Theological Status: ACTIVE HERESY
Biblical Parallel(Archetype): Thyatira
❓ What do these grades mean?
🔍 Biblical Discernment: The 7 Church Parallels
The Cold Orthodox Parallel
Ephesus
Teaching that upholds doctrinal precision yet parallels the loss of the "first love"—the vital, motivating power of the Gospel (Rev 2:4).
The Compromised Parallel
Pergamum
Teaching that parallels churches tolerating the "doctrine of Balaam" through cultural accommodation (Rev 2:14), characterized by weak boundaries, sloppy theology, and worldly compromise.
Why strictly "Mark & Avoid"?
We do not issue this rating to attack the speaker, but to protect the listener. This ministry's overall teaching trend consistently deviates from sound doctrine. As per Romans 16:17, we identify these patterns so believers can guard their hearts.
We do not issue this rating to attack the speaker, but to protect the listener. This ministry's overall teaching trend consistently deviates from sound doctrine. As per Romans 16:17, we identify these patterns so believers can guard their hearts.
🧐 Overview
Theological Verdict & Summary
Sermon Summary: A critical examination of the 'Word of Faith' teaching that claims believers can manifest healing through positive confession, contrasting it with the biblical reality of God's sovereign will.
Pastoral Analysis: While the sermon attempts to encourage self-control and maturity, it fundamentally compromises the Gospel by teaching that physical healing is a guaranteed right accessed through specific verbal declarations. This approach replaces reliance on God's sovereign grace with a mechanical system of human effort, leading to spiritual harm when believers face suffering despite their 'correct' words.
Biblical Parallel (Archetype): Thyatira — The sermon exhibits active doctrinal deviation through the teaching of Word of Faith theology, specifically the belief that human verbal declarations possess creative power to manifest physical healing. This represents a fundamental departure from biblical orthodoxy regarding God's sovereignty and the nature of faith, aligning with the warnings against false prophets and deep things of Satan found in the letter to Thyatira.
Big Idea: Christians must exercise spiritual authority and self-control by speaking life and truth rather than reacting with criticism or negative words, thereby acting as mature adults in their walk with God. [00:54:16 ▶️ 📄]
📖 How they Handle Scripture & Jesus
- Primary Text: 1 Samuel 3
- Usage Classification: Topical
- Text-to-Talk Ratio: Low
- Pulpit Decorum: ❌ FAIL - The sermon employs coercive and manipulative language, commanding the congregation to 'declare and decree' healing, which is inappropriate for pastoral teaching and creates a burden of performance.
✝️ Christological Focus: Absent
"Christ is not presented as the source of healing or the object of faith, but rather as a power source for human declarations. The sermon lacks a redemptive-historical connection to Christ's work on the cross."
Scripture Saturation: Verses Read: 0 | Referenced: 1 | Alluded: 0
Key References: 1 Samuel 3
🎙️ Sermon Content & Delivery
Word Count: 1,241 words
📌 View 3 Key Topics Addressed
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Spiritual Authority and Self-Control
[00:54:16 ▶️ 📄]
> The pastor argues that believers must take authority over their circumstances and words, refusing to react impulsively to others or negative situations, but instead responding with maturity and faith. -
The Power of Speech
[00:56:00 ▶️ 📄]
> Using an analogy of two pastors in a car, the pastor illustrates how 85-90% of problems arise from what we speak, urging the congregation to speak life and praise rather than criticism and sickness. -
Church Unity and Maturity
[00:58:47 ▶️ 📄]
> The pastor critiques the church for tearing each other down, stating that the devil doesn't need to work hard when Christians create division themselves, and calls for adult-like maturity and unity.
🖼️ View 3 Illustrations & Stories
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Sermon Illustration
[00:56:00 ▶️ 📄]
> The pastor tells a story about two pastors in a car: one is a super optimistic 'half full glass' guy who praises everything, and the other is a grumpy driver. The driver sarcastically asks if the optimist has something good to say about the devil. The optimist pauses and replies, 'Well, he's always on the job,' illustrating the need to get a hold of one's words and not just praise evil. -
Sermon Illustration
[00:57:43 ▶️ 📄]
> The pastor shares a personal childhood memory of fighting with his brother, where his mother made them sit on the sofa and hold hands until they stopped fighting, using it as an analogy for choosing maturity and self-control over childish reactions. -
Sermon Illustration
[01:01:43 ▶️ 📄]
> The pastor references a previous sermon by Brother Sergio about refining metal, where impurities are removed until one can see their reflection in the metal, which the pastor applies spiritually to seeing one's reflection in Jesus when right with God.
🚀 View 2 Calls to Action
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Pastoral Charge
[00:59:29 ▶️ 📄]
> To verbally speak against spiritual attacks and affirm identity in Christ. -
Pastoral Charge
[01:02:26 ▶️ 📄]
> To view a previous sermon on social media platforms.
