1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:05,120 In the presence of the Lord right now God, you're all that 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,880 we need. You're all that we need. 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:13,600 Jesus disciples were leaving the Lord on the left hand on the 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,600 right hand and he looked at that core 12 and said you going to go 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,640 also? Where will we go? 6 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,840 Lord, we have those very words of eternal life. 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,160 I know today it's like, well, there's a lot of options, but I 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,000 think the disciples are caught on to something that in the real 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,040 essence of things, there is no other option. 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,600 There is no other option. I'm I'm not just in this thing 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,120 and call it a gig, call it and put whatever one of the label 12 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,760 you want to put on it. And and I'm got some Plan B in 13 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,480 my back pocket just in case this don't work out. 14 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:54,160 No, no, I'm sold out to this because all that I need is right 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,880 here, Amen. In the presence of the Lord, you 16 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,680 know for certainty that you've walked into the presence of God. 17 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,760 Sometimes with so many things in disarray and just walking into 18 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,960 His presence, things just start coming together and pieces start 19 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:12,320 coming together and peace starts overwhelming you, Amen. 20 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:14,360 There's nothing like the presence of God. 21 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,480 There's nothing like the presence of God. 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,840 If you can stand with me all across here, Amen. 23 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,520 Today, again, our privilege to have Evangelist Sanford, Amen. 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,160 You, most of you have been here, so I don't necessarily need to 25 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,360 give a formal introduction of him to you, Amen, But we are 26 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,800 happy that he is here. The word of the Lord has been 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,680 rich on Sunday. His spirit has been real and 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,120 tangible. Amen. 29 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,160 We're going to lean in tonight, aren't we going to lean in one 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,120 more time and say, God speak to me. 31 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,960 Can you raise your hand right now and do that? 32 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,960 God, speak to me tonight, Lord. God, speak to me tonight, Lord 33 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,720 Hallelujah, with sincerity in your voice, Amen. 34 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,040 Let be made known to the Lord right now as Evangelist Sanford 35 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,000 comes. God, speak to me tonight, Lord, 36 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:03,640 Hallelujah. Come on, let's continue to 37 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:09,400 magnify the Lord in this house. Come on, as our hands are 38 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,880 lifted, why don't we continue to talk to the Lord, continue to 39 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:19,240 entreat the presence of the Lord because He's in this house. 40 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,480 Come on, let's not rush through this. 41 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:30,520 Come on, let's not rush through this moment. 42 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:37,080 Right now, the ministry, the Holy Ghost is in this room. 43 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,600 Draw nigh unto God, and he will draw nigh unto. 44 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,080 You. Reach after the Lord that 45 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,280 happily you may feel after him, and find him, because he's not 46 00:02:52,280 --> 00:03:01,800 far from any one of us. As they were singing that song, 47 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:09,680 my mind went to the 42nd Psalm. The Bible says as the heart 48 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:14,560 paneth after the water brooks, so paneth my soul after the oh 49 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:22,320 God as the deer longs for the water, indicating that it's been 50 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,280 a while since the deer had water. 51 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,000 Anybody know what it's like to go through seasons when it feels 52 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,360 like the presence of the Lord has been distant, gone through 53 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,560 troubles and trials, and it's just taking the wind out of you? 54 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,920 But aren't you glad that you? Can come in the House of the 55 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:45,320 Lord on a Monday night, and His presence is tangible. 56 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,160 His presence is. Almost so real that you can 57 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:54,080 reach out and grab it. And I believe what the Lord 58 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,800 wants to do in this house is exactly what happened in Acts 59 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,760 chapter 2. Bible says there was a sound 60 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:07,160 from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all 61 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,440 the house. I want the Lord to fill all the 62 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:19,600 house tonight, and I want Him to sit up on each of us, not just a 63 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,600 few of us leave this house strengthened, but I want the 64 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,480 Holy Ghost to sit on all of us. Amen. 65 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,800 I believe that's why the Lord is in this room. 66 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,040 I know you're standing. So if you have your Bibles, I 67 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:37,120 will go to Judges chapter #15 and I will begin at verse #14 68 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:43,920 Judges chapter 15, verse 14. And as you're finding that would 69 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,960 give honor again to be in the House of the Lord with you this 70 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,320 evening. Give honor to the great 71 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,440 leadership of this church, your pastor and his wife and family, 72 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:59,480 brother and sister McGee, and also Bishop and his wife McGee 73 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,040 as well, and all of you for being in the House of the Lord. 74 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:09,320 I know it's a Monday and work and probably finishing up school 75 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:14,560 if you're still in it. And life's busy, life's busy, 76 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,240 but you carved out time to be in the House of the Lord, and I 77 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,440 believe the Lord's going to honor your faithfulness tonight. 78 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,680 Amen. Judges chapter #15 verse 14. 79 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:32,720 Every song has just been in unison with what I feel the Lord 80 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,720 would have to say tonight. The Bible says in Judges 15 and 81 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,120 14. When he's Speaking of Samson 82 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,600 came unto Lehigh, the Philistines shouted against him. 83 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,280 The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him. 84 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,560 The cords that were upon his arms became his flax that was 85 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,800 burnt with fire, and his bands loose from off his hands. 86 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:02,040 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and 87 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,240 took it, and slew 1000 men therewith. 88 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,920 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon 89 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,400 heaps the jawbone of an ass, have I slain 1000 men. 90 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,080 It came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he 91 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:24,240 castaway the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place 92 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,760 Ramoth Lehi. And he was sore athirst and 93 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,480 called on the Lord and said, That was given this great 94 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:37,320 deliverance into the hand of thy servant, and now shall I die for 95 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,160 thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 96 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,120 You're talking about swinging from one end of the pendulum to 97 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:48,560 the next and one verse. Because when verse 18 begins, he 98 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,720 says, Lord, you've given this great deliverance into my hand. 99 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:57,520 But by the time we get to the end of the verse, Bible says, I 100 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:01,840 fear that I'm going to die for thirst and fall into the hand of 101 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:08,720 the very enemy I just defeated. Because a lot of times victory 102 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:15,720 isn't just enough. God has more for us than just 103 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:20,200 the victory. Because the Bible says in verse 104 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:25,480 19 that God cleave a hollow place that was in the jaw and 105 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,000 there came water there out. And when he had drunk, his 106 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,240 spirit came again, and he revived. 