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>> VICTORIA OSTEEN: THANK

YOU, LORD.

WE BLESS YOU IN THIS PLACE.

SO, THE OTHER DAY, JOEL AND

I, WE NEEDED TO GET OUT A

LITTLE BIT.

IT WAS IN THE EVENING AND A

LOT OF TIMES WE’LL GO RIDE

BIKES AND GET A LITTLE

EXERCISE, SO WE THOUGHT,

“WELL, LET’S JUST GET ON OUR

BIKES AND LET’S GO OUT AND

SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GO.”

WE USUALLY HAVE A CERTAIN

PATH THAT WE TAKE, SO WE

HEADED OUT IN THAT DIRECTION,

AND WE GET TO THIS ONE

INTERSECTION AND IT’S A

LARGE, FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION

WITH LIGHTS GOVERNING THE

CARS.

BUT WHEN WE GOT TO THIS MAIN

INTERSECTION, WE SAW THAT

THERE WAS ABOUT SIX POLICEMEN

OUT THERE OVERRIDING THE

LIGHTS.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY MOVING THE

CARS THROUGH THE

INTERSECTION, LETTING THE

PEOPLE GO SAFELY THROUGH THE

INTERSECTION, AND AS WE WERE

WAITING OUR TURN, I WAS

LOOKING FROM A DISTANCE AND I

WAS NOTICING THOSE OFFICERS,

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,

ISN’T IT INTERESTING THAT

THEY CAN BE FAR APART,

THEY’RE MOVING THE CARS

THROUGH, BUT THEY’RE WORKING

IN SUCH UNITY TOGETHER?

AND THEY’VE GOT THIS

COMMUNICATION AS THEY’RE

WORKING TOGETHER, AND I COULD

SEE THAT THEIR MAJOR GOAL WAS

THIS, TO MOVE THE PEOPLE

THROUGH SAFELY SO THE TRAFFIC

WILL FLOW AND TO KEEP

EVERYONE AT PEACE.

NOW, YOU KNOW THROUGH THIS

FLOODING, WE’VE HAD DETOURS

ALL OVER THE CITY AND THE

TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE.

SO, THESE GUYS WERE LITERALLY

MOVING THIS TRAFFIC THROUGH,

KEEPING PEACE.

ROAD RAGE, NO, NO ROAD RAGE

AT THAT INTERSECTION.

NOBODY WAS TELLING ANYONE HOW

THEY FELT WITH HAND SIGNS

BECAUSE THOSE OFFICERS WERE

DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB.

SO, I STOOD THERE AMAZED AND

I REALIZED THE STRENGTH IN

THAT WHOLE PROCESS WAS UNITY,

COMMUNICATION, WORKING

TOGETHER.

THAT’S WHY THE TRAFFIC WAS

FLOWING, AND THE PEOPLE WERE

SAFE, AND IT WAS A PEACEFUL

SITUATION.

YOU SEE, WE, THE CHURCH OF

THE LIVING GOD, SHOULD HAVE

THE SAME GOAL TO WORK IN

UNITY WITH ONE ANOTHER, TO BE

UNDER THE SAME BOND OF PEACE.

YOU SEE, OUR MAIN GOAL SHOULD

BE TO MOVE PEOPLE SAFELY INTO

THE ARMS OF JESUS.

YOU SEE, THE TRAFFIC WAS A

DIFFICULT SITUATION, BUT

BECAUSE THEY HAD THE ABILITY

TO UNITE TOGETHER, THAT

DIFFICULT SITUATION WAS MADE

EASIER.

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF ONE OF

THOSE OFFICERS SAID, “YOU

KNOW, I WANT MY–THIS CAR TO

GO THROUGH.

NO, I DON’T WANT TO WAIT MY

TURN.

I LIKE THIS GREEN CAR.

I WANT IT TO GO THROUGH.”

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE

OTHER ONE WAS GOING, “WELL,

NO, I WANT MINE TO GO

THROUGH”?

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

THEY DID IT, THEY PUT

THEMSELVES ASIDE AND THEY

STOOD IN UNITY.

YOU SEE, THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE

TO DO AS A CHURCH.

IF WE’RE GOING TO RISE UP TO

THE LEVELS THAT GOD IS

CALLING US TO, WE’RE GOING TO

HAVE TO PUT OUR SELFISHNESS,

OUR PRIDE, OUR OWN AGENDAS

ASIDE AND SAY, “WE’RE GOING

TO COME TOGETHER IN UNITY

UNDER THE BLOOD OF JESUS

CHRIST THROUGH THE BOND OF

PEACE.”

WHEN GOD WAS TAKING THE

CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF

EGYPT, THE NIGHT THAT HE WAS

GETTING THEM PREPARED, THE

PASSOVER, HE INSTRUCTED THEM

TO TAKE A SACRIFICIAL LAMB,

AND HE INSTRUCTED THEM TO

SACRIFICE THAT LAMB, AND TO

TAKE THAT BLOOD AND TO PUT IT

OVER THEIR DOORPOST.

EACH FAMILY TOOK THE BLOOD OF

THE LAMB AND PUT IT OVER

THEIR DOORPOST.

HE INSTRUCTED THEM TO PREPARE

THEMSELVES BECAUSE IN THE

MORNING, THEY WERE LEAVING

EGYPT.

IT WAS GOING TO BE A MASS

EXODUS OUT OF THE PHARAOH’S

HAND AND HIS ARMY.

THIS WAS IT.

THIS WAS IT, THE POWER OF THE

ENEMY WAS GOING TO BE BROKEN.

