2021 LANDMARK Fri PM Jack Cunningham

[Music] one of the things that makes landmarks so unique is that this conference is not dictated by a schedule you we know how pastor haney is this conference is not dictated by schedule this conference is dictated by the leading of the spirit the anointing guides this conference what god wants to do and when god wants to do it and so many times we come in and we're we're we're programmed we've got to get with the schedule but it's more important to get with jesus it's more important to plug into what god's doing and there's a question i often ask is with the ministry of john the baptist jesus asked this question what did you go out to the wilderness to see it took effort to get out to listen to john that radical preacher that prophet preaching she said what did you go out there to see you didn't go out to see someone wearing nice clothes you didn't go out to see someone with eloquent speech you went out to have an encounter with what's real and the question is why have you gone through all the efforts to come to landmark on this friday night why has this ministry gone through all the effort to have this conference this week it's not to have normal church it's not to have a normal conference but we want an encounter with god that changes us and god has met us in every service we have received the word of the lord in every single service and tonight it's going to culminate god's going to do something incredible in our midst tonight but we've got to plug in why are we here we're here for what's real we're here for what's authentic so that means you've got to do your part god's going to do his part but we've got to do our part so if you came with a family member if you're with somebody i want you to join up with them right now we can't stretch across and join hands with everyone but husbands and wives families together we're gonna pray in unity right now and as you yoke up i want you just to let what's on the inside let it out for a few moments this is why you're at landmark [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] well the atmosphere feels wonderful here tonight but it's about to get supercharged would you raise both of your hands and would you begin to pray in tongues pastor haines taught us to do this would you raise both your hands and begin to pray in tongues [Applause] that's it the unity of the spirit [Applause] my [Applause] oh now all together let's give the lord the very best of our praise right now [Applause] that's it let's clap those hands [Applause] let's lift up those voices he's a great god he's going to do a great work he's a great god he's in our midst tonight one more time oh clap your hands all ye people and shout unto god and shout unto god and shout unto god [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] amen why don't we put our hands together this afternoon let's just worship the lord jesus we magnify you hallelujah we glorify you lord he worshipped you he's hiding the highest mountain deeper than the deepest sea he's stronger than a locomotive past is oh let's see nothing's too big oh my god [Music] [Music] [Applause] i'm not gonna be [Music] [Music] no impossibility [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh my god [Music] hallelujah somebody believe that this afternoon nothing too big for your god no situation no circumstance in your life don't you be discouraged and don't shoot me depressed has been a problem that my god can't solve and never has there been a question that baffled the mind of god but he's given us the power to rise above our enemies [Applause] oh my god you see i'm not gonna be discouraged i'm not gonna be the president [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] oh let's see nothing's too big oh my god oh no nothing's too big oh my god you see i'm not gonna be discouraged no you don't be discouraged oh nothing too big for god when you see i'm not gonna you see i'm [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] nothing to be forgotten nothing too big nothing to be forgotten not too big for god when i'm in his race [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] my god is more than enough he can't supply all my needs he is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he always looks out oh yes he is [Applause] everything that i need he is [Music] is [Applause] he is he is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he is [Music] [Music] [Music] he always looks out for me [Applause] is my god [Applause] he's gonna take care of you no matter what life breaks your way [Applause] you've been hallelujah a bad report but god's report says that you're going to be healed in the name of jesus tell me who's with heart will you believe we shall believe the don't reporters me whose report will you believe we shall believe the reporters we shall the reporter oh tell me whose report will you believe we shall believe the reporters victory [Applause] tell me [Music] we shall believe the reporters [Music] his record victory [Music] victory resides in the tents [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] have done mighty things for us [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and victory [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] will you believe we shall believe the reporters [Applause] [Music] [Applause] victoria for the lord for the lord's right hand has done mighty things for us mighty things for us [Music] from the righteous [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] we shall is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Applause] [Music] we shall believe the reporters thank you jesus we believe in your report god no matter what you've got to say no matter what people say god we will believe [Applause] thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] hallelujah [Applause] [Music] [Applause] well he's got on the platform he's got way back at the door he's god in the amen corner amen he's got all over the floor i know god is god that won't ever change i know god is god yes jesus is his name i know god is god god won't ever change i know god is god i know [Music] i know [Music] way up in heaven god down in my soul i know god is god jesus is [Music] [Applause] i know god is he's god of the hebrew children he's [Music] [Applause] i know god that jesus [Applause] [Music] is [Applause] i know [Music] is he's god when the lightning flashes god when the thunder rolls up in don't heaven change i know god is god jesus is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] is [Applause] i know god is god hallelujah [Music] we worship you jesus we worship you jesus [Music] [Applause] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you god thank you god thank you god thank you god i'm taking a little bit of time tonight because it's been a while since some of you had this kind of liberty in the house of god it's been a while since some of you danced and shouted and just let loose in the holy ghost so let's not rush this moment some you're having the victory that you've been needing all week you're having it right now so all together let's join in let's worship let's praise let's exalt let's give it our very best right now [Music] thank you god thank you god thank you god thank you god [Music] foreign i wonder what would happen if we would all clap right now if we would all shout right now if we would all get involved right now i wonder there it is ha there it is there's nothing in the world like friday night of landmark one more time let's put our hands together let's give the lord a standing ovation let's tell him how great he is how wonderful he is thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus if you could begin to find your way back to your places and remember where you were seated some you've journeyed quite a ways from that original location amen what an incredible week that we have had and every service god has met us and this morning brother sanders stepped to this pulpit and delivered a prophetic word of the lord for the apostolic church it's amazing how every service is building upon the previous line upon line precept upon precept god is doing something great and we know that god is not done in this service god is going to do something incredible we have been live streaming every service and we've been doing that for the first time in 4k hd and we're so thankful that we've been able to do that as a ministry amen what a blessing and we've been getting uh feedback just how how crystal clear the images have