<i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> WELCOME TO <i>GOSPEL TRUTH</i> WITH ANDREW WOMMACK, A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES ON GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL >> LOVE AND GRACE. >> HE'S HELPED ME TO TRANSFORM... TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF GOD, WHICH IS GOD'S PURPOSE >> FOR MY LIFE. >> I HAVE THE FAITH NOW TO BE ABLE TO STAND THROUGH ANYTHING THAT I GO THROUGH. I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO COME OUT VICTORIOUS ON THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED >> THROUGH HIS MINISTRY. >> AND NOW, HERE'S ANDREW. WELCOME TO OUR FRIDAY'S BROADCAST OF <i>THE GOSPEL TRUTH.</i> TODAY IS THE END OF MY FIRST WEEK TEACHING ON <i>HOW TO BECOME
A WATER WALKER.</i> I'VE GOT A BOOK ON THIS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. WE ALSO HAVE A STUDY GUIDE HERE THAT IS THE SAME MATERIAL JUST FORMATTED SO THAT YOU CAN DISCIPLE OTHER PEOPLE. I TELL YOU, THIS TEACHING ON <i>HOW TO BECOME
A WATER WALKER</i> IS EXCELLENT FOR LIKE A BIBLE STUDY OR A DISCIPLESHIP GROUP BECAUSE IT JUST HAS ALL OF THE ELEMENTS IN IT. IN THIS ONE STORY IS JUST SO MANY ELEMENTS OF... OF FAITH AND HOW IT WORKS AND HOW WE RECEIVE FROM GOD, AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THESE MATERIALS. IT WOULD REALLY BE A BLESSING. I'VE ALREADY BEEN TEACHING FROM MA...MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14, ABOUT JES...JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER TO THE DISCIPLES AND THEN PETER GETTING OUT OF THE BOAT AND WALKING, AND WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF MATERIAL. THERE'S NO WAY I CAN GO BACK THROUGH IT ALL, BUT LET ME JUST MENTION THAT YESTERDAY I WAS DEALING WITH MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14, AND IN VERSE 26, IT SAYS, AND WHEN THE DISCIPLES SAW HIM WALKING ON THE SEA, THEY WERE TROUBLED, SAYING, IT IS A SPIRIT; AND THEY CRIED OUT FOR FEAR. I'VE BEEN TEACHING ON THIS ALL WEEK LONG, AND THAT... AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY BROUGHT OUT ABOUT HOW THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BE HEADING IN THE DIRECTION THAT GOD TOLD YOU AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FACE OPPOSITION. LIKE IN THIS INSTANCE, IT WAS A STORM AND THE WIND BEING CONTRARY. THEY COULD HAVE TURNED AROUND AND GONE BACK TO SHORE BUT TO THEIR CREDIT THEY KEPT GOING THE DIRECTION THAT GOD TOLD THEM TO GO. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF GOD, THE FULL MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S POWER IN YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN'T QUIT WHEN YOU GET OPPOSITION, WHEN YOU RUN INTO A STORM. YOU NEED TO KEEP GOING THE DIRECTION THAT GOD CALLED YOU. THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT ON YESTERDAY'S BROADCAST, IT SAYS OVER HERE IN MARK, CHAPTER 6, I KEEP REFERRING TO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS MY LIFE FOR TODAY GOSPELS. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL COMMENTARY THAT I DID ON THE BIBLE. WE NOW HAVE A
DIGITAL COMMENTARY THAT HAS OVER 25,000 VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT I HAVE A DIGITAL COMMENTARY ON. BUT IT STARTED OUT IN HARD COPY LIKE THIS, AND THIS IS THE GOSPELS EDITION, AND WHAT I DID WAS PUT THE FOUR GOSPELS TOGETHER SO THAT ON ONE PAGE YOU HAVE MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN. AND THE BENEFIT OF THIS IS THAT YOU GET TO READ ALL OF THE GOSPELS' ACCOUNT OF ONE INSTANCE. AND SO MARK AND JOHN ALSO RECORD JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER, BUT THEY DON'T RECORD PETER WALKING ON THE WATER, SO I'M USING MATTHEW'S ACCOUNT ABOUT PETER, BUT I WANT TO READ THIS OUT OF MARK, CHAPTER 6, AND IN VERSE 48, IT SAYS, AND HE SAW THEM, TALKING ABOUT JESUS, SAW THEM TOILING IN ROWING; FOR THE WIND WAS CONTRARY UNTO THEM: AND ABOUT THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT HE COMETH UNTO THEM, WALKING UPON THE SEA, AND WOULD HAVE PASSED BY THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY EMPHASIZED YESTERDAY IS THAT THE LORD IS ALWAYS THERE. HE WILL ALWAYS REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU SOME WAY WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRISIS SITUATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING YOU DELIVERANCE. YOU KNOW THAT HE WALKED OUT ON THE SEA SO HE COULD HELP HIS DISCIPLES. IT WASN'T HIM JUST TAKING A STROLL AT MID... AT 3 A.M. IN THE MORNING. HE WENT OUT THERE TO HELP THEM, BUT HE WOULD HAVE PASSED BY THEM IF THEY HADN'T CALLED OUT TO HIM. AND THE POINT I'VE BEEN EMPHASIZING IS THAT YOU HAVE TO PLACE A DEMAND ON THE POWER OF GOD. AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST PASSIVE, AND THEY HAVE THIS DOCTRINE THAT IF GOD'S REALLY FOR THEM HE'LL JUST MAKE IT WORK OUT, AND SO IF THINGS WORK, PRAISE GOD. IF THEY DON'T, WELL GOD MUST HAVE A PURPOSE. YOU AREN'T GOING TO SEE THE REALLY MIRACULOUS POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE. YOU'LL JUST LET JESUS WALK RIGHT ON PAST YOU AND YOU WON'T SEE IT. YOU NEED TO CALL OUT. THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THE NEXT VERSE, IN VERSE 49, BUT WHEN THEY SAW HIM WALKING UPON THE SEA, THEY SUPPOSED IT HAD BEEN A SPIRIT, AND THEY CRIED OUT: FOR THEY ALL SAW HIM, AND WERE TROUBLED. AND IMMEDIATELY HE TALKED WITH THEM, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, BE OF GOOD CHEER: IT IS I; BE NOT AFRAID. NOW HERE'S ANOTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE. THE LORD TOLD THEM, HE SAYS, BE OF GOOD CHEER: IT'S I; DON'T BE AFRAID. WHY DID HE SAY THAT TO THEM? SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, WELL, IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE TERRIFIED. WELL, WHY DIDN'T HE JUST STILL THE STORM, WHICH IS WHAT HE EVENTUALLY DID. AND IF YOU READ THIS SAME ACCOUNT IN JOHN'S GOSPEL, AFTER JESUS GOT BACK INTO THE BOAT IMMEDIATELY THE BOAT AND THE DISCIPLES WERE TRANSLATED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE. LET ME READ THAT TO YOU IN JOHN, CHAPTER 6, AND VERSE 21, AND THEY WILLINGLY RECEIVED HIM INTO THE SHIP: AND IMMEDIATELY THE SHIP WAS AT THE LAND WHITHER HE WENT. AND YET IT SAYS IN THIS SAME PASSAGE THAT THEY WERE IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA, SO IT WAS TRANSLATED OVER A MILE TO THE OTHER SIDE. IF HE WANTED THEM NOT TO BE AFRAID AND TO BE OF GOOD CHEER, WHY DIDN'T HE JUST STILL THE STORM, TRANSLATE THEM TO THE OTHER SIDE? WOULDN'T THAT HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT? WHY DID HE TELL THEM THIS INSTEAD OF JUST PERFORM WHAT THEY NEEDED SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE AFRAID AND THAT THEY WOULD BE OF GOOD CHEER? IT'S BECAUSE GOD NEEDS US TO STAND IN FAITH SO THAT HE CAN MOVE IN OUR LIFE. IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 20, IT SAYS, NOW UNTO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL WE ASK OR THINK, AND MOST PEOPLE PUT A PERIOD RIGHT THERE. I'VE BEEN IN CHURCHES MANY TIMES AND I'VE GOT UP AND QUOTED THAT VERSE AND I JUST STOP RIGHT AFTER IT SAYS HE IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL WE ASK OR THINK, AND I JUST STOPPED AND I SAY, HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT? AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE STAND UP AND CHEER BEFORE, THE PASTOR STAND UP AND JUST, YES, WE BELIEVE. AND THEN I SAY, THAT'S WRONG. AND BOY, IT JUST SHOCKS THEM. AND I