107 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:37,320 Wherefore he called the name thereof in Hokor, which is in 108 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,960 Lehigh, and to this day. And he judged Israel in the days 109 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:48,200 of the Philistines, 20 years. It's a familiar story. 110 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,800 But I'm going to do my best to pull something out of the text 111 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,680 that'll minister to all of us in this room. 112 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,880 I want to preach to you tonight for a few moments on the subject 113 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,520 Springs. Of the caller. 114 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:08,400 Springs of the caller, I wonder if we one more time could lift 115 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,000 our hands before we're seated all over this house. 116 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,720 And as our hands are lifted, we could continue to entreat the 117 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,720 presence of the Lord and ask that His word would speak in 118 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,240 this house. Lord, we love you. 119 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:38,120 In Jesus name, Lord, that word that is not bound. 120 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,440 I pray that it would move throughout this room and it 121 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,360 would minister to every heart in this room, that it would bring 122 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:50,400 forth 3060 and a hundredfold in Jesus name. 123 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,320 And why don't you, as you being seated, give the Lord another 124 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,760 great handclap of praise all over the house? 125 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:03,480 And you may be seated tonight. Thank you for standing The 126 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,480 Battle of Hamburger Hill. It was a battle that stretched 127 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:13,320 for seven days from May the 13th until May the 20th of 1969. 128 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:19,240 The Battle of Hill 70 It was a battle that took place during 129 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,240 the First World War between the Canadian Corps and five 130 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,600 divisions of the German 6th Army. 131 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,720 The Battle of San Juan Hill It was a major battle of the 132 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:35,680 Spanish American War that was fought on July the 1st, 1898 and 133 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:38,880 proved to be one of the most significant battles of that very 134 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,800 war. The Battle of Bunker Hill. 135 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:47,880 It was fought on June the 17th, 1775 during the Siege of Boston 136 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,680 in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. 137 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,160 And while it is known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, the 138 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:00,760 majority of combat actually took place on an adjacent heel, which 139 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,320 will later become known as Breeds Heel. 140 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,080 You see, throughout history, over 20 battles have been fought 141 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,680 on the heel, and then those battles were named after the 142 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:14,680 heel they were fought on. And so it was even within the 143 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:19,200 parameters of our text. Judges Chapter 15 is often 144 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:24,440 referred to as Samson's revenge. To understand why many 145 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,800 theologians call it that, you've got to understand that the 146 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,480 chapter opens by telling us that it's the time of the wheat 147 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,480 harvest and Samson has returned to visit his wife after a 148 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,800 extended period of absence. But when Samson arrives, he 149 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,720 finds out that during his absence his father, 150 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,560 mother-in-law, was giving away his wife to another man. 151 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:50,800 And so in response, Samson catches 300 foxes, sets their 152 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,680 tails on fire and burns both the sheaves and fields of corn which 153 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,240 belonged to the Philistines. The Philistines in return blame 154 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,440 Samson's wife along with her family, and then burn both her 155 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,040 and her father alive. And when the news gets back to 156 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:12,200 Samson, what the Philistines have done, he once again vows 157 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,920 revenge because the Bible says in verse #8 that he slaughters 158 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,880 the Philistines. But this is how the translator 159 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,880 say it in verse 8. He smote them hip and thigh with 160 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,560 a great slaughter. You've got to understand that 161 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:31,280 when the Bible says he smote them hip and thigh with a great 162 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,120 slaughter, that was an expression to let you. 163 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,400 And I understand that this was a cruel, unsparing slaughter, that 164 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,400 he. Began to pour out on the 165 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,440 Philistines, in other words. Samson showed the Philistines no 166 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,640 mercy because of what they had done to his wife and 167 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,040 father-in-law. And this act of violence worries 168 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,800 the tribe of Judah so greatly that they in response seeing 169 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,480 3000 men to arrest one man. Samson. 170 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,800 You've got to understand that Judah done so because at this 171 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:06,040 time they were under the oppression or the control of the 172 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,880 Philistines. And it's amazing to know that 173 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,400 they would rather please their oppressors than support their 174 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,280 delivery. But the Bible says when Samson 175 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:20,320 allows his arrest to take place, the Philistines once again begin 176 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,080 to berate him. And this is where we pick up in 177 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,320 verse #14 because it says while the Philistines are shouting 178 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,800 against him, that the Spirit of the Lord came mightily on 179 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:35,120 Samson, and the cords that were upon his arms became his flags, 180 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,000 and the bands fell off of his hands. 181 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,080 Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to understand that Samson once 182 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,800 again himself in a fight with the Philistines. 183 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,520 Remember, he's already fought them once before because in 184 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:53,920 verse #8 he smote them hip and thigh with the Great Slaughter. 185 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:58,240 But now, just a short time later, just a little while 186 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,280 removed from that first battle, he finds himself in a second 187 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,000 battle with the same enemy. And it's in the midst of this 188 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,320 great conflict. It's in the midst of this second 189 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,160 battle. But the Bible says that Samson 190 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:16,320 finds a jawbone and put forth his hand and took it. 191 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,920 And with that jawbone he slays 1000 men. 192 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:25,520 Because Samson said with the jawbone of an ass heaps upon 193 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,440 heaps, with a jawbone have our slain 1000 men. 194 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,480 And while we read stories like this, and it's powerful, it's 195 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,560 something that you and I can celebrate. 196 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,800 Can I inform you that when Samson killed those thousand 197 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,920 men, it was more than just a random occurrence? 198 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,280 But it was the song of Moses being fulfilled, because back in 199 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,440 Deuteronomy 32, the Spirit of the Lord moved on. 200 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:56,040 Moses and Moses begin to sing. How shall 1 Chase 1002 put 201 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,440 10,000 to flight? Except their rock had sold them, 202 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:05,720 and the Lord had shut them up. For their rock is not like our 203 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,160 rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 204 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:14,240 Joshua comes on the scene and reiterates the same thing when 205 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,800 he said one man of you will chase 1000 for the Lord your 206 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,600 God, He it is that fighteth for you. 207 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:26,200 You see, the only reason why one man could chase 1000, the only 208 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:30,200 reason why one man, Samson could kill them and stack them heaps 209 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,120 upon heaps is because of their rock. 210 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:39,040 Is not like our rock. Can I tell you that Samson was 211 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,440 outnumbered 1000 to 1? The odds were not in his favor. 