WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.759 This is Ronald Hopkins, and thank you for joining the Life Center Church. 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:09.599 Uh, we've been we've been talking about this new series called The Law of Praise. 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:15.439 And if you get a hold to it, your life will never be the same again. 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:20.559 Um I believe they'll put a QR code up on the screen if you're a first-time visitor. 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:22.320 Take a moment to scan that. 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:24.399 Let us know who you are, where you come from. 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:27.839 I just want to jump right back into this last week. 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:35.759 Uh, if you are joining us online and you tried to connect with us last week, uh, we had some technical difficulties. 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:44.159 Uh for some reason, someone walked past and maybe pulled the chord out of the sound. 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:48.159 So that's why sometimes you gotta just be in the house. 00:00:50.640 --> 00:01:01.119 Uh that was a service that uh I don't believe that can be recreated, but you can build on that. 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.239 So we'll build on that today. 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:09.760 Um this thing called praise is something else. 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:14.799 Um I made a statement last week, I'll repeat it. 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:21.680 One of the most neglected or ignored weapons in Christianity is praise. 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:39.359 God's heart and God's desire at the end of the series that you would understand this and you would use it, and you would be so much on fire that there is no water holes that can distinguish you. 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:45.920 Alright, let's get back into this, the law of praise. 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.000 Let's go back to Psalm number one forty seven. 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:59.840 Psalm number one forty-seven stands in number one and says, Praise ye the Lord. 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.920 For it is good to sing praises unto our God. 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:07.920 It is pleasant, and praise is comely. 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:12.159 The amplified classic says it this way Praise the Lord. 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:18.639 For it is good to sing praises to our God, for he is gracious and lovely. 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:24.560 Praise is becoming, and praise is appropriate. 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:29.680 So, just as a quick review, let me give you a definition of this word praise. 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:33.919 It means when we appreciate God. 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.599 It's being thankful. 00:02:37.759 --> 00:03:00.000 We just sang that song, and if you just really took the time and you wrote down all of the things that God has done for you over the years, it should cause some level of appreciation, some level of lifting up your hands. 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:04.960 It may even cause you to start crying because God has just been that good. 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:07.599 God has just been that faithful. 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.520 When nobody else was looking out for you, guess who was there? 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:16.000 When everybody else will leave you, guess who will always be there? 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:25.680 So we ought to take the time every moment, every second, every hour, just to appreciate man, God has just been that good to me. 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:32.719 When you don't even know how to be good to yourself, God is still good to you. 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:38.639 When you don't know how to be faithful to yourself, God is still faithful to you. 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:44.240 When you don't know how to provide for yourself, God is still providing for you. 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:50.159 When you can't even heal your physical body, God is the one that's healing your body. 00:03:52.000 --> 00:04:03.759 We got a lot, we really do have a lot to be thankful for, and it is a weapon that when you see it today, it's gonna cause your life to go to a whole nother level. 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:08.080 The second definition of this word, praise, means to adore. 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.560 That word adore means to bow down. 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:20.720 And when you're talking about bowing down, what the psalmist is talking about is complete surrender. 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:23.920 I don't have anything to do with this. 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:36.319 It's Father, I surrender my heart, I surrender my life, I surrender my mind, my will, my emotions, I surrender the finances, I surrender everything to you. 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:43.199 And when you get to that place when you're a complete surrender to Him, you don't care what anybody else is gonna think. 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:50.959 The issue is we're so concerned about how somebody else is gonna see us when we praise. 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:52.720 So we don't praise. 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:59.279 You're concerned about the person behind you and what they might say about you. 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:00.160 So guess what? 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:14.800 You stand right there, not realizing that God has been that good to you, and the posture should be you should have no problem bowing down to the king of kings and to the Lord of Lords. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:17.680 Now, point number one. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:22.800 You all ready for this today? 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:54.959 Reasons to praise God reasons to praise God Yeah, that was uh the I heard myself. 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:01.920 Now you can win any battle when you praise. 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:18.480 Any battle, anything that you are dealing with, you can come out on top when you enter into praise. 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.199 Now, Psalm number twenty-two. 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:24.800 Let's start here today. 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:29.439 Psalm number twenty-two stands in number three. 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.360 It says, but thou art holy. 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:37.680 Why is he holy? 