Delayed But Not Denied
Rev. David Smith Preached on 8/3/2026
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Summary
Rev. David Smith encourages the congregation that a waiting period in prayer does not mean God has said 'no,' using the story of Jarius's daughter to prove that Jesus can turn a perceived end into a miraculous beginning.
Key points
- •Divine timing is not human timing; Jarius faced a delay when his daughter died, but Jesus turned that delay into a resurrection.
- •A 'delayed' answer to prayer is not a 'denied' answer; God often waits until human hope is exhausted to show His strength.
- •The 'miracle is in your mouth'; believers must speak faith and blessing over their lives rather than agreement with sickness or doubt.
- •True spiritual growth requires removing 'holy sins' like gossiping, backbiting, and murmuring which hinder the move of the Spirit.
- •Salvation and the gift of the Holy Spirit (evidenced by speaking in tongues) are available to everyone who asks in simple faith.
Scripture
Faith
Miracles
Holy Spirit
Perseverance
Restoration
Life application
Identify one area where you feel God has delayed an answer to your prayer. This week, consciously replace complaints or doubt regarding that situation with the declaration: 'I am blessed and highly favored; this delay is not a denial.'
Reflection questions
- What is your typical reaction when God doesn't answer a prayer on your timeline?
- Are there 'crowds of doubt' in your life (people or thoughts) that you need to 'put out of the house' to make room for a miracle?
- How does the distinction between a 'delay' and a 'denial' change your perspective on your current trials?
- What does it mean to you to 'dance in advance' before the miracle arrives?
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0:00>> one more time. In his arm now. [singing]
0:00In his arm. It is on now.
0:00>> It is on. [music and singing]
0:03>> I feel
0:05protected.
0:07>> Oh, it is on now. [music and singing]
0:10Oh now
0:13>> connected.
0:14>> Oh,
0:17[music]
0:17[singing]
0:18>> oh, now
0:19>> I feel
0:21protected.
0:22>> There's no place [music and singing]
0:23>> there's no place I'd rather.
0:27>> If you believe that right now, why don't
0:29you lift your hands all over this
0:31congregation?
0:32God, I thank you, Lord. I give you
0:34honor. I give you praise. I give you
0:38glory for all the things that you have
0:40done, Lord. Spirit of the Lord is in
0:43this place today.
0:45Spirit of the Lord is in this place. Why
0:47don't you just open your mouth and say,
0:49"God, whatever you have for me, I'm
0:51willing to receive it today. Whatever
0:54you have for me, I'm willing to receive
0:57it today.
0:59God, I thank you, Lord. I thank you,
1:02Lord." Well,
1:04Holy Ghost is in the place.
1:08I sense his presence.
1:11Thank you music team and to brother
1:15Howard, the best music leader, man of
1:19God in the world. He truly is true man
1:24of God.
1:25And uh as pastor already said, I'm glad
1:29I got my wife and my youngest with me.
1:31And I'm a blessed man today. My oldest
1:34daughter and husband are preaching. My
1:37second children, they are assistant
1:39pastor and preaching. My boys out
1:42preaching today and my baby's traveling
1:45with me and she does kids church and my
1:49wife keeps us all straight. I'm a
1:51blessed man. All my children are serving
1:55the Lord and in ministry. [applause]
1:59And I heard,
2:01"Thank you for honoring your pastor and
2:04your pastor's wife and their family
2:06today. They are a great uh man of God
2:10and woman of God." And uh I like him
2:13because he's kind of like me. He's a
2:15little hyper.
2:17If you're a guest here and you didn't
2:18realize that, come back next Sunday.
2:20You'll see the same thing.
2:22>> And uh and so uh I like that he likes to
2:25have fun. You know what? Ain't no sense
2:28in coming to church and not having fun.
2:31Huh? I like to have fun all the time. Do
2:33you? Don't you?
2:35>> All right. And it's good to see brother
2:37and sister Franklin. I moved to
2:40Alexandria this past year and thought I
2:42was going to get to hang out with him
2:44and the Lord had different plans, but
2:46it's so good to see them uh today and
2:49their family. That is a great man and
2:52woman of God. And I know the home church
2:56is missing them, but they're in the will
2:58of the Lord. So there you go. All right.
3:01Can we go to the word?
3:03>> And uh are you going to preach with me?
3:06>> Now, we've been here a little bit, but I
3:08won't preach long if you preach with me.
3:10If you don't preach with me, I don't
3:12have to leave till 4.
3:15And I'm not tired, and I'm not thirsty,
3:17and I'm not hungry. And I brought the
3:20whole Bible. And so, uh, uhoh.
3:25Uh-oh. So, look at your neighbor and
3:27say, "Preach with that guy, cuz I want
3:29to go home in a little bit." All right.
3:32Everybody all right with that? Now, I
3:34like to cut up. I like to have fun. And
3:36so, uh, if you're easily offended, run
3:38on down here. We'll anoint you with a
3:40little oil and, uh, we'll get the
3:42offense off of you and you can go
3:43through the rest of the service not
3:45ticked off. And, uh, and so we'll just
3:47have fun. Look at your neighbor. Tell
3:49them you look better than I do. That'll
3:52get you going right there. Some of you
3:53need to do that with your fingers
3:55crossed. And uh
3:59it was great to see. I don't always tell
4:01him, but I have followed him ever since.
4:04I'm not saying he's way older than me,
4:06but ever since I was old enough to know
4:08who Brother Bruce How was.
4:11>> And I always used to love watching him
4:13because it didn't matter what kind of
4:15service they were having. It could be
4:16dead as a hammer
4:18>> and Brother How would just take off
4:20shouting. And I used to think that's my
4:22kind of guy.
4:23>> I used to tell Bishop Euan, "Man, that
4:25Brother How's got something that
4:27everybody else don't have." Brother Euan
4:29said, "Well, Bubba, just get out there
4:31and shout with him." And so, I thought
4:33I'll just act crazy like Brother How.
4:35So, Brother How, it was so good to see
4:37you, sir. And that is a great man of
4:39God. The Bible said, "Behold, one of the
4:41rulers of the synagogue came Jarus by
4:44name." And the Bible said that he fell
4:46fell at his feet and he begged him
4:48earnestly saying, "My little daughter
4:50lies at the point of death. Come and lay
4:52your hands on her that she may be healed
4:55and she will live." And the Bible said
4:58that while he was speaking, some come
5:00from the ruler of the synagogue's house
5:02and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why
5:04trouble the master any further?" Why you
5:06want to trouble the master any further?
5:09But the Bible said that as soon as Jesus
5:12heard the words that were spoken, he
5:14said, "Do not be afraid, but only
5:17believe." I don't know about you, but he
5:19said, "Don't be afraid." He said, "Only
5:22believe." It said he suffered no man to
5:24follow him, save Peter, James, and John,
5:26the brother of James. And he came to the
5:28house of the ruler of the synagogue, and
5:30he saw a tomb, which was a commotion
5:33made by a large crowd. And there was
5:35folks that were weeping and wailing
5:37loudly. And he says, "Why you want to
5:40make the commotion and weep again? For
5:43the child is not dead, but only asleep."
