:16:26.98\00:16:29.58 THERE A DOOR OPENS, A DOOR CLOSES. 00:16:29.58\00:16:32.29 GOD WAS USING HER TO ENCOURAGE ME, ONE DAY YOU YOU WILL BE. 00:16:32.29\00:16:37.73 IT WASN'T JUST THAT TIME, IT WAS ANOTHER TIME AND ANOTHER TIME 00:16:37.73\00:16:42.16 SHE'D PAT ME ON THE BACK AND YOU WILL BE, GOD HAS SPOKEN. 00:16:42.16\00:16:46.77 SHE HEARD THE VASE AND SHE SAID. EVEN IN 3ABN AT THE BEGINNING, 00:16:46.77\00:16:51.21 WE CAN SAY BECAUSE OF BEING IN CONSTRUCTION FOR YEARS, 18 YEARS 00:16:51.21\00:16:56.24 IN YOUR OWN, AND WHEN 3ABN IS DEVELOPING, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 00:16:56.24\00:17:00.78 TO MAKE A DECISION. YOU WANT TO HEAR THE VOICE OF 00:17:00.78\00:17:02.85 GOD. YOU DON'T GIVE UP 18 YEARS OF 00:17:02.85\00:17:04.69 WHAT YOU INVESTED, YOU MAKE A GOOD LIVING WITH NOTHING BUT 00:17:04.69\00:17:08.26 LIVE ON FAITH. SO I REALIZE AND SO THE LORD 00:17:08.26\00:17:13.60 IMPRESSED HER, IS THERE WILL BE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR BROTHER 00:17:13.60\00:17:16.50 WILL DO THAT WILL REACH THE WORLD. 00:17:16.50\00:17:19.30 I SAID WHAT IS IT, I SAID LISTEN WHEN YOU HEAR IT, YOU WILL KNOW. 00:17:19.30\00:17:22.97 >> AMEN. >> WHEN YOU HEAR, YOU WILL KNOW. 00:17:22.97\00:17:25.74 SO I HAD THE FAMILY, I HAD THE WORK, I HAD ALL THESE THINGS 00:17:25.74\00:17:30.51 HERE ALL LINED OUT DOING. I THOUGHT WHAT IS IT, I ALREADY 00:17:30.51\00:17:34.25 KNOW SOMETHING BIG IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 00:17:34.25\00:17:36.32 THEN WHEN BROTHER CAME DOWN, HE SAID I KNOW WHAT IT IS RIGHT 00:17:36.32\00:17:39.79 NOW, THE LORD HAS IMPRESSED US TO BUILD A STATION THAT WILL 00:17:39.79\00:17:43.99 REACH THE WORLD. THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID TO ME WALK 00:17:43.99\00:17:48.20 YE IN IT. NEVER HESITATED. 00:17:48.20\00:17:50.20 I KNEW THE VOICE OF GOD. WE HAVE TO EXTINGUISH THE VOICE 00:17:50.20\00:17:53.64 OF GOD. DOORS WERE OPENING AND DOORS-WERE CLOSING. 00:17:53.64\00:17:59.31 LIVES WAS CHANGING, YOU SEE, AND THEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT 00:17:59.31\00:18:02.21 YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THIS RIGHT HERE, I THOUGHT HERE IS ONE-úIMPORTANT POINT QUICKLY. 00:18:02.21\00:18:07.48 I JOTTED THIS DOWN, FAILURE TO DISTINGUISH THE VOICE OF GOD, 00:18:07.48\00:18:11.69 HERE'S THE RESULTS, IF WE CANDIES TINGE WISH, BECAUSE WE 00:18:11.69\00:18:16.36 TALK ABOUT IF WE CAN DISTINGUISH AND WE'LL KNOW, WE'LL WALK RIGHT 00:18:16.36\00:18:21.26 IN IT, EVERYTHING'S NOT REVEALED SAID TO ONE OF YOU, BECAUSE WHAT 00:18:21.26\00:18:26.17 WHAT, AFFECT. THERE'S ROOM FOR FAITH IF 00:18:26.17\00:18:28.50 EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE REVEALED. 00:18:28.50\00:18:30.71 GOT DOESN'T ALWAYS DO IT. HE GIVES YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION. 00:18:30.71\00:18:32.41 >> WE MIGHT BE SCARED IF HE DID IT ALL. 00:18:32.41\00:18:35.48 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THE MESSAGE SAYS THIS, IF WE 00:18:35.48\00:18:40.72 CANDIES EXTINGUISH THE VOICE OF GOD, THE SPIRIT WILL PASS BY 00:18:40.72\00:18:43.55 THOSE WHO HAVE NOT DISTINGUISHED THE VOICE OF GOD. 00:18:43.55\00:18:49.62 CONSCIENCE IS THE VOICE OF GOD HEARD AMID CONFLICT AND HUMAN 00:18:49.62\00:18:54.20 PASSIONS. WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT DO? 00:18:54.20\00:18:56.20 WE'RE CHALLENGED, WE THINK PASTOR JOHN. 00:18:56.20\00:18:58.97 WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT. 00:18:58.97\00:19:01.70 IF WE CANDIES EXTINGUISH WE'RE THE ENEMY HE'LL RUN CLOSE BY. 00:19:01.70\00:19:05.64 THE SPIRIT'S GOING TO PASS BY. SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO DO THE 00:19:05.64\00:19:09.18 WORK THAT MAYBE YOU'RE CALLED TO DO SO WE NEED TO DISTINGUISH THE 00:19:09.18\00:19:13.08 VOICE OF GOD, EARNEST DETENTION. SCRIPTURE REWARDED WITH RESPECT 00:19:13.08\00:19:17.55 AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AS THE VOICE OF GOD SPEAKING TO US. 00:19:17.55\00:19:21.26 I REALLY BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART, GOD SPEAKS, OUR HEARTS 00:19:21.26\00:19:26.19 HAVE TO BE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 00:19:26.19\00:19:28.96 THEY NEED TO BE RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT DISCERN SPIRITUAL 00:19:28.96\00:19:32.53 THINGS ARE WHAT, BUT THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED, SO UNLESS 00:19:32.53\00:19:38.74 OUR HEART AND MIENSDZ ARE RIGHT WITH GOD, WE WILL NOT DISCERN 00:19:38.74\00:19:41.88 THE VOICE OF GOD. YOU MENTIONED THAT THE ENEMY 00:19:41.88\00:19:44.58 WILL COME IN AND HE WILL GIVE THAT LITTLE FALSE IMPRESSION AND 00:19:44.58\00:19:48.15 WE'RE OFF DOING THINGS THAT GOD NEVER CALLED US TO DO BECAUSE WE 00:19:48.15\00:19:50.99 FELT LIKE IT, WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD, WE LIKE HOW SOMEBODY 00:19:50.99\00:19:54.02 ELSE DID IT AND WE WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT AND OFF WE GO AND 00:19:54.02\00:19:59.96 THEN PRETTY SOON WE FIND OUR LIVES A MESS. 00:19:59.96\00:20:05.17 >> I CAN'T REMEMBER THE REFERENCE, BUT IF WE ARE 00:20:05.17\00:20:09.64 CONSCIOUSLY AVOIDING THE LAW OF GOD, IF WE'RE BREAKING THE LAWS 00:20:09.64\00:20:12.84 OF GOD, GOD CANNOT ACCEPT YOUR PRAYERS, HE CAN'T ACCEPT YOUR 00:20:12.84\00:20:17.81 SACRIFICE, YOUR WORSHIP, IF YOU ARE CONSCIOUSLY GOING AGAINST 00:20:17.81\00:20:21.15 THE LAW OF GOD, SO THEN YOU HAVE OPENED YOURSELF UP FOR 00:20:21.15\00:20:25.92 DECEPTION. YOU ARE ASKING TO BE DECEIVED, 00:20:25.92\00:20:27.59 BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DOING WHAT YOU KNOW. 00:20:27.59\00:20:30.03 WHEN YOU'VE MADE YOUR DECISION, HOW DOES GOD SPEAK TO YOU? 00:20:30.03\00:20:33.60 WHEN YOU USE THE TERM AND YOU HAVE TO CORRECT YOURSELF, NOT 00:20:33.60\00:20:37.13 REALLY CORRECT YOURSELF BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN 00:20:37.13\00:20:39.03 YOU SAY GOD SPOKE TO ME. YOU'RE SAYING GOD HAS IMPRESSED 00:20:39.03\00:20:43.51 ME, REVEALED TO ME. IT MAY BE AN AUDIBLE VOICE, IT 00:20:43.51\00:20:46.78 MAY NOT. HOW DOES GOD SPEAK TO YOU AND 00:20:46.78\00:20:49.84 HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE 00:20:49.84\00:20:53.25 CORPORATE WORLD OR I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD AND I'M GOING TO PUT 00:20:53.25\00:20:56.25 MYSELF IN GOD'S HANDS TO TRY TO PREACH AND SUSTAIN MYSELF, 00:20:56.25\00:21:00.06 THAT'S A MAJOR DECISION. NOW YOUR FINANCES AND YOUR 00:21:00.06\00:21:03.56 LIVELIHOOD ARE INVOLVED WITH TRUSTING GOD. 00:21:03.56\00:21:04.93 >> YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS IN JOHN 10 INVERSE 27, IT'S 00:21:04.93\00:21:11.10 ACTUALLY JESUS SAYS THE SHEEP ARE MY OWN, HEAR AND LISTENING 00:21:11.10\00:21:15.37 TO MY VOICE AND I KNOW AND THEY FOLLOW ME. 00:21:15.37\00:21:18.71 I WILL SAY THAT I HAD HEARD GOD'S VOICE WHEN I SAY THAT, THE 00:21:18.71\00:21:24.15 STILL SMALL VOICE, THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF THE LORD IS REVELATIONS 00:21:24.15\00:21:28.18 SAYS IT'S LIKE THE RUSHING OF MANY WATERS. 00:21:28.18\00:21:31.09 WE KNOW THAT WHEN THE HEBREW CHILDREN HEARD THAT NOT MOUNTAIN 00:21:31.09\00:21:36.56 WITH THE PYROTECHNICS GOING ON, THEY TREMBLED, IT WAS SUCH AN 00:21:36.56\00:21:41.36 AWESOME VOICE. I BELIEVE THE STILL SMALL VOICE 00:21:41.36\00:21:44.70 THAT ELIJAH HEARD WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSING THOUGHT UPON 00:21:44.70\00:21:48.14 HIS MIND. FIRST OF ALL, YOU MENTIONED, I 00:21:48.14\00:21:50.57 DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LORD SAYS I AM THE LORD, I 00:21:50.57\00:21:56.38 CHANGE NOT, HE SAYS JESUS IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND 00:21:56.38\00:22:00.15 FOREVER, SO I BELIEVE THAT GOD COULD SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN AN 00:22:00.15\00:22:03.49 AUDIBLE VOICE. I MET A MAN WHO HAD BEEN AN 00:22:03.49\00:22:08.46 ALCOHOLIC, WAS PASSED OUT IN LITERALLY HE WAS A FARMER PASSED 00:22:08.46\00:22:11.63 OUT IN A DITCH WITH HIS FACE DOWN IN ABOUT FOUR INCHES OF 00:22:11.63\00:22:15.00 MUD. I MEAN JUST OUT OF IT, BEAUSE 00:22:15.00\00:22:17.17 HE WAS SO DRUNK. HE SWEARS IT WAS AN AUDIBLE 00:22:17.17\00:22:21.27 VOICE THAT WOKE HIM UP, AND CALLED HIM AND HE BECAME A 00:22:21.27\00:22:26.57 STRONG CHRISTIAN AND GOD TOTALLY CHANGED HIS LIFE. 00:22:26.57\00:22:30.31 FOR ME, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD, AND I ALMOST THOUGHT 00:22:30.31\00:22:36.85 THAT THAT WAS AUDIBLE, IT WAS AT A TIME WHEN I WAS REALLY SEEKING 00:22:36.85\00:22:43.49 AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP YOU WITH THE LOWERED IN MEXICO, 00:22:43.49\00:22:49.10 WORKING AS A REALTOR AND IT WAS MY TURN TO GO BYE--BUY THE LUNCH 00:22:49.10\00:22:58.44 FOR EVERYBODY. BIG BURGER SHACK, I WAS THE ONLY 00:22:58.44\00:23:01.14 PERSON THERE. I'M PUTTING IN THE ORDER AND 00:23:01.14\00:23:03.35 PRAISING THE LORD AND OPERATING PRAYING. 00:23:03.35\00:23:12.12 ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHAT I SAW IN MY MIND WAS THIS HUGE TWO WHITE 00:23:12.12\00:23:21.70 DOORS OPENED UP AND THERE WAS A CHEF'S LIGHT. 00:23:21.70\00:23:25.33 I FELT THIS WARMTH AND THE LORD SAID ALL THROUGH YOUR CHILDHOOD 00:23:25.33\00:23:29.94 YOU HAVE WANTED A FATHER, BECAUSE YOU KNOW MY DADDY WAS 00:23:29.94\00:23:33.41 KILLED WHEN I WAS SIX. I WISHED I'D WRITTEN THIS DOWN 00:23:33.41\00:23:37.28 OPINION IT'S SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU CRIED OUT FOR A 00:23:37.28\00:23:40.38 FATHER THAT YOU COULD COME AN SIT ON HIS LAP AND HE WOULD SAY 00:23:40.38\00:23:44.59 EVERYTHING WILL BE OK. CHILD, I'VE ALSO BEEN HERE, I AM 00:23:44.59\00:23:48.36 YOUR FATHER. THAT WAS SO REAL. 00:23:48.36\00:23:51.39 IT SOUNDED OUTABLE. I WAS BOOHOOING. 00:23:51.39\00:23:54.93 I EXPECTED PEOPLE WHEN THEY FINALLY ANNOUNCED THE BURGER 00:23:54.93\00:23:59.53 ORDER, I'M LIKE DID THEY HEAR THAT, TOO, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE 00:23:59.53\00:24:04.21 THUNDER. I'M GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING, I 00:24:04.21\00:24:06.21 HOPE THIS WON'T GO OFF THE WALL, BUT I WAS IN A -- WE WERE IN A A 00:24:06.21\00:24:12.45 DENNY'S WITH ANOTHER PASTOR OF A DENOMINATION, HE WAS A BAPTIST, 00:24:12.45\00:24:16.28 I WAS AT THAT TIME NON-DENOMINATIONAL. 00:24:16.28\00:24:19.52 WE'RE SPEAKING AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIS WIFE WHEN SHE WAS 00:24:19.52\00:24:23.32 PREGNANT AND HE FINALLY GOT HER TO GO OUT TO DINNER. 00:24:23.32\00:24:27.23 THE BABY WAS SIX MONTHS OLD, SHE WOULDN'T LEAVE THE BABY UNTIL HE 00:24:27.23\00:24:32.53 WAS SIX MONTHS OLD. HE WAS SO EXCITED. 00:24:32.53\00:24:34.60 IT WAS LIKE A DATE. HE HAD HER A CORSAGE, HE HAD THE 00:24:34.60\00:24:38.17 CAR WASHED. HE GETS THERE AND THEY WENT 00:24:38.17\00:24:41.78 THROUGH THE FIRST COURSE AND IT WAS MORE LIKE FAMILY IN ONE ROOM 00:24:41.78\00:24:44.98 AND FANCIER IN THE OTHER. HE SAID IT'S SO ROMANTIC TO BE 00:24:44.98\00:24:48.98 WITH MY WIFE AND SUDDENLY SHE HEARS A BABY CRY AND YOU KNOW 00:24:48.98\00:24:53.25 WHAT HAPPENS. >> HER MILK. 00:24:53.25\00:24:55.56 >> HER MILK DROPPED. GOD CREATED WOMEN THAT WHEN THEY 00:24:55.56\00:24:59.46 ARE LACK TATING AND A BABY CRIES, THE MILK DROPS. 00:24:59.46\00:25:03.50 >> OH. >> JUST ALSO HE SAID THAT, THIS 00:25:03.50\00:25:06.67 WAS JUST THE IMPRESSION THAT WAS PUT ON MY MIND AND HE SAID MY 00:25:06.67\00:25:12.11 NAME IS OSHADI, THE MINI BREASTED ONE AS IT IS IN THE 00:25:12.11\00:25:17.85 NATURAL SO IT IS IN THE SPIRITUAL. 00:25:17.85\00:25:19.95 I HEAR MY CHILDREN'S CRY AND I LONG FOR THEM TO COME DRAW ON 00:25:19.95\00:25:23.99 ME. THAT'S WHERE GOD STARTED ME IN 00:25:23.99\00:25:27.32 LEARNING TO SEEK HIM AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I HEAR GOD'S VOICE, 00:25:27.32\00:25:32.86 IT'S JUST THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSES ME AND I PROMISE YOU, 00:25:32.86\00:25:36.33 WHEN I'M SO BUSY THAT I DON'T KNOW STILL BEFORE THE LORD, I 00:25:36.33\00:25:40.70 NEVER -- I NEVER EXPERIENCE IT IN 10 MINUTE, 15 MINUTE PRAYER. 00:25:40.70\00:25:44.17 IT'S WHEN I'VE REALLY POURED MY HEART OUT BEFORE THE LORD, WHEN 00:25:44.17\00:25:49.34 I'M REALLY STILL MY MIND AND THEN THE IMPRESSION WILL COME 00:25:49.34\00:25:54.58 AND I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT GODLY COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. 