TD Jakes - A Long Ways From Lodebar
Tonight, I would like to invite your prayerful consideration to the book of Second Samuel, chapter nine, verses three through eleven. There, you will find my assignment for this evening. I have been careful these past three days not to just give you what thus says T.D. Jakes, but to lay before God to hear what the Spirit is saying at this particular moment. Second Samuel 9:3-11. It’s our custom to stand for the reading of the Word; if you honor that tonight, we will be most grateful. Thankful to Him for His riches and His kindness to us.
We will begin reading the text that is already in motion; the undercurrent of the text is already in tow. We are midstream in the massive takeover of the divine operation of the Holy Spirit, working beyond the systems of this world to bring down one and lift up another because He’s God, and beside Him, there is no other. The Holy Spirit has woven David into a position of influence, much like a grandmother would lead yarn into a particular pattern as she knits fabric together. In the same way, God orchestrates our lives, bringing us from here to there and from there to here, according to the tapestry of His own divine purpose.
And it is in the middle of a knit one, purl two that we step into this text. God orchestrates our lives according to His riches in glory, and the king said, «Is there not yet any of the house of Saul that I might show the kindness of God unto him?» And Ziba said unto the king, «Jonathan hath yet a son, but he is lame on his feet.» The king said unto him, «Where is he?» Watch this closely: Where is the grandson of my king and the son of my best friend? Ziba said unto the king, «Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel; he is in Lo-debar.»
Then King David sent and fetched him. Hmm, he fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. Keeps mentioning where he is. Where are you, Adam? Where are you? God is looking for you.
Now, when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face and did reverence. David said, «Mephibosheth,» and he answered, «Behold, thy servant.» David said unto him, «Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake and will restore thee all the land of Saul, thy father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.» He bowed himself and said, «What is thy servant that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?»
Then the king called Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, «I have given unto thy master’s son all that pertaineth to Saul.» I gave it all to him—everything the king had. I shook out his garments, I turned over his deeds, I handed over his land, I betrothed his paperwork, I decreed his deeds of trust, and all of his house goes to his grandson. Therefore, thou and thy sons and thy servants shall till the land for him and work for him as if he is king, and thou shalt bring in the fruits that thy master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, thy master’s son, shall eat bread always at my table.
Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Then said Ziba unto the king, «According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do.» As for Mephibosheth, said the king, «he shall eat at my table as one of the king’s sons.» Can the church say amen? Look at your neighbor and say, «You’ve come a long way from Lo-debar.» Find somebody else and tell them, «A long way.» No, you didn’t say it right—"A long way from Lo-debar.»
Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on us tonight. Saturate us with the kind of anointing that makes preaching easy. Bind every foul spirit that would interrupt the atmosphere that the Holy Ghost has created. Move in the midst of your people, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
On your way to your seat, say, «A long way from Lo-debar.» We are a guest in the home of one of the great patriarchs, the first king that God has chosen to lead the children of Israel. His ascension to power has not been without contradiction, and it has not been without opposition. It has not been easy for David. But with the determination that only comes when you know that you’re walking in God’s purpose, he has moved through the process.
They tried to kill him, but he moved through the process. They tried to cut his head off his shoulders, but he moved through the process. It is important that we take time to indicate this because when we first meet him, we meet him as anointed. We’ve been talking a lot about anointing, and some assume that if you’re anointed, you won’t be attacked.
I suggest to you, rather than my brothers and sisters, you are attacked because you are anointed. Satan need not waste a blow on what he already has. If you are on his hit list tonight, it is because you are anointed. You might not understand it at the moment because it does not yet appear what you shall be. But when the enemy knows that God has a plan for your life, he tries to cut it off before it comes into fruition.
Such is the case with David. He was anointed at fifteen years old to be king of Israel—a junior high school boy anointed to be king. As I have taught previously, he is the eighth child of Jesse; he was not in the lineup preferred by men, but he stands in a unique category as the chosen by God. God has anointed him prior to appointing him; the anointing comes first, and the position comes later.
Often God will anoint you for then and send you back to now. Imagine the contradiction of having a king’s anointing while you’re still a child, and they’re ushering you back out to get in the field and shepherd sheep. But the anointing on your head contradicts what is in your hand. There is a time of contradiction in being anointed. You have to have patience to be anointed. Let patience have its perfect work. In other words, patience works through the anointing, and if you can’t let patience work, you may rush the process and ruin the results.
Around fifteen years old, he is anointed to be king, and some would suggest that around nineteen or so, he goes down and fights the battle that brings him into a place of providence. You will notice what I said: it was the battle, not the anointing, but the battle that positioned him so that he would be noticed. Some of the things that you are praying that God would take away, God is using those things so that you can be noticed.
Goliath was the tool God used to bring David from obscurity to notoriety. Some of you, had you not been afflicted, nobody would have paid you any attention. But because of the adversity you faced, God shined a light on you and maneuvered you into a posture that made you eligible for a kingdom that you weren’t trained for, qualified for, or chosen for. But when trouble got through, God used you in such a way that people had to pay you some attention, and there he comes to the forefront because of Goliath.
I have come to learn that at every portal of destiny, there is always a giant in front of it. I am so sure of this that now, when I see the giant, I shout about the portal because if God didn’t have something for me on the other side of it, Satan wouldn’t have placed an assassin there to stop me from breaking into the next dimension.
Now I know that I’m getting close by the level of pain, like a pregnant woman about to give birth: the faster the pain, the quicker the baby comes. So, if you’ve had a painful year and you’ve been under attack, it’s only because you’re closer now than you’ve ever been in your life. Your water is about to break, the gates are about to open, and you’re about to step into your kingdom. You know you’re there because look at how big that thing is that stands in your way. David is indeed anointed, but it will be years before the prophecy is realized. He will be anointed three times: as prophet, priest, and king, because he is a shadow of Jesus, who is prophet, priest, and king.
So Samuel has anointed him, and then years later, at the age of 30, he will be anointed as the king of Judah, and then finally as the king of Israel. But between all of those anointings, there will be wars, fights, conflicts, tests, and trials, and there will be moments he has to run for his life and duck because they’re throwing rocks trying to kill him. I’m trying to help you recognize what greatness looks like because Satan has put out a lot of false advertisements that make you think you just nod your head and wiggle your nose to step into divine purpose. But when it’s truly God, you go through a whole lot of stuff, where you’re sometimes up, sometimes down, and sometimes level to the ground.
