Thank you, thanks, thanks, thanks. Well, good morning! Nice to see you, always good to see you. I haven’t read this one for a little while, so I thought I’d bless you with it today. You can thank me later. As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently, [...]

Happy, happy Easter! Happy Easter! Can’t beat it! Does anybody like sarcastic humor? I don’t. But this is for you; I’m just here to serve. I can only please one person per day. Today’s not your day; tomorrow isn’t looking good either. I don’t have [...]

Well, good morning! It is—no, yep, still morning. Nice to see you; glad you showed up. Benny and I, uh, actually just got back from England. We did, uh, an event for HTB (Holy Trinity Brompton) in London. Great church, great people—Nicky Gumbel and [...]

All right, good to see you! How many of you were at the basketball game last night? If you were, you saw some first-class fouls. First-class fouls! It’s how to foul with integrity; it’s how to repent and clean up your mess. Last night, you should [...]

Hey, I felt like there was something I was supposed to do today. It’s like we’re pulling our car into the bay at the repair shop to get a little tune-up—something we have pretty good training and real good exposure to, as we’ve been working on it [...]

The renewed mind is the mind of Christ. The renewed mind is the mind of wisdom. Paul said in Romans 12:2, «Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.» So, there’s no transformation apart from the [...]

It truly is an amazing event. This rite of passage is something I had never seen before until last year, and the impact was just out of this world. We really want to encourage you; in fact, you don’t even need to pray about it—just do it. I heard [...]

When a breakthrough has been delayed, something we’ve prayed for, something we’ve fought for, and it’s not coming at the time we felt it should, we might feel frustrated. Not coming at the time we had a sense of promise for—when it’s delayed—what [...]

I want to talk to you about the way of faith. You know faith—faith is supposed to be normal for a believer; that’s why we’re called believers. Amen. It’s actually in our nature, in Christ, to believe in the one who’s perfectly faithful. The Spirit [...]

Well, good to see you. Glad you showed up. A preacher stood waste-deep in the water at a river baptism, talking to a group of people on the bank when an overwhelmingly drunk man wandered down into the crowd. The preacher spotted him, pointed to him, [...]

Here’s a scary phrase, but it’s 100% true: the word of the Father through the mouth of Jesus has no more power than the word of the Father through your mouth. I remind you of this because Jesus limited himself to the ability of a human being. Now, [...]

Thanks, thanks, thanks! Nice to see you! Good morning! Still morning! I have some very important things to read to you. I love you. When everybody on Earth was dead and waiting to enter Heaven, God appeared and said He wanted the men to make two [...]

Good morning, good morning! I’ve got a story to read that I haven’t read in years, but it’s a good one. It’s actually supposed to be a true story, much like that great quote from Abraham Lincoln: «Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.» [...]

Thank you! Please, please sit down. I love you, too. Thank you. You know, if you can’t get encouraged around Lou, as a friend of mine would say, your wood is wet. If you can’t get lit up under that guy, my goodness, wow, wow, wow! This is more [...]

Yeah. Happy Easter! It’s challenging to find a humorous story that fits with Easter, but I have one. Most of you have already heard it, but I still like it. A man, his wife, and his mother-in-law went on vacation to the Holy Land. While they were [...]

Thank you, thank you, beautiful! Thanks, please be seated. Good evening, nice to see you. Well, I just showed up. If you see me talking to myself, please go your way. I’m self-employed and having a staff meeting. This is dumb. Imagine this one: [...]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Wow, wow! I have something very important to read to you just while the bags are being passed. You know, we’ve got to kill some time, and what better way? This is actually supposedly a true story. It’s been a while [...]

Well, good morning! Nice to see you. Morning it is, still beautiful. When you are dead, you do not know you’re dead; all the pain is felt by others. The same thing happens when you’re stupid. That was good! The Flat Earth Society has members all [...]

Right outside here, we have a prayer house, and I was over on this side of the prayer house one day. There was this hawk above the prayer house that caught my eye, and I just watched him. He didn’t flap his wings at all; he just went in a circle [...]

Thank you, thanks. You’re nice; you are nice. This couple was shopping, and they had gotten separated. The wife was calling her husband to find out where he was. She says, «Honey, where are you?» He says, «You remember when we got engaged? We went [...]

I have something I need to read to you. I read it a few years ago, but I think it’s worthwhile for today. The Pope goes to New York. He’s picked up at the airport in a limousine. He looks at the beautiful limousine and says to the driver, «You know, [...]

The couple was Christmas shopping. The shopping center was packed. The wife walked around and was surprised to discover that her husband was nowhere to be seen. She was quite upset because they had a lot to do, and hence she became so worried that [...]

Thank you, thank you! Please, be seated. Wow, wow, wow! I’m happy—happy that we get to be together! I like this a lot. To have Lou Engle, his wonderful wife, and Heidi Baker in the same town at the same time might cause something to happen. There [...]

Why don’t you bless the worship team? Thank you. Now, why don’t you bless the Lord? Come on, come on! We bless you, God! We bless you, Lord! God, we bless you, Lord! We bless you, Lord! We bless you, Lord! That was the tithe. Now let’s give Him an [...]

My favorite story in that regard is actually a Randy Clark story. He was ministering to someone, and forgive me, I don’t remember the details because many of these stories merge in my mind—they just kind of become a potpourri, like anything in the [...]