been as people have been streaming our services so all those that are watching online god bless you you've been a part of landmark and while we've been praying you've been praying while we've been worshipping you've been worshipping it's amazing how god is bringing all this together the unity of the spirit uh we may be separated by miles but in the spirit we are in one spirit one mind and one accord so thankful for what god is doing if you want to watch any of these services throughout the week beginning from wednesday night all the way through tonight for one week they will be up on our streaming platforms our youtube channel and our different channels that we have you can watch our landmark services for one week then after that they will be available for purchase for downloads uh if you want to purchase the dvds or the cds so we are allowing though for one week this conference if you want to go back and revisit a service then after that it would be good to have those dvds and those cds i often would drive around with a a preaching message in my car and just listen to him let the word of the lord speak to me and relive those encounters with god so every service has been recorded so you can stop by our media center after service and and pick up a video dvd or an audio regular cd and or you can purchase a digital download as well we know that god is going to take what's happened here and it's going to sustain you as you re-listen as you revisit those landmark moments so definitely want to mention that one thing that that has been different this year's is the way that we're giving obviously we've been focusing on the online giving and we've had a tremendous response but tonight we've come to a the place where we need to really tie this off and tonight we need to raise about fifteen thousand dollars and we will have landmark paid for if anyone has ever conducted put on a meeting of this caliber you know the expenses that are involved and you also know that fifteen thousand dollars uh that's really not a lot when it comes to putting on a major production like this and i don't wanna call it a production but you understand putting on a major event and so tonight we're going to pray and we're going to do something a little different we've been getting a little bit of feedback that that there are people they want to give they want to give and and we give online and we're going to continue to do that in fact that they'll have the on the screen up there there's a text message giving option that you can give and there's the number 4588 you can text to give there and many have been doing that also you can go to comministry.com forward slash giving and you can give there on our website but tonight i'm going to ask the ushers this is a little bit of a curveball if the ushers would take those offering baskets that they have and would you come and place them right here on the edge of the platform because someone has come with their offering tonight someone has come with expectation you're ready to give because you know that in giving you're gonna receive you know that in giving god's gonna keep his word to you and you came here tonight with expectation and so what we're gonna do we're going to pray in a few moments and tonight we're actually going to give in this service and so if you have an offering in a few months you're going to come down and we're not going to have the ushers stand in place but we're going to put them here on right here on the platform and you're going to come and bring your offering and and we're going to allow you to present your offering as an act of worship tonight everyone said amen how many of you have been blessed by landmarks so far if there were not any hands that went up well just hold on it's going to happen god's going to god's going to touch you and bless you and do exactly what he wants to do in our midst tonight but all those hands that went up we have absolutely been blessed and a comment i made last night is what god is pouring out in our lives is priceless you you cannot put a dollar amount on a miracle you cannot put a dollar amount on the restoration of a ministry on the restoration of a vision on the restoration of hope on the restoration of faith you can't put a dollar amount believing again that your prodigals your prodigal sons and daughters are coming home and god has ministered you cannot put a dollar amount on the word of the lord that is clear direction for your life your church your city your family and god has done that over and over again in this conference you cannot put a dollar amount on a healing of the body of the mind and of the spirit and so tonight we're going to give an offering in thanksgiving paul said that god loves a cheerful giver when we give it it's in gratitude we recognize all that god's done for us that we could never put a dollar around i if i emptied out my bank account it wouldn't be sufficient to say thank you to god for how good he's been to me so we're going to give in gratitude that is the spirit of giving for the church it's always gratitude it's always appreciation for what god has done for us and then we're going to give with expectation because the bible presents that giving is the casting the sowing of seed and whenever you sow seed there's an expectation that a harvest is going to come forth and he that soweth sparingly oh my goodness i can't teach a bible study i told brother hey i wouldn't take too long but you know the word he that so sparingly is going to reap sparingly but he that soweth bountifully we're going to give with expectation we're going to give knowing that god is going to supply our needs because we're going to cast seed knowing that god's going to bring forth a great harvest in our lives in our families in our homes in our ministries so we're going to sow that seed tonight so let's stand together and the mountain may be big but god is always bigger than any mountain you may face the giant he may be the biggest giant you've ever faced but god's bigger than that giant and so i stand here tonight filled with with confidence that god's going to meet this need and god's going to anoint his people to give and to meet this need tonight so would you pray with me it's a simple prayer i prayed it last night and god laid on my heart what my family and i were to give to support landmark 20 21. would you just pray a simple prayer god speak to me god guide me what you would have me give in appreciation for all that you've already done for me in anticipation for all that you will do for me and an expectation that as i sow the seed there's going to be a harvest that's going to come back into my life and a harvest for my family and a harvest for my church and a harvest for my city in jesus name let's pray together lord jesus tonight god you see the need and we're standing on the word of god we have spoken the principles of the word of god and lord we're not giving grudgingly we're not twisting arms we're not manipulating emotions we have stated the need and now we are praying god that you would anoint your people to respond tonight speak to us god speak to us what you would have us give in this offering lord all those that are going to give online through the text giving all those that we'll give online through our website and god all those that will give in this service right now anoint us to give speak to us you've anointed us to pray you've anointed us to worship you've anointed us to take authority in the spirit you've anointed the prophetic word to go forward god now anoint your people to give let us give with a spirit of apostolic giving in this service meet the need over and abundantly go beyond oh god and bless your people provide for your people bring forth a great harvest for your people in jesus name in jesus name in jesus name in jesus name in jesus name and everybody said oh that was kind of weak everybody said so if you want to do your online giving please do that now you want to do your thanksgiving please do that now but if you have an offering that you want to present to the lord i invite you just old fashioned pentecostal style would you step out of your aisle out of that pew walk down that aisle let's present it to the lord sister puentes [Music] i wonder if one more time this afternoon if we could just lift our hands and worship the lord jesus we love you we worship you jesus you have to worry when you're here god because we know you'll take care of us god in our time of eid [Music] hallelujah out on the water storms raging high [Music] the