1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,120 Let's give the Lord a great praise tonight. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:08,320 He is worthy. Hallelujah, Hallelujah to the 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,320 King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,440 Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,360 Oh Hallelujah, Hallelujah. What a sweet presence of the 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,440 Lord that's been in this place tonight. 7 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:29,960 And I learned a long time ago that whenever the Lord is in the 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,439 house like he is tonight, anything is possible. 9 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,240 No matter what your situation is, no matter what you brought 10 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,640 here, whatever your need is, God's able to do exceedingly and 11 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,480 abundantly above all that we can ask or think. 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,760 And I just appreciate this church very, very much. 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,200 Thank you for allowing me to be here tonight. 14 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:58,200 I counted A tremendous honor and the the McGee family and the the 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,160 Mason family, friends of mine for many, many years. 16 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,560 I love and appreciate them very, very much. 17 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,120 They are so talented, but more than just being talented, they 18 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,960 are anointed and I just appreciate them very much. 19 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:19,200 And Speaking of talented and anointed, this champions aptly 20 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:25,040 named. I just, I could have listened to 21 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,800 that for a few more songs, I think. 22 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,120 But thank you to everybody that's here tonight. 23 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,640 Thank you for your kindness and thank you for being faithful to 24 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,040 the House of God. If you have your Bibles turned 25 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:41,680 with me to the book of Genesis, if you don't know where that's 26 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,880 at, just open your Bible and start turning quickly. 27 00:01:46,760 --> 00:02:02,160 Genesis 32 verse #31. And as he's speaking, passed 28 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:09,639 over Peniel, the sun rose upon him and he halted, or he limped 29 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:15,320 upon his thigh. I saw a video several years ago 30 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:20,240 of it was out West somewhere, I don't even remember where, maybe 31 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,800 Colorado or somewhere like that. It was too large bull elk 32 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,560 fighting for the rights in the of that region. 33 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,240 And it was a tremendous, I like stuff like that. 34 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,000 It was a tremendous fight struggle. 35 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,200 After several minutes of them fighting, one of the elk bowed 36 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,000 his head and walked away. The loser and the cameraman 37 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,760 focused in on the winning elk, and he had won the battle, but 38 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,360 there was something different about him. 39 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:57,960 He was now walking with a limp. He won the battle, but was still 40 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,760 limping. So I want to preach to you 41 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,480 tonight on this thought. Limping isn't losing. 42 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,640 As a matter of fact, it's probably the opposite. 43 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:09,960 It probably means you've been fighting some battles and you're 44 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,360 still winning. You're still victorious, so if 45 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,880 you'd set your Bibles down and lift your hands and your hearts 46 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,520 to heaven, would you help me pray right now? 47 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,760 Lord, we love you and we thank you for who you are. 48 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,880 We thank you for Your word. We thank you for your anointing, 49 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,800 Your spirit that we feel in this house. 50 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,760 God, anoint me to preach Your Word the way you want it 51 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,400 preached tonight. God, anoint your people, God to 52 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,960 hear Your word and to receive Your word. 53 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,720 God and Lord, I'm asking you to move on your people tonight. 54 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,600 God work on us tonight, encourage us through your word 55 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,400 and your Spirit. In Jesus mighty name we pray, 56 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,800 Amen. Why don't we clap our hands one 57 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,760 more time? And the Bible says not the only 58 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:55,680 clap, but to shout. Can we add a shout? 59 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:02,720 Hallelujah, thank you Jesus, thank you. 60 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:07,200 You may be seated here this evening backing up to verse #24 61 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,040 we find how we got to that verse says. 62 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:14,600 And Jacob was left alone, a place of isolation. 63 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,160 And there he wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the 64 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,400 day. So his isolation turned to 65 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,720 confrontation. And when he saw that he 66 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:30,280 prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh. 67 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:35,560 He dislocated his hip. And I don't know if anybody's 68 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,360 ever had any hip problems. I, when I was a young, I'm 69 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:44,520 probably 12 years old, I, I disobeyed my dad and this is a 70 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:49,080 lesson for all you young people and jumped on a golf cart with 71 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,800 the, the hotel he worked at. We're having a car show and he 72 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,240 told us not to get on the golf carts until the show was over. 73 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,080 And I disobeyed him and wrecked the golf cart and dislocated my 74 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,720 hip. And I've had trouble ever since. 