What you imagine may be more important than you realize. Ultimately, what you imagine determines what you believe, and how you believe determines how you receive. Having a positive imagination is what the Bible calls hope! And hope is what faith is based upon.
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>> WELCOME TO
THE WEEKEND EDITION
OF GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOR OVER 50 YEARS
HAS BEEN CHANGING LIVES
THROUGH GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL
>> LOVE AND GRACE.
THE WORD OF GOD SPARKED
HIS IMAGINATION.
THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FANTASY AND IMAGINATION.
IMAGINATION, GODLY IMAGINATION,
IS BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD.
YOU LET THE WORD
PAINT A PICTURE.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
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WELL, WHAT I’M GOING TO
START SHARING ON, I’VE GOT
A BRAND-NEW TEACHING
ON THE POWER OF IMAGINATION.
AND I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE POWER OF IMAGINATION
TO AFFECT YOUR HEALING.
AND MANY PEOPLE DON’T
UNDERSTAND THIS.
DANIEL AND CARLIE HAVE DANCED
ALL AROUND THIS.
AND TALKED ABOUT IT ALL THIS
MORNING SO, THEY GAVE YOU
THE TEASE.
I’M GOING TO START TEACHING
ON THIS.
AND I’M GOING TO TEACH TONIGHT
ALSO, AND WE WILL BE EXPLAINING
IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
LET ME START WITH A STORY
THAT MANY OF YOU IF YOU’VE
HEARD ME TEACH ON THIS,
YOU MIGHT HAVE
HEARD THIS BEFORE
BUT IT’S JUST REALLY CLASSIC
AND IT MAKES THE POINT
AND THEN I’M GOING TO EXPLAIN
WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT I WAS LISTENING TO A TAPE
ONE TIME AND THERE WAS A WOMAN
WHO WAS LEGALLY BLIND,
HAD REALLY THICK GLASSES
AND SHE HAD BEEN PRAYED
FOR MANY, MANY TIMES.
AND EXACTLY WHAT DANIEL
AND CARLIE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THIS MORNING ABOUT GETTING
SICKNESS IN YOUR BODY IS
ONE THING BUT WHEN IT GETS
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU
IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR MIND,
THAT’S WHEN IT’S HARD
TO GET PEOPLE HEALED.
AND THIS WOMAN HAD BEEN SICK
FOR SO LONG, HAD HAD POOR
EYESIGHT FOR SO LONG THAT
THAT’S THE WAY SHE SAW HERSELF.
AND SHE JUST COULDN’T STAND
TO BE DISAPPOINTED
ONE MORE TIME.
SO, THEY HAD A HEALING MINISTER
COMING TO HER CHURCH,
BUT SHE DIDN’T WANT TO RECEIVE
PRAYER BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T WANT
TO BE DISAPPOINTED AGAIN.
AND SO, SHE AVOIDED
THIS HEALING MINISTER,
AND ANYWAY, HE JUST FINALLY
TRAPPED HER ON THE LAST NIGHT
OF THE MEETING AND HE SAYS,
I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU.
SO SHE SAID, OKAY.
AND HE MADE HER
TAKE HER GLASSES OFF,
AND THEN HE PRAYED FOR HER.
AND HE SAYS NOW, CAN YOU SEE?
SO SHE STARTED TO OPEN HER EYES
AND HE SAYS, SHUT YOUR EYES!
AND SO SHE SHUT HER EYES
THINKING WELL, HOW CAN I TELL
IF I CAN SEE IF I CAN’T
OPEN MY EYES?
AND SO HE SAYS A SECOND TIME,
NOW, CAN YOU SEE?
AND SO SHE STARTED TO OPEN
HER EYES, AND HE SAID,
SHUT YOUR EYES.
AND SHE SHUT HER
EYES, CONFUSED.
AND FINALLY, HE SAID
THE THIRD TIME, NOW,
CAN YOU SEE, SO SHE STARTED
TO OPEN HER EYES, AND HE SAID,
I DIDN’T TELL YOU TO
OPEN YOUR EYES.
YOU HAVE TO SEE YOURSELF
SEEING ON THE INSIDE BEFORE
YOU SEE YOURSELF SEEING
WITH YOUR EYES.
AND SO, SHE FINALLY UNDERSTOOD
WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
AND SHE JUST KEPT HER EYES
CLOSED AND PRAYED IN TONGUES
FOR A WHILE.
AND AFTER A WHILE SHE SAYS,
I CAN SEE IT.
I CAN SEE MYSELF SEEING.
AND HE SAYS, NOW
OPEN YOUR EYES.
AND HE…SHE OPENED HER EYES
AND SHE COULD SEE PERFECTLY.
MAN, THAT WAS AWESOME.
AND I TELL YOU, THIS…
DANIEL AND CARLIE HAVE
ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS,
BUT I’M GOING TO GO INTO
SOME MORE DETAIL ON IT.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG
PROBLEMS OF PEOPLE RECEIVING
HEALING IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
AN IMAGE ON THE INSIDE.
THEY SEE THEMSELF SICK.
THEY THINK SICK.
THEY TALK SICK.
THEY DREAM SICK.
AND THEN THEY WONDER WHY
THEY AREN’T SEEING THE HEALING.
PROVERBS 23:7 SAYS,
AS HE THINKS IN HIS HEART,
SO IS HE.
YOU HAVE A SELF-FULFILLING
PROPHECY ON THE INSIDE.
YOU SEE YOURSELF A CERTAIN WAY,
AND THIS ISN’T LIMITED
TO HEALING.
THIS IS…THIS IS…APPLIES
TO EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
IT’S LIKE YOUR IMAGINATION IS
A GOVERNOR THAT JUST STOPS YOU.
ONCE YOU BEGIN TO START GOING
BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE YOURSELF
DOING, IT JUST STOPS YOU
DEAD IN YOUR TRACKS.
YOU CAN’T GO BEYOND IT.
AS YOU THINK IN YOUR HEART,
THAT’S THE WAY THAT YOU ARE.
AND THE SAD FACT IS MANY OF US
SEE OURSELVES SICK.
WE SEE OURSELF INFIRM.
YOU SEE YOURSELF GETTING OLDER
AND YOU’RE THINKING, WHAT IS…
MAN, IT’S ALREADY A PROBLEM
NOW, WHAT’S THIS GOING TO BE
LIKE AS I GET OLDER?
AND YOU SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS
AND THAT BECOMES
A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.
SO, I WANT TO START OVER IN
PSALMS 103, AND IN VERSE 14.
AND I’M GOING TO SHARE SOME
THINGS WITH YOU ON IMAGINATION.
AND THERE’S A LOT OF NEGATIVE
THINGS ASSOCIATED
WITH IMAGINATION.
MOST CHRISTIANS BELIEVE
THAT AN IMAGINATION
IS ONLY FANTASY
AND THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT
WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
THE REAL DEAL.
BUT LOOK HERE IN PSALMS 103.
IT’S A GREAT PASSAGE.
MATTER OF FACT, DANIEL HAS
ALREADY QUOTED THIS ONCE
THIS MORNING, BUT LET’S READ
IN VERSE 12, IT SAYS, AS FAR
AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST,
SO FAR HATH HE REMOVED
OUR TRANSGRESSIONS
FROM US.
LIKE AS A FATHER PITIETH
HIS CHILDREN, SO THE LORD
PITIETH THEM THAT FEAR HIM.
THEY’VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
THIS THAT WHAT KIND OF PARENT
WOULD WANT THEIR CHILD
TO BE SICK IF THEY HAD
THE POWER TO HEAL?
WHAT KIND OF PARENT WOULD WANT
THEIR CHILD TO BE SICK?
IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED
CHILD ABUSE.
THIS IS SAYING THAT IN THE SAME
WAY GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH.
GOD WANTS YOU WELL.
HE PITIES US.
AND THEN LOOK AT THIS
IN VERSE 14, FOR HE KNOWETH
OUR FRAME; HE REMEMBERETH
THAT WE ARE DUST.
YOU KNOW, A FRAME IS LIKE
A SKELETON ON A PERSON’S BODY.
THIS BUILDING HAS A FRAME TO IT.
WE HAD TO PUT UP THE WALLS
AND THEN DO ALL OF THESE THINGS.
THERE IS A FRAME.
IT’S WHAT HOLDS
EVERYTHING ELSE UP.
AND DID YOU KNOW THAT THE WORD
THAT WAS TRANSLATED FRAME
RIGHT HERE, IS THE HEBREW WORD
Y-E-T-S-E-R AND IT LITERALLY
MEANS CONCEPTION.
AND THIS WORD WAS TRANSLATED
IMAGINATION FIVE TIMES
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
ONE OF THE CLEAREST IS
GENESIS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 5,
WHERE IT SAYS OF THE LORD
CAME DOWN AND SAW
THAT THE IMAGINATION OF
MEN’S THOUGHTS WERE
ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY.
THAT’S THE EXACT SAME WORD.
AND DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS
EXACT SAME WORD, Y-E-T-S-E-R,
WAS ALSO TRANSLATED
MIND OVER IN
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 26, VERSE 3,
WHERE IT SAYS THE LORD
WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE
WHOSE MIND IS STAYED UPON HIM.
THIS IS THE EXACT SAME WORD.
SO IT WAS TRANSLATED FRAME
BECAUSE YOUR IMAGINATION,
YOUR MIND IS WHAT HOLDS YOU UP.
