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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 3: your life. Oh God, bless you. Always a joy to 39 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 3: come into your homes. We love you. If you're ever 40 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 3: in our area, stop buy and see us. I promise 41 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 3: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 42 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 3: for tuning in, Thanks again for coming out. I like 43 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 3: to start with something funny each week, and I heard 44 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 3: about this ninety two year old man. He wasn't feeling well, 45 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 3: so he went to the doctor for a cheka. A 46 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 3: few days later, the doctor saw him out walking. He 47 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 3: had a beautiful young lady by his side, and he 48 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 3: looked to be just as happy as he could be. 49 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 3: The doctor said, Wow, you sure are doing a lot better, 50 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 3: aren't you. He said, yes, Doctor, I'm just following your orders. 51 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 3: You said, get a hot mama and stay cheerful. Doctor said, 52 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 3: I didn't say that. I said you've got a heart murmur. 53 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 3: Be careful, all right, hold it up. Say it like 54 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 3: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 55 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 3: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 56 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 57 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 58 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 3: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 59 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 3: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 60 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about living life 61 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 3: as a healer. Everywhere we go there are people in need. 62 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 3: They may smile on the outside, but on the inside 63 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 3: they're hurting. We all have a ministry. It may not 64 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 3: be in the pulpit, but God is counting on us 65 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 3: to reach out to others. And bring healing wherever we go. 66 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 3: When you see someone that's down and you go over 67 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 3: and encourage them, you just became a healer. You just 68 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 3: release God's goodness into them. When you call a friend 69 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 3: that's discouraged and you say, hey, I'm thinking about you. 70 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 3: I know there are good days up ahead, you just 71 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 3: poured in the healing oil. It can be something simple, 72 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 3: just smiling at a stranger. You don't even know that person. 73 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 3: You didn't think much about it, but you became a healer. 74 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 3: God caused your smile to say to them, you're important. 75 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 3: I care about you. All around us, people are dealing 76 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 3: with family issues, health problems, rejection, broken dreams, low self esteem. 77 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 3: You never know what they're going through. God wants to heal, 78 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 3: but he uses people. My message is you can become 79 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 3: a healer. A man stopped me on a busy sidewalk 80 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,679 Speaker 3: not long ago, and he was dressed very nice, looked 81 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 3: like he was on top of the world. But behind 82 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: this outer facad he was in so much pain. He 83 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 3: and his wife had just gotten separated. He was so discouraged. 84 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 3: He said, jeel, I don't have any reason to live anymore. 85 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 3: He sobbed and sobbed like a baby. My coat was 86 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 3: wet with his tears. I didn't have all the answers. 87 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 3: I couldn't fix everything in two minutes on a busy sidewalk, 88 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 3: but I could pour in some healing oil. I could 89 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 3: offer some words of encouragement. I told him God has 90 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 3: you in the palm of his hand. Us meeting here 91 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 3: is not an accident. That's God's way of saying everything 92 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 3: is going to be all right. After we prayed, he 93 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 3: noticed how whip my suit was with his tears, and 94 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 3: he was embarrassing. He said, oh, Joe, it looks like 95 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 3: I've ruined your jacket. But really, those tears were like 96 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 3: having a trophy. You're never more like God than when 97 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 3: you're helping hurting people. And one of our assignments in 98 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 3: life is to help wipe away the tears. Are you 99 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 3: sensitive to the needs of those around you? Your friends, 100 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 3: your neighbors, your co workers. Many times, like this man 101 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 3: behind the nice clothes, behind the pretty smile, behind the 102 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 3: Sunday praise, there's a person that's hurting. They're alone, their 103 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 3: life's internoil, they don't know what they're going to do. 104 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 3: Reach out to them, be a healer, Be a restorer. 105 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 3: Take time to wipe away the tears. Friends, our job 106 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 3: is not to judge. Our job is not to figure 107 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 3: out if they deserve it or not, who's right, who's wrong. 