75 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:07,160 So I know what kind of pain that can be, but he dislocates his 76 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,120 hip. The hollow of Jacob's thigh was 77 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,680 out of joint as he wrestled with him. 78 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:18,560 And I find it amazing that about this story, I've often wondered. 79 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,280 The Angel could have done anything. 80 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:26,720 He could have dislocated his elbow, that would have hurt. 81 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,640 He could have dislocated his shoulder, that would have hurt. 82 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,760 But he touched his hip, and I believe tonight the reason he 83 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,240 did was because Jacob was a runner. 84 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,120 He had spent the last 14 years of his life running from his 85 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,680 past, running from his mistakes, running from his failures. 86 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,200 And I want you to understand something tonight. 87 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,000 God always knows how to stop your running. 88 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,000 And verse 26 says, and the Angel looks at him and says, let me go 89 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:05,160 for the daybreaketh And he said, I will not let thee go except 90 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,360 thou bless me. So his isolation turns to 91 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,600 confrontation, and now it's turned to desperation because 92 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,240 Jacob said, I know we've been fighting all night long. 93 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,000 And I know that we've struggled all night. 94 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,240 And I know that we were bloodied. 95 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,720 And I know that we've been rolling around in the dirt and 96 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,280 the it's mixed with the dew and the sweat and we're literally a 97 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:32,600 muddy mess and our clothes are tattered and torn. 98 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,720 But you don't understand, Sir. I've always let go. 99 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,520 I've always been a quitter. I've always been the one to 100 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,520 throw in the towel. That's why I'm in the shape that 101 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,560 I'm in. But Jacob said I can't go back 102 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,880 to my wife the same way I left. I can't go back to my children 103 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:56,400 the same way I left. I will not let go until 104 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,720 something changes in me. And I just wondered and I is 105 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:05,280 there a Jacob in the house with the same mentality that I'm not 106 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:10,640 going to leave this place until God changes something in my 107 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,680 life, till God changes my situation, till God changes my 108 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:21,960 life. And the Angel said, what is thy 109 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,720 name Now? I don't think, I don't think 110 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:30,400 that Angel hit his head on a rock and was suffering from 111 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,920 amnesia. He, he knew who Jacob was. 112 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,680 He, he was sitting there by divine appointment and he knew 113 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,640 what Jacob's name was, but what he was wanting Jacob to do is he 114 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,920 wanted Jacob to come to terms with who he was. 115 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,800 Because you've got to understand something. 116 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:52,000 In biblical times, the name Jacob wasn't just a good name 117 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,440 like it is nowadays. When, when, when you were named 118 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,040 Jacob in biblical times, it carried a weight. 119 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,520 It carried A reputation around. You know when when you hugged 120 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,520 Jacob's neck, you made sure your wallet was still in your back 121 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,800 pocket. When you ladies, you held your 122 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,040 purse a little closer. You when you saw Jacob walking 123 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,760 down the road, you went on the other side because his name 124 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,800 meant deceiver and Sir planter. You know, he was a dirty, rotten 125 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,240 scoundrel. You couldn't trust Jacob. 126 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,400 So when the Angel said, what is your name? 127 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,680 It's not that he didn't know his name, but he wanted Jacob to 128 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,200 have a man in the mirror confrontation with himself, and 129 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,039 he wanted him to admit who he was. 130 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:39,559 And I don't think Jacob stuck his chest out with pride and 131 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,080 said my name is Jacob. I think he probably looked down 132 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:48,080 and in the dust and kind of kicked the rock and ashamedly 133 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:53,800 said my name is Jacob. And then I think Jacob was 134 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,880 getting ready to explain his story. 135 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,800 I think Jacob was getting ready to say, well, it's not my fault 136 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,400 that my name is Jacob. My Mama named me Jacob. 137 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:11,400 It's not my fault that that my father was so easy to deceive 138 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,840 it. It's not my fault that my 139 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,840 brother was so easily to steal the birthright. 140 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,200 It's not my fault that I that I did Laban my father-in-law 141 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,920 because he tricked me first anyway. 