♪ THERE IS HOPE, THERE IS HELP, THERE IS HEALING YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪COME FOR HEALING. ♪
♪ MUSIC ♪
KENNETH> HON, IT'S RHEMA PRAISE TIME AGAIN.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT, IT IS.
KENNETH> AND WE'RE JUST SO GLAD TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF OUR
PEOPLE THAT WATCH US EVERY...
LYNETTE> REGULARLY.
KENNETH> ...REGULARLY, YES, AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE JUST
WATCHING TODAY. HEY, THIS IS RHEMA PRAISE WITH KEN AND
LYNETTE HAGIN, AND YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY IT SO WHY DON'T YOU
HANG AROUND FOR A WHILE AND WATCH IT.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT. HONEY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY
"FINDING YOUR PLACE".
KENNETH> YEAH, FINDING YOUR PLACE. AND BELIEVERS, ALL OF US,
WE HAVE A PLACE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST AND IN THE LOCAL CHURCH.
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS FORSAKE NOT THE
ASSEMBLYING OF YOURSELVES TOGETHER. AND GOD HAS GIVEN
DIFFERENT TALENTS AND GIFTS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO USE IN THE
BODY OF CHRIST...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...TO HELP HUMANITY. SO WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT IT IS
OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR OBLIGATION...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...TO USE THOSE TALENTS AND GIFTS IN THE LOCAL
CHURCH BECAUSE IF WE DON'T THEN THEY'RE LACKING AND THEY NEED
YOUR GIFT...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...THEY NEED YOUR TALENT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
SCRIPTURES THAT I READ HERE IN THE BEGINNING TALKS ABOUT JAMES
AND JOHN AND THEY ASK JESUS TO SIT ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND HIS
LEFT HAND AND HE SAYS, ["THAT'S NOT YOUR PLACE...]
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...[...THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU'RE TO BE..."] AND SO,
FROM THAT PREMISE OF TALKING ABOUT FINDING YOUR PLACE IT'S
EXCITING WHEN YOU DO FIND YOUR PLACE AND YOU CAN LEARN HOW
TO FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. SO LET'S GO RIGHT NOW
WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT "FINDING YOUR PLACE".
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT FINDING YOUR
PLACE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT HAPPENS IN LIFE IS THAT WE
HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S
AN APARTMENT, SOMETIMES IT'S A HOUSE OR CONDO, YOU KNOW OR
RENT A ROOM SOMEWHERE. YOU KNOW, AH, BUT NO MATTER WHAT
KIND OF PLACE YOU NEED YOU HAVE... YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR
THE RIGHT PLACE. AND THAT'S TRUE IN THE NATURAL, BUT IT'S ALSO
TRUE IN THE SPIRITUAL. NOW, TURN TO MARK 10:35; MARK 10:35.
THIS MORNING, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE TEACHING TO THE CHURCH,
TO MY PEOPLE. AND IF YOU'LL LISTEN, I THINK IT WILL
HELP SOME OF YOU.
OKAY:
NOW, I WANT TO LOOK AT SEVERAL THINGS HERE FOR JUST A
MOMENT. AH, JAMES AND JOHN STATED WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
THEY WANTED TO SIT ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ONE ON THE LEFT
HAND OF JESUS. AND JESUS SAID TO THEM, JAMES AND JOHN,
["YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR."] AND THEN
THIRDLY, JESUS INDICATED THAT THERE'S A PLACE PREPARED AND
ASSIGNED FOR EVERYONE. NOW, I BRING THIS INSTANCE TO YOUR
ATTENTION BECAUSE VERY OFTEN PEOPLE APPROACHING FINDING
THEIR PLACE IN THE CHURCH WITH BEING FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO. OR THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING
THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING BECAUSE IT LOOKS... IT LOOKS
LIKE A GOOD JOB TO DO. YOU KNOW, AND THEN SOMETIMES WHEN
THEY GET THAT AND WHEN THEY GET TO THAT PLACE THEY FIND OUT
FROM THE INSIDE IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE LOOKING AT IT FROM
THE OUTSIDE. COME ON NOW. YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, IT'S BEST TO
TRY TO FOLLOW GOD'S PLACE FOR YOU IN THE CHURCH. YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE MOST SATISFIED. THAT'S
WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE KINGDOM
OF GOD. AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO REALIZE THAT
EVERY ONE OF US HAVE A POSITION TO FULFILL HERE IN RHEMA
BIBLE CHURCH. WE DON'T NEED JUST TO BE PEW SITTERS. WE NEED
TO BE INVOLVED. I AM ALWAYS PUSHING PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED.
