Marcus Lamb Memorial Service (Re-airing)

[Music] lord we want to tell you how grateful we are for eternal life through jesus christ our lord [Music] i don't know how we would make it through times like these without knowing that you love the world so much that you gave your only begotten son for us [Music] and god we're here to glorify you and to honor a general in your army we're so grateful and so lord we pray that you would bless us with your presence today [Music] and we pray lord that you will be pleased with all that is said and done today and we thank you thank you thank you for the comfort of the holy spirit for the lamb family and for all of us who were touched by you through marcus we tell you thank you that he yielded his life to the gospel of jesus christ and we submit this time to you in the name of your precious son jesus christ amen please be seated [Music] on behalf of the family i want to thank you for coming and i want to welcome you to a celebration of a great man of god we welcome all of you who are watching by television we want you to be able to share as well [Music] and i just want to give you one last word of encouragement scripture says we don't grieve as those who have no hope i want you to notice that the period isn't asked after the word grieve it doesn't say we don't grieve because we're christians we do grieve we lost a friend a brother a husband a father a grandfather on this earth temporarily but we didn't lose him he's with his lord and savior we'll see him again so we'll grieve today but we'll grieve as those who have hope and we have some wonderful leaders in the body of christ whom you're going to hear from and from some of this family so rejoice with us today rejoice at the life which our brother modeled for us a life of service to jesus christ and we're going to have some people today that you'll recognize and i'm just going to ask you as they come to minister to honor them or to welcome them because they're coming to honor marcus and their people who've given their lives to the kingdom as well and so first will be someone that we all know will you please welcome phil driscoll as he comes and ministers to us [Applause] [Music] life is precious we must make every day count for the greatest kingdom the kingdom of our lord [Music] ah uh [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] i'm [Music] and i exhausted sing with me [Music] lift my hands to you [Music] and i sing my song to you [Music] above [Music] all other gods [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] and you are exalted [Music] you are faithful and untrue [Music] you are my hero you are [Applause] [Music] wow [Music] [Music] hmm [Music] for you [Music] is [Music] you say [Music] faith is so sword friend it'll not return into god boy [Music] god i'll go where you want me to go he can restore i'll say what you want me to say and i'll be what you want me to be that's what [Music] all of you for being here tremendous honor for them and also for marcus just looking around here and all the people here and just all the distinguished guests that we have uh it's a tribute to marcus and the lives that he touched uh just the effect that his life had in the world and so thank you so much for coming preachers and teachers and just like marcus was as i look around at all of you guys i'm just reminded of how many of your messages i've stolen and uh i would repent but i'm not finished yet so i'm still in the process so but thank you guys um joanie i know i speak for everybody in this room and millions of people around the world when i say how much we love you how much we respect you [Applause] you had a wonderful husband and he loves you with all of his heart and you guys had such an incredible marriage your marriage changed the world the world will never be the same after marcus and joni lamb and i saw you guys through so many moments over the years you never gave up on god you never gave up on each other and you got closer and closer and closer and marcus love you we love you and admire you so much and your marriage produced three of the greatest kids they're not kids anymore they're grown jonathan and susie just give them a hand here jonathan and susie josh and rachel jonathan rebecca but before he left he put himself in you the most important part of your father's legacy is you and even though he's in heaven he released our network or just ahead [Applause] i was thinking about the legacy marcus's legacy and i i wrote down five words i didn't spend much time thinking about it i just wanted it to just kind of flow naturally but here are the words that i wrote down integrity i've never met a better man than marcus lamb tenacity marcus was tough joanie and i talked about this so many times he never gave up he never gave up evangelist the world was reached through marcus lamb the gospel was preached to so many people through that man visionary what a vision he had for daystar in reaching the world and the last word is unifier you saw daystar bring people together all races all different denominations all different kinds of people absolutely amazing and marcus's final prayer that he told joni is that his death would unify the body of christ anybody want to agree with that marcus was my dear friend we played golf together for over 20 years and marcus was a golfer now when we first started playing he was terrible he was a beginner and i beat him every time for seven or eight years and then uh he got good marcus really practiced a lot and played a lot he got really good so he started beating me and marcus was a very very competitive golfer he loved you but he was going to beat you he was out there to win the period and the other thing is he was the most emotive golfer i've ever played with um he uh you always knew some some golfers are very stoic and you never know what they're thinking but marcus was very emotive and uh gave up and he was my dear friend and i'll miss him for the rest of my life until i see him in the presence of jesus here's a video of marcus golfing watch this he's still an excellent golfer even at 82 we're going to play right after this amen listen this man would play in the snow i would he will like the mailman neither rain nor sleep nor snow [Music] a day star supporter who is the director of a big tournament in southern california invited me to come play and he said oh by the way i'm going to pair you up with phil mickelson this was a pro-am during the tournament i played on live tv [Music] there he was please welcome joel osteen as he comes this year thank you thanks joanie [Music] oh man i knew i was going to do that but i don't know i love marcus [Music] oh jimmy had me laughing i thought i was gonna do good job but you know i love marcus i love you guys too man marcus meant a lot to us just a friend visionary he was fun to be around [Music] i didn't want him to go this soon i know none of us did but you know i'm really happy i i am celebrating i know we're going to see him again but you know what it is it is difficult you know there's some things you don't understand and you all know that's part of faith is trusting when you don't understand god it doesn't make sense to but we believe you're in control you're on the throne and you're you're still good god and so i celebrate marcus's life we had a lot of fun and came and spoke for us at lakewood and marcus knew the bible nobody could quote scripture like marcus and move his leg like he did when he did and you know it's just he's always full of joy and i'm going to miss those texts you know hey so-and-so is going to be on the program tonight catch you today catch it at midnight catch it at three in the morning he always give me all the options but you know he was fun and joanie too jonah you're remarkable i watched the program after marcus pass that morning and how do y'all do that i thought man just the grace of god on your life and the strength that you all have it reminded me a lot of my mom when my when my dad passed because i thought wow i was i wanted to speak to marcus's legacy because it's going to continue on like pastor jimmy said and i feel like rebecca and rachel and jonathan and maybe your spouse that i can relate a little bit because you know my dad passed he was he was 77. it wasn't it wasn't quite the same but he did pass unexpectedly and you know i thought you know what's going to happen now and but you know what god was in control then and and i discovered that too and we don't like losing marcus but i believe guys what happened for me is going to happen for you you're going to discover things in you that you didn't know you had gifts talents courage confidence boldness i believe you know you know i have no doubt that see see i used to think when my dad passed i thought man if we can just maintain what my mom and dad had passed had done we would be doing really well but i learned god's not in the maintaining business he's in the increasing business he's a he's a progressive god and i believe he wants every generation to increase and that's not to put pressure on you that's just to tell you the grace of god is going to be there you already know all this but the grace of god is going to be to get stronger and we just celebrate the legacy of what your father you know put into you all by example i don't have to tell you all loving kind and fun but it's going to continue on and you know you know he marcus is in the grandstands now he's cheering us on he's up there with my dad and a lot of other saints of old and i know what marcus y'all know too what mark has wanted to do and want the family to do is to go further you know you the way you make marcus proud is continue to shine brightly and move forward and you know we don't get stuck in the past we know again marcus is with the lord so i just celebrate him and joanie just and you're raised up for my five minutes is over but one more thing how about the day star team the guys in front of the camera behind the tam cameras you guys are amazing putting out excellence so thanks for supporting the family and great speaker or anything it was because of faithful people and the grace of god and i believe that's that's what we're going to see with the daystar viewers and the daystar staff and all y'all just continue to rise up and support them and we'll make mark us proud more more importantly we'll make we'll make jesus proud but uh we bless you all today and thanks for letting me have a part if we could have the all the lamb sons and daughters come up with all your spouses [Music] jonathan would you mind going first [Music] i have to say first of all i'm so honored to be able to stand here and honor my father the marcus lamb was truly a life well-lived you know my dad was a very loving father he had many cute nicknames for me he called me things like to daddy's pal quito the flash and even now as a 36 year old man he called me jonathan kadiddlehopper my father always taught and prayed over me and he taught me to walk humbly before god depending fully on him alone he also taught me the absolute importance of putting family first before ministry he was a principled man and these are a few of the things that deeply impacted me about him he never spoke ill of others he never uttered a single curse word he never touched alcohol and he never gave up these were some of the things that people knew about my father but i'd love to share my heart of the man he was before daystar became what it is today in the small beginnings he was a man with a vision from god with no money no connections and a young wife who is pregnant with me in fact when he first found out joni was pregnant he slid down the wall [Music] because there's no money or income for hospital bills but he was a genius he would go to a local news station that was disposing of their barely functioning old cameras that required daily maintenance just to get a working video signal out of them and that's what he went on air when he first started christian television i've seen footage of my mother fully pregnant with me pushing me on a ladder while marcus would be up in the rafters adjusting lights and electrical they didn't get paid for years and years yet they worked so hard and god provided for all of their needs my dad told me that he had two babies born a week apart their tel their first television station and me i was along for the ride from day one and it's in those early days that make me so beyond proud of my father and the man that he was by trusting god day by day and partnering with him daystar became what it is today reaching every corner of the world with the gospel of jesus christ the characteristics that were innate my father were his grit pure determination and unwillingness to compromise the word of god and the power of the holy spirit but what i really loved about my dad was his humility he told me that every time he would pull onto the daystar property he would be overwhelmed of gratitude that the lord had entrusted him with much [Music] now on the golf course that was a little bit of a different story there he didn't hold back his fiercely competitive nature as pastor jimmy evans alluded to earlier