And every so often, you have to die because you are. I do not want you to make this mistake: just because I started in the middle of the story, and you come into the palatial environment of the blessings of the Lord and behold the granite columns and marble floors, with servants running to and fro, and David is covered with goods, decked out in jewels, possessing great authority and power, revered and respected, with his life full of that—no, you came in toward the end of the movie. You should go back a few chapters and see how he had to dwell in caves, feign himself to be a madman, and dodge the javelins of sharks—all before he comes to a place where he’s finally strong enough to bless somebody else. Do you know what I’m talking about?
Sometimes you can’t bless people, not because it’s not in your heart to bless them, but because you haven’t gotten far enough away from your own devils to help someone else with theirs. But as soon as you get free from your own troubles, if you really belong to God, you ought to look back for someone and ask, «Who else can I bless? Who else can I help? Who else can I raise?» And so David, like God, has started searching for the lost son of his covenant brother Jonathan. There’s only one son left, and he has to ask Saul’s servant Ziba if there’s anyone left in the family because they were killing Saul’s children one after another. Had Mephibosheth not been crippled, he probably would have been killed, too. It was good for me. I’m going to say it again: the thing I cried about, the thing I was embarrassed about, the thing I was ashamed of, the thing that I needed counseling about—it was good for me.
I’m glad you didn’t raise me. I’m glad you didn’t help me. I’m glad you didn’t marry me. It was good for me that I was afflicted; that’s how God hid me. They killed Saul’s sons, they killed Jonathan, and they even killed the sons born of concubines, with Rizpah standing on the rock, waving the buzzards away from anything remotely related to Saul. But Mephibosheth was still alive. I want someone who’s been through real hell to say, «I’m still here! I’m still here!» I know you heard I was dead, baby, but I’m still here. I know there are rumors saying I got shot, but I’m still here. I know some of you wish I was dead, but I am still here. Can I get a witness in this place right now? But the truth of the matter is that David is living in the house that should rightfully be Mephibosheth’s.
Where is Mephibosheth? Oh, there’s one child left; his name is Mephibosheth, and he is in the house of Machir, living in Lo-debar. Lo-debar means no communication. It is the place where you just shut up; it is the story you can’t tell, the book you can’t write, the testimony you cannot give. It is the thing that, when you think about it, you just shake your head. Mephibosheth lives in a perpetual state of silence. Lo-debar means no communication; it also means no pastures. So this is not the promised land filled with luscious grapes and all of the vegetation that the children of Israel were promised. No, this is a place where no grass grows, no sheep graze, and there is no life. And as bad as David’s early days were, Lo-debar was worse. There was no bang of the sheep in Lo-debar; there was no economy in Lo-debar; there was no notoriety in Lo-debar; there was no commerce in Lo-debar. In fact, Lo-debar was considered a ghetto in biblical times, what we would call a ghetto. It was the place that Mephibosheth had to go.
Now look at the oxymoron, the contradiction, the atrocity—the audacity that the king’s grandchild is living in a hut, in a shack, in a shanty, in a ghetto, in a small town, and nobody is hearing anything from him. He should be living in the palace, but due to circumstances beyond his control, the best he could do was move over into Lo-debar and keep his mouth shut. Sometimes all you can do is move over into Lo-debar and keep your mouth shut. Maybe you’re quiet because you know they would kill you too. Maybe you’re quiet because you’re so disappointed that you have been born with such advantages and faced so much hardship that you’ve come down to this. You know, when people meet you at one stage in your life, they tend to judge you. Often they’ll say you’re trifling, or that you’re stupid, or that you have no ambition, no goals, or you’re crazy, or you’re silly, or you’re a whiner, or you complain all the time.
We have a lot of names for people, but you don’t understand what drove him. I would have gotten my degree, but you don’t know what drove me to Lo-debar. I could have been a business owner, but you don’t know what drove me to Lo-debar. I would have been a CEO, but you don’t know what drove me to Lo-debar. I should have been the next president of the United States, but you don’t know what drove me to Lo-debar. You don’t just go to Lo-debar to go sightseeing; you go to Lo-debar when you’ve got nowhere else to go and you’re trying to make the best out of a bad situation. You don’t see any king’s child living in Lo-debar, but here he is—the grandson of the tall, striking, good-looking Saul and his handsome, gorgeous son Jonathan—and he looks like neither one because something happened to him. He does not look like the rest of the family.
There’s always a «because» and always a «why.» What drives me crazy about the society we live in is that when we talk about people, we always discuss what they did, but we never ask why they did it. You really can’t help people until you move past the «what» and get down to the «why.» I wasn’t always an angry woman. I wasn’t always a bitter woman. I wasn’t always an angry man. I wasn’t always a weak person. I wasn’t always an unstable person. I wasn’t always the person that lacked confidence. But something happened. You don’t get into this kind of trouble by yourself. If you read back a few chapters, you will find that at the same time his grandfather was killed and his son was being killed, the nurse who was caring for him, in her terror, snatched up a five-year-old child. In her haste to try to get away, she did get away, but she dropped him.
Now, all of us who have raised several children know what it is to drop a baby. Oh my God! Your heart almost stops beating. You panic. You’re nervous. You grab the baby and start counting fingers and toes. You’re looking all over and talking about how, «It’s alright; Mama’s got you. It’s okay, it’s okay.» But you’re not really sure it’s okay, and you’re trying to make sure it’s really okay. You’re thinking, «What kind of fool am I that I fooled around and dropped this baby? Oh my God! What am I going to do if this baby’s hurt?» You’re trying to look in their eyes; you don’t want them to go to sleep, and you’re afraid they had a concussion, and you’re trying to check on them.
And your heart is racing; your mind is confused because you dropped the baby. Somebody dropped the Prince of Israel. Somebody dropped the potential of a soul. Somebody dropped the dream of Jonathan. Somebody dropped the baby, and he was not okay. His feet were shattered, his ankles were dislodged, and his bones were disjointed. I don’t mean temporarily but permanently disfigured. I can deal with a temporary problem. I can put braces on and make it through. I can deal with a temporary enemy, a temporary affliction, a temporary fever, a temporary crisis, a temporary setback, a temporary loss of a job, a temporary loss of stability. I can deal with a temporary problem. But what is it when you go through something that irrevocably and eternally changes your life for the rest of your life?
You have to deal with the fact that you will never be who you could have been, and it wasn’t even the luxury of your own mistake. You are in the mess that you are in not because you ordered it, not because you asked for it, not because you sought after it, not because you wished for it, but you are in the mess that you’re in because somebody you were leaning on, somebody you were trusting in, somebody you thought was your friend, and somebody you thought had your back— they just dropped you. And I’m wondering if there’s anybody in this room that understands what I’m talking аbout: that some of the problems you have are not your problems; they’re the problems of your childhood that happened before you could help it. Somebody who should have held you dropped you, and you are dealing with the sad memories of a lost opportunity. Who you are now as an adult is a direct result of what happened to you when you were a child because somebody dropped you.