ONE OF THE REASONS I PUSH PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED (AND I'LL
PROBABLY SAY THIS AGAIN) IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE
ARE INVOLVED THEY... THERE IS MORE FULFILMENT IN THEIR LIFE.
(CONGREGATION, "AMEN.")
NOW, 1ST CORINTHIANS 12, TURN THERE WHILE I SAY YOU'RE A
PART OF THE... YOU'RE A PART OF A BODY. NOW YOU NEED TO
DISCOVER YOUR PLACE THEREIN. IN 1ST CORINTHIANS 12:12;
1ST CORINTHIANS 12:12:
NOW HERE THE APOSTLE PAUL IS COMPARING THE CHURCH, AND WE
CAN REALIZE THE CHURCH OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHICH IS THE
CHURCH, BUT THEN I BELIEVE IT APPLIES TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES
ALSO. HE WAS TALKING TO THE LOCAL CHURCH THERE IN CORINTH
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR THING. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WAS
IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T DOING
ANYTHING. THEY WERE BECOMING BUSYBODIES. YOU CAN READ IT
THERE IF YOU GO READ ON. HOW MANY HAVE READ THAT THERE IN
CORINTHIANS, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WANTED TO DO IT... SO
YOU KNOW, AND JUST AS THERE ARE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HUMAN
ANATOMY THAT EACH PART HAS IT'S FUNCTION AND IT IS NECESSARY
AND IMPORTANT. NOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH GET
THE IDEA THAT IF THEY'RE NOT UP FRONT BEING SEEN THAT THEY'RE
NOT IMPORTANT AND GOD DON'T LOOK ON THEM AS BEING ANYTHING,
AND YET, HE SAYS HERE THAT THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT. IF YOU
WANT TO FIND OUT HOW IMPORTANT YOUR LITTLE TOE IS GET UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND GO STUMBLING AROUND AND THEN HIT A
CHAIR OR SOMETHING.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
I'VE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT. I GOT UP YEARS AGO TO GO AND...
WENT IN THE KITCHEN AND GET ME A DRINK AND COMING BACK I
STUMPED THIS FOOT, MY LITTLE TOE. MY WIFE HAD TOLD ME SHE HAD
MOVED THE CHAIR, BUT I HAD FORGOT ABOUT IT. I HIT THAT AND
MAN YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO YOUR LITTLE TOE
UNTIL YOU HIT IT LIKE THAT AND IT SWELLS UP AND TURNS BLUE, AND
BLACK AND GREEN, AND YOU CAN HARDLY WALK. YOUR BALANCE
IS ALL OFF.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
COME ON. YOU KNOW, THEY... THEY... YOU CAN GO... GO DO
SOME RESEARCH AND THEY TELL... AND THEY TELL YOU THAT IF YOU
LOSE SOME OF YOUR TOES YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO REBALANCE
YOURSELF BECAUSE THEY... EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T SEEM
IMPORTANT THEY HELP YOU IN YOUR BALANCE. I GOT ANY MEDICAL
PEOPLE IN HERE THAT KNOW ABOUT THAT? THAT'S... THAT'S A
CORRECT STATEMENT. SO, HEY, WE NEED TO FIND OUR PLACE IN THE
CHURCH AND... AND SUCCESSFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO OUR PART.
YOU KNOW. WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR PLACE IS OR
WHAT'S GOING ON THEY GET FRUSTRATED AND THIS CAUSES
PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH. THEY START TO YAK AMONG THEMSELVES,
"WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS... WHAA, WHAA, WHAA, WHAA,
WHAA." AH, YA'LL ALL LOOKING AT ME, BUT HEY, THIS IS...
THIS IS THE CHURCH FAMILY, AND
IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO HELP YOU TO GROW TO
BECOME WHO YOU SHOULD BECOME. NOW, YOU NEED TO TAKE THESE
SAME PRINCIPLES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND USE THEM IN YOUR
NATURAL LIFE. COME ON, FIND WHERE YOU... WHERE YOU FIT IN.
