HELLO I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I AM LAURA-LYNN TYLER TH.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW TODAY.
YOU KNOW, LAURA-LYNN, WE LOVT
SHOW,
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
YES.
THAT WAS ON FOR SO LONG, BUTS
ARE ACTUALLY
AMONG US NOW.
REAL BEINGS.
YES. HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED
AN ANGEL?
I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN ANGEL
BUT I WORKED WITH ANOTHER
BROADCASTER. HIS NAME WAS
DOUG COY AND HE HAD AN EXPERIENE
WHERE HE WAS AT A CAMP MEETING -
AFTER THE CAMP MEETING HAD
ENDED A WOMAN WENT UP AND SHE
WAS JUST PLAYING BY HERSELF ON A
DARKENED STAGE. SHE WAS PLAYING
THE PIANO AND HE SAT DOWN AND
AS HE LOOKED ACROSS BOTH OF
THEM LOOKED OUT INTO THE PEWS
AND THERE WAS TONS OF ANGELS
AND THEY BOTH TESTIFIED THAT
THEY SAW THIS. IT WAS AMAZING.
WHEN GOD GAVE ME HIS
COMMISSION IN CANADA I ACTUALLYN
EXPERIENCE WITH AN ANGEL.
YOU DID?
AND IT STARTED THE MINISTRY A
IN PRAYER AND THAT'S ABOUT FIFTS
AGO
TODAY.
WELL, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE L
US ABOUT
THAT ONE DAY, BRIAN.
SOME TIME, YES.
YES. ON TODAY'S SHOW YOU WILE
WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN CHRISTINE MARTIN
CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH AN
ANGEL. SHE SHARES HOW THAT
INCREDIBLY ENCOUNTER SAVED HER
FROM CERTAIN DEATH.
WITH CHRISTMAS JUST AROUND
THE CORNER WE'LL LOOK AT
THE BATTLE TO SAVE THE NAME
CHRISTMAS AS RETAILERS PUSH TO
MAKE THIS TIME OF YEAR MORE
GENERIC.
WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE OUR
FASCINATING LOOK AT IMPORTANT
OVERLOOKED HISTORICAL FACTS
HIDDEN IN THE BIBLE, BUT FIRST
THE FIGHT TO KEEP CHRISTMAS.
FOR MANY SHOPPERS THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON MEANS MORE
THAN JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
I'D RATHER HEAR MERRY
CHRISTMAS. THAT'S THE TIME OF SN
IT IS.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE MERRY C.
YOU KNOW
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. I
THINK IT MEANS MORE TO PEOPLE
TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE THAT TID
USE
THE PHRASE OF MERRY CHRISTMAS.
BUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SOME RETAILERS ARE REPLACING
MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH HAPPY
HOLIDAYS OUT OF FEAR OF
OFFENDING NON-CHRISTIANS. THAT
HAS SOME HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
OUTRAGED.
I ACTUALLY DON'T
PARTICULARLY LIKE IT, THE FACT
THAT THEY'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING
CHRISTMAS. IF THEY ARE GOING TOT
FROM
IT THEN THEY SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ARE
PROFITING FROM.
MANY TIMES IT'S CHRISTIANS
WHO ARE LEADING THE FIGHT.
I THINK IT IS THE WORK OF THE
CHURCH, IT IS OUR GOD-GIVEN
CALLING, TO FIGHT BACK AND TO
SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE
IT ANYMORE.
THIS NORTH CAROLINA PASTOR
HAS MADE A LIST AND HE'S CHECKIT
TWICE, SINGLING OUT STORES WHERE
MERRY CHRISTMAS IS EXCLUDED.
IN THIS AREA, WALMART,
TARGET, HOME DEPOT, STORES LIKE
THAT.
ALSO ON PASTOR PATRICK WOODE)
NAUGHTY LIST OF OFFENDERS COMPAT
REFUSE
TO MENTION CHRISTMAS IN THEIR
ADVERTISING: KROGER, OFFICEMAX,
WALGREENS, STAPLES, JCPENNEY,
DELL, AND BEST BUY. PASTOR
WOODEN HAS LAUNCHED A MASSIVE CN
AD
HIMSELF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
SHOP AT STORES THAT SAY MERRY
CHRISTMAS INSTEAD OF HAPPY
HOLIDAYS.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING BELIEVERS
TO REWARD THOSE BUSINESSES THAT
DISPLAY MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH
THEIR SHOPPING DOLLARS.
