Living in God’s Best: Week 1, Day 1

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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY

THAT FOCUSES ON

GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL

>> LOVE AND GRACE.

> IF IT WASN’T FOR

ANDREW’S TEACHINGS, I WOULD

NEVER BE WHERE I AM TODAY.

I WOULD NEVER HAVE VICTORY.

I WOULD BE LIVING

> A LIFE OF DEFEAT.

> IT WAS ANDREW’S TEACHING

THAT ALLOWED ME TO DEVELOP

> THAT FAITH.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

TODAY I’M GOING TO START

A BRAND NEW SERIES TALKING ABOUT

HOW YOU CAN LIVE IN GOD’S BEST.

NOW THAT TITLE MAY NOT REALLY

GET YOU AT FIRST,

BUT I’M GOING TO BE EXPLAINING

A LOT OF THINGS.

I GOT A BOOK ON THIS,

LIVING IN GOD’S BEST,

AND LET ME SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE

DON’T LIVE IN GOD’S BEST.

AND I…I COULD SPEND LITERALLY

WEEKS PROBABLY TRYING TO

POSITION THIS,

AND TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LIVE

AND BELIEVE GOD

FOR SOMETHING MORE.

BUT, I’M GOING TO JUST SPEND

A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS,

BUT YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE

THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT

EXPERIENCING GOD’S BEST.

GOD’S BEST IS FOR TOTAL HEALTH.

NOT JUST RELATIVE TO

OTHER PEOPLE,

BUT I MEAN PERFECT HEALTH

AND THERE ARE SCRIPTURES.

WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

GOD’S BEST IN THE AREA

OF FINANCE IS FOR YOU

TO BE COMPLETELY DEBT-FREE,

BE ABLE TO HAVE SO MUCH

ABUNDANCE THAT YOU CAN ABOUND

UNTO EVERY GOOD WORK.

GOD’S BEST IN MARRIAGE

IS MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT MOST

PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING.

AND THEY SETTLE FOR MUCH LESS.

THEY DON’T FOLLOW GOD’S LEADING

AND THEY DON’T RECEIVE GOD’S

BEST WITH OUR CHILDREN,

WITH OUR VOCATION,

WITH THE VISION THAT GOD

HAS FOR US.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS NEVER

MADE A PIECE OF JUNK EVER.

GOD HAS NEVER MADE A FAILURE.

GOD HAS NEVER MADE A MISTAKE.

WHEN HE CREATED US,

GOD HAS GOOD PLANS FOR US.

JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 29, VERSE 11,

HE SAYS, I KNOW THE THOUGHTS

THAT I THINK TOWARDS YOU,

SAYS THE LORD,

THOUGHTS OF PEACE,

AND NOT OF EVIL,

TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END.

NIV SAYS,

A HOPE AND A FUTURE.

GOD HAS A GREAT PLAN

FOR YOUR LIFE,

AND I’M JUST TELLING YOU

THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE LIVING

WAY BELOW GOD’S STANDARDS.

MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE

I COULD SAY THIS.

THAT THERE IS NOT A PERSON

BREATHING THAT HAS TOTALLY

MAXED OUT,

EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM

I KNOW THAT’S CERTAINLY

TRUE OF MY LIFE.

I’VE SEEN GOD DO SOME

GREAT THINGS.

I AM SO BLESSED AND THANKFUL

FOR WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE

AND THROUGH ME,

TO TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE.

I’M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

BUT, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU

THAT THERE IS MORE.

GOD HAS SHOWN ME MORE

THAT HE WANTS ME TO DO

AND ACCOMPLISH THROUGH ME,

AND I HAVEN’T ARRIVED.

I’VE JUST LEFT.

I’M ON MY WAY,

TO WHERE GOD WANTS ME TO GO

BUT I HAVEN’T TAPPED OUT

EVERYTHING THAT GOD

HAS FOR ME,

AND WHETHER YOU REALIZE

IT OR NOT,

GOD HAS MORE FOR YOU THAN

WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING.

AND LET ME SAY THAT THE REASON

SOME OF YOU,

AND I’M TALKING TO PEOPLE HERE,

WHO KNOW THE LORD,

WHO LOVE THE LORD,

AND YET YOU AREN’T SATISFIED.

THERE’S MANY REASONS FOR THIS

BUT SOMETIMES,

AND I’M SPEAKING

SPECIFICALLY TO PEOPLE WHO,…

THE REASON YOU’RE DISSATISFIED,

IT’S GOD WHO’S MAKING YOU

DISSATISFIED.

AND THAT MAY SHOCK SOME OF YOU

AND THINK, WELL WHAT

ARE YOU SAYING?