SAY...I GO ON TO SAY, IT SAYS, ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKS IN US. I'M GOING TO SAY SOME THINGS HERE THAT, AGAIN, I'VE GOT TEACHING ON THIS ENTITLED, THE AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER, AND <i>YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT,</i> AND A BUNCH OF MY TEACHINGS GO INTO GREATER EXPLANATION. I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS FULLY. BUT GOD CANNOT... YOU COULD SAY, WOULD NOT, BUT YOU CAN SAY, CANNOT MOVE IN YOUR LIFE WITHOUT SOME ACT OF FAITH ON YOUR PART. NOW THAT'S A RADICAL STATEMENT TO SOME PEOPLE BUT I CAN VERIFY THIS. LET ME JUST SHARE A PASSAGE WITH YOU OUT OF MARK, CHAPTER 6, THIS IS WHEN JESUS WAS IN HIS HOMETOWN AND IT SAYS THAT THE PEOPLE REJECTED HIM AND THEY SAID IN MARK, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 3, IS NOT THIS THE CARPENTER, THE SON OF MARY, THE BROTHER OF JAMES, AND OF JOSES, AND OF JUDAS, AND SIMON? AND ARE NOT HIS SISTERS HERE WITH US? AND THEY WERE OFFENDED AT HIM. BUT JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, A PROPHET IS NOT
WITHOUT HONOUR, BUT IN HIS OWN COUNTRY, AND AMONG HIS OWN KIN, AND IN HIS OWN HOUSE. AND HE COULD THERE DO NO MIGHTY WORK, SAVE THAT HE LAID HIS HANDS UPON A FEW SICK FOLK, AND HEALED THEM. AND HE MARVELLED BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF... NOTICE IN VERSE 5, IT SAYS, HE COULD THERE DO NO MIGHTY WORK. IT DIDN'T SAY HE WOULDN'T DO IT. AND THEN COMPARE THAT WITH MATTHEW, CHAPTER 13. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME INSTANCE BUT RECORDED BY THE GOSPEL WRITER MATTHEW. AND IN MATTHEW, IT SAYS, IN VERSE 57, AND THEY WERE OFFENDED IN HIM. BUT JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, A PROPHET IS NOT
WITHOUT HONOUR, SAVE IN HIS COUNTRY, AND IN HIS OWN HOUSE. AND HE DID NOT MANY MIGHTY WORKS THERE BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. SO YOU PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. MARK SAYS THAT HE COULD DO NO MIGHTY WORK. AND MATTHEW SAYS, HE DID NOT MANY MIGHTY WORKS BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. WHAT ALL OF THIS IS SAYING IS THAT EVEN JESUS, WHO WAS OPERATING FULLY IN THE POWER OF GOD, HE HAD THE SPIRIT OF GOD WITHOUT MEASURE. HE WAS THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF GOD. AND YET JESUS, IN HIS HOMETOWN, COULD NOT HEAL
VERY MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. IF JESUS COULDN'T HEAL PEOPLE WHEN THEY WERE IN UNBELIEF, YOU AND I CAN'T DO IT. GOD FLOWS THROUGH US ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKS IN US. YOU KNOW THERE'S AN INSTANCE WHERE JESUS RAISED A BOY FROM THE DEAD IN THE CITY OF NAIN. AND IT SAYS THAT AS HE WALKED INTO THE CITY, THERE WAS THIS FUNERAL PROCESSION THAT MET HIM, AND THE MOTHER OF THIS BOY... WAS HER ONLY BOY, SHE WAS CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY, AND JESUS WENT UP TO HER AND SAYS, WEEP NOT. AND JUST THINK ABOUT THIS. YOU TELL SOMEBODY AT A FUNERAL NOT TO WEEP. AND ESPECIALLY IN THAT EASTERN CULTURE, YOU STILL SEE THIS TODAY WITH THE ARABS AND THE JEWS, THAT WHEN A PERSON DIES, I MEAN, WEEPING AND WAILING IS A WAY OF SHOWING RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR THE PERSON THAT HAS DIED. IF YOU WERE TO BE STOIC AND NOT WEEP AND CRY, SOMEBODY WOULD THINK YOU DIDN'T REALLY LOVE THEM. MATTER OF FACT, IN THE DAYS OF JESUS, THEY ACTUALLY HIRED MOURNERS. WHEN...YOU SEE THE 6TH CHAPTER, OF THE BOOK OF MARK, WHEN JESUS WENT TO RAISE JAIRUS'S DAUGHTER