IT’S…YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING
WITHOUT IT.
IT IS YOUR SPIRITUAL WOMB.
YOU KNOW, CARLIE
WAS PROPHESYING
ABOUT PEOPLE BEING HEALED
OF THAT.
AND WE HAVE A WOMB,
A SPIRITUAL WOMB.
THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS.
THE DEFINITION OF THAT
HEBREW WORD YETSER IS
CONCEPTION IS WHAT IT MEANS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU
CONCEIVE THINGS.
DID YOU KNOW, I BUILT
THIS BUILDING,
I ACTUALLY DREW THIS BUILDING
OUT ON A…ON A NAPKIN.
AND THAT BUILDING OVER THERE
I DREW IT OUT ON A NAPKIN,
AND I TOLD THE ARCHITECTS
WHAT I WAS DOING, AND SO,
THEY STARTED
DRAWING SOMETHING
THAT LOOKED A LOT BETTER
THAN WHAT I DID.
AND THEN I WOULD LOOK AT IT
AND I WOULD SAY, NOPE,
THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT.
AND WE KEPT DRAWING AND TALKING
UNTIL THEY SAW WHAT I SAW.
I SAW THIS BUILDING.
AND I WISHED I HAD TIME
TO GO INTO ALL OF THIS.
IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN ON
OUR WEB SITE AND SEEN
THE TESTIMONY THAT WE CALL,
THE LITTLESTAR VIDEO,
IT’S A…A MAN GILBERT JACKSON,
OWNED THIS PROPERTY AND 11 DAYS
BEFORE HE DIED,
HE GOT BORN AGAIN.
HIS HOSPICE WORKER LED HIM TO
THE LORD AND HE GOT BORN AGAIN.
AND…AND THE NEXT MORNING
HE WOKE UP AND HE FELT SO BADLY
THAT HE HAD NEVER GIVEN ANY TIME
TO THE LORD, THAT HE DEDICATED
THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE
TO CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
AND GOD SHOWED HIM A VISION
OF THESE BUILDINGS WITH GLASS
ON THEM, AND HE SAW THIS.
AND 11 DAYS BEFORE HE DIED
HE DEDICATED THIS PROPERTY
TO THE LORD.
THAT WAS IN 1992,
AND ON THAT EXACT DAY I WAS
IN ENGLAND AND GOD SPOKE TO ME
ABOUT STARTING A BIBLE SCHOOL
JUNE THE 22ND, 1993.
AND SO, AT THE EXACT DAY
THAT HE HAD THIS VISION
I WAS IN ENGLAND AND GOD
SPOKE TO ME.
AND I CAME BACK AND I BUILT
THESE BUILDINGS WITHOUT
KNOWING HIS VISION.
GOD PUT THIS VISION IN MY HEART.
GOD SHOWED ME THESE BUILDINGS,
AND I’VE GOT A BUNCH
MORE BUILDINGS.
I’VE GOT A $150 MILLION
WORTH OF BUILDINGS
THAT I’VE SEEN.
BUT I SAW THESE BUILDINGS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I KEPT TALKING TO THE ARCHITECTS
AND THEY WOULD DRAW PICTURES
AND THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK
AND I WOULD SAY, NO, CHANGE IT,
AND I EVENTUALLY
GOT THEM TO SEE
WHAT I WAS SEEING AND THIS IS
WHAT FRAMED ALL OF THIS.
YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING
WITHOUT AN IMAGINATION.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THIS BRIEFLY
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHEN YOU THINK OF IMAGINATION,
THEY…THEY EQUATE IT
WITH FANTASY.
THEY EQUATE IT WITH I THINK
AGAIN, DANIEL WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE MAGIC KINGDOM
AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE
THINK OF AS IMAGINATION.
BUT YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR
IMA…DID YOU KNOW YOU…
WHEREVER YOU PARKED,
PRAISE GOD.
WE JUST GOT OUR TCO
FOR THE PARKING GARAGE
YESTERDAY, AMEN?
AND SO, IF YOU’RE PARKED
IN OUR PARKING GARAGE,
DID YOU KNOW YOU HAVE
A PICTURE OF WHERE YOUR CAR IS?
YOU DO.
I WAS WALKING OUT YESTERDAY
WITH SOMEBO…OR NOT YESTERDAY,
IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO
AND I WAS WALKING OUT
AND SOMEBODY WAS…WE WERE
GOING TO WALK TO THEIR CAR
AND THEY STARTED TO WALK OUT
AND THEY STOPPED FOR JUST
A SECOND AND THEY HAD TO THINK,
NOW WHERE’S MY CAR?
AND THEY REMEMBERED
THAT IT WAS TO THE RIGHT
AND SO THEY STARTED
AND THEN THEY STARTED LOOKING.
DID YOU KNOW THEY HAD A PICTURE
OF WHERE THAT CAR WAS?
THAT’S YOUR IMAGINATION.
IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE
AN IMAGINATION, YOU COULDN’T
FIND YOUR CAR TODAY.
DID YOU KNOW YOU COULDN’T
GO HOME?
YOU WOULD HAVE TO USE THE GPS
TO GET HOME EVERY TIME IF YOU
DIDN’T HAVE AN IMAGINATION,
BUT YOU’VE DONE IT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY ONE
OF YOU, PROBABLY MOST OF YOU
HAVE NEVER SAT
DOWN AND COUNTED
THE WINDOWS IN YOUR HOUSE?
BUT I COULD ASK YOU,
HOW MANY WINDOWS DO YOU HAVE
IN YOUR HOUSE?
AND YOU DON’T HAVE IT JUST
STORED IN YOUR INFORMATION,
BUT DID YOU KNOW
YOU COULD TELL ME.
YOU COULD COUNT THEM
BECAUSE YOU CAN
SEE YOUR HOUSE.
AND SOME OF YOU IF YOU HAVE
A BIG HOUSE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF WINDOWS
AND IT MIGHT…BUT LET’S JUST
SAY, TAKE ONE ROOM, YOU KNOW
YOUR BEDROOM OR SOMETHING.
HOW MANY WINDOWS
ARE IN YOUR BEDROOM?
OR I COULD ASK YOU, WHAT WAS
YOUR HOUSE THAT
YOU GREW UP IN?
NOW IF YOU’VE TRAVELED
ALL OF THE TIME AND DIDN’T HAVE
JUST ONE HOUSE, IT MAY BE
VAGUE BECAUSE YOU LIVED IN
SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
BUT IF YOU LIVED IN ONE PLACE,
I…LIKE RIGHT NOW YOU COULD
ASK ME WHAT THE HOUSE WAS
LIKE THAT I GREW UP IN
AND I COULD DRAW THE FLOOR PLAN
FOR YOU.
I’VE…I’VE GOT A PICTURE OF IT.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE, AND YET,
I’M NOT LOOKING AT IT.
THE DEFINITION OF IMAGINATION
ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY
IS JUST YOUR ABILITY TO PICTURE
SOMETHING IN YOUR MIND OR
IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU CAN’T
SEE WITH YOUR EYES.
RIGHT NOW, IF I WAS TO ASK YOU
OR…OR I WAS TO TRY AND GIVE
YOU DIRECTIONS HOW YOU GO
DOWN HERE TO WALMART.
I COULD TELL YOU THAT YOU EXIT
THIS PROPERTY.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE END
OF OUR PROPERTY YOU TURN RIGHT
YOU GO OUT TO HIGHWAY 24.
THERE’S A STOP SIGN THERE,
AND THEN YOU TURN LEFT,
AND I COULD COUNT.
I’VE NEVER DONE THIS BUT I COULD
COUNT AND TELL YOU EXACTLY
HOW MANY STOP LIGHTS
OR GREEN LIGHTS, AS DANIEL
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I COULD TELL YOU
HOW MANY LIGHTS
THERE ARE BEFORE YOU GET DOWN
TO WALMART.
I COULD TELL YOU,
IT’S ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
I COULD TELL YOU
WHAT’S AROUND WALMART.
I COULD DO ALL THESE THINGS
AND YET I DON’T KNOW
THOSE THINGS.
I’VE NEVER SAT DOWN
AND MEMORIZED IT,
BUT I’VE GOT A PICTURE OF IT.
YOU THINK IN PICTURES.
WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT,
THIS IS YOUR FRAME.
IT’S HOW GOD MADE US.
GOD KNOWS OUR FRAME
AND THAT WORD
IS LITERALLY IMAGINATION.
THIS IS HOW HE CREATED YOU.
YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING
WITHOUT AN IMAGINATION.
MATTER OF FACT,
IN THE 11TH CHAPTER OF GENESIS,
LET ME JUST READ THIS
TO YOU QUICKLY.
BUT IN GENESIS, CHAPTER 11,
VERSE 6, IT SAYS, AND THE LORD
SAID, BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE IS ONE,
AND THEY HAVE ALL ONE LANGUAGE;
AND THIS THEY BEGIN TO DO:
AND NOW NOTHING WILL BE
RESTRAINED FROM THEM,
WHICH THEY HAVE IMAGINED TO DO.
HE SAYS IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT,
YOU CAN DO IT.
AND THIS WAS…THE IMAGINATION
IS SO POWERFUL THAT IT ACTUALLY
THREATENED GOD’S PLANS FOR
THE HUMAN RACE.
AND SO HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING
TO DIVIDE THEIR ABILITY
TO COMMUNICATE AND…
AND SHARE THE PICTURE
THAT THEY HAD ON THE INSIDE
WITH ANOTHER PERSON.
LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT
BUILDING THIS BUILDING,
I BEGAN TO TALK…TALK TO
OUR ARCHITECTS AND I HAD
TO TELL THEM THINGS.
I USED WORDS.
YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE…
IF YOU’RE ASSEMBLING SOMETHING,
THEY WILL HAVE WRITTEN
INSTRUCTIONS AND THEY’LL SAY
A GOES TO B, OR WHATEVER,
BUT THEN THEY’LL HAVE A FIGURE
OVER THERE, A PICTURE
THAT HELPS YOU TO SEE IT.
A PICTURE IS WORTH
A THOUSAND WORDS.
AND IF I WASN’T ABLE TO SPEAK
TO THESE BUILDERS AND DRAW
LITTLE CRUDE THINGS,
AND THEN THEY TALK BACK
AND THEY DRAW THEIR DRAWINGS
AND IF WE HADN’T HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO COMMUNICATE,
WE WOULDN’T HAVE COME…
WE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO BUILD THESE BUILDINGS.
AND SO THE LORD CONFUSED
THEIR LANGUAGES AND GAVE
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO STOP
OUR ABILITY FROM COMMUNICATING
AND…AND MERGING THESE
IMAGINATIONS TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW I’M NOT GOING TO
TAKE THE TIME TO GO
INTO THE EXPLANATION,
BUT THIS MORNING I HAD A DREAM
THAT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST
DREAMS I’VE EVER HAD.
AND ANYWAY, I HADN’T GOT TIME
TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT IT WAS
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT AT THIS
MOMENT IS COMPLETELY
IMPOSSIBLE.
IT CANNOT HAPPEN AND YET,
I DREAMED THAT IT HAPPENED
AND I WAS TELLING JAMIE ABOUT IT
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I’VE IMAGINED IT.
I BELIEVE THAT
THAT COULD BE DONE.
AND WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME I WAS COMING UP
WITH WAYS TO DO SOMETHING
THAT NO HUMAN BEING HAS EVER
DONE IN THEIR…AND I BELIEVE
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT,
YOU CAN DO IT.
AND THE SAD FACT IS MOST OF US
WHEN WE’RE YOUNG YOU HAVE
A VIVID IMAGINATION
AND THEN IT’S BEAT OUT OF YOU
AND YOU’RE ACTUALLY TOLD
TO QUIT DREAMING.
TO QUIT THINKING BIG.
MATTER OF FACT,
WE’VE GOT ROLAND,
I FORGET HIS LAST NAME,
BUT DEUTCHMAN,
BUT HE’S THE HEAD
OF COLORADO SPRINGS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS THAT HAS
A BRANCH HERE IN
WOODLAND PARK.
AND HE COMES AND SPEAKS HERE
EVERY YEAR.
AND HE’S USED THIS EXAMPLE
THAT I JUST THINK IS GREAT.
AND HE SAYS THAT HE ASKED
ALL OF THE FIFTH…
THE FIVE YEAR OLD’S,
THE KINDERGARTEN KIDS
WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN,
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ARTISTS?
EVERY SINGLE ONE RAISES
THEIR HAND.
HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SING?
EVERY SINGLE ONE
RAISE THEIR HAND.
HOW MANY OF YOU CAN DO…
EVERYBODY RAISES THEIR HAND.
THEN HE ASKS THEM WHEN
THEY’RE IN HIGH SCHOOL,
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ARTISTS?
AND THERE WILL BE TWO,
THREE, FOUR.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG,
THEY BELIEVED THEY COULD
DO EVERYTHING.
NOW AGAIN, THERE IS A PLACE
FOR REALITY AND TO RECOGNIZE
THAT I MAY NOT BE…THIS MAY NOT
BE MY GIFTING OR TALENT.
BUT THE POINT I’M MAKING IS
THAT SEE YOU’RE ALL…
WE ALL START JUST BELIEVING
WE CAN DO EVERYTHING.
BUT THEN YOU DO SOMETHING,
AND SOMEBODY MAKES FUN OF IT,
CRITICIZES IT.
YOU TRY A JOB AND MAYBE YOU GET
FIRED OR YOU GET MARRIED
AND THAT MATE DIVORCES YOU.
AND AFTER A WHILE YOUR IMAGE
ON THE INSIDE BEGINS TO CHANGE
AND THE SAD FACT IS MOST PEOPLE
BECOME PESSIMISTS, CRITICAL,
CYNICAL THE OLDER THEY GET
BECAUSE OF LIFE HAS JUST BEAT
THIS OUT OF THEM.
AND YOU CAN DESCRIBE THAT IN
A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS
BUT A BIBLICAL WAY OF TALKING
ABOUT IT IS YOUR IMAGINATION
HAS BEEN AFFECTED.
YOU NO LONGER SEE YOURSELF
CAPABLE OF DOING
ALL OF THESE THINGS.
MAN, THIS IS HUGE
WHAT I’M SAYING.
AND, APPLYING IT TO HEALING,
MANY OF US HAVE JUST BEEN
TAUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW,
AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR
IT’S FLU SEASON.
IT’S WHAT YOU DO.
YOU JUST GET SICK.
IT’S NORMAL.
WE’VE BEEN TAUGHT
THAT TO HAVE A COLD
ONCE A YEAR IS JUST NORMAL.
AND THAT YOU GOT TO BE SICK
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
AND THAT YOU GOT TO HAVE PAINS
AND I’M GETTING OLDER AND SO
THEREFORE I CAN’T EXPECT
TO BE PAIN-FREE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU…
YOU EXPECT YOUR JOINTS
TO START GETTING TO WHERE
THEY ACHE AND THINGS LIKE THIS,
AND WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THIS
AND THAT IS THE IMAGE
THAT YOU HAVE…AND IT IS
A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.
YOUR IMAGINATION IS SO POWERFUL
THAT THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION
OF MANKIND ACTUALLY CHALLENGE
GOD’S PURPOSES.
AND THAT’S THE REASON
THAT HE DIVIDED OUR LANGUAGES.
I TELL YOU, YOUR IMAGINATION IS
ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL THINGS.
IT IS YOUR SPIRITUAL WOMB.
IT’S WHERE YOU CONCEIVE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T HAVE
A CHILD WITHOUT CONCEPTION.
IF YOU’RE PRAYING FOR A CHILD
JUST FOR GOD TO SEND IT,
YOU KNOW, BY THE STORK.
YOU’RE JUST BELIEVING GOD
FOR A CHILD, IT’S NOT GOING
TO WORK THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE TO CONCEIVE A CHILD.
AND THIS WORD Y-E-T-S-E-R
THAT WAS TRANSLATED MIND
AND IMAGINATION, IT LITERALLY
MEANS CONCEPTION.
THIS IS HOW YOU CONCEIVE THINGS.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO HEALING
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE REALLY
TRY AND DO AT THIS CONFERENCE IS
TO TEACH YOU HOW TO CONCEIVE
AND GIVE BIRTH TO
YOUR OWN HEALING.
INSTEAD OF HAVING YOU COME
AND JUST HAVE US WAVE
OUR HANDS OVER YOU.
NOW, WE ARE PRAYING WITH PEOPLE
AND CARLIE MADE A POINT OF THAT.
I’M NOT SAYING THAT THERE’S
ANYTHING WRONG.
WE ALL NEED HELP AT TIMES
SO THERE’S NOTHING WRONG
WITH YOU GETTING HELP,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ONLY
HAVE THIS HEALING IS HERE
CONFERENCE ONCE A YEAR.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET STRUCK
IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER
AND ONLY HAVE TWO
MONTHS TO LIVE
AND YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO COME
TO ANOTHER HEALING
CONFERENCE?
MAN, WE WANT YOU TO LEARN
HOW TO RECEIVE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS
CONFERENCE IS IT’S NOT JUST
TRYING TO HAVE
THE ANOINTING OF GOD FALL
AND TO GET SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
WE’RE TRYING TO TEACH YOU
WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
YOU ALREADY HAVE
THE SAME POWER
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU THAT RAISED
JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 18
AND 19, SAYS THAT…HE’S PRAYING
THAT YOUR EYES WOULD BE OPENED
SO THAT YOU CAN SEE
WHAT YOU HAVE,
IN VERSE 19, THAT YOU HAVE
THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED
CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.
IT’S NOT OUT THERE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PRAY IT DOWN.
THIS IS WHERE SO MANY
WEIRD DOCTRINES COME FROM
THAT THE DEMONS ARE BLOCKING
OUR PRAYERS FROM GETTING UP
TO HEAVEN.
OUR PRAYERS DIDN’T GET
ABOVE THE CEILING.
YOU DON’T NEED YOUR PRAYER
TO GET ABOVE YOUR NOSE
BECAUSE GOD’S RIGHT HERE,
AMEN.
THIS IS THE REASON YOU BOW
YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU PRAY
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT GOD.
GOD’S HERE.
YOU GOT THE SAME POWER
THAT RAISED JESUS CHRIST
FROM THE DEAD LIVING
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
AND WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO
IS TO HELP YOU TO RELEASE WHAT
YOU HAVE INSTEAD OF TELLING YOU
TO COME AND GET WHAT I’VE GOT.
YOU’VE ALREADY GOT THE FULLNESS
OF GOD.
