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REV. LYNETTE HAGIN> I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
REV. KENNETH W. HAGIN> I CANNOT BE DEFEATED AND I WILL NOT QUIT."
ANNOUNCER> WELCOME TO RHEMA PRAISE, A WORLDWIDE BROADCAST
BRINGING HOPE, HELP AND HEALING FOR OVER 20 YEARS FROM
KENNETH HAGIN MINISTRIES AND RHEMA BIBLE CHURCH IN BROKEN
ARROW, OKLAHOMA. AND NOW HERE ARE YOUR HOSTS PASTORS
KENNETH AND LYNETTE HAGIN.
KENNETH> HELLO, WELCOME TO RHEMA PRAISE. THANK YOU FOR
TUNING IN TODAY. HON, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A TESTIMONY THAT
YOU WANT TO READ...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...AND WE LIKE TO GET TESTIMONIES. AND LISTEN, IF
YOU CAN GO TO PARTNERSERVICE@RHEMA.ORG...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...AND SEND US TESTIMONIES, PRAISE REPORTS...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...OR PRAYER REQUESTS...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...I, I PRAY... I PRAY OVER EVERYONE THAT COMES TO
MY DESK.
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> I PRAY OVER IT. WE ALSO SEND IT TO THE PRAYER AND
HEALING CENTER WHERE THEY PRAY OVER IT THERE...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...ALSO.
LYNETTE> YOU KNOW HONEY, TESTIMONIES JUST...
IT ENCOURAGES US...
KENNETH> RIGHT IN ENCOURAGES US...
LYNETTE> ...BECAUSE WE LIKE TO BE ENCOURAGED AS WELL.
KENNETH> ...BUT IT HELPS OTHER PEOPLE.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT. AND THIS ONE SAYS... THIS IS
EXCITING. IT SAYS, "I WAS A FOURTEEN-YEAR OLD TEENAGER IN
EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA WHEN MY PASTOR TOLD A STORY
ABOUT REV. KENNETH E. HAGIN'S HEALING AND MINISTRY NOT
KNOWING THAT ONE DAY I'D BE SITTING UNDER HIS TEACHING AND
BE ONE OF THE GRADUATES FROM RHEMA BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE.
I WROTE TO HIM IN 1999, AND ASKED HIM ABOUT STAYING FOCUSED
ON THE CALL. AND HE WROTE BACK SAYING, 'ALWAYS SEEK FIRST
HIS KINGDOM AND ALL OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH IS TO KEEP
YOUR FOCUS ON HIM, AND YOU WILL NEVER LOSE YOUR WAY TO
YOUR PURPOSE.' THESE WORDS HELPED ME THROUGHOUT MY
WALK WITH GOD AND IS STILL TODAY. THANK YOU."
KENNETH> THAT IS GREAT ISN'T IT?
LYNETTE> ISN'T THAT GREAT?
KENNETH> HEY, TALKING ABOUT RHEMA BIBLE COLLEGE...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...AH, WE'RE ENROLLING RIGHT NOW FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> OR WE DO HAVE AN INTAKE IN JANUARY IN THE SPRING
SEMESTER. AND YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE AT RHEMA... OR ACTUALLY
IT PROBABLY WOULD BE BETTER TO GO TO...
BOTH> ...RBTC.ORG
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...RATHER THAN... RHEMA.ORG WOULD TAKE YOU TO
THE BIG WEB... WEBSITE. AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE
COLLEGE WEBSITE.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> I GET THEM ALL MIXED UP (CHUCKLES).
LYNETTE> I KNOW (LAUGHS).
KENNETH> BUT, AH, YOU KNOW, RHEMA IS A PLACE THAT YOU COME
AND YOU CAN TRAIN FOR, FOR MINISTRY.
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> YOU CAN COME AND JUST TAKE BIBLE COURSES IF YOU
WANT TO...
LYNETTE> LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD.