108 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 3: Our job is to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, 109 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 3: to heal the hurting. Too often we get focused on 110 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 3: our own goals, our own dreams, and how we can 111 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 3: get our miracle. But I've learned something more important. I 112 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 3: can become someone's miracle. There is healing in your hands, 113 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 3: there's healing in your voice. You are a container that 114 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 3: is filled with God. Right now. You are full of encouragement, 115 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 3: full of mercy, full of restoration, full of healing. Everywhere 116 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 3: we go we should dispense the goodness of God. If 117 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: you get around me, you better get ready. You're gonna 118 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 3: be encouraged. You may have made mistakes, but I'm gonna 119 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 3: tell you God's mercy is bigger than any mistake you've made. 120 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 3: You may have wasted years of your life making poor choices, 121 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: but I'm gonna tell you God still has a way 122 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 3: to get you to your final destination. You may have 123 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 3: had that addiction since you were a teenager, but I'm 124 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 3: gonna let you know the power of the Most ti 125 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: God can break any addiction and set you free. That's 126 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 3: what it means to dispense good. You lift the fallen, 127 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 3: You encourage the discourage, You take time to wipe away 128 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 3: the tears. I think of the story Jesus told about 129 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 3: the Good Samaritan. He was riding his donkey and he 130 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: saw a man on the side of the road that 131 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 3: had been beaten and left for dead. He put him 132 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 3: on his donkey and took him to a place where 133 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 3: he could recover. Now, I love the fact that the 134 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 3: Good Samaritan started down the road riding his donkey. The 135 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 3: injured man was walking down the road. But it ended 136 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 3: up the Good Samaritan was walking and the friend was writing. 137 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 3: The message is sometimes you have to trade places with 138 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 3: the people that are hurting. You've got to be willing 139 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 3: to be inconvenienced. You might have to miss dinner in 140 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 3: order to wipe away a tear. You might have to 141 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 3: skip working out one night in order to encourage that 142 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 3: couple that struggling. You may even have to drive across 143 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 3: town and pick up that coworker that's addicted and bring 144 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 3: him to church with you on Sunday. But if you're 145 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 3: gonna live life as a healer, You've got to be 146 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 3: willing to change places with those that are hurting. Many 147 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 3: times we're so caught up in our own dreams and 148 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 3: so focused on our own goals we don't see the 149 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 3: needs of those around us. We've got to learn to 150 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 3: take time to care, listen to what people are saying. 151 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 3: Look beneath the surface. That person next to you at work, 152 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 3: when you see they're down and discourage, don't think what's 153 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 3: their problem? They sure are unfriendly today. I'm not gonna 154 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 3: talk to them. Go turn it around. Have the attitude. 155 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 3: I have what they need. I'm a healer. I'm gonna 156 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 3: encourage them. I'm gonna lift their spirits. I'm gonna see 157 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 3: if there's something I can pray with them about. That's 158 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 3: living life as a healer. I was at the grocery 159 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 3: store not long ago, and there were eight or nine 160 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 3: people in line in front of me waiting to check out. 161 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 3: The lady that was working the cash register was very slow. 162 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 3: One item didn't have a price on it, and we 163 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 3: had to wait and wait, and then she overcharged someone 164 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 3: and the supervisor had to come and correct it. The 165 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 3: people in front of me were getting so frustrated. By 166 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 3: the time they got up there to check out, they 167 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 3: had had it. They were cold and just real matter 168 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 3: of fact, some of them even rude to the young lady, 169 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 3: and she was doing the best that she could. She 170 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 3: was just frustrated and nothing was going her way. I 171 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 3: had to make a decision. Am I going to be 172 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 3: a part of the problem or a part of the solution. 