5:46And the Bible said they laughed him to
5:48scorn. He had to put them all out. And
5:50he took the father and the mother and
5:51those who were with him. And then it
5:54said he took that child by the hand and
5:56said to Lethalum, which was translated,
5:58"Little girl, I say unto you, arise."
6:01And the Bible said that immediately the
6:03girl arose and she walked and she was 12
6:06years of age. and they were all overcome
6:08with great amazement. If you'll let me
6:10preach just for a few moments, I promise
6:14I won't preach long. I'd like to preach
6:16on this subject here today. Delayed but
6:20not denied.
6:22>> Delayed but not denied.
6:24>> Yeah. Now, I'm just telling you, they
6:27were saying all kind of stuff to the
6:28man. Your daughter's this, your
6:30daughter's that. But Jesus said, "Hold
6:32up. I'm about to step in. I've learned
6:34something about God." When God steps in,
6:36something's going to happen. Delayed,
6:39but not denied. In the house here today,
6:41you might not have got your answer yet,
6:43but I'm telling you that delayed answer
6:45to prayer don't mean it's denied because
6:47God's about to show himself.
6:51God's about to show himself strong in
6:53this house. And the next few moments,
6:55one more time, give him a hand clap or
6:57praise. And when you're done,
7:01brother, sister pork, it's good to see
7:03y'all also. God bless you. You can sit
7:05down if you like. Here we got a man. He
7:07had simple faith. He knew that if he
7:10could get Jesus to step into his
7:13daughter's life, uh that she was going
7:15to be all right. Uh even though the
7:18messenger uh of the synagogue uh he had
7:21a little doubt in his heart, but he did
7:23believe uh that Jesus was going to be
7:26able to do uh whatever it is uh that he
7:29was asking him to do. Uh, can I tell
7:32somebody in the building, uh, even
7:34though the crowd, uh, they begin to
7:37laugh him to scorn, uh, I'm telling you,
7:39Jaria said, "You know what? I'm not
7:41going to give up." In fact, Jesus said,
7:44"You know what? I'm going to have to get
7:45the onesh that's got a little doubt out
7:48the house." Can I tell somebody here in
7:50New Life today, uh, you might have to
7:52outshout your doubt before it's over
7:54with. Uh, but you might have to tell the
7:57devil, uh, I might be delayed, but I'm
7:59not going to be denied.Uh, Uh because
8:01God is on my side. Uh can I tell
8:04somebody my God can do anything uh in
8:08this house here today? Yeah, I've got
8:11news. Uh when God steps in, uh and
8:13things begin to happen, uh doubt has to
8:16step out. Uh when it looks like all hope
8:18is gone, uh God said, "I'm about to move
8:21on your behalf." Uh I'm telling you,
8:23when God begins to move, uh fear has to
8:26step out. Sin has to step out.
8:29oppression and depression has to step
8:32out. Every sickness and disease uh has
8:35to step out. Can I tell somebody in
8:37here? You might have a little delay in
8:39your life. Uh but you're not about to be
8:42denied. Uh somebody ought to dance in
8:45advance in this house. Uh and say, "I'm
8:47about to get my miracle. I'm about to be
8:50set free. Uh God is about to work out on
8:54my behalf."
8:55Can I tell somebody God is alive and
9:00well in the house? Can I tell somebody
9:03my God's not going to sit back? Uh my
9:06God's not going to ring his hands. Uh my
9:08God's not going to hold his head uh and
9:11say, "I wonder what's about to happen."
9:13Uh my God said, "I'm alive and well." Uh
9:16my God said, "Open your mouth uh jack
9:19your head back uh and say I'm blessed
9:22and highly favored." Uh God said uh all
9:25you got to do is ask. Uh and it shall be
9:28given unto you. Uh can I tell you a
9:31delayed answer don't mean you deny.
9:35[cheering and screaming]
9:36I'm here to tell you in this building.
9:38Uh I don't care what the devil says. Uh
9:41I don't care what the doctor says. Uh I
9:43don't care what the lawyer says, Brother
9:45Jones. Uh I don't care what the banker
9:47says. Uh when God moves into a
9:50situation, uh everything going to have
9:52to change. Uh when God steps, uh into a
9:56situation, uh things are going to have
9:58to move. Uh when God says scoot over, uh
10:01I'm about to step up in there,
10:03something's about to happen. Can I tell
10:06somebody, you might as well tell the
10:08devil, you don't got no power in here.
10:11Somebody ought to put your foot on the
10:14neck of the devil and tell the devil,
10:16"I'm about to open up a can of whoop
10:19anointing on you because I got God on my
10:23side."
10:25[cheering]
10:25Hey, somebody ought to shout like you
10:28know it. Somebody ought to clap your
10:30hands like you know it. Somebody ought
10:33to take a lap like you know it. Somebody
10:37ought to say, "This is my day.
10:40[cheering]
10:42delayed but not denied.
10:45Oh, high five somebody up in here and
10:48say, "I'm not denied." God is about to
10:51answer my prayer. God is about to see me
10:55through. God is about to work it out.
10:59God is about to do what only he can do.
11:05Hey,
11:07[cheering and applause]
11:08>> you say you believe God can take care of
11:10my sickness? Oh yeah.
11:12>> You believe God can heal my body? Oh
11:15yeah. You believe God can take care of
11:19my situation? Oh yeah. That Bible said
11:23faith without works is dead. I'mma get
11:26it out of context, but it's all right.
11:28He said where two or three are gathered
11:31together in my name. I don't know about
11:34you, but you better look around and know
11:36that the devil's about to have some
11:38problems up in here. The devil is about
11:40to be in trouble in here. I got more
11:43than two or three that can come together
11:46and say, "I'm not leaving the same way
11:48that I came." I understand that God is
11:52water when I'm thirsty. He's bread when
11:54I'm hungry. He's a friend that'll stick
11:56closer than a brother. He's a bridge
11:59over trouble.
12:01He's a bridge over troubled water. He's
12:04a great intercessor of all mankind. Uh
12:08my God is light. My God is love. My God
12:11is longevity. But more than that, he is
12:14Lord. [cheering and applause]
12:17>> That's all in the Bible. I'm going to
12:19give it to you ghetto terms. God don't
12:21play.
12:23>> God said when I get ready to do it, I'm
12:25going to do it. God said when I get
12:27ready to work it out, I'm going to work
12:28it out. God said when I get ready to
12:31bless, there ain't a devil in hell that
12:33can stop me. I'm telling somebody, don't
12:35you let the devil lie to you. Don't you
12:38let the devil just try to defend you.
12:40Don't you let the devil try to get
12:43something over on you. You need to tell
12:45the devil you're a liar. You're a
12:47deceiver. You're the father of lies and
12:50the truth isn't in you.
12:55>> You say you believe God can do it. Ain't
12:58no doubt.
13:00Bible said when Jesus left Gyarus's
13:04house, he came across those two blind
13:06dudes and he said, "You believe I'm able
13:10to do this?" They said, "Yes, Lord."
13:14>> He said, "Let it be according."
13:17Oh, let it be according.