YOU KNOW, THERE... THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY MORE, BUT I'VE
GOT ABOUT THREE APPROACHES THAT I FIND PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH
DO. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IN FINDING A PLACE THEY DREAM ABOUT
IT. THEY DREAM ABOUT BEING IN A POSITION, AND THEY PRAY THAT GOD
WILL SOVEREIGNLY MOVE AND PUT THEM IN THAT POSITION, BUT THEY
NEVER DO ANYTHING TO QUALIFY FOR IT, AND YOU KNOW, THEY NEVER
DO ANYTHING ON THEIR OWN. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. ALL THEY
DO IS DREAM ABOUT IT. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT DO THIS IN
THE NATURAL. THEY DREAM ABOUT STUFF. THEY DREAM ABOUT
GETTING A PROMOTION ON THE JOB, BUT THEY NEVER GO GET ANY
MORE TRAINING THAT WILL QUALIFY THEM TO MOVE INTO THAT
POSITION. COME ON NOW, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. DON'T SIT
DOWN ON ME. I'M JUST TELLING YOU... I'M TELLING YOU THE
STRAIGHT OF IT TODAY.
I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT WHAT GOD EXPECTS
OUT OF YOU AND OUT OF ME AND OUT OF ALL OF US AS BEING IN THE
CHURCH AND A PART OF THE CHURCH. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
SAY, "AMEN." I GUESS ALL OF YOU DECIDED THAT YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO SAY, "AMEN," THIS MORNING. WELL, IT DON'T MAKE NO
DIFFERENCE I'M GOING TO PREACH ANYWAY.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY
INSPIRATION. IF YOU DON'T INSPIRE ME I'LL INSPIRE MYSELF.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS AND LAUGHS)
"THAT'S GOOD PREACHING HAGIN, GO AHEAD." "I BELIEVE I WILL,
THANK YOU."
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
NOW, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THEY DO... THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN
THE NATURAL TOO. THEY DRIFT FROM PLACE TO PLACE. YOU KNOW,
THEY DRIFT FROM CHURCH TO CHURCH. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYBODY THAT SORT OF DRIFTS FROM JOB TO JOB; NEVER STAYS AT
A JOB VERY LONG, GO... MOVES AROUND. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY. AND WHEN THEY OPPORTUNITY
THAT THEY WANT NEVER COMES ALONG THEY... THEY MOVE ON DOWN
THE ROAD. THEY'RE... THEY'RE... THEY'RE DRIFTERS. THEY
JUST DRIFT AROUND IN LIFE. AND THE DRIFT IN THE NATURAL AND
THEY DRIFT AROUND SPIRITUALLY. YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER CAN
ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING IF IT AIN'T... DON'T STAY LONG ENOUGH
YOU KNOW. WE WANT... SOME PEOPLE WANT IT TO HAPPEN FAST.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVERS. THEY JUST...
THEY'RE CONTINUALLY ON THE MOVE. THEY MOVE HERE, THEY
MOVE THERE. THEY GO OVER HERE, THEY... "OH, I BELIEVE THIS
IS WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO NOW." THEY RUN OVER THERE AND
BECAUSE THEY FIND OUT IT'S JUST LIKE IT WAS WHERE THEY COME
FROM THERE SO THEY GO TO ANOTHER PLACE. COME ON.
(CONGREGATION, "AMEN.")
GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH, AND IT'S JUST LIKE IT WAS THERE. YOU SEE,
THEY DON'T... THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY'VE GOT TO BECOME
COMFORTABLE IN THEIR SELF, COMFORTABLE WITH WHO THEY ARE,
FIND A PLACE, SIT DOWN IN IT, AND BEGIN TO PRODUCE SOMETHING.
(CONGREGATION, "AMEN.")
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TRY TO FIT THEMSELVES INTO PLACES THAT
THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED FOR. I FIND THAT THAT CAUSES MORE
FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT THAN ANYTHING AROUND BECAUSE
THEY TRY TO FIT THEMSELVES INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY
DON'T EVEN HAVE THE TALENT FOR. YOU KNOW. I RUN INTO A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO... THEY WANT TO BE ON... THEY
WANT TO BE UP TEACHING AND SPEAKING YET WHEN YOU GIVE THEM
THE OPPORTUNITY THEY GET SO AFRAID THAT THEY START THROWING
UP, AND THEY... THEY... THEY DON'T EVEN... AND SOME OF THEM
SAY, "I CAN'T DO IT. I CAN'T DO IT. I CAN'T DO IT," AND THEY
DON'T EVEN... SOMEBODY HAS TO GO DO IT FOR THEM.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN. I'VE BEEN... I STARTED RHEMA BIBLE
COLLEGE IN 1974, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE
STUDYING AND WANTING TO BE A PASTOR, AND YOU PUT THEM UP TO
SPEAK AND THEY... "I CAN'T DO IT, OH..." AND THEY GET SICK AND
RUN OFF OF THE PLATFORM.
