♪ (MUSC) INTRO BEGINS ♪
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> HEY, WELCOME TO RHEMA PRAISE TODAY. THANK YOU
FOR TUNING IN AND BEING WITH US. WELL, YOU KNOW, TODAY I'M
TALKING ABOUT "THIS IS YOUR TIME". AND IT'S EVERYBODY'S
TIME TO DO WHAT THEY FEEL THAT GOD WANTS THEM TO DO. NOW
A LOT OF TIMES NO MATTER WHAT JOB YOU'RE WORKING IN GOD
HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...TO ACCOMPLISH IN THAT JOB. YOU SEE, MANY TIMES
WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE
EVERYBODY GOES TO THE FACT, "MINISTER". NO, GOD WANTS
PEOPLE IN EVERY AREA OF SOCIETY. HE WANTS LAWYERS, DOCTORS,
MECHANICS, FACTORY WORKERS, EVERY...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...HE WANTS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. AND... AND HE WANTS
YOU TO BE ABLE THEN TO... TO FOLLOW AFTER WHAT YOU ENJOY...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...WHAT YOU WANT. NOW HE DOES GIVE SOME OF US A
SPECIAL CALL, BUT OTHERWISE HE LETS PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY
FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, BUT THEN HE WANTS THEM TO
BE HIS EXAMPLE IN THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> SO I... WHY DON'T WE GO WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS
IN THE MESSAGE.
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO HEAR IT FROM THE MESSAGE...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...THAN IT IS FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO LET'S GO
WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT, "THIS IS YOUR TIME".
I REMEMBER GRADUATING FROM HIGHSCHOOL ABOUT
TWENTY YEARS AGO
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
(CHUCKLING) LET'S TRY FIFTY-SOMETHING (LAUGHS). IT IS
A LONG TIME AGO. I HAD WRITTEN DOWN HERE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A
LONG TIME AGO. BUT IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. BUT I DON'T
KNOW, I THINK MAYBE GRADUATING FROM HIGHSCHOOL IS MORE
MEMORABLE THAN ANY OTHER GRADUATION THAT YOU HAVE.. CAUSE
I'VE HAD SEVERAL. HOW MANY OF YOU CAN (EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN
UMPTEEN YEARS LIKE ME), CAN STILL REMEMBER GRADUATING
FROM HIGHSCHOOL?
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL TIME. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR SEVENTEEN
GRADUATING FROM HIGHSCHOOL IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IF ANYBODY'S
THIRTY, THEY'RE OLD. AND IF THEY WERE FIFTY OR SIXTY THEY
WERE ANCIENT.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
I GUESS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT PUTS ME ABOUT NOW (LAUGHS).
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
TODAY, THESE GRADUATES, ESPECIALLY FROM HIGHSCHOOL, BUT
ALSO FROM COLLEGE; THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION.
ESPECIALLY THE HIGHSCHOOL KIDS THEY ARE TRANSITIONING FROM
BEING A KID TO BECOMING AN ADULT. YOU KNOW, FIRST
CORINTHIANS 13:11, IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION SAYS:
THE OLD LIVING BIBLE (NOT THE NEW NLT, BUT THE OLD LIVING
BIBLE SAYS):
(OR THAT IS A GROWN UP PERSON)
HERE PAUL IS DESCRIBING A MAJOR TRANSITION. YOU KNOW,
TRANSITION FROM BEING A CHILD TO AN ADULT, OF GOING FROM
DEPENDING ON MOM AND DAD TO MAKING THEIR OWN WAY,
FROM GOING TO DOING WHAT KIDS DO TO NOW ACTING LIKE AN
ADULT; FROM... YOU KNOW, FROM EVERYTHING BEING DONE FOR
YOU TO NOW YOU'VE GOT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW, (CHUCKLES) I REMEMBER THAT TIME VERY VIVIDLY, AND
YOU KNOW, THERE'S MIXED FEELINGS THERE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
YOU REALLY ARE STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN BECAUSE UP 'TIL
NOW EVERYTHING... THEY WAKE YOU UP, THEY GET YOU TO
SCHOOL, THEY MAKE YOU GET YOUR HOMEWORK... BUT NOW IT'S
YOUR TURN, AND YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE REINS. E.E. CUMMINGS
SAID, "IT TAKES COURAGE TO GROW UP AND BECOME WHO YOU
REALLY ARE." YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE DURING THIS TRANSITION
PERIOD YOU YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO DISCOVER WHAT
LIFE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT. ONE OF THE SECRETS TO GROWING UP
IS TO LISTEN TO THOSE WHO'VE ALREADY GROWN UP. THEY CAN
TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT CAN HELP YOU TO
NOT TO GET INTO SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT THEY DID. NOW,
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY OLDER CHRONOLOGICALLY.