142 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:27,080 He tricked me and the marrying the ugly sister and and so my 143 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,160 life has been a life of I've lived up to my name. 144 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,600 And I think he was getting ready to plead his case, but the Angel 145 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,600 interrupts him and says thy name shall be called. 146 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,680 No more Jacob. I think that's what God's got in 147 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:49,280 store for somebody here tonight. No more Jacob, but their name 148 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:53,920 shall be called Israel. For as a Prince thou has power 149 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,440 with God and with men and has prevail. 150 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:02,680 So his isolation plus confrontation plus desperation 151 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,800 turned into revelation. Because that's what happens when 152 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:11,760 you have an encounter with God. You walk in here a Jacob, but 153 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,520 you limp out of here in Israel and Jacob, you're never going to 154 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,160 talk the same. You're never going to walk the 155 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,360 same. You're not going to be called 156 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,800 the same. You've got a brand new name. 157 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,280 And can I tell somebody in the Holy Ghost, you might have 158 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:30,480 walked in here at Jacob tonight, but you do not have to leave the 159 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,200 same way that you walked in. You can walk out of here 160 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:41,600 different than you walked in. And Jacob verse 30, Jacob called 161 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:46,440 the name of that place Penao. For I have seen God face to face 162 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:51,000 and notice what he says. My life is preserved. 163 00:10:53,440 --> 00:11:02,840 He was a bloody, muddy mess, had a fat lip, black eye, bloody 164 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,080 nose. His clothes are tattered and 165 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:07,560 torn. He's muddy and bloody. 166 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:10,160 And he says my life is preserved. 167 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,040 See, because God is more interested in tonight, in your 168 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,080 preservation than your presentation. 169 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,000 He cares more if you're holy than if you're healed. 170 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,280 He'd rather matter of fact, He said in the New Testament. 171 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,920 He said if thy foot offend, he cut it off because he would 172 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,000 rather you limp into heaven than walk into hell. 173 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,280 And Speaking of heaven, notice what the gates of heaven are 174 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,280 made out of? Pearl. 175 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,400 Guess how you get a Pearl? A Pearl is when an oyster is 176 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,480 wounded, an irritant. Something bothers that that 177 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:56,800 oyster, and overtime, what was once a wound become something 178 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,400 that is valuable and of worth a lot of money. 179 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,600 So you know what I believe when we walk through those pearly 180 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,520 gates one day, we're going to put our hand up on that day and 181 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:11,880 we're going to remind ourselves of all the times I was wounded 182 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,880 and all the times that I was hurt words and all the times 183 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,280 that I went through tough times. That's why I'm here. 184 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,920 I may be limping, but I'm not losing tonight. 185 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,600 And verse 31 says, and he passed over pin you on the sun rose 186 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:36,800 upon him and he halted or he limped upon his thigh. 187 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,680 That closes chapter 32 verse chapter 33 begins with these 188 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:44,560 words. And Jacob lifted up his eyes and 189 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:49,720 he looked and he beheld and he he saw Esau with 400 men coming 190 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,600 his way. Now the last time he saw he saw 191 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,120 his twin brother Esau. Esau said, I'm going to kill 192 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,400 you, I'm going to get my revenge. 193 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,720 So this was not an exciting moment for for Jacob. 194 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,880 He sees his brother coming. And for all he knows is his 195 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,640 brothers brought a an army of 400 soldiers, and they're going 196 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,000 to cut him down and kill him and his family. 197 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,960 And so notice what Jacob does in verse #3 And he passed over 198 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,760 before them. And he bowed himself to the 199 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:26,640 ground seven Times. Now we can we bowing isn't 200 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:28,720 something we we're accustomed to in America. 201 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,920 We don't, we don't bow before people, but but when you bow, 202 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:36,160 it's a sign of, of humbleness. It's a sign of humility. 203 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,240 It's a sign of repentance. It's a sign of someone that you 204 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,960 know that person's greater than you. 205 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:43,880 So you, you bow in their presence. 206 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,600 And, and, and so, so Jacob's got the birthright. 207 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,560 Jacob's got the, the, the blessing on his life. 208 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,320 So I don't really think it was for that. 209 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,200 And and then we can look at how how many times he bows himself 210 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,200 the seven times. That's the number of completion. 