Now I’m going in deep, and I know it makes you a little uncomfortable because we don’t like to talk about it, and some of us can’t tell about it, and that’s why we need therapy. Some of us won’t even go to therapy, and we blame ourselves and we hate ourselves and we hate those who try to think highly of us because we are stuck where we got dropped. I work with people who have been sexually abused and sexually assaulted, and generally their bodies continue to mature, but their emotions stay at the age they were when somebody dropped them. They left them with their uncle overnight, they left them with the kids, the stepfather overnight; they left them, and the boyfriend got drunk and crept into their room one night, and all of a sudden somebody dropped them and taught a little girl something a little girl was not even supposed to know and exposed a little boy to something that a little boy wasn’t supposed to know.
I ran into a young man the other day when I first started pastoring. He came to the church and his mother brought him into my office when we were in the whole building. She stripped him of his clothes; I thought she was crazy, but she said, «I want you to see.» All of his back had lash marks on it where his father had beaten him with a bicycle chain until his insides were hanging out and his skin had died backward on his body because somebody dropped him. Is there anybody that can be real with me in this service? Is there anybody that can be real with me in church? That’s what bothers me about church because you have to be phony and act like you’ve never been through anything, like nothing ever happened to you. You have to wear big hats, be cute, and put your finger up when you walk out.
If it’s a hospital, I have to be able to show you my wounds. I have to show you my legs weren’t working like this. I wasn’t meant to be like this, but I’m doing the best I can because somebody dropped me. I was resting in the arms of a caretaker who simply dropped me. The first boyfriend dropped me; an early teacher dropped me; something happened in my life and dropped me. My first marriage broke up, and it dropped me, and I’m having trouble getting confidence. I’m having trouble getting self-esteem, and I’m still angry. The marriage has been over for 20 years, and I’m still mad about it because somebody dropped me. I was resting; I had no idea that they would drop me, and they dropped me.
Here is what’s left of my dream; here is what’s left of my goals and ambitions. Here’s what’s left of where I was going. I was going to the palace that David is now living in, but I had to make a U-turn and go to Lo-debar. What is Mephibosheth doing in Lo-debar anyway? A ghetto? The king’s grandchild is living in a ghetto. He had cousins, he had uncles, he had relatives, he had aunties, but nobody wanted a crippled child, so he went where people go when they get tired of dealing with your kind of crazy. There are some people in this room that have gone to the place where people go when they get tired of dealing with your kind of crazy. They get tired of dealing with your addiction. They get tired of dealing with your alcoholism. They get tired of your instability. They get tired of you telling lies because people have mercy on you when you’re a broken child, but when you’re a broken man, they get mad.
The same people who would give $20 a month to help broken children wouldn’t give 10 cents to a broken man, not knowing that the broken man has a broken child down inside of him. You ain’t gonna talk to me today, but I’m gonna keep on going. The same people that would have snatched up the little girl, saying, «Oh baby, you’re so cute,» now that she’s grown into a woman, she can find no compassion because people drop you like you’ve already been dropped when there’s something wrong with you. All they can do is talk about what you did, and nobody wants to dig down into your history and see why you did what you did.
I wish I had a witness in here. I wish I had an ex-inmate in here. I wish I had an ex-junkie in here. I wish I had a former alcoholic in here. I wish I had somebody who’s been married three times or four times in here. I wish I had somebody who wasn’t worried about what these church people think who could be real for a minute and tell them: «I’m not crippled because I want to be; I’m crippled because I have to be. You don’t know where I came from, and you don’t know what I’ve been through. I was resting in the arms of a fool, and somebody—oh my God—somebody dropped me, and they dropped my future, and they dropped my dreams, and they dropped my degree, and they dropped my courage, and they dropped my fight.
I moved into Lo-debar because nobody offered me any other option, and now I’m a king’s kid living in a ghetto. I’m living in a place where no sheep will graze and no grass will grow. I’m living in the barrenness of my own despair. I’m making the best of a bad situation, and everybody has forgotten me. They fought wars; they built buildings; they’ve laid out carpet; they built up temples; they’ve erected monuments; they’ve subdued kingdoms, but not one person has remembered that they have a blood relative in Lo-debar. I don’t care what you say; everybody in here has got somebody in your family. If it ain’t you, it’s somebody in your family that’s been stuck down in a Lo-debar situation making the best of a bad situation.
Some of you never got the love you should have gotten or the touch you should have gotten or the care you should have gotten, and you’re a grown woman. It still hurts when you think about it because somebody dropped you. You wonder what was wrong with you that you weren’t loved; what was wrong with you that you were never hugged; what was wrong with you that you were never told you were beautiful; what was wrong with you that you were never taken anywhere; what was wrong with you that you made me doubt myself? I’m grown now, but my ankles are still twisted. I tried to overcome it, but I shut my mouth because every time I tried to scream, I got slapped in my mouth because our parents said, „You ought to be seen and not heard.“ I moved into Lo-debar.
Have you ever had to move into Lo-debar because the people around you demanded that you shut your mouth and you can’t tell your story? You’re like a fish dying in a fish tank; you can’t scream. You can’t yell. You’re just balled up to death in a fish tank that overheats. It’s a space where people move when they cannot scream. There are women in here being beaten by their husbands; there are men in here being beaten by their wives because he’s a deacon, because he’s an elder, because he’s a school teacher, because he’s a mayor, because he’s running for office. You’re running around with black eyes and busted lips and trying to give your little girl courage, but her mama is a little girl, and mama can’t scream. I would run if I could, but my legs are broken. I would leave him if I could, but my legs are lame. I would get a better job, but my legs are lame. I would get out of the situation, but my legs are lame.
Now my children are mad at me because I didn’t get away, but I couldn’t scream because I lived in Lo-debar. Those that could help me forgot me, and those who were suspicious of what was happening looked the other way. I learned to shut my mouth because every time I tried to open it, they didn’t believe me anyway. Every time I tried to talk, they rolled their eyes and said, „Shut up, girl.“ I’ve developed a coping mechanism of silence. I shout, but I don’t talk. I dance, but I don’t talk. I run up and down now, but I don’t talk. I give sign language to God.