nor did he let let letting others oh know of his on course success he truly had a profound love for the game and i'm so grateful for that because it allowed us to have a four hour uninterrupted window of time every week since i graduated from college i'm so thankful that he said to me just a few weeks ago that i was his favorite person to golf with that i meant so much because he truly loved playing the great game of golf more than anything besides family and ministry marcus lamb was truly god's general from preaching in small rural churches to massive stadiums he ministered to millions around the world in his 36 years of television ministry and he reached out to numerous pastors on a personal level in helping with their marriages financial situations or spiritual advice dad you left a great legacy from my childhood you would talk to me about the future and tell me about how one day i would step into your shoes i thought that one day we'd come much farther down the road but here we are today so now as you've taught me and as the holy spirit leads me i will take care of you mom the family and i'll walk humbly before god carrying your mantle forward i love you dad [Applause] i met marcus 11 years ago jonathan um wanted to introduce me to his parents so he invited me over for dinner and um now 22 year old susie was always running late so as usual i was late back then i was about 10 15 minutes late and so i come to the house and i said oh my gosh i'm so sorry i'm running you know i was running late i was speeding i got pulled over i got it and he just smiled he said oh no and i said actually it's okay because i was going 65 and a 50. and i got a ticket i totally deserved it and um he just looked at me and smiled and he said i respect that you took responsibility and and my heart opened up last last day he was always speaking life always affirming the strengths in me he loved me like a daughter i felt his love he cared for every need i talked to him about my cat wally i talked to him about anything he introduced me to a lot of cool things i love food and he likes it too liked it so we'd go to babes chicken and i love my you know the hot biscuits and he was like no susie you're doing it wrong you don't just put the butter in there you're supposed to open it up and pour the honey all over it but when i was 23 he made me try my first steak and i mean he just kind of was like you really have to try it please so i did and then my life was changed and then of enjoying to us he cared about everything he would send me emails so many emails and they're so beautiful i took screenshots he sent me an email he would send me emails of articles on how to study the bible how to be a good preacher a speaker and he'd always write this is for my preacher girl and um you know i would read that and i'd just smile but it means so much more now that email would be followed up about a cat that went viral for doing something he balanced it all beautifully some of the most precious times of my whole life will be those last three weeks that i got with him because i'm really thankful that his eyes were always searching for joni no matter what she um and she was always there so patient so loving um and those last few days he spoke such beautiful precious words my last night with him it was 3 30 in the morning and he looked at me absolutely and he said no i'm serious i need it and i i said okay yes sir but thanksgiving pie together we're gonna go to silver fox and eat steak together and you know those because it was so hard to see such a strong man going through what he went through but god was so present with him and our whole family got to really spend beautiful time with him and i'll thank god for the rest of my life for that gift that i had with him and um i know that if god called a moment it was for a very very strong amazing reason and one day we'll know because god's ways are not our ways but we'll understand someday and we thank god that we got to enjoy marcus for as long as we did love you poppy [Applause] thank you all for coming today i know my dad would be so completely overwhelmed to see so many of you all his family and close friends i can't tell you how honored and touched he'd be to see how loved he was by so many for me my dad is probably the easiest person to talk about because he was my favorite person in the whole world he was fiercely determined very tender-hearted and so funny he always loved making jokes mr lamb where are you right now and in his true quick witted style he boldly said the united states of america that was just my dad being himself finding humor in the most serious moments he taught me so much especially about what's possible when you have a god-given dream says determine his destiny when god put a vision for the future in his heart he and my mom faithfully pursued it and against i'm true to work with my dad and learn from his wisdom and insight you know he always said i was 99 like him and one percent like my mom that must be why it feels like a vlog you just can't calculate he'd say rachel we have to do our best and let god do the rest now we all know what a generous heart my dad lives over the last few days i have marveled at the number of people who have texted me saying things like you help me or you believed in me when no one else would he was also an amazing businessman having all of us following the lord and serving alongside him in the ministry his family is his greatest achievement and while he will no doubt be remembered for his commitment to take the gospel around the world i'll remember him encouragement to reach for excellence and live fully for jesus of all the things to miss what i know i'll miss the most is our special time we talk about our day call me his rage girl as you might imagine watching my mom bonked in love and devotion i'm so proud of you mom to see you take up the mantle of leadership in the face of such loss and to watch your passion for people only go stronger i'm in awe we're all standing with you and we will be right by your side and i was with my dad every single day while he was at the hospital and i would remind him of who he was you are a son of god you are a minister of the gospel you have so much to but he is healing me and i will declare the works of the lord and he will declare the works of the lord i love you so much dan and i will miss you every day that i will see you again it's um incredible thank you holy spirit marcus reaches many people as possible with the good news of jesus and you know he studied the word of god like no one i've ever met