WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.120 Let's get right into the word. 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:04.959 Lord Jesus, meet us in your word and speak to us. 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:12.480 And Father, please don't let me be the weak link in this awesome first conference. 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:15.919 I love you, but I'm so serious. 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:26.079 We honor you and we thank you that we can come to you as you made us our authentic selves in Jesus' name. 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:27.039 Amen. 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:31.839 I just want to let you know that you're all right with God. 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:34.880 First things first, you're all right with God. 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:49.679 So many times religion tries to tell us that we are unworthy, that there are things that need to be changed, that we need to position and posture ourselves in a certain way for God to receive us. 00:00:49.840 --> 00:01:03.280 And I need you to know that religion has been lying to you as you sit in these seats, as you're watching on live or on Daystar, right there, you are alright with God. 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:13.359 He knew who you were, what you would do, when you would do it, he knew how many times you would do it, and he still let his son die before you ever got here. 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:19.680 So I need to make that announcement again, and you need to get some joy that you are alright with God. 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:24.000 And since you're alright with him, he needs to be alright with us. 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:30.560 Can somebody just give him a quick praise if God has been real good to you? 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:43.920 I don't have to tell you how much of an honor it is for me to be here with your pastor, who is one of the most critical and necessary voices in the body of Christ anywhere in this world. 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.640 And I do want to give honor to Pastor Robert. 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:50.319 Can we just thank God for him and his wife and the vision? 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:56.239 Thank you for allowing me to be on this platform tonight. 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:01.040 To all the other pastors and leaders and elders, uh, I'm very grateful. 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:06.719 Uh, and of course, to Mama Dotie Osteen, who is the mother of the house that I'm a part of, Lakewood Church. 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:15.919 I want to give honor to you, Mama Dotie, for you and the leadership of your husband, you and your husband, and what you all birthed and how it now reaches the entire world. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:18.159 And it started with you and your husband's obedience. 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.360 And I want to give honor to you as well tonight. 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:29.199 If you will, go with me to Psalm 11. 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:31.680 Psalm 11. 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:39.120 And if you catch me worshiping, don't mind me. 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:47.039 Because there are certain times when passion and exuberance are necessary. 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.639 You know, on that last drive of the game this weekend, exactly. 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.800 I don't even have to finish the sentence. 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.719 You probably weren't sitting there like, oh, come on, guys, you can do it. 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:02.479 I just, oh, that's awesome. 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:03.280 They scored. 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:03.919 Yay. 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:09.599 No, you're like, come on! Jesus, please don't let Romo mess up again. 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:12.080 It's gonna ruin my week. 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:23.439 You know why you're passionate about your favorite teams and your favorite sports figures or your favorite whatever artists, entertainers? 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:27.120 Something about them you are connected to. 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.960 And when they do well, you feel that you're doing well. 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:34.639 And most of those things are an illusion. 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:45.280 But in the kingdom, because of what Jesus did, we have a victory that is assured every single time we wake up in the morning. 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:49.439 Every time you open your eyes, the devil's like, bang, gone. 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:51.599 We lost again. 00:03:52.240 --> 00:04:00.319 Because you carry so much authority and so much power that the moment you step up, you become a threat to the kingdom of darkness. 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:07.120 And so don't mind me if I shout tonight, because 2014 was not the easiest year in the world for me. 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.840 My son had emergency surgery. 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:15.039 He had a condition, and by the time they found it, they said he could have gone into cardiac arrest at any moment. 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:17.839 My wife had a cancer scare. 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.199 They thought she had cancer. 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:20.879 They did surgery for three hours. 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:23.759 When they came out, turned out there was no cancer. 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.800 And I told that doctor it wasn't no cancer in my wife. 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:30.800 I have not been married less than four years for to be a widower. 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.279 She's gonna live and be sick of me for about at least 60, 70 years. 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:38.639 So you ain't getting out that easy, honey. 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:45.839 And so for every victory, my praise got louder. 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:57.600 And every now and then it's okay to let the Lord know you appreciate the consistent victories that He has given you in the kingdom of God through Christ Jesus. 