IT REALLY DOESN'T MEAN THEY'VE GROWN UP. AH, SOMEONE SAID,
"GROWING OLDER IS INEVITABLE, GROWING UP IS AN OPTION."
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
WHAT I MEAN BY GROWING UP IS SOMEONE WHO DEMONSTRATES
MATURITY AND IS ACCEPTING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LIFE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE PROBABLY ALL HAVE LEARNED LESSONS IN LIFE
AS WE HAVE LIVED. BUT LET ME... LET ME SAY TO YOU SENIORS
FROM HIGHSCHOOL AND YOU GRADUATING COLLEGE SENIORS,
YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED A FEW LESSONS IN LIFE. I'VE BEEN
AROUND FOR A WHILE. AND SOLOMON SAID (WHO WAS ONE OF
THE WISEST MEN TO EVER LIVE), HE SAID SOMETHING IN
ECCLESIASTES 3:1, THAT I THINK IS INTERESTING:
AND THEN GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF SAID, "LIFE IS A
SERIES OF SEASONS." I DON'T KNOW... THIS IS UNKNOWN,
SOMEBODY SAID THIS, "YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLDER WHEN
YOU NO LONGER REFER TO YOUR KNEES AS LEFT AND RIGHT,
INSTEAD YOU REFER TO THEM AS THE GOOD OR THE BAD,"
(CHUCKLES).
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LEFT KNEE AND THEN I HAVE A STEEL KNEE
OVER HERE (LAUGHS). ACTUALLY, I'VE REALLY COME TO REALIZE,
AND I SAY THIS TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, THAT AGE IS A MATTER OF
YOUR MIND. YOU KNOW, IF YOU... IF YOU FEEL OLD AND ACT OLD
YOU'LL BE OLD. IF YOU FEEL YOUNG AND STAY YOUNG AND ACT
YOUNG YOU'LL STAY YOUNG.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
TODAY THESE GRADUATES ARE LEAVING ONE SEASON AND
ENTERING INTO ANOTHER SEASON OF THEIR LIFE. YOU KNOW,
GRADUATING FROM HIGHSCHOOL IS STEPPING OUT OF ONE SEASON
INTO THE NEXT SEASON. CHANGES WILL COME. IT DEPENDS ON
HOW YOU EMBRACE THESE CHANGING SEASONS IS HOW
SUCCESSFUL YOU WILL BE. YOU KNOW, SUCCESS IS OFTEN JUST
EMBRACING AND MOVING INTO THE NEXT SEASON. HOW YOU
HANDLE YOUR TRANSITION WILL DETERMINE YOUR DESTINY. YOU
KNOW, ONE MAN HAS SAID, "YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE SEASONS OR THE
WIND, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE YOURSELF. THAT IS SOMETHING YOU
HAVE CHARGE OF." YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED THAT CHANGE IN
LIFE COMES. AND TO RESIST CHANGE USUALLY WILL CAUSE YOU TO
GO DOWN INTO DEFEAT. BUT TO EMBRACE CHANGE AND MOVE ON
WILL CAUSE YOU TO MOVE TOWARD YOUR DESTINY AND HAVE
SUCCESS. YOU KNOW, LIFE IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITIES. IN
JEREMIAH 29:11, IT SAYS:
NOW HERE THIS SCRIPTURE IS TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES
THAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL EVEN
THOUGH THEY WERE IN CAPTIVITY IN A FOREIGN LAND. I BELIEVE GOD
HAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE OF YOU GRADUATING SENIORS TODAY.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
I BELIEVE THAT AS YOU BELIEVE GOD AND USE YOUR FAITH THAT
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GRAB AHOLD OF EVERYONE OF THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES AND MOVE FORWARD TO YOUR DESTINY. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WILL COME YOUR WAY. YOU
AS ADULTS, OPPORTUNITY WILL COME YOUR WAY. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WILL BE, BUT WHEN THEY COME IT'S HOW YOU HANDLE
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL DETERMINE YOUR SUCCESS OR
FAILURE. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT LIFE POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY
IT'S YOUR CHOICE. PRACTICE HAVING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. MY
DAD ALWAYS SAID TO ME, HE SAID, "SON, ANYBODY CAN BE
NEGATIVE, BUT IT TAKES A PERSON THAT'S WILLING TO PERSEVERE
AND ENUDRE HARDNESS TO BE POSITIVE." WHEN OPPORTUNITY
COMES IT'S YOUR CHOICE. YOU CAN EITHER SHRINK BACK IN FEAR
OR YOU CAN SAY, "WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS,
BUT GOD, ME AND YOU, HERE WE GO."