before when i first saw verses and i got to tell you i kind of found that a little hard to wrap my mind around that i was thinking seven thousand he would quote some sort of scripture to me he lived uh in-laws well you know in-laws right i see a few people wiggling in there the favorite people to be around because he brought life was a great guy most people know marcus because he and joanie started they pioneered and ran daystar and uh and you say now josh with that marcus lamb smile we have the best advisor in the world the holy spirit daystar is not ours and uh i guess you know now moving forward under jony's leadership so glory to glory reaching more people every single year with the good news of jesus christ this has just choose to trust any moving forward and jesus is joining his husband you were the one that he would talk about everyone said it every time on the golf course you were the one that he would dedicate every shot to you were the first person that he would he was texting on the goal that we're going to be here for you we love you so so much he had israel together and um i decided that i was going to ask rebecca to marry me but before i did that but we um had marcus in the room she ordered up a hot chocolate from marcus and an americano for myself and um i'm walking to the room i'm praying in the spirit this is the biggest moment of my life i'm gonna ask marcus lamb for his daughter's hand in marriage this is i wanted to ask for rebecca's hand in marriage and he looks to me straight face and he says in that great georgia texan accent now do you want her hand or the whole thing his answer and we went on to talk probably for the longest conversation we had ever had meant like two hours i think in in the room and um lane stepping into my life with rebecca and our family you know it's amazing we're on the final night of hanukkah and to be healed i fully believed he was going to walk out of that hospital and we were all going to be united again i didn't realize that the miracle was going to be him actually going to heaven i'm gonna have to take that up with the lord later because i'm not super pleased with it but it is what it is but here's the thing that i felt in my spirit after is if you know the story of hanukkah evil forces of the time defiled the temple tried to eradicate israel kill the jewish people stop the studying of torah or the bible stop praising god and there was a remnant that they fought and they brought the temple back to the lord they rededicated to the lord and let the evil forces of this time run a racket he was not going to let the cancel culture or the pharmakia industry or any of that get away getting getting rid of the unborn children he was none of that he stood and he fought and so my prayer for all of us today for rebecca and i and for our family is that that mantle passes to all of us that we come together as one body that we stand united that we continue to fight as marcus and honoring the lord i believe all of us can do that together [Music] last thing just for marcus go bulldogs and whoo [Applause] wow when i walked out here i was so touched because i saw and he had a heart for the church he loved all denominations all cultures all people he really had god's heart and i know he would be so honored because of christ i want to read a verse that makes me think of my dad's life all right i gotta get a pretty bean poured out as a drink offering and the time of my departure is at hand i have fought the good fight i have finished the race i have kept the faith finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which the lord the righteous judge will give to me on that day and not to me only but also to all who have longed for his appearing that was my dad [Music] oh and i think he got that crown and he did pour out his life like a drink offering you know my dad was a fearless leader you know he would joke about being small but he was mighty in spirit and i'm just so proud of how he conducted himself all these years but i was really proud of how strong and firm he was in his beliefs near the end of his life he did not let anything stop him and i really honored him for the fact that he would not allow the fear of man or anyone would ever say about him stop him from doing what was right and saying what was right because my dad truly feared and honored god and that was exactly the kind of leader who he was and who and while my dad was this bold strong leader great golfer publicly my favorite part of my dad was actually who he was privately i don't think it's common for someone to say this about someone but the best version of my dad was who he was behind closed doors and it was who i got to see because i got to know this but my dad was shy and introverted you wouldn't think that because of how charismatic he could be on stage but the best version of him was in the comfort of his own home because that's where he was the most comfortable and he would joke and tell he would laugh and he would tell stories and he's hearing that so much and he was extremely tender-hearted and he loved people and he was really almost like childlike in his heart he was just the kindest sweetest soul i don't know if everyone got to see that and so i wanted to share that part of who he was because it was just the sweetest thing when we um when i uh walked out of the hospital after dad had passed you know in times of my life just being honest being an immature sometimes i would get mad at god over stupid things over little things but when i left the hospital i thought about jesus and i thought god i'm not mad at you i thought about a derek prince sermon called it cost all he had and it talks about the sacrifice of jesus and he said that when they pierced jesus in the side and blood flowed out and water flowed out derrick said he believed that every single drop of his blood was shed and i told jesus i said thank you for the price you paid that i can see my dad again and that this is not the end but it's just the beginning you can know the mind of god but i do believe that this was god's timing and i do believe that it does not stop when we go to heaven i think it's just beginning and i think we have someone interceding for all of us and helped prepare the way excited about that and yeah i just have to say this mom one of these billy burke said was that when dad passed his life was live and i'm so thankful that the legacy will continue on the last thing i want to talk about and then i'm done is someone that was deeply deeply important to my father and i witnessed this firsthand growing up with