The Blood, The Cloud and The Sea | Jentezen Franklin

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR JOINING US TODAY

ON KINGDOM CONNECTION.

I BELIEVE TODAY’S BROADCAST

IS REALLY GONNA BLESS YOU.

IT’S GONNA BE DIFFERENT MAYBE

FROM ANY BROADCAST YOU’VE EVER

SEEN BEFORE.

BECAUSE I RECENTLY HAD THE HONOR

OF BAPTIZING PEOPLE AT OUR

FREE CHAPEL CONGREGATION,

AT OUR CHURCH.

AND LEMME TELL YOU,

THESE ALWAYS ARE SOME

OF THE MOST POWERFUL SERVICES.

THEY’RE RAW.

WE DON’T REHEARSE THEM.

WE DON’T GO OVER TESTIMONIES

WITH PEOPLE.

IT’S JUST WHAT COMES OUT

OF THEIR SOUL

AND OUT OF THEIR HEART,

AND OUT OF THEIR EXPERIENCE.

SOMETIMES, OUT OF THEIR TEARS.

LET’S GO INTO FREE CHAPEL,

AND LET GOD SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

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>> NOW, I WANT YOU TO SEE

IN 1 CORINTHIANS 10,

WE’LL GO THERE IN JUST A MOMENT,

BUT LEMME SET THIS LITTLE

MESSAGE UP.

AND I’M GONNA CALL IT

“THE BLOOD, THE CLOUD,

AND THE SEA”,

AND IT’LL TAKE ME ABOUT

20 MINUTES TO TEACH IT TO YOU.

BUT I FEEL THE AUTHORITY

OF THE LORD IN THIS.

YOU SEE, THERE ARE TIMES

IN THE SCRIPTURE WHERE

THIS PHRASE, THE HOLY SPIRIT

SENT DOWN FROM HEAVEN,

KEEPS COMING UP.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN 1 PETER 1,

HE’S THE HOLY SPIRIT SENT

FROM HEAVEN, THE KING JAMES

SAYS, DOWN FROM HEAVEN.

AND SO, THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM

IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THERE’S WATER BAPTISM,

AND THERE’S HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM.

AND LET ME EXPLAIN

THE TWO LIKE THIS.

IF YOU GET BAPTIZED

IN A SWIMMING POOL,

YOU GO DOWN INTO THE POOL,

AND YOU ARE IMMERSED

INTO THE WATER,

AND YOU COME UP OUT

OF THE WATER, AND YOU COME BACK

UP THE STEPS,

OUT OF THE SWIMMING POOL.

THAT WOULD BE A BAPTISM DOWN

INTO A SWIMMING POOL.

BUT, THE COMPARISON OF

THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST

OR HOLY SPIRIT,

BOTH ARE BIBLICAL TERMS

THAT ARE FOUND OVER AND OVER

AND OVER IN THE SCRIPTURES,

WOULD BE INSTEAD OF GETTING YOU

GOING DOWN AND GETTING BAPTIZED

INTO THE WATER,

IMAGINE STANDING UNDER

THE NIAGARA FALLS.

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF GALLONS

COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN,

POURING OUT.

THAT’S THE KINDA LANGUAGE

IN JOEL, FOR EXAMPLE,

THE PROPHET JOEL SAID,

“IN THE LAST DAYS, I’M GONNA

POUR OUT MY SPIRIT,”

AND IT’S GOING TO FALL LIKE

A NIAGARA FALLS,

CASCADING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS

OF GALLONS OF HOLY SPIRIT

BAPTISM, AND YOU WILL

BE IMMERSED.

YOU WILL BE — AND THEN,

ONCE YOU ARE IMMERSED,

YOU CAN BE IN-FILLED,

AND THEN THERE WILL

BE AN OUT-FLOW.

1 CORINTHIANS 10 GIVES THIS

REVELATION NOW,

UNDERSTANDING WHAT I’M SAYING.

THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND THE BAPTISM IN WATER.

NOW, WATCH.

THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT.

PAUL BEGINS TO TEACH.

“MOREOVER, BRETHREN, I DO NOT

WANT YOU TO BE UNAWARE THAT

ALL THE FATHERS,”

LISTEN: “WERE UNDER THE CLOUD,”

THAT’S A REFERENCE

TO THE OLD TESTAMENT,

WHEN THEY WERE IN

THE WILDERNESS, AND GOD SENT

A CLOUD, AND THEY LIVED

UNDER THAT CLOUD.

THEY WERE UNDER THE CLOUD:

“ALL PASSED THROUGH THE SEA,”

THEY WERE ALL BAPTIZED

INTO MOSES, EVERYBODY SAY,

“THEY WERE BAPTIZED INTO MOSES.”