212 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,320 But aren't you glad to know that if God be for us? 213 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:52,120 Who then, can be against us? Can I tell somebody on a Monday 214 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,640 night, you may feel like Samson, you may feel like you're the 215 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,960 only one fighting, you may feel like you're in the battle all by 216 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,600 yourself. But can I remind you as long as. 217 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,920 God is with you. As long as God is in the battle 218 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:12,840 with you, everything's going to be all right, because God has 219 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:18,360 always equal the majority. The Bible says, and it came to 220 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,760 pass when he had made an end of speaking, that he castaway the 221 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:27,880 jawbone out of his hand and called that place Raymouth Lehi. 222 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:34,960 Now in verse 14, it's only Lehi, but now in verse 17, it's 223 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,880 Raymoth Lehi because in the Hebrew tongue, Raymoth Lehi 224 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,360 literally means the height or heel of the jawbone. 225 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,440 Because just like in American history and even in biblical 226 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,880 history, a battle would be fought on a heel and then it 227 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,360 would be named after the heel it was fought on. 228 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:58,200 And so it is in Judges 15, because before the battle, it's 229 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,960 only, but after the battle, it's Ray Martha Lehigh. 230 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:08,200 Because the very place of this battle unfolded and said this 231 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:13,680 place is now Ray Martha Lehigh. It may just be Lehigh to 232 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:17,720 everybody else, but the Samson, it means a whole lot more. 233 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,360 It's Ray Martha Lehigh. You see when you look at that, 234 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,680 because to Samson it means a whole lot more because when 235 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,280 Samson stood on that heel, he understood this is a heel I 236 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,040 fought on. This is a heel that God gave me 237 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,200 victory on. And while it may be 238 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,400 insignificant to everybody else, it has a lot of significance to 239 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,560 Samson. And can I tell you that I'm 240 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,640 looking at people in this room who, like Samson, have signature 241 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,120 victories in your past? I'm talking about those moments 242 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:55,520 that you remember that God made a way and God open in the door. 243 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,120 You see, this is a victory we always remember when we talk 244 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,600 about Samson. And I'm preaching to people in 245 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,280 this room. You too. 246 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,839 Have Ray monthly how moments in your yesterday. 247 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,760 I'm talking about moments when the odds were not in your favor. 248 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,839 I'm talking about days when the situation looked bleak and 249 00:17:16,839 --> 00:17:20,200 people didn't expect you to make it and you yourself wondered, 250 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,040 how am I going to get through this? 251 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,040 And how am I going to get over this? 252 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,599 But you're in the House of God tonight. 253 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:31,160 And when you look back over here yesterday and you realize where 254 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,240 you could be and see where you are, there's just some 255 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,080 victories. Oh, I wonder if I've got some 256 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,560 Samson's in the house who can look back over here yesterday, 257 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:48,480 Who can look back over the years you've lived and realize if it 258 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,480 had not been for God, who was on my? 259 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:57,760 Side I wouldn't be here. We all have Ramoth Lehigh 260 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:02,120 victories, victories that just mean more than others. 261 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,200 Samson was and he is a legend of war. 262 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,400 In the Bible. You begin to talk about 263 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,120 warriors, his name's going to come up. 264 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,800 We talk about leaders, deliverers. 265 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:21,400 We think of Moses, conquerors. We think of Joshua, men after 266 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,120 God's own heart. We think of David. 267 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,120 But Samson is the mighty warrior of the Bible. 268 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:32,680 He is Resume is second to none. He kills a lion with his bare 269 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,880 hands going to Timnath. He slaughters 1000 men with the 270 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,800 jawbone that we read in our text. 271 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:42,680 He rips apart the city gates of the enemy and carries them away 272 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,120 on his shoulders. Even when he's chained up in the 273 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:49,480 Temple of Dagon, he pulls apart the pillars. 274 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,440 Killing more in the final moments of his life than he did 275 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,120 throughout the life that he lived. 276 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,400 This is how we think of Samson. We always focus on the strength 277 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,280 of Samson. We only talk about the victories 278 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:07,200 of Samson. The fact is, Samson was still 279 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,360 human. Samson, I know we think of him 280 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:14,000 as a superhero, but he was mortal. 281 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,600 He was flesh and blood, just like everybody else is in this 282 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,280 room. Hang on to me, because this is 283 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:21,400 where we. Are going to come into the 284 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,480 conversation you see everybody in this room can relate to 285 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:30,320 judges chapter 15 because just like Samson, we too are weary 286 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,880 and even though we've got victories throughout our past. 287 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:39,320 Even though we sit in this room victorious tonight because we're 288 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:46,560 human, we still get weary. We can be faithful and still get 289 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,160 weary. We can pray and still get. 290 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,800 Tired. We can fast every week and still 291 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,200 feel spiritually fatigued. We can praise and worship every 292 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,560 time we come in the House of God and still leave that worship 293 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,200 service exhausted. We. 294 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,280 Can come to church every time the doors are open we can be at 295 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,640 every prayer meeting, we can be at every church work day and 296 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:13,480 still leave this house feeling empty because at the end of the 297 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,200 day is. Great of a victories that we 298 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,440 have. We're still human. 299 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,720 See, Judges 15 is spiritually significant to everybody in this 300 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,960 room because just like Samson, we will go through battles and 301 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,040 we have, we will fight and we have. 302 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,840 We will fight and we will fight and we will. 303 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,440 Fight. And even though we win those 304 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:40,160 battles, even though we walk out of those battles victorious, we 305 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:44,120 find ourselves weary from the battles we just fought. 306 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:51,120 Samson won, I can't stress that point enough in fact, he didn't 307 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:55,280 just win once, he won twice in verse 8 he smote them hip and 308 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,040 thaw with a great slaughter 6 verses later, heaps upon heaps, 309 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,360 he stacks 1000 lifeless bodies up on that hill. 310 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,600 I cannot stress the point enough. 