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:54.399 Because thou inhabit the praises of Israel, or God is holy because he inhabits the praises of his people. 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.959 Another translation says it this way. 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:06.160 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:13.199 This word enthrone and inhabits actually means to remain. 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:22.560 So God remains in a place where people will praise him. 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:32.000 It is the place where God chooses to live at. 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:54.560 I want that to kind of set in for a minute because we can haphazardly praise God and not understand that the moment that you praise God is the moment that God begins to move because he remains ready when you praise. 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:06.079 He inhabits so God, when you praise him, he's actually right there in your midst. 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:14.639 Whether or not he begins to move is based upon whether or not you do something. 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:24.720 Let me say that again because you might say, Well, I don't feel like it, but then you don't want God to move. 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:32.320 See, it is not the hearer that will get the results. 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:40.000 It is only the person that's willing to do what he said so you can get what he has for you. 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:46.480 God inhabits the praises of those who would praise him. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:56.559 Now, when you really want God to back you up, then you'll live a life of endless praise. 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:05.440 When you start living a life of praise, you will stop stressing and you will start winning. 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.320 Now, I wrote this statement because it is so true. 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:12.639 I heard this yesterday. 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:24.159 We have developed many prayer warriors in the body of Christ, but there are few praise warriors. 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:32.639 You can pray up a storm, but you don't praise up the storm. 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:41.840 It's the law of praise because it works every single time. 00:09:45.279 --> 00:10:02.480 Okay, praise releases your harvest, Psalm number sixty-seven. 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:11.600 I realize that there are many people in the body of Christ that give. 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:16.960 But yet many have yet to see their harvest. 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.480 We give, we sow, but you don't receive the harvest. 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:26.399 Something's wrong. 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:32.879 Because my Bible tells me that any time that I give, I shall receive. 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:36.480 Give, and it shall be given back unto you. 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:40.559 Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:45.519 There's a reason why you don't have the running over return when you give. 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:50.080 Because it's a lack of releasing your praise. 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.120 I'm gonna show it to you. 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:52.720 Psalm number 67. 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:53.840 Watch this. 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.000 Stance at number five. 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:59.679 It says, Let the people praise thee, O God. 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:02.720 Let all the people praise thee. 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:05.120 Watch what happens. 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:13.840 Then shall the earth yield her increase. 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:28.879 I just released to you a secret from the kingdom of God because this praise is the secret behind your increase. 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:33.919 Think about it. 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:47.759 No matter how much seed a farmer sows, if it doesn't rain, maybe this side will talk to me today. 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:58.159 No matter how much that a farmer plants seed, he or she can plant seed all day long. 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:03.679 If there's no rain, then what happens? 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:11.759 You get you can plant seed all day long. 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:17.440 If there's no rain, then there's no harvest. 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:19.840 You know what praise is? 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.279 So praise is the rain. 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:32.799 You are the one that's supposed to let it rain. 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.159 Let me say that because you missed the place right there. 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.559 You're supposed to make it rain. 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:52.480 Now, I want you to notice the order. 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.120 It says the people praise God. 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:03.759 When you get to this place, you're saying, God, you are the source of everything. 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:20.720 I need that to kind of settle in right now because the government, I know this is the time of the year, and everybody's looking for a return from the taxes that you paid. 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:29.600 But isn't it interesting that we don't live like that all the days of our lives? 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:38.159 We're only expecting an increase in March or April, whenever you file your taxes. 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.519 Yeah, if you file your taxes. 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:54.000 But yet, according to the kingdom of God, anytime you sow not just financial seed, you can sow seeds of prayer. 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:56.559 Seeds of love. 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.120 Then there should be a harvest. 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:03.919 Then how do you get the harvest? 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:05.279 It's your praise. 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:14.399 You are the one that will cause God to move in your life. 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:16.559 When you let it rain. 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:19.679 Watch this. 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:31.279 Then it says, the earth, the earth, the earth will yield increase for you. 