If I couldn’t say a word, if I couldn’t say a word, every time I think about it, I want to talk to people who can’t talk. I want to reach people who can’t reach. I want to run to people who can’t run. I want to touch people who can’t touch. I want to talk to people who have given up on what you could have been and what you should have been, and you’re living in Lo-debar and you can’t get out. It wasn’t even your fault; you didn’t pick it, you didn’t ask for it, and you don’t like it. You don’t want it, and you have to live with people sneering at you and talking about you needing ambition. This is America; anything can happen in America, and that’s what’s wrong. Anything can happen in America. Can I get a witness?
If you can’t say a word, make a noise. Make a grunt. Wave your hands. Holler. Shout, scream, cry, crawl. I want to talk about how you got down here. There’s a king’s kid in Lo-debar. I wish I had time to preach this like I feel it. He’s in Lo-debar; he’s in a place where grass doesn’t grow. He’s in a place where sheep don’t graze. He’s in a place where oxen avoid. He’s in a place where there’s no economy. He’s in a place where you can’t get a job. He’s in the ghetto while the rest of the world is passing by, and it wouldn’t be so bad to be in the ghetto if he was supposed to be there. But he was supposed to be in the palace and he landed in the ghetto.
I want to talk to some people who were supposed to have better but ended up in a situation. You were supposed to be free, but you ended up bound. You were supposed to get a degree and you ended up with a GED. You were supposed to be a conqueror, and you ended up a failure. You were supposed to have a family, but you ended up by yourself. You were supposed to have children, but you have none at all. You were supposed to have your own house, but you’re living in a garage. I want to talk to somebody. My favorite chef was in Lo-debar, and the only person who even seemed to remember him was Ziba, Saul’s servant.
David said, „He’s somewhere down in Lo-debar; go and fetch him.“ That word „fetch“ gets me. It’s natural to carry a child; it’s natural to hold a child in your arms, but it’s not natural to have to carry a grown man. Some of you are grown men, and you still have to be carried. Some of you are grown men, and you can’t work a job. Some of you are grown men, and you can’t pay a bill. Some of you are grown men, and you can’t be counted on. Some of you are grown men, and you can’t be trusted. Some of you are grown men; if you get out, somebody’s going to have to carry you because somebody dropped you back then. You can’t stand on your own two feet, and some of you are raising grown men that are still living in your house, eating up your food, leaving the milk carton in the refrigerator, and they have to be fetched out. You’re wondering, „How will I have to carry?“ Oh, I know you can’t say nothing, but I’m going to say it for you: „What do I have to carry? Go fetch Mephibosheth.“
Fetch my grandmama’s sweater. Go fetch that buttermilk out of the refrigerator. Go fetch that butter in the freezer; I have five pounds of butter in the freezer. Go fetch it! Who fetches my grandmother’s word? She never told me to fetch something that could walk. You don’t use „fetch“ when you’re going after something that can walk; you use the term „fetch“ only when you’re sent for something that can’t walk. Go fetch—not a child, not a baby, not an infant—but by now he’s a grown man, and now it’s a problem. It’s natural to carry a child, but it’s not natural to carry a grown man. It feels funny to carry grown men; men ought to be uncomfortable when another man starts carrying them.
The way he has to grab you feels a little weird. To have to be carried by a grown man is strange, but when you can’t walk, you can’t walk, and somebody has to do some unnatural stuff to snatch you out. Go fetch Mephibosheth! Fetch him! That means get him out by all means necessary. That means whatever you have to do, you have to do it! That means God wants you out of Lo Debar so badly that even if you have to be uncomfortable, even if you have to drop your pride, even if you have to get rid of your ego, even if you have to humble yourself, you’ve got to get out! Other three people say, „I’ve got to get out! I’ve got to get out! I’ve got to get out! I’ve got to get out!“
It looks funny, but I’ve got to get out! It looks weird, but I’ve got to get out! Anyway, you bless me, Lord, I’ll be satisfied. I’ve got to get out alone, but I cannot die in this place of death. I cannot die in this place of silence. I refuse to shut my mouth another day. I want somebody who understands what I’m talking about to open your mouth and holler, holler, holler! I’ve got to get out of Lo Debar! If I’ve got to holler, if I’ve got to scream, if I’ve got to yell, I’ve got to make it out! A little back, and I’m not going to shut up! I’m going to scream! I’m going to scream! Every time you scream, demons tremble; every time you scream, hell gets nervous. Every time you scream, witches get upset. Every time you scream, you let hell know I’m still alive! Every time you scream, you get closer to a breakthrough. Every time you scream, you get closer to deliverance.
I know the devil wants you to shut your mouth, but the devil is a liar! Open your mouth and scream! Open your mouth and holler! Open your mouth and yell as an act of desire! Open your mouth and holler! My feet might not work, but my mouth does, and I’m going to open my mouth and scream. I refuse to lay here and die. The Bible says the power of life and death is in the tongue, and the first thing the enemy will try to do is shut you up so he can kill you. As long as Jesus was talking on the cross, He couldn’t die; it was only when He shut His mouth that death began to come in. And when the enemy is trying to get you to die, the first thing he tries to do is get you to stop talking. For all of you who get mad and clam up, get in your car, and drive without saying anything—tonight is your night of liberation! You’re going to get your voice back! You’re going to get your roar back! You’re going to get your fight back!
Open your mouth and holler! I break your silence! I break your silence! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! There’s therapy; there’s a breakthrough in here! There’s a breakthrough in here! Make some noise in here! Holler in here! Put up a fuss! Put up a fuss! Put up a fight! Make some noise! Let hell know you ain’t dead! Let the devil know you ain’t going to stay here! Let hell know I’m coming out of Lo Debar! Every time you yell, you’re coming out of Lo Debar! I can’t hear you! I feel a breakthrough coming here! I feel chains breaking! I feel handcuffs coming off! I feel prison doors opening up because you dared to open your mouth! The devil is defying you to open your mouth; he wants you to sit there with your lips glued together, but the devil is a liar!
Every time you holler, a chain falls! Every time! The Bible says shout and the walls fall! Shout and the walls fall! Shout and the walls fall! Shout and the walls fall! Shout and the walls fall! Shout at the wall! Shout at the wall! Shout at the wall! Shout and soul, and soul, and soul, and soul, and soul, and soul! When I read the text, I asked God, wasn’t there another way to get Mephibosheth out of Lo Debar than to make him climb in the arms of Ziba? Especially when it was being in somebody’s arms—have you ever had to trust what let you down before? Can you imagine the courage that it took for Mephibosheth to believe in somebody holding him again after he had been dropped before?