WOODEN'S MEDIA BLITZ INCLUDES
TELEVISION, RADIO, AND
NEWSPAPER ADS. HE SAYS HE'S
CONDUCTING THE CAMPAIGN BECAUSE
TOO MANY RETAILERS ARE TRYING
TO MAKE CHRISTMAS MONEY WITHOUT
ACKNOWLEDGING CHRISTMAS.
THEY HAVE A PLATFORM THAT
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND CELEBRATING
CHRIST GAVE THEM, SO NOW THAT
THEY'VE EXTRACTED CHRIST FROM
IT I BELIEVE THAT ONE OR TWO
THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
THERE ARE DOING TO EITHER ALLOWT
TO ATTEND HIS OWN BIRTHDAY
PARTY AGAIN OR THEY ARE GOING TO
HAVE THE PARTY WITHOUT THE
CHRISTIAN BUYING PUBLIC AND 96%
OF AMERICANS CELEBRATE
CHRISTMAS. THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
WE CONTACTED OUR TARGET STORS
FOR COMMENT. THEY RELEASED THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT: WE DO NOT
HAVE A POLICY THAT DICTATES HOW
OUR TEAM MEMBERS GREET GUESTS.
OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO
USE THEIR OWN JUDGMENT IN
OFFERING A WELCOME GREETING.
WE ALSO CONTACTED WALMART WHO
TOLD US THEY HAD NO OFFICIAL
POLICY ON HOW EMPLOYEES ARE TO
GREET CUSTOMERS DURING THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON. PASTOR WOODEN
SAYS THEY MAY SEE THAT BUT HE'S
FOUND IT OFTEN DEPENDS ON WHERE
YOU LIVE AND THE POLICY OF THE
LOCAL STORES. BUT EXCLUDING THE
NAME CHRISTMAS IN THE HOLIDAY
HAS BECOME SO WIDESPREAD THAT IT
PROMPTED FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S JOHN
GIBSON TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE EXPRESSING SUCH A
DEEP-SEATED ANIMOSITY TOWARDS
CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIANITY
THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN BEAR TO
HEAR THE WORDS, MERRY CHRISTMAS
OR BEAR TO SEE A CHRISTMAS TREE.
GIBSON SAYS MANY OF THE
ATTACKS ARE THE COORDINATED WORF
SECULAR LIBERAL GROUPS.
GROUPS LIKE AMERICANS
UNITED FOR THE SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE, BARRY LYNN'S
GROUP; THE ACLU IS THE MUSCLE.
BUT MOUNTING PRESSURE FROM
CHRISTIAN CONSUMERS IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
THE LOCAL DEALERS OR ONE OF
THEIR REPRESENTATIVES SAID TO
MEÃAND THEY DIDN'T SAY IT TO MEN
OFFICIAL
CAPACITY, BUT THE PERSON SAID
BEFORE THE ADD, THE CAMPAIGN
LAST YEAR, THEIR SALES WERE FLA,
BUT WHEN THEY DISPLAYED MERRY
CHRISTMAS AFTER THE AD CAME OUT
IN THE PAPER THEIR SALES
TRIPLED, AND HE ATTRIBUTED THE
GROWTH IN SALES TO THE CAMPAIGN.
OTHER STORES ARE COMING
BACK TO MERRY CHRISTMAS AS
WELL. AFTER CONSUMER BACKLASH
IN 2004 OVER ITS POLICY
FORBIDDING EMPLOYEES TO WISH
SHOPPERS A MERRY CHRISTMAS,
MACYS IS MAKING SURE ITS NEW
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE IS HEARD.
THEY BOUGHT THIS FULL-PAGE AD
TO MAKE SURE SHOPPERS KNEW.
THOSE SO-CALLED HOLIDAY TREES
AT LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT
STORES WELL, THEY'RE CHRISTMAS
TREES ONCE AGAIN. BUT GIBSON
SAYS THE BATTLE IS FAR FROM
OVER.
IF YOU TAKE THE RELIGION
OUT OF IT THEN SOMEBODY IS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY THERE'S
NO REAL REASON TO HAVE THIS AT
ALL; LET'S JUST MAKE IT ALL GO
AWAY.