THIS IS SUCH WEIRD STUFF

YOU READ RIGHT THROUGH

AND IT MAKES NO SENSE

UNLESS YOU ALLOW

THE HOLY SPIRIT

TO OPEN YOUR EYES.

THEY WERE BAPTIZED

INTO MOSES, WHERE?

“IN THE CLOUD AND IN THE SEA,”

TWO BAPTISMS.

THE CLOUD IS THE BAPTISM

IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,

THE CLOUD REPRESENTS

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AND THE SEA, REMEMBER,

WHEN THEY WENT DOWN

INTO THE RED SEA, THE EGYPTIANS

WERE PURSUING THEM,

AND THEY WENT DOWN,

AND GOD PARTED THE WATER,

AND ISRAEL WENT THROUGH,

BUT WHEN THE EGYPTIANS TRIED

TO GO THROUGH THE SAME WATER,

THE WATER COLLAPSED ON THEM,

AND DROWNED PHARAOH’S ARMY,

AND DEFEATED THEM FOREVER.

SO, HERE’S WHAT I WANT

YOU TO SEE.

HE SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS 10:6,

THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS

ARE EXAMPLES FOR US.

THE CLOUD AND THE SEA

IS AN EXAMPLE, A TYPE,

FOR YOU AND I.

THERE WERE THREE SUCCESSIVE

PHASES IN ISRAEL’S DELIVERANCE

OUT OF EGYPT.

NOT ONE.

WELL, I’VE BEEN BORN AGAIN,

AND THE REST OF THE STUFF,

THE WATER BAPTISM,

THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM,

SEE, THAT’S WHAT I’M

TALKING ABOUT.

YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE

THE IN-FILLING.

JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE IN A ROOM

DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE GONNA GET

— YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN TO IT.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST THINK

THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,

I’M SAVED, AND THAT’S WONDERFUL,

AND THAT IS YOUR TICKET

TO HEAVEN.

NO OTHER WAY TO BE SAVED

BUT THROUGH THE BLOOD

OF JESUS CHRIST,

THE LAMB OF GOD.

BUT YOU SETTLE THERE

AND YOU MISS OUT ON THE OTHER

TWO THAT HAVE TREMENDOUS

SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE

FOR THE TOTALITY

OF YOUR DELIVERANCE.

LEMME PUT IT THIS WAY.

WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF EGYPT,

THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB

WAS ENOUGH TO GET THEM

ON THEIR JOURNEY.

THEY WERE FREED BY THE BLOOD

OF THE LAMB, WHEN THEY —

YOU REMEMBER,

WHEN THEY SLEW THE LAMB,

AND THEY PUT THE BLOOD

ON THE DOORPOSTS.

IT STARTED THEIR EXIT OUT

OF EGYPT,

BUT CAN I SAY THIS?

AND I WANT YOU TO LEAN IN.

THE THREE PHASES OF DELIVERANCE

IS, NUMBER ONE,

FAITH IN THE BLOOD

OF THE LAMB.

FOR US, 1 CORINTHIANS 5 SAID:

“FOR CHRIST IS OUR PASSOVER

LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN.”

SO, WHEN I PUT MY FAITH

IN JESUS CHRIST,

AND THE BLOOD THAT HE SHED

ON THE CROSS, INSTANTLY,

I AM FORGIVEN.

INSTANTLY, MY NAME IS WRITTEN

IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.

INSTANTLY, FOR LACK OF

A BETTER WORD, I HAVE MY TICKET

TO HEAVEN, AND THE DEVIL

CAN’T TAKE IT AWAY.

IT’S ESTABLISHED AND IT’S SEALED

BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

OF JESUS CHRIST.

NOW, I’M GOING TO HEAVEN

BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,

BUT I’M NOT GETTING OUT OF EGYPT

JUST BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.

BECAUSE EGYPT HAS FORCES

THAT ARE TRYING TO RE-CHAIN

ME AND RE-CAPTURE ME

AND RE-ENSLAVE ME,

ALL THE TIME.

AND IF IT WAS JUST THE BLOOD

THAT THEY HAD, THEY WOULD

HAVE BEEN RECAPTURED BECAUSE

THE BIBLE’S VERY CLEAR,

THE EGYPTIANS STARTED —

PHARAOH SAID —

THERE’S A PHARAOH SPIRIT

THAT THE MOMENT YOU MAKE

THE COMMITMENT, I TRUST YOU,

LORD, I WANNA BE BORN AGAIN

THROUGH YOUR BLOOD.