🧭 Biblical Alignment Dashboard
Overall Verdict: Fundamentally in Error
| Category | Status | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| Gospel Presentation | ❌ FAIL | The Gospel Engine is not intact. The sermon omits the necessity of Gospel grace and the Holy Spirit's regenerating work, reducing the Christian life to moralism and self-powered behavioral commands. The Safe Harbor mechanism failed to protect the core message from this distortion. |
| Soteriology | ❌ FAIL | The sermon promotes a works-based approach to sanctification and healing, implying that human verbal effort controls spiritual outcomes, which contradicts salvation and sanctification by grace alone. |
| Bibliology | ❌ FAIL | The teaching elevates human speech to a creative, law-like force that can override God's sovereign will, undermining the sufficiency and authority of Scripture as the final rule for faith and practice. |
| Hermeneutic | ❌ FAIL | The sermon employs a proof-texting hermeneutic that ignores the broader biblical narrative of suffering and God's sovereignty, selectively interpreting verses to support a prosperity theology framework. |
| Theology Proper | ❌ FAIL | The sermon misrepresents God's character by suggesting He is obligated to heal based on human verbal formulas, rather than being the sovereign Lord who acts according to His wise and good will. |
| Sacramentology | ⚪ N/A | No sacramental errors detected; however, the sermon's focus on mechanical spiritual forces undermines the sacramental understanding of grace as a gift received in faith. |
| Confessional Depth | ❌ SHALLOW | The sermon lacks depth in understanding the mystery of God's sovereignty and the role of suffering, offering a superficial, self-help oriented approach to spiritual life. |
⚙️ The Core Gospel Framework
What is this? This section checks if the sermon contains the essential building blocks of the Gospel. We look for explicit, substantive mentions of God's holy standard, human inability, and Christ's finished work on the cross.
Why it matters for the final verdict: A complete Gospel framework protects a sermon from becoming man-centered. If a preacher gives commands for good behavior but leaves out the grace and atonement of the Gospel, it often results in a 🔴 Critical or 🟠 Major error for Moralism (teaching human self-improvement rather than reliance on Christ). However, if these Gospel elements are missing simply because the pastor is preaching a highly focused, practical message to mature believers (e.g., instructions on biblical marriage), our system applies a "Safe Harbor" pardon, graciously reducing the omission to a 🟡 Minor error.
Why it matters for the final verdict: A complete Gospel framework protects a sermon from becoming man-centered. If a preacher gives commands for good behavior but leaves out the grace and atonement of the Gospel, it often results in a 🔴 Critical or 🟠 Major error for Moralism (teaching human self-improvement rather than reliance on Christ). However, if these Gospel elements are missing simply because the pastor is preaching a highly focused, practical message to mature believers (e.g., instructions on biblical marriage), our system applies a "Safe Harbor" pardon, graciously reducing the omission to a 🟡 Minor error.
❌ The Law And Wrath: Not observed in the sermon.
❌ Total Depravity And Inability: Not observed in the sermon.
❌ Active Obedience Of Christ: Not observed in the sermon.
✅ The Cross And Atonement:
"Let's begin to speak that by the stripes of Christ, I am healed." [00:59:40 ▶️ 📄]
⚠️ Theological Concerns
🔴 Critical Word of Faith / Positive Confession
Root Cause: Word of Faith / Positive Confession
""Let's begin to speak that by the stripes of Christ, I am healed. I am not sick trying to get a healing, but I am healed and sickness is trying to take control of my body. So I take authority over it. And I come against it in Jesus name because I am healed. Amen. I'm not getting on you for being sick. I'm getting on you for not speaking the right words when you are sick."" [00:59:40 ▶️ 📄]
The Belief/Behavior: He teaches that verbal declarations possess creative power to manifest physical healing, implying that sickness persists due to a failure to speak the correct words rather than God's sovereign will.
Why It's Dangerous: This doctrine places an unbearable burden on believers, causing guilt and despair when healing does not occur despite their 'correct' words, and it robs God of His sovereignty.
Biblical Correction: James 5:14-15 "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
🔴 Critical Mechanical Spirituality / Anointing as Force
Root Cause: Mechanical Spirituality / Anointing as Force
""there's an atmosphere of healing if you're sick in your body i want you to just start to pray right now if you got something going on maybe maybe emotionally maybe physically i want you to just begin to press in right now... put your hand on it right now begin to speak to it there's an anointing of healing right now in the name of Jesus."" [00:48:04 ▶️ 📄]
The Belief/Behavior: He treats spiritual anointing and physical touch as mechanical levers that believers can manipulate through prayer and touch to activate healing, reducing faith to a transactional force.
Why It's Dangerous: This reduces the Christian life to a series of rituals and manipulations, undermining the relational aspect of faith and the sovereignty of God.
Biblical Correction: 1 Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:"
🔴 Critical Montanism / Word of Faith (Positive Confession & Decrees)
Root Cause: Montanism / Word of Faith
""I declare and decree healing a healing over broken bones healing over lungs healing in the muscles and strengthening Father God healing Father God in the kidneys in the name of Jesus healing Father God in the livers right now in the name of Jesus"" [00:50:46 ▶️ 📄]
The Belief/Behavior: He explicitly uses declarative and decreeing language to assert control over physical healing, treating spoken words as a mechanism to manifest reality rather than submitting to God's sovereign will.