211 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,440 As we know God created everything in six days. 212 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,640 On the 7th day he rested. It made a week and it's a number 213 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,400 of completion. The the they, the children of 214 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,920 Israel marched around the walls of Jericho seven days. 215 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,880 On the 7th day they marched 7 times and got they shouted and 216 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,600 God gave him the victory name in the Syrian captain dipped in the 217 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,920 Jordan River 7 times and God healed him of the leprosy. 218 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,000 Jesus just met the woman at the well and he said go get your 219 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,200 husband. And she said I, I don't have a 220 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,560 husband. And he said, well, you've had 221 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,200 five and now you're living with a man. 222 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,640 And so that six men she's had in her life and she's talking to 223 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,840 the 7th man who would bring completion to her life. 224 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,480 And so we, we can play on that #7 if we want to. 225 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,880 But but what I really think about this story, I think every 226 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:52,000 time he took a step towards Esau, he felt that hip 227 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:57,160 dislocate. And instead of showing his 228 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:02,000 brother that he was wounded, he would do a fake bowing before 229 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:08,200 his brother to hide his wound, to hide his hip injury, to hide 230 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,920 his handicap. Because Jacob at this point, I'm 231 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:16,520 sure, was ashamed of his limp. He was trying to hide his limb 232 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,520 because he didn't want his brother to know he was wounded, 233 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,760 because his brother would just say, well, that's easy pickings 234 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,040 for me. He's not even at full health and 235 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,440 full capacity. And and that's human nature for 236 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,280 us today. We tried to hide our 237 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,760 imperfections. We tried to hide our hurts. 238 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:39,600 Us fathers, we tell our boys especially don't cry, get up and 239 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,640 rub some dirt on it. Show no weakness. 240 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,560 Don't let people know that you're hurt. 241 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,240 That's that's humanity. You I don't want. 242 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,840 I'm big bad Michael Mall. But I can't let people know that 243 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,600 I've been hurt. I can't let people know that 244 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,240 I've cried tears. I can't let people know that I 245 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,880 have wounds and scars. I can't let people know that 246 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,200 I've been limping. I can't let people know that 247 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,360 I've got problems in my life. I've got to put on a show. 248 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,800 I've got to let everybody think that I'm holy and spiritual and 249 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,800 I can't tell them about what's really going on in my life. 250 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,680 But somewhere between his encounter with his twin brother 251 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:25,560 Esau and right before his death, Jacob realized that his limp 252 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,520 wasn't something to be ashamed of and hid, but rather it was to 253 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:36,360 be celebrated and told. Because Hebrews 11 and 21 says 254 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:42,160 by faith, Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of 255 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:47,400 Joseph and worshipped leaning upon the top of his staff. 256 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,840 So somewhere in his life, he stopped wrestling and he started 257 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,480 worshipping. Somewhere in his life he 258 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:59,120 realized that that limp wasn't something to be despised. 259 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,000 It wasn't something to hide. It was something to be told. 260 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,680 And before he died, he said, come here, Manasseh. 261 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,359 Come here, Ephraim. And I've got a story to tell you 262 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:13,599 because you need to understand about Paw Paw's limp. 263 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,599 I know when I take my cat naps in the recliner, you boys come 264 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:21,160 and get my cane and you mock me and limp around the house. 265 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,720 I know it's funny to you but you need to understand where we got 266 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,600 this limp from because we wouldn't be here today if it 267 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,200 wasn't for this limp. But I had an all night wrestling 268 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,480 match with an Angel and it touched me and it changed who I 269 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,200 am. And Manasseh, I know I've been 270 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,720 embarrassing to you sometimes Ephraim, I know you've despised 271 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,520 my lips sometimes, but you wouldn't be here today. 272 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,520 And can I tell somebody else in this house that you wouldn't be 273 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,520 here today if it wasn't for your limp, if it wasn't for your 274 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,960 wound, if it wasn't for your scar? 275 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:07,200 It tells your story. What, what he what once 276 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,920 embarrassed him, he's now embracing what he wants 277 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,360 disguised, He is now declaring. And Jacob's limp did not 278 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:20,120 perceive God's blessing, but the limp was a blessing in itself. 