13:20>> Let it be according
13:22>> to your faith.
13:24>> Let it be according. one place said,
13:26"Let it be according to your word." Can
13:29I tell you, your miracle is in your
13:31mouth. What you say is what you going to
13:34get. What you decree and declare is what
13:38God is going to let happen. See, I don't
13:40care how you feel. Hey, I get up in the
13:43morning sometime, I ain't feeling the
13:45best, but I got to say I'm blessed and
13:47highly favored. I got to say I'm going
13:49to be all right. Every once in a while,
13:51I got to get in the mirror and say,
13:53"Look at me, Joker. you going to be
13:55blessed and everything going to be all
13:56right. You better suck it up and come on
13:59because God's on your side. Some of you
14:01need to shake yourself right now. I'm
14:03not I'm telling you, some of you need to
14:08Some of you need to tell the Lord, "I'm
14:10here, God. I need you now. I want you
14:13now. I want you to work it out now."
14:15[screaming]
14:17[cheering]
14:19I'm telling you, oppression has to leave
14:21this place. Uh depression has to leave
14:24this place. Uh anxiety has to leave this
14:27place. Fear has to leave this place.
14:30[cheering]
14:32[applause]
14:33Don't have no power in here.
14:36[cheering]
14:36>> Delayed but not denied.
14:41>> Oh,
14:43sometime I think we keep oursel from
14:45getting what we need from God.
14:48>> I said it earlier. miracles in your
14:50mouth. When we start talking about
14:52things, I'm going just be transparent.
14:54I'm almost done. I don't preach long.
14:57Ain't no sense in it. Here we go. But
15:00you know, I know some guys, they can't
15:02even get cranked off for an hour. But I
15:04mean, I'm I got the helicopter ministry.
15:08I like your pastor. He be like preaching
15:10the announcements.
15:13It's about to be Friends Day and we
15:15going to be going. There going to be
15:17barbecue. They're going to be catfish.
15:19They're going to be garlic bread. Huh?
15:24I'm thinking about cancelling wherever
15:25I'm at and coming to Friends Day. I
15:28don't even want to preach. I just want
15:29to eat. [cheering]
15:35>> But we be I'm telling you, miracle is
15:38what you say is what you going to get.
15:40>> What what you speak, that's what's going
15:42to happen. You ever met them people? How
15:45you doing? I'm so sick, pastor. I'll
15:47probably be sick next week, too. I know
15:50some people love to get so sick so they
15:52can see their name on the screen. They
15:54say, "Yes, I'm number three this week.
15:58Two more Sundays, I'll be number one.
16:00Two more Sundays."
16:03Yeah. When we talk about, you know, sin
16:06and we talk about stuff, we always say,
16:08you know, smoking and drinking and
16:11running around and cheating, you know,
16:13we sin. But that that's for the that's
16:15for the common folk. Bump your neighbor,
16:16say that's for the common folk.
16:19>> But now we're going to talk about the
16:20holy folk. Bump your neighbor, say that
16:22could be you.
16:24>> Uhoh. I ain't going to ask you to get up
16:27and move if you know it's them because
16:28we got we ain't got a lot of room here
16:30today. But it might. But let me give you
16:32some more. See, it ain't just smoking
16:34and drinking and running around and
16:36chimp pimping and doing all them things.
16:38I didn't always do this. I'm sorry. I'm
16:40a little ghetto, but you ought to be all
16:41right. That's all right. I'm I can't
16:44help it. But I'mma give you some more
16:45sin. Uh like like gossiping.
16:48[cheering]
16:49Oh, like backbit biting.
16:51Like patting your neighbor on the back
16:54looking for a soft place to stab. Huh?
16:56[cheering and applause]
16:57Uh-oh. Murmuring.
17:00>> Well, look how quiet it got. I almost I
17:02almost heard a mouse licking ice at the
17:04back of the church. See, that's for all
17:05you holy folk. But you know what? God
17:07said, "I'm not going to put up with
17:08that." God said, "Your miracles in your
17:10mouth. What you say is what you're going
17:12to get. what you decree and declare,
17:14that's what's about to happen. What you
17:16begin to say, that's what God said I'm
17:18going to do. That's why I'm going to
17:19tell somebody, I don't care how I feel.
17:21I'm blessed and highly favored. I don't
17:23care what kind of hell I'm going through
17:25in my life. I'm blessed and highly
17:27favored. I don't care what kind of
17:29report I'm going to get. I'm blessed and
17:31highly favored. I don't care what nobody
17:33else says. I'm blessed and highly
17:35favored because I know that delayed does
17:38not mean I'm denied.
17:41[cheering]
17:42If you're not going to be denied in this
17:44house, you ought to shout right now. If
17:46you know your miracle's coming, you
17:48ought to give him praise uh right now.
17:51If you know that something's about to
17:53change uh in your life, you ought to
17:55shine right now. [cheering]
17:59Hey,
18:01take [screaming] somebody by the hand
18:03and say, "I'm going to rejoice with
18:05you." That Bible said rejoice uh when
18:08others rejoice. Uh he said rejoice in
18:11sickness. Uh rejoice in pain. Rejoice in
18:15misery. Rejoice.
18:18[cheering and applause]
18:20Yeah.
18:23Yeah. [cheering]
18:26>> I ain't going to let the devil get the
18:28upper hand. [cheering]
18:32>> People get too much credit.
18:34>> Too much credit.
18:36>> I had somebody one time they were
18:38shouting. And they weren't in the
18:39spirit. They was in the flesh.
18:42>> Uh-oh. Drawing. I was taught, Brother
18:44Euan used to say, if you doing something
18:47that draws attention to you,
18:49>> it ain't God.
18:52>> You just want to be seen.
18:56It was dead as a hammer in that church.
19:00>> She was just running, bucking, shouting,
19:03snorting, screaming. The pastor leans
19:06over says she does that all the time. I
19:08said, "That's all right. I don't care."
19:10I said, "It is kind of dead in here."
19:15He said, "Yeah, but she ain't in the
19:16Holy Ghost." I said, "Well, I know that,
19:17but that don't
19:19know.
19:21That don't mean it ain't dead in here."
19:22I said, "He is kind of dead in here."
19:26I mean, I'm just being honest. I mean,
19:27you know, he was being honest. Ain't no
19:29sense in lying to the preacher, you
19:31know, cuz, you know, he knows
19:32everything.
19:37like you going to come tell the pastor
19:39something he don't already know.
19:42>> He the pastor. He the man in charge. The
19:45main apple scrapper brother. The pastor
19:46knows everything. And if he don't know,
19:48give it about two minutes he will know
19:50cuz somebody going to come by and say
19:52pastor did you hear.
19:55But when they start off did you hear?
19:57You know it's about to be sung. But I
20:00mean anyway she kept making these
20:01laughs. Finally the pastor said brother
20:03Smith you not from here. I said, "No,
20:05sir." He said, "Could you get down there
20:07and maybe just kind of calm her down?" I
20:10mean, I'm not joking. It was serious.