173 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 3: Am I going to just dump more frustration and make 174 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 3: her life more miserable like everybody else? Or am I 175 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 3: going to live life as a healer? Since I'm a 176 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 3: pastor and I thought she might know me, I decided 177 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 3: to do the last. When I got up there, I 178 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 3: smiled real big, and I said, you know what, I 179 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 3: think you are doing a great job. And these people, 180 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 3: I know they're kind of rude and impatient, but don't 181 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 3: let it bother you. I can tell you're doing your 182 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 3: very best. Do you know? She started weeping. I thought, 183 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 3: dear Lord, what did I do? Now? You thought the 184 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 3: line was long before, now is going to be really long. 185 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 3: I said, what's wrong? She said, Joel, my little boy 186 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 3: is in the hospital. I am so worried. I can't 187 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 3: even concentrate on what I'm doing here friends. Usually there's 188 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 3: a good reason why somebody's not up to par. There's 189 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 3: a reason why they're worried and frustrated. We can't see 190 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 3: what's going on behind the scenes. You can't see their 191 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 3: personal life, the heartache and pain that they push down, 192 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 3: and now they're doing everything they can to just try 193 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 3: to keep it together. The last thing they need is 194 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 3: for somebody else to come dump another load on them. 195 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 3: And I've learned that God puts people in our path 196 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 3: on purpose so we can love them back into wholeness. 197 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 3: That person that has an addiction in your life, they're 198 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 3: not there for you to criticize. God put them there 199 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 3: so you can help them overcome it. That student at 200 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 3: the school that doesn't have any friends. Everybody makes fun 201 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 3: of them. God put them there so you can make 202 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 3: them feel accepted, so you can make them feel loved. 203 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 3: Or that neighbor that's dug himself into a pit. Instead 204 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 3: of thinking I told him, I tried to warn him. 205 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 3: He brought it on himself. He's getting what he deserves. No, 206 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 3: he's in your life by divine appointment. God is expecting 207 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 3: you to lift him out of that pit. God's counting 208 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 3: on you to be a voice of hope and encouragement, 209 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 3: not judgment and condemnation. Proverbs fifteen to four says a 210 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 3: gentle tongue brings healing. It's amazing what happens when you 211 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 3: tell someone everything is gonna be all right. You're gonna 212 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 3: make it. There are good days up ahead. That's all 213 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 3: some people need to hear. You don't have to preach 214 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 3: a sermon. You don't have to quote twenty five scriptures 215 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 3: or counsel them for eight hours. Just a few kind 216 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 3: words can start the healing process. Right there at the 217 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 3: cash register, in the middle of the grocery store, I 218 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 3: asked her if we could pray. We prayed together, and 219 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 3: now the line was really long. The supervisor came over 220 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 3: and when he saw her crying, he looked at me, like, 221 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 3: what have you done to my employ She said, no, no, 222 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 3: I haven't felt this much peace in years. What happened. 223 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 3: I became someone's miracle. When you reach out to people 224 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: in need, you are a kind, loving, merciful understanding. You 225 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 3: are so in seeds for God to do the same 226 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 3: thing for you. When you make a mistake, or your 227 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 3: children or grandchildren get off course and they need mercy 228 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 3: because your living life as a healer. God will make 229 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 3: sure someone will always be there for them. Friends. There's 230 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 3: already enough condemning voices, there's already enough critical fault finding people. 231 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 3: Let's break out of that rut. Our attitude should be, 232 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 3: I'm going to live my life as a healer. I'm 233 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 3: not looking for somebody that's done wrong so I can 234 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 3: push them further down. I'm looking for somebody that's falling 235 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 3: so I can lift up. I'm looking for someone that 236 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 3: made a mistake so I can help restore someone that's hurting, 237 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 3: so I can love them back into wholeness. I heard 238 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 3: Jim Baker, the former head of the PTL television network, 239 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 3: tell something that happened when he was about to get 240 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 3: out of prison. You might remember that he spent several 241 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 3: years incarcerated for not handling things properly. When he was 242 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 3: about to be released, Franklin Graham, Billy Graham's son, got 243 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 3: in touch with him and told him that the Grahams 244 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 3: were going to rent him a house and get him 245 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 3: a car to drive when he got out of prison. 