him than in his life personally thing and everything they were friends and god be a byproduct of his int but one of the things dad shared with me before he passed um close to the time of his passing is that he had been saddened seeing some churches kind of drift away from the ministry and the personhood of the holy spirit and i know that if he was here right now he would encourage you to not give up the person and the ministry of the holy spirit [Applause] earth says in zechariah not by might nor by power but by my spirit says the lord i believe we are in a time where we need the holy spirit more than ever in a time of deception he is the spirit of truth and a time of he is the great comfort and in the time where we need the supernatural working of god he is the miracle worker [Applause] finally when jesus gave us the great commission then he said go into all the world and preach the gospel we're going to do that we're going to go we're going to make disciples of all nations we're going to keep going but the way we do that and the way that jesus the pheasants of the holy spirit thank you [Applause] two things very important to marcus were israel and the prayer of blessing pastor john hagee is passionate about israel and as a close friend of marcus and jones he's prayed prayers of blessings over each of the lamb children at the end their spouses at the wedding please welcome pastor hague as he comes to share and to pray a prayer a blessing [Applause] [Music] is the sovereign will of god that every person in this room and those of you who are listening by television live under the power of the blessing of the presence of god spoken blessing in the genesis of time god created adam and eve and blessed them saying be fruitful and multiply adam and eve became the general managers of the universe through the power of god's blessing when god wanted to form a nation the ramifications of genesis 12 you cannot understand the rest of the bible because that is the blessing about which nations rise or fall i will bless those who bless you and i will curse those who curse you and in you shall all the families of the earth be blessed i believe the blessings of the lord rested upon daystar and upon marcus lamb on the life of joni and i believe that the best days of this network are in front of you with your leadership and the anointing of the holy spirit upon you and the lives of your children from adam and eve prevails jacob called his twelve sons into his bedroom on the day of his death and he spoke a prophetic blessing over nine one says and jacob called his twelve sons follow the words of jacob over though david who is a prophet david's grandson 33 generations removed jesus christ of nazareth set on a rock by the sea of galilee and he gave the sermon on the mount which amount to aids of mine confidence and courage that cannot be shaken because they are given of god then came the apostle paul brilliant and courageous who put his pen to parchment and wrote most of the new testament and he begins every one of those epistles with a blessing from god writes that jesus christ the revelation blessed is he who reads and hears the words of this prophecy even to the last book the power of the blessing is just as relevant today for the people of faith as it was in the garden of eden and of the prophetic blessing i would like now to bless the sons and daughters of marcus and joni lamb the future of their lives for the future children would you please come may the lord bless you and may the lord you his peace may the angels of god go before you to prepare your way and go behind you to be your rear guard may he bless your going in and you're coming out may the word of god be a lamp unto your feet and as this christian network goes forward may the unlimited blessings of the lord rest upon you and continue to bless your house as you bless the house of israel for zion's sake you will not keep silent and for jerusalem as generationally you receive the continued blessings of god may the blessings of king david shape your destiny may you be like trees planted by rivers of living water that brings forth its fruit and its season whose leaf shall not wither and whatsoever you do from this day forward will prosper and be exceedingly blessed receive this blessing give christ say amen amen god bless [Applause] [Music] [Music] you are here [Music] i worship you i worship you you are here and you're working in this world come on sing it out with me [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] you are here [Music] who you are [Music] [Applause] [Music] and even when i don't feel like you're working you never stop you never stop working you never stop you never stop working even when i'm working you never stop you never stop [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Applause] [Music] god bless you all and in particular the lamb family uh the many course of voices around the world who were shocked and hurt and devastated at the loss of marcus land but our loss is heaven's game i do want to say that i have known marcus and joni for a very very long time and i have watched him do amazing things not without her but together they built a an empire that touched the world for jesus christ and continues to touch the world but it is not just what he built that i wanted to speak about it was more in particular who he is uh marcus had a way of uh texting me all the time uh whenever he preached at anybody's church he would tell me to be praying for him and he knew that if he played me i was a guaranteed win but he included me he was a voracious reader because he was a broad thinker we had the kind of friendship that we often didn't agree about things and sometimes we would debate things but never to the degree that we separated i think it's important in the world that we're living in today that we find a way to reach across our differences and connect as christians and be the example that god called us to be we've seemingly lost uh our continuity our unity our our sense of family our sense of being one body in christ jesus marcus knew how to embrace all kinds of believers and how to walk with him and how to talk with him his tremendous personality uh was exhibited at his fellowships and at our events and we've enjoyed a long-standing relationship he used to laugh because he said 57 was a great year because both he and i were born in 1957. i have many fond memories many things that i will reflect upon for years to come i want to say that he is gone but he has not forgotten our hearts go out to all of you today as we worship together