KENNETH> ...AND WE HAVE A LOT THAT COME TO LEARN HOW TO
WORK IN THE MINISTRY OF HELPS. AND THEY GO BACK HOME AND
THEY HELP IN THEIR...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...THEY HAVE A REGULAR JOB, BUT THEY HELP IN
THEIR CHURCH...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...IN THE YOUTH OR IN THE CHILDREN OR
USHERING OR WHATEVER.
LYNETTE> UM HMM.
KENNETH> SO YOU CAN GO RIGHT NOW...
LYNETTE> OR IN THE MUSIC AREA.
KENNETH> ...YEAH, IN THE MUSIC AREA.
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> SO YOU CAN GO... IF YOU GO TO RBTC.ORG AND THERE'S
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION THERE.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> THEY'LL, THEY'LL HELP YOU OUT.
LYNETTE> SEPTEMBER WILL BE HERE SOON.
KENNETH> YES.
LYNETTE> WE WILL START A NEW YEAR.
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT "ENJOYING
A NEW LIFE". SEE, GOD SENT JESUS TO GIVE US A NEW LIFE;
ABUNDANT OVERFLOWING LIFE...
LYNETTE> UM HMM.
KENNETH> ...SO WE CAN LEARN AND ENJOY THIS NEW LIFE. HE
SAID, ["I WANT YOU TO HAVE LIFE AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT
MORE ABUNDANTLY."]
LYNETTE> MORE ABUNDANTLY, YES.
KENNETH> AND WE CAN LEARN THAT WE CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENS US. WE DON'T HAVE
TO STRUGGLE IN LIFE.
LYNETTE> NO.
KENNETH> THE OLD LIFE IS GONE, THE NEW LIFE HAS BEGUN. SO
LET'S GO WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT "ENJOYING THE NEW LIFE".
TODAY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ON "ENJOYIG A NEW LIFE". YOU
KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE GOT BORN-AGAIN, BUT THEY HAVEN'T
ENTERED INTO THE LIFE OF GOD THAT THEY NEED TO THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD
OF GOD SAYS ABOUT WHO THEY ARE IN CHRIST; WHAT THEY HAVE
IN CHRIST; OR WHAT THEY CAN DO BECAUSE OF CHRIST. YOU KNOW,
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS, "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
WHICH STRENGTHENS ME." AND THEN SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE
THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN THOUGH LIFE AND
BEGIN TO THINK IN LINE WITH THE WORD INSTEAD OF THINKING IN
LINE WITH THE WORLD. AND SOMETIMES IT'S LISTENING TO THE
WRONG PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT THAT WAS ALL DONE AWAY WITH.
YOU KNOW, GOD WANTS US TO ENJOY OUR LIFE DOWN HERE WITH
HIM ON EARTH. AH, I WANT TO READ JOHN 10:10, FROM THE
AMPLIFIED VERSION. THIS IS THE CLASSIC EDITION. I KNOW
THEY GOT SEVERAL EDITIONS OF THE AMPLIFIED, BUT THIS IS
THE CLASSIC ONE:
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
NOW, ACCORDING TO BARNES IN HIS BIBLE (NOTES ON THE BIBLE),
ALBERT BARNES, THE WORD "ABUNDANT" DENOTES THAT WHICH
IS ABSOLUTLEY ESSENTIAL TO LIFE... THAT WHICH IS NOT
ABSOLUTLEY ESSENTIAL TO LIFE (EXCUSE ME), BUT WHICH IS
SUPER ADDED TO MAKE LIFE HAPPY. THEY SHALL NOT MERELY HAVE
LIFE, SIMPLY BARELY EXISTING, BUT THEY SHALL HAVE ALL THOSE
SUPER ADDED THINGS WHICH ARE NEEDFUL TO MAKE LIFE
BLESSED AND HAPPY
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
SEE, HE SAYS YOU HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE TO THE
ABUNDANCE. THAT'S SUPER ADDED. SEE YOU HAVE A LIFE THAT'S
WAY ABOVE ANYTHING YOU COULD ASK OR THINK. IT CLEARLY
STATES HERE THAT GOD WANTS US TO ENJOY OUR NEW
LIFE IN CHRIST
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
ENJOY A LIFE WITHOUT SIN AND BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS;
ENJOY A LIFE OF PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST; ENJOYING LIFE
KNOWING THAT WE'RE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, ENJOYING NEW LIFE AS A NEW PERSON IN CHRIST. IN
CHRIST YOU ARE A NEW PERSON. THE OLD PERSON DOESN'T EXIST
ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, IN COFFMAN, COFFMAN'S COMMENTARY ON THE
BIBLE HE SAID, "THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS THE HAPPY LIFE; FREE,
ABUNDANT, OVERFLOWING, ADVENTUROUS, EXCITING, BEYOND
ANY OTHER KIND OF EXISTENCE. HOW MANY OF YOU'VE FOUND THAT
TO BE SO? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT
HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WALK WITH GOD. NOW, SOME PEOPLE
THINK YOU'RE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE SOMBER AND SERIOUS, AND
NEVER HAVE ANY FUN. THAT'S NOT TRUE. IN PROVERBS IT SAYS
LAUGHTER DOES GOOD. DOESN'T IT? HUH?