20:11And so I cruised down. Here she come. I
20:14honest to God, I was like,
20:22she stopped. I said, "Sis," I said, "I
20:25don't know if you're aware." I said,
20:26"But you're the only one
20:30running screaming hollering
20:34and they're just taking the offering."
20:40She goes, "I just can't stop." She said,
20:43"When it gets on me, it just takes over
20:46my mind. I don't even know where I'm
20:48at." I said, "Well, first of all, you're
20:50at church."
20:52I said, "I ain't trying to dampen you
20:54down. I'm just saying just kind of chill
20:57out a little bit. I won't say the words
21:00that she said, but it ended in no. And
21:03she took off.
21:06That's for all you folk that wasn't
21:07raised in church. Y'all know what I'm
21:08talking about. Can I y'all know the
21:10first word? I won't say it, but y'all
21:12look at y'all. I knew y'all knew it.
21:15Especially some they were like and in
21:18your mind you saying it right now.
21:24I was preaching in this church. I Lord
21:27forgive me. And I just said it. I I was
21:30preaching and I said, "Anybody in this
21:32church want to go to hell with this guy
21:35about three quarters of the way back
21:37just stood up. Y'all don't fall out. I'm
21:40just going to say what he said. It ain't
21:41cussing." He said, "Hell no." And I'm
21:44thinking, "Oh, he answered me." And I I
21:48said, "Uh, I it caught me off, but I
21:51said, "Yes, sir." And he turned around
21:53to everybody behind him. He said,
21:54"What's wrong with you people?"
21:57He said, "Do y'all want to go to hell?"
21:59Well, everybody behind him about he's
22:01about half to three. Everybody behind
22:03him was going like that. He said, "Well,
22:04come on. Get up and get with me." And he
22:07started saying, "Hell no. Hell." And the
22:09whole church started in the back. Now,
22:11I'm I'm
22:13Y'all say you're lying. I tell you where
22:15I was at. I was in Fort Worth at Michael
22:17Watt's church.
22:19They all started screaming, "Hell no.
22:21Hell." And I thinking I'm going to lose
22:23the service. And I said, "That's right,
22:25sir. This is what I'm preaching today.
22:27Heaven, yes, but hell no. Let's all give
22:30the Lord a hand clap of praise. I
22:32finally got it back." We had all kind of
22:35people get the Holy Ghost. We had all
22:37kind of people get saved. I I know some
22:39people, some of y'all mad right now.
22:41It's all right. I'm going to let you
22:42repent in a minute. I'm telling you
22:43right now, I'm not going to let the
22:44devil get no upper hand on nobody in the
22:47church. But that woman, she kept on
22:49running and she kept on coming around
22:51and everybody thought she was nuts. But
22:54all of a sudden, the Holy Ghost got to
22:56moving. And all of a sudden, I'm
22:58thinking, "Uhoh, I'm about to get
23:00rebuked by the Lord." And all of a
23:02sudden, the Holy Ghost begin to fall.
23:05And then all of a sudden, somebody else
23:07started shouting. And then somebody else
23:09started running. And then somebody else
23:11started. And before you know it, we had
23:13people getting the Holy Ghost. We had
23:15people getting baptized in Jesus' name.
23:17We had signs and wonders and miracle.
23:19And I'm thinking, I'm looking around.
23:21Where's the woman? She done left.
23:25She had enough. She did all she wanted
23:28to do. I told the pastor, I said, I
23:31don't know if the Lord sent her or the
23:32devil sent her, but whoever. I'm so
23:35excited because they finally got up and
23:37done something.
23:41>> I just know that being a little delayed
23:44>> don't always mean you've been denied.
23:48So you say, "So you you think the Lord
23:51can do whatever it is that I need him to
23:54do?" Yeah.
23:56>> You think God can heal me? Yeah.
23:59>> You think God can work out [snorts] my
24:01situation? No doubt about it. You think
24:04God can take care of what's going on in
24:06my body, my mind, and my spirit? Yeah.
24:09All we got to do is ask.
24:12>> I said it while ago, but I'll say it
24:14again. And he says, "You have not
24:15because you
24:17>> because you ask not."
24:19>> So here we go. So I'm done preaching.
24:22>> Boy, y'all can't believe that, huh?
24:23Y'all clap the hand for that. I'm done
24:25preaching. [applause]
24:29So now, nobody's going to call us out
24:32today. Uh, nobody's going to embarrass
24:35us today. I don't believe in all that.
24:37Ain't nobody I heard pastor earlier,
24:38ain't nobody going to shake on you
24:40today. Ain't nobody going to pull on you
24:42today. Ain't nobody going to do your
24:44special attach.
24:47We don't do that here.
24:49Ain't nobody going to rub your back
24:51down. If y'all start that, I'm going to
24:52get in line
24:55and I'm going to let you rub my back
24:58until I get tired.
25:01Ain't nobody going to rub you down.
25:02Ain't nobody going to put nobody in a
25:04circle and push them back and forth and
25:06and scream, "Hold on. Come on. Let go."
25:11We don't do all of that here,
25:14>> you know. Ain't nobody going to do no
25:16sacrifices. We ain't doing That's why we
25:18took that table out in remembrance of
25:20me. They took that thing out. Boy,
25:22people go to church. That's where they
25:23do it right there.
25:25Yeah, we're not doing that. Uhuh. Them
25:28things are in the baby station now for
25:29diaper changing situ. Most people don't
25:32even know where the remembrance of table
25:34is.
25:36That thing went to the garage sale. But
25:37anyway, we won't talk about that. We
25:40modern now.
25:48I shouldn't have said that.
25:50I'm here at the Vatican and I said that.
25:52So, here we go. All right. Here we go.
25:55So, nobody will call us out. Nobody will
25:57embarrass us. In a few minutes, we'll
25:59just come to the front and talk to the
26:01Lord. You say, "Man, are you are you are
26:05you serious? Do you believe the Lord can
26:07do it? All jokes aside, the Lord can do
26:12anything.
26:15>> He can open blind eyes.
26:18>> He can unstopp deaf ears.
26:21>> The lame can walk.
26:24>> Hallelujah.
26:26>> Cancer can just burn out.
26:30>> Neuropathy can leave.
26:32>> Diabetes can be gone.
26:36other day. I'm not mocking, so don't
26:37take me wrong. I'm not mocking. They led
26:40a woman up. The other day, I'm done
26:42preaching. I just want to tell you this
26:44story because I said that just come to
26:46me. We [snorts] prayed for her. She got
26:48the Holy Ghost and she was blind.
26:51Not partially blind. She's completely
26:53blind. Has somebody with her all the
26:55time. Uh and they So, she come to the
26:59front. We repented and she received the
27:01Holy Ghost. Uh oh, y'all forgot. Let me
27:03tell you what a woo threeclap church is.
27:05Maybe I didn't tell y'all before. A woo
27:07threeclap church is when me or pastor,
27:10whoever is preaching says something good
27:12and we do the the church thing. Woo.
27:16See, that's a woo three clap church.
27:17See, New Life's not a woo three clap
27:19church. I already know that. So, I'm
27:21going to tell you again. She come and
27:22got the Holy Ghost. [cheering]
27:25[applause]
27:28Quick learners.