(CONGREGATION RESPONDS)
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST... ALL THEY WERE SPEAKING TO WAS
THEIR CLASSMATES. HEY, IF THAT'S NOT YOU THEN FIND SOMEWHERE
ELSE WHERE YOU CAN FUNCTION. YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T
FIND SOMETHING TO GET INVOLVED WITH IN THE CHURCH THEY BECOME
DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED AND... AND IF THEY'RE NOT
CAREFUL THEY'LL BECOME DISILLUSIONED AND LEAVE AND GO
TO ANOTHER CHURCH TRYING TO FIND
THEIR PLACE, AND THEY CAN'T FIND IT THERE
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PUTTING THEMSELVES INTO A POSITION WHERE
THEY CAN ACTUALLY FUNCTION. YOU KNOW, AFTER A WHILE THESE
PEOPLE BECOME SO FRUSTRATED AND SO DISAPPOINTED THEY QUIT
GOING TO CHURCH ALTOGEHTER. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE
DEVIL WANTS THEM TO DO. YOU SEE, GOD HAS DESIGNED FOR YOU TO
BE A PART AND INVOLVED. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY,
"BE A PART AND INVOLVED."
(CONGREGATION: "BE A PART AND INVOLVED.")
OKAY, INVOLVED MEANS DOING SOMETHING.
NOW, ALL OF YOU COME HERE EVERY SUNDAY MORNING AND YOU SEE
THESE SAME GUYS WITH THE BLUE SHIRTS ON. ALL YA'LL STAND UP.
ALL YA'LL... THESE GUYS ARE CALLED USHERS.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
NOW THEY MAY OPERATE IN ANOTHER AREA (YOU CAN SIT DOWN
GUYS); THEY MAY OPERATE IN SOME OTHER AREAS TOO, BUT THIS IS
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THEY OPERATE IN. AND YOU'LL SEE THEM
DOING THEIR... THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY DO.
YET, IN THE NATURAL SOME OF THEM HAVE... YOU KNOW, HERE
THEY ARE SITTING AND BEING AN USHER UNDERNEATH MY LEADERSHIP
AND YET IN OTHER PLACES THEY'RE THE LEADER, YOU KNOW. I MEAN
HERE'S A RETIRED COLONEL IN THE AIRFORCE. HE WAS AN USHER
WHENEVER HE WAS A COLONEL IN THE AIR FORCE. YET, I MEAN HE
HAD A TOP POSITION, BUT THEN HE COMES DOWN BECAUSE HE
REALIZES IN THE POSITION IN THE BODY OF CHRIST HERE IN THE
CHURCH THAT'S WHERE HE NEEDS TO OPERATE. HELLO. YOU SEE,
WHAT I'M TRYING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED
YOU TO BE A PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST IN THIS CHURCH AND THIS
IS WHERE YOU FULFILL WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
YOU CAN TAKE THE SAME PRINCIPLES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY
AND USE THEM IN YOUR NATURAL LIFE AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL.
HEAVENLY FATHER, I'VE SPOKEN FROM MY HEART TODAY TO THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME CHARGE OVER. AND I'VE DONE MY
BEST TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF THEM TO FIND A PLACE AND TO
GET IN IT, AND TO GET INVOLVED. FATHER, I PRAY THAT THE PART OF
THIS MESSAGE THAT WAS NEEDED BY EVERY INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE
SOUND OF MY VOICE WILL BE INDELIBLY STAMPED IN THEIR
HEARTS AND THAT THEY WILL ARISE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND MOVE
AND GET INVOLVED. I THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME.
AND EVERYBODY SAID, "AMEN."
(CONGREGATION: "AMEN.")
♪ MUSIC ♪
FINDING YOUR PLACE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU
CAN DO AND THEN GO TO WORK THERE IN THAT PLACE.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> YOU KNOW, IN OUR CHURCH, HERE...