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
AND THEM SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH
LIFE WITH THE SOLES OF YOUR SHOES WORN OUT; THE SEAT OF
YOUR BRITCHES THIN, LIVING ON BARELY GET ALONG STREET RIGHT
NEXT TO GRUMBLE ALLEY.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT GOD TELLS US. HE TELLS US THAT HE WANTS
TO PROVIDE FOR US. HE TELLS US THAT HE WANTS US TO HAVE
MORE THAN ENOUGH.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
I MEAN YOU GO LOOK AT HIS MAN ABRAHAM AND WHAT HE DID FOR
HIM. AND THEN IN GALATIANS IT TELLS US BECAUSE OF CHRIST,
THROUGH CHRIST WE CAN HAVE THIS NEW LIFE, AND THE BLESSING
OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME ON THE GENTILES
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
THAT'S US! GALATIANS 3:13,14, READ IT. HELLO. NOW, WE
NEED... YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK, "WELL, WE JUST
BARELY... JUST THANK GOD YOU CAN MAKE IT DOWN HERE AND
WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN..." WELL, WHEN WE ALL GET TO
HEAVEN IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, BUT GOD GIVES US A LITTLE
BIT OF HEAVEN TO GO TO HEAVEN IN. WE DON'T HAVE TO BE DOWN
AND OUT AND DRAGGING AROUND. WE CAN HAVE A NEW LIFE!
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
AMEN! YOU KNOW, AH, I READ THIS THE OTHER DAY IN ONE OF
THE OTHER MESSAGES, BUT MALACHI 4:2 SAYS:
IN THIS VERSE MALACHI IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN CHRIST CAME FROM
THE GRAVE HE BROUGHT NEW LIFE. HE AROSE. AND WHEN HE
AROSE FROM THE GRAVE IT OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW LIFE FOR
MANKIND BECAUSE WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS AND THEN HIS
RESURRECTION, JESUS HAS GIVEN TO US EVERYTHING THAT THE
WORD OF GOD SAYS BELONGS TO THE CHRISTIAN. NO LONGER DOES
IT HAVE TO BE A LONG DARK NIGHT IN CAPTIVITY AND POVERTY,
AND SICKNESS AND SIN. BUT HE BROUGHT NEW POSSIBILITIES TO
US. HE BROUGHT US NEW STANDING WITH GOD. SEE, WE WERE...
WE WERE OUTCASTS. WE WERE INALIENATED FROM GOD BECAUSE
OF WHAT ADAM DID IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. BUT NOW WE HAVE
NEW BLESSING BECAUSE OF HIM. WE HAVE NEW PRIVILEGES AND
NEW BENEFITS BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
A NEW LIFE WITH ALL THE NEW SPIRITUAL REALITIES. I TEACH IT
ALL THE TIME, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU CAN
LEARN AFTER YOU GET BORN-AGAIN IS, YOU NEED FAITH ALRIGHT,
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EVEN BE SAVED WITHOUT FAITH, BUT YOU
NEED TO LEARN WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST, WHAT YOU CAN DO IN
CHRIST, WHAT YOU CAN HAVE IN CHRIST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
THE REAL REALITY OF ENJOYING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS, IN CHRIST
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
SCRIPTURES. AND MOST OF THEM YOU FIND IN PAUL'S WRITINGS
AS HE WAS INSTRUCTING HIS CHURCHES THAT HE ESTABLISHED.