279 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:25,280 Because if you think about it, our limps, our scars, our 280 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:31,640 wounds, they tell our story. My, my body is covered in scars. 281 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,880 And that the reason is because I was raised with two brothers and 282 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:41,800 we, we lived out in the country and we, we played ball and we, 283 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:43,600 we did all kinds of stupid stuff. 284 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:50,240 And I tell people all the time the UT hospital knew us by first 285 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,720 name basis in the emergency room because we were always in there 286 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,600 getting a cast or getting stitches. 287 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:01,200 And, and man, I've got, I've got a scar back here where we were 288 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,760 playing, we, we grew up in a single wide mobile home and, and 289 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,320 the hallway was not much bigger than this podium. 290 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,600 And, and we would play tackle football and, and, and, and I 291 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,760 was bigger than them. So I would always play one 292 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,440 against two. And, and, and, and they tackled 293 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,480 me one time and I hit my head on the furnace and I had to go to 294 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,920 the emergency room and get, so I got a big scar from that. 295 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,280 And then one time my cousin was chasing me with a water hose and 296 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,160 I was backing up running backwards and I tripped and fell 297 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,440 and hit the deck of the riding lawn mower and busted and gashed 298 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,840 my head. One time I was throwing a ball 299 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,360 to my brother and and baseball and he hit the ball and popped 300 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:39,520 it up and I went to run and get it and all of a sudden I got hit 301 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,720 in the head and knocked down and he'd slung the baseball bat. 302 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:47,000 And I had to get stitches. And I've had stitches here from 303 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,840 a bicycle wreck and I've had barbed wire fences RIP my body 304 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,600 open and I just got scars everywhere. 305 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,880 I guess God said it's a big canvas to work with. 306 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:04,480 But every once in a while I'll see one of those scars in a 307 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,040 mirror and I'll say, man, that's an ugly scar. 308 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:13,280 And then I'll I'll think back to how I got that scar and I'll 309 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,760 say, man, I wish I wouldn't have rode my bike that day. 310 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,600 I wish I wouldn't have threw that baseball that day. 311 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,320 I wish I wouldn't have played football because now I have a 312 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,800 scar and it's ugly. But but even deeper than that, 313 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,640 I've got some scars here and here. 314 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,800 I've got some wounds here and here. 315 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,480 And, and I think back to when I made that mistake and I think 316 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,280 back to when that person hurt me and wounded me. 317 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,840 And I, I say, I wish I wouldn't have done that. 318 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,880 And I, I wish I wouldn't have made that mistake. 319 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,360 And I wish I wouldn't have let that person do that to me. 320 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,360 But you know what I've learned? I learned after almost 48 years 321 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:51,840 on this earth, every scar tells a story. 322 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:57,120 Every wound tells a story. And I wouldn't be who I am today 323 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,480 without my scars, without my wounds. 324 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:05,000 I might be limping tonight, but I am not losing. 325 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,400 If you ever if you ever had a chance to meet my dad, one of 326 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,720 the first things you would notice about him is he's got a 327 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:22,240 very visible limp. If you asked him why he limped 328 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,240 so bad, his short answer would be because he's had both of his 329 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,520 knees and one of his hips artificially replaced. 330 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,760 But the deeper story is he was playing college football at 331 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:40,400 Norfolk Stake in Norfolk, VA, his senior year with NFL scouts 332 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,960 in the stands watching him. He says he still doesn't know 333 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,640 what happened. He said there was the end of a 334 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,680 play and he was at the bottom of the the of the, the mass that 335 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,760 the people just piled up. And he said when he got up to 336 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,680 try to go back to the huddle, he said that his leg from the knee 337 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:02,320 down was just dangling. And he, they of course, rushed 338 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:07,960 him to the emergency room and he, he every ACLPCL, what are 339 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,560 all the different ligaments? And we're all destroyed in his 340 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,760 knee. And they did a surgery on him. 341 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,720 And back then you didn't have surgeries like that and you were 342 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,880 on the field the next season. His football career was over. 343 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,480 His hopes of playing in the NFL were over. 344 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:32,960 And I, I, I've often seen my dad limping and knowing the pain 345 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:37,320 that it causes him. But I also know the rest of the 346 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:42,160 story. He went back to Knoxville, TN to 347 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:49,200 recover from his knee surgery. While on crutches still, he gets 348 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,560 on a blind date with a girl by the name of Denise Smith from 349 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:57,680 Maryville, TN who would later become Denise Maupin, my mother. 