and sing together and laugh together and weep together we know that we are not alone because the comforter himself us amongst us may the sweet presence of the holy spirit comfort and guide the family and friends through this time of bereavement from the potter's house in dallas i'm bishop t.d jakes sending my love and prayers i'm so sorry i couldn't be there today but i'm grateful that you've extended me this grace to speak about my brother and my friend mark his lamb the following video is a tribute to marcus's podcaster marcus slam and encouragement it's when you give all of your mind all of your body and all of your soul or spirit one that says god i'll go where you want me to go i'll do what you want me to do i'll say what you want me to say and i'll be what you want me to be that's what god is because god is gonna bring your true and do it unto the lord [Music] a dynamic tv and thoughtful wisdom to all who tuned in hello everybody and welcome today to celebration you know we will do our very best to share with you encouraging words prophetic words things that are going on in the world i'm going to always with god's help to stand on the principle it's the trick so sit down my name is johnny t who we are celebrating my sweetheart's birthday clapping laughing i'll just tell you you never know on live tv what my sweetheart is going to say but he's going to say something interesting fan of my dreams marcus lamb welcome to the table looking good love strong faith and joyous laughter that will continue impacting the next generation little israeli elisha lab you sweet poppy loves you poppy was leaving come here come here wait look at this [Music] thank you asher now i can't do the come on can you walk on command look at that finger he does like that a lot we wanted what will my legacy be what do i want people to remember me by i want people to say that marcus lamb was in compassion for others that he was one that experienced and received the grace of god of course to remember a love for the gospel and to remember the great commission to go that is the cry of my heart [Music] minister and humility [Music] recorded her comments watch this port i want to welcome all of you that are here today and thank you so very much for walking alongside us over the years thank you to our wonderful family who stood with us as we stepped out on this very friends and ministry to all of you amazing pastors and to all of those who have worked alongside us in christian television as co-laborers marcus had such a heart for people in ministry and i'm so honored that you would be here today you know i could have never believed that i would be here speaking to you talking about my husband's homegoing but if there's one thing i've learned living life with marcus lamb is that this journey has church there in south carolina and one of the things that really impressed me early on was his knowledge of the word and the memorization of scriptures but i remember when he asked me out on a date i had never dated a minister before and i remember thinking i wonder he's going to be like all spiritual and but i got to see the other side the fun side and i thought you know what he's just like everyone else he's a human being that wants to have fun and that wants to find love we did find love and after meeting in october of 1980 we were married is that marcus wanted to do something out of the box so he literally wired a box over the altar and after they pronounced us husband and wife it dropped rose petals from the ceiling and everyone gasped that was such a fun moment for him he loved it i loved his creativity you know a year after it was just such an amazing trip the land of the bible but while we were on the mount of olives the lord began to speak to marcus about getting involved in christian television and it was in 1983 that we moved to montgomery alabama and said yes to building the first christian television station we moved to montgomery we built that station we were there for seven long years we ended up building a hundred and going on satellites all over the world and preaching the gospel all over the world thus daystar was born and we have to give god the glory for all of that father and grandfather he loved each one of his children and grandchildren so much he was so proud of each of them and of course you know he was always making me laugh i can remember in the normal morning for me for us we would get up have a cup of coffee we would uh talk about the day's show that we were going to do together live because marcus liked life then he would come get ready and so many times i'd hear him singing a song about me in the shower and i loved that i loved the last couple years that we've had together our kids are grown and married and have kids he loved to play golf those last few days in the hospital he kept looking at me and telling me i want to go home i want to go home well he's home but not only had a priestly anointing but he had a kingly anointing he was so careful with the money that came into destar he was a good steward he didn't believe in wasting god's money i know funny little story i'll tell you when we stayed at a hotel and there was a bar of soap if he used it then he would take a piece of plastic and wrap it and take it home and i would say honey you don't need to take the soap home he's like no we might they were just going to throw it away and again because of that we have a solid foundation to build on and daystar will build on it we will continue to support revival and the truth we will not back down from exposing the devil for that promise to you to god and to marcus i started with him every day in the hospital and by his side he was more determined than ever he said moving forward he wanted to be a closer friend and supporter of israel he wanted to be more vigilant than ever before about winning souls being for revival in the end time harvest he wanted to continue to speak the truth about the freedoms we see being taken away and he wanted to continue to not be ashamed of the holy spirit when he passed it was one of the hardest days of my life sean bolt shared with me that at 2 am pacific time he saw a flash of light outside of his window and he said he thought in that moment exactly at 4 00 am dallas time which would have been 2 a.m california time marcus met jesus like we expected at the end of the day i don't question god i know god before he was promoted to heaven he kept asking again to go home can i go home can i go well he's home marcus lamb was the love of my life i loved him with all my heart and i know