MALACHI SAYS THEY'LL GROW FAT LIKE STALLED CALVES. YOU
KNOW, JESUS AROSE FROM THE GRAVE AND OPENED THE GATE. YOU
KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A CALF IN A STALL AND... FOR A LONG TIME,
AND YOU OPEN THE GATE AND SOME OF THEM'LL JUST GO RUNNING
OUT AND JUMPING AND EVERYTHING. BUT SOME OF THEM WILL BE
RELUCTANT. THEY'LL HOLD BACK BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.
YOU HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THEM. YOU KNOW, I KNOW... I DO KNOW
THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT AND WORKED WITH IT. I DO KNOW
THAT IF YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF CATTLE AND THEY'RE USED TO
GOING THROUGH THE GATE HERE, YOU CLOSE THAT GATE AND YOU
MOVE IT OVER SIX FEET, THEY WILL GO TO WHERE THE FENCE IS
NOW; TO WHERE THE GATE USED TO BE.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
YOU HAVE TO GET THEM OVER TO THE NEW... TO THE NEW GATE.
YOU KNOW (CHUCKLES), SOMETIMES CHRISTIANS ARE LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE STILL STANDING AT THE OLD GATE WHEN THE NEW GATE
IS OPEN, AND THEY CAN GO THROUGH TO THE NEW LIFE.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
YOU KNOW, NOW SOME OF THEM HAVE... SOME PEOPLE HAVE A HARD
TIME BELIEVING THAT GOD IS REALLY OFFERED... OFFERING THEM
EVERYTHING THAT HE SAYS IN THIS WORD RIGHT HERE. HE'S
OFFERING THEM PROSPERITY. HE'S OFFERING THEM A GOOD LIFE.
COME ON NOW.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
NOW SOME OF THEM THEY DON'T WANT TO GO OUT THERE BECAUSE
THEY'RE... THEY...THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. BUT
THERE'S NOTHING MORE EXCITING IN THE NEW LIFE THAN TO WALK
OUT AND FOLLOW GOD. HE NEVER GIVES YOU OVER ONE OR TWO
STEPS LIGHT FOR ONE OR TWO STEPS AT A TIME. IF HE SHOWED
YOU THE WHOLE PICURE OF WHATEVER, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE HE'S LEAING YOU YOU WOULD
NEVER GO, BUT HE EXPECTS YOU BY FAITH TO BELIEVE HIM AND JUST
TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME AS YOU WALK OUT THE NEW LIFE. AND
YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT IT'S AN EXCITING LIFE. TURN TO YOUR
NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "HAVE YOU FOUND OUT YET?
(CONGREGATION: "HAVE YOU FOUND OUT YET)
THAT LIFE WITH GOD
(CONGREGATION: THAT LIFE WITH GOD)
IS AN EXCITING LIFE?"
(CONGREGATION: IS AN EXCITING LIFE?")
(CHUCKLES) IT'S A NEW DAY! IT'S A NEW LIFE THAT HAS BEEN
OPENED UP TO US BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS
AND WITH HIS RESURRECTION. SEE, GOD WANTS US TO LEARN HOW
TO WALK IN THIS NEW LIFE. NOW ROMANS 6:4, IN THE VOICE
TRANSLATION IT READS... YOU KNOW, IT READS DIFFERENTLY THAN
SOME OF THE OTHERS DO, BUT IT READS:
(OR ALSO, WE ALSO)
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT?
(CONGREGATION: "NEW LIFE.")