00:25:54.58\00:26:00.36 YOU TOOK GODLY COUNCIL, YOU KNEW IT WAS A WOMAN OPERATING WHO WAS 00:26:00.36\00:26:03.86 VERY CONSISTENT. THINK ABOUT WHAT NATHAN SAID TO 00:26:03.86\00:26:06.86 DAVID WHEN DAVID SAID I'M GOING TO BUILD THE SANCTUARY AND 00:26:06.86\00:26:09.96 NATHAN AT FIRST SAID YEAH, DO IT. 00:26:09.96\00:26:13.10 YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT GODLY COUNCIL IS REALLY 00:26:13.10\00:26:15.90 OPERATING ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT LINES UP IN 00:26:15.90\00:26:18.87 PRINCIPLE WITH THE LORD OF GOD, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT GOD INTENDS 00:26:18.87\00:26:22.38 FOR YOUR LIFE. SO AS I BEGAN LISTENING FOR THE 00:26:22.38\00:26:29.72 LORD, IT JUST BECAME CLEAR HE WAS CALLING ME TO FULL TIME 00:26:29.72\00:26:34.32 MINISTRY. I ASKED FOR A SIGN, YOU KNOW, 00:26:34.32\00:26:37.13 LIKE GIDEON DID, AND HE SAID THIS TIME, I WILL GIVE YOU A 00:26:37.13\00:26:43.43 SIGN. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE DON'T BE 00:26:43.43\00:26:49.74 PULLED IN ON A SIGN. YOU CAN BE FOOLED WITH A SIGN. 00:26:49.74\00:26:54.58 THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO HAVE A SIGN TO DO EVERYTHING. 00:26:54.58\00:26:57.41 >> TRUE. >> HE ALSO TOLD ME WHEN -- THAT 00:26:57.41\00:27:01.02 I -- IT HAD TO BE J.D. HAD TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT, SO WHEN HE 00:27:01.02\00:27:05.85 CALLED ME TO FULL TIME MINISTRY, HERE WE ARE, WE WERE GETTING 00:27:05.85\00:27:09.86 READY TO KNOCK ONE OUT OF THE PARK. 00:27:09.86\00:27:12.23 WE HAD IT ALL LINED UP. WE COULD EASILY BEEN MAKING 00:27:12.23\00:27:16.73 $100,000 A MONTH WITH THE SYMPOSIUMS WE WERE GETTING READY 00:27:16.73\00:27:19.37 TO DO, AND I MEAN, AND ENGAGEMENTS WERE SET UP. 00:27:19.37\00:27:23.67 SO WHEN I -- J.D. WAS TRAVELING, WHEN I WENT TO VISIT WHERE HE 00:27:23.67\00:27:28.78 WAS WORKING AND HE SAYS TO ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, YOU WERE 00:27:28.78\00:27:31.81 SO EXCITED, NOW WHAT'S GOING ON? THE BOTTOM LIKE THAT WAS, I TOLD 00:27:31.81\00:27:35.55 HIM I FEEL LIKE GOD'S CALLING.-HE SAID IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD, WHAT 00:27:35.55\00:27:40.92 WOULD YOU DO? I SAID I WOULDN'T BE TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO 00:27:40.92\00:27:44.19 INCREASE THEIR PROFIT AND THEIR BUSINESS. I WOULD TEACHING THEM 00:27:44.19\00:27:47.20 HOW TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. SO HE SAYS TO ME AND I 00:27:47.20\00:27:51.07 KNOW I'M TAKING TO LONG, LET ME SAY IT QUICKLY. 00:27:51.07\00:27:54.04 I SAID HONEY, I KNOW HE'S CALLING ME TO FULL TIME 00:27:54.04\00:27:57.81 MINISTRY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOW OR 00:27:57.81\00:27:59.41 LATER OR MAYBE WE CAN START PART TIME. 00:27:59.41\00:28:02.18 YOU KNOW WHAT J.D. SAYS? HE SAYS YOU DO KNOW. 00:28:02.18\00:28:05.05 BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, HE KNOWS THAT I'M REALLY LISTENING FOR 00:28:05.05\00:28:08.22 THE LORD AND I JUST TOLD HIM, I FEEL LIKE IT IS NOW. 00:28:08.22\00:28:12.32 HE SAID WHO AM I TO ARGUE WITH GOD. 00:28:12.32\00:28:15.72 THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER WE MADE THIS DECISION TO TOTALLY GIVE 00:28:15.72\00:28:19.06 EVERYTHING UP, THE SIGN GOD GAVE ME WASN'T 3ABN, BUT A DIFFERENT 00:28:19.06\00:28:24.43 NETWORK CALLED ME. THEY TRACKED ME DOWN THROUGH A 00:28:24.43\00:28:28.17 NUMBER OF PEOPLE, CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO BE ON THEIR NETWORK, 00:28:28.17\00:28:33.04 SO I THINK THAT CAN I TELL ONE MORE STORY IF I TELL IT QUICK? 00:28:33.04\00:28:39.21 >> WELL SURE. >> I AM NOW WITH THE OTHER 00:28:39.21\00:28:42.25 NETWORK AND I'M DRIVING HOME FROM -- THEY WERE IN MID LAND, 00:28:42.25\00:28:49.36 TEXAS. I'M DRIVING HOME BACK TO THE 00:28:49.36\00:28:51.16 FARM AND I'M REALLY BEEN LEARNING TO SEEK GOD AND BE 00:28:51.16\00:28:55.26 STILL BEFORE HIM, BUT I'M JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD PRAYING AND 00:28:55.26\00:28:59.53 PRAISING THE LORD. AS I GET OFF THE INTERSTATE AND 00:28:59.53\00:29:02.47 GETTING READY TO TURN ON TO THE STATE HIGHWAY, I HAD -- THERE 00:29:02.47\00:29:07.44 WAS A GAS STATION ON THE CORNER AND THERE IS A MAN STANDING 00:29:07.44\00:29:11.58 BEHIND THE PICKUP FILLING UP THE GAS, AS I GO AROUND ON TO THE 00:29:11.58\00:29:14.98 STATE HIGHWAY, I HEAR IN MY MIND, NOT AND YOU AUDIBLY BUT 00:29:14.98\00:29:21.22 I'M IMPRESSED, GO PRAY FOR THIS MAN. I'M GOING DOWN THE ROAD 00:29:21.22\00:29:25.23 SAYING LORD, IS THIS ME OR IS THIS YOU? IS THIS ME ORIS THIS 00:29:25.23\00:29:29.00 YOU? >> UNDERSTAND IT KEEPS COMING STRONGER AND STRONGER. 00:29:29.00\00:29:31.87 I GO LORD, IS THIS ME OR IS THIS YOU, I DON'T KNOW THIS MAN. 00:29:31.87\00:29:35.37 I AM FOUR MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THEN IT REALLY GOT CHEER IT 00:29:35.37\00:29:40.08 WAS LIKE WHEN WILL YOU LEARN TO OBEY WHEN I SPEAK? 00:29:40.08\00:29:43.35 AND BOY I TURNED THAT CAR AROUND. 00:29:43.35\00:29:45.75 I HOT FOOTED IT BACK THERE THINKING AND THE TRUCK WASN'T 00:29:45.75\00:29:48.72 THERE AT THE THING AND I'M THINKING HE'S GONE, OH, LORD, 00:29:48.72\00:29:52.19 YOU KNOW, BUT THEN I SAW IT WAS PARKED. 00:29:52.19\00:29:55.06 HE'D MOVED IT. I WALKED UP, THIS MAN IS 00:29:55.06\00:29:58.13 TALKING, HE WAS A HISPANIC MAN TALKING TO TWO OTHER HISPANIC 00:29:58.13\00:30:02.93 PEOPLE IN SPANISH. HE'S NOW I SEE THAT HE'S ON 00:30:02.93\00:30:05.77 CRUTCHES AND I'M THINKING HE DOESN'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH, 00:30:05.77\00:30:09.54 BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL THINKING IS IT ME OR IS IT YOU, RIGHT? 00:30:09.54\00:30:13.31 AS HE'S TALK, HE TURNS AND LOOKS AT ME AND GOES OH, SHELLY QUINN. 