AS THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS
RAGES ON SOME RETAILERS MAY END
UP REGRETTING THEIR DECISION TO
BAN THE GREETING MERRY
CHRISTMAS FROM THEIR STORES. IT
TURNS OUT SOME OF AMERICANS
FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THE
PHRASE THEY'VE DECIDED TO SPEND
THEIR CHRISTMAS DOLLARS WHERE
MERRY CHRISTMAS IS STILL IN
SEASON. CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN
NEWS, RALEIGH NORTH, CAROLINA.
[MUSIC]
YOU KNOW THAT SO COOL,
LAURA-LYNN, BECAUSE WHAT PASTOR
WOODEN IS DOING AND WITH THE
ADS ON RADIO AS WELL AS ON
TELEVISION, WE DO HAVE A CHOICE
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR
MONEY AND AS BELIEVERS BECAUSE
CHRISTMAS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
US -- AND I LOVE WHAT HE SAID AS
WELL -- THAT WHEN WE LOSE THE
RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT
THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE WE REMOVE CHRISTMAS
ALTOGETHER. DID YOU NOTICE HOW -
HE WAS SAYING THAT RETAILERS
LIKE TARGET, WALMART, AS WELL
AS SO MANY OTHERS, HOME DEPOT
WERE JUST SAYING HAPPY HOLIDAYS
BUT LOWE', WHICH THEY HAD THE
HOLIDAY TREE, NOW HAS A
CHRISTMAS TREE AS WELL AS
DILLARDS AND MANY OTHERS THAT
ARE COMING TO THE PLATE AND
RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE
BUYING POWER. WE DON'T HAVE TO
BE FROTHING AT THE MOUTH WITH
HER EYES DILATED AND JUST LOOKIG
TO BE, JUST CRAZED
MANIACS, BUT WE CAN HAVE A VERYM
PROTEST AND SAY WE WILL SAYÃWE ,
NO
WE WILL NOT BUY UNLESS YOU SAY Y
CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS. WELL, UP
NEXT CHRISTINE MARTIN'S CAR
DANGLES OFF THE SIDE OF A
BRIDGE WHEN A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE
STEPS IN TO OFFER SOME HELP
CHRISTINE MARTIN LIVED EVERY
GIRL'S DREAM; THE NEWEST CLOTHEE
COOLEST SHOES, AND MONEY TO BUR.
I WAS USED TO HAVING VERY
VERY NICE THINGS AND THINGS
ACTUALLY HAD A HOLD ON ME. IT
WAS A MATTER OF THE THING, AND
THE HOME, AND A NICE CAR, AND TE
COUNTRY CLUB, OR THE YACHTS; OR
DRIVING AROUND IN BEAUTIFUL
THINGS WITH YOUR WINDOWS DOWN SO
PEOPLE COULD SEE YOU.
BUT BEHIND THE COUNTRY
CLUBS AND PRIVILEGED LIFESTYLE,
CHRISTINE WAS LIVING A
NIGHTMARE.
THE MOLESTATION HAPPENED
FROM THE AGES THREE TO THIRTEENO
HAPPENED A VERY LONG TIME OF
MY LIFE. IT WAS FORCEFUL AND
NOT PLEASANT ,YET IT WAS JUST RY
EMBARRASSING AND CONTINUAL,
NONSTOP.
THE ABUSE CAME FROM NOT ONE
BUT TWO MEN IN HER EXTENDED
FAMILY, BUT CHRISTINE NEVER
TOLD A SOUL.
I WAS THIS INNER KID
INSIDE SCREAMING WANTING TO TELL
SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP ME; BUT I
WAS TOLD DO NOT SAY ANYTHING;
DO NOT TELL YOUR PARENTS;
NO ONE IS TO KNOW. THIS IS OUR
SECRET.
WHILE THE PHYSICAL ABUSE
EVENTUALLY STOPPED THE
EMOTIONAL PAIN ONLY GOT WORSE.
I WAS VERY VERY DAMAGED,
VERY HURTING, VERY BROKEN, LONE,
INSIGNIFICANT. I FELT THAT NO
ONE WANTED ME.
AND JUST WHEN SHE THOUGHT SHE
COULDN'T FEEL ANY LOWER SHE
WAS RAPED AT A PARTY BY A
STRANGER WHEN SHE WAS SIXTEEN.