AND TONIGHT I…WE’RE GOING TO
BE GIVING AN INVITATION FOR
ANYBODY WHO ISN’T BORN AGAIN,
ANYBODY WHO DOESN’T HAVE
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
IF YOU’VE GOT THOSE TWO THINGS,
IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN
AND BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
YOU’VE GOT EVERYTHING
THAT IT TAKES TO SEE
THE BLIND EYES OPEN,
THE DEAF EARS OPEN,
TO WALK FREE,
TO COME OUT OF WHEELCHAIRS,
TO BE 100% FREE.
BUT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE
TO KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED
UNTIL YOU CAN SEE
YOURSELF WELL.
AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE JUST
PRAY AND THEN…DANIEL WAS
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
WE ASK OUR BODY, AM I HEALED?
YOU’RE WALKING
BY SIGHT INSTEAD OF BY FAITH.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
2 CORINTHIANS 5:7, THAT WE WALK
BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT,
AND YET THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN
IS ROCK…WALKING BY SIGHT
AND NOT BY FAITH.
YOU’VE GOT TO GET TO WHERE
YOU SEE YOURSELF HEALED
TO WHERE YOU SEE IT,
AND IT BECOMES A PART OF YOU.
LOOK AT THIS PASSAGE OVER IN
1 CHRONICLES, CHAPTER 28,
AND IN VERSE 9.
AND THOU, SOLOMON MY SON,
KNOW THOU THE
GOD OF THY FATHER,
AND SERVE HIM WITH
A PERFECT HEART
AND WITH A WILLING MIND.
FOR THE LORD SEARCHETH
ALL HEARTS, AND UNDERSTANDETH
ALL THE IMAGINATIONS OF
THE THOUGHTS:
IF THOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL
BE FOUND OF THEE;
BUT IF THOU FORSAKE HIM,
HE WILL CAST THE OFF FOREVER.
SO NOTICE IT SAYS THAT HE
UNDERSTANDETH ALL OF
THE IMAGINATION
OF THE THOUGHTS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THI…
YOUR IMAGINATION IS A PART
OF YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS?
AND WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT,
YOU THINK IN PICTURES.
MOST OF YOU HAVEN’T SAT DOWN
AND…AND THOUGHT ABOUT THIS,
BUT YOU THINK IN PICTURES.
I’VE USED A LOT OF THESE THINGS,
SO IF YOU’VE HEARD IT BEFORE
FORGIVE ME, BUT I’M JUST
GOING TO…
YOU KNOW THERE’S PEOPLE
THAT COME HERE THAT HAVE NEVER
HEARD THESE THINGS, AND MAN,
WE NEED TO…TO KNOW
ALL OF THIS.
BUT IF I SAY, DOG, YOU DON’T SEE
THE WORDS OR THE LETTERS D-O-G.
YOU SEE A DOG.
IF I SAID, DOG, YOU THINK
OF A DOG.
IF I SAY, APPLE,
YOU THINK OF AN APPLE.
IF I SAY, BANANA,
YOU…YOU PICTURE A BANANA.
YOU DON’T SEE THE WORD
SPELLED OUT.
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU
THAT CAN’T SPELL BANANA.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IT.
AND WORDS PAINT PICTURES.
IF I SAID…YOU KNOW IF I SAY,
DOG, SOME OF YOU OR PROBABLY
THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO PICTURE A…IF YOU HAVE A DOG
THAT’S THE DOG
THAT YOU WILL PICTURE.
OR IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR
WITH A DOG OR IF YOU’VE HAD
ANY EXPERIENCE WITH ONE,
YOU WILL PICTURE SOMETHING
THAT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED
BUT YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF A DOG,
AND WORDS PAINT PICTURES.
AND SO, I COULD SAY, A BIG DOG,
AND IMMEDIATELY SOME OF YOU
HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PICTURE
BECAUSE YOU HAD A LITTLE DOG.
I COULD SAY, A BIG BLACK DOG,
AND YOU HAVE TO CHANGE
YOUR PICTURE BECAUSE YOU GOT
A WHITE DOG.
AND I COULD SAY, A BIG BLACK,
MEAN DOG, AND I COULD DESCRIBE
A DOBERMAN PINSCHER WITH
ITS TAIL BOBBED AND I CAN START
USING ALL OF THESE WORDS
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
NOW EVERYBODY’S PICTURING
THE SAME THING.
BUT IF I TRIED TO…IF I WAS
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
AND IF YOU COULDN’T PICTURE IT,
YOU CAN’T REALLY GRAB IT.
YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO RETAIN IT.
DID YOU KNOW YOUR MEMORY…
LOOK AT THIS VERSE OVER
IN CHAPTER 29, AND VERSE 8…18,
THIS IS 1 CHRONICLES 29:18,
DAVID HERE, THEY TOOK UP
AN OFFERING AND THEY GAVE
THE EQUIVALENT OF BILLIONS…
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES
FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.
DAN…DAVID GAVE BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS PERSONALLY
OUT OF HIS OWN TREASURY
AND THE PEOPLE
WERE SO TOUCHED
TO SEE WHAT HE HAD DONE
THAT THEY STARTED GIVING
AND THEY GAVE
MORE THAN HE GAVE.
THERE WAS ABOUT
$4 BILLION WORTH OF GOLD,
SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES
THAT CAME IN
IN THIS OFFERING,
AND DANIEL WAS…I MEAN DAVID
WAS SO TOUCHED BY THIS,
HE BEGAN TO START PRAYING
AND SAYING, LORD, WHO ARE WE
TO GIVE AN OFFERING LIKE THIS?
WE WERE SLAVES IN EGYPT.
WE HAD NOTHING AND NOW
LOOK AT ALL OF THIS ABUNDANCE.
ALL WE’VE DONE IS GIVE BACK
A PORTION OF WHAT YOU’VE GIVEN
UNTO US.
WHO ARE WE TO DO THIS?
AND THEN HE PRAYED THIS
IN VERSE 18, HE SAYS,
OH LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM,
ISAAC, AND OF ISRAEL,
OUR FATHERS,
KEEP THIS FOR EVER IN
THE IMAGINATION OF THE THOUGHTS
OF THE HEART OF THY PEOPLE,
AND PREPARE THEIR HEART
UNTO THEE.
HE SAYS, KEEP IT FOREVER IN
THE THOUGHTS OF THE IMAGINATION
OF YOUR PEOPLE.
IN OTHER WORDS, HELP THEM
TO REMEMBER IT.
DID YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T
REMEMBER WITHOUT
AN IMAGINATION.
IF I WAS TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING,
BUT IF YOU CAN’T PICTURE IT,
YOU CAN’T REMEMBER IT.
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DID YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE JUST
TAUGHT THAT TWO PLUS TWO
IS FOUR,
FOUR PLUS FOUR IS EIGHT,
AND IF YOU LEARN IT ALL BY ROTE
AND YOU…YOU DON’T HAVE
A PRACTICAL APPLICATION,
YOU CAN’T SEE A USE FOR IT,
WELL THEN THAT’S THE REASON
THAT PEOPLE DON’T DO WELL
WITH MATH IS
BECAUSE IT’S ABSTRACT.
THEY CAN’T SEE IT.
BUT DID YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN
SHOW A PERSON THE USE OF IT.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, EVERY DAY
OF MY LIFE I GET OVER 100
PAGES OF REPORTS EVERY DAY.
AND IT GIVES ME THE NUMBER
OF PHONE CALLS THAT WE’VE GOT,
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT CAME IN,
THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCT
THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED,
AND ON AND ON AND ON IT GOES,
AND DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY…
LIKE IF IT’S THE THIRD OF
THE MONTH.
AND I’LL TAKE A FIGURE
THAT WE’VE HAD, I DON’T KNOW,
LET’S JUST SAY 6,000 CALLS
IN THREE DAYS.
WELL I KNOW THAT THREE DAYS
IS ONE-TENTH OF A MONTH.
AND SO I CAN ANTICIPATE
THAT THIS MONTH WE WILL HAVE…
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD
HAVE 60,000 PHONE CALLS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
THAT’S MATH, BUT THAT’S GOT
A PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
AND IF YOU CAN SEE
A PRACTICAL USE OF IT,
IF YOU COULD DO IT INSTEAD OF
JUST LEARNING IT BY MEMORY
AND SOMETHING THAT YOU’VE SAID
SO MANY TIMES, IF YOU COULD SEE
THE USE OF IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
MATH JUST OPENS UP.
SAME THING WITH HISTORY.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU WEREN’T
ATS…ASKING THAT QUESTION,
BUT THAT’S AN ANSWER TO WHY
SOME OF YOU JUST HATE MATH.
IT’S BECAUSE YOU CAN’T SEE
A USE FOR IT.
IF YOU CAN SEE IT,
THEN YOU CAN REMEMBER IT,
THEN IT BECOMES ALIVE TO YOU.
AND THIS IS WHAT A MINISTER,
IT’S WHAT ANY TYPE OF PERSON
THAT COMMUNICATES IS SUPPOSED
TO DO.
YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PAINT
PICTURES WITH YOUR WORDS.
THIS IS WHAT JESUS DID BY
TEACHING PARABLES TALKING
ABOUT A MAN SOWING A SEED.
YOU KNOW, THAT’S NOT REALLY
TALKING ABOUT FARMING.