Now, God says the only way out is to trust what failed you the first time. Some of you, the trying of your faith—I feel like preaching now—the trying of your faith is to believe God that something is going to work that failed you the first time. And it’s traumatic, and it makes you nervous because God is sending you back to the front line. God is sending you back to the place of your defeat. God is saying, „Show me where you laid him down.“ Go back to the spot where you gave up, and this time we’re going to finish the trip! I heard the Holy Ghost say that whatever broke the first time is going to hold up the second time! Lean on somebody and say, „We’ve got to get out of this!“
If I’ve got to lean on you, if I’ve got to lay on you, if I’ve got to crawl out, if I’ve got to cry, I’ve got to get out of Lo Debar! Look at somebody and holler, „I’m leaving!“ It might not be cute, but I’m leaving! It might not be masculine, but I’m leaving! It may not have finesse, but I’m leaving! I may be scared, but I’m leaving! I may be uncomfortable, but I’m leaving! God is calling me to trust what broke down last time! Oh, y’all ain’t hearing me preach, 'cause I know I’m preaching better than you’re shouting! God is calling me to trust what gave way last time! How can you put me in the arms of somebody again when the last time I laid in somebody’s arms they dropped me? And that’s why I will never love again! And that’s why I will never give all of myself again! And that’s why I will never open myself up again! Because the most frightening thing to do is to relax on what failed before!
The most frightening thing to do is to relax on what failed before! But that’s what faith is all about—to relax on what failed before! And so we see, oh, crippled Mephibosheth, laying back, putting his weight on somebody else! You know when people have disappointed you, it’s hard to trust again. Come on with me! Come on, come on, come on! When people have disappointed you, it’s hard to believe in them again! When people have disappointed you, it’s hard to be vulnerable again! When the last one dropped you, you don’t want number two! When the first one dropped you, you don’t want number three! When you’ve been through hell the first time, and I’m still suffering over who dropped me the first time, and now you want me to open up my heart, and open up my emotions, and let you in my life and introduce you to my kids and introduce you to my children?
The devil is a liar! Because it’s hard to believe—it’s hard to believe that what dropped me the first time will hold me up the second time! But God said go down to Lo Debar and fetch him out! Elbow your neighbor and say, „I’m going to fetch you out!“ If you don’t come out on your own, I’ll fetch you out! I’ll pull you out! I’ll grab you by the hair and yank you out! But I will not let you spend the rest of your life in Lo Debar, because God’s got something else for you! God’s got something else for you! I don’t know who I’m preaching to, but God’s got something else for you! I don’t know who I’m talking to, but God’s got something else for you! He may belong in Lo Debar; she may belong in Lo Debar; they may belong in Lo Debar. But God’s got a place for you that’s waiting for you to get out of there!
Move past somebody and say, „I’ve gotta get out of here! I’ve gotta get out! I’ve gotta get out! I’ve gotta get out! I’ve got to get out!“ I’m in it, but I’m not of it! I’m in it, but I’m not of it! I’ve got to get out of here! I’ve got to get out! Any way I can! I need three seconds of crazy Holy Ghost supernatural praise! Come on! I need praise! I need praise! I need radical praise! I need reckless praise! I need relentless praise! I need praise! Somebody that’s got to get out! Somebody that wants to change! Somebody that wants to go over! I will not die in Lo Debar! I will not quit in Lo Debar! I will not pray to it in Lo Debar! Man right here! Here comes Iba Karen, Mephibosheth out of Lo Debar!
That’s what I like about the Holy Spirit—the Holy Spirit is the servant that carried me out of Lo Debar when I was broke and disgusted! The Holy Ghost brought me out of Lo Debar when I couldn’t help myself! The Holy Ghost! I feel—can I preach? Shall I preach? I want to preach! I love to preach! The reason God’s got a special anointing on you this week is that the Holy Ghost has come to snatch you out of Lo Debar! Grab your stuff, 'cause we’re leaving! Pack your beds, 'cause we’re going! Get your car keys, 'cause we’ve got to go! The Holy Ghost said we’ve got to move! We’ve got to move! Move, move, move! We’ve got to move! God’s going to carry you out! Allospericlitas—the one who stands alongside to help! God’s going to walk you out of there! Nurture people that say, „I’m leaving, stay here if you want to, but I’m leaving! Stay if you want to stay, but I’m leaving! This is my Passover night! This is my breakthrough night! This is my deliverance night!“
I need somebody with some energy to give God a three-minute shout out! I’m packing my stuff! You got two minutes to give God a praise! You got a minute and a half to let hell know I’m leaving! I’m packing my stuff! Give me my toothbrush! Give me my towel! Give me my pajamas! I’m packing up! I’m getting out of here! I’m leaving! You got 60 seconds left to let every devil know I’m leaving! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Get set, go! Hallelujah! I’m leaving! I’m leaving on a midnight train! I’m leaving early in the morning! I’m leaving out of my situation! I’ve gotta go! I will go! I must go! I shall go! Ah, this is your night of transition! This is the night you leave! This is the night you pack up! This is the night you cross over! This is the night you change your mail, change your phone number, change your address, change your walk, change your talk!
You’re about to step into something that eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, but God has prepared you! You’re about to step into it! Somebody take a step! You’re gonna step right into something fresh! Step into something that’s going to blow your mind! Step into a brand new door! Step into a brand new attitude! Step into a brand new place! Your eyes have not seen! Your ears have not heard! God is about to bring you into something! He’s given you an anointing to move! So they brought my Finisher. I got to hurry! They brought my Mephibosheth into the palace, into the house that David had that should have been his! And when Mephibosheth came in good, because he was used to bad, he called himself a dead dog. Because sometimes, you can get out of Lo Debar quicker than you can get Lo Debar out of you.
And when God gives you an opportunity for something better, you don’t know how to receive it because you’re so used to the ghetto of life. That when God brings you into a blessing, if you’re not careful, you’ll self-sabotage because you want to go back to the familiar! But the devil is a liar! I haven’t been preaching all week for you to go back to where you came from! God said get out! Get out of Lo Debar! Get out! Get out! Get out tonight! Get out! Get out! Get out tonight! And listen to this! David told Mephibosheth—didn’t even ask for it—David told Mephibosheth, „Everything you see.“ Somebody look around real quick. God said, „Everything you see, every place your feet trot, everything you stand on, everything you believe Me for.“
Oh! I feel like preaching now! Somebody better grab my cocktail! God said He’s about to do a switcheroo! He’s about to change a deed of trust! He’s about to open a brand new door! He’s about to make a way out of no way! God said, „I give it to you!“ You don’t understand— not just for a weekend, but for the rest of your life! Can I tell you one more thing? God gave him the house! God gave him the property! God gave him the land! God gave him the use of the servants, and said he’d never have to work for it another day in his life! Who am I preaching to? The Lord said when I get through making this thing right, I’m gonna make them pay you back for everything they stole! Everything they took from you! Everything they ripped you off for! For every night you cried in Lo Debar about!