LYNETTE> AT RHEMA.
KENNETH> ...AT RHEMA WE'VE GOT A MAN THAT'S BEEN AN USHER...
LYNETTE> UM HMM.
KENNETH> ...SINCE THE FIRST DAY THAT WE OPENED THE DOOR FOR
RHEMA CHURCH...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ... HIS NAME IS HAROLD PILLARS. ANYBODY THAT'S EVER
BEEN HERE HE'S ONE THAT STANDS AT THE DOOR AND GREETS YOU,
AND HE GREETS EVERYBODY. AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, "PASTOR,
THIS IS MY PLACE." AND HE'S BEEN THERE
THIRTY-TWO YEARS NOW...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...AS AN USHER BECAUSE HE REALIZED THAT'S HIS PLACE.
HE'S A BIG HELP. HIM AND HIS WIFE ARE A BIG HELP. SO IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO FIND YOUR PLACE, GET IN THAT PLACE,
AND THEN ENJOY LIFE. AND AS YOU ENJOY LIFE IN YOUR PLACE YOU
WILL HELP OTHERS TO ENJOY THEIR LIFE BECAUSE THEY SEE HOW
YOU FOUND YOUR PLACE AND THAT WILL HELP THEM TO
FIND THEIR PLACE.
LYNETTE> YOU KNOW HONEY, TALKING ABOUT HAROLD, AH, IF
YOU'VE EVER BEEN HERE, IF YOU'VE SHAKEN HANDS WITH SOMEBODY
THAT SAYS, "'PRECIATE YOU," THAT IS HAROLD PILLARS...
KENNETH> IT'S NOT APPRECIATE IT'S 'PRECIATE.
LYNETTE> 'PRECIATE.
KENNETH> 'PRECIATE YOU.
LYNETTE> BUT YOU KNOW HONEY...
KENNETH> HE IS A GREAT, GREAT GUY.
LYNETTE> ...HE IS. I WAS ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT...
WITH FINDING YOUR PLACE IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO APPRECIATE THE
PLACE OF OTHERS...
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> ...THAT OTHERS HAVE; TO APPRECIATE THEM FOR
WHAT THEY DO.
KENNETH> FOR WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE.
LYNETTE> WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE, AND 'CAUSE... BECAUSE
SOMETIMES WE ONLY THINK OF OUR TALENTS AND WE DON'T
APPRECIATE THE TALENTS OF OTHERS.
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> AND IT'S SO JUST VERY IMPORTANT. AND SOMETIMES
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GET INTO KIND OF, AH... DISCORD BECAUSE THEY
THINK THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE LIKE THEM OR HAVE THE TALENT
THAT THEY HAVE. BUT IT TAKES US ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
KENNETH> WELL, THAT HAPPENS IN MARRIAGES ALSO, LIKE TAKE
US, I AM MORE OF PLAN... I'M NOT A PLANNER, I'M JUST A... I'M
NOT AN ORGANIZER, BUT YOU ARE. YOU DO THAT STUFF. I'M JUST,
"HEY, LET'S DO IT..." AND... AND I... AND ANY SITUATION I
CAN GRAB AHOLD OF IT AND MAKE IT WORK...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...BUT YOU'RE NOT THAT WAY. AND YOU'RE... YOU'LL
SAY, "HEY, HEY YOU TAKE OVER HERE BECAUSE..." BUT ALL OF US
HAVE DIFFERENT TALENTS...
LYNETTE> YEAH! TALKING ABOUT...
KENNETH> ...AND AS WE ALL CONTRIBUTE...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...THEN EVERYTHING WORKS.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT. TALKING ABOUT MARRIAGE... AND I WAS
THINKING ABOUT THE FACT WE JUST COMPLETED
52 YEARS OF MARRIAGE...
KENNETH> RIGHT. SHE PUT UP WITH ME FOR 52 YEARS, PRAISE GOD!
LYNETTE> ...(LAUGHING) AND SO WE'RE STARTING ON OUR 53RD YEAR.
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> AND YOU KNOW AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LEARNING TO
APPRECIATE EACH OTHER'S TALENTS...
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> ...NOW I WILL HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS, AT
FIRST I DIDN'T APPRECIATE YOUR TALENT OF BEING SO
EXTEMPORANEOUS BECAUSE I WAS PLANNING EVERYTHING.
KENNETH> RIGHT (CHUCKLES).