00:30:13.31\00:30:19.35 YOU COULD HAVE BLOWN ME OVER. HE WAS WATCHING THE SERIES I WAS 00:30:19.35\00:30:23.75 DOING ON THE OTHER NETWORK. SO, I TOLD HIM, I SAID THIS IS 00:30:23.75\00:30:29.49 GOING TO SOUND STRANGE, BUT I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND 00:30:29.49\00:30:32.59 THE LORD TOLD ME TO COME PRAY FOR YOU. 00:30:32.59\00:30:34.73 HE WAS GETTING READY TO HAVE SURGERY AND HAVE HIS LEG 00:30:34.73\00:30:39.20 AMPUTATED THE NEXT DAY. HE ALRADY HAD SURGERY AT 00:30:39.20\00:30:41.94 VETERANS AND THEY HAD OPERATED ON THE WRONG LEG, SO AT THIS 00:30:41.94\00:30:45.67 POINT, I AM PRAYING EARNESTLY FOR HIM. 00:30:45.67\00:30:48.38 OF COURSE WE PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE, BUT WHAT GOD IMPRESSED 00:30:48.38\00:30:51.65 UPON ME WAS TO PRAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE 00:30:51.65\00:30:54.92 HIS LEG TAKEN AND TO PRAY THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO PAIN. 00:30:54.92\00:31:00.12 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PRAYING. TWO OR THREE WEEKS LATER, I GET 00:31:00.12\00:31:03.79 THIS PHONE CALL FROM THE WARD OF THE VETERAN'S HOSPITAL FROM THIS 00:31:03.79\00:31:09.16 VERY EXCITED MAN, WHO IS TELLING ME I HAD HAD ZERO PAIN AND I'VE 00:31:09.16\00:31:15.27 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP AND DOWN THE WARDS TELLING EVERYONE 00:31:15.27\00:31:19.87 WHAT GOD DID FOR ME IN SENDING YOU. 00:31:19.87\00:31:25.28 SO TO WRAP IT ALL UP AND I'LL SHUT UP IS THAT WE DON'T -- WE 00:31:25.28\00:31:30.15 NEED TO PRAY LORD, CAUSE ME TO HEAR YOUR LOVING KINDNESS IN THE 00:31:30.15\00:31:34.56 MORNING, LEAD ME BY YOUR SPIRIT, BUT IT WILL BE A COMBINATION, I 00:31:34.56\00:31:38.26 THINK OF HIS LEARNING TO LISTEN, BUT MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, 00:31:38.26\00:31:41.93 TALKING WITH GODLY PEOPLE TO GET THEIR COUNCIL. 00:31:41.93\00:31:47.87 IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A MAJOR DECISION, SOMETIMES A FLEECE IS 00:31:47.87\00:31:51.74 NOT A BAD IDEA LIKE GOD I DON'T KNOW BUT I STILL THINK WE 00:31:51.74\00:31:55.64 SHOULDN'T RELY ON IT. I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF 00:31:55.64\00:31:58.08 THINGS, PERSONALLY. >> I WANT JOHN TO EXPOUND ON IT 00:31:58.08\00:32:02.28 A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOUR CALL HERE WAS 00:32:02.28\00:32:05.65 CIRCUMSTANCES, GOD PARAGRAPH DEN SHELLY, YOU SAY LORD WHAT DO I 00:32:05.65\00:32:09.42 DO, BEING, THE PONE RINGS. THAT'S GOD, BUT AND SHELLY 00:32:09.42\00:32:13.83 TOUCHED ONLY. I THINK IT'S THE CONSTELLATION 00:32:13.83\00:32:21.20 OF THINGS. YOU LINE UP WITH SCRIPTURE. 00:32:21.20\00:32:26.14 IS A FLEECE AN UNGODLY THING TO ASK FOR. 00:32:26.14\00:32:31.48 >> NO, I DID PUT OUT A FLEECE WHEN I WAS IN FAIRFIELD. 00:32:31.48\00:32:34.45 I SAID NO THREE TIMES ALREADY TO THE IOWA MISSOURI CONFERENCE. 00:32:34.45\00:32:37.95 THEY CALLED ME THREE TIMES, I SAID NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT FEELING 00:32:37.95\00:32:42.46 IT. YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD I LEAVE, 00:32:42.46\00:32:44.03 WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE SOMETHING 00:32:44.03\00:32:46.39 THAT'S FINALLY FUNCTIONING THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO FUNCTION. 00:32:46.39\00:32:49.13 THE CHURCH IS JAMPACKED, IF YOU DON'T COME BEFORE IS SABBATH, 00:32:49.13\00:32:56.00 YOU CAN'T GET A SEAT. WE WERE THINKING ABOUT TURNING 00:32:56.00\00:32:59.04 THE CHURCH INTO A MEDIA CHURCH. THEY CALLED ME THE FOURTH TIME 00:32:59.04\00:33:03.85 AND SAID DON'T SAY NO UNTIL YOU COME SIT DOWN AND TALK TO US. 00:33:03.85\00:33:07.58 CAME AND HAD LUNCH IN A LITTLE RESTAURANT IN ST. LOUIS. 00:33:07.58\00:33:16.39 I PUT IT ISSUE GOD'S HANDS. WHEN I WENT BACK, I SAID LORD, I 00:33:16.39\00:33:28.17 DON'T WANT TO GO, WHAT SHOULD I DO. 00:33:28.17\00:33:30.41 I SHARED THIS BEFORE ON 3ABN. BUT THE LORD, ON THURSDAY, 00:33:30.41\00:33:37.65 BECAUSE I HAD TO MAKE MY DECISION AND THE ELDER SAID TO 00:33:37.65\00:33:48.16 ME, PASTOR ANY NEWS, I SAID READ AND I GAVE HIM THE DATE. 00:33:48.16\00:33:52.99 IT BEGAN WITH THIS PHRASE. WOE BE UNTO YOU IF YOU PUT YOUR 00:33:52.99\00:33:57.27 FOOT IN ANY OTHER DIRECTION ONCE THE CALL OF GOD HAS GIFT YOU. 00:33:57.27\00:34:04.94 >> THAT IS PRETTY STRONG. THAT WILL LIGHT A FIRE. 00:34:04.94\00:34:08.11 >> AND THEN IT WENT ON BEWARE OF COMPETING VOICES. 00:34:08.11\00:34:12.41 >> AMEN. AMEN. 00:34:12.41\00:34:14.42 AND THEN IT WENT FURTHER DOWN, THREE TIMES I'LL GET THAT 00:34:14.42\00:34:18.29 DEVOTION, I'LL SHARE THOSE QUICK QUOTES. 00:34:18.29\00:34:20.59 I THOUGHT WHOA, GOD HAS JUST HIT ME WITH A LEFT, A RIGHT, AND 00:34:20.59\00:34:28.33 UPPERCUT. HE SAID YOU BETTER LISTEN. 00:34:28.33\00:34:32.97 IVE ONE MORE QUOTE. THAT WAS PRECIPITATED, THAT CAME 00:34:32.97\00:34:36.00 ON THE HEELS, THAT IS, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME TO FAIRFIELD, 00:34:36.00\00:34:41.08 EITHER. IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST 00:34:41.08\00:34:46.35 PROSPEROUS WE HAD. I SAID LORD, IF YOU WANT US TO 00:34:46.35\00:34:50.69 STAY IN PASTORING, PREVENT AMAZING FACTS FROM COMING TO 00:34:50.69\00:34:59.09 CALIFORNIA. I JUST TALKED WITH DOUG EARLIER 00:34:59.09\00:35:01.60 AROUND SAID WE'LL BE THER IN TWO MONTHS OPINION I TOLD ANGIE, 00:35:01.60\00:35:05.73 BECAUSE SHE KNEW WE HAD A CHALLENGE AT THE PRIDE CHURCH. 00:35:05.73\00:35:08.04 I SAID HONEY, I'M DONE WITH THIS PASTORING STUFF. 00:35:08.04\00:35:12.47 I'M GOING INTO EVANGELISM FULL TIME. 00:35:12.47\00:35:15.64 THE CHURCH WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO, THERE WAS A SMALL CAFE IN 00:35:15.64\00:35:19.48 THE MIDDLE OF IT. I WAS HAVING A SUNDAY ON A 00:35:19.48\00:35:22.28 SUNDAY NIGHT, I WAS POUTING LIKE JONAH. 00:35:22.28\00:35:25.59 I'M UPSET. I AM NOT GOING, EVEN THOUGH 00:35:25.59\00:35:28.29 EVERYBODY SAID YOU SHULD GO AND SO ANGIE SAYS TO ME, SO, NOW 00:35:28.29\00:35:32.99 YOU'RE TELLING GOD WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WHAT YOU WANT TO 00:35:32.99\00:35:37.83 DO AND DON'T WAND TO IT. SHE THREW A CURVE AT ME BECAUSE 00:35:37.83\00:35:41.97 SHE IS NOT BOISTEROUS. SHE SAID NOW YOU AR TELLING GOD 00:35:41.97\00:35:45.74 WHAT YOU WAND AND DON'T WAND TO IT. 00:35:45.74\00:35:51.55 THEY CALLED ME AND SAID JOHN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT 00:35:51.55\00:35:54.55 IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT TWO YEARS BEFORE AMAZING FACT CAN COME TO 00:35:54.55\00:35:58.92 CALIFORNIA FROM MAYLAND. I CLOSED MY EYES AND SAID OK, 00:35:58.92\00:36:02.19 LORD. I'M GOING, OK, I'M GOING. 