IT’S TALKING ABOUT
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND HOW THE WORD OF GOD
WORKS IN THE KINGDOM,
BUT IT USES SOMETHING
THAT PEOPLE SEE AND ARE
FAMILIAR WITH.
AND IF YOU CAN SEE IT,
THEN YOU CAN RETAIN IT.
YOU KNOW I’VE USED THIS EXAMPLE
AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE
HEARD ME USE THIS.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE, WELL
THEN YOU COULD REMEMBER IT.
BUT MANY OF YOU IN HERE WON’T
KNOW WHAT A WATER BLIVET IS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IN THE…
IN VIETNAM WE HAD A WATER BLIVET
THAT WE…THAT’S WHERE WE GOT
OUR DRINKING WATER FROM.
I WAS ON A FIRE SUPPORT BASE UP
ON A HILL.
AND WE WERE CUT
OFF COMPLETELY
SURROUNDED BY
THE NVA AND STUFF.
SO THEY HAD TO BRING US IN ALL
OF OUR FOOD AND
ALL OF OUR WATER
AND WATER BLIVETS WERE THESE
BLACK RUBBER CYLINDERS.
AND IT WAS…IT WAS A CYLINDER
AND ON EACH END THERE WAS
A BRASS SPIGOT AND THEY CAME
IN 250, 500, 1,000, AND 1,500
GALLON SIZES AND THE AIR…
THE HELICOPTERS WOULD HOOK
ONTO EACH END WHERE
THAT BRASS SPIGOT WAS
AND THEY WOULD FLY THEM IN
AND DROP IT OFF.
AND ANYWAY, YOU WOULD GO
TO THE SPIGOT AND YOU WOULD
FILL UP YOUR CONTAINER WITH
THIS WATER THAT WAS IN THERE,
AND THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
WOULD COLLAPSE THEM AS THEY
EMPTIED OUT SO THAT THEY WOULD
BE TOTALLY FLAT AND THEY WOULD
PICK THEM UP, CARRY THEM OFF
AND GET ANOTHER ONE.
NOW THAT MAY NOT BE
A PERFECT PICTURE.
BUT NOW, YOU COULD RETAIN
WHAT A WATER BLIVET IS.
WHERE IF I WOULD OF JUST SAID
THE WORDS, YOU WOULD HAVE
LOST IT BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE
ANYTHING TO TIE IT TO.
YOU DON’T HAVE A PICTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO I’M SAYING ALL OF THESE
THINGS TO SAY THAT
THAT’S YOUR IMAGINATION.
YOU CAN’T THINK WITHOUT
AN IMAGINATION.
YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND
WITHOUT AN IMAGINATION.
YOU CAN’T REMEMBER
WITHOUT AN IMAGINATION.
YOUR IMAGINATION IS
THE FRAMEWORK
AND IT’S THE CONCEPTION.
IT’S THE SPIRITUAL WOMB
OF EVERYTHING.
AND THIS APPLIES TO EVERY PART
OF YOUR LIFE BUT SPECIFICALLY
CONCERNING
HEALING, YOU HAVE TO
CONCEIVE YOUR MIRACLE.
NOW AGAIN, YOU CAN GO
AND ADOPT SOMEBODY EL…
A MIRACLE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.
AMEN.
BUT ALL BABIES COME
THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
NOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO
AND ADOPT
SOMEBODY ELSE’S BABY.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME
AND LET SOMEBODY DOWN HERE
LAY HANDS ON YOU AND GET HEALED
THROUGH WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
BUT IF YOU’RE GOING TO RECEIVE
PERSONALLY FROM THE LORD,
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.
YOU HAVE TO CONCEIVE IT
AND YOUR CONCEPTION TAKES
PLACE IN YOUR IMAGINATION.
IF YOU CAN’T SEE
YOURSELF HEALED.
THEN YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO
ADOPT SOMEBODY ELSE’S MIRACLE.
YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T COMPLETELY
UNDERSTAND ALL THE THINGS
I’M SHARING WITH YOU RIGHT HERE.
BUT I JUST KNEW THAT FAITH
COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING
BY THE WORD.
AND I WAS READING ONE DAY
IN JOHN 14:12 WHERE IT SAYS
JESUS WAS SPEAKING AND HE SAID,
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME,
THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE DO
ALSO; AND GREATER WORKS
THAN THESE SHALL HE DO;
BECAUSE I GO UNTO MY FATHER.
AND I WAS READING THAT,
AND I SAID, FATHER,
I REALLY BELIEVE THIS
AND YET I HAVEN’T SEEN
THE WORKS THAT YOU’VE DONE.
FORGET THE GREATER WORKS
RIGHT NOW.
I HADN’T SEEN THE WORKS
THAT HE HAD DONE.
I HADN’T SEEN ANYBODY RAISED
FROM THE DEAD AT THAT TIME.
AND I SAID, I’M A…
I’M A BELIEVER AND SO,
I SHOULD SEE THE DEAD RAISED.
I SHOULD SEE BLIND EYES OPEN.
I SHOULD SEE DEAF EARS OPEN.
I OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEE
PEOPLE WALK THAT CAN’T WALK.
AND SO, I TOOK THOSE VERSES
AND I JUST STARTED MEDITATING
ON THEM.
AND I’M GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THIS MORE TONIGHT.
BUT MEDITATION IS ALL
USING YOUR IMAGINATION.
WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT,
YOU CAN’T MEDITATE WITHOUT
YOUR IMAGINATION.
AND SO, I BEGAN TO TAKE
THESE PROMISES OF GOD
AND JUST PRAY OVER IT
AND SAY FATHER I’M GOING TO
SEE THESE THINGS HAPPEN,
AND I FOCUSED IN ON SEEING
THE DEAD RAISED.
AND SO WHAT I DID WAS TAKE
EVERY INSTANCE IN THE BIBLE
WHERE A PERSON WAS RAISED
FROM THE DEAD.
THERE’S EIGHT OF THEM
OUTSIDE OF JESUS BEING
RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
AND THEN AT HIS RESURRECTION
IT SAYS THAT A MULTITUDE
CAME OUT OF THE GRAVES
AND WALKED IN JERUSALEM.
AND IT DOESN’T GIVE YOU
THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS.
BUT INDIVIDUAL CASES OF PEOPLE
BEING RAISED FROM THE DEAD,
THERE WAS EIGHT OF THEM
STARTING WITH ELIJAH AND THEN
ELISHA AND GOING RIGHT ON.
AND SO, I TOOK THOSE OUT OF
THE SCRIPTURES, PUT THEM…
AT THIS TIME IT WAS BEFORE
I HAD A COMPUTER.
I JUST PUT THEM ON A LEGAL PAD
AND I WROTE THESE SCRIPTURES
OUT AND I STARTED READING THEM.
AND I MEDITATED ON THEM TO
THE POINT THAT I HAD ALL OF
THE INFORMATION,
ALL OF THE DETAILS THERE.
YOU CAN’T MEDITATE ON SOMETHING
THAT YOU DON’T ALREADY KNOW,
SO I HAD TO PUT THE FACTS
IN ME FIRST.
AND SO I JUST READ THEM
AND STUDIED THEM UNTIL I HAD
ALL OF THE FACTS DOWN,
LEARNED ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT I COULD, BUT THEN I
STARTED SEEING MYSELF.
IT WASN’T…IT WASN’T ENOUGH
TO SEE JESERUS…JESUS GOING
AND SAYING, LAZARUS,
COME FORTH.
BUT I STARTED SEEING ME
DO THAT IN MY IMAGINATION.
I WOULD JUST SEE IT
AND I STARTED…I…I WOULD
STAND THERE AND I WOULD SAY,
LAZARUS, COME FORTH.
AND HE SPOKE WITH A LOUD VOICE
AND I WOULD SEE MYSELF
BEING BOLD AND YELLING
AND SAYING, LAZARUS,
COME FORTH!
I SAW ELISHA AND ELIJAH RAISING
THE BOYS FROM THE DEAD.
AND HE WENT IN AND LAID ON HIM
AND PUT HIS MOUTH ON HIS MOUTH,
HIS HANDS ON HIS HANDS,
AND LAID ON TOP OF HIM
AND HIS FLESH WAXED WARM.
AND THEN HE WALKED IN THE HOUSE
AND PRAYED AND THEN HE WENT
AND LAID ON HIM AGAIN
AND HE BEGAN TO…AND HE GOT UP
AND HE PRESENTED HIM TO
HIS MOTHER RAISED
FROM THE DEAD.
I ACTUALLY WENT AND LAID
ON A BED AND IMAGINED
A PERSON BEING HERE
AND ME LAYING MY HANDS ON…
I STARTED SEEING THIS.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK,
WELL, THAT’S WEIRD.
BUT I THINK YOU’RE WEIRD
NOT TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
IT’S POWERFUL.
AND NOT TO CONCEIVE IT.
I STARTED SEEING IT,
AND I DIDN’T JUST SEE ELIJAH
AND ELIJAH AND PAUL AND PETER
AND JESUS RAISING THE DEAD.
I SAW ME RAISING THE DEAD
AND I GOT TO WHERE I WAS
MEDITATING ON IT AND THINKING
ABOUT IT SO MUCH THAT I STARTED
DREAMING EVERY NIGHT ABOUT
RAISING PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.
I WOULD RAISE 20 PEOPLE
FROM THE DEAD EVERY NIGHT
IN MY DREAMS.
AND I WOULD WAKE UP SOMETIMES
AND WONDER, WAS THAT REAL?