waters around them they were troubled that night with fear in their hearts they thought they might die but they failed to remember that the master was nigh he spoke the words and the winds all stood still even the waters they obeyed his will he called their storms just like he will might if i just remember that he lives deep inside [Music] so why should i worry oh why should [Music] [Applause] he lives in my heart and he hears when i cry i'll call on his name till the storm passes by so why should i worry and why should i fear when the very same jesus [Music] till the storm passes how he walked with them brought light to the darkness when the way grew so damn how great it would be to have his steps leading mine to walk with the master all of the time then trouble came [Music] and death was so nice i searched for the master i know he'll be there right on time so when i'm in trouble and my body's in pain all i have to do is call on his name so why should i worry [Applause] [Music] [Music] he lives in my heart and he hears when i cry i'll call on his name till the storm passes everyone i want us all to sing that [Applause] jesus he lives in my heart and he hears when i cry i'll call on his till name storm passes i'll call on his name on his name till the storm his passes till the storm you can be seated we are coming to the closing service of this conference and i am filled with expectation and a holy ghost excitement for what god is going to loose again upon us as a people it doesn't really matter where your location is the spirit of the lord is omnipresent and when you reach out and touch him he's sure to touch your back and we are looking forward to what god is going to do and the culmination of these services we um just before we get into the ministry tonight um you know there's there's a lot of people that are living in fear selling fear pushing fear and they're buying into a lot of the [Music] scare tactics of people in the enemy and the church is in 2020 in some areas of the country depending sometimes on the leadership or sometimes on the voices that the people listened to just about slipped and fell off the cliff and lost it and then there were other places they just expounded and they grew and they strengthened and early on in what they call the pandemic the lord spoke to me here at christian life center to talk to this local church which most of you would hear a good many of you here are of the local church that we were to take psalms 91 and that was to be a weekly prayer with our families and that the second thing he spoke to me was that the crowd will shrink it will go down but the core is going to grow and looking back over 2020 the core i think of any group of people more than just i'm talking more than just a financial core but a spiritual core and of course they will be people that are committed with their finances as well but that group of the church has grown and god is establishing a powerful base in city after city where the core has allowed this growth to take place and pastors have realized it and so in 2021 was coming along uh a lot of people were talking about we're going to cancel our conferences this this that and the other elections kind of threw some off uh covet kind of threw some off and you just kind of go down the list and i was planning to have just open full pledge conference and i've a couple of times i thought maybe we should have done it anyway and then i think i'm glad we didn't do it and you know go back and forth so it's kind of hard to know sometimes but we decided to basically open it up just for our local church and local and ministers that wanted to come and we plan to preach to an invisible audience from our natural eye but knowing that our preaching through the broadcast would reach people and with that you kind of think will landmark have the same feel will there still be that you know there's the kind of the building that takes place and there's certain worship levels of worship and and stockton church for you that don't know i think it's one of the greatest churches in the world and and it's the church that i'm part of and and i i didn't have no doubt that they would have church but sometimes when you get people from different places and they all get on the same page there's just kind of this excitement that's there that even a local church sometimes has climbing up to but you know i have been so pleasantly surprised and i'm complimenting you there has been a landmark field in these services even though we have not had a full building and you should be and i am commending you for not allowing some of the distancing and the smaller crowds to affect but man we have had moves of god and i think you felt that i have felt that and i've noticed that the people that god chose to preach this year we scaled down on some things and i i sought the lord and he laid these five names on my heart and he would bring them together give them a prophetic word i have noticed that not one of these men has had any kind of delivery as if they weren't preaching to a normal crowd at landmark because that anointed has come on them that anointing of the holy ghost that word of the lord was like fire shut up in their bones and god used them as a vessel to reach us that are in the building and the thousands that are watching that are devouring the word because there is a famine in the land but we are casting forth this word breaking that famine and so this has been a tremendous conference i had the opportunity to listen to the ladies a little bit and i told my wife i said that was that was good you know and uh and uh they're full of the holy ghost and that's the kind of that's the kind of voices we want and uh i think it'd be good if some of the men heard those services it's really good but we've had good good service in church and tonight is the culmination of all the words of the lord being brought together and god's getting ready to release something and i believe after service service things are released each time things are broken broken and it's the building for a crafted conference that god's hand has put together and we are so glad and so honored that uh brother cunningham would again get on a plane fly across the united states of america and come to stockton california amen we're so glad he um he hadn't been feeling well the old covid bug visited his house and then when he got off the plane he got quite a welcome with our weather and that was the night and the day that the trees were blowing over and the winds were blowing and and i mean what a welcome to a conference uh when you're not running 100 but you know as he's been here god's been just touching him and he's got a burning word of god and we love this man and we have a lot of confidence in him that he hears from god and therefore we can hear from god when he speaks would you stand to your feet tonight and i want you to welcome a great man of god that's coming to speak to us brother cunningham we love you and we are so glad that you are with us [Applause] tonight [Applause] how about this i know i'm hearing the will of god so if i just need to scream without a mic i'm going to do it i've been asking god to speak to me and i have something for you so mike or not we're going to have church here tonight i don't know about you but i am some kind of glad to be at landmark conference some kind of glad to be back in stockton california can somebody say amen come on say amen say i'm excited say i feel the holy ghost i like what i feel i like what i know god's gonna do here tonight praise god praise god praise god how many of you in the last what is it now 10 11 months we've been fooling with this mess how many of you sometime during that time while you're watching church on the computer or your telephone or your uh you want this thing what's your name jeremy jeremy good to meet you buddy [Applause] amen amen hey look at that give jeremy a great big hand pastor haney told me i was going to try out their new lapel mic tonight and i thought he said i hope you like it i paid six thousand dollars for that thing and when i put it on i walked in the other room and i audibly said oh god don't let me like this mic i'm not gonna i don't wanna like a six thousand dollar mic and then i found out he only paid a thousand for it so i should have known that kenneth haney's blood wasn't gonna pay six thousand dollars for a mic i i should have known that how many of you during the last 10 or 11 months at some point in time you thought or you may have said when i get