350 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:03,040 And when I see that 75 year old man limping down the hall of his 351 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,680 house, I know it's caused him pain. 352 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,920 I know it caused him grief. But I understand if it wasn't 353 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,080 for that limp, I wouldn't be here today. 354 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,480 Another story. There was a young man that grew 355 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,320 up right outside of Chicago. He was a three sport all state 356 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,760 athlete in high school. Major League Baseball draft 357 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,880 experts were talking about him being drafted in the first round 358 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:29,880 of the Major League Baseball draft. 359 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:34,040 Every Big 10 college, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan, everybody 360 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,440 was offering him football scholarships and same thing in 361 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,400 the senior year. He he, he, he has some sort of 362 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,920 injury to his knee while running the ball and and every school 363 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,800 withdrew their scholarship offer. 364 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,880 Major League Baseball draft scouts say, well, he probably 365 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:57,280 won't even get drafted now. One school left a scholarship on 366 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,440 the table to him, the University of Tennessee. 367 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:03,960 He was a a northerner. He didn't want to move South. 368 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,600 He'd never lived in the South. He didn't want to go down South. 369 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,280 But it was the only school that was still offering him. 370 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:13,720 So we moved to Knoxville, TN. 1 morning on a Sunday morning, he 371 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,760 hears a knock at his dormitory door. 372 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,800 On the other side of the door is the future Hall of Famer Reggie 373 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,800 White. And he said get up freshman, 374 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,640 we're going to church. They pile in a vehicle and they 375 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:30,120 pull into 5020 Pleasant Ridge Rd. in Knoxville, TN and this 376 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,720 young man walks into an Apostolic Church for the first 377 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,920 time in his life. Raised Catholic, didn't know 378 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,440 anything about this. He feels something. 379 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,000 He's never failed. He repents of his sins, he gets 380 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,320 baptized in Jesus name. God fills him with the Holy 381 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,000 Ghost. He gets married, he gets called 382 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,720 in the ministry. He was my coach at the Christian 383 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,480 School. He baptized me in Jesus name. 384 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:57,240 He's a mentor of mine. He's pastoring a great church in 385 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,200 East Tennessee. And if you asked Geno Magnus 386 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,320 today about his limp, he'd probably tell you about a few 387 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,480 football stories. He'd tell you about all the pain 388 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,720 and embarrassment. But he'd also tell you he would 389 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:15,560 have never heard this glorious one God gospel if he wouldn't 390 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,920 have been hurt. So what are you saying I'm 391 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,800 telling somebody? Your limp, your scars, your 392 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,520 wounds, they're a part of who who you are. 393 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,080 They tell your story. Tonight 394 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:39,900 I just, I just came to a place in my life. 395 00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:44,660 I don't even trust a man that doesn't limp spiritually because 396 00:25:44,660 --> 00:25:46,660 that means he's not been fighting any battles. 397 00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:50,540 I wouldn't follow a leader that's not limping tonight. 398 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:54,700 I don't believe the stories of a so-called warrior that that has 399 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:56,820 never been wounded, that doesn't have any scars. 400 00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:59,580 If they don't have any scars, that means they've never fought 401 00:25:59,580 --> 00:26:03,640 any battles. You know who else had wounds? 402 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:11,720 Jesus, our Savior had wounds. He had scars, and they told his 403 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:17,160 story way before he was ever born on earth, Isaiah said. 404 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,080 He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised 405 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,360 for iniquities. The chastisement of our peace 406 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:25,960 was upon him, and with His stripes we are healed. 407 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,840 So He wasn't just the triumphant King of kings and the lion of 408 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,240 the tribe of Judah, but He was also the suffering servant. 409 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,720 He was also the despised and disfigured Lamb of God. 410 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:41,440 Our Savior had scars and as a matter of fact, He still has 411 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,960 scars. But after his resurrection, 412 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,880 Jesus shows up where the disciples are hiding in fear. 413 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,240 He just walks right through the the doors you don't even need. 414 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,240 We learn in 2020, closed doors don't stop him. 415 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:03,760 He disappeared in the room and he talks to his disciples and 416 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,120 the Bible says Thomas was not there. 