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
I'VE HAD TO SAY THAT MANY TIMES. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE
FUTURE HELD, BUT I KNEW THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE AND I
KNEW THAT GOD WAS LEADING. AND I SAID, "OKAY GOD, I'M
HOLDING ONTO YOUR HAND AND HERE WE GO!"
YOU KNOW, WINSTON CHURCHILL, THAT GREAT PRIME MINISTER
OF ENGLAND DURING WORLD WAR II, SAID, "THE PESSIMIST SEES
DIFFICULTY IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY. THE OPPORTUNIST SEES
OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY DIFFICULTY."
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
JESUS SAID IN LUKE 18:27:
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES ARE HARD
TO RECOGNIZE. THOMAS EDISON SAID, "OPPORTUNITY IS MISSED
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AND IT'S DRESSED IN
OVERHAULS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK."
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
OR WE COULD SAY OPPORTUNITY IS DRESSED IN WORK CLOTHES
AND LOOKS LIKE WORK. THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. MANY TIMES
PEOPLE PASS UP OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO
WORK HARD TO REACH THEIR SUCCESS. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED
OPPORTUNITY COMES TO THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK HARD.
OPPORTUNITY SELDOM APPEARS AS A FINISHED PRODUCT. YOU
HAVE TO GO AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE
IT COME TO PASS IN YOUR LIFE. IT'S TIME FOR US TO PREPARE.
NO OPPORTUN... WITH NO OPPORTUNITY IN SIGHT YOU STILL
MAKE PREPARATION. MY DAD USED TO SAY TO ME, "SON, PREPARATION
IS NEVER WASTED TIME."
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID, "I WILL PREPARE AND SOME DAY MY CHANCE
WILL COME." YOU SEE, I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH LIFE THAT THE
QUESTION IS NOT IF OPPORTUNITIES WILL COME, THE QUESTION IS
WILL I BE READY WHEN THE OPPORTUNITIES COME, HAVE I
PREPARED MYSELF BY KNOWING WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS, BY KNOWING
THE NATURAL THINGS THAT I NEED TO KNOW. WHEN I AM TALKING
TO YOU TODAY SENIORS I AM TALKING ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL SIDE
AND THE NATURAL SIDE AT THE SAME TIME. THEY BOTH HAVE
OPPORTUNITY AND WHETHER YOU'RE PREPARED OR NOT
DETERMINES WHETHER YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT. YOU KNOW,
LIFE WILL NOT BE LIVED ALONE. HEBREWS 10:24 AND 25 SAYS:
IN THESE VERSES IT IS TALKING ABOUT ENCOURAGING HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS AND ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE
BELIEVERS. (CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
YOU NEED TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE
AND THINK LIKE YOU DO.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
YOU KNOW, WE HEAR IT SAID ALL THE TIME, "NO MAN IS AN
ISLAND." IN YOUR JOURNEY OF LIFE YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE
GOING TO FIND OUT THAT YOU'LL NEED TO HELP SOMEBODY. BUT
YOU'RE GONNA ALSO FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU. TAKE TIME TO HELP OTHERS REALIZE
THEIR DREAMS AND THERE'LL BE THOSE THERE TO HELP YOU REALIZE
YOUR DREAMS.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR VOCATION, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR
PROFESSION, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TIME TO BE
INVOLVED IN A GOOD BIBLE BELIEVING CHURCH LIKE YOU GREW
UP IN HERE AT RHEMA. THAT'S IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE. MAKE
SURE THAT IN YOUR SUCCESS YOU ARE NOT DRAGGED AWAY
FROM YOUR CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, AND RUN FROM WHAT YOU
HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN ALL OF THESE YEARS. IT'S REAL EASY
NOW AS YOU STEP OUT INTO YOUR OWN LIFE FOR THE ENEMY TO
DRAG YOU AWAY. BUT DON'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW, CULTIVATE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
WRONG PEOPLE WILL DRAG YOU DOWN. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
RIGHT PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU RISE TO YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR
DESTINY. I'M SORRY TO SAY NOT EVERYONE THAT IS FRIENDLY TO
YOU IS ACTUALLY YOUR FRIEND.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
YOU CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WISELY.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE YOU SUCCEED. SOME PEOPLE WILL
TRY TO BE YOUR FRIEND SIMPLY TO STAB YOU IN THE BACK AND
MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T GET AHEAD OF THEM.