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:34.639 I want you to think about that. 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:36.720 The earth knows what to do. 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:43.120 It's been programmed to do what God designed it to do. 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.000 Before you were born. 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:51.039 It's actually just waiting on you to cooperate with the laws of God. 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:58.480 And when you don't cooperate with the laws of God, then you don't get the increase. 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:05.519 But when you cooperate with the laws of God and you let it rain, listen what happens. 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:08.879 There's provision that's made available for you. 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:21.200 Meaning, when you offer up the sacrifice of praise because that is the seed, then provision automatically shows up. 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.480 You get God results. 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.480 That word increase means to multiply. 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.279 Your life becomes fruitful. 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.279 It's automatic. 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:39.120 This is the way of God. 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:40.960 This is the system of God. 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:43.519 That's the way He set it up. 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:48.720 And then God's favor goes before you. 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:55.919 Now, I'm going to show you this and let me make this statement before we start talking about how to let it rain. 00:15:57.200 --> 00:16:03.200 The earth is not permitted to yield her increase until you give God praise. 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:20.879 So the reason why you have not experienced this increase or this earth yielding to what's already yours is because you choose not to. 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:30.000 You don't really understand how God has actually hooked you up. 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:38.639 We join all kinds of entities because of the hookup and the benefits. 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:44.399 Well, you got the greatest benefits of all time because you're connected to the one who knows all things. 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:48.320 Stop looking for people to hook you up. 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:51.360 Stop looking for a system to hook you up. 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:58.720 You got the Jesus says that the children of this world are wiser than the children of the kingdom. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.440 You know why he said that? 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:09.359 Because they're utilizing a worldly fallen system that's actually using the kingdom of God principles. 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:15.920 Yet we refuse to live according to what he already said. 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:20.960 This earth will yield increase to you when you let it rain. 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:28.880 There are benefits to praising. 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:31.519 Don't matter how you feel. 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.519 Okay. 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:47.759 Praise for divine intervention. 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:50.319 Go to Acts chapter 16. 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:57.119 Showing you what happens when you operate in this law called praise. 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:01.920 Acts chapter 16, very familiar. 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:04.799 And at midnight. 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:13.839 Now, what you have to understand about midnight is that God uses numbers. 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:19.200 And the number 12 actually means perfection. 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:27.839 This number actually means that God is actually in control. 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:35.279 And God is actually ruling over everything as a king. 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:36.720 Okay? 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:38.960 How many disciples were there? 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:53.519 Jesus said, I can send or ask for twelve legions of angels. 00:18:54.640 --> 00:19:00.559 Because he's showing us that God is actually in control. 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:15.839 When you look at that number twelve, it means total completion. 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:18.240 They understood this. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:34.960 So at midnight, although things were out of control, God is about to show up to show them he actually is in control of the situation. 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:45.920 But in order to get God to manifest himself as king who's in control, they had to let it rain. 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:58.559 If they did not let it rain, even though God was in control of the situation, he would not have been able to show up. 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:19.440 And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed and they sang praises unto God, and it was so loud that everybody in the prison heard them. 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:36.160 Which means if you singing and you're not loud, watch this. 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:42.240 Because they understood this law suddenly. 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:54.960 Things were one way, and all of a sudden, bam, it changed just like that. 00:20:56.240 --> 00:21:03.119 And when you go back and you read this account, they didn't do anything wrong other than preach the gospel. 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:14.319 But they recognize that when I participate in this law of praise, God is already there. 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:19.839 In order for God to move, I have to let it rain. 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:28.400 And because they understood this, suddenly there was a great earthquake. 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:40.400 So that the foundations of the prison were shaking, and immediately all the doors were open, and everyone's bands were loosed. 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.319 Not some. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.960 Down. 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:10.160 So when praises go up, God comes down. 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:13.599 Not the blessing, not the blessing. 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:18.640 God comes down and turns your situation around. 