I HAD THIS HORRIBLE,
DISGUSTING DIRTY FEELING RELIVED
ALL OVER AGAIN, AND THIS
HORRIBLE DARK STILLNESS JUST
CAPTIVATED EVERY PART OF ME. I
SAT IN THE SHOWER ON AN ALMOST I
MADE MYSELF BLEED. YOU KNOW, I D
SO
HARD AND SCRATCHED MY BODY
PULLED MY HAIR AT THE SCALP. I T
WANTED TO GET EVERY PART THAT HD
TOUCHED OFF ME AND AWAY FROM ME.
AS I TOLD ONE GIRLFRIEND, AND SS
LIKE,
OH, YOU BETTER KEEP IT QUIET, YU
KNOW. THIS IS A GOOD SCHOOL AND
YOUR PARENTS AND YOU DON'T WANT
TO MAKE A FUSS. SO I KEPT IT
QUIET.
THEN HER FATHER LOST HIS
CONTRACTING BUSINESS. SHE
COULDN'T HIDE HER PAIN BEHIND A
LAVISH LIFESTYLE. SHE USED
OTHER THINGS, DRUGS, ALCOHOL,
AND PROMISCUITY, TO MASK HER
PAIN.
I DID NOT HAVE ANY VALUE
FOR MYSELF AS A WOMAN. A BODY
WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO
RESPECT FOR IT. IT'S ALREADY BEN
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF SO WHY DOES
IT MATTER TO GIVE IT AWAY. I
WOULD DO DRUGS EVERY SINGLE
WEEKEND AND WHENEVER I COULD
ALMOST SEVERAL TIMES
DURING THE WEEK. I WOULD SMOKE
POT. I WOULD GET HIGH. I WOULD
SKIP SCHOOL.
BUT ALL THAT CHANGED ONE DAY
WHEN SHE WAS NINETEEN. SHE HAD N
JOYRIDING WITH A FRIEND.
I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR
AND MY CAR HAD SPUN IN 360S
FOR ABOUT FIFTY YARDS AND I
REMEMBER MY CAR TEETERING OVER
THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE. I
THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD I'M GONNA DE
WITH THE FISH. YOU KNOW, I DIDNK
ABOUT CLOTHES. I DIDN'T THINK AT
PEOPLE.
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT FAMILY. I T
AND SAID,
DEAR GOD, PLEASE, RESCUE ME.
THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER UTTERING
AND I REMEMBER AS MY CAR WAS ON
FIRE TEETERING OVER THIS BRIDGE
A HUGE -- I KNOW IT WAS AN ANGEC
PRESENTS ABOUT FIVE STORIES
TALL; MASSIVE; WIDE IN STATURE;
JUST STRONG AND GREAT; TOOK
MY CAR AND IT WAS LIKE THESE
HANDS ALMOST SWOOPED DOWN LIKE
THIS AND TOOK MY CAR AND
TEETERED IT RIGHT OFF THE
BRIDGE ONTO THE GRASS. MY CAR
DOOR FLUNG OPEN AND I JUST
REMEMBER ROLLING OUT AND LAYING
ON THE GRASS.
WHILE SHE WAS THERE SHE
THOUGHT ABOUT THE ANGEL THAT
SET HER CAR TO SAFETY. THEN SHE
REMEMBERED GOING TO CHURCH AS A
CHILD AND KNEW IT WAS FINALLY
TIME TO GIVE HER HEART TO JESUS.
THERE WAS THIS UNCOMMON
PEACE THAT I HAD NOT EVER KNOWN
THAT HAD COME OVER MY BODY AND
SWEPT OVER MY SOUL AND I FELT
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE
THAT I WAS VALUABLE, THAT
SOMEONE CARED ABOUT THIS GIRL,
THAT I WAS GOING TO BE OKAY AND
THAT DAY RADICALLY TRANSFORMED
MY LIFE AND IT'S LIKE I FELL IN
LOVE WITH THIS JESUS THAT
EVERYONE HAD TALKED ABOUT BUT I
HAD NEVER KNOWN. HE BECAME SO
REAL TO ME ON THAT PARTICULAR
DAY JUST AS REAL AS I'M TALKING
ABOUT HIM NOW THAT I KNEW THAT
ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE
TRAGEDY AND EVERYTHING THAT I
HAD GONE THROUGH YOU KNOW MAYBE
WAS NOT IN VAIN BECAUSE AT NINEN
THERE WAS STILL A PURPOSE FOR
MY LIFE AND I WASN'T GOING TO BE
SOME WASHED-UP DRUGGIE, YOU
KNOW, WHISKING LIFE AWAY AND USG
PEOPLE TO REST OF HER LIFE.