00:36:02.19\00:36:04.29 THEN I ENDED UP IN FAIRFIELD. THE SAME THING WITH MISSOURI, 00:36:04.29\00:36:10.70 FINALLY SAID YES AND I GOT THERE. 00:36:10.70\00:36:12.43 I'M THINKING THEY HAD THIS LITTLE RUN DON PARSON ONLY AND 00:36:12.43\00:36:16.27 THEY SWEETENED THE POT AND BOUGHT US A NICE HOUSE BUT I 00:36:16.27\00:36:19.91 WASN'T GOING FOR THE HOUSE, I WAS GOING FOR THE MINISTRY. 00:36:19.91\00:36:23.01 AFTER NINE MONTHS AND IT DIDN'T PAN OUT THE WAY I PLANNED AND 00:36:23.01\00:36:27.72 WHAT THEY ENVISIONED, I SAID WHY AM I HERE. 00:36:27.72\00:36:30.32 GOD CALLED TWO DAYS LATER HEAR THE TEXT THAT I PUT TO YOU THAT. 00:36:30.32\00:36:36.26 THIS IS THE KEY NOTE IN MY LIFE. EVERYWHERE THAT ANGIE AND I HAVE 00:36:36.26\00:36:40.90 GONE, WE NEVER ASKED TO GO. WE'VE ALWAYS PUT IT BEFORE THE 00:36:40.90\00:36:45.80 LORD. I CALLED THE MINISTRY, WE KNELT 00:36:45.80\00:36:48.20 DOWN AND PRAYED SEVEN DAYS IN A ROW, FATHER, OPEN THE DOOR FOR 00:36:48.20\00:36:51.91 US IN MINISTRY. WE LIVED IN FLORIDA WITH NO 00:36:51.91\00:36:54.98 DEGREE AND I GET A CALL FROM THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE. 00:36:54.98\00:37:04.05 I GET A KAL FROM CALIFORNIA TO BE INVOLVED IN EVANGELISM. 00:37:04.05\00:37:08.72 REALLY? HONESTLY. 00:37:08.72\00:37:10.26 THEY SAY PRAY ABOUT IT. I PRAYED ABOUT IT WHILE WE WERE 00:37:10.26\00:37:14.30 PACKING. THAT'S HOW OUR LIFE HAS BEEN. 00:37:14.30\00:37:16.80 THIS IS THE TEXT THAT REALLY BROUGHT IT TOGETHER. 00:37:16.80\00:37:20.37 SAME 32 VERSE EIGHT, I WILL INSTRUCT YOU AND TEACH YOU IN 00:37:20.37\00:37:24.61 THE WAY YOU SHOULD EGG AND THIS PART I LOVE. 00:37:24.61\00:37:28.71 I WILL GUIDE YOU WITH MY EYE. ISN'T THAT POWERFUL? 00:37:28.71\00:37:33.28 >> IT'S BEAUTIFUL. >> JEREMIAH 29:11, I HAVE OTHER 00:37:33.28\00:37:41.29 PLANS. I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU. 00:37:41.29\00:37:42.99 YOU DON'T KNOW THEM, BUT I KNOW THEM. 00:37:42.99\00:37:45.46 THE LORD SAYS I'M GOING TO GUIDE WITH YOU MY EYES SO I PUT 00:37:45.46\00:37:49.90 BLINDFOLDS ON AND I BEGAN THE WALK OF FAITH. 00:37:49.90\00:37:53.03 WE WALKED BY FAITH AND HERE I AM TODAY. 00:37:53.03\00:37:55.44 HE DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT, BECAUSE EVERY PLACE WE WENT, EVERY PLACE 00:37:55.44\00:37:58.47 WE WENT, IT'S LORD, YOU MUST SEE SOMETHING I DON'T SEE, BECAUSE 00:37:58.47\00:38:02.08 I'M NOT FEELING IT. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:38:02.08\00:38:03.65 >> I END UP THERE AND IT'S LIKE OH, THANK YOU LORD. 00:38:03.65\00:38:08.22 IF WE HAD BEEN RECALCITRANT. IF WE HAD BEEN HARD HEART AND 00:38:08.22\00:38:15.76 NOT WANT TO FOLLOW THE LORD, WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING IN THIS 00:38:15.76\00:38:19.56 CHAIR THIS VERY DAY. WANT LORD WILL GUIDE YOU 00:38:19.56\00:38:27.70 CONTINUALLY AND SATISFACTORY YOUR SOUL IN DROUGHT AND 00:38:27.70\00:38:31.04 STRENGTHEN YOUR BONES. YOU SHALL BE LIKE A WATERED 00:38:31.04\00:38:34.74 GARDEN, LIKE A SPRING OF WATER, WHO'S WATERS DO NOT FAIL. 00:38:34.74\00:38:37.58 THE LORD SAYS I'M GOING TO NOT GUIDE YOU ONLY WITH MY EYES, BUT-I'M GOING TO GUIDE YOU 00:38:37.58\00:38:44.65 CONTINUALLY. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. 00:38:44.65\00:38:45.75 YOU MAY BE IN A POSITION SAYING LORD, WHAT DO I DO? 00:38:45.75\00:38:48.96 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. PUT IT BEFORE THE LORD AND MY 00:38:48.96\00:38:53.33 LIFE HAS LITERALLY BEEN ADD TO PRAYER AND PROVIDENCE. 00:38:53.33\00:38:58.80 >> PAT TORE, PICK IT UP. >> PSALMS 20 KNIFE:NINE SAYS 00:38:58.80\00:39:05.61 LEAD IN JUDGMENT AND HE'S GOING TO TEACH HIS WAY. 00:39:05.61\00:39:08.08 I NOTICED WHAT YOU WERE TELLING HOW GOD WAS WORKING IN YOUR 00:39:08.08\00:39:11.11 LIFE, YOU HAD SPIRITUAL GOOSE BUMPS ON YOUR NECK. 00:39:11.11\00:39:18.55 I SAW THEM. >> I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT MY 00:39:18.55\00:39:21.42 ELDER, I WAS SO CONVICTED. I JUST TO HIM JUST READ IT. 00:39:21.42\00:39:30.13 >> WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF GOD WHICH HAS BEEN 00:39:30.13\00:39:33.64 BROUGHT OUT HERE. I REMEMBER, THIS PERSON HERE, 00:39:33.64\00:39:36.00 I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU'RE OPERATING FOR SOULS, IF YOU'RE 00:39:36.00\00:39:39.37 OPERATING THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW THE VOICE OF GOD AND TO DO HIS 00:39:39.37\00:39:42.51 WILL AND YOU'RE OPERATING LORD, TODAY, LEAD ME TO SOMEBODY, I'LL 00:39:42.51\00:39:47.28 TELL YOU THE SOMEBODY ONE TIME MANY YEARS AGO, I WAS IN 00:39:47.28\00:39:51.25 CONSTRUCTION. I WENT INTO THE LUMBER YARD THAT 00:39:51.25\00:39:53.56 MORNING AND I'D BEEN OPERATING, GOD DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN 00:39:53.56\00:39:57.59 UNTIL I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL SOMEBODY ABOUT YOU. 00:39:57.59\00:39:59.86 I DID THAT FOR YEARS AND EVERY DAY, I DON'T CARE WHERE I WAS 00:39:59.86\00:40:03.40 AT, THEY SAY THE NORTH 40 BUILDING A HOUSE, GOD SENT 00:40:03.40\00:40:07.97 SOMEBODY. THAT DAY NEVER PASSED UNTIL 00:40:07.97\00:40:10.27 SOMEBODY CAME THAT WOULD LISTEN AND WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 00:40:10.27\00:40:13.48 THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO LOST DIRECTION. 