246 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 3: Jim Baker said, Franklin, you can't do that. I have 247 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 3: too much baggage. You'll be criticized, your ministry can't be 248 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 3: associated with me. Franklin said, sure we can, Jim, you 249 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 3: were our friend before, and you will be our friend afterwards. 250 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 3: The first Sunday that he got out, he was living 251 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 3: temporarily in a halfway house. Ruth Graham, Billy Graham's wife, 252 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 3: called the place and asked the man in charge if 253 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 3: Jim could have permission to leave and come to church 254 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 3: with the Grahams at Sunday. He gave him permission, and 255 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 3: Jim got to the church and they ushered him right 256 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 3: down to the very front row and sat him next 257 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 3: to Franklin Graham. The Grahams had ten or fifteen family 258 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 3: members there. There were two vacant seats next to Jim Baker. 259 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 3: Before the service started, he didn't know who they were for. 260 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 3: But when the music kicked up, a side door opened 261 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 3: and out walked Billy and Ruth Graham, and they sat 262 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 3: right next to Jim Baker. He had only been out 263 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 3: of prison for forty eight hours, but the whole world 264 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 3: knew that the Grahams were his friend. What were the 265 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 3: Grahams doing associating with somebody that had been a convicted criminal? 266 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 3: They were loving him back into wholeness. I heard somebody 267 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 3: say a true friend walks in when everybody else walks out. 268 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 3: A true friend doesn't rub it in when you make 269 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 3: a mistake, They help rub it out. That's the question 270 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 3: we should ask. Am I rubbing it in? Or am 271 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 3: I rubbing it out? Am I a healer a restorer? 272 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 3: Or have I gotten critical and judgmental? If somebody makes 273 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 3: a mistake, do I have the attitude? Stay away from me, 274 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 3: cross them off my list, never have anything to do 275 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 3: with them. The scripture says Jesus was a friend of sinners. 276 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but I'm gonna live my 277 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 3: life as a healer. I'm gonna make sure I help 278 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 3: rub it out and not rub it in. And that 279 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 3: doesn't mean that we overlook wrongs and act like that 280 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 3: it never happened, but we understand if it were not 281 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 3: for the grace of God, that could be us. When 282 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: you show mercy to the guilty, when you encourage the discourage, 283 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 3: when you lift people up when everyone else is pushing 284 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 3: them down, that touches the heart of God in a 285 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 3: very special way. I know as a parent it's one 286 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 3: thing to do me a favor. I would appreciate that 287 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 3: I would thank you. But if one of my children 288 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 3: were in need and you help them, if my son 289 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 3: made a mistake and you showed him mercy, if my 290 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 3: daughter was hurting and you helped heal that pain, then 291 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 3: as a parent, there is nothing in the world I 292 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 3: wouldn't do for you. It's the same way with God, 293 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 3: when you make it your business to help his children, 294 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 3: his sons, his daughter, and you go around wiping away 295 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 3: the tears, lifting the fallen, pouring the healing oil on 296 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 3: the wounded. When you live life like that, you might 297 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 3: as well get ready. You will not be able to 298 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 3: outrun the goodness of God. I heard a young lady 299 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 3: named Tammy Trent being interviewed on television. She's a popular 300 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 3: Christian artist, and one time she and her husband went 301 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 3: on a tropical vacation to an island to celebrate their 302 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 3: eleventh anniversary. Her husband was a very skilled underwater diver. 303 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 3: He could stay underwater for up to ten minutes without 304 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 3: an air tank. He could hold his breath that long. 305 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 3: When they got to the beach, they were so excited 306 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 3: the husband jumped in and swam underwater and started exploring 307 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 3: the caves. Tammy just stayed up on the beach and 308 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 3: was taking in the beautiful scenery. Ten minutes or so 309 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 3: went by, and Tammy noticed that her husband had not 310 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 3: yet come up for aeron. She got a little bit worried. 