FROM THE DEAD, IT SAYS, HE CAST OUT ALL OF THE MOURNERS. THESE WERE PROFESSIONAL MOURNERS. THEY WERE PEOPLE WHO YOU WOULD PAY THEM, AND THEY WOULD COME AND JUST CRY AND WAIL TO SHOW YOUR GRIEF. AND SO, IN THE DAY OF JESUS WHEN HE WENT UP TO THIS WOMAN, AND HE SAYS, WOMAN WEEP NOT. WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? WHY DIDN'T HE JUST RAISE THE BOY FROM THE DEAD? WOULDN'T THAT HAVE STOPPED HER FROM WEEPING? BUT INSTEAD, BEFORE HE RAISED THE BOY FROM THE DEAD, HE TOLD HER TO WEEP NOT, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THIS SAME PRINCIPLE. HE HAS TO HAVE SOME ACTION OF FAITH. FAITH IS WHAT RECEIVES AND RELEASES THE POWER OF GOD. AND FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. THIS IS THE REASON THAT JESUS, MANY TIMES WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE CLAY. HE WOULD SPIT ON THE GROUND AND MAKE CLAY AND PUT IT ON THE MAN'S EYES AND TELL HIM TO GO TO THE POOL OF SILOAM AND WASH. WHY DID HE TELL HIM TO DO THAT? BECAUSE THIS MAN, HE COULD HAVE EASILY JUST WIPED THIS SPIT OFF OF HIS EYES AND SAT BACK DOWN, BUT FOR... HE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING. THIS MAN DIDN'T COME TO JESUS AND ASK FOR HEALING LIKE SO MANY DID. INSTEAD, HIS DISCIPLES POINTED THIS MAN OUT TO JESUS. THIS MAN HADN'T HAD AN ACTION OF FAITH, SO GOD DID SOMETHING AND TOLD HIM TO DO SOMETHING. HE TOLD PEOPLE TO STRETCH FORTH THEIR ARM WHEN THEIR ARM WAS WITHERED. HE TOLD PEOPLE THAT WERE ON PALLETS AND STUFF TO STAND UP, RISE UP AND WALK. YOU CAN SEE THE DISCIPLES DOING THE SAME THING IN THE 3RD CHAPTER, OF THE BOOK OF ACTS, THEY PRAYED FOR THE... WELL, THEY DIDN'T EVEN PRAY FOR THE MAN AT THE GATE. THEY JUST SAID, SILVER AND GOLD HAVE I NONE; BUT SUCH AS I HAVE GIVE I UNTO THEE: IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH RISE UP AND WALK. AND THEY REACHED DOWN AND GRABBED HIM BY THE HAND AND LIFTED HIM UP. THEY MADE HIM DO SOMETHING. THEY DIDN'T JUST PRAY FOR HIM. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD, AND WHOEVER IS MINISTERING THE HEALING NEEDS SOME DEGREE OF FAITH RESPONSE FROM THE PERSON WHO IS RECEIVING THE HEALING. THAT NEEDS A LOT MORE EXPLANATION THAN WHAT I'VE GOT TIME TO GIVE IT. THERE...I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ACTIVE FAITH THAT REACHES OUT AND TAKES HEALING ON THEIR OWN. THE LORD TOLD SOME PEOPLE, YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WHOLE. THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD FAITH TO CALL OUT FOR HELP, BUT JESUS HAD TO HELP THEM. SO THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST WHAT I CALL A PASSIVE FAITH WHERE YOU WILL RECEIVE IT AND ACT ON IT TO SOME DEGREE. BUT THEN THERE CAN BE THIS ACTIVE FAITH WHERE YOU REACH OUT AND TAKE THE THING. SO ANYWAY, I'M SAYING ALL OF THESE THINGS TO SAY THAT THE REASON HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES TO BE OF GOOD CHEER... BE NOT AFRAID, IT WAS HIM, IS BECAUSE HE
NEEDED A RESPONSE OF FAITH FROM THEM BEFORE HE COULD SOLVE THIS CRISIS SITUATION THAT THEY WERE IN. I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. OTHERWISE, HE COULD HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW, IT GOES ON AND SAYS THAT THE BOAT WAS TRANSLATED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE THAT HE ENTERED IN. THE STORM CEASED. THE WIND CEASED. WHY DIDN'T HE JUST STOP THE WIND AND THE STORM AND
TRANSLATE THEM TO THE OTHER SIDE? WOULDN'T THAT HAVE MADE THEM OF GOOD CHEER? SO WHY DID HE TELL THEM TO BE OF GOOD CHEER BEFORE THE SITUATION HAD CHANGED? BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO TAKE A STEP OF FAITH. FAITH IS WHAT APPROPRIATES THE POWER OF GOD. FAITH DOESN'T MAKE GOD DO SOMETHING, BUT FAITH IS WHAT APPROPRIATES WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED. GOD HAD PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT THESE DISCIPLES NEEDED IN JESUS AND HE
WALKED OUT THERE ON THE WATER FOR THEIR BENEFIT AND SHOWED HIMSELF UNTO THEM, BUT HE WOULD HAVE