I heard the Holy Ghost say, „I am about to give it to you. You are to praise Him like you just got the deed. You ought to praise Him like He’s talking to you. You ought to praise Him like you just stepped in. You ought to praise Him like it’s yours, like it’s yours. Walk around like a boss, walk around like a boss, walk around like it’s yours, walk around like you just got the key.“
Now, the crazy thing about the text is that God blessed Mephibosheth, but He never healed him. There he is, sitting at the king’s table, crippled all over his body. His ankles are turned in and he can’t walk. But David said, „As long as you live, bring that table. As long as you live, I prepared a table before you in the presence of your enemies. I’ve anointed your head with oil and your cup’s gonna run over.“ If I’m talking to you, open your mouth, and then God said, „I’m preparing a table, I’m preparing a job, I’m preparing a door, I’m preparing a blessing, I’m preparing a way, I’m preparing a miracle, I’m preparing deliverance, I’m preparing a breakthrough. I’m preparing in spite of your brokenness, in spite of your fear, in spite of your doubt, in spite of your trouble. I’m gonna bring you to a place where you can pull up a chair and sit down and trust Me to meet all your needs according to His riches in glory.“
Somebody help me shout in this place! This is not a sermon; this is not a revival message; this is a prophetic word. In spite of your broken ankles, in spite of your swollen feet, God’s gonna let you sit down in a place of blessings and send other people to bring the blessing to you. Whoever I’m preaching to, get ready for a miracle; get ready for a breakthrough. It’s yours if you take it tonight! I can’t hear you! Praise Him, God!
So, I wanted you to see something that David said: Mephibosheth will sit at my table with my son, the beautiful Absalom, with Ammon, with all of my sons, and all of their attractiveness. And he’s going to look just like the rest of them, even though he’s lame in his feet. The reason I put my tablecloth over the table is that God said, „My grace is sufficient. I’ve got you covered. Nobody’s gonna ever know what you’ve been through, 'cause I am about to set you in a place.“ From the waist up, David was whole, but from the waist down, David was crippled. But as long as he sits at the table, God said, „He’s going to sit you in heavenly places and you’re not going to look like what you’ve been through.“ God’s grace is gonna so cover you; He’s gonna give you houses you didn’t build, He’s gonna give you vineyards you didn’t grow, and He’s about to set you at the table with great men.
And the Lord said that when you dance, as the Bible said, you’re gonna dance on broken bones. Now, there are a lot of folks in here dancing because they have a whole lot of stuff going for them. But I want to talk to somebody who’s been hurt, broken, busted, and disgusted, and yet you’ve got a praise. For the next three minutes, the Holy Ghost said to dance on your broken bones! Dance on top of your debt! Dance over top of your trouble! Dance over top of your fear! Dance over top of your pain! The devil don’t like it! The devil’s asking, „What’s she doing praising God? What’s he doing praising God after all they’ve been through?“ But the devil is a liar! Greater is He that’s in you than he that’s in the world! Dance!
Now, I know I gotta go, and I know I gotta quit, but I come from the old school where we used to have testimony service. I just have a few minutes left, but run over to somebody and tell them, „I came a long way from Lo Debar. I’ve come a long way from Lo Debar. You wouldn’t believe what I came through to get where I am!“ To God be the glory! To God be the glory! I’ve come a long way. Come on, give Him a praise! I’ve come, I’ve come, I’ve come, I’ve come a long way! I’ve come a long way! You wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through! You wouldn’t believe how bad I hurt! You wouldn’t believe how twisted I was!
But when the devil tried to leave me low down and loaded, my heart said, „You’re never gonna be nothing. You’re never gonna be nobody.“ And he tried to curse me with a curse, but the devil is a liar! Look at me now, standing in the blessings of God! I’ve come a long way! I’m not acting like my ankles are healed; I’m just telling you that His grace is sufficient. If you make up your mind that you’re gonna make it, you can make it through anything! If I had a witness, it’d set it off tonight! Is there anybody in here that knows how to dance on broken bones? You’ve come too far to go back, you’ve come too far to give in! Don’t let somebody talk you back down into the same hole you came out of and tell you to shut your mouth and don’t say nothing! I’m gonna say something! I’m gonna say something!
And so the post office had to change his address; his zip code had to change. He had to forward all his mail because he moved out of Lo Debar into the palace to sit at a table that was prepared for him. You’re watching over the internet; catch this right now! There’s something that God has prepared for you while you were suffering in your Lo Debar, and He’s waiting on you to receive what He has prepared for you. You’re about to step into something that you didn’t have to work for and you didn’t have to lay before; all you had to do was survive it! I’m talking to survivors tonight! Are there any survivors in this building tonight?
For some of you, it is going to be a literal transference of deed, a conveyance of property. Somebody, you’ve had something tied up; it’s getting ready to break loose. And because it’s been tied up, you’ve been in a jam for a long time. But tonight is your night of liberation! Tonight is the night you declare your independence! Tonight is the night that things shift for you! Tonight is the night that God turns things around for you! This is Operation Restoration! And the text said that David restored all to Mephibosheth. Throw your hands up and get ready for restoration! I dare you to believe it! I know you’ve lost a lot of stuff; all of it is not tangible, all of it is not computable. Some of it’s courage, some of it’s self-esteem, some of it’s tenacity. But God is getting ready to restore everything the enemy stole from you! The spirit of restoration is to close this revival! Hallelujah to God!
And everything that’s been tied up is what the devil’s been fighting you for. But woman, thou art loosed! You are loose right now in the name of Jesus! Let him go! You’re about to step into an entirely new dimension that God has prepared for you. And the Holy Ghost said, „Stop saying you’re a dead dog! You’re not a dead dog! You might have slept with dead dogs, you might have hung around dead dogs, you might have partied with dead dogs, but you’re a child of a lion, and a lion can’t have a dead dog!“ So, you are not a dead dog! Even though you’ve hung around them, you’re dressed like them, and you smell like them, you’re not one of them! You are a lion! And I want you to roar like the lion you are! Yes! Get your roar back! Get your roar back! Get your lion language! Get your lion attitude! Get your lion disposition! Because you are not a dead dog! It is not over; your story will not end in Lo Debar. The devil is a liar! You will not die in Lo Debar! You’re coming out of it right now in the name of Jesus!