311 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,640 Samson won. He was victorious, but even 312 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,520 though he won, what good is it winning the battle if you're 313 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:17,200 only going to die from the. Battle you just fought, He 314 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:21,120 defeats 1000 men and he gives God thanks because he says 315 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:23,000 you've given this great deliverance into the hand of 316 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,720 your servant. But now I'm not going to die and 317 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,120 fall into the hands of the very enemy I just defeated. 318 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:37,200 You talk about a paradox because in the same praise service God, 319 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,440 you've given me victory, but I still wonder if I'm going to 320 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,320 live to see another day because of the toll this battle took on 321 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,960 me. See, I don't know how long that 322 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,960 battle lasted. We can read it in just a few 323 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,760 moments. But think about it. 324 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,240 How long does it take one man to kill 1000? 325 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:02,040 I promise you this, the thousand men, those thousand Philistines 326 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,240 that fought him on that hill were not just 1000 random 327 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,560 soldiers the Philistine found at their disposal. 328 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:11,120 In fact, I've read in some commentaries that they believe 329 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:14,600 that those thousand men that were sent were the 1000 greatest 330 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,360 warriors they had at their disposal. 331 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,360 The fact is, they were men of war themselves. 332 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,840 They. Knew how to fight, they knew how 333 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,600 to kill, they knew how to take a life just like Samson did. 334 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,160 How long does it take to take? How long does it take one man to 335 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,800 kill? 1000 I begin to do a math some 336 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:39,400 time ago and if Samson killed one man every minute it still 337 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,960 would have lasted over 16 1/2 hours. 338 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,720 However long it lasted, it was a long, hard, vicious drone out 339 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,040 battle. Because Brother McGee, I can 340 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,800 read from the text and deduce that this battle done something 341 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,280 to Samson. No other battle ever done to him 342 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,680 before. He's the mighty warrior, he's 343 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,560 the Conqueror, he's the man that defeats all the enemies. 344 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,720 But this battle took. Something out of him, this 345 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,920 battle done something to him that no other battle done to him 346 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,680 before. And how many times can we relate 347 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,880 to that very thing? We go through battles, we go 348 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:18,320 through trials, we face giants, we fought the enemy, but there's 349 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:22,920 just some battles. And there's just some enemies 350 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:28,920 that takes a piece of us that no other battle or enemy took from 351 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,440 us before. However long that battle lasted, 352 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,240 boy, I feel my Holy Ghost in the house. 353 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,360 However long the battle lasted, it drained Samson. 354 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,000 It took a toll on him. But verse 18 gives us the 355 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:48,400 snapshot of the condition he's in when it says and he was sore. 356 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,760 A thirst, that phrase sore, a thirst lets us understand that 357 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,040 it's the time of the wheat harvest and he had fought so 358 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:01,520 diligently and he had fought so ferociously that he finds 359 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,480 himself at the point of exhaustion, maybe even being 360 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:08,880 dehydrated, knocking on death's door. 1 commentary says and 361 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,200 Ladies and gentlemen, I was reading this story a few weeks 362 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,680 back and in that moment I. Realized that when we're talking 363 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,240 about Samson or any other person in the Bible. 364 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:23,280 We only love to talk about the battle, and we only love to talk 365 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,080 about the victory. Oh, we love verses like 366 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:30,000 Deuteronomy 20 when it says the Lord is going to go with us to 367 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,560 fight for us and give us victory over our enemies. 368 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,480 We love what Romans chapter 8 teaches when the question is 369 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,640 asked, who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 370 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,840 Will it be tribulation or distress? 371 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,120 Persecution or famine? Nakedness, Periler sword, It is 372 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:48,840 written for thy name's sake. We are killed all. 373 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,680 The day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter, nay, 374 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,600 and all of these things we are more than conquerors through him 375 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,240 that loved us. We love what Paul told the 376 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,080 Ephesian church when he said, finally, my brethren, be strong 377 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,600 in the Lord and in the power of his might. 378 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,240 We love what Paul told the Corinthians when he said, thanks 379 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,000 be unto God who gives us the victory. 380 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:17,080 Thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph. 381 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,720 We love to preach about the battle because we know he's in 382 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,200 the battle with us and we love to preach about the victory 383 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,560 because he's going to give us the victory. 384 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,640 He's always going to cause us to triumph. 385 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,280 We are a victorious people. Because we are serving a God 386 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,640 who's always going to cause us to triumph. 387 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,880 But it was then when I realized we never preach about what 388 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,480 happens after the battles been fought and the victory's been 389 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,160 won. See, we often times just stop at 390 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,560 the victory, just get through this, just hang on till it 391 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,080 passes. But we never take the time to 392 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:05,360 look at the fallout of the battles we fought, even though 393 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:10,000 we're victorious. Just because you win the war 394 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,240 doesn't mean you come out of that war unscathed. 395 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,880 Jesus is the perfect example of this. 396 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,520 He won the battle at Calvary. When he said it is finished, he 397 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,160 was really saying it's accomplished. 398 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,320 Everything that I started out to do ever since the fall in the 399 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,920 garden until now, it has been accomplished. 400 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,760 In fact, Paul said he spoiled principalities. 401 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,640 He stripped hell of all of his power and authority. 402 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,320 In fact, Paul would go on to. Say that if the Princess of this 403 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,240 world knew what they were doing, they would have never crucified 404 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,120 the Lord of Glory. Because when he said it is 405 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:52,600 finished, he stripped hell in the devil himself of all of his 406 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,000 power because he won the battle at the cross. 407 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:01,840 But even though he won, goes to the wall and John and he looks 408 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,560 at Thomas and he says, put forth your hands in my hand, Put forth 409 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,080 your hand in my side. Feel me and see that it's me, 410 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,480 Thomas. I won. 411 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,600 I'm victorious because I'm still here, but the wounds tell a 412 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,640 story that I've been through some things and I'm preaching to 413 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,720 people on a Monday night who's been through things. 