Why It's Dangerous: This teaching leads to a false sense of security and spiritual pride, and causes deep confusion and faith crisis when the decreed outcomes do not materialize.
Biblical Correction: 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 "And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For these things, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
🟠 Major Homiletical Imbalance (Moralism)
Root Cause: Moralism
The Belief/Behavior: The sermon reduces the Christian life to human self-control, positive confession, and behavioral commands, entirely omitting the necessity of Gospel grace and the Holy Spirit's regenerating work.
Why It's Dangerous: This leads to a works-based spirituality where believers feel they must earn God's favor through their own efforts, resulting in burnout and despair.
Biblical Correction: Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
🟡 Minor Hyper-Charismatic Demonology
Root Cause: Hyper-Charismatic Demonology
""I come against the spirit of offense in the name of Jesus I take authority and dominion over it Father God Lord I come against the spirit of anger Father God in Jesus name in Jesus name jealousy and envy and gossip"" [00:51:48 ▶️ 📄]
The Belief/Behavior: He personifies internal sinful emotions like offense, anger, and jealousy as autonomous demonic spirits to be combated, rather than recognizing them as manifestations of the believer's own corrupted nature.
Why It's Dangerous: This misdiagnosis of sin leads to ineffective spiritual warfare, as it fails to address the root cause of sin in the heart, and can lead to a paranoid worldview.
Biblical Correction: James 1:14-15 "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death."
✅ Commendations
Pastoral Care | Encouragement of Self-Control
The pastor correctly identifies the destructive nature of reactive speech and encourages the congregation to pursue maturity and self-control in their relationships.
Illustration | Use of Relatable Analogies
The use of personal anecdotes, such as the story of the two pastors in the car, helps to illustrate the importance of perspective and the power of words in a relatable way.
📜 Full Sermon Transcript (Audit)
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[00:23:15] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:23:15] We are so glad you're here. Welcome, welcome, welcome to River of Life. So right away I'm going to have every youth that's going to youth camp stand up. Every person, every adult that's going to youth camp stand up. Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up. How many of you up here? Raise your hand since you're already standing. Okay, this whole, oh, even the drummer. Everybody up here. So what is that fundraiser all about? They have a calendar.
[00:23:46] that they have, and you pick however much money you want to sponsor them, okay? So they all should be coming around. Craig, you can have a seat. They've all sat down on you, dude, but I appreciate
[00:23:59] it. So they all have a calendar, and on the calendar, of course, is whatever month they did, whether it's 30 or 31 days, and you get to pick, like if you want to sponsor them for like $20,
[00:24:11] dollars you can either put say I'm going to sponsor day 20 or you can break it up say I'm going to sponsor day 5 and day 15 that equals 20 right so they are all out there trying to raise
[00:24:26] their money to get them to camp the other thing that you can do is you can just completely sponsor one of them how about that so they should be all hitting you up they should be hitting up their
[00:24:36] family they should be putting it on Facebook how many of you know how to put it on Facebook right you know how to put everything else on Facebook so you should be able to figure that
[00:24:45] one out too right um I have a lot of my nieces nephews that are you know in other states that hey they put it on Facebook they say hey I'm trying to raise money and people start so you
[00:24:57] can either give them cash you can um uh they're they have the number for text to give so that will go directly to the river of life and on that it says when you go in there it says hey
[00:25:08] go to youth and select youth and then there's supposed to be a memo line and you say hey i'm sponsoring hannah for 20 bucks and that's all you have to do and then send your 20 bucks okay
[00:25:19] so they should all be hitting you guys up and if they're not i don't know what to tell you all right um so ladies say that again a sponsorship is 250 250 for a full sponsorship if you want to
[00:25:39] send one of these youth or if you want to split it up however you want to do it but it's 250 for each one of them to go it's 125 maybe for the adults that are going so anyways so yes be sure
[00:25:53] and uh youth get out there and be active because they go to camp june tell me the dates again say it again 16th through the 19th and so they have to have all their money i think turned in
[00:26:11] by the end of the month of may okay so get active all right all right what else is going on well tomorrow night is um no sorry tomorrow during the day at cole park it is the national day of prayer
[00:26:27] so we are asking people to be sure and show up at cole park and be a part of that um it looks like the weather is going to be good we did we did uh offer the the sanctuary here in case if the
[00:26:39] weather is bad but what we heard a few minutes ago from the person that is heading it up he is still planning to host it at cole park so it starts at noon so what time should you be there
[00:26:50] 11 45 ish right somewhere between 11 45 and and get there before noon so that you don't have any problem with parking and you're in you're in the spot that you need to be you'll just look for them
[00:27:03] right then on um friday night ladies we have our women's gathering right here in the sanctuary and i am so excited about it come on now let's get excited you know the thing is is it's fun to go
[00:27:19] to these conferences and events and all this good stuff but it is so awesome to just come here and be within the body, the sisterhood that's here and being able to minister to one another.
[00:27:34] And so be sure and come to that on Friday night, 6 p.m. right here in the sanctuary.