WALKED BY THEM IF THEY HADN'T OF CALLED OUT. AND THEY CALLED OUT, BUT IT WAS IN FEAR. THEY WERE SHOCKED. THEY THOUGHT, THIS COULDN'T BE JESUS. IT'S BOUND TO BE A SPIRIT. AND HE TOLD THEM TO BE OF GOOD CHEER. HE ENCOURAGED THEM TO STAND IN FAITH. WHY? BECAUSE HE NEEDED THEM TO EXERT SOME FAITH SO THAT HE COULD WORK THIS MIRACLE ON THEIR BEHALF. AND THE SAME THING IS TRUE OF YOU. THAT YOU MAY BE IN A CRISIS SITUATION. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CALLING OUT TO GOD BUT CALLING OUT IN DESPERATION, CALLING OUT IN FEAR. CALLING OUT IN UNBELIEF ISN'T THE SAME AS CALLING OUT IN FAITH AND MAKING A FAITH DEMAND UPON GOD. YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOUR DOING MAKES GOD RESPOND. GOD IS WANTING TO RESPOND. GOD IS WANTING TO MOVE IN YOUR LIFE. JUST LIKE JESUS
WALKED OUT THERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING THESE DISCIPLES IN THIS CRISIS SITUATION, BUT HE WASN'T GOING TO JUST DO IT WITHOUT THEIR COOPERATION. HE WOULD HAVE WALKED BY THEM, IS WHAT MARK 6:48, SAYS. THEY HAD TO CALL OUT. THEY HAD TO PLACE A DEMAND UPON GOD. AND LIKEWISE, BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE FACING, I GUARANTEE YOU, GOD IS THERE TO RELEASE HIS POWER TO SOLVE
YOUR PROBLEM, BUT YOU HAVE TO OPERATE IN FAITH. YOU GOT TO START SPEAKING IN FAITH. YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING IN FAITH. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE BEEN BUILDING ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS. THE LORD TOLD ME THAT CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE WAS GOING TO BE A... LIKE A UNIVERSITY. EVEN THOUGH WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER USE THAT NAME, IT'S GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN IT, SPORTS COMPLEX, HOUSING, AN ACTIVITY CENTER FOR THE STUDENTS, ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS. WE'VE ALREADY BUILT $130 MILLION WORTH OF BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY. AND SO ANYWAY, WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS AND...AND I NEEDED A PARKING GARAGE. AND A PERSON WAS GOING TO BUILD THIS PARKING GARAGE FOR ME AND LET ME LEASE IT, AND SO I STARTED TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO WORK OUT AND WE MOVED A WATER LINE. WE DID SOME GRADING. WE STARTED FABRICATING THE PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS THAT WOULD BE PUT UP. AND RIGHT AS WE GOT READY TO, YOU KNOW, JUST PULL THE TRIGGER AND MAKE THIS THING WORK, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE DEAL THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME WAS WORSE THAN GOING AND GETTING A LOAN. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH, MUCH WORSE. AND I JUST SAID, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT, AND SO I CANCELED THE DEAL. AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS LIABLE FOR ABOUT $6 MILLION THAT I HAD ALREADY COMMITTED TO AND HADN'T PAID ANYBODY, AND I HAD TO HAVE THAT MONEY WITHIN A WEEK. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO MY PARTNERS. AND SO ANYWAY, I TOOK OUT A LOAN. I DON'T LIKE LOANS. I DON'T THINK IT'S SIN, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOD'S BEST. AND WE HAVE DONE THIS $130 MILLION WORTH OF ASSETS FOR OUR CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE. AND I ONLY HAVE RIGHT NOW $13.9 MILLION DEBT, AND I'M GETTING IT PAID OFF AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. BUT ANYWAY, MY REASON FOR BRINGING THAT UP IS TO SAY THAT WHEN WE MOVED INTO THAT PARKING GARAGE AND STARTED USING IT IN 2018, I MADE A DECISION THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE BUILDING THE STUDENT HOUSING, THE ACTIVITY