311 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 3: Fifteen minutes, still nothing. Twenty minutes, thirty minutes, she began 312 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 3: to panic. She told the authorities, and they got the 313 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 3: boats and started searching and searching. Long story short, the 314 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 3: young man drowned. They found his body the next day. 315 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 3: Tammy was not only in shock, not only totally devastated, 316 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,959 Speaker 3: but now she was alone in this foreign country with 317 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 3: nobody she knew. She called her parents and they said 318 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,719 Speaker 3: they would immediately come. The first flight was the next morning. 319 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 3: Well this happened on September tenth, two thousand and one. 320 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 3: The next day was nine to eleven. No flights could 321 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 3: come or go. Everybody was stuck. So for day after 322 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 3: day she was stuck there, all alone. She felt forgotten. 323 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 3: She was so numb she couldn't even think straight. Finally, 324 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 3: she said, God, if you're up there anywhere, please send 325 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 3: somebody to help me, somebody to let me know that 326 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 3: you care. A little later, there was a knock on 327 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 3: the hotel doorroom. It was the housekeeper she was an 328 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 3: older Jamaican woman. She said, I was cleaning the room 329 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 3: next door, and I don't mean to bother you, but 330 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 3: I couldn't help. But hearing your crying, and I was 331 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 3: wondering if there's anything that I could pray with you about. 332 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 3: Tammy told her what had happened. That older Jamaican woman 333 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 3: put her loving arms around Tammy and held her like 334 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 3: she was her very own daughter. That moment, thousands of 335 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 3: men from home, Tammy Trent knew that God was still 336 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 3: in control. What made the difference. This housekeeper was living 337 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 3: life as a healer. She was sensitive to the needs 338 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 3: of those around her. She heard the cries of help 339 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 3: coming even from another room. She could have thought, Oh, 340 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 3: I've got a lot of work to do. I'm busy. Yes, 341 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,880 Speaker 3: that girl's got problems, but I got problems of my own. 342 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 3: Now she understood this principle. She knew her assignment in 343 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 3: life was to help wipe away the tears. That moment 344 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 3: she poured the healing oil onto Tammy's wounds. She didn't 345 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 3: try to explain everything. She didn't try to figure it 346 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 3: all out. She simply let her know that she cared. 347 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 3: She became a healer and the scripture talks about how 348 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 3: one day God will wipe away all the tears. There 349 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 3: will be no more tragedy, no more sickness, no more pain. 350 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 3: But in the meantime, God is counting on you and 351 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 3: me wipe away these tears. Are you lifting the fallen? 352 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 3: Are you taking time to help somebody else? It's great 353 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 3: to come to church celebrate God's goodness. We come to 354 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 3: be trained, to be challenged, to be inspired, But our 355 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 3: real work begins when we leave this building. Look around 356 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 3: you find the people that are hurting. Listen for the 357 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 3: cries in the other room. You may not hear them 358 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 3: with your physical ears, but you can hear them with 359 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 3: your heart. You can see when somebody's down, and all 360 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 3: of a sudden, you feel a flow of compassion toward them, 361 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 3: and you think, I need to go pray for them, 362 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 3: I need to go encourage them. Your mind will tell 363 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 3: you you're crazy. You don't even know them. You're gonna 364 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 3: be embarrassed. Don't push it down. That's God wanting you 365 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 3: to bring healing. There's a tear that needs to be 366 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 3: wiped away. I'll never forget. One time, Victoria called a 367 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 3: friend named Shannon. She dialed the number. This young lady 368 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 3: answered and seemed so I'm what troubled. Victoria said, Shannon, 369 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 3: is this you? And the voice was muffled and said, yes, 370 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 3: this is me and I'm going to be okay. Well, 371 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 3: Victoria was more confused, and she said, is this Shannon 372 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 3: so and so called her last name. The young lady said, no, 373 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: you must have the wrong number. This is a different Shannon. 374 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 3: Victoria was about to hang up. All of a sudden, 375 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 3: she felt this flow of compassion toward her. She said, Shannon, 376 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 3: I know this may sound strange, but can I pray 377 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 3: with you about something? She began to weep. She said, 378 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 3: would you please? My father just died and I'm so depressed. 