DID IT REALLY HAPPEN?
BECAUSE I’M A LUCID DREAMER,
IS WHAT THEY CALL IT.
MAN, I DREAM ALL OF THE TIME
AND I DREAM IN COLOR.
AND ANYWAY, I…I…
I JUST STARTED DREAMING
AND SEEING ALL OF THIS,
AND THEN GUESS WHAT?
A MAN DIED AND I SAW HIM
RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
AND SOME PEOPLE WOULDN’T
ASSOCIATE ALL OF THESE THINGS
THAT I’M TALKING ABOUT,
BUT I TELL YOU, THAT TIME
THAT I SPENT, IT WAS PROBABLY
SIX MONTHS PERIOD OF TIME
THAT I SPENT JUST MEDITATING
AND THINKING ABOUT THIS AND…
AND SEEING MYSELF DOING IT.
THAT WAS MY CONCEPTION
AND THEN IT HAPPENED,
AND I SAW TWO PEOPLE
RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
AND THEN I WENT ABOUT
12 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND DIDN’T SEE ANYBODY
RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
AND ONE DAY I WAS READING
JOHN 14:12, AND I SAID,
YOU KNOW WHAT, I DID THIS
ONCE BEFORE, I THINK
I’M GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
AND I STARTED DOING
THE SAME THING.
THIS TIME I PUT ALL OF
THE SCRIPTURES ON MY COMPUTER
AND I WOULD JUST MEDITATE
ON THEM AND THINK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN I WOULD SEE MYSELF
RAISING PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.
AND THEN I GOT TO WHERE I WAS
DREAMING EVERY NIGHT RAISING
20 PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.
AND MY OWN SON DIED ON
FEBRUARY THE 4TH…OR EXCUSE ME,
MARCH THE 4TH, 2001,
WAS DEAD FOR FIVE HOURS.
AND THEY CALLED ME.
AND BECAUSE I HAD BEEN
MEDITATING ON THIS, JAMIE AND I
JUST SPOKE OUR FAITH.
AND OUR SON WHO WAS
ALREADY DEAD IN A MORGUE,
ON A SLAB, STRIP NAKED,
IN A FREEZER WITH A TOE TAG ON
SAT UP AND STARTED TALKING.
PRAISE GOD.
HE’S ALIVE AND WELL TODAY
BUYING A HOUSE TOMORROW.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE IS NOT…THERE’S NOT
A DISCONNECT.
SOME PEOPLE, YOU GET UP
AND TELL THE TESTIMONY ABOUT
WELL, I SAW THIS HAPPEN.
AND PEOPLE, WELL, I WANT THAT,
WOULD YOU PRAY FOR ME?
WELL, THAT’S LIKE ME TELLING YOU
THAT I’VE GOT TWO BOYS
AND YOU SAY, WELL,
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BOY,
WOULD YOU PRAY FOR ME?
WELL, YEAH, I’LL PRAY FOR YOU,
BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S LIKE CARLIE
WAS SAYING THERE’S A LITTLE BIT
MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
YOU NEED TO CONCEIVE.
YOU NEED TO GIVE BIRTH
AND THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE JUST COMING
AND WANTING US TO PRODUCE
YOUR MIRACLE FOR YOU.
AND WE’RE GLAD TO PRAY WITH YOU
AND WE…IT’S AN HONOR TO PRAY
WITH PEOPLE AND WE WILL DO IT.
IF THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO
RECEIVE A MIRACLE WAS FOR YOU
TO JUST CONCEIVE IT AND GO
THROUGH ALL OF THE STEPS
THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE
AND YOU’VE ONLY GOT A WEEK
TO LIVE?
WELL, THEN THAT WOULD JUST
MEAN THAT YOU ARE DESTINED
TO DIE BECAUSE YOU DON’T
HAVE TIME TO CONCEIVE
AND BRING IT TO BIRTH
AND…AND RAISE IT.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT,
GOD HAS GIVEN SPECIAL GIFTS
TO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE A GIFT
OF FAITH, THE GIFTS OF HEALING,
THE GIFT OF MIRACLES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
AND YOU CAN RECEIVE A MIRACLE
OFF OF ONE OF THESE
SUPERNATURAL GIFTS,
AND THAT’S GOOD.
BUT YOU KNOW THE DRAWBACK
TO THAT IS THAT YOU CAN’T
GO HOME.
YOU CAN’T BRING THAT PERSON
THAT’S GOT THIS ANOINTING HOME.
HE’S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE THING.
IT’S…IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO
BE A SUBSTITUTE
FOR YOU LEARNING
THE WORD OF GOD AND LEARNING
HOW TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE.
AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN
THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST
BASICALLY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND
HOW TO RECEIVE FROM GOD.
AND SO THEY JUST PRAY OUT OF
DESPERATION AND ASK GOD.
DON’T KNOW IF ANYTHING’S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY COME TO A CONFERENCE
WANTING EVERYBODY ELSE
TO PRAY AND TO GIVE THEM
THEIR MIRACLE.
AND AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO PRAY
WITH YOU AND WE’RE GOING TO
HELP YOU.
BUT I’M SAYING THAT LONG-TERM
SOLUTION, GOD’S BEST IS
FOR EACH ONE OF YOU
TO UNDERSTAND.
HOW TO CONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH
TO YOUR OWN MIRACLE.
AND THAT’S WHAT
THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
THIS IS REALLY NOT A CONFERENCE
ON JUST DRAWING IN THE ANOINTING
OF GOD.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE HAD
SUCH A POWERFUL ANOINTING
HERE TODAY THAT MAN, IF THIS
DOESN’T LIGHT YOUR FIRE,
YOUR WOOD IS WET.
SO THERE IS AN ANOINTING HERE
AND WE’VE PROBABLY SEEN JUST
BY THE HANDS THAT I SAW,
MAYBE 1,000 PEOPLE
ALREADY THAT HAVE BEEN HEALED,
AND SO, YES, THE PRESENCE OF
THE LORD IS HERE AND HIS POWER
IS TO HEAL.
AND SO, I BELIEVE ALL OF THAT,
BUT WE WANT…WHAT REALLY
BLESSES ME IS TO SEE YOU GET
HOLD OF THESE TRUTHS
AND BE ABLE TO START LIVING IT.
MAN, THAT’S AWESOME.
THAT’S GOD’S BEST.
AND I’M TELLING YOU
WE’VE ALREADY HEARD
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TODAY.
AND WE’VE STILL GOT ANOTHER
THREE DAYS TO GO.
MAN, IF YOU SIT HERE AND IF
YOU OPEN UP AND RECEIVE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE SHARING
WITH YOU THE THINGS THAT GOD
HAS DONE IN OUR LIFE.
AND I TELL YOU WHAT,
YOU NOT ONLY SHOULD BE HEALED
BUT YOU OUGHT TO BE
A HEALING MACHINE.
YOU…YOU BECOME A MOBILE
OFFICE FOR JESUS.
AMEN.
THAT AS YOU GO BACK TO ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
AND ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT STATES,
MAN, WE COULD TAKE THIS…
THESE TRUTHS.
IT’S THE TRUTH THAT SETS
PEOPLE FREE.
AND WE COULD TAKE
THESE TRUTHS BACK.
AND WE COULD SEE
THESE HEALINGS
MULTIPLIED THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF TIMES.
THIS IS WHAT OUR HEART’S
DESIRE REALLY IS.
YOU KNOW WHEN I FIRST STARTED
IN MINISTRY, I USED TO PRAY FOR
EVERYTHING THAT WOULD MOVE.
AND I WOULD STAY UP UNTIL THREE
AND FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
PRAYING WITH PEOPLE.
AND WE SAW GREAT
MIRACLES HAPPEN.
BLIND EYES OPEN, DEAF EARS OPEN,
PEOPLE COME OUT
OF WHEELCHAIRS.
AND I’M CONVINCED THAT IF I WAS
TO JUST DRAW EVERYBODY’S
ATTENTION TO ME AND GOD HAS
ANOINTED ME AND BLESSED ME
AND IF I GOT YOUR FAITH
BUILT UP,
I COULD SEE SOME OF YOU HEALED
BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE FAITH
IN MY FAITH.
AND I COULD GET SOME OF YOU
HEALED OFF OF THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I’M LIMITED.
I CAN’T PRAY FOR EVERYBODY
THAT’S IN HERE.
AND I’VE GOT AN EXPIRATION DATE.
I’M PLANNING ON BEING AROUND
A LONG TIME.
BUT I JUST TURNED 70.
I’M NOT…I’M…I’M OVER
HALFWAY THERE.
AND I HAVE JUST REACHED
THE PLACE, I ACTUALLY
REACHED THIS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO
WHERE I STARTED BRINGING
MY BIBLE COLLEGE STUDENTS
WITH ME AND I HAVE THEM PRAY,
AND I WOULD RATHER SEE PEOPLE
HEALED THROUGH SOMEBODY
I HAVE TAUGHT THE WORD OF GOD,
THAN TO SEE THEM HEALED
THROUGH MY PRAYER.
I WAS JUST REJOICING WATCHING
DANIEL AND CARLIE UP HERE,
MAN, JUST PREACHING THE WORD
AND STUFF BECAUSE THERE WAS
A TIME BACK 50 YEARS AGO
WHEN AS FAR AS I KNEW,
I KNOW THERE WAS OTHER PEOPLE,
BUT IT’S IN MY REALM
OF INFLUENCE,
I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS
PREACHING HEALING.
THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW
A PERSON HEALED, I DIDN’T KNOW
THAT THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER
PERSON HEALED IN 2,000 YEARS.
I HAD NEVER HEARD OF
ANOTHER PERSON BEING HEALED.
BUT I WAS IN A BAPTIST CHURCH
AND WE WERE JUST STUDYING
MARK, CHAPTER 16, THESE SIGNS
WILL FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVE,
THEY’LL LAY HANDS ON THE SICK.
AND I TOLD THEM IN
THE BAPTIST CHURCH, I SAID LOOK,
I’VE NEVER SEEN A PERSON HEALED.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT HAPPENS
TODAY, BUT IT SAYS,
BELIEVERS WILL DO THIS.
I’M A BELIEVER.
IF YOU GET SICK,
DON’T STAY HOME,
COME TO CHURCH
AND I’LL PRAY FOR YOU.
AND SO, ONE MORNING
A YOUNG GIRL, DIANE JACOBY,
I WAS TEACHING
A HIGH SCHOOL GROUP.
AND I WAS I THINK 19 YEARS OLD
OR SOMETHING.
AND SHE CAME IN AND SHE WAS
GREEN SHE WAS SO SICK.
SHE LOOKED TERRIBLE, AND I SAID,
DIANE WHY ARE YOU HERE?
AND SHE SAID, YOU SAID THAT IF
WE WERE SICK WE WERE SUPPOSED
TO COME TO THE CHURCH.
AND YOU WERE GOING TO
LAY HANDS ON US, AND I SAID,
OH I DID SAY THAT DIDN’T I?
SO, I JUST SET HER IN A CHAIR,
AND WE HAD ABOUT 10 OR 15 KIDS
AND WE JUST SAID, WELL,
WE’RE GOING TO DO WHAT
THE WORD SAYS.
AND SO WE LAID HANDS ON HER
AND PRAYED.
DID THE BEST WE COULD,
AND SHE STARTED TO THROW UP,
HAD TO RUN OUT OF THE ROOM
AND SHE LEFT AND WENT HOME.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL,
THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
AND I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I…I DID THE BEST I KNEW HOW.
AND ANYWAY, WE WENT
INTO THE CHURCH SERVICE
AND RIGHT BEFORE IT STARTED,
I WAS SITTING THERE
AND SOMEBODY
TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER
AND IT WAS DIANE.
BY THE TIME SHE GOT HOME
SHE WAS TOTALLY HEALED.
AND SHE GOT UP IN FRONT OF
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
AND TOLD THEM
THAT GOD HEALED HER.
AND THAT BEGAN MY PERSECUTION
BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE
THAT THOSE THINGS HAPPENED.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I…
I DIDN’T…I DIDN’T LEARN THIS
FROM SOMEONE.
IT WAS JUST THE WORD
AND I STARTED DOING
WHAT THE WORD SAID.
AND I’VE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES
AND I HAVEN’T DONE THINGS RIGHT,
BUT MAN, WE’VE SEEN
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HEALED.
WE’VE SEEN…I…I’VE COUNTED UP
OVER 50-SOMETHING PEOPLE
RAISED FROM THE DEAD
THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW ABOUT.
WE HAVE OUR DISCIPLESHIP
EVANGELISM PROGRAM IN UGANDA.
IS…THERE’S OVER HALF A MILLION
PEOPLE A WEEK THAT GO THROUGH
THAT PROGRAM AND I’VE HEARD
PERSONAL TESTIMONIES OF OVER
12 PEOPLE RAISED FROM THE DEAD
THROUGH THAT.
WE HAVE CALLS COME IN
ALL THE TIME.
AND…AND OVER THE PHONE
OUR PHONE CENTER PEOPLE
RAISE PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.
WE’VE GOT DOZENS OF
EXAMPLES OF THAT.
AMEN.
AND YOU KNOW HOW ALL THIS
GOT STARTED?
IN YOUR IMAGINATION.
I CONCEIVED IT.
AND I’M NOT TAKING CREDIT
ANY MORE THAN A WOMAN
WHO GIVES BIRTH TAKES CREDIT.
LOOK WHAT I DID.
YOU DIDN’T DO IT BY YOURSELF,
AMEN.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE VIRGIN BIRTH
AND YOU AREN’T GOING TO BE
THE SECOND ONE,
AMEN?
BUT YOU ARE THE RECEIVER.
YOU HAVE TO COOPERATE.
I’M NOT TAKING CREDIT FOR IT.
BUT I AM SAYING THAT I HAVE
COOPERATED AND WE’RE…
WE’RE WANTING YOU TO
COOPERATE AND RECOGNIZE
THAT YOUR IMAGINATION IS
YOUR SPIRITUAL WOMB.
IT’S…IT’S WHERE YOU
CONCEIVE THINGS.
AND SO, IF YOU WANT TO BE
HEALED WE’RE ENCOURAGING
YOU TO CONCEIVE
AND HAVE YOUR OWN CHILD,
RATHER THAN GO AND ADOPT
SOMEBODY ELSE’S.
WE WANT YOU TO LEARN
HOW TO GIVE BIRTH.
EVERY ONE OF YOU WAS INTENDED.
THERE’S NO
INFERTILE CHRISTIANS.
THERE’S A LOT OF CHRISTIANS
THAT DON’T HAVE ANY CHILDREN
THAT HAVEN’T GIVEN BIRTH
TO ANYTHING.
BUT IT’S NOT BECAUSE GOD DIDN’T
EQUIP YOU TO DO IT.
YOU JUST HAVEN’T LEARNED HOW
TO RECEIVE IT AND HOW TO DO IT
AND THAT’S WHAT THE ALL OF THIS
IS ABOUT.
AND YOU CONCEIVE
THESE MIRACLES
IN YOUR IMAGINATION.
THERE IS A PROPER USE
OF YOUR IMAGINATION.
AND YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU
UNDERSTAND THIS, IT’S KIND OF
LIKE HAVING A PHYSICAL CHILD.
THE CONCEPTION IS THE BEST PART.
AMEN.
SOMETIMES GIVING BIRTH
IS A LITTLE PAINFUL, BUT MAN,
THE CONCEPTION, THAT’S FUN.
AND I’VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN TO
WHERE I ENJOY CONCEIVING THINGS
MORE THAN I DO GIVING BIRTH
TO IT.
WHEN WE BUILT OUR FIRST BUILDING
DOWN IN COLORADO SPRINGS
DEBT-FREE, $3.2 MILLION
DOWN THERE, MAN,
IT WAS THE BIGGEST MIRACLE
THAT I HAD EVER SEEN.
AT THAT TIME, AT THE INCOME
LEVEL THAT WE WERE AT,
IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME
TILL I WAS 120
TO HAVE ACCOMI…A…
ACCUMULATED THAT $3.2 MILLION.
AND SO TO GET $3.2 MILLION
IN 14 MONTHS
AND MOVE INTO THAT BUILDING
WAS A GREATER MIRACLE THAN
TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE…
PROPORTIONAL TO OUR INCOME.
AND SO, IT WAS A BIG DEAL,
AND MAN, I WAS…I PUT TAPE
DOWN ON THE FLOOR.
I HAD OUR BUILDERS TAKE
THE PLANS AND PUT WHERE
THE WALLS WERE,
WHERE EVERY DOOR WAS.
THEY WOULD TAKE THE…
WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?
DUCT TAPE AND THEY
WOULD MOVE IT
SO I COULD TELL IT WAS A DOOR,
AND I WOULD SPEND PROBABLY
THREE HOURS A DAY IN THE DARK
WALKING AROUND THAT BUILDING
AFTER EVERYBODY WAS GONE.
AND I WOULD PRAY
OVER EVERYTHING
AND I WAS LOOKING AT
ALL OF THIS.
I WOULD SEE THIS TAPE
ON THE FLOOR AND SAY,
IS THIS THE WAY I WANT
THIS TO LOOK?
SOME OF YOU DON’T HAVE A VERY
VIVID IMAGINATION TO THINK
THIS IS CRAZY, BUT MAN,
I…I WOULD WALK.
AND I NEVER STEPPED
THROUGH A WALL.
I NEVER STEPPED OVER THE TAPE.
I WOULD GO TO WHERE
THE DOOR WAS.
AND I WOULD SEE MYSELF
OPENING THAT DOOR
AND I WOULD WALK IN.
AND WHEN…IN OUR AUDITORIUM,
I PUT FOUR FIVE-GALLON BUCKETS
DOWN AND I PUT SHEETROCK
ON TOP OF IT.
AND I STOOD UP THERE LIKE
A STAGE, AND I STOOD THERE
AND I PREACHED ENTIRE MESSAGES
WITH NOBODY THERE.
IT WAS TOTALLY DARK.
AND I PREACHED.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW SOME OF YOU
THINK, BOY, YOU’RE WEIRD.
I THINK YOU’RE WEIRD.
LOOK WHAT MY WEIRDNESS
HAS PRODUCED.
BUT THERE WAS JUST NO WAY
IN THE NATURAL FOR THIS
TO HAPPEN, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I SAW IT.
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO
DESCRIBE THIS TO YOU.
IF YOU HAVE ALLOWED THE DEVIL
TO JUST QUENCH
YOUR IMAGINATION,
TO PUT OUT YOUR IMAGINATION,
SOME OF YOU MAY JUST THINK
THAT THIS IS TOTALLY STRANGE.