that he's heard the words well done good and faithful servant pastor jensen franklin is a lifelong friend of marcus joni and please welcome him at this time as he comes to bring the eulogy [Applause] such an honor to be here today with this precious family charissa and i love you so much this is one of the most unfair assignments you could ever give a preacher i hold in high esteem all the remarkable leaders that are here i see so many household names in ministry and certainly the men that have gone before me i'm sitting back there and i thought how can i do better than that how can i do better than that and the thought hit me if i'm shorter than each one of them were i would do better than that and so that's my goal but they truly are you've touched uh i was just thinking about it you in moments that you weren't even aware of you touched more people than you can imagine and i just salute all the pastors and the pastors wives that are here today that [Music] when you pay a tremendous price i thought about you and marcus joni and i was reminded of the quintessential couple in the new testament their names are aquila and priscilla they're found six times in the new testament they're the only couple that's mentioned in the new testament over and over and over and they were amazing they started out in rome and were married spent their honeymoon in rome it was then that they were ran out of there and he they ended up in corinth and there in corinth they met a man by the name of paul he moved into their home for 18 months and lived in their home according to the scriptures a young man coming up about to shake the world was being shaped by a power couple of the new testament the names are never mentioned one without the other they were inseparable kind of like marcus and joni always finding young voices and raising them up and giving them an opportunity i was pastoring a little church in gainesville georgia the poultry capital of the world nobody had ever asked me to come and preach on tv and i get a phone call from a little station in alabama and i went down there and my knees were not knocking they were missing i was terrified they had maybe two or three cameras in that little bitty studio in alabama it was my old friend marcus an evangelist he and i and perry stone and others came up in the church of god together just starting out all had dreams when we would get together with our wives it would feel like we were a family it would just feel like there was a kinmanship an indescribable bond that comes with ministers and i remember that night in alabama and then i remember another moment with the lambs when they told me they were going to move to dallas and i really thought if if marcus had not had johnny i would have thought he's gone off the deep end just like all those other preachers but i knew she was the anchor and she knew that they had heard from god to go to dallas texas no no station permit no nothing but a word from god sold that station in alabama and moved to country bumpkins one from south carolina one from macon georgia but boy the anointing of god that on them was so real and the vision was so powerful and here we stand today all over the world there you are and i just want to give you this quick message that god laid on my heart he really did in exodus the 28th chapter and in the 29th chapter particularly he says and the holy garments of aaron shall be upon his seed after him to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them that son that will become the priest shall put them on seven days after he passes after the dead passes you're to wear these garments and in the old testament the priest had to wear them seven days the son that received the garment had to wear seven days and couldn't change the clothes the family plan is god's plan in the earth today as complicated and challenging as family life is and my wife charisse is here we have five children four grandchildren as complicated and challenging as family life can be it's still the greatest thing god ever gave mankind [Applause] god's not raised intact families and intact marriages and we need a baptism of strong families in america and in the church and in the ministry a blessing on every family that would be watching this and that would be gathered in this place today to honor god's servant marcus lamb i'm here today prophetically to proclaim a blessing over your home that will be so strong god will refocus love one on another for another again in the home that will be so strong that god can re-flicker the flame in every marriage that seems to have almost gone out moses take aaron and take his sons and prepare them garments i'm calling this family aaron would be the priest the first priest and i'm calling not only the man but i'm calling his family i'm calling his children i have a special anointing for this family they're different they're not ev like every other family to be raised in a ministry home is different you can try to be normal you'll never be normal you're ruined you have been raised in a pastor's home by design and call of god and you'll never be able to get away from it it's not a curse it's a blessing [Applause] moses makes special garments that will make the family stand out they will be distinct garments and these garments this garment will be passed from one generation to then up to another what kind of garments are you passing to the next generation we only pass on listen very carefully we only pass on what we wear not what we profess marcus wore three garments they really are what he was not who he taught number one he wore the garment of praise isaiah 61 said put on the garment of praise when the spirit of heaviness and trials and tribulations and grief and sorrow and depression try to overtake you put on the god he was he loved to play the music he loved to play the piano he loved to sing he loved to rejoice he loved the singers and please listen to me mom and dad every one of you the only garment that you will pass on is not what you profess oh i love the lord and i love to praise the lord but if you don't wear that and not just talk it it will not be transferred to the next generation the garment that you wear is the same garment your children will wear if you treat praise lightly if you act like worship is no big deal if they never see your the dad raise the hand the reason we have so many teen sickles in the church is because we've got so many popsicles but if dad and granddad would get their hands up and get excited and get on fire and get off your hands and get them up you know what the children