379 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 3: I don't know what I'm going to do. Victoria began 380 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 3: to pray and speak faith into her let her know 381 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,199 Speaker 3: that everything was going to be all right. Before she 382 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 3: hung up, the young lady said, you're my angel. Now 383 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: I know that God still has a plan for my life. Friends, 384 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 3: God will bring people across our path so we can 385 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 3: restore He's sensitive and fall that flow of compassion. One 386 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 3: time I was at the hospital visiting with a friend, 387 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 3: and when I came out, mother and her daughter asked 388 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 3: if I would go down the hall and pray for 389 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 3: their father. I said, sure, I will. Let's go down 390 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 3: there together. When they got to the room, they said, Joel, 391 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 3: will just stay out here and let you go in 392 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 3: by yourself. I thought that was a little strange. But 393 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 3: I went in there and never seen the man before. 394 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 3: He's about sixty years old, and we just acted like 395 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 3: we were old friends. And I talked and talked, visited 396 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 3: maybe ten or fifteen minutes, and I prayed over him 397 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 3: and I gave him a big hug. And when I 398 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 3: walked out, the mother and daughter were grinning from ear 399 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 3: to ear. I said, what is so funny? They said, Joel, 400 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 3: we can't believe he lets you pray for him. He 401 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 3: doesn't even like you. I thought, oh, thanks a lot. 402 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 3: That's why I went in by myself. They said, when 403 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 3: we watch you on television, he always makes fun of 404 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 3: you and tells us to turn you often. I thought, 405 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 3: if I'd known that, I may have prayed a little 406 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 3: bit differently. But when you take time to care, you 407 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 3: never know what God will do. That was years ago, 408 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 3: and today, do you know every service that man in 409 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 3: his family is sitting at Lakewood? They never missed a Sunday. 410 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 3: When you live life as a healer, it breaks down 411 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 3: the walls, It softens hard hearts. Love never fails. Come 412 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 3: to find out that man used to be a deacon 413 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 3: in his church, but something happened where he wasn't treated 414 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 3: right and he hadn't been to church in thirty years. 415 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 3: In the Book of James talks about how we need 416 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 3: to go after the prodigals. We need to go after 417 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 3: the people that have fallen away. And if you know 418 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 3: people that have been strong in their faith at one time, 419 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 3: but now they've fallen. Maybe they used to come to church, 420 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 3: they used to volunteer, they used to serve, but not anymore. 421 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 3: I'm giving you an assign sick them, go after them, 422 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 3: write them a letter, track them down, call them, stop 423 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 3: by their house and say, hey, where have you been? 424 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 3: We miss you, we need you. Why don't you come 425 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 3: back home. We have to go after the prodigals. Our 426 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 3: attitude should be I'm on a mission from God. If 427 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 3: you fall away, you're on dangerous ground because I'm gonna 428 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 3: track you down. I'm gonna help bring you back into 429 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 3: the fall. This is what my father did one time 430 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 3: years ago. He went to a service across town at 431 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 3: a friend of ours church, and he got there late, 432 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 3: so he just sat on the back row. In a 433 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 3: few minutes, a young man came in that looked very troubled, 434 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 3: very disturbed. My father felt that flow of compassion going 435 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 3: out toward him. He thought, after the service, I'm gonna 436 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 3: get him and encourage him and speak faith into his heart. 437 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 3: But midway through, the young man got up and walked out. 438 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 3: My father felt so strongly he went after him. He 439 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,239 Speaker 3: looked in the lobby and couldn't find him. Daddy went 440 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 3: out in the parking lot, searched and searched. Still nothing. 