27:30[crying]
27:31And uh so she got the Holy Ghost. I like
27:35that.
27:37That's right, baby. Do that again.
27:39Somebody pinch that kid. Do it again. Um
27:42that's awesome. I like good response.
27:45And so I talked to her about baptism and
27:47she said, "I I think I need to do that."
27:49She said, "I've been baptized twice." I
27:51said, "Hey lady, three times a."
27:53[snorts]
27:54And so I told her about getting baptized
27:57uh the Bible way. And so she said, "I'd
27:59like to do that." man. She uh we got her
28:02to the water and we all helped her in. I
28:04mean, you know, have doing everything,
28:06man. Somebody went and helped. I mean,
28:08anyway, she's in the water. She comes
28:10out of the water. You know, we we got
28:12professional towel people now. You know,
28:13back in the day, we didn't have
28:14professional towel people, but now we
28:16have towel people. I mean, we got people
28:19for everything. You need a pencil, we
28:21got one.
28:24Towel person. We got the towel person,
28:26you know. And so she comes out the
28:27water, but she comes out the water and
28:30of course they're gonna wipe her face.
28:31Let's forget about praying. Let's wipe
28:33your face. And
28:37forget about God moving her. Let's wipe
28:39your face. And so they wiped her face.
28:41But I'm glad they wiped her face and and
28:43when they wiped her face, she just said,
28:45"Oh my God." I said, "Is everything all
28:48right, ma'am?" She goes, "Mhm." I said,
28:51"Okay." She said, "No, it's really
28:53okay." I said, "Yes, ma'am." I said,
28:54"Well, praise God." She says, "No." She
28:56said, "When I tell you it's okay, it's
28:58okay." I said, "Okay, well, God bless
29:00you, ma'am." And I said, "Anything else
29:02you'd like the Lord to do?" She said,
29:03"No, he did it." She said, "I can see."
29:05[cheering]
29:09[applause]
29:11>> I'm telling you, that's the kind of God
29:12I serve. Delayed don't mean you denied
29:16anything. [cheering]
29:18All right, you can sit down. So, here
29:20what we're going to do. I'm going to ask
29:21a few questions. I'm going ask everybody
29:24to bow their head and close their eyes.
29:26Nobody's going to be looking around.
29:27This is between you and God. Nobody's
29:29going to embarrass you. Nobody's going
29:30to call you out. In a few minutes, we're
29:32going to come to the front and we're
29:33just going to talk to God. Is that fair
29:35enough?
29:36>> Everybody okay with that? Would you bow
29:38your head and close your eyes? No one's
29:40looking around. This is between you and
29:41the Lord Jesus Christ. Anybody in this
29:44house here today, you've got pain in
29:47your body right now. You've got pain in
29:49your body. Would you lift your hand? You
29:51got pain in your body. I see hands going
29:53up all across the building, front to the
29:55back, side to side, even through the
29:57balcony. I see hands lifted every
29:59section. Hands are lifted. That's
30:00beautiful. You can put them down. Before
30:03you lift your hand, just listen. Every
30:05time you take a step forward, the enemy,
30:07the liar, the deceiver, Satan by name,
30:09tries to push you two steps back. For
30:12some, it might be your marriage. For
30:14some, it might be your relationship. For
30:16some, it might be your finances, your
30:17workforce. For some, it might be your
30:20neighborhood, your schooling. For some,
30:22it might be your ministry. And every
30:24time you try to do something for the
30:26kingdom of God, it kind of seems like
30:27the enemy rolls in like a flood.
30:30Sometime he comes in like a whisper. But
30:32every time you try to do something, it
30:34just seems like you're not giving him
30:36credit. It just seems like he tries to
30:39mess up whatever God has for you. But
30:42you're in this building here today and
30:44you realize, uhoh, delayed doesn't mean
30:48I'm denied.
30:50and you're in this place here today and
30:52you would like God to take care of
30:55whatever situation that you have going
30:58on in your body, your mind, or your
31:00spirit. You need him and want him to
31:02take care of that for you today. Would
31:04you lift your hand? Hands are going up
31:07all across the building, front to the
31:09back, side to side, all through the
31:11balcony, every section. That's
31:13beautiful. You can put them down. Not
31:14[snorts] talking about once saved,
31:16always saved. That's not in the Bible.
31:17That's man-made. uh statement. Uh I'm
31:21not talking about uh accepting the Lord
31:23uh as your personal savior. That's not
31:25Bible. That's man-made. But I'm talking
31:28about what the word of God says that
31:29when the day of Pentecost was fully
31:31come, they were all in one accord. And
31:33sudden there came a sound from heaven as
31:35of a Russian mighty wind and it filled
31:37all the house where they were sitting
31:38and put them clothing tongues like as a
31:40fire. And it set upon each and every one
31:43of them. and they were all filled. Not
31:44some, but they were all filled with the
31:46gift of the Holy Ghost and begin to
31:48speak with other tongues as the spirit
31:50of the Lord gave them utterance. Now, if
31:53you've never spoke with other tongues,
31:55it's no big deal. Doesn't mean
31:57something's wrong. Doesn't mean you're a
31:59bad person. It just means it's a gift
32:02that comes from God that you haven't
32:04experienced yet. And as far as you know
32:07with your walk with Jesus Christ, you've
32:10never spoke that heavenly language like
32:12they done in the Bible. Would you lift
32:14your hand? Never spoke that heavenly
32:16language like they done in the Bible.
32:19All right. I see hands. All right. I see
32:21more hands. And now I see more hands.
32:24And now I see more hands. And now more
32:27hands. And now more hands. That's
32:30beautiful. You can put them down. Thank
32:31you so much. Last question. If the Lord
32:35came in the next 30 minutes, before you
32:37lift your hand, just listen. If the Lord
32:40came in the next 30 minutes, are you
32:42ready? If the answer is no, if the
32:45answer is I'm not for sure. If the
32:46answer is, let me repent uh and move
32:49some things around. All those answers
32:51are beautiful. Because here's why. The
32:53Lord Jesus Christ has not come back yet
32:55for his bride. That means that we still
32:58have a chance to be renewed or refilled
33:00in the gift of the Holy Ghost, of the
33:01Holy Spirit.
33:03Let me put a clause here. To be renewed
33:06or to be refilled doesn't mean you
33:09sinned doesn't mean you've done
33:11something wrong. It just means that
33:13you're shoring up your relationship with
33:16Jesus Christ. And you're in this
33:18building here this morning and you're
33:20saying, "You know what, David? I'm going
33:22to be honest with myself. I'm going to
33:23be honest with God. I need to be renewed
33:26or refilled for if he would come in the
33:29next 30 minutes. I just want to make
33:32sure that all is well between him and I.
33:36Can I be honest? Nobody knows you like
33:40you.
33:42And so you're being honest. I need to be
33:45renewed or revealed. Would you be honest
33:46and just lift your hand today? I see
33:49hands again going up across the building
33:52just about every section including the
33:54balcony. That's beautiful. You can put
33:56them down. You can lift your head and
33:59open your eyes. I want to thank you for
34:02uh being obedient and thank you so much.