LYNETTE> BUT WHEN I LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THAT IN MY HUSBAND
I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT, IT JUST... IT JUST CHANGED THE WAY
THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
ALTHOUGH I LOVED HIM WITH ALL MY HEART IT HELPED ME NOT TO BE
FRUSTRATED WITH SOME THINGS AND SO I... I THINK THAT IT IS JUST
IMPORTANT AS... AS YOU, THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE MARRIED, AS YOU BEGIN THIS NEW YEAR, WE'RE STILL IN
JANUARY, THAT THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE YOUR SPOUSE
FOR WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE...
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> ...AND REALIZE THAT GOD HAS PLACED YOU TOGETHER, AND
AS A TEAM AND AS YOU WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM I WILL TELL
YOU WHAT, IT WILL BE A GLORIOUS YEAR FOR YOU.
KENNETH> YEAH, WE'VE LEARNED TO APPRECIATE ONE ANOTHER.
IF ANYTHING COMES UP OFF OF THE CUFF YOU ALWAYS...
LYNETTE> I DO.
KENNETH> ...SAY, "HEY..." BUT IF SOMETHING HAS TO BE PLANNED
I ALWAYS DEFER TO YOU BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOUR TALENT IS,
PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION.
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> MY TALENT IS MORE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO GRAB IT
ON THE FLY AND MAKE IT WORK.
LYNETTE> AND IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE HANDLED BLUNTLY I MEAN
AS HARD AS I TRY I... I DON'T SAY THINGS BLUNTLY, BUT I
GUARANTEE YOU MY HUSBAND DOES (CHUCKLING)...
KENNETH> (CHUCKLING)
LYNETTE> ...HE WAS JUST REALLY BLUNT TODAY, BUT I WON'T TELL
YOU WHAT HE WAS BLUNT ABOUT. BUT ANYWAY (LAUGHING),
WE'RE GOING TO LAUGH AREN'T WE?
KENNETH> YES.
LYNETTE> (LAUGHING)
KENNETH> IT WAS ABOUT... IT WAS ABOUT CLOTHES...
LYNETTE> OKAY, YES...
KENNETH> ...THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
LYNETTE> ...THAT'S ALL WE'LL SAY. WELL, LET'S GET TO
THE BARGAIN BAG.
KENNETH> OH, THE BARGAIN BAG!
LYNETTE> I THINK IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT (CHUCKLING).
KENNETH> HEY, WE'RE TOLD ALL THE TIME THAT THE PEOPLE THAT
WATCH US THEY LOVE IT WHEN WE JUST SIT HERE AND TALK LIKE
WE'VE BEEN TALKING HERE.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> AND WE ENJOY THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW...
YOU SEE, WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRANSPARENT AND THEY JUST ARE
THEMSELVES PEOPLE LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> I MEAN I SAY IT ALL THE TIME WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU
GET, BUT THANK GOD IT DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE (CHUCKLES).
LYNETTE> YOU KNOW WHAT, WE LAUGH A LOT.
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> AND LAUGHTER JUST DOES GOOD, AS THE WORD SAYS,
LIKE A MEDICINE.
KENNETH> THAT'S RIGHT (CHUCKLES).
LYNETTE> OKAY, LET'S GET TO THE...
KENNETH> BARGAIN BAG!
LYNETTE> ...BARGAIN BAG! I LOVE BAGS...
KENNETH> OKAY, THE FIRST 200...
LYNETTE> ...FIRST 200...
KENNETH> ...GET THE BAG.
LYNETTE> ...GETS THIS BAG. OKAY...
KENNETH> THE REST OF YOU GET THE PRODUCTS WITHOUT THE BAG...
LYNETTE> ...WITHOUT THE BAG.
KENNETH> ...BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THAT'S IN THE WAREHOUSE.
LYNETTE> WHAT'S IN THE PRODUCT - HERE'S FOLLOWING GOD'S PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE , YOUR DAD'S BOOK...
KENNETH> MY DAD'S BOOK, OKAY.
LYNETTE> FAITH FOOD DEVOTIONS ...
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> ... FOR THE WINTER . MY CD THAT HAS ALL
SCRIPTURES ON SUCCESS...
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> ...ALONG WITH FOUR SONGS ON SUCCESS...
KENNETH> RIGHT.
LYNETTE> ...YOUR CD...
KENNETH> MY CD...
BOTH> ..."A PLACE CALLED THERE".