[00:27:39] And we have music and we have a testimony.
[00:27:42] And then we have an awesome message by an awesome woman of God.
[00:27:46] So you don't want to miss it.
[00:27:47] Please bring your friends and let's show up and show out.
[00:27:52] Amen.
[00:27:53] And let's stand.
[00:27:54] I don't know about you guys, but I got a headache today. I was looking at my calendar, right? For May, June, July, it is already ridiculous. It is so full of everything that's going on.
[00:28:13] it's a good thing, right? But it just reminded me of, you know what? Summer is almost here. Say yay for all the kids that are out of school. Summer is almost here and it just will come
[00:28:27] and it'll go that fast. But God is so good. It is so good to see some of you tonight that I haven't seen in a while. What I was told is, I said, hey, it's been a minute. They said, that's why it
[00:28:39] snowed today so i appreciate you being here and um we're just going to jump right in the the praise and worship team they're ready to kick it off and get us there and i hope you came with great
[00:28:52] expectation the same expectation that we should expect on sunday morning we should expect on a wednesday night right because we can dig deep into the word of god and we can learn more so father i
[00:29:04] thank you right now lord i give you glory and i give you honor i thank you for such a beautiful day. I thank you for protection over those that had to travel to and from today, Father God,
[00:29:15] with the weather and all that was going on. I just thank you, Father. I thank you for all those that came out tonight, Father God, that were here, Father God, to just grow more in you, to dig,
[00:29:26] Father God, to plant some roots, to go deep into your word, Father God, so that we not only, Father God, hear it and learn it, but we apply it to our everyday life, Father. That we would be a
[00:29:38] christian father god all the time that it's not in one one minute and out the next but father god that we would learn to apply every word that is brought forth and lord that we would just father
[00:29:51] god love one another we praise you father and we give you all the glory we give you all the honor
[00:29:56] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:29:56] in jesus mighty name we pray amen church let's get excited god's been so faithful in each of our
[00:36:40] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[00:36:40] lives you know he's brought us here for a purpose here right now with jesus to god he's saying here's your words when you declare those words hear that and god's gonna see that god that's just who he
[00:37:04] is he's an amazing worship it's just amazing i love this song just sing the words prophesy them over your life you know speak over your life for those words because sometimes we might be going
[00:37:20] through something tough in our lives sometimes you know we're struggling god god will find you
[00:37:27] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:37:27] i need you right now i need more of you come on church just 50 hands right now come on come on
[00:48:04] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[00:48:04] there's an atmosphere of healing if you're sick in your body i want you to just start to pray right now if you got something going on maybe maybe emotionally maybe physically i want you to just
[00:48:15] begin to press in right now hallelujah richie i'm gonna put you on the spot come here i want you to come up front here hallelujah give me some men come on come on if there's anybody else that's
[00:48:27] here tonight the sick and body i want you to move very quickly we're going to pray for those that are sick those that are sick here come on come on give me some prayer warriors hallelujah
[00:48:37] come on if you're sick in body you're battling with a cold if you're watching us live stream you're battling with a cold put your hand on it right now begin to speak to it there's an
[00:48:59] anointing of healing right now in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, Father God. Every situation, every circumstance, Father, in the name of Jesus. From the top of his head to the soles of
[00:49:11] his feet, Father God. Lord, I just lift up, Father God, right now every person, Father God. Every person that's sick, Father God. Lord, I lift up Aznet to you right now, Father God. Lord, I lift
[00:49:46] up those that are in nursing homes father god lord i lift up father god those that are battling with pneumonia in the name of jesus father lord i lift up pete before you father god i speak healing
[00:49:56] in the name of jesus father god right now i praise you and i thank you father god that you are healing right now father god in the name of jesus right now in the name of jesus come on church come on
[00:50:09] don't tolerate it anymore don't tolerate it anymore begin to take authority over that in your body. Begin to take authority over headaches in the name of Jesus. Begin to take authority over the lungs in the name of Jesus. I speak healing. Begin to take authority over, over kidneys and
[00:50:26] livers in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Come on, let's sing that. Healing in his name.
[00:50:36] Healing. Come on, church. I want you to sing it. I want you to sing it. Hallelujah. Come on.
[00:50:46] there's healing in the name that name of Jesus is above every name so right now I declare and decree healing a healing over broken bones healing over lungs healing in the muscles and strengthening Father God
[00:51:08] healing Father God in the kidneys in the name of Jesus healing Father God in the livers right now in the name of Jesus Father I praise you I thank you Father God Yes, there's healing in your name, Father.
[00:51:24] We thank you.
[00:51:31] You're healing, Father God, emotionally, physically, Father God.
[00:51:35] You're healing marriages and relationships, Father, in the name of Jesus.
[00:51:39] You're healing right now, Father God, in the name of Jesus.
[00:51:42] You're turning, Father God, hearts back towards you, Father God.
[00:51:46] Lord, I praise you.
[00:51:47] I thank you.
[00:51:48] I come against strife and jealousy and envy.
[00:51:50] I come against discord in marriages, Father God.