414 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,280 I'm preaching to people that if we can see through the eyes of 415 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,880 the Spirit, you've got wounds from yesterday. 416 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,920 You're limping spiritually because of battles you fought, 417 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,120 and thank God you're here just by being here is a testimony 418 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,600 that God's been faithful. Just because you're here is a 419 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,520 testimony that God brought you through. 420 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,880 And thank God for the victory. Thank God for every battle He 421 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,520 brings us out of. Thank God for every valley He 422 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:57,240 walks with us through. But we never talk about how we 423 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,360 feel after the battle's been fought and the victory's been 424 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:02,720 won. We never talk about how weary we 425 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,120 are. We never talk about how 426 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:08,000 spiritually fatigued we are. Anybody know what I'm talking 427 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,360 about? Everybody in this room can 428 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:12,960 testify that I've been through battles and I've been through 429 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,160 fights, but we never look at how weary we are. 430 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:23,120 But Samson's at that very place. He's victorious, but he's still 431 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:28,720 at death's door. You've given me this great 432 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,600 victory, but now I'm not going to die at the hands of the very 433 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,240 enemy you gave me victory over. But can I tell you that it was 434 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,760 in that moment when something supernatural begin to occur in 435 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,240 the text? Because in the midst of Samsons 436 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,800 weariness, exhaustion, and maybe even fall into the ground, 437 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,520 Samson does well only he knows to do Bishop. 438 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,360 He begins to call out to the same God that just gave him 439 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:57,240 victory, and the Bible says God hears and clave a hollow place 440 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,160 that was in the jaw, and water began to come out. 441 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:04,120 And when Samson drunk, his spirit came again and revived, 442 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:09,880 wherefore he called the name thereof Ian Hakor, which is in 443 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,480 Lehigh until this. Day. 444 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,640 And this is where my title is going to come from this evening, 445 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:20,160 because in Hakora, the place where Samson called out, in 446 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,120 Hakora, the place where the water begin to flow and Samson 447 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:28,040 begin to drink, it literally means a fountain or springs of 448 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,760 the collar. You see in Samson's weariness, 449 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:35,240 in Samson's weakness, in Samson's fatigue, he called out 450 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:39,480 to the same God who just gave him victory, and the same God 451 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,920 that gave him victory was the same. 452 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,640 God that again to send the water. 453 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,440 Can I tell you that I'm reminded of what the psalmist said when 454 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,640 he said he will call upon me and I will answer. 455 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,520 I've come to tell people in this room, don't just be satisfied 456 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:01,480 with the victory, but there's water that God wants to send to 457 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:08,320 every weary soul after the battles been fought. 458 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,160 The Bible says a hollow place, God clave it that was in the 459 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,360 jaw. And I don't know about you, but 460 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,800 I've heard it preached all my life that God put water in the 461 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:24,520 jawbone he fought with. But I begin to look at that some 462 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,920 time ago and I begin to think about that if a jawbone could 463 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,600 hold water, it can't hold very much. 464 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,960 But we understand that jawbones are hollow. 465 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,280 It can't hold anything. And so I begin to look at it and 466 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,000 what I found was this God didn't put water in the jawbone. 467 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,280 Samson fought with but you've got to remember he's fighting on 468 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,920 jawbone heel and there was an actual spring Bishop that flowed 469 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,440 from that heel. It was a spring that had been 470 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,960 dormant for a long time because that word hollow place or the 471 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,200 phrase hollow place that the Bible says God dug a hollow 472 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,320 place that was in the jaw. It literally means that God dug 473 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,720 out a mortar or a basin of water. 474 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,760 God begin to unhollow and clave out a whale that was in that 475 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:15,160 heel because on the heel, the very place that God Dave Sampson 476 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,120 the victory was the very place where the water begin to flow. 477 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,720 And I've come to preach the people in this room and tell 478 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,240 you. That if you're Vic. 479 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,200 But weary, if you're victorious but you're still tired, the 480 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,560 Bible's got the answer. Because if you can call out to 481 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,720 the same God that's brought you to where you are, he's not just 482 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,960 going to give you victory. But there is a well of 483 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,480 refreshing that he's about to activate in this house. 484 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,800 Because I've come to preach about a God who sends springs to 485 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:55,200 those that call out. I'm glad that God didn't feel 486 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,960 the jaw bone Samson fault with because you can drink that in a 487 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,840 few moments and you'll be thirsty again. 488 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,000 But I'm glad that God said I'm not going to feel the jaw bone. 489 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,360 But I've got a whale for you, Samson, because here's the thing 490 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,240 about a whale. You can drink from it today, and 491 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,040 if you get weary next week, you can come back to it. 492 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,440 And if you get weary next month, you can come back to it. 493 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,840 I've come to preach about a whale in this room that you can 494 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,920 draw from. Didn't John tell us in 495 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,920 Revelation that the Spirit and Bride say calm and let him that 496 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:32,120 hear us say calm and let him that is a first say calm. 497 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:36,120 And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. 498 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,440 I've come to preach about a gift that's in this room. 499 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:44,120 It's the gift of the water. It's the gift of God's presence. 500 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,680 And if you're in this room and you're weary, there is a well 501 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:58,480 that you can draw from, and it's still in Hakor till this very 502 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,320 day. Because God was establishing the 503 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,800 fact that I'll always have a will for those that are weary. 504 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,840 And even on a Monday night when some of you may have had to make 505 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,920 yourself come to church, you had to make yourself worship. 506 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,200 You're having to make yourself get involved, not because you're 507 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,160 backslidden. But you're just tired. 508 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,760 You're weary. I've come with good news to tell 509 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,840 you the well is still available because it's here for the weary. 510 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,480 It's here for the weak. It's here for the tired. 511 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,480 Water in the Bible represents the Spirit of God. 512 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,480 And I've come to tell somebody in this room that the same God 513 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,800 that gave you victory is the same God that wants to send his 514 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,600 presence in this room. And so if you've just come out 515 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,160 of a battle, why don't you call for the springs? 