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:00.879 It's all right to shout for your favorite team. 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.680 It's a little better to shout for the living God. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.319 We are not ignorant of the enemy's devices. 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:22.720 We know that we have an enemy, but no matter what he did, it's clear by your presence here and your presence online and on TV that he failed. 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:27.920 You are a living testimony to the failure of the enemy. 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.319 That should put a smile on your face. 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:36.319 It didn't mean that his attacks didn't hurt, didn't mean you weren't wounded, but you are here. 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:47.600 And if you are here, you are a living witness to the power of the Holy Spirit and the greatness of our God, and the failure of the enemy is evident in your praise. 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:54.240 2014 was not the easiest year. 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.800 Not for us as a people, for the people of God, for us as a nation. 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:12.720 Many things happened in 2014 that were sent by the enemy to break us in half, to separate us, to divide us, to cause dissension and anger and hostility. 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:16.480 And so many unspoken things were brought to the surface. 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.279 It was a very intense year. 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:27.519 And I want to make an announcement that if you can survive 2014, you can survive anything. 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:31.120 I'm looking at a church filled with survivors. 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:33.680 First things first, you are a survivor. 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:34.720 You are phenomenal. 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:42.399 Look at you with your bad self, with your blue button-down shirt on, sir, and your khaki pants and your brown shoes. 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:47.519 Look at you, ma'am, with your nice premium sweater and your high-heel boots. 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:59.519 Look at you, young person, with whatever cool hip tight jeans you're wearing, skinny jeans that I cannot wear because God has not given me that physique quite yet. 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:08.160 Look at you, sitting here, anointed, filled with the power of God, still passionate, still serving, still worshiping. 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:18.959 Even after every single attack of the enemy, you are still in a church with your hands lifted up, with a praise on your lips, with a hunger to keep serving him. 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:22.480 That is worthy of a hallelujah. 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:32.720 Psalm 11. 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:43.360 The enemy tried all year. 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:51.759 And let me say this the more I attend and come to this church, the more I see the heart of God beating over and over. 00:07:52.000 --> 00:08:00.240 Seeing multiple nations, multiple races, and multiple uh diverse ethnicities and all of the generations that are here. 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:04.240 And this shall be the legacy of the kingdom of God. 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:08.639 That the answers to the issues of society will be found in the church. 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:17.120 If we want to break all of these issues that have been breaking our nation in half, I believe the answers are found in the church. 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:20.480 For there is no white, no black, no green, no blue. 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:24.480 The only color that matters in here is red, and it's the blood of Jesus. 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:34.159 And I believe that the blood of Jesus can break down every racial barrier and every place of tension and pain that the enemy has sent. 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.519 You all have been given a great gift here. 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:48.240 And I speak to you as one of the lighthouses in this earth that God is getting ready to bring you into 2015, no strings attached. 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:52.960 That's my title for those who are writing down because I know Gateway. 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.039 Y'all, Pastor Robert, have y'all taking notes. 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:56.639 Y'all come to class. 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:01.600 No strings attached. 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:03.519 Psalm 11. 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:07.279 Still haven't gotten the scripture out. 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:09.679 In the Lord I put my trust. 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.799 How can you say to my soul, flee as a bird to your mountain? 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:26.960 For look, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow on the string, that they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart. 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:30.720 Doesn't it seem that the enemy attacks when you're trying to serve God? 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:36.320 Many of us just need to remember what we were doing before the blood found us. 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.200 It seemed that it was easier then. 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:44.559 The moment you really begin to get serious about God, that's when all the attacks happen. 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:48.559 I don't know about you, but there are times that I've had some real honest dialogue with the Lord. 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:51.279 I'm like, okay, Jesus, I've been serving you. 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:52.399 They don't serve you. 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.639 How come things are going well for them? 00:09:55.200 --> 00:10:00.799 I'm not judging, I'm just saying they're nasty, and I just need to know, I've been serving you. 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:02.080 Why you ain't blessing me? 