[00:51:53] Lord I speak unity Father God you are turning the hearts of husbands and wives back to one another Father God I praise you and I thank you Father God I come against the spirit of offense in the name
[00:52:08] of Jesus I take authority and dominion over it Father God Lord I come against the spirit of anger Father God in Jesus name in Jesus name jealousy and envy and gossip Father God I praise you I thank you
[00:52:23] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:52:23] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus okay can you just lift your hands
[00:53:51] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[00:53:51] lift your hands if you can and just thank god for what he's done come on give him praise give him praise right now give him praise father we praise you we thank you father god for your
[00:54:03] goodness and your mercy hallelujah i praise you father god we just give you honor we give you glory listen you need to hold on to what god has given you because listen to me the devil is a liar
[00:54:16] and every time something happens in church this this is speaking from experience you you come to the altar and god does a mighty work or or you come for prayer and god does a mighty work and
[00:54:32] the minute that you walk out the enemy jumps on your shoulder and he says nothing happened nothing changed or or or or between a married couple she says something he says something and and and in your mind the devil says see nothing happened we need to start acting like adults
[00:54:56] right and what what do you mean by that pastor what i mean by that is not succumb to what the other person says don't react respond right i mean because disney movie okay basic disney movie
[00:55:19] what what what did dumper's mom say yeah yeah shut your mouth husbands just hold it grab hold of your tongue. Men, ladies, you don't have to say everything that you're thinking. Start to consider what's coming out of your mouth and begin to speak life and get rid of the death.
[00:56:00] Praise rather than criticize. It's freedom. Come on, right? I think I've shared this with you before. Two pastors are in a car going, they're headed to a meeting and one pastor and the passenger seat just a super optimistic half full glass guy always had something good to say
[00:56:32] the driver the pastor and the the drive this drive-ins all grumpy and he said he just was getting bugged by the guy because he's just talking about all these good things and praising all these
[00:56:44] things and the pastor looks over at him says you probably have something good to say about the devil, don't you? And the pastor in the passenger side stops for a minute. He's thinking, and he
[00:56:56] goes, well, he's always on the job. I'm not talking about praising the devil. I'm just talking about getting hold of your words. 85, 90% of the stuff that we deal with, we deal with because we speak
[00:57:21] it. Oh, I'm going to get sick. Oh, I'm going to get a headache. Oh, I always get a headache when i go begin to walk in the authority that god has given you begin to exercise some self-control and
[00:57:43] act like an adult you're an adult you have the king of kings and the lord of lords in your heart right because when our little ones when they get into it right my mom me and my brother fight like
[00:58:00] cats and dogs she'd make us sit on the sofa and hold hands i didn't want to hold his hand but she made us until, right? You're not a little kid anymore. It's a choice. Just because somebody
[00:58:24] says something to you doesn't mean you have to react to what they're saying. Respond like a mature Christian adult. Hear me. We're living in a society of Christians. I don't know why I'm going down this road. We're living in a society of Christians where the devil doesn't have to do
[00:58:47] anything because we're so busy tearing each other down that we're doing the work of the devil he didn't have to even bring division in the church because we do it to each other and we need to stop
[00:59:05] that church there is a world out there that is dying and going to hell and the church is all about me me me me me let's act like adults let's grow in our maturity in our walk with god let's
[00:59:29] begin to take authority over what the devil's bringing into our lives and let's begin to speak against it. Let's begin to speak who we are in Christ. Let's begin to speak what Jesus did for
[00:59:40] us. Let's begin to speak that by the stripes of Christ, I am healed. I am not sick trying to get a healing, but I am healed and sickness is trying to take control of my body. So I take authority
[00:59:52] over it. And I come against it in Jesus name because I am healed. Amen. I'm not getting on you for being sick. I'm getting on you for not speaking the right words when you are sick. Amen.
[01:00:08] Amen. I love you, church. I love you. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. Don't we have a great crew back here?
[01:00:22] Give them a hand. Let me, let me say something. Good leadership, good leadership shows up when the leader's gone and things still run smooth all right I don't know if you guys noticed but Edgar's not up there telling him what to do he's actually in Hobbs he's probably watching on
[01:00:52] the live stream he's gonna get a big head I know bigger he's got a big head physically and emotionally so thank you guys thank you guys for being faithful good job amen amen hallelujah Yeah. Huh? Yeah. And then how many of you were here last Wednesday? You can sit down. How many
[01:01:28] were here last Wednesday? Amen. I know he's not going to appreciate this, and I think he ran out.
[01:01:35] Oh, look at him ducking down back there. Brother Sergio preached an excellent word. Amen.
[01:01:43] Stella and I were listening to it on the live stream, and I got saved. Amen. It was powerful.
[01:01:50] Amen. I love visual. I'm a visual learner. I love the visual man. And, and, and, and, and then at the end showing you, how do you know, how do you know when it's pure? Well, when it's, when it's,
[01:02:05] when all the impurities are gone, you can see your reflection in the metal. Isn't that powerful?
[01:02:11] So that the, that when I know when I'm right with God and things are good, I see my reflection in Jesus. Amen. Such a powerful message. Thank you, brother. Give him a hand. Now, if you didn't watch
[01:02:26] that message or you weren't here, go on to Facebook, go on to YouTube and watch that message.