to go back to church i'm going to anybody ever start a thought or a sentence like that okay i want you to do whatever it was you said you were going to do i want you to do it right now if you said i'm going to run run if you said i'm going to shout shout if you said i'm going to jump jump if you said i'm going to clap clap you're in the house of god hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah oh god it's good to be back in your presence god it's good to be in landmark it's good to feel the power of the holy ghost it's good to be in an atmosphere of worship and praise hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah come on clap your hands all you people make a joyful noise unto the lord your god shout unto the lord dance before the lord run and leap in the presence of the lord hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah i appreciate pastors that have tried their best to tell us on live stream that you can do all this at home in your living room in your robe and house slippers i've probably said it but you and i know it is not the same as getting to do it here with a whole bunch of god's people [Applause] hallelujah oh magnify the lord with me let us exalt his name together hallelujah to the lamb of god oh glory glory glory glory glory i want to say a great big god bless you to pastor and sister haney best pastor on the whole west [Applause] coast would you do the same for all of these great men of god that have ministered to you this week i shouldn't pick one out but brother mullins i honor you god bless your heart i love you sir been very kind to me over the years now so you understand what i intend to do i intend to magnify god and his church tonight i'm going to preach about god i'm going to preach about his church and my goal is to lift up both before you this evening i want to magnify him don't you and i've never been more thankful for the church and all of my lifetime than i am right now [Music] matthew chapter 16 going to read verses 13 to 19 probably two-thirds of you could quote it my subject tonight is god's church everybody say god's church say it again god's church say this is god's church say i'm a part of god's church say i love god's church say god's church is going to rise it's not going to fall matthew chapter 16 13 when jesus came into the coast of caesarea philippi he asked his disciples saying whom do men say that i the son of man am and they said some say thou art john the baptist some elias some others jeremiahs are one of the prophets he saith unto them but whom say ye that i am simon peter answered and said thou art the christ anybody else here got that revelation thou art the christ the son of the living god and jesus answered and said unto him blessed art thou simon barjona for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my father which is in heaven and i say also unto thee verse 18 and i say also unto thee that thou art peter and upon this rock i will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it i want hollywood to hear it i want the education world to hear it i want the political world to hear it i want culture to hear it i want the cities and the states to hear it the gates of hell shall not prevail against god's church and i will give unto thee the keys to the kingdom of heaven pastor haney preached about it a little bit last night and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth say bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth say loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven it's not my message but what that verse is saying is that heaven is going to follow suit go whatever the church says whatever the church believes whatever the church declares he said you bind it on earth heaven's gonna follow you loose it on earth heaven's gonna follow i appreciate brother haney's message last night when he tried to explain to us and we got it we got it that the most powerful entity in the world today is the church of the living god it's the church of the living god it's not wall street it's not the institutions of lower learning i changed their name hello it's not the media not the so-called pundits look up what a pundit means when they tell you supposed to be someone knows something about what they're talking about hello instead of pundits they're puppets this ain't got nothing to do with my message but i erased fox news cnn abc cbs nbc msnbc i erased them all off of my phone and everything i've got [Applause] some of you walking around under a cloud of depression i just now hit the nail on the head because you've been filling yourself with that fear and all that negativism and all of that hatred my god have mercy shut it off for a while and listen to preaching and singing and worship god fill your soul with good things god bless you and you may be seated the question of the hour the question of january the 29th 2021 is will the apostolic church change the world or will the world change the apostolic church now don't you forget it don't you misunderstand it don't you ignore it this whole world has one single goal and it is to change everything that is righteous to unrighteous everything that is right to wrong everything that is good to bad you say oh brother cunningham which political party are you in i'm i'm not in any of them i'm an american [Applause] i'm a christian american if you voted in this last election you had to go to the ballot box hold your nose no matter who you intended to vote for there was no great choice and all of you so-called conservatives that thinks our world's in a mess because the republicans lost can i remind you that god was god before the republicans got the white house and he'll be god when somebody else has it clap your hands and say amen or cross your arms and say o me i'm here to tell you that god's church this church you and i belong to it cannot it must not it will not be defined or redefined by this world i said we cannot we must not be redefined by this world we cannot be redefined by politics we cannot be redefined by economics or culture or media or education or courts or religion or hollywood we cannot allow anything to redefine who we are and what we believe and where we stand i don't mean to offend anybody tonight but i'm going to say what i mean and mean what i say the apostolic church is the only right thing left in a wrong world i said it's the only right thing left in a wrong world [Music] don't you let anybody change one little chat or tittle of what you believe and who you are can i tell you that none of these things that are going on around us today can change us unless we allow it to change us it doesn't have the power to change us there's not a devil in hell that can change us pandemic can't change us you heard pastors say the core is stronger today than it's ever been and pastor while you were saying that every minister in front of you shaking their head yeah evidently they've come to the same conclusion there's never been a better day to be apostolic than today there's never been a better time to be a part of a one god apostolic church than today the bible said a little 11 leaveneth the whole lump the bible said its line upon line and precept upon preset change comes gradual and we cannot afford to allow even the littlest change even the littlest compromise even the littlest desire to change something about who we are and what we believe in order to fit into this world i don't want to fit in this world i'm not planning on staying in this world the old-timers used to sing it we ought to sing more of them old songs in 2021. this world's not my home i'm just passing through i've got treasures laid up somewhere beyond the blue is there anybody here tonight looking for heaven [Music] we must be reminded and we must never ever forget that this church is god's church this hidden cunningham's church this isn't haney's church this hidden mullins church somebody asked you where you go to church say oh i go to brother sanders church no you don't this is god's church where do you go to church i go to brother blackshears church no you don't this is god's church it's not my church it's not your church it's not an organization church it's not an evangelical church it's not a liturgical church this is a one god apostolic tongue talking holy believe in church it's his church his church clap your hands and scream this is his church why would you say it's god's church simple he purchased it he built it he established it he empowers it he leads it he strengthens it he defines it he anoints