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:27.119 When praise goes up, remember, God inhabits. 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:30.000 So God is already there. 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:35.759 God now comes down in the midst of your situation. 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:40.000 And whatever is wrong, God turns it. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:48.079 You can sit on this if you want to. 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:59.680 See, see, what they what they understood is that they wanted God to take over. 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:27.039 So whatever situation has been dominating your life. 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:36.319 When you step into the climate of praise, what you now say is, I've done all I can do. 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:45.920 I tried everything that I know to do. 00:23:46.720 --> 00:24:01.680 But what I do know, the five step into this common parties, the one who knows all things, the one who can do all things, the one who has the answer to all things. 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:26.400 So so then, so then my posture is all I have to do is stay relaxed and stay excited. 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:46.799 I don't have to fight it anymore. 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:51.279 Cause he's the one that's gonna fight for me. 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:55.440 Let me give you another one. 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:59.920 Praise is your insurance. 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:05.039 I want you to think about this. 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:08.640 Because we have all types of insurance. 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:12.000 You should have life insurance. 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:18.079 That's two A man's and Astro Mike who sells life insurance. 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:31.839 Now I want you to see this because the reason why you have insurance is just in case something bad happens to you. 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:36.799 You have or you should have car. 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:44.640 You should have car insurance. 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.839 Now you gotta help me out. 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:52.000 What's the purpose of car insurance? 00:25:56.240 --> 00:26:02.480 So you pay for these types of insurances for protection. 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:05.200 Well, sir. 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.359 Well, sir. 00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:17.759 You have these types of insurance just in case you get into an accident so that you could be covered. 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:23.119 So it doesn't affect your quality of life. 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:30.559 Anybody ever got into an accident and you didn't have enough coverage? 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.960 Couldn't get a rental car. 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:42.720 Had to depend on other people to take you places. 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:55.039 Driving this point home because your praise is your insurance. 00:26:57.599 --> 00:27:00.640 Second Samuel, chapter six. 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:14.880 That's the Holy Ghost. 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:21.519 Second Samuel chapter six, verse number fourteen says this. 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:25.759 And David danced. 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.640 Watch this. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:36.559 He didn't say David danced before the congregation. 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:45.200 David knew whom he was dancing in front of. 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.559 See, you gotta understand. 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:57.680 David understood these things. 00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:02.640 We know the Bible says that he was a man after God's own heart. 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:08.400 Every battle that David fought, he never lost. 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:15.279 I want you to think about King David. 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:24.240 Every battle, every enemy that came against David, they lost. 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:29.839 Because he understood the law of praise. 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:37.440 And the Bible says, David danced before God with all of his might. 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.440 That's something right there. 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.559 All of the might. 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:44.319 He didn't hold anything back. 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:50.000 He wasn't concerned about what everybody else was going to think about him. 00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:52.960 In fact, let's read the rest of this. 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.799 Verse 15. 00:28:54.960 --> 00:29:02.160 So David and all of his house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:19.920 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Micah, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord. 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:28.880 And the Bible says that she despised David in her heart. 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:34.240 When you go back, yeah, that's a hater. 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:44.960 When you go back and you look at this, she is the only woman in Scripture that was barren. 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.359 She couldn't have children. 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:52.240 I'm gonna show you why. 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:58.559 Verse 20 says, Then David returned to bless his household. 00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:18.720 And Micah, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today! Who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaidens of the servants, as one of the vain fellows, shamelessly uncovering himself. 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:25.039 And David said unto Micah, I did this before God. 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:44.000 Reason why I danced like that, the reason why I shouted like that, the reason why I praised like that, the reason why I was not ashamed like that was because God was the one who chose me. 00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:48.720 God is the one who has a plan for my life. 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:52.240 God is the one that spared my life. 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:55.599 God is the one that healed my physical body. 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:58.799 God is the one that called me with this calling. 