417 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,080 Now, I don't know where Thomas was. 418 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:14,320 The Bible doesn't tell us where he was, but I can promise you 419 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:16,880 Thomas wished he would have been there that night. 420 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,560 And that just lets me know that I don't want to ever miss when 421 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,600 church is happening because I don't ever know when Jesus is 422 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,280 going to show up. I don't want to be home watching 423 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,800 football. I don't want to be on the golf 424 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,400 course. I don't want to be on the lake. 425 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,720 I want to be in the House of God every time the doors are open 426 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,680 because Jesus is going to show up. 427 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:42,240 But John the 20th chapter, verse 25 says that Jesus shows up 428 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,920 again and and with the first time and they and they look at 429 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,920 that Thomas comes back and and they said we've seen the Lord 430 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:57,240 and Thomas's next words have given him a 2000 year long 431 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:04,000 nickname doubting Thomas because he said, except I see in his 432 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,120 hands the print of the nails and I put my finger in the print of 433 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:11,360 the nails and I thrust my hand into his side. 434 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:16,480 I will not believe. So 8 days later the disciples 435 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,880 are back in this same place and this time the Bible says and 436 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,520 Thomas was with him, he learned his lesson. 437 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:27,680 And once again the doors being shut, Jesus just appears in the 438 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:31,960 midst of them and he says, peace be unto you. 439 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,480 And then Jesus turns his attention to the one that wasn't 440 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,320 there the first time and he looks at Thomas and he says, 441 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:44,160 Thomas, reach hit her thy finger and behold my hands. 442 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:52,480 Thomas reach hit of the hand and thrust it into my side and be 443 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:59,000 not faithless, but believing. And Thomas's next words are one 444 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,920 of the most powerful scriptures for one God because Thomas, 445 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:07,000 after he touched the nail prints and after he thrust his hand 446 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:12,160 into the side, the wound of Jesus, he said, my Lord and my 447 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,760 God. Now I've often thought to 448 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,160 myself, why didn't Jesus come back from the grave with a whole 449 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,720 body? To me that would have been the 450 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:28,560 greatest smack in the face to the Romans that the Pharisees, 451 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:33,360 man, hey, you crucified me. But look, those scars that were 452 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,360 on my back, they're gone. The Dale Prince, they're gone. 453 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,800 They're not even there. The the crown of thorns, you 454 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,440 can't even see where that used to be. 455 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,880 I don't have a spear mark in my side. 456 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:47,200 I'm I'm a complete body. Jesus could have done that and 457 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,240 that would have been powerful. That would have been an amazing 458 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,480 testimony of that. He really was God if he came 459 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,880 back from the grave with no scars. 460 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:00,280 But if he wouldn't have came back with no scars, Thomas 461 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,960 wouldn't have touched the scars and Thomas wouldn't have 462 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,880 believed. And church history tells us that 463 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,880 Thomas would go on to start the first Apostolic Church. 464 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,520 And what we now know is modern India. 465 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,200 There wouldn't have been a Apostolic Church there if Jesus 466 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,080 didn't have scars. And you know what that tells me 467 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,200 tonight? That Jesus has the ability to 468 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,160 keep me from ever getting wounded. 469 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,400 He's got the ability from me ever having a scar. 470 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,400 He's got an ability to keep me from ever limping. 471 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,360 But if I never was wounded, there's a world out there that 472 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,520 wouldn't know that. There's a God who is greater 473 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,680 than my wounds. There's a God who's greater than 474 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,640 my scars. There's a God who's greater than 475 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:53,490 my limp. Tonight you can remain standing. 476 00:30:53,490 --> 00:30:55,650 I'm drawn to a close second. Corinthians 12. 477 00:30:57,170 --> 00:31:00,970 This is Paul's thorn in the flesh Scriptures. 478 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:03,880 Paul said, I had this thorn in the flesh. 479 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,960 We don't know what it is. You can guess it doesn't matter 480 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,760 to me. But he prayed 3 times. 481 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:15,200 He said God remove this thorn. God was silent. 