FORGIVE ME.

REGENERATE ME,

THE WORD REGENERATE COMES FROM

THE WORD REGENE,

MEANING BORN-AGAIN, I’M REGENED,

I HAVE A NEW FATHER.

EVEN THOUGH MY OTHER FATHER

MIGHT’VE BEEN THIS,

THAT, AND THE OTHER.

THIS IS MY —

I’M YOUR CHILD NOW.

THAT’S ESTABLISHED THROUGH

THE BLOOD, BUT THAT DOES

NOT MEAN YOU’RE GONNA HAVE

VICTORY DOWN HERE IN EGYPT.

YOU’RE GOING TO HEAVEN,

BUT YOU MAY BE DEFEATED

DOWN HERE, AND BE RE-ENSLAVED,

AND BOUND BACK UP,

AND PUT BACK IN,

AND MESSED UP

AND DEPRESSED AGAIN,

AND LIVING IN FEAR AND TORMENT,

AND STILL BE A CHILD OF GOD.

BECAUSE YOU’RE IGNORING

THE TWO BAPTISMS.

IT WAS THE BLOOD,

IT WAS THE CLOUD,

AND IT WAS THE SEA.

THE SECOND BAPTISM IS THE CLOUD.

IT REPRESENTS THE HOLY SPIRIT.

THE SEA REPRESENTS

BAPTISM IN WATER.

AND GOD SAYS THIS STUFF

IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL.

IT’S NOT A RITUAL,

IT’S NOT A CEREMONY.

THE BLOOD THAT GOT THEM

ON THEIR REDEMPTIVE JOURNEY

DID NOT GET THEM OUT OF EGYPT.

THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB

GOT ISRAEL STARTED OUT OF EGYPT,

BUT IT ALONE DID

NOT GET THEM OUT OF EGYPT.

IF THERE HAD NOT BEEN MORE THAN

THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,

THEY WOULD’VE BEEN RECAPTURED

AND ENSLAVED AND CHAINED UP

AND DEFEATED THE REST OF

THEIR LIFE,

EVEN THOUGH THE BLOOD

HAD BEEN APPLIED

TO THEIR HOUSE.

WOW.

WHAT I’M SAYING TO YOU IS,

THE BLOOD IS NOT THE TOTALITY

OF THE PROVISION

FOR YOUR SALVATION.

IT IS WHAT GETS YOU TO HEAVEN,

IT’S NOT WHAT GIVES

YOU VICTORY DOWN HERE ALONE.

IT’S THE BLOOD THAT COMES

WITH THE BAPTISM IN WATER,

AND THE BAPTISM

IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,

THAT BREAKS THE CHAINS

OF THE ENEMY.

THE BLOOD IS THE ONLY WAY

I CAN BE SAVED.

BUT IT TOOK TWO MORE EXPERIENCES

FOR GOD’S PEOPLE TO COME OUT

OF THE DOMINION OF EVIL FORCES.

TWO BAPTISMS, ONE IN THE CLOUD,

THE HOLY SPIRIT,

AND THE OTHER IN THE SEA.

THEY WENT DOWN INTO THE WATER,

AND THEY CAME OUT.

NOW, LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAID.

THEY WERE ALL BAPTIZED

UNDER MOSES, IN THE CLOUD,

AND IN THE SEA.

THE CLOUD WAS ABOVE.

THE SEA WAS DOWN.

ONE WAS GOING INTO THE POOL.

THE OTHER WAS THE NIAGARA

FALLS COMING DOWN.

AND BOY, WHEN YOU GET

THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST,

AND YOU LET GOD FILL YOU,

YOU’RE GONNA HAVE ONE RIVER

COMING DOWN,

AND THEN YOU GO DOWN,

AND YOU’VE PUT YOURSELF

IN THE WATER, ONE YOU DO,

THE OTHER HEAVEN DOES.

THE CLOUD IS A TYPE OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SEA IS

A TYPE OF WATER BAPTISM,

AND THEY WERE IMMERSED

IN THE CLOUD.

THE CLOUD, WHEN THEY WERE OUT

IN THE WILDERNESS,

WAS SO POWERFUL THAT ONCE

THEY GOT IN THAT CLOUD,

IT LED THEM, THAT’S A TYPE

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS.

WHEN THEY WENT INTO THE WATER,

THE WATER WAS THE CUT-OFF

POINT FOR THE EGYPTIANS.

THE BONDAGES OF EGYPT,

THE CHAINS OF SLAVERY,

COULD NOT AND DID NOT HAVE

AUTHORITY TO BE CLAMPED

BACK ON THEM,

AND THE BIBLE SAID WHEN ISRAEL

CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER

TO THE OTHER SIDE,

AND THE EGYPTIANS CAME IN

WITH THEIR CHARIOTS,

AND GOT IN THE SAME WATER,

THE WATER DESTROYED THEM.