516 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,280 If you've just come out of a difficult season, why don't you 517 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,200 call for the springs? Because God doesn't just want 518 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,120 you to be victorious, He wants to renew your strength. 519 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,440 He doesn't just want you to come out of the battle, He wants to 520 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:03,400 revive you. Because Judges is a double 521 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:07,880 miracle. Victory, but also renewing. 522 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:13,560 I don't just want to be victorious, I want God to revive 523 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,600 me. I want God to renew and refresh. 524 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:20,239 Me, I think that's why the Bible says He giveth power to the 525 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,800 faint, and to them that have no mind He increases strength. 526 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,360 Even the youth are going to faint and be weary. 527 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,360 The young men are going to utterly fail, but they that wait 528 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,440 upon the Lord shall renew their strength. 529 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,280 They shall mount it with eagles. They will run and not be weary. 530 00:34:36,679 --> 00:34:39,920 They will walk and not faint. I think that's why he went on to 531 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,560 say, When the poor needy seek water, and there is none, and 532 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,880 their tongue failure for thirst, I the Lord will hear them. 533 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,719 I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them, but I will open up 534 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,679 rivers and high places, and fountains in the midst of the 535 00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:55,960 valleys. I will make the wilderness a 536 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,200 pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 537 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:03,080 I've got good news to tell you. If you're in this room and 538 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:10,080 you're weary, there's a well that you can draw from. 539 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:18,560 Even Jesus got weary. I don't know about you, but I'm 540 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:23,160 glad that John included that in his gospel because John chapter 541 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:27,040 4 verse #6 says these words. Jesus being weary with his. 542 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:34,320 Journey indicating, implying that he's going in the right 543 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,840 direction, doing the right thing and he still got weary. 544 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,800 Do you know you can be on the right Rd. going in the right 545 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,000 direction, doing the right thing and still get tired? 546 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:53,400 Church people get weary. I got the honest people in the 547 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:55,920 house. I'm in church every Sunday, I'm 548 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,040 in church every Sunday night, Wednesday night prayer meeting, 549 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,200 and the list goes on. But you're still going to get 550 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,480 tired and you're still going to get weary because life has a way 551 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,200 of just causing all of us to be weary. 552 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,760 Life has a way of just taking the wind out of all of our 553 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,560 sails. So what do you do, Bishop, when 554 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,840 you get weary? Jesus gives us the blueprint. 555 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:23,880 Jesus, being weary with his journey, sat down at Jacob's 556 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:28,360 well, and I tell you, the best place you can find yourself when 557 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,360 you get weary is in the presence of God. 558 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,440 You want to talk about a powerful word picture. 559 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,200 There is a well sitting on the well. 560 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,560 You'll know why John 4 is so powerful. 561 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,440 I don't have time to get into all of it, but Isaiah 12 562 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:49,800 prophecies this very thing. Because the prophet said, And in 563 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:54,840 that day shall ye draw water? Shall you with joy draw waters 564 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:59,280 out of the wells of salvation? That word salvation translates 565 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,480 to the name Jesus. So Isaiah saying there's a day 566 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,720 coming that with joy you're going to draw from the wells of 567 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:08,440 Jesus. He's. 568 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:12,200 Talking about John 4, why do you think when no Jew wanted to go 569 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,840 through Samaria that Jesus said I must needs go through Samaria 570 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,280 because I've got to fulfill Isaiah 12. 571 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,840 I've got to go to Samaria because there's a woman that's 572 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,400 thirsty, there's a woman that needs the water that I have. 573 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,200 And the Bible said, here comes this woman, she's had five 574 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,200 husbands living with the 6th, and they begin to talk about 575 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,440 water. And she says, how is it that I 576 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,200 can drink water and never thirst again? 577 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,200 But the problem is she thinks he's talking about water from 578 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,000 Jacob's well. But Jesus said, if you knew of 579 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,160 the water that I speak of, you would never thirst again. 580 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:51,960 This is why 3 chapters later the Bible says in the last day that 581 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,080 the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried with a 582 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:59,480 loud voice, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink, 583 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:03,600 because he that believeth on me as the scripture have said. 584 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,760 Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water. 585 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,240 But thus he spake of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him 586 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:14,080 should receive. For the Holy Ghost was not yet 587 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,880 given, and Jesus was not yet glorified. 588 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,440 But I've got good news to tell Mount Carmel. 589 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,400 He's been glorified and the Holy Ghost has been given. 590 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:30,080 And if you're in this house and you're weary with joy, you can. 591 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:34,880 Draw from the. Well, why do you think Jesus 592 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:39,040 said, come unto me? All you that labor, it's another 593 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,880 word for weary. But come unto me, all you that 594 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:44,680 are weary, or laboring, or heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 595 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:49,400 Why do you think Galatians admonishes us to not be weary 596 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,440 and well doing for in. Due season we will reap if we 597 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,440 faint not. I'm looking forward to that day 598 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,200 when well doing turns into well done. 599 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,280 I said I'm looking forward to that day when well doing turns 600 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,720 into well done. But can I tell you between the 601 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:09,120 well doing and the well done, you're going to have to live 602 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,000 life and you're going to get weary and you're going to get 603 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,720 tired and you're going to have to make yourself come to church 604 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:17,200 and you're going to have to make yourself come to prayer meeting. 605 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,480 Because between the weary and the well done and the the well 606 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,800 doing and the well done, you're going to get weary. 607 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,560 But I'm glad to know there's a well I can go to. 608 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:30,360 I'm glad to know on a Monday night that there is a well I can 609 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:37,320 draw from. The same God that gave all of us 610 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:43,320 victories in our past is the same God it says, don't stop it 611 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:47,680 just being victorious. You got to get back to the well. 612 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:54,880 Whom shall he teach knowledge, and whom shall he make to 613 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,880 understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the 614 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,920 milk and drawn from the breast, the Prophet says. 615 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,840 Precept must be upon precept, line upon line, here a little, 616 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,760 there a little. For with stammering lips and 617 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:13,440 another tongue will He speak to his people to whom he said, this 618 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,080 is the rest. He's pointing at something, 619 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:20,000 because He said, this is the rest wherewith you may cause the 620 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,120 weary to find. And this he's pointing at 621 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:24,680 something. This is the refreshing. 