34:07Nobody was looking around. This is
34:08between you and the Lord. Can I safely
34:10say in the house here today that
34:12probably 60% of the building, maybe even
34:16more, lifted their hands today. You know
34:18what that lets me know? I'm in the right
34:20place at the right time. That Bible
34:23says, "No man comes to the father except
34:26the spirit draws." So, we're here today,
34:29not because it's Sunday. We're here
34:32today because that spirit this morning
34:34said, "Hey, get up. Let's get on down to
34:37church. I got something for you. His
34:40name is Jesus." That's the one that got
34:43us here today. It was Jesus. And so, in
34:47a few moments, I like to give
34:49instructions. I'm I'm big about that, I
34:51guess. In a few moments, I'm going to
34:52ask everyone to stand that's uh able to
34:55stand. And then I'm going to uh call for
34:57our altar ministers. Is that what we
34:59call them, pastor? I didn't ask again.
35:01So, we're going to call them altar
35:02ministers. And they're going to come and
35:04line up here across the front and
35:06they're going to face the crowd. And
35:08then every person that lifted your hand,
35:10I mean, there's no possible way that 60%
35:12of the church can all get down here, but
35:14we'll we'll do the best that we can, but
35:16we're going to come down and we're going
35:18to repent as a family, and then we're
35:20going to pray the prayer of faith. And I
35:22believe that the Lord absolutely can do
35:25anything.
35:26>> You might be a a you might be sitting
35:28next to a friend, a family member, a
35:30co-orker, a guest. You might be sitting
35:33next to somebody you don't even know and
35:34they're thinking, "Man, I really want to
35:36go talk to the Lord, but I don't want to
35:38go by myself." Well, you're in luck
35:40here. Welcome to the friendliest church
35:42in town.
35:44[applause]
35:47You say, "What do you mean by that?" You
35:49don't even got to know nobody. just tap
35:51somebody on the shoulder and say, "Hey,
35:53uh, I want to go pray. I don't want to
35:54go by myself. Go with me." They'll say,
35:56"Okay."
35:58And you both come. You might be in
36:00between somebody. And at this church,
36:02somebody's sitting between somebody.
36:05My Lord, you got 150 downstairs. Thank
36:07Lord they're downstairs.
36:11Thank the Lord. Yeah. So, yeah, you
36:14might be in the middle and you're
36:15thinking, "Man, I want to I want to go
36:16pray, but I can't. I can't get out."
36:19You're l I mean, you're in luck at this
36:22church. Here's what you do. You tap them
36:24on the shoulder and say, "Excuse me, I
36:26need to get out. If they don't move, you
36:29have permission. Run over them
36:34with a smile and you come on down and
36:36when they get up, we'll pray for them.
36:39If they don't get up, we'll call 911 and
36:42uh we'll just go from there." We hadn't
36:43had that problem yet, but any moment.
36:46Yeah. Here we go. Everybody all right?
36:50>> Bump your neighbor. Say, "I like him."
36:53I appreciate that. Thank you. Would you
36:55stand, please, if you're able? Only if
36:57you're able. If you're not able, don't
36:59you dare hurt yourself or get yourself
37:01out of sort. I I don't believe in all
37:03that. Okay, here we go. Um, altar
37:06ministers, would you come and help me
37:08out? Is that what we call them again,
37:10pastor? Altar ministers, would you come
37:12and just help me out? Let's just come
37:13and start lining up here. group leaders,
37:16altra ministers, ministry staff, you
37:18know who you are. Yeah. Thank you so
37:20much. And just Yeah. Thank you so much.
37:23Let's just keep lining up here across
37:24the front and face the crowd. Come on.
37:31Yeah, I like it. I got folks coming to
37:34help me today. Thank y'all so much.
37:38All right.
37:40All right. Pastor, I forgot to add, do
37:42we play sides here? You know, some
37:44churches I go to, we play sides. These
37:46women have to go to one side and men go
37:48Okay. Could I have a couple gentlemen
37:52come over here? Just two. There you go.
37:54Yeah. Thank you'all. Had all these
37:55ladies over here. I didn't know some
37:57churches I go to, they play sides. You
37:59women got
38:01Y'all know what I'm talking about. Some
38:03of you older generation, the women got
38:05to go to one side and the men got to go
38:07to one side. I thought, my god, didn't
38:09they ride to church together?
38:13I mean, you got to go home with her. You
38:15might as well pray while you can get
38:17some relief.
38:21>> Well,
38:23oh, you better watch out, boy. You're
38:25going to be riding home by yourself.
38:27Well,
38:30>> look over to John. He way over there. He
38:32ain't saying nothing, boy. He knows
38:34better. He knows better.
38:38Mama got him on a tight leash, boy.
38:42I like it.
38:45All right. I know what people think
38:47right now. It's supposed to be all hooky
38:49spooky and all kind of mystical. No. I
38:52can't find anywhere in the Bible where
38:53you got to be mystical for what God's
38:56about to do.
38:58>> If you want the Lord to do something for
38:59you today and you raised your hand,
39:02maybe you didn't raise your hand, but
39:03now you're thinking, "Oo, I just thought
39:06of something the Lord could do for me."
39:08You're in luck. He's a God of second
39:10chances here.
39:12>> But if you like the Lord to do something
39:14for you, would you step out and just
39:16begin to come down? Would you step out?
39:18You want God to do now? Come all the way
39:20down. Don't step in the hall. Don't hug
39:23up against the wall. Come all the way
39:25down. Come alter ministers motion for
39:27him to come your way. Come all we're not
39:30going to start praying or anything. All
39:32right. You didn't have to come down. I'd
39:33have came to you.
39:35All right. Okay. She's on crutches. I I
39:38would have definitely went to her. Y'all
39:40just come on. Y'all just come on this
39:42way. Come on, my friends. Come on. Yeah,
39:46folks are coming down. I like it when
39:48folks come down. Let's just We got folks
39:51coming down even from the balcony.
39:53That's why I'm taking my time. We got
39:55folks coming down. We're going to pray
39:57in just a moment. We got y'all. Y'all
39:59come down this way. Kind of got a little
40:01traffic jam on all one. Kind of like at
40:03Walmart in the middle of Christmas with
40:05one cashier.
40:07Yeah.
40:08There you go. They still coming down.
40:10You know what? Could y'all just kind of
40:11come down this way for me? Y'all just
40:13kind of come down this way for me. And
40:15they're coming down this hall right
40:17here. Y'all come up. Yeah. Got folks
40:20coming down. Alter ministers, as you can
40:22see, there's many. In fact, let me just
40:25uh let me just do something I hardly
40:27ever do. Is this okay, pastor? If if
40:30you're a member of this church, now
40:31don't I don't want people to think, oh,
40:33is it this is an executive club? Nobody.
40:36But The Bible says, "Know them that
40:38labor among you." Okay? So, if if you're
40:41Holy Ghost filled, I like to say that.
40:44If you baptized in Jesus' name, you're a
40:46member of this church. You You see, we
40:48got a few hundred people that want to be
40:50prayed for. And so, I'm I need your
40:53help.