THE SEA WAS THE FINAL

CUT-OFF POINT,

AND GOD SAID TO ISRAEL,

“THESE ENEMIES, YOU SHALL SEE

NO MORE.”

WILL THEY TEMPT YOU?

WILL THEY TRY?

THEY WILL, BUT HERE’S THE POINT.

ONCE YOU OBEY GOD,

THIS IS JUST OBEDIENCE.

ONCE YOU OBEY GOD IN WATER

BAPTISM, WHEN YOU STAND,

THEY’RE GONNA COME IN THIS SIDE,

THEY’RE GONNA COME OUT

THIS SIDE, AND WHEN THEY STAND

ON THIS SIDE,

SOMETHING SPIRITUALLY,

IN THE SPIRIT WORLD,

HAS CHANGED.

I NOW HAVE AUTHORITY.

I NOW HAVE LEGAL RIGHT TO SAY

I AM NO LONGER A SLAVE TO SIN.

I DON’T HAVE TO BE AN ADDICT.

I DON’T HAVE TO BE BOUND.

I DON’T HAVE TO BE MESSED UP.

I DON’T HAVE TO BE A SLAVE

TO THE FLESH,

THE LUST OF THE EYES,

THE LUST OF THE FLESH

AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE.

I’M NOT SUPERHUMAN,

I WILL WRESTLE,

I WILL DEAL WITH THINGS,

BUT I HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY

AND RIGHT BECAUSE

I WENT UNDER AND I CAME UP

A NEW CREATION,

AND THE OLD THINGS

HAVE PASSED AWAY.

SOMEBODY THANK GOD

FOR THE BLOOD AND THE CLOUD

AND THE SEA.

HALLELUJAH.

NOW, WATCH, REAL QUICK.

I’M GETTING THERE VERY FAST.

THE FINAL SEPARATION OF ISRAEL

FROM EGYPT WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED

BY THE CLOUD,

AS POWERFUL AS THE HOLY

SPIRIT IS.

THE FINAL SEPARATION

FROM ISRAEL WAS NOT

ACCOMPLISHED BY THE BLOOD,

AS POWERFUL AS THE BLOOD

OF THE LAMB WAS.

THE ONLY THING THAT COULD

SEPARATE ISRAEL FROM EGYPT

PERMANENTLY WAS THE BAPTISM

IN THE SEA,

UNDER THE WATER.

AND WHEN YOU GET

THE REVELATION OF THAT,

THAT I LAID DOWN IN A WATERY

GRAVE ACCORDING TO PAUL’S

TEACHINGS, AND THE OLD ME

IS DEAD AND BURIED,

AND I AM COMING UP BRAND-NEW

AND I’M FREE FROM THE CHAINS

OF FEAR AND TORMENT AND GUILT

AND SHAME AND ADDICTION.

OH, LOOK OUT.

FOR THE BELIEVER, WATER BAPTISM

IS THE FINAL CUT-OFF POINT

TO THE PAST.

SALVATION IS INSTANT,

BUT SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD

IS A PROCESS.

1 PETER 3 GIVES

ANOTHER QUICK EXAMPLE.

WE READ RIGHT THROUGH

THIS STUFF, AND WE DON’T

UNDERSTAND.

THAT WAS 1 CORINTHIANS 10,

NOW THIS IS 1 PETER 3.

THEY WERE FORMALLY —

HE’S TALKING ABOUT,

THEY WERE FORMALLY DISOBEDIENT,

LONG-SUFFERING, HOW GOD WAITED

DURING THE DAYS OF NOAH.

REMEMBER, NOW, HE’S TAKING YOU

BACK TO THE OLD TESTAMENT,

THE STORY OF NOAH.

WATCH WHAT HE SAYS.

WHILE THE ARK — EVERYBODY SAY,

“THE ARK REPRESENTS JESUS.”

WHILE THE ARK WAS BEING PREPARED

IN WHICH FEW,

THAT IS EIGHT SOULS,

THAT’S NOAH’S FAMILY,

WERE SAVED THROUGH WATER.

YOU KNOW WHAT HE JUST SAID?

HE SAID, “I WANT YOU TO SEE

THAT NOAH AND HIS FAMILY

GOT IN THE ARK, JESUS CHRIST.”

THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES

IN AN UNGODLY, WICKED WORLD

THAT GOT IN THE ARK.