441 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 3: He came back in and checked the restroom, and sure enough, 442 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 3: there he was. My father looked him in the eyes 443 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 3: and said, I don't know you, but I want to 444 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 3: tell you God's hand is on your life. He's got 445 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 3: a destiny for you to fulfill. Don't give up on 446 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 3: your future. He began to weep and weep. He said, 447 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 3: my life is so messed up. I'm addicted to so 448 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 3: many drugs. I decided to come to church one more time, 449 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 3: and then I was gonna go home and take every 450 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 3: pill I could find. He told later how he saw 451 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 3: my father sitting on the back road. He didn't know 452 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 3: who he was, but he was very impressed with my 453 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 3: father's shoes. He said, when I left, I saw you 454 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 3: come after me, and I did everything I could to 455 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 3: get away, But everywhere I went, I saw those shoes 456 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 3: following me. You know what they were? The shoes of 457 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 3: a healer, the shoes of a restorer. What was my 458 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 3: father doing going after the prodigals track down somebody that 459 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 3: he knew had fallen away? That night was a turning 460 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 3: point in the young man's life. Today, more than thirty 461 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 3: years later, he's a pastor of a very large church, 462 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 3: has thousands and thousands of people. But I wonder where 463 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 3: he would be if my father had not been living 464 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 3: life as a healer. Now, one hundred years from now, 465 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 3: if someone were to remember me, I don't want them 466 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 3: to say, oh, yeah, Joel. He's the guy that had 467 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 3: a big church. He wrote some nice books. He was 468 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 3: kind of popular. No, I want them to say that 469 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 3: man was a healer. He was a restorer. He lifted 470 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 3: the fallen, He encouraged the discourage. He gave mercy to 471 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 3: the guilty. He spent his life wife in away the 472 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 3: tears I received a letter just recently from a lady 473 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 3: that talked about how for forty two years she had 474 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 3: been beaten down by life and beaten down by religion. 475 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 3: She was told that God only loved her when she 476 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 3: kept all the rules and she foughtwed all their man 477 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 3: made laws. She said, I suffered under religion. I could 478 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 3: never be good enough. She ended up dropping out a church, 479 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 3: depressed and confused. Twelve years later, she was flipping through 480 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 3: the channels and she heard me talking about God's unconditional 481 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 3: love and how He's still got a great plan for 482 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 3: all of our lives. For the first time, she felt 483 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 3: a freedom on the inside. It was like God breathed 484 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 3: new breath into her spirit. She said, Joels. Sometimes because 485 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 3: you don't condemn people, other people criticize you and say 486 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,959 Speaker 3: you're just preaching Christianity light. But let me tell you, 487 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 3: I lived under Christianity heavy for forty two years. I 488 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 3: was broken, I was defeated, I was depressed. But today 489 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 3: I'm healthy, I'm happy, I'm whole, I'm helping others. She 490 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 3: went on to say, I will take Christianity Light over 491 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 3: Christianity Heavy any day of the week. I'll take this wrong. 492 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 3: But religion likes to beat people down. Religion will criticize 493 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 3: you because you're not hard enough on others. But I 494 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 3: love what Jesus said. My yoke is easy, my burden 495 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:17,880 Speaker 3: is life. I've learned this. People are already beaten down 496 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 3: enough by life. Let's be healers, Let's be restoreres. Let's 497 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 3: get up every day and say, where is a need 498 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 3: I can meet? Where is someone where I can help lighten? Alad? Friends, 499 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 3: you are a container filled with God. Release his healing 500 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 3: wherever you go. If you will live your life as 501 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,479 Speaker 3: a healer, as a restorer, I promise you this, God's 502 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 3: face will always shine down on you because you rub 503 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 3: it out and don't rub it in. God will be 504 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 3: there for your children, for your grandchildren. He won't just 505 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 3: meet your needs, He will give you the desires of 506 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 3: your heart. You'll overcome your obstacles, defeat your enemies. I 507 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 3: believe and declare you'll see every dream, every promise God 508 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 3: put in your heart. It will come to pass. Amen. 509 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 3: Do you receive it today? 510 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 6: Well? 511 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 512 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 513 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I 514 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 515 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 3: you my Lord and saint your friends. If you prayed 516 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 3: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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