CHRISTINE IS MARRIED NOW
AND HAS A WONDERFUL SON,
SOLOMON. SHE AND HER HUSBAND
LOVE TO SHARE WHAT CHRIST HAS
DONE IN THEIR LIVES.
MY LIFE IS AMAZING. I
KNOW IT'S BECAUSE I KNOW WHO I
AM IN CHRIST; THAT JESUS HAS
BECOME LITERALLY MY FRIEND. HE
IS SO REAL TO ME. HE IS THE
FIBER OF WHY I DO WHAT I DO.
WHY I BREATH; WHY I LIVE; WHY I
EXIST. IT IS ALL BECAUSE GOD
SHOWED ME GRACE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
CHRISTINE IS SHE FELT LIKE SHE
WAS JUST DOOMED TO FAILURE. I
REALLY BELIEVE BECAUSE SHE HAD H
A POWERFUL CALL ON HER LIFE
THAT THE ENEMY OF HER SOUL, THE
ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN, WANTED
TO DESTROY HER. SHE WAS
VIOLATED AT A YOUNG AGE BY
THOSE THAT SHE TRUSTED MOST.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT KEPT
GOING. AT SIXTEEN AGAIN SHE FELE
TRAUMA OF RAPE. SHE WANTED
SCRUB HER SKIN OFF AND THEN
SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO E
A DRUGGIE AND JUST LIVE A LIFE
OF TOTALÃSHE SAID SHE FELT NO V,
NO
WORTH. MANY TIMES PEOPLE WHO
FEEL NO VALUE OR WORTH ACTUALLY
LIVE THAT WAY AS WELL;
CARELESSLY. PROVERBS SAYS IT TH,
28:18
WHERE THERE'S NO VISION PEOPLE
PERISH. THEY CAST OFF
RESTRAINTS. IT WAS UNTIL HER
LIFE WAS DANGLING OVER THAT
CLIFF AND SHE SAID IT WAS SO
BIG. YOU HEARD WHAT SHE SAID.
THAT ANGEL TOOK THE CAR, TURNED
IT AROUND, BUT I BELIEVE HE ALSO
PLANTED HER FEET ON SOLID GROUND
AND FROM THAT MOMENT ON SHE
REMEMBERED THE GOD OF HER
CHILDHOOD AND NOW SHE KNEW SHE
HAD VALUE. I LOVE WHAT THE
BIBLE SAYS, WHERE THE SPIRIT OF
THE LORD IS, SECOND CORINTHIANS,
CHAPTER 3 VERSE 17, THERE
IS LIBERTY. THERE IS LIBERTY.
THERE IS FREEDOM FOR YOU TODAY.
LAURA-LYNN.
BRIAN, THAT IS SO GOOD. YOU
KNOW, AS YOU WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT THAT I KNOW THAT THERE'S
SOMEBODY SITTING THERE RIGHT
NOW AND YOU ARE SAYING,
EVERYTHING BRIAN WAS JUST
SAYING ABOUT HOW THAT WOMAN WAS
FEELING, THAT IS WHAT YOU
ARE EXPERIENCING, THE
DIMINISHMENT OF YOUR SPIRIT AND
SOUL. YOU WERE CREATED IN GOD'S
IMAGE. YOU ARE AN IMAGE BEARER
OF THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LOD
OF LORDS. THAT IS NO SMALL
FEAT. I ASK YOU TODAY, WOULD
YOU JUST LAY EVERYTHING BEFORE
HIM. WOULD YOU ASK THE GOD OF
HEAVEN TO COME INTO THE VERY
ROOM THAT YOU ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
WOULD YOU ASK HIM TO JUST BEGIN
TO SEEP OVER YOU AND TO FILL ALL
OF THOSE CRACKS; ALL THE BROKEN
PLACES; ALL THAT EMPTINESS AND
REJECTION THAT YOU HAVE FELT.
THE WOMAN OUT THERE WHO HAS
BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED AND YOU
KNOW THAT -- YOU DON'T KNOW HOWO
GET RID OF THOSE CARS. FOR THATN
OUT THERE YOU'VE SPENT TIME
INCARCERATED. YOU DON'T KNOW HOT
RID OF THE SHAME FOR WHAT
YOU'VE DONE. CAN I TELL YOU
SOMETHING. THERE IS A GOD. HE
LOVES YOU, AND HE IS PREPARED TY
AT THE BECKONING OF YOUR CALL.