622 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:29,440 You know what? This is the Holy Ghost. 623 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:35,600 The prophet looks hundreds of years in the future, and he said 624 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,400 the Holy Ghost is going to come because with stammering lips and 625 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,360 another tongue, he's going to speak to his people. 626 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,040 And yes, you will speak in tongues when you get the Holy 627 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,480 Ghost. How do you know that they got 628 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,760 the Holy Ghost? The question was asked because I 629 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:53,080 heard them speak with other tongues. 630 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:55,920 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and now here's the 631 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,320 sound thereof. Jesus is telling Nicodemus, You 632 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:00,920 don't know where the wind's going, you don't know where the 633 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:05,280 wind's coming from, but you will hear a sound when the wind shows 634 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:09,080 up. So is everyone born of the 635 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,400 Spirit? Just like there is a sound when 636 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,160 the wind blows, there will be a sound when the Holy Ghost shows 637 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,040 up. You will talk in tongues. 638 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,080 But Brother McGee, I'm thankful to know that when I get the Holy 639 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:25,080 Ghost, it does more than just make me bilingual. 640 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,640 And if you're smart, it makes you more than trilingual. 641 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,600 I do good to speak English, but the Holy Ghost is a whole lot 642 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,720 more than just talking a language you don't know. 643 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:43,440 The prophet said there is going to be a rest that comes with it. 644 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,440 Anybody know what it's like when you had to drag yourself into a 645 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,760 church service, but something happened through that worship 646 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,400 service? Or when the preaching was going 647 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:54,720 on? Or the altar call. 648 00:41:55,760 --> 00:42:00,000 Just by being in the presence of God, there was a divine rest 649 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,880 that begin to sit on you. And you may not have even ran 650 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,800 the aisles, you may not have been exuberant in your 651 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,680 demonstration of worship, but you walked out of this house 652 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,440 with a strength that you didn't have when you walked in. 653 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,440 It's because the Holy Ghost is more than just talking in 654 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,880 tongues. There is a divine rest that 655 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:21,360 comes. Listen, I'm glad that the wind 656 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,600 blew the first time, and I'm glad the fire fell the first 657 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,800 time. Ladies, I can take you to the 658 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:31,720 place where I was in October 1998 when a 10 year old boy got 659 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:34,280 the Holy Ghost. And I'm glad it came the first 660 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:38,320 time. But I'm just as glad that it's 661 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,360 came a whole lot more than just once ever since I first got it. 662 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:44,760 I cannot tell everybody in this room. 663 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:48,280 I'm glad God gave us the Holy Ghost to be more than just a one 664 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,440 time experience. But when you're weary and when 665 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,040 you're tired, I can get back in an altar. 666 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:58,000 I can get back in a prayer room and the wind will blow and the 667 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,160 fire will fall. And I may be weary when I walk 668 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:06,160 in, but there's a strength when I walk out because it's rest for 669 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:10,920 the weary. And I've come to tell you there 670 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,840 is a divine rest that God wants to sit in this room, because 671 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,520 life has a way of taking your breath away. 672 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:21,680 But Peter and John said in Acts 3, Repent you therefore, and be 673 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:26,480 converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times more 674 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:30,880 than once, plural times of refreshing will come from the 675 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:36,520 presence of the Lord. That word refreshing when it 676 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:40,520 says times of refreshing. Literally means a recovery of 677 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:44,320 your breath when life is taking your breath away. 678 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,720 The best thing you can do, the best thing I can do is get back 679 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:51,520 in the presence of God because there will be a reviving. 680 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,120 Why do you think the Holy Ghost is called a quickening spirit? 681 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,680 It means to make alive. And when I get weary and I feel 682 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,840 like I'm half dead spiritually, all I got to do is get back in 683 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,880 church on a Monday night and get in the presence of God like they 684 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,560 were singing about, and it begins to rekindle. 685 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:12,440 There is a reviving, there is a quickening spirit that begins to 686 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:18,200 happen. It's exactly what's happening in 687 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:22,040 our text. I believe you want to call it a 688 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:23,800 top and shadow. I believe it was a top and 689 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:27,440 shadow of the Holy Ghost because the Bible says the water began 690 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:31,360 to flow and Samson drank and his spirit came again and he 691 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:35,640 revived. The Bible says he drank and he 692 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,560 revived. It literally means he got his 693 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:43,520 second wind. Oh, Samson, you can't fight. 694 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:49,600 You don't get your second wind. So here's the thing about the 695 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:55,640 enemy and we'll wrap this up. He had fought them in verse 8, 696 00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:00,560 smote them hip and thaw with a great slaughter. 6 verses later, 697 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,840 here they come again, and now it's 1000. 698 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,160 I don't know how many he killed in verse 8, it doesn't tell us, 699 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:08,240 but in verse 14, here comes 1000 more. 700 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:13,800 I just believe that those thousand Philistines, when they 701 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,520 were walking to that heel to fight Samson, I just think in 702 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,720 the back of their mind they didn't like their chances very 703 00:45:19,720 --> 00:45:23,960 well. Because remember in verse 8 when 704 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:29,440 he smote them hip and thigh, Judah sends 3000 men to get 705 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:35,960 permission to arrest him. 3000 guys walk up to 1. 706 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:41,280 And say, can we please take you into custody now? 707 00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,000 There's only 1000 going to fighting. 708 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:44,520 They probably didn't like their chances. 709 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,760 But here's the thing about the Philistines and here's the thing 710 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,400 about our enemy. We better understand He knows he 711 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:55,560 can't defeat us. And so if he can't defeat us, 712 00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:58,880 he's going to do the next thing. He's going to keep constantly 713 00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:05,040 fighting you to try to wear you down and get us so weary that we 714 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:10,480 ourselves quit. See, the enemy can't defeat you, 715 00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,480 so he's going to try to wear you out. 716 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,880 Had a pastor tell me a couple years ago about a season in his 717 00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:21,320 church that his church went through Revival Church. 