[01:02:32] It's an excellent message. He did an excellent job. Amen. Praise God. Fortress, you guys are going to be in here with me. Osneth is out sick, so let's keep her in our prayers. And so we're
[01:02:43] going to release a nursery we fish in upper elementary in middle school oh okay do you yeah okay never mind fortress get out of here i better not catch you in the gym playing i'll get
[01:03:03] the belt amen amen amen amen open up your bibles if you would you're gonna get a hallelujah you're gonna get it oh thank you jesus isn't god good god is so good he's such a good good god uh first
[01:03:37] samuel chapter three is where i'm gonna be um i kind of plan for fortress to be in here uh so you're gonna get a younger message uh but i think it's important uh we are so blessed uh church
[01:03:59] that we're seeing the next generation come along.
[01:04:06] Amen.
[00:23:15] We are so glad you're here. Welcome, welcome, welcome to River of Life. So right away I'm going to have every youth that's going to youth camp stand up. Every person, every adult that's going to youth camp stand up. Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up. How many of you up here? Raise your hand since you're already standing. Okay, this whole, oh, even the drummer. Everybody up here. So what is that fundraiser all about? They have a calendar.
[00:23:46] that they have, and you pick however much money you want to sponsor them, okay? So they all should be coming around. Craig, you can have a seat. They've all sat down on you, dude, but I appreciate
[00:23:59] it. So they all have a calendar, and on the calendar, of course, is whatever month they did, whether it's 30 or 31 days, and you get to pick, like if you want to sponsor them for like $20,
[00:24:11] dollars you can either put say I'm going to sponsor day 20 or you can break it up say I'm going to sponsor day 5 and day 15 that equals 20 right so they are all out there trying to raise
[00:24:26] their money to get them to camp the other thing that you can do is you can just completely sponsor one of them how about that so they should be all hitting you up they should be hitting up their
[00:24:36] family they should be putting it on Facebook how many of you know how to put it on Facebook right you know how to put everything else on Facebook so you should be able to figure that
[00:24:45] one out too right um I have a lot of my nieces nephews that are you know in other states that hey they put it on Facebook they say hey I'm trying to raise money and people start so you
[00:24:57] can either give them cash you can um uh they're they have the number for text to give so that will go directly to the river of life and on that it says when you go in there it says hey
[00:25:08] go to youth and select youth and then there's supposed to be a memo line and you say hey i'm sponsoring hannah for 20 bucks and that's all you have to do and then send your 20 bucks okay
[00:25:19] so they should all be hitting you guys up and if they're not i don't know what to tell you all right um so ladies say that again a sponsorship is 250 250 for a full sponsorship if you want to
[00:25:39] send one of these youth or if you want to split it up however you want to do it but it's 250 for each one of them to go it's 125 maybe for the adults that are going so anyways so yes be sure
[00:25:53] and uh youth get out there and be active because they go to camp june tell me the dates again say it again 16th through the 19th and so they have to have all their money i think turned in
[00:26:11] by the end of the month of may okay so get active all right all right what else is going on well tomorrow night is um no sorry tomorrow during the day at cole park it is the national day of prayer
[00:26:27] so we are asking people to be sure and show up at cole park and be a part of that um it looks like the weather is going to be good we did we did uh offer the the sanctuary here in case if the
[00:26:39] weather is bad but what we heard a few minutes ago from the person that is heading it up he is still planning to host it at cole park so it starts at noon so what time should you be there
[00:26:50] 11 45 ish right somewhere between 11 45 and and get there before noon so that you don't have any problem with parking and you're in you're in the spot that you need to be you'll just look for them
[00:27:03] right then on um friday night ladies we have our women's gathering right here in the sanctuary and i am so excited about it come on now let's get excited you know the thing is is it's fun to go
[00:27:19] to these conferences and events and all this good stuff but it is so awesome to just come here and be within the body, the sisterhood that's here and being able to minister to one another.
[00:27:34] And so be sure and come to that on Friday night, 6 p.m. right here in the sanctuary.
[00:27:39] And we have music and we have a testimony.
[00:27:42] And then we have an awesome message by an awesome woman of God.
[00:27:46] So you don't want to miss it.
[00:27:47] Please bring your friends and let's show up and show out.
[00:27:52] Amen.
[00:27:53] And let's stand.
[00:27:54] I don't know about you guys, but I got a headache today. I was looking at my calendar, right? For May, June, July, it is already ridiculous. It is so full of everything that's going on.