YOU NEED TO SUBMIT AND
SURRENDER. WHEN YOU SURRENDER
TO HIM YOU SAY, JESUS, TAKE
FULL CONTROL. TAKE THIS SHAME.
REPLACE IT WITH YOUR GLORY.
REPLACE IT WITH YOUR POWER. GOD
IS WILLING AND ABLE TO DO THAT
FOR YOU TODAY. ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS ASK.
THAT'S ALL WE ARE GOING TO AO
DO.
I'M NOT GOING TO EMBARRASS YOU.T
I KNOW LIKE A LOT OF MEN EVEN
LIKE MYSELF YOU ARE A POCKET PU.
YOU STAND UP AND YOU STAND AT TE
RIGHT TIME BUT YOU ARE WAITING
FOR THE MOMENT. THIS IS THE
MOMENT RIGHT OUT. I WANT TO
REMIND YOU AGAIN, TAKE OUT A
PIECE OF PAPER AND I WANT YOU TO
WRITE THIS DATE DOWN AND THEN
RIGHT ON YOUR PAPER, I ACCEPT.
THAT'S ALL I WANT YOU TO DO.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU WRITE THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE AN ACT OF YOUR
WILL AND YOU'RE GIVING GOD
YOUR PERSONAL PERMISSION FOR
HIS HEAVENLY INTERVENTION. PRAY
THIS PRAYER. JESUS, I AM A
SINNER. I CONFESS MY SIN. AS
I WRITE THIS DOWN AS AN ACT OF Y
WILL MAKE ME WHAT YOU WANT ME
TO BE. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
AMEN. IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT
WITH BRIAN WOULD YOU GIVE US A
CALL AT 1-855-759-0700.
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY.
AMEN
[COMMERCIAL]
TOO OFTEN WE
CARRY BAGGAGE FROM OUR PAST.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. IT
AFFECTS EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE
IN OUR LIVES. IT'S ALWAYS
THERE WEIGHING US DOWN AND
KEEPING US FROM ACHIEVING TRUE
HAPPINESS, BUT DO YOU KNOW GOD
NEVER MEANT FOR US TO BE TRAPPED
IN THE PAST. YOU CAN BE FREE OF
YOUR BAGGAGE. LEARN HOW
GOD'S FORGIVENESS LEADS TO
CHANGED LIVES AND NEW BEGINNING.
CALL THE 700 CLUB.
[MUSIC]
GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO A
GREAT WORK IN YOUR LIFE'S
JOURNEY. ALONG THE WAY YOU'LL
COME UP AGAINST MANY CHALLENGES
THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW
AND DERAIL YOUR PURPOSE. ONE OF
THE GREATEST OBSTACLES THAT YOU
MAY NEED TO OVERCOME IS GETTING
YOURSELF OUT OF THE WAY AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS TRULY
GOD'S WORK, AND NOT YOURS, THAT
IS GOING TO BRING IT ABOUT. IT
IS HE WHO WILL ACCOMPLISH IT
AND NOT YOUR OWN STRENGTH. IN
THE BOOK OF ZACHARIAH THE JEWS
WERE REBUILDING THE TEMPLE AND
THEY HAD RUN INTO SOME TERRIBLE
OBSTACLES AND FRUSTRATIONS. IN
ZACHARIAH 4:6 GOD HAD TO MAKE IT
VERY CLEAR HOW HIS PLANS WOULD
COME TO PASS. IT SAYS THERE,
NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER, BUT
BY MY SPIRIT SAYS THE LORD OF
HOSTS. IT IS EASY TO RUN AHEAD
OF GOD'S TIMING AND TRY TO MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR OWN
ABILITY. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THA?