BE TRUE TO YOUR DREAMS AND TO GOD AND YOU CAN WALK THE
PATH THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO SUCCESS. SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BE
A SUCCESS BY BEING POPULAR WITH EVERYBODY AT ALL COSTS.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BE ACCEPTED AT ALL COSTS. SOME PEOPLE
FEEL BAD THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T LIKE THEM. YOU NEED TO GET OVER
THAT RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S NOT GOING
TO LIKE YOU.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
JUST LEARN TO BE YOU. I HAD TO DO THAT A LONG TIME AGO. FIRST
OF ALL, I WASN'T LIKED BECAUSE I WAS KENNETH HAGIN'S SON.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ME. BUT THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME BECAUSE
I WAS HIS SON. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT TO BE TRUE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST WAKE UP AND REALIZE, "HEY, I'M
ME. IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM NOT MINE."
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
YOU KNOW. BUT SUCCESS DOES NOT DEPEND ON SOMEBODY ELSE
WHETHER THEY LIKE YOU OR WHETHER THEY DON'T; WHETHER YOU'RE
POPULAR OR WHETHER YOU'RE NOT POPULAR. SUCCESS DEPENDS
UPON YOU. YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL BETRAY
YOU, SOME OF THEM WILL BE YOUR FRIENDS. BUT YOU IN THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO STAY TRUE TO GOD AND THE THINGS
THAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE IN LIFE.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO LEARN TO DO IS
TO BE QUICK TO FORGIVE ANYBODY THAT DOES YOU WRONG.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
MY WIFE SAYS THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT... SAID,
SOMEBODY CAN DO ME WRONG AND I JUST SAY, "OKAY, FORGET IT,"
AND GO ON DOWN THE ROAD. BUT SOME PEOPLE CAN'T. YOU NEED
TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT HINDERING THEM
IT'S HINDERING YOU.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
SO LET IT GO! SO WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE ME. THAT'S NOT GOING
TO KEEP GOD FROM BLESSING ME BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE ME.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SUCCEED IS NOT...
NO SIGN THAT GOD WON'T LEAD YOU TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
I'VE LEARNED THAT SUCCESS IN LIFE DEPENDS ON HAVING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN YOU, THAT BELIEVE
LIKE YOU DO AND WILL WALK BESIDE YOU AND HELP YOU
NOT HINDER YOU.
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
YOU KNOW, I HAVE WALKED DOWN A LOT OF ROADS IN MY LIFE.
I GRADUATED FROM HIGHSCHOOL IN 1958. I WENT TO BIBLE
COLLEGE IN 1962. UNCLE SAM SAID, "I WANT YOU." AND I HAD
TO SPEND THREE YEARS IN UNCLE SAM'S ARMY. I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND ANY OF IT, BUT I JUST KNEW THAT I WAS WITH GOD.
AND I WAS JUST... I FOLLOWED GOD DOWN EVERYONE OF THOSE
PATHS, AND WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE TODAY IF I HAD NOT
HAVE WALKED THOSE PATHS WITH GOD, EMBRACED THE TRANSITION,
EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T LIKE IT I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE EVERY PATH THAT THE... GOD LEADS
YOU DOWN, BUT IF YOU'LL WALK THAT PATH AND LEARN THE LESSONS
ON THAT PATH (NOW I'M SPEAKING TO YOU GRADUATING FROM
COLLEGE TOO), IF YOU'LL WALK DOWN THAT PATH (YOU MAY NOT
UNDERSTAND IT)... WHY DID I IN MY SENIOR YEAR OF BIBLE COLLEGE
ALREADY PREACHING NOW HAVE TO GO FOR THREE YEARS IN THE...
IN THE U.S. ARMY? BUT THAT WAS A ROAD THAT GOD TOOK ME
DOWN BECAUSE EVERYTHING I
LEARNED I USE IN RUNNING MINISTRY
RIGHT NOW. DON'T DESPISE THE ROAD THAT GOD TAKES YOU DOWN.