THEY WERE ALL INVITED,

BUT THEY ALL DID NOT PARTAKE.

AND WHEN THEY GOT IN THE ARK,

THEN THE RAIN AND THE WATER

BURST FORTH FROM THE GROUND

AND FROM THE SKY,

AND WHEN THE WATER CAME,

THE BIBLE SAID THEY WERE

SAVED BY WATER.

INTERESTING WORDING.

IN THE ARK, THEY PASSED

THROUGH THE WATER.

BY THE WATERS, THEY WERE

DELIVERED FROM A WICKED,

UNGODLY WORLD.

COULD THE WICKED PASS THROUGH

THE SAME WATER?

NO, THEY PERISHED IN THE WATER.

JUST LIKE THE EGYPTIANS,

IN THEIR CHARIOTS,

PERISHED WHEN THEY TRIED TO GO

THROUGH THE WATER TO FOLLOW

AFTER ISRAEL AND DEFEAT THEM.

NOW, HERE IS PAUL OR PETER,

1 PETER, HE’S SAYING,

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND

THAT NOAH IS A TYPE OF YOU

ENTERING WITH YOUR FAMILY

INTO THE ARK,

AND THERE WAS A KEY

TO THEIR DELIVERANCE,

IT WAS THE WATER.

THE WATER IS WHAT SAVED THEM,

BUT THE WATER IS WHAT DESTROYED

THE UNGODLY AND WICKED

THAT WOULD NOT GET IN THE ARK.

IF IT NOT HAD BEEN

FOR THE BAPTISM IN WATER,

YOUR SALVATION IS NOT COMPLETE.

IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN BAPTIZED,

YOU’VE GOT YOUR TICKET

TO HEAVEN THE MOMENT

YOU PRAY IN AN ALTAR

AND RECEIVE THE SHED BLOOD

OF JESUS CHRIST,

BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE VICTORY

DOWN HERE LIKE GOD WANTS TO GIVE

YOU VICTORY UNTIL YOU GET THE

— YOU NEED THE BAPTISM

IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,

WHICH IS THE CLOUD,

AND THE BAPTISM IN THE SEA,

WHICH IS THE WATER BAPTISM.

AND THAT WILL BECOME

THE DEVIL’S CUT-OFF POINT.

HALLELUJAH.

>> NOW, GIVE US YOUR NAME.

>> ALEX HERNANDEZ.

>> AND HOW DID YOU END

UP AT FREE CHAPEL?

>> I HEARD ABOUT FREE CHAPEL

WHEN I WAS IN JAIL,

AND JUST, I’M NERVOUS

RIGHT NOW.

>> HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT

IT IN JAIL?

>> PICKED UP A BOOK OF FASTING,

AND IT HAD YOUR —

I SEEN YOU ON THE COVER,

JENTEZEN FRANKLIN,

AND I READ IT.

AND, JUST THE WHOLE PROCESS

OF ME GETTING GOING IN JAIL,

AND GIVING MY LIFE TO CHRIST,

WAS SOMETHING SPIRITUAL,

SOMETHING DIFFERENT

CHANGED IN ME.

>> AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU

BEEN OUT?

>> I’VE BEEN OUT

TWO-AND-A-HALF MONTHS NOW.

>> AND YOU’VE BEEN

IN CHURCH HERE?

>> YES.

>> PRAISE GOD.

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?

I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME

OF THE FATHER, THE SON,

JESUS CHRIST,

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH.

BLESS THE LORD.

HI.

WHAT’S YOUR NAME?

>> ALEXA.

>> ALEXA, HOW LONG YOU BEEN

COMING TO THE CHURCH?

>> SINCE EASTER OF LAST YEAR.

>> DID YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT

TO THE LORD THEN?

>> NO.

SO I ACTUALLY —

THE PAST TWO YEARS

HAVE BEEN A STRUGGLE.

IN MAY OF 2020, I FOUND OUT

THAT I WAS HAVING A

SWEET BABY.

AND, I TRIED FOR AWHILE

TO MAKE IT WORK WITH HIS DAD,

AND I PRAYED MANY TIMES ON IT.

AND GOD’S ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO.

AND, I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IT.

AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN

I GOT VERY ANGRY WITH GOD.

AND I REMEMBER, MAY 1ST

OF LAST YEAR, WAS ONE

OF THE HARDEST DAYS,

AND IT WAS ONE

OF THE SCARIEST DAYS.

I GOT SOME NEWS THAT I WAS

BLINDSIDED WITH, AND I LAID

ON MY BACK PORCH AND CRIED.

AND I JUST REMEMBER LAYING

THERE AND SCREAMING,

AND JUST ASKING GOD TO GET ME

OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE.