it he protects it he delivers it he gives it victory honey it's his church i said it's his church and i've never been happier to be a part of it than i am today clap your hands and shout yes those of you that haven't clapped yet or wiggled your little finger yet i want you to know that this church was designed by god for god period this isn't a format for you to show off this isn't a place for you to come and sell your latest get rich quick scheme this isn't a place for you to model your new clothes this isn't a place for you to come and sing and put on a show this isn't a place for you to get in the pulpit and try to astound us with your polemic ability i'm telling you he built this church it's for him it's his church it's not our church it's his church it is amazing in some churches how how little press god actually gets we do a lot more talking about this leader and that one and this person and that one and this big giver and that one and this flamboyant one than that one i used to love to hear brother tenney when he said it brother tf tinney brother mullins he used to say god's got a problem he thinks church ought to be all about him god's got a problem friend he thinks that when you walk through them doors that you're entering into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise he thinks that when you're in here we ought not be lifting anything up but him shout yes shout yes if you're going to be affiliated with any kind of a church if you're going to worship at any kind of a church if you're going to work in a church support a church if you're going to take your family to a church then honey make sure it's god's church well they got better music over here and they got a better organization over there and oh it's more cutting edge down here you better make sure that you're using the bible criteria when you choose a church that you choose god's church if you're going to take your family to a church you make sure it's a church that preaches the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help us god somebody shout yes come on somebody shout yes there's something about an apostolic church an apostolic church has an ear tuned to the voice of the lord an apostolic church is led by the spirit of god an apostolic church represents the sheep of his pastor he said we are the apple of his eye he said that we are built upon a rock we're a city set on a hill we're the salt of the earth he said his church is a peculiar people a royal priesthood a holy nation [Applause] there is nothing generic about an apostolic church why can't we be like everybody else preacher because everybody else is pretty much wrong [Applause] oh you didn't think you'd ever hear a preacher say that did you i got the question this week from a disciple they're probably watching on online right now but but from someone involved with our discipleship program that i wrote and i was asked a question this week how many denominations are there in the world i went on google and googled it and found out there's there's several thousand of them in the world and over a thousand of them here in the united states but i wanted to write back and say two there's only two churches in the earth the right one and the wrong one either you're doing it the bible way or you're not and if you're not doing it the bible way you're in the wrong church don't worry about me i'll i'll leave the hotel about 4 30 in the morning i got a seven o'clock flight in sacramento i'll be out of here and i won't have to look at you or talk to you but tonight i'm gonna magnify god and magnify his church i'm gonna go on record i don't think it's going to be but if this were the last message i ever preached i want somebody to say you should have heard cunningham magnifying god and magnifying the church [Music] clap your hands again and shout yes shout yes shout yes let me tell you something else about god's church god's church is a genuinely apostolic church [Music] an apostolic church what's an apostolic church an apostolic church will never settle for going through the motions of having church we're either going to have a move of god every time we come together or we're going to hurt ourselves trying [Applause] we're not here to entertain one another we're not here to impress one another we don't come into this place to pet one another we're not here for a social reason we're not here to have a little old group think so i can encourage you and you encourage me my god we're in the presence of the one that created the universe if you come in here with any kind of need give it to him give it to him he can do anything [Applause] amen an apostolic church is never going to settle for religious dogma and traditions of men an apostolic church will never go along to get along y'all believe any of this apostolic church loves truth i said an apostolic church loves truth i'm quoting brother jerry jones one of the greatest preachers alive today and i asked him if i could steal it from my message brother jones was preaching on truth he said truth never changes he said truth will in all circumstances be truth truth doesn't need anyone to believe it to be truth truth can stand on its own truth was truth before we found it and truth will be truth if we walk away from it truth is indestructible truth is eternal truth is infinite infinite truth is supernatural truth is divine truth is holy truth is inspired by god is there anybody here tonight that loves truth no matter who turns their back on truth and let's just be real some are no matter who waters down truth and some are no matter who disbelieves truth and some do no matter who fights against truth many are i've come to tell you tonight that truth always has and always will stand i said truth always has and always will stand truth don't need you to believe it to be true it's going to be truth if you walk out the door tonight and say i'm never going to believe that again they say newton discovered the law of gravity let me tell you a little secret apples were falling from trees and hitting the ground before he figured it out but he's accredited with finding the law of gravity he is the father of that he is the one that identified that that that that if you please he's the one that mined that and shared it with all of us what if in his old age newton would have said i no longer believe in the law of gravity would apples quit falling from trees if you throw a rock in the air would it not fall back down to the earth would snow start going up instead of down raindrops start going up instead of down because the man that found it said i don't believe it anymore honey he don't need you to believe it for it to be truth it was truth before you found it it's going to be truth if you decide to walk away from it if there's ever been a day in our life or in the life of this church that we got a death grip on truth it's this day that we live in we need to love truth with all of our feet somebody lift your hands and magnify the lord with me oh god i love you the most frightening portion of scripture in your bible the number one most frightening portion of scripture in your bible it says because they had not a love for the truth hello because they didn't love truth god's going to turn them over to a strong delusion ultimately they're going to believe a lie and be damned you ever try to convince somebody that's walked away from truth hey joe hey tom hey bill sit down here and let's talk a little bit and you explain a principle to him that a four-year-old could get but he don't understand it he argues with you he genuinely don't believe what you're saying a four-year-old can get it but he can't you know what the problem is god's made him believe a lie and honey when god says if that's what you want to believe keep on talking that way i'll make you believe it and when god makes you believe it there's no coming back from that [Applause] nobody's going to change your mind would god do that plague number one pharaoh hardened his heart plague number two pharaoh hardened his heart after plague number three pharaoh hardened his heart after plague number four pharaoh hardened his heart but after plague number five it says and god hardened pharaoh's heart there's a point where god says if that's what you want to believe i'll make you believe it i'll give it to you like a revelation and nobody will talk you out of it you better get you a death grip honey i mean you better get you a death grip on this book you better hold it as your most prized possession you better hide it in