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:05.679 They got a new car, my car's on either, or the engine light is on. 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:07.120 I need you to do something, Jesus. 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:25.279 Grown man, Jesus, baby Jesus, Jesus with the goatee, Jesus with the sandals on, Jesus from the History Channel, whichever one I need to talk to, because the people that don't do right seem to be living it up, while the ones who are serving God seem to be struggling. 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:33.919 There are times when I pray my prayers and the Lord doesn't answer when I need him to or when I think I need him to. 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:38.240 And there were times when I thought that his silence was his displeasure. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:44.080 But in 2014, the silence of God was not his displeasure, it was his development. 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:49.279 God is developing mature believers in this season through silence. 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:53.360 Because you grow by the word of God. 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:57.919 When my children, my have two little children, I got a two-year-old and a one-year-old. 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.960 They're 11 months apart because that's how I roll. 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:09.360 My wife said the house, hey baby, ha ha ha, daddy's coming home tomorrow. 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:18.080 Um, I have to speak to my children over and over again because they need to learn. 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:27.519 But if I'm still speaking to them the same lessons that I was teaching at two, at 18, something's wrong in their development. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:32.559 And for many of us, we're saying, God, you're not speaking to me like you used to. 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:47.200 He says, Because I'm growing you up, I'm maturing you, I'm developing you for another season, a new season in your life where you will be able to produce fruit and you won't need to hear every direction right away because you'll be led by my spirit. 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:51.519 For as many as are led by the spirit of God, these are the sons of God. 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:52.639 So take heart. 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:59.120 If it seems like God is not speaking as much in an audible voice, trust that his spirit is guiding you. 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:09.840 Be encouraged that in this season, he's moving away from the training wheels, and he's gonna let you soar into your destiny, and you're gonna move into your purpose like never before. 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:21.840 You're walking into your season of affluence and influence and power and prominence and authority, and you shall do so with no strings attached. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:28.399 Says they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart. 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:34.559 Third verse if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:42.720 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven, his eyes behold, his eyelids test the sons of men. 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:46.960 Can I tell you that for many of us, 2014 was quite the test? 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:57.759 2014 was a test of endurance, of patience, of your passion in worship, endurance in business. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:00.639 2014 was a test. 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:15.679 But if you were able to maintain your worship, maintain your passion, maintain your commitment in spite of the emotional drain or the lack of desire to do so, then you have matured and you have passed the test. 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:22.000 God is God on our best day, the same as He is on our worst day. 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:29.440 Who He is does not change based on our conditions, so neither should our worship change based on our conditions. 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:41.519 And many of the conditions of 2014 were not the easiest, but yet and still here we are with hands lifted in a new year, expectant that God is going to do new things. 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.080 That means you pass the test. 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:56.480 The sixth verse, upon the wicked he will rain coals, fire and brimstone and a burning wind shall be the portion of their cup. 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:03.840 For the Lord is righteous, he loves righteousness, and his countenance or his face beholds the upright. 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:17.600 And they make their arrow ready on the string. 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:28.639 The enemy has been very clear on attacking people of power and influence, people who are world changers. 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:34.799 And if there is an attack, may I offer to you Matthew 3.16 as some comfort. 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:53.759 As Jesus was being baptized by John, he came up out of the water, and suddenly a voice from heaven said, This is my beloved son, son, son, in whom I'm well pleased, pleased, pleased. 00:14:54.000 --> 00:15:00.559 And then a dove came down, whoo! And there were angels singing, ha! You know what I'm saying? 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.600 It was all the Amen, homen. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:06.559 Sound like Carrie, and you know, because Carrie, that girl can sing. 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:09.200 That girl, she got she got some black people in her family. 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:14.480 She sings like she got somebody in there with some pigmentation. 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.440 You better sing. 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:16.000 Okay. 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:25.919 So they were singing, and there was this huge announcement. 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:28.559 That's my boy. 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:39.279 Now, I would have understood the announcement of heaven had Jesus just raised Lazarus from the dead. 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:45.759 I would have understood the announcement had he caused the man with the withered hand to stretch it out. 