AND HE DID, AND I REMEMBER

PRAYING, AND I TOLD GOD

THE OUTCOME THAT I WANTED,

AND HE GAVE ME AN OUTCOME

THAT WAS BETTER

THAN I PRAYED FOR.

NOW, I CAME TO CHURCH

THE VERY NEXT MORNING,

AND PASTOR JAVON RUFF

WAS PREACHING, AND HE —

I FELT LIKE EVERYTHING

THAT HE WAS SAYING,

HE WAS SPEAKING TO MY HEART.

AND I REMEMBER,

HE DID THE ALTAR CALL,

AND I JUST FELT LIKE I NEEDED

TO COME DOWN TO THE ALTAR.

AND, I WAS IN THE VERY BACK

OF THE BALCONY,

MY BABY WAS SLEEPING IN MY ARMS,

AND I WAS WEARING HEELS,

AND I SAID, LORD, THIS IS ME

GIVING MY LIFE TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, I’M GIVING

IT ALL TO YOU,

I’M LAYING IT AT YOUR FEET,

BUT THERE’S A LOT OF STAIRS,

MY BABY’S SLEEPING.

I’M IN HEELS.

I HAD ALL THESE EXCUSES OF WHY

I WASN’T GONNA WALK DOWN HERE,

BUT I SAID I’M GONNA GIVE IT

TO YOU FROM MY SEAT,

AND PASTOR JAVON STARTED

DOING THE PRAYER OVER

EVERYONE DOWN HERE,

AND HE STOPPED, AND HE SAID,

“I CAN’T GO ON BECAUSE

I FEEL LIKE THERE’S SOMEONE

ELSE THAT NEEDS

TO BE DOWN HERE.”

AND I WAS LIKE, HOLY MOLY,

THAT’S ME.

AND SO, I SAT UP

AND I TOOK MY BABY WITH ME,

AND WE WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS

AND MADE IT HERE,

AND HE PRAYED OVER US,

AND I FELT LIKE A WEIGHT

HAD BEEN LIFTED

OFF MY SHOULDERS.

I TURNED AROUND AND THE LADY

THAT HAD PLACED HER HAND ON

MY SHOULDER BEGAN TO TELL

ME THAT SHE WAS ONCE

A SINGLE MOM,

THAT SHE CAME TO FREE CHAPEL

AND SHE MET HER HUSBAND

WHO WAS A PASTOR HERE,

AND SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH

THEIR BABY, AND SHE GAVE

ME SO MUCH HOPE.

AND I JUST FELT LIKE GOD PLACED

HER THERE TO LET ME

KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS

GONNA BE OKAY,

AND THAT HIS PLANS ARE GREATER

THAN MY PLANS, AND THERE ARE

DAYS THAT I FELT LIKE THE ONLY

THING I COULD DO WAS LAY

ON THE FLOOR AND JUST BEG GOD

TO HELP ME.

AND HE DID, AND HE SHOWED ME

THAT EVEN WHEN I’M HAVING

BAD DAYS THAT HE IS STILL GOOD,

AND HE STILL HAS A PLAN,

AND I’M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.

>> I LOVE THAT.

DON’T YOU?

SOME DAYS, ALL YOU CAN DO

IS LAY ON YOUR BACK AND CRY.

YOU EVER HAD A DAY LIKE THAT?

I SURE HAVE.

THAT’S PART OF LIFE, FOLKS.

BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL.

YOU MINISTERED TO ALL OF US,

WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT.

YOU WERE GOING THERE,

AND IT WAS GOING DEEP,

WASN’T IT?

TO GOD BE THE GLORY,

AND HE’S GONNA TAKE CARE

OF YOU AND YOUR BABY

IN AMAZING WAYS.

I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME

OF THE FATHER, THE SON,

JESUS CHRIST,

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

THANK YOU, LORD.

THANK YOU, LORD.

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT.

HALLELUJAH.

GIVE US YOUR NAME, SIR.

>> IT’S CRAIG GOODMAN.

>> AND HOW LONG YOU BEEN

COMING TO THE CHURCH?

>> SO, I’VE BEEN COMING

TO THIS CHURCH ON-AND-OFF

FOR YEARS, AND BY THE GRACE

OF GOD AND THE SPIRITUAL

PROGRAM OF RECOVERY,

I’M HERE TO SAY TODAY

I’M FREE FROM THE BONDAGE

OF ALCOHOL.

SO, YEAH.

>> WHAT HAPPENED?

>> YOU KNOW, TODAY IS ACTUALLY

FIVE MONTHS THAT

I’VE BEEN SOBER,

AND I’M VERY GRATEFUL OF THAT.