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:01.039 It wasn't me, it was God. 00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.079 Watch this. 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:17.759 And before all his house to appoint me ruler over the people, over Israel, therefore. 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:28.319 David didn't care what anybody else thought. 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:33.359 Watch this, verse number 22. 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:35.599 Watch how bold David is. 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:38.000 He says, You thought that was something? 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.880 You thought I was wild then. 00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:48.880 You thought I shouted loud then. 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:52.079 You thought I was singing loudly then. 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:55.599 You thought I didn't care about my hair then. 00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:01.759 You thought I didn't care anything about them eyelashes. 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:05.039 Well, I'm stepping on toes right now. 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:12.000 He said, You haven't, I'll get more vile than this. 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:19.920 I'ma get more wilder than this, not because of you, but because of the God who I serve. 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:32.559 When you get to this place, you will be without self-consideration. 00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:48.720 Now listen to this, because when David was dancing, he got into the presence of God and he put God on. 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:57.839 I'm gonna let that sit in for a moment. 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:03.279 Because she didn't despise David. 00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:05.759 She didn't understand this. 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:19.119 Because David recognized that I can create the climate of praise and God can come down, so I now put God on. 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:26.880 And when I put God on, she's not fighting against me. 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:34.799 She's actually fighting against God. 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:47.440 See, when you understand this law of praise, you can put God on, and God now fights for you. 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:54.640 So whoever's coming against you when you understand praise, they're not coming against you. 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:59.119 They're coming against the God that's in you. 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:08.400 That's why it's a law. 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:14.480 And it works every single time. 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.800 Now I'ma just flow. 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:24.480 You didn't know this, but you were set up there by the Holy Ghost. 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:27.679 So come on up. 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.960 Oh yeah, right now. 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:40.239 I've just shown you biblical examples of this. 00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.800 You're gonna hear. 00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:46.079 Yeah, I knew she was gonna show up today. 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:55.599 You're gonna hear a real life example about two people who live like this. 00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.800 See, they understand these laws. 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:06.400 Remember, the Bible says that they were given for our example. 00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:14.159 So that if we do what they do, we can get what they got. 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:20.480 So you follow the steps, and then you get the results. 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:36.079 Talk about testify a little bit and share with them what happened and then what you all live. 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.880 Okay. 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.719 Praise the Lord, Saints. 00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:41.039 Praise the Lord, Saints. 00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:51.119 Okay, um 2024 December, I had a situation and I thought, oh, it'll go away. 00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:52.719 I had shingles. 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.159 And you see that commercial. 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:03.440 But it was an unusual way of things that were going on in my life because it wouldn't leave. 00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:10.000 I was having pain everywhere, not just on my left side, but everywhere. 00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:16.880 Well, then I started losing weight, and I was dizzy and I was sick. 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:20.880 And it's like going to this doctor, that doctor, that doctor, that doctor. 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:22.400 And then my husband, Dr. 00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:27.840 White, was like, listen, we need to know what's going on in my wife's body. 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.480 That's right. 00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:38.400 And I got a specialist going, and I'm doing this fast for it, because it's a long drawn out, because we're going into 2025, and it just gotten worse. 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:40.719 And then I started getting the pain right here. 00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.480 I didn't know what it was. 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:47.760 Um, the doctor said, Go on on vacation, enjoy yourself with your family. 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:51.679 So I did, but that was not a good time for me. 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:53.920 I still had this pain. 00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:59.599 And when we got back, we found out my spleen was enlarged. 00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:08.960 Not only was it enlarged, prior to that, I was the doctor kept saying your hemoglobin was at 6.2. 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:13.440 Well, if you know any better, it should be above 10. 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:21.199 So that's why I was trying to walk and I'm tripping, and I just had to take off work four months. 00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:26.000 And I'm telling you how good God is about that because I didn't worry about insurance. 00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:32.079 I it came in my mind, well, if you're gonna go back to work part-time, there's no health insurance. 00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.519 You talked about insurance. 