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:54.639 I would have understood the announcement of heaven had Jesus already healed the paralyzed man whose four friends tore the roof off just to get him there. 00:15:54.799 --> 00:16:07.360 I would have understood the announcement if the woman who had an issue of blood for 12 years had been healed, or the little girl that he healed three verses later had gotten up from the death bed. 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:13.360 But none of that had happened, yet God announced Jesus as his son. 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:26.480 This blesses me because I need to know and you need to know that my sonship has nothing to do with my activities. 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:31.279 I'm a son because I have his DNA. 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:36.080 I belong to him because I came from him and I get to go back to him. 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.919 And I'm excited about that. 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.960 Not too excited. 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.279 I don't want to go no time soon. 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:43.120 I want to be down here a while. 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:47.200 Go fishing, maybe go hunting with Pastor Robert or something. 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:59.279 But for many of us, the enemy wants you to work, work, work to please God. 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:01.360 But it's not your works that please God. 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.639 Take the strings off. 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:05.440 His love for you is no strings attached. 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.119 His commitment to you is no strings attached. 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:15.279 There's nothing that you did to earn his favor or his love, and there's nothing you can do for him to stop loving you. 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:17.200 What Jesus did paid the price. 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:19.119 What Jesus did finished the work. 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:24.880 All we have to do is believe on faith, confess it with our mouth, and believe in our heart that Jesus is Lord, we shall be saved. 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:28.880 We're in right relationship with the Father because of what Jesus did. 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:32.640 And I'm excited that God announced that's my son. 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.519 Ha ha. 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:36.240 And he hadn't done one thing. 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:44.319 This is critical because the attack from the enemy didn't come until after the announcement. 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:49.920 If there's any attack in your life, it's because heaven has just announced you. 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:57.839 You can spot the favor of God based on the attack on your life. 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:01.839 If he's attacking in your marriage, God just announced it. 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:03.200 Look at that marriage. 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:04.400 I'm well pleased. 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.920 I can't tell. 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:08.799 She gets on my nerves, Jesus. 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:10.000 Do something. 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:19.599 Perhaps your children aren't as passionate about God as you want them to. 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:21.759 God's saying, those are my young people. 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:23.119 I'm well pleased. 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:25.440 The enemy will attack right away. 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:32.160 And he attacks there where he attacks every other announced individual. 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.599 Identity. 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:37.839 If you're the son of God, command these stones to become bread. 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:42.240 If you're the son of God, throw yourself down from here. 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.920 If, if, if. 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:48.400 But I want you to know that your identity comes with no strings attached. 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:50.960 Your purpose comes with no strings attached. 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:54.000 You don't have to explain anything to the devil. 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:57.519 He is not your peer and he is not on your level. 00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:59.680 Stop talking to him face to face. 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:01.119 You want to talk to the devil? 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:06.319 Write a note on the bottom of your shoe because Jesus put him under your feet. 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.079 Woo! 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:16.880 Would you just say no strings attached? 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:23.599 The enemy bends the bow. 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:31.519 Pastor Robert shared with me a story of some colleagues, I guess they were hunting, and there's a such thing as bow hunting. 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:33.440 Has anyone in here ever been bow hunting? 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:35.039 Can I see your hands? 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:55.359 So there are strings that you have to have a certain level of tension in order for there to be enough power that when you pull back and let the arrow go, there's enough force that the arrow penetrates the intended target. 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:00.559 The enemy thrives on tension. 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:11.119 Any area of your life where tension exists, the enemy's going to play it to his advantage. 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:34.880 If there is a tension in your heart because of something financial, if you're a little worried about your 401k and your Roth IRA because of what's going on in the financial markets, and oil is down by 50%, then that means you are creating tension in that area, and the enemy will use that tension to draw an attack. 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:42.799 If there's tension because of a report from a doctor, the enemy will feed on that fear and he will form a weapon. 