00:40:13.48\00:40:18.51 THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND ENDED UP 00:40:18.51\00:40:20.28 WHERE I WAS AT. I WENT TO THE LUMBER YARD AND 00:40:20.28\00:40:23.25 GOT SOMETHING. I STARTED TO WALK OUT. 00:40:23.25\00:40:25.42 BEFORE I DID, I GLANCED BACK AND I SAW THIS BIG BURLY GUY 00:40:25.42\00:40:31.39 STANDING THERE AT THE DESK. AT THAT TIME, HE DRANK A LOT OF 00:40:31.39\00:40:34.60 WATER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE HIS STOMACH WAS PRETTY 00:40:34.60\00:40:38.30 POOCHED OUT AND HAD A BIG BEARD. SOME OF YOU WILL GET THAT THE 00:40:38.30\00:40:41.87 NEXT DAY AND BIG BEARD AND SO ON. 00:40:41.87\00:40:43.74 I LOOKED AT HIM AND WENT BACK TO THE DOOR AND SO YOU AT THE DOOR, 00:40:43.74\00:40:48.54 THE LORD SAID, KENNY, YOU GO BACK IN THERE AND INTRODUCE 00:40:48.54\00:40:52.15 YOURSELF TO THIS MAN. I SAID LORD, I'M DEFINITELY NOT 00:40:52.15\00:40:54.98 GOING TO DO THAT. I STARTED TO GRAB THE HANDLE OF 00:40:54.98\00:40:57.15 THE DOOR AND HE SAID KENNY, GO BACK AN INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO 00:40:57.15\00:41:01.89 THIS MAN. I SAID OK, I'LL DO THAT, BUT YOU 00:41:01.89\00:41:04.73 KNOW THIS GUY BACK HERE, HE LOOKS LIKE HE'D KILLAL GRIZZLY 00:41:04.73\00:41:09.53 WITH A LITTLE PIECE OF STRAW AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED 00:41:09.53\00:41:12.93 TODAY. YOU'LL KNOW THE MAN TO MAKE IT 00:41:12.93\00:41:14.67 MORE PERSONAL, LARRY WELCH BEFORE HE CAME A CHRISTIAN AND 00:41:14.67\00:41:18.74 PASTOR HERE FOR MANY YEARS. I WALKED BACK TO LARRY. 00:41:18.74\00:41:22.34 SEEN HE HAD WHITE PANTS ON, I FINISHED HE WAS A PAINTER OR 00:41:22.34\00:41:25.98 SHEET ROCKFISHER, WHATEVER. I STUCK OCCUPANT MY HAD AND SAID 00:41:25.98\00:41:30.12 HIGH, I'M KENNY SHELTON. HE LOOKED AT ME AND DIDN'T WANT 00:41:30.12\00:41:33.46 TO SHAKE HANDS. HE WASN'T GOING TO BE BOTHERED. 00:41:33.46\00:41:36.99 FINALLY I SAID WHAT'S YOUR NAME. HE SAID MY NAME'S WELCH. 00:41:36.99\00:41:41.13 I SAID THE SILLIEST THING, OH, YOU MEAN LIKE GRAPE JUICE. 00:41:41.13\00:41:50.24 HE SAID YEAH, RIGHT. BOTTOM LINE IS WENT BACK, 00:41:50.24\00:41:53.98 INTRODUCED MYSELF TO HIM. HE SAID WHAT ARE YOU BOTHERING 00:41:53.98\00:41:56.24 ME FOR, WHAT DO YOU WANT? ANY WAY, LONG STORY SHORT, WE 00:41:56.24\00:43:08.45 READS ENDED UP GIVING BIBE STUDIES AND HIS WIFE AND J.R., 00:43:08.45\00:43:15.39 AND OF COURSE HE BECAME PASTOR AND WORKED HERE MANY YEARS. 00:43:15.39\00:43:18.36 WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF GOD. 00:43:18.36\00:43:19.96 >> WE DO. I WENT BACK AND INTRODUCED 00:43:19.96\00:43:34.04 MYSELF TO HIM. I SAID LISTEN, WHEN GOD SAID IF 00:43:34.04\00:43:38.98 THE PLAN OF WINNING SOULS, LISTEN TO THAT VOICE AND 00:43:38.98\00:43:43.25 RESPOND. IF HE SAYS TO YOU WORKING ON A 00:43:43.25\00:43:44.89 ROOF YOU GO TO YOUR AUNT'S HOUSE AND YOU GIVE HER $75 AND I SAID 00:43:44.89\00:43:50.46 WHAT FOR? ARE WE TOGETHER ONLY? 00:43:50.46\00:43:53.70 $75. WHAT FOR? 00:43:53.70\00:43:54.50 SHE'LL THINK I'M CRAZY, GOT A GOOD JOB. 00:43:54.50\00:44:02.04 AGAIN, THE IMPRESSION COMES GO TO YOUR AUNT'S HOUSE AND GIVE 00:44:02.04\00:44:06.51 HER $75. SHE NEEDS IT TODAY. 00:44:06.51\00:44:08.51 WHY WILL SHE NEED MONEY FOR? SHE'LL THINK I'M CRAZIER THAN A 00:44:08.51\00:44:13.31 BAT. ANYWAY, THIRD TIME, KENNY, GO 00:44:13.31\00:44:17.12 NOW. I TOOK MY NAIL APRON OFF, GOT IN 00:44:17.12\00:44:20.86 MY TRUCK AND I WENT AND KNOCKED ON HER DOOR. 00:44:20.86\00:44:23.56 SHE SAID KENNY, HOW ARE YOU? I SAID YOU'LL THINK I'M CRAZY 00:44:23.56\00:44:28.03 BUT THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD SAID YOU NEED $75 TODAY 00:44:28.03\00:44:31.93 AND I WANT TO GIVE THAT YOU. TEARS JUST WERE GOING DOWN HER 00:44:31.93\00:44:37.57 CHEEK. HOW DID YOU KNOW? 00:44:37.57\00:44:39.47 I SAID I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, AND IT MAY SOUND 00:44:39.47\00:44:43.35 CRAZY, BUT HERE'S $75. SHE SAID THANK GOD. 00:44:43.35\00:44:47.15 IN ONE MORE HOUR, THEY WERE GOING TO TURN OFF MY POWER. 00:44:47.15\00:44:50.95 I NEEDED $75. I'M JUST SAYING RESPOND. 00:44:50.95\00:44:55.42 I'M GETTING GOOSE BUMPS NOW BECAUSE IT'S REAL. 00:44:55.42\00:44:57.43 >> I HAD THAT SAME EXPERIENCE. THAT PASTOR I WAS TELLING YOU 00:44:57.43\00:45:03.60 ABOUT INVITED ME TO COME TO HIS CHURCH AND PREACH AND I HAD. 00:45:03.60\00:45:07.30 THERE WAS THIS ONE COUPLE. I'D ONLY SEEN THEM A COUPLE OF 00:45:07.30\00:45:10.94 TIMES. WE WERE GOING THROUGH A 00:45:10.94\00:45:12.31 DIFFICULT TIME MYSELF AND I HAD BEEN SAVING UP CHANGE FOR A 00:45:12.31\00:45:18.05 CHRISTMAS FUND, AMOUNTED TO ALL OF $200. 00:45:18.05\00:45:24.69 I HADN'T STARTED MY SHOPPING YET BUT I HAD PREACHED AT THE 00:45:24.69\00:45:31.19 CHURCH. THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, I ASKED 00:45:31.19\00:45:33.06 THIS COUPLE, WHERE ARE THEY OR SOMETHING. 00:45:33.06\00:45:35.33 THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS I WENT HOME AND I'M GETTING READY 00:45:35.33\00:45:39.27 FOR BED. THE LORD SPOKE TO ME AND SAID 00:45:39.27\00:45:45.54 TAKE -- OR HE SAID TAKE SUCH AND SUCH OR TAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS FUND 00:45:45.54\00:45:50.71 TO THESE PEOPLE, THEY NEED IT. I SAID WELL HOW MUCH LORD, $25? 00:45:50.71\00:45:58.29 $50? HE'S SAYING ALL OF IT. 00:45:58.29\00:46:00.16 I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE LIKED TO BUY GIFTS 00:46:00.16\00:46:02.99 FOR EVERYBODY, AND THEN I WAS LIKE WELL, OK, LORD. 00:46:02.99\00:46:09.93 THAT'S NOT ME TALKING TO MYSELF. HE SAID NOW. 00:46:09.93\00:46:14.27 SO I'M CALLING AROUND. I CAN'T EVEN FIND PEOPLE WHO 00:46:14.27\00:46:17.34 KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE AND FINALLY SOMEONE, NOBODY HAS THEIR PHONE 00:46:17.34\00:46:21.18 NUMBER, THEY TELL ME WHERE TO GO. 00:46:21.18\00:46:22.91 I GO UP AND IT IS NOW 10:00 AT NIGHT AND I KNOCK ON THE DOOR 00:46:22.91\00:46:27.68 AND I HAND THIS GUY THIS NFL WITH THE $200 IN IT.-AND I SAID 00:46:27.68\00:46:33.96 THIS IS A PRESENT FROM GOD, HE TOLD ME TO BRING THIS TO YOU. 00:46:33.96\00:46:36.46 HE'S GOING LIKE WELL THANK YOU, YOU KNOW. 00:46:36.46\00:46:39.76 I SAID DON'T THANK ME, THANK GOD. 00:46:39.76\00:46:42.06 I TURNED AROUND AND I GOT IN THE CAR AND IN LEFT. 00:46:42.06\00:46:44.40 AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY, THEY CAME UP TO ME AND HE SAID I WAS SO 00:46:44.40\00:46:50.37 EXCITED WHEN I GOT TO $200. HE SAID I THOUGHT OH, I'M GOING 00:46:50.37\00:46:54.98 TO GET CABLE AND I'M THINKING REALLY, GOD, EASY GOING TO GET 00:46:54.98\00:46:59.65 KALE. HE SAID YOU KNOW, HE SAID THAT 00:46:59.65\00:47:01.58 MORNING, HIS WIFE HAD THE FLU. SHE GOT UP, ALL OF THEIR 00:47:01.58\00:47:06.55 ELECTRICITY WAS OFF. IT WAS OFF, AND IT WAS REALLY 00:47:06.55\00:47:10.69 COLD. IT WAS DOWN IN THE TEENS, SO SHE 00:47:10.69\00:47:13.09 GOT UP WITH THAT BUNDLED UP THEIR COUPLE OF KIDS AND SHE WAS 00:47:13.09\00:47:17.20 GOING TO GO DOWN AND IMPLORE, SHE'D GONE NEXT DOOR TO CALL 00:47:17.20\00:47:20.87 THEM AND THE ELECTRIC COMPANY SAID YOU'RE THREE MONTHS BEHIND, 00:47:20.87\00:47:23.57 IT'S OFF UNTIL YOU PAY THE WHOLE BILL. 00:47:23.57\00:47:25.81 SHE THEN BUNDLED UP THE KIDS THINKING I'LL TAKE THEM DOWN AND 00:47:25.81\00:47:29.98 MAYBE THERE WILL BE ONE LENIENT PERSON. 