your heart you better read it every day you better make your mind up i don't care what aunt jane or uncle john does i don't care what grandma or grandpa does i don't care what the church down the road does i'm going to stand on truth same man somebody not only does apostolics love truth apostolics love to pray [Music] prayer is an integral practice of a genuinely apostolic church i told my church i i got covered and was down all week christmas week miss christmas and that's bad because i am the biggest christmas kid you ever seen in your lifetime but all week long in bed sick as could be finally got over it thought i was over it and then the doctor says you got pneumonia in one of your one of your lungs and i've been fighting with that now for a month or so don't be afraid of me i don't have covet i just got something in here i made my mind up sister kim haney god bless your heart you're a real lady of god but i made my mind up go ahead church she likes it when i tease brother haney go ahead and get her good will you i thought i don't care how i feel i don't care what's going on i want to go over and talk to my church and on the first sermon i preached to the church in 2021 i announced to the great church that i pastor and so many of them are watching right now it is a great church by a lot of standards i'm telling you but i told them in the first service of this year we are going to be a praying church or we're going to be nothing we're going to be a praying church before we're anything else you you may think i'm a radical pastor but i told him if you can't sing in the choir and pray quit the choir if you can't play an instrument and pray quit playing instruments if you can't be an usher and pray quit ushering because we're going to be a praying church if we're nothing else somebody needs to understand that the only way there's not two ways there's not three ways this kind cometh not out but by prayer and fasting there is a kind there is an enemy that is severe that is turbulent there is a measure of the enemy attack that is this kind and when you get into the dimension of this kind it only comes out by prayer and fasting when you're fighting with this kind dimension devil you ain't gonna sing it out you're not gonna shout it out you're not gonna fellowship it out you're not even gonna preach it out honey there are some devils we tangle with and we're tangling with more than one of them right now you better hear me there are some devils we tangle with that there is no other recourse for an apostolic but to go to prayer and go to fasting but i want to tell you that if you will and when you do god is going to send his army of angels on your behalf clap your hands again and say man i dealt with a situation at home sunday that i thought was even that was well beyond my ability can't say that i think i did a good job with it then on monday and tuesday i'm district superintendent of virginia i had district matters that were brought to me that are beyond my ability i don't know the answer one man that i hadn't talked to since august of last year and another man that i hadn't talked to for two years men that no longer are licensed with us men that hate our guts and hate truth both of them called me in the same day you say brother cunningham that's a coincidence there are no coincidences in the life of an apostolic there is no such thing i can believe in the trinity easier than i can believe in coincidence for an apostolic there are no coincidences in the life of an apostolic you have two or three attacks in one day two or three people you haven't heard of for a long time two or three situations that's beyond your ability you got junk coming from the east and the west and the north and the south everything that can go wrong is going wrong wake up honey you're fighting a this when this kind you're fighting of this kind devil and this kind cometh not out but by prayer and fasting [Applause] brother ricardo rivera stand up brother oh you are standing up it's our spanish pastor and he brought come out here with me flew out been driving me around all that we got here about midnight tuesday night i was not feeling well that five and a half hour flight nobody told me until i got on the plane that the oxygen level goes down when you're on a plane for long periods of time at high altitude and my oxygen level couldn't afford to come down much and i'm on that plane and it's hard to breathe and i've got so much ego folks i don't just have 350 pounds i got 350 pounds of ego and i'm thinking i ain't telling them i don't feel good i've been on planes when some old woman fell out and started squalling she needed oxygen and i thought god i'd die before i do that everyday getting my any doctors on board any nurses on board and 14 people get around them and all mean the whole i thought jesus that angle be me i'm not making this plain emergency land so i just kind of went through it time i got to the hotel i was feeling rotten just be honest with you i was feeling rotten and you all were having the storm of the century i thought for sure we were in an east coast hurricane when i got here it was horrible wind blowing palm trees over there to hampton inn fell out in the ground i had a palm tree as close as from me to that pulpit from my window to my room and it beat on my window for two days bam bam bam all night all day bam bam i ca i kept thinking any minute now that boogers coming through the window light poles i could hear light poles banging just all kind of mess couldn't sleep middle of the night i'm up praying and i went over and i took but you're not supposed to do this by the way i took both those curtains and pulled them back in front of those windows i stood in front of that window and i started praying against that storm and while i was praying god spoke to me god spoke to me as clear as god has ever spoken to me in my life he said this is a turbulent storm this is a severe storm but he said this is but a natural example of what's going on in the spirit world right now there is a turbulent severe storm that is going on in the spirit world and then immediately god spoke to me again and said i'm going to deliver my church i'm going to deliver my people i'm going to strengthen my people i'm going to send victory to them i'm going to do it quick and god said i'm going to do it in such a way that you're going to see it was my hand come on clap your hands and shout do it god [Applause] if my people which are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then will i hear from heaven and heal their land and an old backslidden saint said to me okay preacher y'all been preaching that you all been talking about that and we still got the pandemic and we still got all these problems what do you think of that preacher i looked at him and i said the first three words is the problem if my people you see i'm never going to assume god failed i don't have to assume i know we fail and if god didn't do it it's because the people didn't pray like they were supposed to pray and it's time for us to quit talking about prayer and start really praying it's time for us to quit preaching about prayer and find us a place to pray every day until we touch god i was praying the other day it's been about a week ago now it's not been a week since i prayed but i was having a real amazing prayer time i'm going to try to describe something for you i have never publicly tried to describe before never it's happened to me four or five times in my whole lifetime brother haney if i'm wrong you help me get the right words but i felt like i literally was sitting down with god i felt like i had his undivided attention brother mullen i felt like it was me and him talking it don't happen every time it goes years between when it happens maybe four or five times in my whole lifetime but i felt like i had god's undivided attention i felt like he was there and i was here and we were talking and he was here and everything i said and in the middle of that i thought don't waste this opportunity and honey i started playing praying for washington d.c [Applause] all you ugly conservatives that ain't prayed yet for our new president don't tell me you believe the bible the bible commands us to pray for them i started praying god you make joe biden the greatest president that's ever lived god if you could put it in the heart of a george bush and an obama and you could put it in the heart of donald trump if you can put it in the heart of every president 45 of them going back you can put it in this