GOD WOULDN’T BE THE ONE

THAT MAKES ME DEPRESSED

OR DISCOURAGED

OR WHATEVER.

BUT THERE IS A SATISFACTION

THAT COMES ONLY WHEN YOU ARE

IN THE CENTER OF GOD’S WILL

THAT YOU WON’T GET

ANYWHERE ELSE.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS

THAT THE LORD HAS DIRECTED ME

IS, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS

PASTORING IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS

AND I WAS THERE FOR TWO YEARS,

AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE.

I MEAN, WE DID NOT SEE

A GREAT SUCCESS AT ALL,

AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE

DURING THIS TIME.

BUT I WAS COMMITTED TO IT.

I LOVED THAT PLACE.

I PRAYED FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY

AS I WAS WALKING DOWN

AT THE CHURCH

AND I WAS PRAYING,

I JUST LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW

AND IT’S LIKE MY COMPASSION,

MY JOY,

MY PEACE,

ABOUT BEING IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS

JUST LEFT.

I MEAN IT WAS GONE,

AND I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW,

AND I THOUGHT, WHY AM I HERE?

I DON’T LIKE THIS PLACE.

I WANT TO GET OUT OF THERE.

AND PRIOR TO THAT TIME

I JUST LOVED IT,

AND I WAS COMMITTED

TO STANDING THERE AND PRAYING,

AND IT WAS SUCH

A RADICAL SWITCH.

I MEAN IT’S JUST LIKE MY HEART

JUST INSTANTLY CHANGED

THAT I WAS SHOCKED BY IT,

AND I SPENT TWO OR THREE HOURS

PRAYING, GOD, WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

WAS THIS YOU,

OR THIS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME?

AND THE MORE I PRAYED ABOUT IT

THE MORE THE LORD CONVINCED ME

IT WAS HIM,

JUST TAKING THIS DESIRE

TO BE IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS

OUT OF MY HEART.

AND SO AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS

PRAYING ABOUT IT,

THE LORD SPOKE TO ME,

AND HE TOLD ME I WAS LEAVING.

IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE

AND HE EVEN GAVE ME A DATE.

HE SAID NOVEMBER THE 1ST,

AND I FORGET EXACTLY

WHAT YEAR THAT WAS.

IT WOULD’VE BEEN I THINK IN 1975

PROBABLY, NOVEMBER THE 1ST

THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.

SO I PRAYED ABOUT IT UNTIL

I WAS SURE THAT’S WHAT GOD SAID.

I WENT HOME TO TELL JAMIE

THAT I HAD BEEN PRAYING,

AND GOD HAD JUST SPOKEN

THIS TO ME,

AND WHEN I GOT HOME

THERE WAS A FOR SALE SIGN

IN OUR YARD.

WE WERE RENTING A HOUSE,

AND THERE WAS A FOR SALE SIGN

IN OUR YARD,

AND SO I WENT IN

AND I ASKED JAMIE.

I SAID WHAT’S THE FOR SALE SIGN?

SHE SAID THE LANDLORD CAME BY

AND TOLD US THEY’RE SELLING

THE HOUSE,

AND WE’VE GOT TO BE OUT

OF THIS HOUSE

BY NOVEMBER THE 1ST.

IT WAS A PERFECT CONFIRMATION

AND IT WAS EXACTLY

WHAT GOD WANTED,

AND WHAT I’M SAYING IS,

ONE OF THE WAYS THAT GOD LED US

WAS THROUGH JUST PUTTING

A HOLY DISSATISFACTION.

I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT

THE SORROW OF THIS WORLD,

THE GRIEF THAT COMES

WHEN YOU’VE MESSED UP

AND DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS.

BUT SOMETIMES THE LORD

WILL MAKE YOU DISSATISFIED

BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.

HE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO BE

CONTENT WHERE YOU ARE.

NOW AGAIN, THERE’S OTHER REASONS

THAT PEOPLE GET DISSATISFIED,

BECAUSE THEY AREN’T KEEPING

THEIR MIND ON THE LORD

AND THEY AREN’T SEEKING

THE LORD, ETCETERA.

BUT I’M SAYING THAT THERE ARE

SOME OF YOU WHO LOVE GOD,

YOU’RE SEEKING THE LORD

AND YET THERE IS A HOLY

DISSATISFACTION IN YOUR LIFE.

AND I’M TELLING YOU

THE REASON FOR IT,

IS BECAUSE GOD’S GOT MORE

FOR YOU.