00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:37.119 Yeah, well, I have wonderful boss. 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.719 I I called him. 00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:40.079 The Lord said, call him. 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:48.719 And I'm like, and you know, I don't know if I felt like no, I shouldn't be doing that, but he said again, I said, call him. 00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.679 Obedience. 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.559 Yes. 00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:53.760 And so I called him and I explained what was going on. 00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:58.400 In the midst, these are lessons that you gotta hear. 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:05.280 Obedience in the midst of dealing with something that's happening in your body that you don't know. 00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.119 Okay. 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:11.039 So I called, I explained to uh Mr. 00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.800 Pai what was going on. 00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:14.719 He said, let's stop right there. 00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.159 We got you. 00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:19.280 I don't care if you work one day out the week. 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:22.639 I don't I I want you to come back healed. 00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:24.320 So we got you. 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:27.119 I said, okay, thank you, Jesus. 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:32.239 So the earth is yielding increase. 00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:38.800 I said, Well, see, when you live like this, these principles are working in her life. 00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:43.360 She didn't know it, but they're working for her. 00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:47.920 See, all that time I not once cried. 00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:51.039 Not once did I cry. 00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:58.480 I just every morning getting be getting before the Lord, praying with my husband. 00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:04.880 I told I had to tell them, and then I told my friends that praise. 00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.679 Yes. 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.920 I I didn't need anybody saying, oh God. 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.400 Uh-huh. 00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:18.239 Because when we went back to the doctor after vacation, he said it was cancer. 00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.280 Okay. 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:21.519 Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh-uh. 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.360 And when I told Mr. 00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:26.239 Pie that, he said, Oh God, I said, uh-uh. 00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:28.079 Don't say that. 00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:30.719 It is not a death sentence. 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:31.840 I'm healed. 00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:38.639 And the only reason he felt like that is because he lost his wife to cancer three years ago. 00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:41.599 So you say cancer, folks, oh, no. 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.840 Give God praise. 00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:49.679 In my pajamas, I gave God praise in the hospital. 00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:51.599 The nurses, I said, uh-uh. 00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:54.159 Nope, nope, I don't want to hear that negative talk. 00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.599 God got me. 00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:58.719 So so wait, wait, wait, wait. 00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:00.719 You were in the hospital. 00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:04.079 How were you feeling in the hospital? 00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:05.360 Just in the natural. 00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:08.320 In the natural, I could feel pain. 00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:14.719 My our concern was the blood count needs to be uh above 10. 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:18.480 And I'm like, Lord, the blood still works. 00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:21.760 The blood still works. 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:25.840 Certain things I was saying out my mouth encouraged me. 00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:28.639 So notice what she was doing. 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:35.840 Even when her body didn't look like it was supposed to look, she wasn't moved by that. 00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:54.320 She stood on the word and she acted on the word, and despite how she felt, she still in her pajamas was before the Lord and was giving God praise. 00:40:57.039 --> 00:41:01.119 So my blood count did go up. 00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:03.760 We start seeing changes. 00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:12.880 Um and just this year, when I went for, no, at the end of December of last year, I went for my physical and everything looked good. 00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:15.760 My doctor said, You look good, you look good. 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:18.000 We're just gonna draw some more blood. 00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:21.199 And the next day, I'm back to work. 00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:26.800 He calls and says, He said, 6.7, was it honey? 00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:29.119 6.2, 6.7. 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:35.440 And so instead of saying, oh no, oh my God, I said, that's a lie. 00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.920 That's a lie. 00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:41.280 And I'm like, devil, get out of here. 00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.960 You didn't make this body. 00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:45.760 So I'm talking like that in my desk. 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.960 I know it's a little crazy. 00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.519 I didn't care. 00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:47.920 That's right. 00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:49.599 I was like, David, no. 00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:55.920 And then I told the doctor, I said, that's a lie, because I just did a wait, wait, wait, wait, hold up, wait, wait, wait. 00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:57.119 Did y'all hear what she said? 00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:03.039