IN OUR NATURAL MINDS WE CAN SEE
CERTAIN STEPS THAT WE THINK WE
COULD TAKE TO KIND OF HELP GOD
ALONG IN BRINGING ABOUT OUR
DESTINY. BUT GOD, HE WANTS YOU
TO BE SO IN TUNE WITH HIS
VOICE AND HIS WILL THAT YOU LET
HIS SPIRIT GUIDE THE WAY AND
STOP TRYING TO USE YOUR OWN
ABILITY TO BRING SUCCESS. YOU
KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO I KNEW
THERE WAS A CALL IN MY LIFE BUT
IT SEEMED LIKE GOD WASN'T DOING
ANYTHING ABOUT ENLARGING MY
TERRITORY. HE WAS JUST LETTING
ME SIT THERE. IN FACT, I HAD
BEEN RELIEVED FROM A JOB THAT I
BELIEVED WOULD BE THE PATHWAY TO
MY DESTINY. I THEN BEGAN TRYING
TO OPEN DOORS THAT GOD HAD
CLEARLY SHUT. I THOUGHT I
NEEDED TO USE MY OWN POWER, MY
KNOWLEDGE, CONTACTS, TALENTS,
MY ABILITIES TO HELP GOD OUT
WHERE HE SEEMED TO BE FALLING
SHORT. THAT WAS REALLY
REALLY LAUGHABLE. I HAD INVITED
GOD TO BE AT THE HELM OF MY
LIFE'S SHIP AND YET WHEN I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE COURSE
THAT WE WERE TAKING, I TRIED TO
TAKE IT OVER. PSALMS 46:10 SAYS-
I LOVE THIS VERSE. I LOVE IT
BE STILL, JUST BE STILL AND
KNOW THAT I AM GOD. THE BEST
THAT YOU CAN DO IS SURRENDER
EVERY SINGLE DAY AND MOMENT TO
GOD. THE HOLY SPIRIT KNOWS WHO
YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE. HE WILL OPEN
THE DOORS THAT NEED TO BE
OPENED AND IF A DOOR IS SHUT
THERE IS GOOD REASON FOR IT.
YOU BEST NOT TRY TO KICK IT IN.
YOU CANNOT BREAK AND ENTER INTO
YOUR DESTINY. GOD WILL HAND IT
TO YOU ON A PLATTER IN HIS TIME,
BY HIS POWER, WHEN THE
APPOINTED SEASON HAS COME.
LEARNING TO REST IN THE LORD IS
A CRUCIAL SKILL AND IT IS AN
ACT OF FAITH TO TRUST GOD AND
LEAN INTO HIM. AND WHEN GOD
SEES THAT HE IS MORE IMPORTANT
TO YOU THAN THE ACHIEVEMENT
THAT YOU SO DESPERATELY WANT HE
WILL MOVE ON YOUR BEHALF TO
OPEN DOORS THAT YOU COULD NEVER
HAVE OPENED ON YOUR OWN. WHEN
GOD DOES THIS IT WILL
ABSOLUTELY LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS
AND IN AWE OF HIS POWER. TO
BRING ABOUT MORE THAN YOU
IMAGINED COULD EVER BE.
YOU KNOW, GOD HAS SO MUCH
MORE FOR YOU. CAN I GIVE YOU A
SECRET? LONG SUFFERING,
SUFFERING LONG, GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING LONG, IF YOU DON'T
GIVE UP IS THE PRINCIPAL OF
MIRACLES. LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHR
SECRET. GOD GIVES GRACE TO THE
HUMBLE. WHEN YOU HUMBLE
YOURSELF GOD SAYS, IF YOU
HUMBLE YOURSELF HE
WILL HONOR YOU BECAUSE HUMILITY
COMES BEFORE HONOR. WHEN YOU
GET HUMILITY YOU CAN RECEIVE
EVERY OTHER GIFT FROM GOD.
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T SHOEHORN
GOD INTO YOUR PURPOSES AND PLAN.
IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH THAT
IT'S TIME TO DIE. DIE TO
SELF, AND COME ALIVE TO CHRIST.U
NEED HELP CALL THE NUMBER ON
THE SCREEN, 1-855-759-0700.
WELL, UP NEXT, ANOTHER EPISODE F
DIGGING AND FINDING THE HIDDEN
TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE WITH JOE
AMARAL.
IF I WERE TO ASK YOU TODAY
TO NAME OFF ALL SEVEN FEASTS OFE
LORD WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO
IT? PROBABLY NOT. MANY OF US KNW
ABOUT PASSOVER. SOME OF US HAVED
ABOUT THE
FEAST OF TABERNACLES , AND A LOT
OF US HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE FEASF
PENTECOST. AS A PENTECOSTAL I
KNOW ABOUT THAT FEAST. BUT HOW
MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE
FEAST? WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY
REPRESENT? WAS IT ABOUT THE
FIRE FALLING AND PEOPLE SPEAKING
IN TONGUES? WAS IT ABOUT PEOPLE
GETTING SAVED? WHAT WAS THE
FEAST OF PENTECOST ALL ABOUT?