president's heart to be good to the church good to the people of god god hadn't answered that prayer yet but that's what i asked i started praying for the house and the senate i started praying for the supreme court i thought if i'm going to be here with god i'm not wasting this opportunity i'm going to talk to him about some things we need i'm here to tell you that if all of us would start praying like we've never prayed before if every one of us would become prayer warriors if every one of us would become people of prayer you say brother cunningham i can't pray i'm spending too much time studying then quit studying and do more praying that one person standing clapping prayer is the supreme need of the hour i had a preacher come preach for me when our church in newport news virginia wasn't even one year old home missions brand new church didn't have 20 people a preacher came through and preached and made a statement i'd have never forgot i will never forget i text it to my entire church yesterday where there is much prayer there is much power where there is little prayer there is little power and where there is no prayer there is no power at all you better get it in your head you better understand it do you want to save your children from this day do you want to save your marriage in this day do you want to save your livelihood in this day do you want to save your walk with god in this evil world then you better know how to pray you better know how to pray [Applause] [Music] somebody shout yes i am sure butcher in this sermon in a genuinely apostolic church there will be not might not maybe not could be in a genuinely apostolic church there will be miracles signs and wonders let me ask you a question can a church be apostolic if it doesn't believe acts 2 38 holler at me can a church be apostolic if it don't believe one god can a church be apostolic if it doesn't believe the bible let me tell you something else a church that never has miracles signs and wonders is not apostolic either what happened to my big loud response i was getting these signs shall follow them that believe there is going to be miracles signs and wonders in an apostolic church but guess what miracle signs and wonders don't show up for the show [Applause] miracle signs and wonders don't show up while you're putting on the dog i was raised under billy cole folks i i i what am i supposed to do this is a true story we were in church one night brother haney and an old boy that had been showing off the whole conference i mean putting on a show the whole conference just over there doing whatever he could do to get attention and right in the middle of the preaching he jumped up and rally that boy he's going to give us a message in tongues and you all know my uncle bill god rest his soul my uncle bill stand in the pulpit hold him i have the interpretation the interpretation is look at me look at me look at me can i tell you that miracle signs and wonders don't show up to look at you god inhabits the praises of his people god is going to move where he's lifted up where he's magnified god responds to faith god responds to truth god responds to prayer and fasting [Applause] you see i'd done clear quit preaching and started meddling god inhabits that means he dwells god inhabits the praises of his people for all of those that are watching online or will watch this precious apostolic ministers there's a lot of pressure being brought to bear in 2021 to sing songs that are written by homosexuals you see i got a little problem the bible said jesus said it brother mulling that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit it can't be born in the flesh and somehow bring about a spiritual result if it was written by an alcoholic or a drug addict or a womanizer or a [Applause] [Music] [Applause] there's a lot of pressure being brought to bear now but if i tighten the screws down a little on this group why buddy they'll leave and the guy next door will have him up next sunday y'all ever heard this quiet in california true story i was preaching in a church for a very dear friend of mine three nights and the first night when i got up to preach they had a band oh my lord did they have a group i mean they were tight they played good together they had worked together they were amazing singers that were amazing but when they brought me up to preach that group walked off the platform down the side aisle out into the lobby i wish they'd had wood doors like you got they had glass doors so all the time i'm preaching i got to watch them out there sitting on couches drinking sodas and eating cheese crackers first night second night third day during the day the pastor said oh brother can i have you're blessing our church is there anything we can do for you and you name it anything we can do for you you just name it i said i want all them singers and musicians sitting on the front row tonight i'm going to preach to them he said to me oh brother cunningham hold on just a minute is there anything else i can do for you these people are really temperamental and i'm i'm already kind of having some problems with them and i'm afraid they're going to leave the church i said sir thank god and greyhound they're gone let them go i'd rather have an old woman on the platform playing a honky-tonk piana than that band that is carnal and ungodly anybody don't like what i'm preaching blame it on pneumonia i like what raymond woodward said i talked to him today on the phone he gave it back to me again the second time he said brother cunningham the church is not a building the altar is not a stage the singers are not performers the musicians are not a band the preacher is not a motivational speaker the service is not a concert the congregation is not an audience and therefore you are not allowed to be a spectator my beautiful wife is watching at home watching this service right now and right before i come out here she wrote me a little text i got it on my watch back there and she said who's that beautiful girl with long hair that's worshiping so good who's that other girl over here worshiping so good and she said the girl leading oh she's doing good and these guys she's commenting on all these people that's up here worshiping honey can i tell you something there is no reason for you to be on this platform unless your intention is to magnify god if that's not your intention stay off the platform you see in an apostolic church we're hungry for a demonstration of the spirit in an apostolic church we want to see signs wonders and miracles in an apostolic church we want to see healing and deliverance in an apostolic church we want god to bring miracles and victory to his people we want god to make a way where there seemed to be no way but it's not going to happen until we get a new revelation that this is god's church and our only reason for being here is to lift [Music] [Applause] oh oh god oh god [Applause] [Music] [Applause] can i tell you and i will hasten to close can i tell you that the 2021 apostolic church is positioned at the most prophetically strategic place that any church has ever been in in the history of the world there is not another church era that has seen what god has designed this church to see never been another church that has become what church has designed what god has designed this church to become there has never been a church that has so impacted the world the way god intends this church to impact the world i believe with all of my heart and i'm slowing down but i am quitting i believe with all of my heart that there are things at work in the spirit world right now tonight this moment that are designed by god to catapult this 2021 church into the forefront into great revival into great miracles into places of blessing and growth i believe with every ounce of my being that god has a special end-time anointing for this church i believe this is god's most powerful church i believe this is god's most spiritual church i believe this is god's most gifted church i believe this is god's most glorious church i believe that this is god's most anointed church the church that you and i are a part of i asked brother rivera in my room today i said how far are we from azusa street he got his little phone out and maps and he said we are 344 miles from azusa street it's where the great azusa street revival took place it happened around the turning from the 19th to the 20th century the very first person that got the holy ghost in that revival got it on the morning of january 1st in the 20th century