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:48.400 The enemy needs tension from us in order to form the weapons. 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:56.880 But you know what neutralizes the weapons of the enemy? 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:59.039 The joy of the Lord. 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:06.240 In this year, 2015, the year of Jubilee, and I'm sure you're gonna hear about it all year. 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:08.400 This is a super year of Jubilee. 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.680 This is the 50th year. 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:12.960 This is the 40th Jubilee since Jesus was on the earth. 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:15.440 40 was always God's time of testing. 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:17.759 This was always his time of proving. 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:20.000 God is going to do something significant. 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:27.359 I don't have to tell you about the significance of the signs in the earth and all of the different things that have been going on. 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:29.680 I don't have to tell you about the blood moons. 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:39.359 You can read Genesis 118 that the sun and the moon are for signs and for seasons and for days and years, but the first thing God said was for signs. 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:48.079 And if you just look at the signs, there were blood moons in three other years 1492, 1942, 1967. 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:51.599 In 1492, we know what happened in this country. 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:54.240 In 1942, Israel was born. 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:59.440 In 1967, the Six Day War, and Jerusalem was given back to Israel. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:09.359 Next time we have four blood moons in a calendar year is this year, which means God is about to do something that shakes the entire planet. 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:13.440 And you don't think the enemy's gonna attack the people of God? 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:19.440 And I am going to fight the attack with the joy of the Lord. 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:24.319 Don't let the enemy steal your joy. 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:27.119 The Bible says the joy of the Lord is your strength. 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:29.039 That's Nehemiah chapter 8. 00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:30.319 And let me tell you something. 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:37.279 That word in that scripture means the joy of the Lord is your strength or a defense against the enemy. 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:46.480 That means literally your worship, your laughter actually builds a wall upon which the arrows of the enemy cannot penetrate. 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:53.200 So look at the worst circumstances in your life, and I need you to start laughing. 00:22:55.440 --> 00:23:07.200 Now, this is personal to me because I was in prayer with Pastor and some of the elders before service because I got a report on the last day of the year concerning something in my health. 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:08.720 It's very serious. 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:11.119 In fact, I should be crying. 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.200 In fact, I should be worried. 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:32.000 But my response is now I know I sound crazy because what the doctor said is a factual report, but facts do not equal truth because a fact is what men say, truth is who Jesus is. 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:43.200 I need some help in here that no matter what the enemy throws, you want to confuse the enemy by keeping your joy. 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:45.200 Why is he still worshiping? 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.680 I don't know. 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:47.039 It doesn't make any sense. 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:53.359 I should be on the floor screaming and crying, but I know too much about God to stop praising now. 00:23:53.680 --> 00:24:02.000 He's brought me through every trial, every situation, every tribulation, and I know that he did not bring me this far to leave me. 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:06.319 If I can survive 2014, I'm coming into my promise. 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:09.039 No strings attached. 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:18.319 I got one witness, two witnesses, I got three, I got four, carry, I got somebody else in here. 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:28.240 If you're at home right there in your living room, you can give God a praise with your family and declare that you are coming into victory. 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:33.759 No strings attached, no chains holding me. 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:42.640 I will not be held hostage by fear, condemnation, shame, or guilt for Jesus paid it off. 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:54.319 Give me five more seconds of praise so I can drink some water. 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:07.279 What's up, BC? 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.759 See, this is a year of Jubilee. 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:13.839 That's outrageous, contagious, crazy joy that makes no sense. 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:16.880 The kind of joy that people are like, he's weird. 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.839 Why, yes, I am. 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:28.720 This is a year of supernatural debt cancellation. 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:30.640 And this is not just financial. 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:32.319 We're past financial. 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:34.319 We know God's gonna take care of that. 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.839 This is the part I love. 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:39.440 Even creditors that don't want to let you go have to let you go. 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:45.200 I want you to know sickness is a debt holder and he wants to hold your body hostage. 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:49.759 But whatever he had in 14, he has to let go of it in 15. 