HE’S WANTING, YOU KNOW IT’S,

I’VE READ THAT THEY SOMETIMES

THE MOTHER BIRDS,

WHEN THEY WANT THEIR CHICKS

TO GET OUT OF THE NEST,

AND…AND PUSH THEM OUT

AND START FLYING,

AND GETTING OUT,

AND DO THINGS ERN…ON THEIR OWN

THEY’LL ACTUALLY TAKE

THE FEATHERS AND THE THINGS

THAT CUSHIONED THE NEST,

AND MADE IT SO COMFORTABLE

THAT THEY’LL START PLUCKING

THOSE THINGS OUT,

SO THAT THE STICKS AND THE TWIGS

AND THINGS STICK THROUGH

AND IT POKED THE BIRDS

AND MOTIVATES THEM TO GET ON.

IN A SENSE THAT’S WHAT GOD

IS DOING TO SOME OF YOU

IS HE’S PUT A HOLY

DISSATISFACTION THERE.

THINGS THAT USED TO SATISFY

DON’T SATISFY.

NOW AGAIN, LET ME JUST QUALIFY

THAT THERE’S MULTIPLE REASONS.

SOME…SOMETIMES THE REASON

PEOPLE ARE DISSATISFIED

IS BECAUSE THEY AREN’T KEEPING

THEIR MIND STAYED UPON THE LORD.

ISAIAH 26:3,

THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU

IN PERFECT PEACE,

WHOSE MIND IS STAYED UPON HIM

BUT, THERE IS A HOLY

DISSATISFACTION

AND I KNOW I’M SPEAKING

TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW

WHO GOD HAS STIRRED YOU UP

AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE.

YOU AREN’T SATISFIED.

YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING

MORE.

YOU KNOW IN MY WAY

OF READING THINGS,

OVER HERE IN JUDGES, CHAPTER 6.

LET ME JUST TURN OVER,

AND READ SOME OF THIS,

BUT THIS IS ABOUT GIDEON,

AND GIDEON WAS AN ISRAELITE.

THE ISRAELITES AT THIS TIME

HAD BEEN CONQUERED BY

THE MIDIANITES,

AND THE MIDIANITES

WERE OPPRESSING THEM,

AND ANYTIME ANYBODY HARVESTED

THEIR FIELD,

AND STARTED BEATING OUT

THE GRAIN AND THINGS,

THE MIDIANITES WOULD COME

AND TAKE IT FROM THEM

AND SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE

HAVING TO HIDE THEIR FOOD,

AND THINGS TO BE ABLE

TO SURVIVE.

AND SO, GIDEON WAS BEHIND

A WINEPRESS,

AND HE WAS THRESHING OUT

HIS WHEAT,

AND AS HE DID THIS,

IT SAYS, IN JUDGES, CHAPTER 6

IN VERSE 12,

AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD

APPEARED UNTO HIM,

AND SAID UNTO HIM,

THE LORD IS WITH THEE,

THOU MIGHTY MAN OF VALOUR.

AND GIDEON SAID UNTO HIM,

OH MY LORD,

IF THE LORD BE WITH US,

WHY THEN,

IS ALL THIS BEFALLEN US?

AND WHERE BE ALL HIS MIRACLES

WHICH OUR FATHER TOLD US OF,

SAYING, DID NOT THE LORD

BRING US UP FROM EGYPT?

BUT NOW THE LORD HATH

FORSAKEN US,

AND DELIVERED US INTO THE HANDS

OF THE MIDIANITES.

DID YOU KNOW ON FIRST READING

OF THAT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE

THAT HE’S JUST TOTALLY

SPEAKING UNBELIEF.

HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN GOD.

HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT

THIS IS A TOTAL STATEMENT

OF UNBELIEF.

BUT LOOK AT THE RESPONSE,

IN VERSE 14, IT SAYS,

THE LORD LOOKED UPON HIM,

AND SAID, GO IN THIS THY MIGHT,

AND THOU SHALT SAVE ISRAEL

FROM THE HAND OF MIDIANITES:

HAVE NOT I SENT THEE?

WHY WOULD GOD BLESS

A TOTAL NEGATIVE STATEMENT

ABOUT MAN, GOD’S NOT WITH US?

HE’S FORSAKEN US.

WELL, YOU DON’T HAVE THE ABILITY

TO HEAR THE INFLECTION

OF HIS VOICE,

AND TO SEE EXACTLY

WHAT HE’S SAYING.

BUT, I BELIEVE,

BASED ON MY STUDYING.

I DON’T WANT TO JUST SPEND

MY TIME TEACHING ON GIDEON

BUT THIS IS MY BELIEF

THAT GIDEON WAS BASICALLY

JUST EXPRESSING

A HOLY DISSATISFACTION,

AND SAYING,

I’M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS.

MAN I’VE HEARD THESE STORIES

ALL MY LIFE,

ABOUT HOW THE ISRAELITES

CAME OUT OF EGYPT,

WITH ALL OF THESE MIRACLES

AND HERE WE ARE,

WE CAN’T EVEN EAT.