40:55when we get ready to pray, if you'll
40:57just start stepping out and coming down
40:58and finding someone that's down here
41:00because you see why everybody that's
41:02down here made a step saying, "Hey,
41:04God."
41:06It's me. I I need something from you.
41:11And so, we want that to happen. If
41:13you're praying with somebody and they'd
41:14like to receive the gift of the Holy
41:16Spirit and they receive that, just let
41:19us know. Let me or pastor know. We're
41:21going to believe that [clears throat]
41:24God's going to fill people with the Holy
41:26Ghost today. God's going to touch people
41:28today.
41:30God's going to do great and mighty
41:31things today. So, you know what? We're
41:33going to repent as a family. And then
41:35after we repent, we're going to pray the
41:37prayer of faith. And Jesus is going to
41:40touch people all across this building.
41:43So, alter ministers, when you're done
41:44praying for that one, just go to the
41:46next one. I'll just make a little funny
41:49right here. If you're praying and you
41:50feel somebody brushing by you, you don't
41:53have to quit praying. We don't
41:54pickpocket on Sunday mornings.
41:57They're just going to the next person to
41:59pray for. It's all right. It's all
42:02right. You good? Yeah. So, we're going
42:06to repent as a family and then after we
42:08repent, we're going to pray the prayer
42:10of faith and God's going to touch people
42:12all across this building. Let's just
42:14repent. Say, "Lord,
42:16>> Lord,
42:17>> forgive me.
42:18of all my sins.
42:20>> I'm sorry, Lord.
42:22>> I'm sorry
42:22>> for everything
42:24>> that I've thought
42:26>> that I've done,
42:28>> that I've said,
42:30>> and that I've heard.
42:31>> I've heard.
42:32>> Forgive me, Lord.
42:34>> of things I don't even realize
42:38>> I have done.
42:40>> I give myself
42:42>> 100%
42:44to you, Lord.
42:46Thank you Lord.
42:47>> Thank you Lord
42:48>> for my miracle.
42:49>> For my miracle
42:50>> for my deliverance.
42:52>> For my healing
42:53>> for my healing.
42:54>> Thank you Lord
42:56>> for filling me
42:57>> filling me
42:57>> and refilling me
42:59>> with the gift
43:00>> of the Holy Ghost.
43:02>> The evidence
43:04>> of speaking
43:06>> with other tongues.
43:08>> Thank you Lord.
43:09>> Thank you Lord
43:09>> for forgiving me
43:11>> forgiving me.
43:12>> You know what? I normally don't I
43:14normally don't do this pastor. I
43:15promise. But there's so many people down
43:18here. If you would I don't want to
43:20embarrass no one. And if you feel
43:22embarrassed and don't even raise your
43:24hand cuz I I don't want anybody to say,
43:26"Man, that guy embarrassed me." But I I
43:28feel there's a strong sense in the Holy
43:32Ghost that people want to know him
43:35better.
43:37And when I spoke of the Holy Ghost, you
43:39might say, "You know what? I never got
43:41that beautiful gift, but I'd be willing
43:43to talk to the Lord about it to see what
43:47that gift
43:49can do for me, what it can do for me.
43:52And if you would like to talk to God
43:55today about receiving that gift because
43:58I want to be able to come and some of
44:00our altar ministers want to be able to
44:02come. Maybe even pastor [music] would
44:03want to come and pray that that gift
44:06would come for you
44:09that God would fuel [music] you with
44:10that gift. I'm just a believer. But if
44:13you would like to talk to God today
44:16about that gift, would you kind of just
44:19wave your hand at me? Would you wave
44:21your hand at me? I got one right here.
44:23All right. I got two right here. I got
44:26three right here. I got four right here.
44:28All right. Anybody else? Oh, I got five
44:31right here. We good? Oh, I got uh two,
44:35five, six. [music] I got two over here.
44:37Seven. Okay. If you saw that person that
44:40had their hand up, I I want you to go
44:42and we're going to pray. We've already
44:45repented. I believe that there's about
44:47to be signs and wonders and miracles. I
44:49believe God's going to touch people
44:51across this building. And so I just want
44:53us to believe that it's about to happen.
44:55Are you ready? Are you ready for that to
44:58happen? I just want us all to start
45:00saying, "Thank you, Lord, for the Holy
45:01Ghost." Because I've learned something
45:03about that. When the Holy Ghost begins
45:05to fall, signs and wonders begin to
45:07happen. Come on, let's believe right
45:09now. Alter ministers, find somebody to
45:12pray for. by the authority in the word
45:14of God and by the power of the name
45:16Jesus receive ye the gift of the Holy
45:19Ghost in Jesus name. Let it happen right
45:23now in Jesus name. I'm going to believe
45:27right now.
45:32Come on. I want you to believe right
45:33now. I'm going to put this mic down. I
45:36might leave you with me, but I'm going
45:37to go through and I'm going to pray and
45:39God's going to touch people. I want you
45:41to pray and believe right now, church,
45:43that God's going to touch people all
45:44across this building right now.
46:16Hey hey hey.
47:30Come on. We've had three receive the
47:32Holy Ghost so far. Come on.
48:15Heat. Heat.
48:22Heat.
48:39Heat.
49:01Come on. We've had four receive the gift
49:02of the Holy Ghost so far. Come on. Let's
49:04keep praying.
49:59Come on. We've had two more receive the
50:00gift of the Holy Spirit. Come on. We've
50:02had seven receive the gift of the Holy
50:04Spirit.
51:29Down.
52:21Heat. Heat.
52:39Come on. We've had three more receive
52:41that gift. We've had 10 receive the gift
52:43of the Holy Ghost.
53:43Heat. Heat.
54:33Come on. We've had 12 receive the gift
54:35of the spirit here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
55:51Heat. Heat.
56:34Heat. Heat.
57:14We had another one receive it. 13
57:16received the gift of the Holy Spirit.
57:33Heat. Heat.
58:20Heat. Heat.
61:50We've had 16 receive the Holy Ghost here
61:53this morning by the asking.
61:57All right, here we go. I know a lot of
61:59people have to leave, but let's just go
62:01a little further. Everybody listen. In
62:04John 3:5, the Bible says, Jesus
62:06answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto
62:08thee, except a man be born of water and
62:11of spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom
62:13of God." You got to be born of the
62:15water, you got to be born of the spirit.
62:19All right? It's okay to forget where you
62:21parked your car at Walmart. That's why
62:22you got a clicker. But it's not okay to
62:25not know how you were baptized.
62:28And so, with that being said, let me
62:30share with you man-made baptisms. And
62:32then, let me share with you the word of
62:33God. Give me three minutes. Sprinkling
62:36never happened in the Bible.
62:38Infant baptisms never happened in the
62:41Bible. Being baptized in Muhammad or
62:43Allah never happened in the Bible. Being
62:46baptized in the name of the father, son,
62:48and holy ghost or father, son, and holy
62:50spirit never happened in the Bible.