482 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,720 God remove this thorn. God ignored him. 483 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:25,680 The third time God removed this thorn and God finally answers 484 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,880 him. But it wasn't the answer he was 485 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:33,160 looking for. But God says My grace is 486 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:37,760 sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect. 487 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:44,240 Not in your strength, not when everything is going perfect in 488 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,240 your life. Not when you just feel so holy 489 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,080 and spiritual and you just came off a 40 day fasting. 490 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,280 Not when your marriage is perfect. 491 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,800 Not when your children are doing what they're supposed to be 492 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,960 doing. Not when the doctor said you're 493 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,960 the best health I've ever seen in your life. 494 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,960 Not whenever you've had a good job and all the money's in the 495 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,240 storehouse and all your bills are paid. 496 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,360 That's not when his strength is made perfect, but his strength 497 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:14,400 is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly Paul said. 498 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,200 Therefore I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of 499 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,440 Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasures and 500 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:27,640 infirmities and reproaches and necessities and persecutions and 501 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:33,720 distresses for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, when I'm 502 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:42,080 limping, when I'm wounded, when I'm scarred, then I am strong. 503 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,680 You want to know when you're stronger than you've ever been 504 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,760 is whenever you're having to lean on him. 505 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,840 When you're limping. You want to know when you're 506 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,920 stronger than you've ever been is when you've been wounded. 507 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,960 But you're still here on a Sunday night with your hands 508 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:56,200 lifted. Great. 509 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,760 Praising and worshipping the King of kings. 510 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,600 Whenever you know that there's problems in your life, but you 511 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,480 know there's a God who's greater. 512 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:10,720 See, Paul thought historian in his flesh was his weakness, but 513 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,960 in all actuality it was really his strength. 514 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:21,360 Limping isn't losing. I might be wounded, but I'm 515 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,440 still winning. I might be wounded, but I'm 516 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:29,560 still worshiping. I might be scarred, but I'm 517 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:33,080 still shouting. I might be in pain, but I'm 518 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:37,000 still praising. I might be limping, but I'm not 519 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,640 losing tonight as every head is bowed, every eyes closed, all 520 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:48,160 across this house. Just wonder tonight, is there 521 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,800 anybody here? First of all, if there's a Jacob 522 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,640 here, you've never repented of your sins. 523 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,960 You never been baptized in the only name under heaven given 524 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,920 among men whereby we must be saved, the saving name of the 525 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,360 Lord Jesus Christ. You never been filled with the 526 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,840 gift of the Holy Ghost. God wants to give you a new 527 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,199 name. He doesn't want you to leave 528 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:10,679 here, Jacob. He wants you to leave here, 529 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:14,560 Israel tonight. So this altar is open to you 530 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:18,920 first, but then I want to open this altar to altar to some 531 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:24,440 limpers here, some wounded worshippers here, some scarred 532 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,880 shouters here tonight. And I want you just to come down 533 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,520 to the front. I want you just to limp 534 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,840 spiritually. I might, I might just barely got 535 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:34,960 here tonight. I may just barely be making it, 536 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,560 but guess what? I'm limping, but I'm not losing. 537 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:43,719 I'm still victorious because His grace is sufficient for me. 538 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,000 His strength is made perfect in my weakness. 539 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,480 And when I'm weak, then I am strong. 540 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,560 So this altar is open right now. Would you just come? 541 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,080 I believe there's supernatural strength that's going to be 542 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,680 poured out on somebody in this house. 543 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,560 I believe God's getting ready to give somebody a holy bonus. 544 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,920 They've never had that. You're going to take your limp 545 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,880 and let it be your testimony. You're going to let your wound 546 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,200 be your story. You're going to let your scar be 547 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,040 your story. You're going to tell a world 548 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:13,280 that there's a God who's greater. 549 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,440 There's a Savior who's greater than your scar. 550 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:20,400 There's a there's a God who's greater than everything you've 551 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,760 ever been through. Come on, let it be your light. 552 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,160 Let it be your testimony. There's a world out there that 553 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,280 needs to see your scars, that needs to touch your wounds 554 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:31,800 tonight.