I’VE GOT TO HIDE

TO THRESH OUT MY WHEAT,

AND HE WAS SICK AND TIRED

OF BEING SICK AND TIRED,

AND HE WAS READY AND LOOKING

FOR SOMETHING MORE.

AND THAT’S THE REASON

THAT THE ANGEL REWARDED HIM

AND SAID, GO IN THIS THY MIGHT

GO WITH THIS ATTITUDE.

GO KNOWING THAT THERE

IS SOMETHING MORE

AND THAT YOU AREN’T GOING TO

SETTLE FOR LESS.

YOU KNOW LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY.

THAT AS LONG AS YOU CAN LIVE

WITH LESS THAN GOD’S BEST,

YOU WILL.

BUT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST STEPS

IN SEEING GOD’S BEST

COME IN YOUR LIFE,

IS YOU GOT TO BE SICK AND TIRED

OF BEING SICK AND TIRED.

YOU GOT TO GET TO A PLACE

WHERE I’VE TAKEN ALL OF THIS

I’M GOING TO TAKE.

I JUST DON’T WANT THIS ANYMORE.

YOU KNOW I CAN REMEMBER

ANOTHER TIME WHEN I WAS

IN SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS

THIS INSTANCE THAT

I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER,

AND I WAS PASTORING

THIS LITTLE CHURCH

AND JAMIE AND I WERE POOR

BECAUSE OF MY OWN STUPIDITY.

I’M GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS

A LOT MORE

AS I GET INTO THIS SERIES.

I WON’T SPEND TIME TO DO IT NOW.

BUT WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING

WITH POVERTY

AND WE HAD A CAR

THAT WE WERE WANTING TO SELL,

A ’56 CHEVY BEL AIR,

AND IT WAS A DOG.

IT HAD A LOT OF THINGS

WRONG WITH IT.

BUT ANYWAY, LONG STORY.

I’M NOT GOING TO GO INTO

ALL OF IT.

BUT WE HAD TRIED FOR WEEKS

TO SELL THIS CAR.

WE HAD…WE HAD E…ACTUALLY

DECREASED THE PRICE

THAT WE PUT ON IT.

WE HAD DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS

AND IT JUST WOULDN’T SELL.

PEOPLE WOULD COME LOOK AT IT

BUT ONCE THEY SAW IT

AND I MEAN IT BURNED A QUART

OF OIL EVERY 50 MILES.

IF YOU TURNED ON THE HEATER

IT PUMPED WATER OUT

ON YOUR FEET.

THERE WAS A HOLE

IN THE FLOORBOARD

AND THE KEYS, THE DIFFERENCE,

THE U-JOINTS WERE GOING

OUT ON IT,

AND THE THING SHOOK SO BAD

THAT THE KEYS WOULD ACTUALLY

COME OUT OF THE IGNITION,

AND IF YOU WEREN’T CAREFUL

THEY WOULD FALL THROUGH THE HOLE

IN THE FLOORBOARD.

I MEAN IT WAS A…IT WAS A MESS.

AND SO I THINK WE WERE ONLY

ASKING LIKE THR…$400,

AND I THINK WE CAME DOWN

TO $350,

AND IT WASN’T LIKE WE WERE

PUTTING AN EXCESSIVE

PRICE ON IT,

BUT IT WAS JUST A DOG.

AND ANYWAY, THE LORD HAD TOLD ME

THAT HE WAS GOING TO SUPPLY

OUR NEEDS THROUGH THAT

SELLING OF THE CAR,

AND WE WAITED FOR THREE WEEKS.

WE WERE BEHIND ON OUR RENT.

WE HADN’T BEEN EATING,

AND I HAD TRIED TO BE PATIENT

AND STAND IN FAITH,

AND FINALLY ONE DAY

I JUST HAD HAD IT UP TO HERE.

I MEAN, I DECIDED THAT

THIS WAS IT.

WE HAD TO HAVE SOME MONEY.

THE LORD HAD TOLD ME

IT WAS THAT CAR

THAT HE WOU…HE…

WE WERE GOING TO SELL IT,

AND GET THE MONEY OUT OF THAT

AND SO I WAS DOWN

IN MY CHURCH BUILDING

AND I MEAN I JUST GOT ANGRY.

I GOT MAD, NOT AT GOD.

I WASN’T MAD AT GOD.

I KNEW GOD WASN’T MY PROBLEM

BUT I WAS MAD AT ME,

AND I WAS MAD AT THIS SITUATION,

AND I JUST LET THE DEVIL

HAVE IT.

I MEAN, IF I COULD’VE GOTTEN

MY HANDS ON HIM PHYSICALLY,

I WOULD HAVE DONE SOME DAMAGE.