DON'T HOOK UP WITH THOSE THAT HAVE A SMALL MENTALITY. HOOK
UP WITH THOSE THAT BELIEVE GOD AND DREAM BIG
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
AND GO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING IN YOUR WORLD. THIS IS YOUR
TIME. THIS IS YOUR HOUR.
♪ MUSIC ♪
LYNETTE> YOU KNOW HONEY, EVERYBODY HAS DREAMS
IN THEIR LIFE...
KENNETH> YES.
LYNETTE> ...THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> AND, AND I KNOW FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I
WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH, I, IN MY OWNSELF, I COULDN'T DO IT.
KENNETH> NO.
LYNETTE> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU LOOK TO GOD...
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> ...THE DREAMS THAT YOU HAVE, IF YOU DON'T QUIT ON
THAT DREAM AND IF YOU LOOK TO GOD HE WILL HELP...
BOTH> ...TO ACCOMPLISH...
LYNETTE> ...THOSE DREAMS...
KENNETH> ...YES, HE WILL.
LYNETTE> ...IN YOUR LIFE.
KENNETH> YES, HE WILL.
LYNETTE> SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU THIS DAY, YOU
KNOW, MANY, MANY TIMES IN MY
LIFE I SAID, "GOD, I KNOW YOU WANT ME
TO DO SOMETHING," OR "I HAVE A DREAM ON MY OWN, BUT I DON'T
KNOW HOT TO ACCOMPLISHMENT... ACCOMPLISH IT, BUT AS I ASK
HIM HE WOULD GIVE ME THE EXACT PLAN. AND HE WILL GIVE YOU
THE EXACT PLAN TOO.
KENNETH> YES. AND IF YOU WILL LISTEN TO THE ANNOUNCER HE'S
GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE OFFER THIS WEEK.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> AND IT WILL HELP YOU TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR DREAM
SO LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS. BUT I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT NEXT WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN
MINNESOTA, ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.
LYNETTE> I HOPE IT'S COOLER THERE (CHUCKLES).
KENNETH> WELL, IT SHOULD BE.
LYNETTE> I KNOW.
KENNETH> I HOPE SO ANYWAY - AUGUST 26, 27, 28, JOY CHRISTIAN
CENTER; PASTORS BRIAN AND SHELLY GOBAR. AND YOU KNOW,
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THERE.
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> AND ALL OF YOU PEOPLE IN THAT AREA UP THERE COME
ON OUT AND BE WITH US. WE WANT TO SEE YOU; WE WANT TO TALK
TO YOU. SO YOU COME ON OUT AND BE WITH US. AND IF YOU'RE
LISTENING IN ANOTHER AREA AND YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN
THAT AREA HEY...
LYNETTE> TELL THEM ABOUT IT.
KENNETH> ...TELL THEM ABOUT IT, OKAY?
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING DOWN TO
GRANGER, INDIANA, AUGUST 29-31, AT NEW CREATION CHURCH;
PASTORS ARNIE AND MINDY KLAHR. SO JOIN US THERE.
KENNETH> YEAH, AND I GUESS WE COULD TALK ABOUT SEPTEMBER...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...WE'RE GETTING HEADED THAT DIRECTION ALREADY.
LYNETTE> YES, STARTING TO BE A BUSY TIME (CHUCKLING).
KENNETH> IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO BE AT A
LIVING FAITH CRUSADE IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, SEPTEMER 9,
10, 11 AND 12. WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR FOUR DAYS.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> WELL, IT'S SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN THREE DAYS...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...AT LIVING WORD CHURCH; PASTOR DENNY AND
DANNI BEAVER... BEAVERS. SO, HEY, COME ON OUT AND BE WITH
US. AND IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE AREA LIKE I SAID BEFORE,
HEY, LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. OKAY.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> AND I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT'S COMING
UP AT THE LAST PART OF SEPTEMBER...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...AND THAT IS YOUR KINDLE THE FLAME
WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> THAT... HEY GUYS, GET YOUR LADIES TO THE LADIES
CONFERENCE. I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S THE BEST LADIES
CONFERENCE AROUND. THAT'S SEPTEMBER 27-29, THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND REGISTER AT
RHEMA.ORG/KTF. AND ALSO, THERE'S A VIDEO THAT YOU CAN
WATCH. AND OF COURSE, LYNETTE WILL BE SPEAKING. MY
DAUGHTER DENISE BURNS WILL BE SPEAKING, PATSY CAMENETI...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...MARCI GLISSON, AH ALSO JILL DONOVAN, AUTHOR OF
THE KINDNESS EFFECT AND JEN TRINGALE WILL ALSO...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...BE THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT LADIES
CONFERENCE SO HEY...