WELL THE FIRST THING YOU NEED
TO KNOW IS THAT THE FEAST OF
PENTECOST THAT'S DESCRIBED IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE BOOK OS
IS ACTUALLY NOT THE FIRST
PENTECOST. NOW A LOT OF YOU ARE
SURPRISED RIGHT NOW AND YOU ARE
SAYING, WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS WHN
THE DAY OF PENTECOST HAD FULLY .
BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
PENTECOST WAS A FEAST THAT TOOK
PLACE AT THE MOUNTAIN WHERE GOD
GAVE ISRAEL THE TEN COMMITMENTS,
WHERE HE GAVE THEM THE LAW.
PENTA MEANING FIVE. FIFTY DAYS R
PASSOVER AS GOD DELIVERED THE
ISRAELITES FROM THE HANDS OF
THE EGYPTIANS, GOD GAVE THEM THE
LAW THERE AT MOUNT SINAI. SO FRT
DAY FORWARD THE JEWISH PEOPLE
HAVE CELEBRATED PENTECOST AS
THE DAY THAT THEY GOT THE LAW.
NOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME
FACTS. I CALLED THEM PENTECOST
FACTS; NOT PENTECOSTAL FACTS, BT
PENTECOST. IT'S VERY
INTERESTING THAT BOTH IN EXODUS
AND IN ACTS, GOD RECORDS
THERE VERY VERY SPECIFIC
NUMBERS AND A LOT OF TIMES WE
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE
NUMBERS ARE THERE. LOOK HERE IN
EXODUS, CHAPTER 32 VERSE 28. IT
SAYS THE LEVITES DID AS MOSES
COMMANDED AND THAT DAY -- LOOK
CAREFULLY -- THREE THOUSAND OF E
PEOPLE DIED. NOT ABOUT, NOT
AROUND, BUT ON THE DAY, ON THE
VERY FIRST PENTECOST WHEN THE
LAW WAS GIVEN ON TABLETS OF
STONE, 3000 PEOPLE WERE PUT TO
DEATH. NOW FAST FORWARD TO THE
NEW TESTAMENT AND WE GET TO THE
BOOK OF ACTS, CHAPTER 2 VERSE
31. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS THERE.
THOSE WHO ACCEPTED HIS MESSAGE
WERE BAPTIZED AND ABOUT 3000
WERE ADDEDÃHOW MANY-- 3000 WERE
ADDED TO THEIR NUMBER THAT DAY.
NOW IS THAT JUST A COINCIDENCE ?
WAS THAT JUST SOME RANDOM
NUMBER THAT THEY THREW OUT?
NO. IN THE FIRST TIME PENTECOST
HAPPENED IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF
THE LAW, THE LETTER OF THE LAW,T
3000 WERE PUT TO DEATH BUT
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WHEN THE
HOLY SPIRIT CAME TO TAKE THE
LAW FROM TABLETS OF STONE AND
HE CAME TO WRITE THEM IN THEIR
HEARTS, THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW
BRINGS LIFE AND 3000 WERE SAVED
THAT DAY. YOU SEE, IT WAS A
PILGRIM FEAST. JERUSALEM, -- ALL
THE WORLD HAD TO GO TO
JERUSALEM TO CELEBRATE THE
FESTIVAL, AND AS THEY WERE COMIG
OUT OF TEMPLE THEY WERE REMEMBEG
THAT ONE DAY GOD WAS GOING TO GM
THE
LAW . HE WAS GOING TO PUT IT INR
HEARTS
AND AS THE MEN WERE GATHERED IN
THE UPPER ROOM THEY CAME UP AND
PETER BEGAN TO PREACH AND ALL
THOSE MEN FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD HAD GATHERED TO CELEBRATE
THE FEAST AND SO GOD TODAYÃIT'S
NOT ABOUT BEING PENTECOSTAL BUT
IT'S ABOUT BEING A PENTECOST
CHRISTIAN. TAKING THE LAW FROM
TABLETS OF STONE AND MAKING
THEM ALIVE BY LETTING GOD WRITEN
OUR HEARTS.
THANK YOU, JOE. YOU KNOW
LAURA-LYNN, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOK
AT PENTECOST YOU'LL NEVER LOOK T
IT THE SAME WAY AGAIN. I HOPE
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