I JUST GOT MAD.

I WAS SICK AND TIRED

OF BEING SICK AND TIRED

AND BEING POOR,

AND I JUST STARTED

SCREAMING AND YELLING

AT THE DEVIL AND FIGHTING.

AND, ANYWAY, I…WITHIN JUST

A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME

IT WAS LIKE BOOM,

I GOT A BREAKTHROUGH

AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS DONE.

I STARTED REJOICING

AND PRAISING GOD,

AND I WENT HOME.

I HAD THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT

OF THE CHURCH,

AND IT HAD A FOR SALE SIGN

ON IT,

AND I WENT HOME TO TELL JAMIE

THAT MAN IT’S OVER.

I DON’T KNOW HOW,

BUT GOD’S GOING TO SELL

THIS CAR.

WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS MONEY.

IT’S A DONE DEAL.

AND BEFORE I COULD TELL HER

ANYTHING SHE CAME RUNNING OUT

AND SHE SAYS QUICK A MAN CALLED.

HE SAW YOUR CAR AT THE CHURCH.

HE’S ON HIS WAY DOWN THERE.

HE’S GOING TO BE THERE

IN FIVE MINUTES

AND HE WANTS TO BUY THE CAR.

SO I DIDN’T EVEN GET TO TELL HER

ABOUT MY BREAKTHROUGH.

I WENT DOWN,

AND THIS GUY HE HAD THE CASH

AND HE WANTED TO BUY

THE UM…CAR.

AND I SAID, WELL I’VE GOT TO

TELL YOU ABOUT ALL OF THE BAD

STUFF SO I TOLD HIM ABOUT

BURNING OIL.

I TOLD HIM ABOUT PUMPING WATER

OUT ON YOUR FEET.

I TOLD HIM ABOUT THAT

THE U-JOINTS WERE GOING OUT,

AND I MADE HIM DRIVE THE CAR

AROUND THE BLOCK,

AND I MEAN HE TOOK OFF

AND IN A BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE,

AS IT BURNED ALL OF THIS OIL

IT WENT AROUND THE BLOCK

AND HE CAME BACK

AND HE PARKED IT,

AND HE SAYS, CAN I HAVE IT NOW?

I MEAN IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW,

WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO DO

TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU

THIS MONEY,

AND SO FINALLY I SAID WELL OKAY,

AND I TOOK THE MONEY.

AND WHEN HE GAVE ME THE MONEY

HE SAID, THREE WEEKS AGO

THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT YOU PUT

A FOR SALE SIGN ON THAT CAR

AT A MORE EXPENSIVE PRICE

HE SAYS, I TOLD MY WIFE,

THAT’S MY CAR.

I’M GOING TO GET THAT.

AND THE GUY DIDN’T WANT IT

TO DRIVE.

HE WANTED IT FOR PARTS.

HE WAS GOING TO TAKE

PARTS OFF OF IT,

BECAUSE IT WAS A POPULAR CAR

AND UH, ANYWAY, HE SAYS

I’VE BEEN TRYING FOR THREE WEEKS

TO GET MY WIFE TO AGREE

THAT HE WOULD LET…

THAT SHE WOULD LET ME

GO BUY THIS CAR,

AND HE SAID IT WAS ON A SATURDAY

AND HE SAYS I WAS WATCHING

A FOOTBALL GAME

AND I WASN’T EVEN THINKING

ABOUT IT.

AND HE SAYS JUST A…

ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES AGO,

SHE JUST WALKED IN,

AND THREW THE MONEY AT ME

AND SHE SAYS, ALL RIGHT,

GO GET YOUR CAR!

AND YOU KNOW WHAT,

THAT’S THE EXACT TIME

THAT I WAS PRAYING.

THAT’S THE EXACT TIME

I GOT SICK AND TIRED,

OF BEING SICK AND TIRED,

AND THAT I FINALLY SAID

I’M NOT GOING ANY FURTHER.

I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE THIS WAY.

AND THE REASON I SAY ALL OF THIS

IS TO SAY THAT AS LONG

AS YOU CAN SETTLE FOR GOD’S LESS

THAN HIS BEST YOU WILL.

AND DID YOU KNOW,

AFTER ALL THIS WAS OVER

I REMEMBERED THINKING TO MYSELF

WHY DID IT TAKE ME THREE WEEKS

TO COME TO THIS BREAKING POINT

TO WHERE I FINALLY

JUST PUT MY FOOT DOWN,

AND SAID THAT’S IT.

I’M NOT GOING ANY FURTHER.

AND I’VE SEEN THIS SINCE

THAT TIME.

I’VE SEEN MANY, MANY TIMES

THAT YOU KNOW I’LL TOLERATE

SOMETHING.