00:47:29.98\00:47:32.71 HER NEIGHBOR FROM ACROSS THE STREET WHO HATED HER, AS THEY'RE 00:47:32.71\00:47:35.98 DRIVING OUT, THE NEIGHBOR COMES, THIS WOMAN IS NOT EVEN A 00:47:35.98\00:47:40.36 CHRISTIAN. SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT 00:47:40.36\00:47:42.22 I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU THIS $20. 00:47:42.22\00:47:44.69 SHE JUST THREW IT IN THE CAR. SHE DIDN'T LIKE HER. 00:47:44.69\00:47:48.30 SHE GOT DOWN THERE AND THEIR BILL WAS $219.27. 00:47:48.30\00:47:56.60 THE POINT IS THE REASON GOD WILL KEEP SPEAKING TO YOU IF YOUR 00:47:56.60\00:48:02.21 RESPONSIVE. CAN I SHARE TWO SCRIPTURES REAL 00:48:02.21\00:48:04.35 QUICK. I THINK FIRST WE HAVE TO BE 00:48:04.35\00:48:06.61 CONVINCE THAT HAD GOD WANTS TO TALK WITH US. 00:48:06.61\00:48:08.82 WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING PRIVILEGE TO TALK HEART TO HEART 00:48:08.82\00:48:14.22 TO OUR FATHER, GOD AND I EVER BEEN QUOTING FOR SEVERAL YEARS 00:48:14.22\00:48:19.19 BEFORE I STARTED LISTENING TORT LORD, THERE'S TWO SCRIPTURES I 00:48:19.19\00:48:23.20 HAD QUOTED, WELL MANY THAT TALK ABOUT HERING THE VOICE, BUT 00:48:23.20\00:48:28.50 ISAIAH 50, VERSES FOUR AND FIVE WITH, WHERE IT SAYS THE LORD HAS 00:48:28.50\00:48:33.04 GIVEN ME THE TONGUE OF A DISCIPLE AND WHERE I SHOULD KNOW 00:48:33.04\00:48:37.41 HOW TO SPEAK IN A SEASON TO HIM. HE WAKENS MY EAR MORNING BY 00:48:37.41\00:48:42.15 MORNING. HE WAKENS MY EAR TO HEAR AS A 00:48:42.15\00:48:47.42 DISCIPLE AS ONE WHO IS TAUGHT. THE LORD HAS OPENED MY EAR AND 00:48:47.42\00:48:51.26 IN HAVE NOT BEEN REBELLIOUS OR TURNED BACKWARD. 00:48:51.26\00:48:53.73 THIS IS PROPHETIC, TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A MESSIAHNIC PROFS. 00:48:53.73\00:49:16.12 PROPHECY. CAUSED ME TO KNOW THE WAY IN 00:49:16.12\00:49:20.72 WHICH I SHOULD WALK, FOR I LIFT UP MY SOUL TO YOU. 00:49:20.72\00:49:23.83 TEACH ME TO DO YOUR WILL FOR YOU ARE MY GOD, YOUR SPIRIT IS GOOD. 00:49:23.83\00:49:28.06 LEAD ME IN THE LAND OF UPRIGHTNESS. 00:49:28.06\00:49:30.33 REVIVE ME, OH LORD, FOR YOUR NAMESAKE, FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS 00:49:30.33\00:49:36.04 SAKE, BRING MY SOUL OUT OF TROUBLE. 00:49:36.04\00:49:38.24 I THINK AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT GOD WILL LEAD, THAT HE DOES WANT TO 00:49:38.24\00:49:42.04 SPEAK WITH US OR COMMUNICATE WITH US INDIVIDUALLY, AS HIS 00:49:42.04\00:49:47.75 CHILDREN, THEN I THINK WE CAN LEARN TO OPEN UP OUR HEARTS TO 00:49:47.75\00:49:51.25 RECEIVE THAT. >> WELL SAID.-I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL A QUICK 00:49:51.25\00:49:55.22 QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO DO THIS QUICKLY. 00:49:55.22\00:49:58.13 THIS IS FROM BLESSINGS. IF YOU WILL SEEK GOD AND BE 00:49:58.13\00:50:05.80 CONVERTED EVERY DAY, IF YOU WILL -- FULL ON YOUR OWN 30UAL CHOICE BE FREE AND JOYOUS IN-úGOD, IF 00:50:05.80\00:50:19.05 WITH GLADSOME CONSENT OF HEART TO HIS GRACIOUS CALL, YOU COME WEARING THE YOKE OF CHRIST, 00:50:19.05\00:50:24.29 THE YOKE OF OBEDIENCE AND SERVICE, ALL YOUR MURMURINGS 00:50:24.29\00:50:29.46 WILL BE STIFLED. ALL YOUR DIFFICULTIES WILL BE 00:50:29.46\00:50:32.26 REMOVED AND ALL THE PERPLEXING PROBLEMS THAT NOW CONFRONT YOU 00:50:32.26\00:50:37.60 WILL BE SOLVED. GOD IS MORE THAN WILLING AND 00:50:37.60\00:50:43.67 ABLE TO GIVE YOU DIRECTION. HE WANTS TO DO IT, HE WANTS TO 00:50:43.67\00:50:47.78 SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS, BUT YOU LAY THEM BEFORE HIM WITHOUT 00:50:47.78\00:50:51.31 CONDITION. >> IF IN YOUR EXPERIENCES, 00:50:51.31\00:50:53.55 SHELLY, JOHN CAN BE KELLY HAS GOD ALWAYS MOVED YOU IN THE 00:50:53.55\00:50:56.45 DIRECTION THAT TAKES MORE FAITH THAN THE DIRECTION THAT TAKES 00:50:56.45\00:50:59.72 LESS FAITH? LETS WRESTLE WITH THAT JUST A 00:50:59.72\00:51:02.89 LITTLE BIT. >> SO BE VERY CANDID WITH YOU, 00:51:02.89\00:51:06.70 EVERY PLACE WE HAVE GONE HAVE BEEN FAITH WALKS. 00:51:06.70\00:51:09.50 MY MOTGAGE SAID HERE WE ARE BRAND NEW MARRIED, NOT EVEN A 00:51:09.50\00:51:12.57 YEAR YET, WE GET THIS CALL TO JOIN A GROUP. 00:51:12.57\00:51:15.57 HAD NOTHING, REALLY. SHE SAID GO. 00:51:15.57\00:51:17.67 THAT OPENED THE DOOR FOR DESIRE TO MINISTRY. 00:51:17.67\00:51:20.78 PRAYER, GO. DON'T SEE ANYTHING. 00:51:20.78\00:51:22.98 THE FAITH WALK WAS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SAID WE HAVE IT YOU 00:51:22.98\00:51:26.68 TO COME FOR ONE YEAR. IT ENDED UP BEING 11 MONTHS. 00:51:26.68\00:51:30.62 IN OTHER WORDS, I'M MOVING ALL THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA WITH NO 00:51:30.62\00:51:34.16 INSURANCE, PROMISES, NO CONTRACT, NO EMPLOYMENT 00:51:34.16\00:51:36.36 CONTRACT. YOU GOT 12 MONTHS TO PROVE 00:51:36.36\00:51:38.66 YOURSELF. THEY ADVANCED ME ONE MONTH. 00:51:38.66\00:51:40.90 YOU'VE GOT 11 MONTHS NOW. AFTER THAT, THANK YOU BUT NO 00:51:40.90\00:51:44.20 THANKS. AT THE END OF THAT 11 MONTHS, I 00:51:44.20\00:51:46.10 GOT MY FIRST CHURCH FOR TWO MORE YEARS BUT AT THE END OF 22 00:51:46.10\00:51:50.11 MONTHS, I GOT A FULL CALL. THAT'S NOW GOING ON 30 YEARS. 00:51:50.11\00:51:53.01 YOU GOT TO WALK THOSE FAITH WALKS. 00:51:53.01\00:51:55.64 THE THING THAT I DISCOVERED, I FOUND THE QUOTATION, I WANT TO 00:51:55.64\00:51:59.51 SHARE VERY QUICKLY. WHEN THAT GOD IS LEADING YOU, 00:51:59.51\00:52:03.18 THE DESIRE OF YOUR HEART IS SO HUGE. 00:52:03.18\00:52:05.12 THE DESIRE OF MY HEART AND ANGIES WAS TO BE INVOLVED IN 00:52:05.12\00:52:08.92 MINISTRY. I VERBALLY TOLD ANGIE. 