I’m going to pray while the anointing is high. Every head bowed, every eye closed. In just a moment, I’m going to ask a hundred people to join me in sowing a thousand-dollar seed into this moment. There’s a transition occurring right now, and you sense it in your spirit as I sense it in my spirit. We’re getting ready to step into new territory, and yes, it’s scary and a little bit nerve-wracking because we’re not used to it. We’re used to Lo Debar, but God is fetching us into a palace! We’re not dressed for it, and we’re not ready for it. We don’t have the right wardrobe, and we don’t have the right relationships. But God is fetching us into a whole other perspective! I want to pray for you because I know what it is to step into a palace that you’re scared of. I know what it is to step into a palace that puts you in a position where you almost retreat back to the ghetto just because it’s familiar to you.
But God is calling you out of Lo Debar, and you cannot mess this up! This is supposed to happen! You cannot shrink back and lay on the floor like Mephibosheth tried to do. God said, „I want you to take your seat at the table because I’m going to set you at the table.“ If you’re one of those people that you can give on that level, in just a moment, I’m going to give you an opportunity to join me in sowing a thousand-dollar seed on that level. Because I know that God has a table prepared for me that’s bigger than where I came from, that’s better than what I’ve been through. And I know that God’s gonna let me sit there on broken feet so that I will always know it was Him that brought me there, and not them that brought me there! To God be the glory for the things He’s done!
I know everybody can’t give on that level, but in a moment, I’m going to give you an opportunity to give on whatever level you can give. But the Holy Ghost said for me to give a thousand dollars, and there are at least a hundred of you that can. And if you can, you need to be one of them! But let me pray for you first because this is the most important part. You would think the hardest part of getting Lo Debar out is fetching the body, but the hardest part of getting out of Lo Debar is changing your mind. I want to get you to the point that you can sit at the table and feel like, „I belong here, I’m supposed to be here.“ After you’ve been rejected, after you’ve been abandoned, and after you’ve been ostracized, when better comes, it’s scary! It’s all right to shout about it and dance about it, but when it really comes face to face with you, it doesn’t feel like you! Because you don’t really know who you are!
Because all you’ve ever been is who you had to be because of what happened to you. But you are not what happened to you! You are better than what happened to you! You are bigger than what happened to you! The Lord scheduled this meeting; I didn’t schedule this meeting. If I would have scheduled this meeting, I would have planned it out months in advance. Our staff would have had all kinds of time to get ready. They had less than ten days to get ready for this revival, yet it has been one of the most anointed, powerful, supernatural, Holy Ghost spiritual experiences that we’ve ever had in the history of this church! There are pastors; your entire ministry is about to be mesmerizing. It’s going to be changed. It’s going to be transformative. There are businesses; in the midst of all of this chaos, God is going to cause you to flourish in a way that you’re not prepared for. Your biggest problem is going to be having enough room to receive what God is getting ready to release in your life! A transfer is coming!
The tail is going to become the head and the head is going to become the tail, and you’re leaving Lo Debar, and you ain’t never coming back! You ain’t never coming back! The Lord said this is not just for you; this is for your children and your children’s children. There’s going to be a paradigm shift that breaks generational curses and brings you into generational blessings, and God is gonna kick it off with you, but it’s gonna continue after you!
Let me pray for you! Don’t let anything stop these people from stepping into their destiny and into their purpose! Don’t let anybody pull them back into Lo Debar, where no grass grows, and no sheep graze, and no oxen bring in the harvest. There is nothing living in Lo Debar for them! Fetch them out in the books they read, and the people they meet, in the way they think, and what they’re exposed to! Fetch them out! Fetch them out until the old friends don’t like them and they talk about them and say they’re acting funny! Fetch them out until people roll their eyes and say, „You think you’re something,“ and „You think you’re too big,“ and „You think this,“ and „You think that!“ Fetch them out! Fetch them! Fetch them until they never fit back in Lo Debar again!
I know you ordered this meeting; I didn’t order this meeting. I didn’t plan this meeting. This meeting wasn’t convenient; it didn’t fit my schedule, it didn’t fit my circumstances. I could tell by the demonic warfare, I had to fight to hold this meeting, which is a supernatural gathering where something divine is supposed to happen. Hell is furious about it, but in the name of Jesus, I decree and declare that thousands of people are going to find a new seat to sit in, a new place to stand, a new space to occupy, and a new business to transform them. They will receive a new ministry gift they never had before. I can tell because of the giant you sent against me; I can tell because of the fight you put up in front of me that this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. Now let faith go out over the airways, let it flow through cyberspace, let it resonate through the pews, let it reach the balcony, let it reach the music department—let it be wherever anyone will receive it, that they will activate in this moment.
I declare there will be a harvest in the name of Jesus. We pray now, and everyone who cannot do anything else but praise, give Him praise! For everyone who can sow, sow! For everyone who can plan, plan! For everyone who can give, give! If you have nothing but a praise, give a praise! If you have nothing but a shout, give a shout! If you have a thousand-dollar seed, sow it right now! Don’t wrestle, don’t worry, don’t fret; just sow it right now. If you have nothing but a praise, don’t sit there with your lips glued together. You’re not in Lo Debar—open your mouth! Open your mouth! Open your mouth! Get my phone and sow! Get my credit card and sow! I must sow in this moment; this seed is not here to do it, so I need your help. I must sow a thousand-dollar seed right now! Come and bring it; lay it on the altar! I see you all coming; if you’re coming to give, lay it on the altar. Thank you. Everyone else, pass it down to the left.
If the Lord told you to give a thousand-dollar seed, come and throw it on the altar with mine. Throw it down with mine! Don’t worry about people—just throw it down with mine! Come on, step out of your way! I want you to walk; I want you to move because you’re getting ready to shift. I want you to throw it down with my seed! Everyone else, pass it to the left, pass it to the left. You on the internet, follow the information on the screen. Don’t let this moment pass you by; you’re a long way from Lo Debar! You’re not going to shut up; you’re not going to be still. This is your moment! This is your moment! This is your moment in the kingdom! This is your moment in the power of God! Move right now! Move right now! Move right now! Move, move, move, move, move, move, move, move, move! Right now—quickly!