I’LL BE PATIENT,

AND THINK WELL IT’S GOING TO

WORK OUT OR SOMETHING,

BUT FINALLY THERE JUST COMES

THIS BREAKING POINT,

AND WHEN I GET TO WHERE

I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE

LIKE THIS ANYMORE,

THERE’S A BREAKTHROUGH,

AND IT MAKES ME WONDER

WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO WHERE

I’M TRAUMATIZED,

AND IN THIS BAD SITUATION

BEFORE I, YOU KNOW,

JUST PUT MY FOOT DOWN,

AND SAY I’M NOT GOING

ANY FURTHER.

I’M SAYING ALL OF THESE THINGS

TO YOU,

THAT THERE ARE MANY OF YOU

THAT YOU KNOW YOUR LIFE IS NOT

THE WAY GOD WANTS IT TO BE.

YOU KNOW YOUR MARRIAGE ISN’T

THE WAY GOD WANTS IT TO BE.

YOU KNOW YOUR HEALTH ISN’T

THE WAY GOD WANTS IT TO BE.

YOU KNOW THAT YOUR JOB

AND YOUR CAREER IS A DEAD END.

IT’S GOING NOWHERE.

THERE ARE MANY OF YOU THAT HAVE

THIS HOLY DISSATISFACTION,

AND YET YOU JUST

ARE TOLERATING IT.

MOST OF US KIND OF NUMB OURSELF

TO THESE THINGS.

I’M CONVINCED THAT THIS IS ONE

REASON THAT MOST PEOPLE

DO NOT GET QUIET AND STILL.

YOU KNOW IT SAYS,

IN PSALMS 46:10,

BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

AND I’M CONVINCED ONE

OF THE REASONS PEOPLE JUST

CONSTANTLY HAVE TO HAVE

A RADIO ON,

A TELEVISION ON,

THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING

GOING, THEY HAVE TO BE DOING

SOMETHING.

THEY JUST DON’T HAVE DOWNTIME.

THEY DON’T SIT,

IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU SIT

AND GET TO CONTEMPLATING

AND MEDITATING AND THINKING

ABOUT YOUR LIFE,

THERE IS A HOLY DISSATISFACTION

THAT COMES UP

IN MOST PEOPLE’S LIVES,

BECAUSE THEY…WHEN YOU’RE QUIET

AND YOU AREN’T BEING ENTERTAINED

OR BOMBARDED WITH SOMETHING,

BUT YOU’RE JUST THINKING.

YOU GO TO KIND OF EVALUATING,

WHERE AM I?

WHERE HAVE I COME FROM?

WHERE AM I NOW?

WHERE…WHAT’S MY FUTURE

GOING TO BE LIKE?

AND IT’S DISPLEZ…

IT’S UNPLEASANT TO MOST PEOPLE,

AND MOST PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THAT,

BECAUSE THEY AREN’T EXPERIENCING

GOD’S BEST.

MOST OF US ARE LIVING WAY

BELOW GOD’S STANDARDS.

AND THIS IS ONE REASON

I THINK THAT PEOPLE AVOID

JUST BEING STILL.

ON THE CONTRARY,

I LOVE JUST SPENDING TIME

DOING NOTHING,

BUT JUST SITTING THERE

THINKING AND MEDITATING

AND GOD, WHERE AM I?

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

AM I DOING THINGS THE WAY

THAT YOU WANT ME TO?

IS THERE THINGS THAT

I NEED TO CHANGE?

I LOVE DOING THAT,

BECAUSE GOD SPEAKS TO ME,

AND HE PUTS VISION IN MY HEART.

BUT I THINK MANY PEOPLE

AVOID THAT,

BECAUSE IN THEIR HEART THEY

KNOW THAT THINGS AREN’T RIGHT,

AND SO THEY TRY,

AND NUMB THEMSELF TO IT

AND OCCUPY THEMSELF

WITH OTHER THINGS.

DURING THIS SERIES

I’M GOING TO TRY AND GET YOU

TO CONFRONT THIS,

AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT MOST OF US

ARE SELLING OURSELVES SHORT.

GOD HAS GOOD PLANS FOR YOU.

HE’S GOT PLANS FOR YOU

THAT ARE FAR GREATER THAN

ANYTHING THAT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED

AND LIKE I SAID, AT THE VERY

BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM,

I DON’T BELIEVE THAT

THERE IS A ONE OF US

THAT HAS MAXED OUT

WHAT GOD HAS FOR US.

IF YOU’RE STILL BREATHING,

GOD’S GOT MORE.

I DON’T BELIEVE ANYBODY

HAS TAPPED OUT THE TOTAL ABILITY

AND POTENTIAL,

THAT GOD HAS PLACED

ON THE INSIDE OF THEM.