LYNETTE> IT'S NOT YOUR ORDINARY LADIES CONFERENCE
(CHUCKLES).
KENNETH> NO, IT'S NOT. WHEN SHE SAID THE LORD WAS DEALING
WITH HER TO HAVE A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE SHE SAID, "OKAY LORD,
I'LL DO IT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE ANY OTHER WOMEN'S
CONFERENCE AROUND." AND IT'S NOT. IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY
THAT'S BEEN YOU ASK THEM AND THEY'LL TELL YOU. AND SO, HEY,
LISTEN, IT'S TIME FOR US TO GET OUT OF HERE TODAY,BUT WE
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. AND WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO
COME BACK AND BE WITH US EVERYTIME THAT WE'RE ON. AND WE
WANT TO MINISTER TO YOU.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> AND WE ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU THAT PARTNER WITH
US FOR HELPING US TO BRING...
BOTH> HOPE, HELP AND HEALING TO THE WORLD!
REV. KENNETH E. HAGIN> HE THAT HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE
FATHER. IN JOHN'S GOSPEL, THE FIRST CHAPTER SAYS, "IN THE
BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND
THE WORD WAS GOD. AND THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING
WITH GOD. WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT
WAS MADE. AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH AND DWELT AMONG
US." THAT WAS THE LORD, JESUS CHRIST. AND HE DEMONSTRATED
IN HIS EARTH WALK THAT HE WAS THE GREAT GOD, I AM. AND HE
WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH. PRAISE GOD!"
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IAN> I MADE THE DECISION TO COME TO RHEMA WHEN I WAS
18 YEARS OLD. AND SINCE THE TIME I WAS 16, I'D ALWAYS HAD
INKLINGS ABOUT THE MINISTRY, AND I ANSWERED THAT CALL TO
GO INTO THE MINISTRY. AND THE ONLY THING I HAD TO FIGURE OUT
NEXT WAS WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THE NEXT STEP. I HAD LOOKED
AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT BIBLE COLLEGES AND I WAS ABOUT TO
MAKE THE DECISION TO GO TO OREGON, AND SOMETHING ON THE
INSIDE OF ME JUST SAID, "NOT THE RIGHT CHOICE."
I REMEMBER... MY AUNT AND UNCLE ARE ACTUALLY RHEMA
GRADUATES. THEY RECOMMENDED RHEMA. AND I LOOKED ON THE
WEBSITE AND I THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS MIGHT BE A
GOOD IDEA." SO I MADE THE DECISION TO COME TO RHEMA WHEN I
WAS 18 YEARS OLD. AS SOON AS I STEPPED FOOT ON THE RHEMA
CAMPUS I KNEW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I WAS IN THE WILL
OF GOD. AND THERE'S NO BETTER FEELING THAN THAT. I WAS A
FIRST YEAR STUDENT AND I HAD BEEN STRUGGLING WITH CHRONIC
EAR INFECTIONS. FOR SOME REASON MY EAR WOULD JUST GET
INFECTED, THE RIGHT EAR. I REMEMBER IT WAS THE SECOND TERM
OF MY FIRST YEAR AS A RHEMA STUDENT AND I WAS IN "CHRIST THE
HEALER". I REMEMBER THE EXACT MOMENT THAT IT WENT FROM
HEAD KNOWLEDGE TO FAITH. I WAS IN "CHRIST THE HEALER" AND
I HEARD A POP IN MY EAR, AND FROM THAT POINT ON I HAVE NOT
HAD AN EAR INFECTION. THAT WAS SIX YEARS AGO. SO, I JUST
REALLY THANK GOD FOR RHEMA, UM, FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME
WHO'S GROWN UP IN CHURCH, GROWN UP IN A RHEMA CHURCH,
GROWN UP IN THE WORD OF FAITH, AND IT TOOK FOR ME PERSONALLY
COMING TO RHEMA TO MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM HEAD
KNOWLEDGE TO HEART KNOWLEDGE; FROM JUST A MENTAL
ASSENT TO REALLY CATCHING THE SPIRIT OF FAITH. AND THAT IS
WHY RHEMA IS SO SPECIAL TO ME.
♪ OUTRO MUSIC (BEGINS) ♪
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 CALL, WRITE, 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
♪ OUTRO MUSIC ♪
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