NEW LIFE, AND IT SAYS HERE THAT WE, BECAUSE OF THE
RESURRECTED ONE, WE ALSO CAN WALK CONFIDENTLY OUT OF
THE GRAVE, THE GRAVE OF SIN AND DESTRUCTION AND ALL THE
OTHER STUFF THAT WENT WITH IT, AND INTO THE NEW LIFE! THIS
VERSE INDICATES JUST AS CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD WITH
NEW LIFE WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM AND WE ARISE WITH NEW LIFE.
SEE, THAT'S HOW GOD SEE US. HE SEES US THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION.
YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WHEN YOU GO INTO WATER BAPTISM THAT'S
NOTHING MORE THAN AN OUTWARD ACT OF SOMETHING THAT'S
ALREADY HAPPENED ON THE INSIDE, THE SPIRIT MAN. WHEN THE
PHYSICAL MAN GOES UNDER THAT WATER AND HE'S RAISED UP OUT
OF THAT WATER YOU'RE SAYING, "I HAVE ALREADY BEEN RAISED ON
THE INSIDE TO A NEW PERSON, BUT NOW I'M SHOWING IT FROM
THE OUTSIDE," AND YOU'RE BEING RAISED TO A
NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
THE OLD LIFE IS GONE. THE NEW LIFE COMES INTO EXISTENCE.
THE OLD SHAME IS GONE. THE OLD GUILT IS GONE. THE
UNWORTH... FEELING OF UNWORTHINESS IS GONE BECAUSE GOD
NEVER MADE AN UNWORTHY PERSON. YOU ARE WORTHY IN CHRIST
JESUS; NOT YOURSELF, BUT IN CHRIST YOU'RE WORTHY. IT SAYS
THAT WE ARE WORTHY TO COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF
GRACE IN CHRIST. HEY, SEPARATION FROM GOD IS GONE. YOU SEE
WHEN MAN SINNED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WE WERE SEPARATED
FROM GOD. BUT JESUS WITH IS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION,
HE REUNITED US WITH GOD IN THE SPIRIT REALM, HALLELUJAH.
AND ONE OF THESE DAYS WE'LL BE REUNITED WHEN HE COMES AGAIN!
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
YOU KNOW, WE... ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BECOME NEW
ON THE INSIDE, BUT TO BECOME IN THE NEW LIFE, AND LIVE THE
NEW LIFE YOU HAVE TO RENEW YOUR MIND WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
YOU SEE, GOD TAKES CARE OF THE SPIRIT MAN ON THE INSIDE. YOU'VE
GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS NATURAL MAN ON THE OUTSIDE. IT
SAYS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO RENEW YOUR MIND
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
SO THAT YOU WILL THINK THE THOUGHTS IN LINE WITH GOD'S
WORD. SO THAT YOU CAN REJECT ALL OF THOSE THOUGHTS THAT THE
DEVIL WILL BRING TO YOU, "OH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE UNWORTHY.
I MEAN... I MEAN YOU'RE JUST LUCKY THAT YOU'RE SAVED." HEY,
YOU'RE NOT UNWORTHY. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT YOU'VE BECOME
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST!
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
THAT LIVES THAT NEW LIFE IN CHRIST!
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO REFUSE TO THINK THOSE DOUBTS,
THOSE THOUGHTS OF DOUBT AND UNBELIEF, AND THINK IN LINE
WITH THE WORD OF GOD, "IF YOU BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVES."
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
YOU KNOW, PAUL DESCRIBES A PROCESS OF PUTTING OFF THE OLD
MAN AND PUTTING ON THE NEW MAN. NOW, THE OLD... PUTTIING
OFF AND PUTTING ON CAN BE LIKE PUTTING ON A COAT OR A
SHIRT. YOU KNOW. YOU TAKE IT OFF YOU PUT A NEW SHIRT ON.