BUT I’M TELLING YOU,
ONCE I SEE SOMETHING,
I’VE GOT IT.
AND I KNOW I’VE GOT IT.
WHETHER I CAN SEE
ANYTHING OR NOT.
I’VE GOT $150 MILLION WORTH
MINIMUM OF BUILDINGS
THAT I’VE SEEN.
AND THEY AREN’T…THEY AREN’T
TOTALLY CLEAR YET.
LIKE THESE BUILDINGS,
I STARTED OFF AND I KNEW
THAT GOD WAS WANTING ME
TO BUILD SOME THINGS,
BUT I JUST PRAYED ABOUT IT.
I MEDITATED ON IT AND I SAT DOWN
WITH THESE ARCHITECTS,
AND FINALLY, I SAW THAT BUILDING
OVER THERE WITH THOSE BEAMS
IN IT.
EACH ONE OF THOSE BEAMS IS
90,000 POUNDS, 45 TONS APIECE.
THEY’RE THE LARGEST BEAMS
IN COLORADO, AND ONE PERSON
TOLD ME IN THE US, BUT I…
I CAN’T IMAGINE THAT
THAT’S TRUE.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY’RE…
THEY’RE GIGANTIC BEAMS
AND WE COULD’VE BUILT
THINGS CHEAPER,
BUT THAT’S WHAT I SAW,
AND I SAID, THIS IS WHAT I WANT.
AND GOD TOLD ME TO QUIT
LIMITING HIM
BY MY SMALL THINKING.
AND SO…I JUST SAT DOWN
AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF
THIS PROCESS AND WE ACTUALLY
HAD THE PLANS DRAWN.
I HAD SPENT OVER A MILLION
AND A HALF DOLLARS ON PLANS
ALONE BEFORE I ASKED THEM,
I SAID, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING
TO COST?
I NEVER CONSIDERED COST.
I SAID, HERE’S WHAT I WANT.
THIS IS WHAT GOD SHOWED ME.
AND I JUST BEGIN TO DREAM.
AND AT FIRST IT WAS FOGGY,
BUT AFTER A WHILE I SAW
THAT BUILDING.
AND ONCE I SEE IT, I’VE GOT IT.
AS…AS LONG AS IT’S VAGUE,
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK ME
OUT OF IT OR MAKE ME CHANGE,
BUT ONCE I SEE SOMETHING,
IT’S MINE.
I SAW THIS BUILDING.
I SAW THIS BUILDING WHEN
THERE WAS NOTHING HERE.
DID YOU KNOW SEVEN YEARS AGO
ON THIS DATE, THERE WAS ZERO
ON THIS PROPERTY.
NOTHING EXISTED.
ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN BUILT
DEBT-FREE IN SEVEN YEARS.
AND IT’S BECAUSE…
BECAUSE I TOOK THE LIMITS OFF
AND I BEGAN TO START
USING MY IMAGINATION.
AND I’M TELLING YOU
THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU
HAVE THAT SAME
SUPERNATURAL POTENTIAL.
YOU NEED TO LOOSE
YOUR IMAGINATION,
AND YOU NEED TO
SEE YOURSELF HEALED.
YOU NEED TO SEE YOURSELF DOING
WHAT GOD CALLED YOU TO DO.
AND IF YOU CAN EVER SEE IT
ON THE INSIDE,
YOU’LL SEE IT
ON THE OUTSIDE.
IT’S REALLY THAT SIMPLE.
BUT MOST OF US HAVE SPENT
A LIFETIME HAVING OUR
IMAGINATION SQUELCHED.
AND IT MAY TAKE TIME FOR YOU
TO SIT THERE AND REVIVE IT.
AND TO GET TO WHERE YOU START
FUNCTIONING IN THIS.
BUT MAN,
IT’S WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.
I TELL YOU THIS WILL
CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
THE REASON I DO WHAT I DO
IS TWO FOLD.
FIRST OF ALL,
GOD JUST TRANSFORMED MY LIFE
AND IT’S JUST LIKE THE GUY
THAT THE LORD TOLD HIM, SAYS,
DON’T GO TELL ANYBODY
ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENED
TO YOUR DAUGHTER,
AND HE, MAN, COULDN’T KEEP IT
QUIET.
WHEN YOU GET GOD TOUCHING YOU,
YOU JUST WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY.
YOU’VE GOT THIS GOOD NEWS,
YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE.
BUT BEYOND THAT,
I BELIEVE GOD’S GOT
A SPECIFIC CALL ON MY LIFE,
AND I MEAN, GOD HAS
ENCOURAGED ME
THOUSANDS OF TIMES.
AND ON NOVEMBER THE 4TH, 2014,
HE WOKE ME UP AT 3:00
IN THE MORNING,
AND HE SAID, THIS IS THE REASON
THAT I’VE RAISED YOU UP
IS TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S OPINION
OF ME,
AND AS THEIR OPINION OF ME
CHANGES,
THEN THEY, IN TURN,
WILL GO CHANGE THEIR WORLD.
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PASTORING OUR FIRST
LITTLE CHURCH,
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I SAID, GOD, IF YOU EVER SHOW ME
SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE
ANOTHER PERSON’S LIFE,
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THE WHOLE MOTIVE BEHIND CHARIS
IS 2 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 2,
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BE STRONG IN THE GRACE
THAT’S IN THE LORD JESUS.
AND THE THINGS
THAT YOU HAVE HEARD OF ME
AMONG MANY WITNESSES,
THE SAME COMMIT THOU
TO FAITHFUL MEN
AND WOMEN WHO’LL BE ABLE
TO TEACH OTHERS ALSO.
THAT’S BEEN MY WHOLE THRUST,
AND WHEN I STARTED
CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE,
IT WAS BECAUSE I COULD SEE
THAT IT WAS A WAY OF FULFILLING
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THROUGH CHARIS, WE GO DEEPER
WITH PEOPLE THAN I CAN DO
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BUT NOW WE HAVE
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>> MAREN HAMM WAS ONLY
NINE YEARS OLD
WHEN SHE CONTRACTED
THE SWINE FLU.
MYSTERIOUS SYMPTOMS
PLAGUED HER BODY AND MIND
UNTIL SHE WAS NO LONGER
>> ABLE TO WALK.
> THE PAIN IN MY LEGS
WAS SO BAD
THAT IT FELT LIKE A BLOWTORCH
WAS TOUCHING THEM
> IF A BED SHEET TOUCHED THEM.
>> WHEN HER SYMPTOMS
TURNED FOR THE WORST,
MAREN WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH LATE STAGE LYME DISEASE,
WHICH MOST PEOPLE
>> NEVER RECOVER FROM.
> AND I JUST TURNED TO MY MOM
AND I’M LIKE, I JUST WANT
TO GO TO COLORADO.
I HAVE BEEN SO SICK,
AND I JUST WANTED TO ENJOY
THE MOUNTAINS EVEN IF I JUST SIT
IN MY WHEELCHAIR
> AND LOOK AT THEM.
>> HER MOTHER, LINNAE,
BOOKED A CABIN IN,
OF ALL PLACES, THE SMALL TOWN
>> OF WOODLAND PARK.
> WE WENT OUT TO COLORADO
AND WE FOUND THIS LITTLE CABIN.
MY MOM WAS GETTING MY SCOOTER
OUT OF THE CAR
AND THE LADY CAME UP
AND SHE’S LIKE,
THERE’S A HEALING SCHOOL
LIKE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
> IT’S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> GOD LED US
RIGHT TO HEALING SCHOOL,
RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD
>> AT CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE.
> WHETHER IT LOOKS LIKE IT,
IT DOESN’T MATTER.
YOU SAID IT,
I’M STEPPING INTO IT,
AND I’M JUST WALKING
> IN WHAT YOU HAVE FOR ME.
>> THE NEXT DAY,
WE PACKED UP THE CAR
AND WE STOPPED
AT A NATIONAL FOREST
BEFORE WE LEFT TO GO BACK HOME,
AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I’M SITTING THERE
AND JUST THIS, LIKE, BOLDNESS
ROSE UP ON THE INSIDE OF ME,
THIS PROMPTING, LIKE,
>> STAND UP AND WALK.
> AND I HEAR HER JUST SAY,
MOM!
AND I TURNED BACK
AND THEN I REALIZED
> SHE WAS STANDING.
>> BY THE END OF THE WEEK,
I WAS WALKING,
AND A MONTH LATER,
I WAS COMPLETELY HEALED
EVER SINCE,
>> SO PRAISE THE LORD.
> HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS!
YOU KNOW, IT’S YOUR PARTNERSHIP
THAT ENABLED US
TO HAVE THE HEALING SCHOOL
WHERE MAREN GOT HEALED,
AND THIS IS HAPPENING THOUSANDS
> AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES OVER.
>> THE ONLY REASON
THAT I AM SITTING BEFORE YOU
TOTALLY HEALED,
IS BECAUSE YOU’VE SOWED
INTO THAT MINISTRY.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART,
I JUST CAN’T SAY THANK YOU
ENOUGH,
CAUSE THAT’S WHAT MAKES THIS
>> ALL POSSIBLE.
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FOR HELPING US TO REACH OUT
AND IF YOU HAVEN’T YET BECOME
A PARTNER,
PRAY ABOUT IT AND JOIN WITH US
> TODAY.
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