CENTER, THE GYMNASIUM, ALL OF THESE KIND OF THINGS UNTIL I GET TOTALLY OUT OF DEBT. AND SO, FOR 2018, 19, AND THEN 20, I BASICALLY HAVE BEEN JUST SITTING STILL. NOW WE'VE STILL... WE'VE INCREASED OUR TELEVISION MINISTRY AND WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M DOING NOTHING, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING ANY OF THE BUILDING AND THINGS BECAUSE I'M WAITING FOR THIS PARKING GARAGE TO GET PAID OFF. AND THE LORD SPOKE TO ME ALONG THESE LINES SOMETHING SIMILAR TO BE OF GOOD CHEER, IT'S I. BE NOT AFRAID. BE OF GOOD CHEER. HE'S TELLING ME IF I REALLY BELIEVE THAT I'M GETTING THIS THING PAID OFF QUICKLY, THEN I NEED TO DO SOMETHING. I NEED TO HAVE SOME CORRESPONDING ACTIONS. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. FAITH WITHOUT CORRESPONDING ACTIONS IS DEAD. AND SO I'VE BEEN THINKING, WHAT CAN I DO? WELL, IT JUST DAWNED ON ME THAT I DON'T HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS. I'VE GOT A ROUGH ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING OF THE OUTSIDE OF OUR STUDENT HOUSING, BUT I HAVEN'T GOT THE ARCHITECTS' DRAWINGS DONE SO THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY BUILD THE THING. WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY CONTRACTED A CONTRACTOR TO BUILD IT. WE HAVEN'T STARTED ON THE PERMITS. AND SO, THE LORD HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO ME, AND SO JUST IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, I HAVE GONE FULL STEAM AHEAD. WE AREN'T GOING TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON BUILDINGS UNTIL I GET THAT PARKING GARAGE PAID OFF, BUT THE LORD TOLD ME, YOU'VE GOT TO START TAKING STEPS OF FAITH. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF THIS IS ABOUT. I'M DOING EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS SAYING. IF I REALLY BELIEVE THAT I'M GETTING THIS PARKING GARAGE PAID OFF QUICKLY, THEN I NEED TO HAVE THESE OTHER THINGS READY SO THAT THE DAY THAT PARKING GARAGE IS PAID OFF WE CAN START ON THE NEXT BUILDINGS AND WE CAN START ACCOMPLISHING THE GOAL THAT GOD'S GOT. SO HE'S TELLING ME TO START TAKING STEPS OF FAITH BEFORE I'M...BE... BEFORE THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE NATURAL THAT WOULD SHOW ME I HAVE TO DO IT, BUT I'M DOING IT BY FAITH. AND I CAN TELL YOU... I...I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE IN ME ALREADY. OUR INCOME IS PICKING UP. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT PARKING
GARAGE PAID OFF THIS YEAR. THAT WILL BE $13.9 MILLION EXTRA COMING IN THIS YEAR ABOVE ALL OF THE $5 MILLION IT TAKES ME PER MONTH TO PAY OUR TELEVISION BILLS, OUR SALARY, ALL OF OUR MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S A HUGE STEP OF FAITH. BUT SEE I...THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I LEARN FROM THIS. HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES TO BE OF GOOD CHEER, NOT TO BE AFRAID, IT WAS HIM, BEFORE ANY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
HAD CHANGED. AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT APPLICATION. THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT ARE PRAYING FOR HEALING, AND YET HAVE YOU MADE ANY PREPARATIONS FOR HEALING? YOU KNOW, I HEARD THIS ONE STORY. THIS IS AN OLD, OLD STORY THAT I HEARD 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO. I'M NOT SURE I'LL GET ALL OF THE DETAILS RIGHT, BUT THERE WAS A