HELLO.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
US GUYS, WE'LL GO HOME, YOU KNOW, AND WE WILL TAKE THIS
SHIRT OFF; PUT IT... GET IT READY TO BE CLEANED OR WASHED
AND WE'LL... WE'LL GET A NEW SHIRT TO WEAR OUT OF THE
CLOSET. AND IT LOOKS... EPHESIANS 4:20; GO READ
EPHESIANS 4:20. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR... YOUR IPAD OR YOUR
PHONE THERE WITH YOU GO OVER TO... I WANT... I'M GOING TO
READ THIS... INSTEAD OF READING IT OUT OF THE KING JAMES,
THE NEW KING JAMES, IT READS A LITTLE EASIER AND IT'S A
LITTLE BETTER UNDERSTOOD FROM THE NLT VERSION, THE NEW
LIVING TRANSLATION:
HALLELUJAH! YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO... I LIKE TO SAY IT LIKE
THIS, "PUT OFF AND PUT ON!" (LAUGHS) THE OLD MAN MEANS
THAT YOU THROW HIM AWAY. HE'S BEEN DONE AWAY WITH WHEN YOU
WERE CREATED A NEW PERSON IN CHRIST JESUS THE OLD MAN
DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. PUT ON THAT NEW MAN AND BEGIN...
BEGIN TO LIVE THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST; THE GOOD LIFE, THE
ABUNDANT LIFE.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE LIFE. IT'S ANOTHER THING
TO HAVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE. I CALL IT THE MORE THAN ENOUGH
LIFE. GOD'S GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH. YOU KNOW, I GO TO MY
GRANDMAW ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, USED TO GO TO GRANDMAW'S.
AND THE FOOD START RUNNING OUT ON THE TABLE, AND PEOPLE
WOULD BE VERY SCARCE AT TAKING A HELPING. SHE'D SAY, "TAKE
IT ALL! THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM." IT MEANS SHE
HAD A WHOLE BUNCH MORE IN THE KITCHEN. HEY, HOW MANY OF YA'LL
REMEMBER GOING TO GRANDMAW'S HOUSE AND SHE ALWAYS HAD
MORE THAN ENOUGH FOOD FOR EVERYBODY?
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
THERE'S ALWAYS PLENTY. YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE BREAKFAST,
AND WE KIDS WE'D GO OUTSIDE AND START PLAYING AROUND AND
YOU GET HUNGRY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK OR SO, AND
YOU'D GO IN THERE AND ON THE TABLE STILL THERE WAS BISCUITS
AND SAUSAGE AND YOU JUST OPEN UP ONE OF THOSE BISCUITS,
THROW A SAUSAGE PATTY IN IT AND GO BACK OUTSIDE. MCDONALD'S
WASN'T... THEY WEREN'T THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE
SAUSAGE AND BISCUITS.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
MY GRANDMAW HAD SAUSAGE AND BISCUITS A LONG TIME AGO.
HOW MANY OF YOURS DID TOO?
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
YEAH (LAUGHS). WE CAN COME TO GOD'S TABLE OF PROMISES RIGHT
HERE IN THE WORD OF GOD. WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO COME AND
ENJOY THEM THROUGH THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED ON CALVARY
BY JESUS CHRIST. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL OF
THE PROMISES OF GOD THROUGH READING THE WORD.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
AND NOW WE CAN EXERCISE OUR FAITH BASED ON WHAT THE WORD
OF GOD TELLS US AND BEGIN TO ENJOY LIVING THE NEW LIFE
BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
AND HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION.
IT'S A NEW DAY. IT'S A NEW LIFE. AND IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND IT
AND TO ENJOY IT. LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS. IT'S TIME TO STEP
UP INTO ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD. JESUS CHRIST MADE A NEW
LIFE FOR YOU SO DON'T HANG BACK, DON'T HOLD BACK, DON'T
DO WITHOUT BECAUSE WHEN YOU STEP INTO THE PROMISES OF GOD
YOU CAN BEGIN TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED
FOR YOU. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE: HEALING,
PROSPERITY, PROTECTION; ALL OF THOSE PROMISES THEY BECOME
YOURS SO ENJOY THE NEW LIFE.