AND I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING UP

THERE ABOUT TEN ROWS DEEP,

BACK IN OCTOBER,

AND YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT

HAVING A SERMON ON GOD

USES LIFE’S BRUISES,

AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS —

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY PERSON

HERE THAT DAY,

AND GOD SPOKE TO ME THAT DAY,

AND YOU KNOW, THAT’S TRUE.

YOU KNOW, GOD CAN USE MY BRUISES

TO HELP ANOTHER PERSON,

AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME,

AND THERE’S A DIFFERENT WAY

OF LIFE OUT THERE,

AND I KNOW THAT TODAY,

AND I’M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

MY DAUGHTERS ARE HERE TODAY,

AND YOU KNOW,

I’M VERY GRATEFUL THAT,

YOU KNOW, THAT I’M PRESENT

IN THEIR LIVES TODAY,

AND THAT’S A MIRACLE.

THAT’S A MIRACLE.

>> I LOVE THAT.

I’M PRESENT.

I’M PRESENT IN THEIR LIVES.

BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THAT

ADDICTION DOES, IS IT JUST

TAKES YOU — YOU’RE THERE,

BUT YOU’RE NOT THERE.

AND, WHAT A BLESSING.

WHAT A POWERFUL,

POWERFUL TESTIMONY.

AND TO KNOW THAT THAT ADDICTION

THAT WANTS TO PURSUE YOU

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,

YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY

WHEN YOU COME UP

OUT OF THIS WATER TO SAY,

“I’M NO LONGER A SLAVE TO SIN.

I BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST.”

>> YES.

I’LL CLOSE WITH THIS, YOU KNOW,

THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN HELP

ANOTHER PERSON LIKE ME

IS A PERSON

WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS.

AND I KNOW TODAY, MY PURPOSE

IS TO HELP ANOTHER PERSON.

AND I WILL.

SO.

>> YES, YOU WILL.

SO TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE TODAY,

AND WE DON’T COME FROM AN

APPROACH OF LOOKING DOWN.

YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST ANYTHING

THAT IS DESTROYING YOUR LIFE

IS NOT OF GOD.

IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

AND SO, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY

TO THEM THAT YOU WANT —

THAT YOU KNOW YOU NEEDED

TO HEAR?

>> SO I WOULD SAY IT ALL STARTS,

YOU KNOW, THERE’S — WHAT WORKED

FOR ME IS A 12-STEP

RECOVERY PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, IT ALL STARTS

WITH SURRENDERING.

YOU KNOW, ADMITTING I WAS

POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL

AND MY LIFE WAS UNMANAGEABLE,

AND THAT’S THE FIRST STEP

I TOOK, AND YOU KNOW,

STEP TWO IS I CAME TO BELIEVE

A POWER GREATER THAN MYSELF

COULD RESTORE ME TO SANITY.

YOU KNOW, GOD IS DOING FOR ME

WHAT I COULD NOT DO FOR MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, SO.

I’M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

>> SO GREAT, SO GREAT.

I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME

OF THE FATHER, THE SON,

JESUS CHRIST,

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

BLESS HIM, LORD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT MIRACLE.

PRAISE THE LORD.

PRAISE THE LORD.

♪ ♪

>> IF YOU’RE WATCHING THIS

PROGRAM TODAY AND THESE STORIES

AND TESTIMONIES HAVE SPOKEN

TO YOU, YOU CAN

MAKE A CHANGE, TOO.

YOU DON’T JUST HAVE TO STRUGGLE

WITH ADDICTION THE REST

OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU MAY BE SO FAR FROM GOD

THAT YOU SAY THERE’S NO WAY

GOD CAN FORGIVE ME.

I’VE DONE SO MUCH,

I’VE GONE TOO FAR.

THERE’S NO WAY, PASTOR,

THAT GOD WOULD TAKE

SOMEBODY LIKE ME.

HE’S A GOOD GOD,

AND HE WILL FORGIVE YOU.

HE DOES LOVE YOU.

HE WILL RESTORE YOU.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

HIS PROMISE IS I MAKE ALL

THINGS NEW.

I BELIEVE RIGHT WHERE YOU

ARE TODAY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS INVITE JESUS INTO YOUR HEART.

LET’S DO IT TOGETHER,

JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE

YOU JUST HEARD FROM.

IT STARTED IN A SIMPLE ACT

OF REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

SO SAY, JESUS, I SURRENDER.

COME INTO MY HEART.

WASH ME.

CLEANSE ME.

YOU DIED ON THE CROSS AND TOOK

EVERYTHING SINFUL AND WRONG

I’VE EVER DONE.