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:56.799 And I want you to get this in your spirit that whatever you're in debt to has to let you go in this year. 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:05.839 If you could get to 1159 on December 31st of 2014, the moment you crossed over, it had to stay there. 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:09.119 And that is the power of no strings attached. 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:13.759 The enemy formed his weapon, but we know what the Bible says. 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.200 No weapon for. 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:25.279 Shell what didn't say it wouldn't hurt, didn't say he wouldn't hit you. 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:28.559 It just said it wouldn't kill you. 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:31.279 You survived. 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:37.359 To watch the enemy thinking he's got a believer. 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:44.559 Hit him with depression, guilt, and shame, and sickness, and the arrows hit. 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:50.000 We take off running. 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:55.119 Just like when you're hunting, you might hit an animal and take off running. 00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:56.000 You know what you do? 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:58.559 You follow the blood trail. 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:02.160 The enemy wounded me. 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:04.480 And I took off running. 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:07.039 But I didn't run in fear. 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:09.359 I ran to the place. 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:18.240 At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light. 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:21.680 And the burden of my soul rolled away. 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:25.039 It was there by faith. 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:27.519 I received my sight. 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:31.920 And now I am happy all the day. 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:34.480 He didn't know when he hit me. 00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:36.000 I wouldn't go down. 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:38.880 I'd run to my savior. 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:41.200 Because there's something in that blood. 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:46.799 Like Carrie was singing, oh the blood of the Lamb. 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:51.759 Singing, oh the blood of the Lamb. 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:55.039 What a sacrifice. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.920 Save my life. 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.599 Oh the blood. 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:02.640 It is my victory. 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:06.079 The enemy hit me. 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:11.680 But he thought he hit me with a death blow. 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.119 But little did he know. 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:16.480 Colossians 3 and 3 belongs to me. 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:20.240 It says, For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:23.759 And since I'm already dead, you hit me. 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:27.119 If I'm bleeding, dead men can't bleed. 00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:30.559 So whose blood was it? 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:39.839 The enemy messed around and followed the blood trail and came up on what he thought was me, but he didn't find me. 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:50.319 He found a man, 33 years old, spotless lamb, standing in front of me, saying, This one belongs to me. 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:57.119 And the devil had to stay on his knees and say, I was just playing, excuse me, you are the king of kings and lord of lords. 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:59.200 I don't even know why I mess with him. 00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:01.279 I don't even know why I mess with Gateway. 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:03.519 I don't even know why I mess with Pastor Robert. 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.519 I don't know why I mess with your family. 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:11.039 The devil thought he was coming after you and messed around and met Jesus. 00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:17.440 Can somebody give God five seconds of praise? 00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:26.240 If Jesus has been your defense, Jesus be a fence all round me every day. 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:48.559 Because the strings of the enemy, the cords of the wicked, have found no rest in me. 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:53.119 Psalm 119, verse 61. 00:29:54.799 --> 00:30:00.240 It says, the cords of the wicked have bound me, but I have not forgotten your law. 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:06.400 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you because of your righteous judgment. 00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:08.000 At midnight. 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:15.519 You know, in 2015, you're gonna have opportunities to give God a midnight praise. 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:24.000 It's easy to praise when you got the worship team behind you and everybody's singing great, and you got a 35-piece band. 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.839 I don't even know. 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:28.160 One of the drummers, I think the drummer had this long thing. 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.359 It's like from Australia. 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.000 What is that? 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.039 I don't even know what that is. 00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:33.359 It was like a woolly mammoth tusk. 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:35.039 It was awesome. 00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:37.279 I was like, what is that back there? 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:45.839 But if you really want to give the devil a black eye, you're gonna have to give God a midnight praise. 