I TRUST YOU ENJOYED THAT WHAT I HAD TO SAY ABOUT ENJOYING
THE NEW LIFE. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE NEVER ACCEPTED
JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR YOU CAN'T ENJOY
THAT NEW LIFE. AND IF YOU'VE NEVER ACCEPTED CHRIST AS YOUR
SAVIOR OR IF YOU NEED TO REDEDICATE YOUR LIFE; YOU KNOW
WHAT IT IS, BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE, I WANT TO PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME RIGHT NOW - MISS
LYNETTE, FOLLOW HER:
HEAVENLY FATHER
(HEAVENY FATHER)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON JESUS
(I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON JESUS)
I THANK YOU
(I THANK YOU)
THAT HE CAME
(THAT HE CAME)
HE LIVED
(HE LIVED)
HE DIED
(HE DIED)
HE ROSE AGAIN
(HE ROSE AGAIN)
SO THAT I COULD HAVE A NEW LIFE
(SO THAT I COULD HAVE A NEW LIFE)
YOU SAID IN THE BIBLE
(YOU SAID IN THE BIBLE)
THAT IF I WOULD BELIEVE IN MY HEART
(THAT IF I WOULD BELIEVE IN MY HEART)
AND CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH
(AND CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH)
THE LORD JESUS
(THE LORD JESUS)
I WOULD BE SAVED
(I WOULD BE SAVED)
I BELIEVE IN MY HEART
(I BELIEVE IN MY HEART)
AND YOU HEAR ME CONFESSING WITH MY MOUTH
(AND YOU HEAR ME CONFESSING WITH MY MOUTH)
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD
(THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD)
I THANK YOU NOW
(I THANK YOU NOW)
THAT I AM A NEW PERSON IN CHRIST
(THAT I AM A NEW PERSON IN CHRIST)
AND I CAN ENJOY THE NEW LIFE WITH YOU
(AND I CAN ENJOY THE NEW LIFE WITH YOU)
AMEN
(AMEN)
HEY, IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH US FOR SALVATION OR
REDEDICATION WOULD YOU GO RIGHT NOW AND GO TO
PARTNERSERVICE@RHEMA.ORG AND TELL US ABOUT IT. WE
WANT TO... WE WANT TO CONTACT YOU, OKAY. SO DO THAT
RIGHT NOW.
LYNETTE> AND YOU KNOW HONEY, IT JUST SO THRILLS US WHEN WE
GET THOSE TESTIMONIES.
KENNETH> OH YES!
LYNETTE> WE, I KNOW...
KENNETH> ESPECIALLY WHEN I GET THOSE TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE
THAT PRAYED THE SALVATION PRAYER WITH US...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...OR THAT REDEDICATED THEIR LIFE. I'VE GOTTEN
SEVERAL HERE RECENTLY...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...AND IT REALLY, REALLY THRILLS ME.
LYNETTE> I KNOW, IN FACT, EVERYTIME YOU GET THEM YOU'LL
CALL ME, "HONEY, COME READ THIS! IT'S SO AWESOME."
YOU KNOW. ACCEPTING CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR IS SUCH
AN AWESOME DECISION.
KENNETH> AND WE HAVE A GREAT OFFER...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> "BECAUSE OF JESUS", MY 3 CDS. IT'S 3 CDS THAT I...
I PREACHED THESE MESSAGES "BECAUSE OF JESUS". AND THERE'S
3 CD'S HERE: "HE IS THE CHRIST", "JESUS CHRIST CARES FOR YOU".
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> AND THEN THIS... YOU KNOW, JUST AH,
"BECAUSE HE'S JESUS".
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> YOU KNOW, I... I TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A SERIES
THAT I DID. AND IN FACT, I HAVE A BOOK THE SAME...
LYNETTE> YOU HAVE BOOK.
KENNETH> ...THEY TOOK THESE AND MADE A BOOK OUT OF IT, SO...
LYNETTE> YES, YES.
KENNETH> ...THIS IS THE CD'S.<
LYNETTE> AND YOUR DAD'S BOOK GROWING UP SPIRITUALLY . IT'S
AN AWESOME, AWESOME BOOK...