00:52:08.92\00:52:15.73 SHE SAID WHY ARE YOU SO UPSET, I WANTED TO BE IN MINISTRY. 00:52:15.73\00:52:20.24 TIME IS GOING TOO QUICKLY. THAT IS SAD, WE NEED TWO HOURS. 00:52:20.24\00:52:26.44 WE TOOK ALL OUR TIME ON THE FIRST HOUR. 00:52:26.44\00:52:29.58 HERE IT IS, FEBRUARY 2, IT BEGAN BY SAYING BEWARE OF STOPPING 00:52:29.58\00:52:36.35 YOUR EARS TO THE CALL OF GOD. >> COME ON. 00:52:36.35\00:52:38.89 >> I'M ASKING GOD TO GUIDE ME. THEN IT SAYS OUR PERMISSION IS 00:52:38.89\00:52:43.06 NEVER ASKED AS TO WHAT WE WILL DO AND WHERE WE WILL GO. 00:52:43.06\00:52:46.86 IS HE PUNCHING ME? I'M TAKING SMALL EXCERPTS, WOE 00:52:46.86\00:52:54.84 BE TO THE SOUL WHO TRIES TO PUT THAT FOOT IN ANY OTHER DIRECTION 00:52:54.84\00:52:58.74 WHEN THAT CALL COMES TO HIM AND BEWARE OF COM COMPETITORS WHEN 00:52:58.74\00:53:04.01 GOD DOES GRIP YOU. HOW CLEAR CAN THAT BE? 00:53:04.01\00:53:08.12 I READ IT THAT WAY ASKING AND IT WASN'T EVEN FEBRUARY WHEN I READ 00:53:08.12\00:53:12.39 IT, IT WAS IN JUNE WHEN I READ IT. 00:53:12.39\00:53:15.72 I READ IT AT A TIME WHEN GOD GAVE ME DIRECTIONS, SO IT'S A 00:53:15.72\00:53:20.10 FAITH WALK. >> IT'S ALWAYS THAT WAY AND 00:53:20.10\00:53:23.00 PROBABLY ALWAYS IN THE DIRECTION YOUTH RATHER NOT GO, BUT I 00:53:23.00\00:53:27.77 REALIZE THAT GOD DOES THAT TO TEACH US TO BE HUMBLE AND TO BE 00:53:27.77\00:53:33.51 TEACHABLE. QUICKLY, I REALIZE THAT WE FOR 00:53:33.51\00:53:35.74 PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LOOKING TODAY AND LISTENING TO WHAT YOU 00:53:35.74\00:53:38.15 ARE SAYING IS THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT IMPRESSIONS, 00:53:38.15\00:53:41.02 THEY'RE GOOD, THEY CAN BE GROM GOD BUT IMPRESSIONS THE ENEMY IS 00:53:41.02\00:53:46.25 GOOD AT. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT OUR 00:53:46.25\00:53:48.79 FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS WHEN WE ASK FOR GOD. 00:53:48.79\00:53:53.60 THE ENEMY LISTENS AND GIVES YOU A SIDE TRACK ISSUE. 00:53:53.60\00:53:57.17 TO DO HIS WILL AND TO WORK FOR HIM, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL WIN 00:53:57.17\00:54:01.50 OUT EVERY TIME, DOORS WILL BE CLOSED. 00:54:01.50\00:54:04.44 PARAGRAPH DEN SHE WILL WORKINGS OF GOD AND HE WILL HAVE HIS WAY. 00:54:04.44\00:54:08.11 I PRAYED MANY YEARS AGO, AFTER CONVERSION REMEMBER IN THE 00:54:08.11\00:54:10.85 CHURCH FOR YEARS NOT CONVERTED, AFTER I WAS CONVERTED, PUT MY 00:54:10.85\00:54:15.48 HAND IN THE HAND OF HIM.-I SAID LORD, I PUT MY HAND IN YOUR HAND AND I WILL NOT LET YOU 00:54:15.48\00:54:21.39 GO UNTIL YOU BLESS ME IN LETTING ME HAVE A PART IN FINISHING THIS 00:54:21.39\00:54:27.46 WORK OF THREE ANGLES NETWORK. GOD IS TO KIND OF ANSWERING THAT 00:54:27.46\00:54:37.81 CARE AND GIVING ME MORE THAN I COULD EVER BELIEVE. 00:54:37.81\00:54:43.11 >> WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO BUY A HOME, REALLY GOOD DEAL ON 00:54:43.11\00:54:46.85 IT AND THE LORD, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT IS WHEN I HAD BEEN 00:54:46.85\00:54:50.95 LEARNING TO PRAY FOR -- I WOULD PRAY AN HOUR, TWO HOURS A DAY 00:54:50.95\00:54:55.92 AND GOD TOLD ME NOT TO BUY THAT HOME, THIS WE WOULD BE MOVING IN 00:54:55.92\00:55:00.40 THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. I HAD NO IDEA WHERE. 00:55:00.40\00:55:03.23 HERE WE WERE JUST GET -- I MEAN, I HAD TO TELL J.D. AND I DIDN'T 00:55:03.23\00:55:07.70 KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE MOVING. I'M ASSUME TO GO FURTHER INTO 00:55:07.70\00:55:12.74 TEXAS, BECAUSE I WAS SOMETIME WITH THE OTHER MINISTRY. 00:55:12.74\00:55:18.71 THE BOTTOM LINE IS GOD ONLY ALWAYS JUST TELLS ME JUST ENOUGH 00:55:18.71\00:55:22.95 TO KIND OF GIVE ME THE DIRECTION-BUT YOU'RE WALKING BLINDLY TO WHERE YOU DO NOT KNOW 00:55:22.95\00:55:28.59 AND THAT'S JUST AND HE UNFOLDS IT A LITTLE AT A TIME. 00:55:28.59\00:55:32.26 SO YES. I CO-SIGN EVERYTHING HE SAYS. 00:55:32.26\00:55:36.70 >> I WAS IN THE CHURCH, PASTOR ADD BIG CHURCH TWICE. 00:55:36.70\00:55:40.74 ALSO IN THE NEW YORK CITY, AND WHEN THE CALL CAME TO 3ABN, I 00:55:40.74\00:55:44.34 SAID LORD, I NEED ALL SEVEN FLEECES, AND FOCUS DON'T GO OUT 00:55:44.34\00:55:50.85 THERE, THEY'RE BROKE AND DON'T HAVE MONEY. 00:55:50.85\00:55:53.08 I'M PASTOR AND WORKING IN A CONFERENCE OFFERS AND YET I GOT 00:55:53.08\00:55:56.45 THIS CALL. I SAID LORD, SEVEN AND I WANT 00:55:56.45\00:55:59.59 ALL SEVEN AND I GOT ALL SEVEN. GET UP AND GO. 00:55:59.59\00:56:08.03 >> THIS IS THE EFFECTUAL PREPARATION FOR ALL OF GOD. 00:56:08.03\00:56:11.37 THE STRAIN OF LIFE INTENSE ACTIVITIES. 00:56:11.37\00:56:15.20 HE WHO IS REFRESHED AND SURROUNDED WITH AN ATMOSPHERE OF 00:56:15.20\00:56:18.14 LIGHT AND PEACE, HE WILL RECEIVE A NEW ENDOWMENT WHICH BOTH 00:56:18.14\00:56:24.18 PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH. SO WAIT ON GOD AND REST IN GOD, 00:56:24.18\00:56:28.82 YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE STRENGTH YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE TASK. 00:56:28.82\00:56:32.05 >> HIS LIFE WILL BREATHE OUT YOU A FRAGRANCE AND REVEAL THE 00:56:32.05\00:56:36.76 DIVINE POWER HAS WILL REACH MEN'S HEARTS. 00:56:36.76\00:56:39.46 THAT IS WHAT I FEEL IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL OF YOU. 00:56:39.46\00:56:41.76 YOU HAVE BEEN WITH GOD AND IT RADIATES THROUGH YOUR LIFE SO 00:56:41.76\00:56:45.47 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE THIS DAY TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED 00:56:45.47\00:56:48.74 TO MAKE DECISIONS, BECAUSE DECISIONS WILL COME BUT WATCH 00:56:48.74\00:56:51.84 AND PRAY AND READ THE WORD OF GOD, AND GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU 00:56:51.84\00:56:55.54 AND THROUGH YOU. SHELLY QUINN, PASS PROCEDURE 00:56:55.54\00:56:59.48 JOHN, PASTOR DOZENY SHELTON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:56:59.48\00:57:02.35 ALLOW ME IN CLOSING TO WHICH YOU BOTH GRACE AND PEACE IN JESUS 00:57:02.35\00:57:08.42 CHRIST. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON, 00:57:08.42\00:57:10.13 GOODBYE AND GOD BLESS. 00:57:10.13\00:57:14.20