62:52People say, "Well, David, I think I saw
62:54father, son, and holy ghost in the
62:56Bible." You did. I'm going to that
62:57scripture. It's Matthew 28 and 19 in the
63:00King James version. And here's what it
63:02says. Go you therefore, comma, and teach
63:06all nations, comma, it says, baptizing
63:10them in the name of the father, comma,
63:14and of the son, comma, and of the holy
63:17ghost with them two little dots on the
63:19end. That means something's coming after
63:21that. I am a father and I am a son. When
63:25I die, I'm going to be a spirit, but my
63:27name is David Smith. If I wrote
63:30everybody a check for coming today for
63:32$1,000, you'd say, "Thank the Lord.
63:34Can't wait till next Sunday. I'm gonna
63:36quit my job and go to church full-time."
63:39Thousand bucks. Yeah. Your check's going
63:42to say David and Carlin Smith,
63:44Alexandria, Louisiana. Get ready,
63:46hackers. 297014506
63:49is my account number. I'm going to sign
63:51everybody's check today. Father, Son,
63:54Holy Ghost. When you get to the bank
63:56tomorrow, the banker's going to say,
63:57"That check's real." The banker's going
63:59to say, "The money's in the bank, but
64:01there's one problem. What's the person's
64:03name that gave you that check?" You're
64:06going to say, "He signed it. Father,
64:07Son, and Holy Ghost." The banker's going
64:09to say, "That ain't his name." Banker
64:11says, "Go back and find that person.
64:13Make him cross out those titles and put
64:16his name if you ever want to cash that
64:18check." If you ever want to hear well
64:20done, thou good and faithful servant,
64:22you got to have the name.
64:26If you can show me out of that scripture
64:27that anyone was ever baptized in the
64:29name of the father, son, and holy ghost
64:31or father, son, and holy spirit or
64:33muhamad or Allah or sprinkling or
64:35infant, I'll give you 10 grand today
64:38before you leave and pastor will double
64:40it. You say, "Wow, so how should I get
64:43baptized?" It's in Acts 2 and38. Simple
64:46scripture, but a powerful scripture.
64:49Peter's talking. Then Peter said unto
64:50them to repent and to be baptized, every
64:53one of you. Not some of you. Not a few
64:55of you. Not if grandma said it was okay.
64:58He said every one of you. And the name
65:01of Jesus Christ. And here's why you do
65:04it. It's for the remission, for the
65:06washing away of sins. And then it says,
65:09"And you shall receive the gift of the
65:11Holy Ghost." Period. Repentance gets you
65:14forgiveness. It's the water that washes
65:17them away.
65:19I'll say it. It's not about joining the
65:21church. It's not about shaking the right
65:23hand of the father. It's not about
65:25filling out the fellowship card. Baptism
65:28is not an act or a deed. It is a
65:30covenant and a command. And when you
65:33come in covenant with him and you do
65:36make a mistake again,
65:38and you will,
65:40you can say, "Woo, thank God. I've been
65:43washed by the blood of the lamb. Lord,
65:47forgive me. He says, keep coming. He
65:50says, you've been washed. We got water.
65:54We got robes. We got towels. I know a
65:57lot of folks, they leave, and that's
65:58okay. But for the ones that are still
66:00here, I feel like I have to say I have
66:03to talk about baptism. That's my command
66:06from the Lord. Holy Ghost baptisms and
66:09miracles. So, if you'd like to be
66:11baptized or rebaptized today, we have
66:14water, we got robes, we got towels.
66:17We've never lost no one in the tank
66:21since I've been here. And today would be
66:24a great day to wash your sins away. Is
66:28there anybody else? Anybody like to be
66:30baptized today just like they did in the
66:34word of the Lord? Anybody want to be
66:36baptized today? I might should have
66:38started off with baptisms. That's okay,
66:39though. We're all right. Anybody want to
66:41be baptized today? All right. Anybody
66:44else need to be prayed for today? And
66:46after that, I'm going to hush. All
66:48right. Everybody good? All right. Let's
66:50rejoice. 16 people receiving the gift of
66:53the Holy Spirit today.
66:56Yep. You still got a chance to be
66:58baptized? If you want to be baptized,
67:00you can. Come on, pastor. Turn it to
67:02you.
67:07Let's lift our hands to Jesus all over
67:09this place and lift up our voice and
67:12let's thank him for this what he's done
67:14here on this Sunday morning. Can you do
67:16that? Father, I thank you Lord for every
67:18healing, every deliverance,
67:20every vessel you filled full of your
67:22spirit. I give you praise and glory and
67:24honor today cuz there's nobody like you,
67:27Jesus. Thank you that our sins, Lord,
67:30have been forgiven. Thank you, oh God,
67:32that old mindsets are gone. healing has
67:35taken place in our soul. We thank you
67:37for it this morning. We give you glory
67:40and honor, Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. Would
67:43you clap your hands to the Lord one more
67:45time this morning? Thank you, Jesus.
67:50[applause]
67:51[cheering]
67:53[music]
67:57[applause]
68:00>> Praise God. Now, I'm gonna add to it
68:02just quick before we're dismissed here.
68:04this morning. All right, is that
68:05downstairs vacation Bible school's been
68:07going on. We don't know how many yet
68:08that the Lord is filled with the gifts
68:10of the Holy Ghost. You know why we
68:12believe that and why it happens is
68:13because the Bible says this promise is
68:15unto you. Everybody say that's me. And
68:18to your children and your children's
68:21children, even as many as the Lord our
68:24God shall call. And so we're believing
68:26that those children downstairs are
68:29receiving as they believe as they
68:31repent, they can receive that same
68:33experience. And then I want to encourage
68:36you because we've had some children uh
68:38with their parents' permission. They've
68:39talked to our children's ministry
68:41pastor. They're ready to be baptized in
68:43Jesus name. So I'm going to put a little
68:44pressure on you. You ready? Don't you
68:47let the kids outdo you.
68:51Don't let your stinking adult pride get
68:53in the way. You want to make sure that
68:56your sins are washed away that you got
68:58the name of Jesus on your life that when
69:00the enemy tries to confuse you and
69:03condemn you, you can say, "Nah, I've got
69:05the name that's above every name in
69:07Philippians chapter 2. I've got the name
69:09in Acts 4:12 that brings salvation. Get
69:12thee behind me, Satan."
69:16So, we're going to keep this sign up. of
69:18our baptismal team plus the towel people
69:23are ready.
69:26>> But we are going to pray with you and we
69:27are going to believe it. Amen. In Jesus
69:29name. Thank you so much for being here
69:31today. If you're ready for next steps,
69:34please join me and my wife. Come back to
69:36this hallway, back to our next steps
69:38room for free refreshments, child care
69:40before you leave today. We're going to
69:41have a great time in the Holy Ghost just
69:44for a little bit to help you take your
69:46next step. love one another. High five
69:48somebody. Shake somebody's hand. Tell
69:50them how glad you were to see them at
69:51New Life St. Louis today. And take some
69:54Friends Day invites with you and bring
69:56some friends with you to Friends Day.
69:58God bless you. You're dismissed in the
70:00wonderful name of the Lord. If you got
70:02children, make sure you go take them. Go
70:05take your kids with you today.