[00:28:13] it's a good thing, right? But it just reminded me of, you know what? Summer is almost here. Say yay for all the kids that are out of school. Summer is almost here and it just will come
[00:28:27] and it'll go that fast. But God is so good. It is so good to see some of you tonight that I haven't seen in a while. What I was told is, I said, hey, it's been a minute. They said, that's why it
[00:28:39] snowed today so i appreciate you being here and um we're just going to jump right in the the praise and worship team they're ready to kick it off and get us there and i hope you came with great
[00:28:52] expectation the same expectation that we should expect on sunday morning we should expect on a wednesday night right because we can dig deep into the word of god and we can learn more so father i
[00:29:04] thank you right now lord i give you glory and i give you honor i thank you for such a beautiful day. I thank you for protection over those that had to travel to and from today, Father God,
[00:29:15] with the weather and all that was going on. I just thank you, Father. I thank you for all those that came out tonight, Father God, that were here, Father God, to just grow more in you, to dig,
[00:29:26] Father God, to plant some roots, to go deep into your word, Father God, so that we not only, Father God, hear it and learn it, but we apply it to our everyday life, Father. That we would be a
[00:29:38] christian father god all the time that it's not in one one minute and out the next but father god that we would learn to apply every word that is brought forth and lord that we would just father
[00:29:51] god love one another we praise you father and we give you all the glory we give you all the honor
[00:29:56] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:29:56] in jesus mighty name we pray amen church let's get excited god's been so faithful in each of our
[00:36:40] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[00:36:40] lives you know he's brought us here for a purpose here right now with jesus to god he's saying here's your words when you declare those words hear that and god's gonna see that god that's just who he
[00:37:04] is he's an amazing worship it's just amazing i love this song just sing the words prophesy them over your life you know speak over your life for those words because sometimes we might be going
[00:37:20] through something tough in our lives sometimes you know we're struggling god god will find you
[00:37:27] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:37:27] i need you right now i need more of you come on church just 50 hands right now come on come on
[00:48:04] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[00:48:04] there's an atmosphere of healing if you're sick in your body i want you to just start to pray right now if you got something going on maybe maybe emotionally maybe physically i want you to just
[00:48:15] begin to press in right now hallelujah richie i'm gonna put you on the spot come here i want you to come up front here hallelujah give me some men come on come on if there's anybody else that's
[00:48:27] here tonight the sick and body i want you to move very quickly we're going to pray for those that are sick those that are sick here come on come on give me some prayer warriors hallelujah
[00:48:37] come on if you're sick in body you're battling with a cold if you're watching us live stream you're battling with a cold put your hand on it right now begin to speak to it there's an
[00:48:59] anointing of healing right now in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, Father God. Every situation, every circumstance, Father, in the name of Jesus. From the top of his head to the soles of
[00:49:11] his feet, Father God. Lord, I just lift up, Father God, right now every person, Father God. Every person that's sick, Father God. Lord, I lift up Aznet to you right now, Father God. Lord, I lift
[00:49:46] up those that are in nursing homes father god lord i lift up father god those that are battling with pneumonia in the name of jesus father lord i lift up pete before you father god i speak healing
[00:49:56] in the name of jesus father god right now i praise you and i thank you father god that you are healing right now father god in the name of jesus right now in the name of jesus come on church come on
[00:50:09] don't tolerate it anymore don't tolerate it anymore begin to take authority over that in your body. Begin to take authority over headaches in the name of Jesus. Begin to take authority over the lungs in the name of Jesus. I speak healing. Begin to take authority over, over kidneys and
[00:50:26] livers in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Come on, let's sing that. Healing in his name.
[00:50:36] Healing. Come on, church. I want you to sing it. I want you to sing it. Hallelujah. Come on.
[00:50:46] there's healing in the name that name of Jesus is above every name so right now I declare and decree healing a healing over broken bones healing over lungs healing in the muscles and strengthening Father God
[00:51:08] healing Father God in the kidneys in the name of Jesus healing Father God in the livers right now in the name of Jesus Father I praise you I thank you Father God Yes, there's healing in your name, Father.
[00:51:24] We thank you.
[00:51:31] You're healing, Father God, emotionally, physically, Father God.
[00:51:35] You're healing marriages and relationships, Father, in the name of Jesus.
[00:51:39] You're healing right now, Father God, in the name of Jesus.
[00:51:42] You're turning, Father God, hearts back towards you, Father God.
[00:51:46] Lord, I praise you.
[00:51:47] I thank you.
[00:51:48] I come against strife and jealousy and envy.
[00:51:50] I come against discord in marriages, Father God.
[00:51:53] Lord I speak unity Father God you are turning the hearts of husbands and wives back to one another Father God I praise you and I thank you Father God I come against the spirit of offense in the name
[00:52:08] of Jesus I take authority and dominion over it Father God Lord I come against the spirit of anger Father God in Jesus name in Jesus name jealousy and envy and gossip Father God I praise you I thank you
[00:52:23] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:52:23] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus okay can you just lift your hands
[00:53:51] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[00:53:51] lift your hands if you can and just thank god for what he's done come on give him praise give him praise right now give him praise father we praise you we thank you father god for your
[00:54:03] goodness and your mercy hallelujah i praise you father god we just give you honor we give you glory listen you need to hold on to what god has given you because listen to me the devil is a liar
[00:54:16] and every time something happens in church this this is speaking from experience you you come to the altar and god does a mighty work or or you come for prayer and god does a mighty work and
[00:54:32] the minute that you walk out the enemy jumps on your shoulder and he says nothing happened nothing changed or or or or between a married couple she says something he says something and and and in your mind the devil says see nothing happened we need to start acting like adults
[00:54:56] right and what what do you mean by that pastor what i mean by that is not succumb to what the other person says don't react respond right i mean because disney movie okay basic disney movie
[00:55:19] what what what did dumper's mom say yeah yeah shut your mouth husbands just hold it grab hold of your tongue. Men, ladies, you don't have to say everything that you're thinking. Start to consider what's coming out of your mouth and begin to speak life and get rid of the death.