SOME OF US ARE FURTHER ALONG

THAN OTHERS,

BUT I DON’T THINK THERE’S

A PERSON BREATHING,

WHO HAS JUST MAXED OUT

EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAD

FOR THEM,

AND SO I’M ENCOURAGING YOU.

IF YOU’RE BRAND NEW,

IF THIS IS ALL NEW STUFF

AND YOU’VE NEVER REALLY

STRETCHED OUT,

AND BELIEVED GOD FOR ANYTHING,

OR IF YOU’VE BEEN WALKING

WITH GOD FOREVER,

I’M TELLING YOU GOD HAS MORE,

AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU

TO BELIEVE FOR GOD’S BEST

NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT,

YOU ARE CARRYING OTHER

PEOPLE’S MIRACLES.

GOD HAS CREATED EVERY ONE

OF US FOR A PURPOSE.

HE HAS A DESIGN FOR YOUR LIFE

AND IT’S GOING TO BLESS YOU,

AND SATISFY YOU, YES.

BUT, GOD HAS A PLAN

FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU

TO NOT ONLY BE BLESSED,

BUT TO BE A BLESSING,

AND HE’S GOT THINGS

THAT HE WANTS

TO FLOW THROUGH YOU

THAT WILL TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU MAY NOT BE A MINISTER

LIKE ME,

BUT YOU…YOU COULD MINISTER

TO PEOPLE AT YOUR JOB,

IN YOUR FAMILY,

IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,

IN YOUR WORLD OF INFLUENCE.

GOD WANTS TO BRING YOU

TO A PLACE THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU

PROSPEROUS AND JOYFUL,

AND JUST, I MEAN THRILLED

WITH THE LIFE THAT GOD

IS GIVING YOU.

BUT GOD WANTS TO TAKE

ALL OF THESE THINGS

THAT HE WANTS TO DO FOR YOU,

AND USE YOU AS A TESTIMONY

TO OTHER PEOPLE

TO TOUCH THEM,

AND TO SHOW THEM,

WHAT GOD CAN DO IN THEIR LIFE.

SO, IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT YOU.

OTHER PEOPLE’S MIRACLES

ARE ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.

THERE IS OTHER PEOPLE

THAT MAY NEVER WATCH

MY TELEVISION PROGRAM,

THAT MAY NEVER OPEN A BIBLE,

THAT MAY NEVER GO TO CHURCH,

BUT THEY KNOW YOU.

AND GOD WANTS TO BRING YOU

TO HIS FULLNESS IN YOUR LIFE

NOT ONLY TO BLESS YOU,

BUT SO THAT YOU COULD

BE A TESTIMONY, A SIGNPOST,

TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT

WHAT GOD COULD DO FOR THEM.

SO, I’M TELLING YOU

THIS IS IMPERATIVE.

I THINK THAT MOST OF US

ARE LIVING WAY, WAY, WAY BELOW

WHAT GOD WANTS,

AND BECAUSE OF IT,

WE AREN’T EXPERIENCING

GOD’S BEST,

BUT WE ALSO AREN’T BEING

THE TESTIMONY

THAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU.

BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST

LOOK AROUND NOT EVERYBODY

IS EXPERIENCING GOD’S BEST,

AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE OF GOD.

IT’S NOT GOD’S FAULT.

GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE,

BUT YOU HAVE TO COOPERATE,

AND ONE OF THE VERY FIRST STEPS,

THIS IS WHAT I’VE SPENT ALL DAY

TODAY TALKING ABOUT IS,

THAT YOU HAVE TO GET

DISSATISFIED WITH LIVING

A SUBSTANDARD LIFE.

AS LONG AS YOU CAN PUT UP

WITH BEING MEDIOCRE

AND BEING AVERAGE, YOU WILL.

BUT WHEN YOU GET A HOLY

DISSATISFACTION,

AND SAY GOD I’VE TAKEN

ALL OF THIS I’M GOING TO TAKE.

I’M SICK AND TIRED

OF BEING SICK AND TIRED.

I’M NOT GOING TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

I’M GOING TO CHANGE.

NOW THAT’S NOT ALL THAT THERE

IS TO IT,

BUT THAT IS A FIRST PLACE.

AS LONG AS YOU CAN TOLERATE

BEING LESS THAN GOD WANTS

YOU TO BE, YOU WILL BE.

BUT WHEN YOU GET TO A PLACE

TO WHERE I’M NOT LIVING THIS WAY

I’M GOING TO CHANGE.

I TELL YOU WHAT, I BELIEVE THAT

IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM,

THAT MAN, THAT JUST STARTS

DRAWING ALL KINDS OF GOD

ACTIVITY TOWARDS YOU.