You can look at any culture; you can go to any city in our nation or any nation, and through a short amount of time, you’d be able to study that city and find out what people trust in other than God. For some, it’s the abuse of alcohol or drugs; [...]

Good morning, nice to see you! I heard a funny story this week. I don’t have it printed out, so I won’t get it exactly right, but it’ll be close enough. This mom had three children, three sons, and they all prospered a lot. They wanted to show their [...]

In Psalms 27, it says, «One thing I have desired, and that will I seek: that I may dwell in the presence of the Lord, that I may dwell in the house, the temple of God, and behold His beauty.» So think about this one thing I’ve desired. We have a [...]

Well, good afternoon. Nice to see you. Um, my mom has been really sick; she’s been in the hospital for the last week. If you can remember to pray for her, I would really appreciate it. We’ve been at her bedside for the last—well, today would be day [...]

Steve and I go way back, my goodness! I remember you at a men’s retreat when I went over to Fortuna. How long would that be? 35 years ago? Yeah, 35 years ago! And he still likes me? I don’t know; it’s amazing! I’m crazy about him; he’s so fun! It’s [...]

Hey, before we get into the word, I think it would be good if we prayed for some folks. I believe that the Lord is going to heal learning disorders and injuries to the brain. He’s going to heal things for which people take medication, like [...]

When we begin to submit ourselves to the inferior, we allow anxiety and stress to fill our minds with «what ifs» that have no life to them, and the enemy is working to undermine our identity, first love relationship, and the whole idea of being an [...]

Good morning, teacher! It’s good to see you. We had such a wonderful conference this week, the Open Heavens Conference. How many of you were a part of it? Yes, we had such a great time; we just got wrecked, and it was worth it. It was great fun. I [...]

So the Lord takes that which was thrown your way and He says, «Alright, I am going to put in the purpose of this giant the food that you will need for the next season.» Now change the way you think; change your perspective on reality. Why? Because [...]

Wow, wow, wow, this last week was outrageous again! We just seem to go from glory to glory. It’s nice to have Mike Hudgin here from Randy Clark’s Ministry. Good to have you here. He heads up a huge part of that ministry, and we’re just glad Randy [...]

Reality, glad you showed up. Ever since I was a child, I’ve had a fear of somebody under my bed at night. So, I went to a shrink and told him. I said, «I’ve got problems. Every time I go to bed, I think there’s somebody under it. I’m scared. I think [...]

chapter 6, Israel is to march around Jericho, which is the first city they are instructed to take. They are to march around it for six days in silence, with no visible signs of progress. After the seventh day, they shout praises, and the walls fall. [...]

All right, this is actually a sign in front of a church. It said, «Deacon Joe Battle’s funeral is canceled; he is alive after all.» I don’t even understand how you can schedule a funeral if the person’s not dead. Oh well, I don’t need a Valentine; I [...]

Good morning, thank you, good morning! Good morning! Nice to see you. Have you ever waved to someone who was waving at you, only to realize they weren’t actually waving at you? This is the funniest one I’ve heard: I waved to a man because I thought [...]

Thank you, please sit down. Good morning, nice to see you. I’m glad you showed up. I just got back from Brazil last night; that was fun. I had a couple of our alumni take me aside in one meeting and tell me that several years ago, they came from two [...]

Thank you! Wow, that’s a whole bunch of stuff going on; no wonder I’m tired. Um, I caught this little picture before the first service here at College View this morning. It’s kind of a strange picture, but I’m going to go with it. Again, anyone who [...]

That tool, which is so powerful and so profound to bring life, can also bring death. Sometimes, the struggles we face in life result from our having to eat the words we said a week ago or a month ago. Speak knowing you’re about to have a meal. Thank [...]

The fastest land mammal is a toddler who’s been asked, «What’s in your mouth?» I will drink you under the table. I whisper this to my coffee as we hide from morning people. Don’t forget to drink water and get some sunshine—you’re basically a house [...]

On the night Jesus was betrayed, He took bread and gave thanks. See, thankfulness took a situation of extreme lack in John 6 and turned it into extreme abundance, where they ended up with more than they started with in the leftovers. Now Jesus takes [...]

See, sometimes when you’ve served the Lord for a while and you’ve risen, you’ve obeyed, and you’ve done this and that, there can be a sense of entitlement that makes us feel like certain things are owed to us now that we’ve risked our lives for the [...]

Well, we had a creative conference this week. We had a missions training intensive this week. We had a Heaven in Business event this week. If you were bored, it’s your fault; it’s just your fault. All I can say is there are more things going on, and [...]

I’m going to talk to you for just a few minutes, and we’re going to be doing a whole bunch of ministry stuff tonight. We’re going to pray for a lot of folks. There’s an anointing here tonight to break off addictions. There are some who have become [...]

Amen, amen. All right, well, good morning! Good to see you; glad you showed up. Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! How many of you like to get your shopping done by October? I’ve met a few like you. You amaze me; you scare me a little bit, but you [...]

They say, «What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.» At this point, my dear, I should be able to bench press a Buick! I think one of my all-time favorites—if I can find it, it just disappeared on me—here it is: it’s the hormone guide. My voice is [...]

All right, you guys, are you all ready? A couple of funny things I’ve read in the last month or two that I just put together. I figured after eating all we had for Christmas, this might be an encouragement to you. I’m just here to serve. What do we [...]