here's what is unique about that revival that revival was led by a very humble black pastor william seymour he was the son of slaves i don't mean the descendant of slaves his mom and dad were slaves in louisiana ironically this is kind of amazing when he started preaching the revival that god was going to pour out the holy ghost he had not received it himself in fact today i found out that neither seymour nor parham received the holy ghost when they were preaching for people to receive the holy ghost at first neither one of them had got it themselves he started the azusa street church in the home of the asbury family just a little wooden clapboard house they were early on joined by the lee family it brought him to a total of five all adults total and a few children in the beginning in the beginning of that revival the church outgrew the asbury house and so they moved to a livery stable on top of a livery stable on azusa street the meeting room there had seating for about 300 to 350 people they had a problem eventually they had to take the chairs out because they were standing shoulder to shoulder 12 13 14 1500 people in that livery stable spiritually hungry people began traveling from all over the united states and canada and the world to receive the holy ghost and then take it back to their church and to their families to their city-state and country today from such a humble beginning are you ready for this it is estimated that more than one billion with a b people have received the holy ghost speaking in tongues since the azusa street revival and guess what brother mullins just read it today the article said and 500 million of those billion are alive today oh brother cunningham what can we do we run 50 we run a hundred we run 250 we run 500. what can we do clc is a great big old church but oh my lord there's 30 40 million people in our state and oh what can we do i don't know god took a little old black man couldn't read and write hardly mom and dad were slaves brought him from louisiana here because the racism was so strong in louisiana he thought he had come to los angeles to get away from it only to find out it was worse here it was there the church that he had agreed to take when he got here when he got here they said no we changed our mind we don't want you as our pastor and it was the asbury family that took him in said you can stay with us and he started having bible study with them and praying with them talking about the holy ghost when he didn't even have it himself another family next door came and then another family and another family another family and before this true story before long they grew so large at the asbury house that when all the people got on the front porch that couldn't get inside the front porch fell off the house out into the yard little old humble black man from slave parents that didn't have the holy ghost and couldn't hardly study barely could read and write the los angeles newspaper called him an illiterate preacher and today from that revival over one billion people have spoken with tongues if we could change our thinking if we could quit thinking about the size of our church and our bank account and our education and who we are and where we're located and focus on god if we could get back to the place where we understand that if it happens god does it that whatever great takes place is the result of what god does if we would start giving him all the credit and allowing him to do in us and through us whatever he wants to do there is no telling the revival that god has in store for your church for your ministry for our organization for the apostolic movement at large there is no telling what god knows he can do if we'll just get on board with him stand with me with you i believe with all of my heart that tonight i'm preaching to men and women that god has prepared a special anointing for you i believe that there are some of you standing here looking at me and those looking at me online right now that god has already decided to make you one of the greatest soul winners that your city your town your state has ever known i believe that there are people here that god is going to raise up to be disciple makers you're going to god's going to teach you you're going to learn how to make disciples out of new converts i believe god's going to raise up an army of prayer warriors i believe that god's going to raise up an army of teachers and instructors i believe god's going to raise up an army of givers [Applause] it's going to take money to run this church can god trust you with money because if he will he'll give you more than you know how to spend if he can trust you to funnel it into the kingdom of god i believe that god is going to raise up from among us home and foreign missionaries church planters pastors and evangelists and teachers apostles and prophets you don't know who's sitting on the road with you right now you don't know what god has designed for them at the end time there are no nobodies in here there are no insignificant unimportant people in here if god can take william seymour and let him be the father of a 1 billion soul revival is there anybody here that wants it i know we got to stay a few feet apart but fill up the altar fill up the front row fill up your rows philip be safe i'm not asking you to be unsafe be safe but i want everybody in here talking to god i want everybody in here making a connection with him god is it what is it you're preparing me to do what is it you're raising me up to do what is it god my life is designed me to be for you come on seek god seek god seek god he's pouring out a special anointing right now he's pouring it out right now seek him call upon him is there anybody hungry is there anybody desperate [Applause] come on forget everything else right now this is all that matters god's looking for somebody that's hungry for this that's desperate for this [Applause] come on couples pray together seek god together get desperate come on students [Applause] who's it gonna be use me god use me god here i am [Applause] [Applause] come on there's a cry coming out of this halter right now that's penetrating heaven [Applause] hallelujah come on there it is oh [Applause] god [Applause] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Applause] hallelujah if my people give my people if my people oh uh [Applause] come on students who's it going to be who's it going to be come on families of christian life center come on those that are watching online where's the next william seymour who's it going to be [Applause] no no no no oh come on at the conclusion of this landmark somebody how to put some things on the altar say whatever it costs god i've got to be used this year i've got to be useless here let that anointing fall on me god let that anointing fall on us [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] if you can use anything lord you can use me if you can use anything long you can use me [Music] take my hands lord take my feet touch my heart lord speak through one of its appropriate joint was somebody can use it together families god use us god husband and wife he used us this year [Music] [Applause] [Music] god if you can use anything lord you can use me [Applause] take my hand lord [Music] if you can use anything long you can use me if you can use anything long you can [Music] [Applause] if use can use anything love you can use me oh god [Music] [Music] if you can use anything lord you can use me take my hand lord take my feet [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes lord [Music] if my people if my [Music] touch my heart lord speak through me if you can use anything lord you can use me if you can use anything lord you can use me [Music] if you can use lord you give me oh lord take my hands lord [Music] touch my heart [Music] if you can use anything you can use [Music] if you can use [Music] touch my heart lord speak to me if you can [Music] can use anything lord you can use me [Music] if you can use anything lord you can use [Music] [Applause] touch my heart lord speak [Music] oh if you can use anything [Music] yes [Applause] [Music] me [Music] you can use anything [Music] if you can use me [Music] take my hands touch if my can use anything [Music] so [Music] [Music] can use me if you can use anything lord you can use me [Music] [Music] if you can use [Music] if you can use [Music] [Music] oh take my hands take my feet [Music] you can use anything love you [Music] take my hair you

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