718 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,520 You would know him if I mentioned the name Revival 719 00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:29,480 Church, multiple outreach departments re recovery, you 720 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,920 name it, they're doing it. People getting the Holy Ghost, 721 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:35,000 people getting baptized. Church went through a season 722 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:39,320 where I think around 100 people walked out and left or went to a 723 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:43,000 different church. And I'm sitting in this pastor's 724 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:47,440 office and he's telling me that during that season, he began to 725 00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:51,120 pray and ask God over and over, is it always going to be like 726 00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,920 this? Is it always going to be a 727 00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:56,120 fight? Is it always going to be a 728 00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,960 struggle? And Brother McGee, he said the 729 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:01,960 days and weeks and months passed and God would never answer his. 730 00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,880 He'd walk to the pulpit and preach and give everybody else 731 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,720 an answer. God would never answer his. 732 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,760 He said one night he was driving to a conference or a service. 733 00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:14,400 He was preaching on a Friday night. 734 00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:17,920 And he said on the way to that service, he was praying that 735 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:20,680 prayer again. But always going to be like 736 00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:24,720 this, always going to be a fight day in and day out. 737 00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:29,520 There was no answer, he said. I walked to that pulpit and 738 00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,800 preached under one of the greatest anointings I've ever 739 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,400 felt. People got their answers, but I 740 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,400 walked away without mine, he said. 741 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,880 As I was walking to my truck, he said I felt a hand on my 742 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:45,880 shoulder and it spun me around. He said I looked into the eyes 743 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,560 of an elderly woman with tears rolling down her face. 744 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:53,520 She said brother and called his name, said God gave me a word to 745 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,560 give you. She said I don't understand it 746 00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:00,600 because it's only one word. She said God told me to tell you 747 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:06,640 yes. And he said I got in my truck 748 00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,040 and I realized, yes, it's always going to be a battle. 749 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,600 Yes, it's always going to be a fight. 750 00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:16,840 And when he begin to share that with me, my mind went to the 751 00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:21,200 story of David when it said and there was war all of their days. 752 00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:24,160 Can I tell everybody in this room that we're going to fight 753 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,800 and we're going to go through battles and we're going to 754 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:30,480 wrestle with the adversary. But here's the thing, the enemy 755 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:34,000 knows he can't defeat us at one time and so he's going to attack 756 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:37,800 us on all fronts because nobody backslides over one night. 757 00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,360 Nobody walks away because of 1 battle. 758 00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:43,880 But it's the constant grind. It's the constant everyday 759 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:46,240 battle. It's not death by a cut. 760 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:51,280 It's death by 1000 cuts because it's the daily crime that wears 761 00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:55,200 on all of us. But I've come to tell somebody 762 00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,600 in this room, Samson, when God. Gives you a. 763 00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:00,120 Victory. Don't just be satisfied with the 764 00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,760 victory. You got to get back to the water 765 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:05,520 because here's the thing you better realize about your enemy. 766 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:09,320 He may not come back tomorrow, he may not come back next week, 767 00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:12,840 he may not come back next month, but there's a day coming when he 768 00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:15,760 will come back. And if you're weary, you're not 769 00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,000 going to have the strength to fight him off of Vienna. 770 00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:20,640 And that's why you got to get back to the well. 771 00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:26,920 That's why we've got to get back in the presence of God, because 772 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:29,400 I may celebrate the victory today. 773 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:35,280 But if I don't get back and find rest for the weariness, I won't 774 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,520 have the strength to fight him when he does come back. 775 00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,760 I've come to tell somebody in this room, just like Samson, I 776 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:43,760 believe the wind's about to blow in this house. 777 00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:47,360 And just like Samson got his second wind, there's going to be 778 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:49,360 some people that walk out of this room strengthened. 779 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:53,480 And encouraged not because of a preacher, but because God sent a 780 00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:56,480 preacher to tell you he's got more than just victory with your 781 00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:58,600 name on it. He wants to do more than just 782 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,480 bring you out of battles. There needs to be a reviving. 783 00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:09,200 There needs to be refreshing. They make their way to the 784 00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:13,720 keyboard if they would like. The Bible says when Samson drink 785 00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:17,000 of that water, his spirit revived. 786 00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:20,760 God looked at him and said, Samson, you need to drink 787 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:22,560 because I still got to work for you to do. 788 00:50:24,720 --> 00:50:26,560 I need you to be a judge in Israel. 789 00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,240 But he didn't just judge anywhere. 790 00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:36,760 The Bible says he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines. 791 00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:43,160 That's just like God, Brother McGee, to say the same enemy 792 00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:47,040 that's been fighting you, the same enemy that's giving you no 793 00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,080 relief, the same enemy that's been attacking. 794 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:52,800 You on all. Fronts, I'm going to let you 795 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:56,640 judge and rule in the days of that very enemy. 796 00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:03,400 And I tell this congregation, you're not just going to merely 797 00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,920 exist. You're not just going to be a 798 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,960 church on the block. You're going to rule and reign 799 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,200 in the very presence of the adversary that's been coming 800 00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:17,360 against you because only God can do something like that. 801 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:25,380 Why don't you lift your hands right now where you're sitting? 802 00:51:29,660 --> 00:51:32,060 I feel a wind of the Holy Ghost in this house right now. 803 00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:40,880 Before we transition, why don't we just let the Holy Ghost sit 804 00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:43,000 on all of us in this room? Just like on the day of 805 00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:50,990 Pentecost, there's rest for the weary in this room. 806 00:51:55,630 --> 00:51:56,910 Well, I'm preaching to people right now. 807 00:51:56,910 --> 00:51:59,150 It's been a while since the Holy Ghost has really touched you. 808 00:52:00,830 --> 00:52:03,590 Been a while since you've really left the service with strength. 809 00:52:05,950 --> 00:52:07,430 I've come to tell you there's a well in this house. 810 00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,360 Come on, why don't you let the Holy Ghost flow through you 811 00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:18,720 right now? I'm done preaching, but right 812 00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:24,480 here where we're sitting, we may not even get the transition. 813 00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:26,680 I'm telling you, the Holy Ghost wants to sit in this room right 814 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:32,280 now and strengthen every individual from the front to the 815 00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:36,840 back because there's still work to do. 816 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:46,280 We ought to turn this room into a prayer room. 817 00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:53,280 Right now I'm. Gonna let the Holy Ghost flow 818 00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,680 through you right now. Come on, those rest in the house 819 00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:00,080 when? I'm not saying you've got to be 820 00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:02,120 demonstrative. Just let the Holy Ghost sit on 821 00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,680 you right now. The Spirit of God. 822 00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:09,800 Let that ministering presence that we feel in this room begin 823 00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:10,600 to strengthen.