KENNETH> AWESOME BOOK.
LYNETTE> ...IT TEACHES US HOW TO GROW UP SPIRITUALLY.
KENNETH> YES.
LYNETTE> AND THAT OFFER, NORMALLY THAT'S $33.90, BUT WE
WANT TO HELP YOU TO GET THIS AT A REDUCED PRICE, AND SO
WE'RE REDUCING IT $13.95, SO AN OFFER IS $19.95.
KENNETH> THIS IS THE LAST... THE LAST WEEK FOR THIS OFFER.
LYNETTE> THE LAST WEEK FOR THIS OFFER.
KENNETH> SO GO RIGHT NOW TO RHEMA.ORG AND... AND ORDER
THIS RIGHT NOW.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE
MANY, MANY PARTNERS OUT THERE THAT ARE OUR PARTNERS.
WHAT IS A WORD PARTNER? WELL, IT'S SOMEBODY THAT PRAYS
FOR US REGULARLY. IT'S SOMEBODY THAT SENDS AN OFFERING
ONCE A MONTH; WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD TO SEND.
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> AND, IT SO THRILLS US, WE CAN BE IN OTHER CITIES
LIKE WE DO DURING OUR CRUSADES AND STUFF; I CAN BE
SOMEWHERE IN A MALL AND PEOPLE COME UP AND THEY'LL SAY
THAT THEY WATCH OUR PROGRAM, AND THEY TELL US THAT THEY'RE
ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THAT PRAYS FOR US REGULARLY. AND
IT JUST THRILLS MY HEART. AND WE THANK ALL OF YOU THAT ARE
PARTNERS. BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTNER WITH US YOU CAN GO
TO RHEMA.ORG/WPC AND SIGN UP THERE AND BECOME ONE OF
OUR PARTNERS...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...WE SO APPRECIATE YOU. IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT
WE'RE BEING ABLE TO BRING...
BOTH> HOPE, HELP AND HEALING TO THE WORLD!
REV. KENNETH W. HAGIN> TODAY, SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL SAYING
THAT HE WAS A GREAT TEACHER. SOME ARE STILL SAYING THAT
HE WAS A GREAT PROPHET. SOME ARE STILL SAYING THAT HE WAS
THE GREATEST MORAL PERSON THAT EVER LIVED. BUT HE'S MORE
THAN THIS. HE IS JESUS! THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD. HE
BECOMES A FATHER TO THE ORPHAN; THE HEALER OF ALL
SICKNESSES; THE SAVIOR OF EVERY SINNER; THE DELIVERER OF
EVERY HABIT; THE BAPTIZER OF THE HOLY GHOST WITH FIRE. HE'S
THE ONE THAT THE PROPHET SAID HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER,
THE PRINCE OF PEACE!
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ANNOUNCER> IN HIS POWERFUL BOOK GROWING UP SPIRITUALLY ,
KENNETH E. HAGIN EXPLAINS THAT IF WE FEED ON THE RIGHT
THINGS WE WILL ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL. LEARN WHAT IT
TAKES TO GROW UP SPIRITUALLY. ALL THREE CD'S AND THE BOOK
CAN BE YOURS FOR ONLY $19.95 RIGHT NOW BY CALLING TOLL-FREE:
888-PRAISE-8 OR LOGON ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT AT RHEMA.ORG .
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ANNOUNCER> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING RHEMA PRAISE
WITH KENNETH AND LYNETTE HAGIN
KENNETH, LYNETTE AND RHEMA BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE
ARE COMMITTED TO REACHING THE ENTIRE WORLD
WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
AND TRAINING LABORERS FOR THE END TIME HARVEST
IF YOU HAVE PRAYER REQUESTS OR WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT RHEMA PLEASE WRITE, CALL OR VISIT RHEMA.ORG
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY
AND FOR YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT
AND REMEMBER, THERE IS HOPE, HELP AND HEALING
FOR A HURTING WORLD
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