WOMAN, GERTRUDE, THAT WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, AND I MEAN, HER BODY WAS EME...EMACIATED. SHE COULDN'T STAND OR WALK. SHE WAS DOWN TO, I DON'T KNOW, 60 OR 70 POUNDS, AND THINGS LIKE THIS. AND IT LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS DYING, SHE WOULD NEVER COME OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. AND SHE WENT AND GOT A DRESS. SHE DIDN'T PERSONALLY DO IT, BUT SHE HAD PEOPLE GO AND GET A DRESS AND A...A PAIR OF SHOES, BRAND-NEW SHOES FOR HER, AND SHE HADN'T BEEN OUT OF THE BED IN MONTHS OR YEARS. AND YET SHE WAS BELIEVING FOR HEALING, AND THE LORD TOLD HER IF SHE'S BELIEVING FOR HEALING, WELL SHE NEEDS A DRESS AND SHE NEEDS SHOES, AND SO SHE HAD SOMEBODY GO GET HER THESE SHOES. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, MAN THE POWER OF GOD HIT HER. YOU COULD HEAR HER BONES CRACKING. SHE GOT UP, PUT ON HER DRESS AND SHOES AND WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALL. YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR HEALING, WELL START MAKING PREPARATIONS. MAYBE YOU CAN'T MOVE RIGHT NOW. MAYBE SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING RIGHT NOW, BUT
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE HEALED? WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT VACATION? WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THIS? YOU NEED TO START MAKING PLANS. YOU NEED TO TAKE SOME STEP OF FAITH. I BELIEVE IT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT INSTEAD OF JESUS JUST WALKING OUT THERE AND SOLVING THEIR PROBLEM, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS, OH, JESUS HELP, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE JUST SOLVES ALL YOUR PROBLEMS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY STEPS OF FAITH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT THE WAY HE DEALT WITH HIS DISCIPLES. HE CAME WALKING OUT THERE AND WOULD HAVE WALKED ON BY THEM IF THEY HADN'T OF CALLED OUT. AND THEN EVEN AFTER THEY CALLED OUT, HE TOLD THEM, NOW BE OF GOOD CHEER. DON'T BE AFRAID. OPERATE IN FAITH. HE TOLD THEM TO ACT LIKE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY BEFORE IT WAS OKAY. AND GOD IS TELLING YOU THAT IF YOU HAD ANY FAITH, YOU WOULD START PLANNING FOR THINGS WORKING OUT. YOU WOULD START MAKING PREPARATIONS. YOU MAY NOT...YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO USE WISDOM ON THIS, BUT YOU NEED TO JUST PRAY ABOUT IT, AND HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT CAN I DO THAT IS A STEP OF FAITH? WHAT CAN I DO? FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. SHOW ME HOW TO DO SOMETHING. I REMEMBER SMITH WIGGLESWORTH, HE OPERATED IN THIS SAME PRINCIPLE AND HE SAW MULTIPLE PEOPLE RAISED FROM THE DEAD AND GREAT MIRACLES HAPPEN. HE WENT AND PRAYED FOR A WOMAN ONE TIME WHO WAS IN BED AND SHE WAS LIKE, IN A COMA, AND...BUT HE SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. HE SAYS, MOVE, DO SOMETHING. HE...AND HE JUST WATCHED HER, AND SHE HAD BEEN IN A COMA AND FINALLY SHE STARTED WIGGLING HER LITTLE FINGER, AND HE SAID, THAT'S ENOUGH. AND HE PRAYED FOR HER AND ANYWAY, THIS WOMAN CAME BACK TO, AND I MAY BE COMBINING TWO STORIES, BUT IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE. I'M NOT SURE, BUT ANYWAY, HE...THIS WOMAN, I THINK, CAME BACK BUT THEN SHE DIED, AND HE GRABBED HER OUT OF THE BED AND PUT HER IN A CORNER AND PROPPED HER UP IN THE CORNER AND SAID, WALK, AND SHE STARTED TO FALL, AND HE GRABBED HER AND PUSHED HER BACK. AND I THINK DID THAT EITHER TWICE OR THREE TIMES, AND FINALLY, SHE WALKS OUT OF THIS CORNER. BUT IN EVERY INSTANCE JESUS DID THIS, PUT CLAY ON THE GUY'S EYES AND SAID, GO WASH IN THE POOL OF SILOAM. DO SOMETHING. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. IF YOU SAY YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR PROSPERITY, DO SOMETHING. START PLANNING FOR PROSPERITY. IF YOU BELIEVE GOD FOR HEALING, DO SOMETHING. START PLANNING TO BE WELL. GO GET YOU SOMETHING SO IF YOU'RE IN BED HAVE SOMEBODY
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