KENNETH> FOUR THINGS...
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> ...FOUR OBJECTS, AND THEY SHOULD COST $36.90. YOU
GET THEM FOR $18.95.
YOU'RE SAVING YOURSELF $17.95, SO HEY, YOU
GOT SOME MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS BUY YOUR OWN... BUY YOURSELF
A CHRISTMAS GIFT.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> GO GET AHOLD OF THAT OR YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT
MIGHT LIKE SOME OF... NEED SOME OF THIS MATERIAL...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...GET IT FOR THEM. IT'S A GOOD PRICE TO GIVE IT
THAT WAY. SOMEBODY SAYS, "I ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THAT
MATERIAL." OKAY, THEN GET...
LYNETTE> GET IT FOR A BIRTHDAY GIFT.
KENNETH> ...GET IT FOR A BIRTHDAY GIFT. AND I KNOW YOU'RE
LIKE I HAVE; I'VE LOANED A BOOK TO SOMEBODY AND NEVER GOT IT
BACK. WELL, MAYBE YOU'VE LOANED... MAYBE YOU'VE HAD SOME
OF THIS STUFF AND LOANED IT OUT.
WELL THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO REPLENISH...
LYNETTE> GOOD TIME TO REPLENISH.
KENNETH> ...OKAY? HEY LISTEN, THIS WEEKEND, STARTING THIS
SUNDAY NIGHT...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...JANUARY 21-23, WE'LL BE IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA,
SUNDAY NIGHT, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND THEN ON...
AT ANCHOR FAITH CHURCH...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...WITH PASTORS EARL AND MARCI GLISSON. AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO RUN DOWN TO NORTH MIAMI BEACH JANUARY 24-26,
AT NORTH MIAMI BEACH, WORDS OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH...
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> ...PASTOR STAN AND TERESA MOORE.
LYNETTE> YES.
KENNETH> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL THE INFORMATION: SERVICE
TIMES AND ALL THAT, PLACES AND EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, ADDRESSES
AND SO FORTH GO TO RHEMA.ORG AND YOU CAN FIND
IT ALL THERE, OKAY.
LYNETTE> AND PLAN FOR WINTER BIBLE SEMINAR RIGHT HERE ON THIS
CAMPUS FEBRUARY 18-23.
KENNETH> YEAH, START PLANNING NOW AND GET YOUR HOTEL
RESERVATIONS IN, AND GET EVERYTHING READY.
LYNETTE> AWESOME TIME.
KENNETH> IT'S A GREAT, GREAT TIME, AND IT'S 8:30, 9:30 AND
10:30, AND 7PM NIGHTLY EXCEPT SUNDAY. ON SUNDAY I SPEAK AT 6PM
BECAUSE THAT'S THE NORMAL SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE. SO WE JUST
KEEP IT AT 6PM.
LYNETTE> THAT'S RIGHT.
KENNETH> HEY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO BRING...
BOTH>... HOPE, HELP AND HEALING TO THE WORLD!
ANNOUNCER> THIS MONTH FROM KENNETH HAGIN MINISTRIES
LYNETTE'S NEW YEAR BARGAIN BAG FILLED WITH FOUR AWESOME FAITH
TOOLS INCLUDING KENNETH W. HAGIN'S
POWERFUL CD "A PLACE CALLED THERE".
REV. KENNETH W. HAGIN> I FIND THAT DAVID HAD TWO
CHARACTERISTICS: HE HAD NO TROUBLE IN, "I MISSED IT," AND
GETTING BACK TO "THERE".
ANNOUNCER> "THERE" IS GOD'S PLACE OF VISION AND
POWER FOR YOU.
REV. LYNETTE HAGIN> DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE. HE
HAS POURED HIS FAVOR ON YOU. ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL THOUGHT?
GOD IS FOR YOU.
ANNOUNCER> YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE KENNETH E. HAGIN'S ENCOURAGING
MINIBOOK FAITH FOOD DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR WINTER , AND HIS
ANOINTED BOOK FOLLOWING GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE . LEARN HOW
YOU CAN STAY ON COURSE. YOU CAN HAVE ALL FOUR PRODUCTS
PLUS THE FAITH TOTE FOR ONLY $18.95, A 50% SAVINGS. CALL
TOLL-FREE: 888-PRAISE-8 OR LOGON ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT AT
RHEMA.ORG. DO IT TODAY!
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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 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
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