I’M A SINNER

AND I NEED A SAVIOR.

WASH ME IN YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD.

CLEANSE ME AND MAKE ME

THE PERSON I OUGHT TO BE.

I CAN’T CHANGE ME,

BUT JESUS, YOU CAN.

IN JESUS’ NAME,

YOU ARE FORGIVEN.

HALLELUJAH.

O, PRAISE THE LORD.

I JUST SENSE A GLORIOUS,

GLORIOUS MIRACLE IS TAKING

PLACE IN YOUR LIFE.

I DON’T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY

TO DESCRIBE IT.

A MIRACLE.

AND YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYER,

AND WE WOULD LOVE

TO HEAR FROM YOU.

IT’S SUCH A BLESSING

WHEN WE HEAR BACK FROM

OUR AUDIENCE, AND I WANT YOU

TO CALL THE NUMBER THAT’S

ON THE SCREEN, OR GO ONLINE,

GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND VISIT IT.

IT’S ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

AND WE HAVE FREE RESOURCES

WE WOULD LOVE TO LOAD YOU DOWN

AND JUST KNOW THAT PEOPLE

ARE PRAYING FOR YOU,

AND MAYBE TALK TO ONE

OF OUR PRAYER PARTNERS

ON THE LINE, AND LET THEM

PRAY WITH YOU TODAY,

AND HELP YOU IN EVERY STEP

OF YOUR NEW LIFE AND WALK

WITH JESUS CHRIST.

BEFORE WE GO,

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU

FOR SUPPORTING THIS MINISTRY.

YOU ARE AMAZING, AMAZING PEOPLE.

THE TREMENDOUS GENEROSITY

OF OUR VIEWERS, JUST ABSOLUTELY

TOUCHES MY HEART.

BECAUSE OF YOU, WE HAVE BEEN

ABLE TO DO SO MUCH

FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.

IT’S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE

THE IMAGES OF WAR, AND DEATH,

AND DESTRUCTION COMING OUT

OF THE UKRAINE.

THAT TORN AND DEVASTATED NATION.

BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TODAY.

WE ARE BELIEVING THAT

WE CAN MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE

FOR THE SUFFERING BROTHERS

AND SISTERS OF THE UKRAINE.

SO FAR, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE

TO SEND OVER $500,000

TO THE UKRAINE.

JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS,

AS WE HAVE BEEN MAKING

AN APPEAL.

NOT ONLY HAVE YOU HELPED

US WITH THE RESOURCES,

PAID FOR ALL OF OUR AIRTIME,

WE OWE NO MAN NOTHING,

BUT WE’VE HAD ENOUGH,

$500,000, THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE

TO SEND TO MANY,

MANY MINISTRIES OVER THERE,

AND WE HAVE ESTABLISHED

A COMFORT CENTER IN THE UKRAINE,

WHERE WE’RE PROVIDED

MUCH-NEEDED FOOD AND EMERGENCY

SUPPLIES WITHIN THE COUNTRY.

MANY OF THE PEOPLE WE’RE

HELPING ARE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

WE’RE EVEN WORKING THROUGH

ONE JEWISH ORGANIZATION,

SIDE-BY-SIDE, AND ALSO

WITH CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THEY’RE MINISTERING

TO GOD’S PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE ALREADY

BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH,

AND THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT TODAY.

YOU KNOW, I HEARD THEIR

PRESIDENT, THAT BRAVE, BRAVE

PRESIDENT SAY,

“MY GREATEST FEAR,”

HE DIDN’T SAY IT

WAS THE RUSSIANS,

HE DIDN’T SAY WAS THEIR MISSILES

AND THEIR AIR FORCE

AND ALL THE WEAPONS

OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE.

HE SAID, “MY GREATEST FEAR

IS THAT AMERICA WILL FORGET US.”

WE CAN’T FORGET THEM.

AND WE ARE GOING TO SEND

ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY RELIEF

AS YOU ENABLE US TO DO THAT,

TO OVER 80 CHURCHES

IN THE UKRAINE,

THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED

INTO REFUGEE CENTERS.

WE’VE ALREADY SENT HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

TO THAT EFFORT,

BUT WE NEED TO DO EVEN MORE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING

US PREACH THE GOSPEL,

AND DO ALL THAT WE DO.

WE APPRECIATE YOU,

WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME

ON KINGDOM CONNECTION.

♪ ♪

>> WE HOPE YOU’VE ENJOYED THIS

TEACHING BY JENTEZEN FRANKLIN,

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR

CONTINUED SUPPORT

OF THIS MINISTRY.

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