I’M GOING TO SHARE

THIS SCRIPTURE TOMORROW

IN MORE DETAIL,

BUT 2 CHRONICLES 16:9,

THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE RUNNING

TO AND FRO,

THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE

TO SHEW HIMSELF STRONG

IN BEHALF OF,

GOD IS LOOKING.

THIS PROGRAM IS HEARD

ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

DID YOU KNOW THAT TODAY,

WHEREVER YOU ARE,

GOD IS RIGHT THERE LOOKING

AND SAYING, ARE YOU GOING

TO RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE?

ARE YOU GOING TO BE

SICK AND TIRED OF BEING

SICK AND TIRED?

ARE YOU LOOKING

FOR SOMETHING MORE?

AND IF YOU WOULD JUST RESPOND

TO THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY,

I BELIEVE GOD WOULD SHOW UP,

AND MIRACLES WOULD START WORKING

IN YOUR LIFE.

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WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY

AND HOPE TO HEAR

>> FROM YOU TODAY.

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>> IF GOD IS WITH US,

>> WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?

>> WE ARE NOT ALONE.

>> HE WILL HELP US TO FACE NERO.

>> LET HIM AMONG YOU

WHO IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM

>> THROW THE FIRST STONE.

>> TO ALL PERSONS SUSPECTED

OF FOLLOWING THE RELIGIOUS SECT

KNOWN AS CHRISTIANITY

>> WILL BE THROWN TO THE LIONS.

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YOU SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS

I’M NOT GOING BY WHAT I SEE.

I GO BY WHAT

THE WORD OF GOD SAYS.

THERE’S MORE THAN

JUST THIS PHYSICAL REALM.

THERE’S ALSO A SPIRITUAL REALM.

I DON’T CARE

WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE,

I KNOW WHAT

GOD’S WORD SAYS.

>> I WAS TOLD THAT

I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE

SEVERE ASTHMA

>> AND FOOD ALLERGIES.

>> I WAS BORN MISSING

THE LEFT SIDE OF MY HEART

WITH A VERY SMALL CHANCE

>> OF LIVING.

>> THE DOCTORS INDICATED

THAT I HAD A PERMANENT

BRAIN INJURY

AND THAT I WOULD NEVER FUNCTION

>> IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY AGAIN.

>> I’M TIM MCDERMOTT

AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE TOLD

THAT WE WOULD NEVER RECOVER

FROM AUTISM.

FROM A YOUNG AGE

I HAD SEVERAL DIAGNOSES

INCLUDING ASPERGER’S SYNDROME,

DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME,

AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.

MY BROTHER JAMES WAS DIAGNOSED

WITH AUTISM BEFORE HE TURNED 3.

FOR YEARS IT SEEMED LIKE

WE WOULD NEVER BE NORMAL,

BUT THEN MY PARENTS

STUMBLED ACROSS

THE HEALING JOURNEY

OF HANNAH TERRADEZ.

A FEW WEEKS LATER WE WENT

TO ANDREW’S FREE

GRACE AND FAITH CONFERENCE

WHERE WE WERE HEALED OF AUTISM.

TODAY, 10 YEARS LATER

I’M STILL WALKING IN

MY COMPLETE HEALING

>> AND I’M NOT ALONE.

>> I HAVEN’T NEEDED MY INHALER

IN YEARS AND NOW I EAT

>> WHATEVER I WANT.

>> MY HEART GREW BACK

ITS MISSING PIECE

AND THE DOCTORS COULD NOT

>> EXPLAIN IT.

>> TODAY, I AM COMPLETELY

HEALED, AND I GET TO TEACH

>> GOD’S TRUTH ABOUT HEALING.

>> BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

PARTNERED WITH ANDREW

WOMMACK MINISTRIES,

WE HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN

OUR LIVES BACK.

WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH

FOR YOUR GENEROSITY,

BUT THERE ARE STILL MILLIONS

OF LIVES OUT THERE

LOOKING FOR THE SAME TRUTH

THAT SET US FREE.

WILL YOU HELP US BRING

>> THIS MESSAGE TO THEM?

>> THE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT

TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES.

PLEASE CONSIDER

>> A PARTNERSHIP.

>> PLEASE PARTNER

WITH THIS MINISTRY.

>> IT’S AMAZING.

>> PLEASE CONSIDER

BEING A PARTNER

>> WITH THIS MINISTRY.

YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW

THESE PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW

EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE

THAT YOU JUST SAW THEM

GIVE A TESTIMONY,

AND I TELL YOU,

JESUS CHANGED THEIR LIFE

BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERS.

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AND JOIN WITH US TODAY.

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