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:49.279 A midnight praise when nothing makes sense. 00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:52.079 A midnight praise when no one else is around. 00:30:52.319 --> 00:31:03.839 A midnight praise when it hurts, when the tears are falling from one eye over the bridge of your nose to the other as you let them fall to the pillow, but you still say, God, I trust you. 00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.440 God, I believe you. 00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.799 I know who you are. 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:11.519 I've seen too much, I know too much, I can't doubt you now. 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:14.400 I'm gonna hold to God's unchanging hand. 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:18.000 Why don't you just hold to his hand? 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.200 God's unchanging hand. 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:24.799 Hold hold to his hand. 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:41.119 God's unchanging hand and build your hope on things eternal to God's unchanging hand. 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:46.319 Hold on in the midnight hour. 00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:50.559 And every now and then you're gonna need somebody to worship with you. 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:58.079 See, the Bible says in Acts, and at midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God. 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.400 And the prisoners heard them. 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:05.599 Immediately the foundation of the prison was shaken, and everyone's bands were loose. 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:09.200 Sometimes you need somebody to partner with you in midnight. 00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:14.000 Make sure you've got somebody on your team who will worship with you at midnight. 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:18.160 What you don't need is people who see you going through and say, Well, looks like you're under attack. 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.200 Take care. 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:30.559 You need somebody that can see what you're going through and say, This is an opportunity for God to do a midnight miracle. 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:35.119 Don't tell me God doesn't do things in the dark, He does his best creation in the dark. 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.920 Talk to me. 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:38.799 There was no light, there was darkness over the face of the deep. 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:40.400 And God said, Let there be light. 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.559 Your midnight is no match for God. 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.599 In fact, he does his best creative work at midnight. 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:47.119 Talk to me, Holy Ghost. 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:50.960 Wait for midnight, and I dare you to praise in the middle of midnight. 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:55.359 Because praising at midnight puts God in a position of debt. 00:32:55.519 --> 00:33:04.240 When you can praise God before the answer comes, do you understand that that transaction now means heaven owes you? 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:13.359 If you can praise before the answer comes, when you have the boldness to say, God, I thank you that you healed my body, I thank you that I'm already free. 00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:17.359 God, I thank you that you've taken care of the situation before it happens. 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:24.880 Now heaven has to do what that praise declared so that there is no debt in your worship. 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:28.559 Is there anybody that will give God a midnight pray? 00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:41.279 Here's what happens if you can find one person to agree with you at midnight. 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:46.480 Not only you and the other person get free, but anybody near you gets free. 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:50.079 I heard somebody down there say, All right now. 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:52.319 Sound like a church mother. 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.759 All right now. 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:57.920 So I'm gonna give you about 10 seconds. 00:33:58.079 --> 00:34:03.359 Look around, identify, see if you got somebody near you that will give God a midnight praise with you. 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.319 All you need is one. 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:10.079 If you can just get one person to just praise God with you for just a couple seconds, you can do it at home too. 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:17.840 If you're if you're there by yourself and it's just you and the dog, just tell the dog hallelujah, let the dog bark in tongues. 00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:28.639 We've had teaching, we've had worship. 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:30.559 Now it's time for demonstration. 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:35.679 I love Jesus, I'm grateful for his teaching, but he didn't just teach, he also healed. 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:42.079 He didn't just heal, he also drew out every devil that tried to inhabit the people of God. 00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:51.440 I want you to know that not just the natural application of the word belongs to you, but the supernatural manifestation of the word belongs to you. 00:34:51.599 --> 00:35:12.239 And I want you to know 2015 is your year of supernatural miracles to watch God do what he has never done before, that will literally blow the roof off of what you thought God was and what you thought God could do, and your key to that level of supernatural authority is giving him a midnight praise. 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:17.119 So I'm gonna give you ten seconds to act like it's midnight. 00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:19.679 It's close to midnight. 00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:27.519 His name is Jesus. 00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:42.320 You just got a call you didn't know. 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.320 A letter just came certified. 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.000 You had to sign for it. 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:49.440