[00:56:00] Praise rather than criticize. It's freedom. Come on, right? I think I've shared this with you before. Two pastors are in a car going, they're headed to a meeting and one pastor and the passenger seat just a super optimistic half full glass guy always had something good to say
[00:56:32] the driver the pastor and the the drive this drive-ins all grumpy and he said he just was getting bugged by the guy because he's just talking about all these good things and praising all these
[00:56:44] things and the pastor looks over at him says you probably have something good to say about the devil, don't you? And the pastor in the passenger side stops for a minute. He's thinking, and he
[00:56:56] goes, well, he's always on the job. I'm not talking about praising the devil. I'm just talking about getting hold of your words. 85, 90% of the stuff that we deal with, we deal with because we speak
[00:57:21] it. Oh, I'm going to get sick. Oh, I'm going to get a headache. Oh, I always get a headache when i go begin to walk in the authority that god has given you begin to exercise some self-control and
[00:57:43] act like an adult you're an adult you have the king of kings and the lord of lords in your heart right because when our little ones when they get into it right my mom me and my brother fight like
[00:58:00] cats and dogs she'd make us sit on the sofa and hold hands i didn't want to hold his hand but she made us until, right? You're not a little kid anymore. It's a choice. Just because somebody
[00:58:24] says something to you doesn't mean you have to react to what they're saying. Respond like a mature Christian adult. Hear me. We're living in a society of Christians. I don't know why I'm going down this road. We're living in a society of Christians where the devil doesn't have to do
[00:58:47] anything because we're so busy tearing each other down that we're doing the work of the devil he didn't have to even bring division in the church because we do it to each other and we need to stop
[00:59:05] that church there is a world out there that is dying and going to hell and the church is all about me me me me me let's act like adults let's grow in our maturity in our walk with god let's
[00:59:29] begin to take authority over what the devil's bringing into our lives and let's begin to speak against it. Let's begin to speak who we are in Christ. Let's begin to speak what Jesus did for
[00:59:40] us. Let's begin to speak that by the stripes of Christ, I am healed. I am not sick trying to get a healing, but I am healed and sickness is trying to take control of my body. So I take authority
[00:59:52] over it. And I come against it in Jesus name because I am healed. Amen. I'm not getting on you for being sick. I'm getting on you for not speaking the right words when you are sick. Amen.
[01:00:08] Amen. I love you, church. I love you. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. Don't we have a great crew back here?
[01:00:22] Give them a hand. Let me, let me say something. Good leadership, good leadership shows up when the leader's gone and things still run smooth all right I don't know if you guys noticed but Edgar's not up there telling him what to do he's actually in Hobbs he's probably watching on
[01:00:52] the live stream he's gonna get a big head I know bigger he's got a big head physically and emotionally so thank you guys thank you guys for being faithful good job amen amen hallelujah Yeah. Huh? Yeah. And then how many of you were here last Wednesday? You can sit down. How many
[01:01:28] were here last Wednesday? Amen. I know he's not going to appreciate this, and I think he ran out.
[01:01:35] Oh, look at him ducking down back there. Brother Sergio preached an excellent word. Amen.
[01:01:43] Stella and I were listening to it on the live stream, and I got saved. Amen. It was powerful.
[01:01:50] Amen. I love visual. I'm a visual learner. I love the visual man. And, and, and, and, and then at the end showing you, how do you know, how do you know when it's pure? Well, when it's, when it's,
[01:02:05] when all the impurities are gone, you can see your reflection in the metal. Isn't that powerful?
[01:02:11] So that the, that when I know when I'm right with God and things are good, I see my reflection in Jesus. Amen. Such a powerful message. Thank you, brother. Give him a hand. Now, if you didn't watch
[01:02:26] that message or you weren't here, go on to Facebook, go on to YouTube and watch that message.
[01:02:32] It's an excellent message. He did an excellent job. Amen. Praise God. Fortress, you guys are going to be in here with me. Osneth is out sick, so let's keep her in our prayers. And so we're
[01:02:43] going to release a nursery we fish in upper elementary in middle school oh okay do you yeah okay never mind fortress get out of here i better not catch you in the gym playing i'll get
[01:03:03] the belt amen amen amen amen open up your bibles if you would you're gonna get a hallelujah you're gonna get it oh thank you jesus isn't god good god is so good he's such a good good god uh first
[01:03:37] samuel chapter three is where i'm gonna be um i kind of plan for fortress to be in here uh so you're gonna get a younger message uh but i think it's important uh we are so blessed uh church
[01:03:59] that we're seeing the next generation come along.
[01:04:06] Amen.