are watching i had a praising daddy and the garment fell and with it they were able to do miraculous things there is a garment of praise and let your kids see that praise i'm the product of a praising family i tried to sin i tried to do wrong i tried to go out and backslide and be drunk and high and i'd get high with my friends and they would see pink elephants i would see elijah i would see moses i would see the four horses of the apocalypse i couldn't get away from it i tried but there's something about a mom who'll raise her hands in not just on the mountain but when she's standing in front of the casket of the man she loves but there's something about in that moment and i'm trying to behave i i don't know how to do anything but do what i do because my put the garment on me he was a holy ghost preacher and we need it in this hour today somebody take a praise break and just give the lord a shout aren't you glad somebody showed you how to praise the lord where i go i will praise his name yes and that's what will get in your children in the dark that is dropping on you family members rebecca becca and rachel and old jonathan [Music] it's falling on you young man named timothy it's amazing son the same faith that i see in you i saw it first in your grandmother eunice and then she dropped the garment when she died and lois your mother first in the grand the granny and then the the mother lois picked it up and and paul said now i see that same garment in you don't just admire your daddy's garments a praise and faith but wear them they were intended when it was created it wasn't just created for aaron's generation proof version what was good then put some lights on it do whatever you want to do put some makeup that powerful anointing and that powerful faith and praise that got us where we are if i can't get a pentecost away man i'll take a baptist nod or a presbyterian cough i'll take a raised catholic eyebrow give me a give me i'll take anything i can get right now somebody who knows i'm preaching the truth will you just give god a praise just a minute on behalf of an evangelist i want somebody to shout oh marcus likes shouting no we don't ever need to get too quiet to shout some walls that'll never fall till you learn how to shout wear it well i believe in it but you don't do it wear it lastly [Music] there was a lot of prayer that went into the garment that are falling on you today there was a lot of tears there's a lot of lonely you have no idea the loneliness these men along with god hours hours and hours and days of fasting days of prayer days of studying the word and reading it and reading it again and carrying the burden that feeling comes on you friday and and really before but really bad friday and then saturday's all messed up don't want to see nobody don't want to be around nobody what's wrong with you it's in consecration it still wears well fasting still what wears well in this generation holy living still wait do it it's just some things i i told the lord when i got saved i'm done with that and i'm gonna put on the garment of holy consecration and anointing give me a big amen somebody and so i count today and i'm so thankful for you this family and the lord spoke to my heart and he said to remind every pastor and every leader and every person watching by television to remind you joni our families belong to god and there is today what kind of garments mom and dad where these garments will have praise and worship and faith and consecration and separation and anointing of the holy spirit [Music] how many of you want god to pour out a blessing on your family again like never before why don't we reestablish that blessing as you stand to your feet all over this room for a moment would you lift your hands up and right there where you're watching this in your home there may be all kinds of hell going on i know what you're going through i know what it is to question i know what it is to raise children i know what it is but i'm going to tell you the blessing is greater than any attack that comes against our families and our homes and if you believe it raise your hands and proclaim lord bless my family and it's so i love what i love what joel said he said a little line that really meant a lot to me because i could relate to it myself he said don't don't let it put pressure on you who your father was and somehow you've got to do you know it's too much to put on you so all you've got to do is know that you were chosen and called of god and he's got you and you are going to do it for the glory hymns cause we've got you we're a bunch of shepherds with staffs and we've got your back joanie we've got you that blessing receive that blessing and one day soon and very soon a trumpet's going to sound and king jesus is going to step out on a cloud and instantly we'll be translated and go sweeping through the gates and stand on a sea of glass and look up to the lamb that is on the throne [Music] and as jason krabs sings we're gonna sing i bowed on my knees and cried holy you may be seeded [Applause] [Music] of a city call glory soon when i see angels oh there they carried me from [Music] i want to see jesus for he is [Music] [Music] glory [Music] they took me down the streets [Music] mark [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] oh [Music] if you'll just stand remain standing for a moment aren't christians the only people in the world who can grieve and rejoice at the same time and that's what we did today but why don't we just say you put in all of us through marcus land thank you god that he said yes and that he kept saying yes and thank you lord for the millions of people who've come to christ around the world because of him and we thank you lord for how you've used him and we thank you god for how you are going to continue to use joanie and the family and day star and we bless your holy name in jesus name amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey i'm pastor alan jackson join me on sunday mornings here on day star for the encouragement and hope we need in the midst of this season of confusion and fear god is preparing us i'll see you then alan jackson [Music] from our family to yours [Music] posing hymns that connected hurting hearts to the healing love of god experience the power of worship to transform your pain into purpose call now or go online to become a day star partner today petrol germany we made national headlines [Music] one

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Length: 89min 57sec (5397 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 07 2021