Everyone else, if you don’t have a thousand dollars, but you say, „I’m a representative,“ I must give twenty dollars, a hundred dollars, nineteen dollars and twenty-five cents, or ten and a quarter. I will represent! Pass it down to the left, put it in the envelope! Pass it down to the left! Take it in, give it, sow it! I want you to represent! I want you to represent! I want you to represent! Clap your hands for those that are coming! Clap your hands for those that are coming! I know you can’t clap and give at the same time, but as soon as you finish giving, start clapping! They’re coming! Oh, they’re going to come! They’re coming because the Holy Ghost said they would come. And when the Holy Ghost says they will come, they will come! They’re going to come out of the balcony! They’re going to come from the middle of the crowd! They’re going to come because someone knows the Holy Ghost when they experience it.
Someone knows when an anointing is real. This meeting is God’s doing. This is God’s door. This is not T.D. Jakes’s; this is not the Father’s house; this is not something I planned to do. This is not something I even wanted to do; this is something the Holy Ghost said to do! That’s right! Run down here! Don’t get left out! This is too big for you to be left out of! This is too important for you to miss! This is too real for you to be left out! You have to get in on this! Step over the devil! Step over excuses! Step over doubt! Step over fear! Step over anxiety! Step over it! Step over it! Step over it! Step over it! Step over and come and sow! Sow and receive it right now in the name of Jesus! Receive it right now in the name of Jesus! In the name of Jesus! In the name, and the name, and the name, and the name! In the name of Jesus! In the name of Jesus!
I promise not a penny of it is going to be for me! It’s not about me; it’s about the anointing that’s on this moment! It’s about what God spoke in His Word! It’s about what God said He’s going to do! It’s about what God said in the Spirit! This is about the prophetic utterance that’s in this place! It’s not about me; it’s not about me; it’s about the power of God’s anointing! Yes! I’m going to wait 30 seconds! I’m not going to belabor it! I’m not going to beg; I’m not going to plead! This is divine; this is holy; this is real! I’m going to wait about 25 seconds! If you don’t obey Him now, don’t meet me later! You’ve got to do this while the Holy Spirit is saying, „Do it! Do it now! Do it now! Do it now! Do it now!“
This is real! This is right! Anyone who left Lo Debar for good, make some crazy Holy Ghost noise! You don’t have to give what they give to harvest or what you gave; if you believe in God for a harvest in your life, give Him praise for the harvest! Meet every need, Lord! Meet every need! Open up doors! Turn people’s hearts around! Make ways! Make room! Make seats at the table! Make seats at the table! Make seats at the table! Make seats at the table! I pray that favor would fall upon obedience! Favor would fall upon obedience! Favor would fall upon obedience all over the internet! Someone is just rushing right now! Someone is just rushing right now to your favor! It’s going to fall on your obedience because God nudged you, and you said yes!
Favor’s going to fall on the nudge! He nudged you, and you said yes! He nudged you, and you said yes! Favor is going to fall on you! I want the deacons to receive it, and I want you to clap your hands while they receive it. I want some fast sneakers! I don’t want no sleepy deacons! I want some anointed deacons! I want some deacons who mean business! I want deacons who know the anointing and will not be shy! It shall be done! It shall be done! It shall be done! It shall be done! It shall be done! It shall be done! It shall be done! It shall be done! In Charlotte, I say, „It shall be done!“ Hallelujah! Clap your hands and give God praise!
I’m going to close in a minute, but the club is just opening! I said I’m going to close in a minute, but the club is just opening! If they can dance for the devil all night, we can praise God for a few minutes! I said I’m going to close in a minute, but the club is just opening! The strip joint is just getting started! The beer pub is just opening up! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Stand to your feet, everybody, for just a moment! The Holy Ghost is in here! The Holy Ghost is in here! If you have been living in Lo Debar, if you’ve been shackled in sin, if you’ve been tied up in your old life, if you’ve been dropped, and being dropped has become your excuse to be crazy, dysfunctional, bitter, or self-destructive, and this message spoke to you in a very real way—I know it came from a real place! I know it did! I know it did!
And that which comes from the heart reaches the heart! If it reaches you tonight, and you don’t know Jesus, or you’ve drifted away from Him, it ought to bless everybody. But I’m not talking to the saints! If you don’t know Jesus, or you’ve drifted away, or you’ve been a casual Christian but you really haven’t gotten serious with God, I don’t want to end this revival without you coming to this altar because I believe that God had me hold this meeting for you! And I don’t care for just one person—I’ve seen enough crowds to last until I get to heaven! You don’t have to be a crowd; all you have to be is serious! While they’re coming, if you’re watching over the internet and the Holy Spirit is speaking to you, call the number on the screen, and my prayer warriors are going to pray with you.
Tonight is your night to escape Lo Debar! You’re going to escape Lo Debar! You’re going to escape Lo Debar! The chains that hell has over you cannot hold you! Your addiction cannot hold you! Your anger cannot hold you! Your perversion cannot hold you! Your doubt cannot hold you! Tonight is your night to get out of Lo Debar! God has something for you to do! God has a plan for your life! You’ve got to escape tonight! Call the number on the screen! Don’t be scared! Call the number on the screen and let somebody pray with you! Let somebody pray for you! Let somebody touch you with the love of Jesus Christ! There will be thousands of people coming to Jesus tonight! I decree and declare there will be thousands of people around the world coming to Jesus tonight!
I don’t think small! I’m not from Lo Debar, so don’t try to put a small spirit on me! There will be thousands of people coming to Jesus tonight! There will be thousands of people who get breakthroughs! There will be thousands of people in the comment section! There will be thousands of people on my Instagram site! There will be thousands of people on my Facebook site talking about how they got delivered from depression, from fear, from anger, from strife, from struggle! There will be thousands of people! Hallelujah! Hit me up at Bishop Jakes! I want to read about it! I want to hear about it! I want to know about it! I want to lay my hands on your face, on your name, on your emoji, on your account, and believe God with you that you will never be who you were again!
My God! They’re still coming! They’re still coming, and y’all aren’t clapping or anything! They’re still coming! They’re still coming! Somebody’s mama is coming to Jesus! Somebody’s son is coming to the Lord! Somebody’s sister is coming to Jesus! Somebody’s addiction is coming to Jesus! Somebody’s family is coming to Jesus! Somebody’s house is about to get a breakthrough! Somebody’s about to come into their rightful place! Glory to God! Glory to God! Some drug dealer is about to become a deacon! Hallelujah! Some person is about to become a preacher! Somebody who’s been tied up in sin is about to get a release! Somebody who’s been under a generational curse is about to break that curse! Just because your daddy beat your mama doesn’t mean you have to beat your girlfriend! I break that spirit over your life! I break it in the name of Jesus! Tonight is your night!