BUT CAN I TELL YOU ONE THING?

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WERE–WHAT

THEIR COMMON BOND WAS?

YOU KNOW WHY THEY ABLE TO

ESCAPE THE POWER OF THE

ENEMY, THE THING THAT BROUGHT

THEM TOGETHER, THE SAMENESS,

THE ONENESS?

IT WAS THE BLOOD.

IT WAS THE BLOOD OVER THE

DOORPOST THAT DISTINGUISHED

THEM AS THE ARMY OF GOD, AS

GOD’S GREAT PEOPLE AND

ALLOWED THEM TO MOVE OUT OF

EGYPT.

IT WAS THE BLOOD THAT PARTED

THE RED SEA.

IT WAS THE POWER OF ONENESS

IN THEIR LIFE.

YOU’VE SEEN CHARLTON HESTON

SPLIT THE RED SEAS.

YOU’VE SEEN THE MOVIES.

THINK ABOUT IT, IT WAS

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BOUND

TOGETHER, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS,

DIFFERENT LIKES AND DISLIKES,

DIFFERENT HABITS, BUT THEY

WERE BOUND WITH THAT ONE

LIKENESS, THAT ONENESS, AND

IT WAS THE OBEDIENCE TO THE

BLOOD.

WE, THE CHURCH, HAVE THE

BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, AND IF

WE WILL STAND TOGETHER IN

THAT ONENESS OF CHRIST, GOD

WILL CONTINUE TO PART RED

SEAS FOR US.

HE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD

CITIES, RESTORE FAMILIES,

BRING IN THE LOST.

HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT

HE DOES BEST, REDEEM THE LIFE

OF MANKIND.

YOU SEE, THE BIBLE SAYS IN

PSALM 133, IT SAYS, “WHEN

THERE IS UNITY, THERE IS A

COMMANDED BLESSING.”

GOD HAS ALREADY COMMANDED THE

BLESSING UNDER THE BLOOD.

WE NEED THE COMMANDED

BLESSING IF WE’RE GOING TO

MAKE IT THROUGH THESE

DIFFICULT TIMES.

WE NEED TO STAND UNDER THAT

COMMANDED BLESSING.

WE NEED TO NOT FIGHT WITH

EACH OTHER ABOUT FAITH.

WE NEED TO FAITH TOGETHER FOR

OUR FAITH AND FOR THE BLOOD,

FOR THE BLOOD.

YOU SEE, GOD IS A FAITHFUL

GOD.

WE MUST STAND TOGETHER IN THE

SPIRIT.

LET YOUR DIFFERENCES GO.

THAT’S NOT WHAT’S GOING TO

SAVE US.

THAT’S NOT WHAT’S GOING TO

BRING PEOPLE TO THE ARMS AND

SAVING POWER OF JESUS CHRIST.

IT’S THE LOVE OF GOD.

IT’S THE BLOOD THAT HE GAVE,

HIS SON, THAT MAKES US ONE

TOGETHER.

WE GOTTA FIGHT TOGETHER FOR

THE FAITH.

YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

THAT IF IT’S–AS FAR AS IT IS

UP TO US, EACH ONE OF US, AS

FAR AS IT IS UP TO US, WE ARE

TO KEEP THE PEACE.

WE ARE TO BE UNITED IN THE

SPIRIT BY THE BOND OF PEACE,

AND GOD SAID IT’S UP TO US TO

KEEP THE PEACE.

SEE, THAT TELLS ME THAT I

HAVE A BIG PART TO PLAY IN

ALL THIS, THAT IF IT’S UP TO

ME, I DON’T HAVE TO GET IN

CONFLICT BECAUSE IF I’M IN

THE MIDDLE OF CONFLICT, I

HAVE A CHOICE.

I CAN EITHER BE IN THE

CONFLICT AND BE THE CONFLICT

OR I CAN BE THE PEACE IN THE

CONFLICT, AND GOD IS SAYING

WHERE THERE IS PEACE, THERE’S

POWER BECAUSE UNITY AND PEACE

GO HAND IN HAND.

THEY CAN’T BE SEPARATED.

WHEN YOU’RE UNITED UNDER THE

BLOOD, YOU CAN HAVE PEACE

BECAUSE GOD HAS THE FINAL

SAY.

YOU DON’T STAND IN YOUR OWN

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

YOU STAND IN GOD’S

RIGHTEOUSNESS, UNDER THE

BLOOD.

LISTEN, HE’S RIGHT EVERY

TIME.

HE’S RIGHT EVERY SINGLE TIME,

AND YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE

TELLS US IN PHILIPPIANS HOW

TO PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF

GOD AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE

DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GOD HAS

GIVEN US TO USE TO STAND

AGAINST THE SCHEMES OF THE

ENEMY, THE ONE THAT WOULD TRY

TO SEPARATE US, CAUSE US TO

BACK BITE, TO DEVOUR

OURSELVES.

SEE, GOD KNEW, DON’T DEVOUR

YOURSELVES.

DON’T TALK ABOUT EACH OTHER.

DON’T ARGUE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

YOU’LL IMPLODE.

YOU WILL DO IT TO YOURSELVES.

STAND IN ONENESS UNDER THE

SPIRIT, AND IT TALKS ABOUT ONE

PARTICULAR GARMENT AND IT’S

THE SHOES OF PEACE.

STAND IN THE SHOES OF PEACE.

TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO STAND

IN THE SHOES OF RIGHTNESS.

THEY WANT TO BE RIGHT.

“I’M STANDING FOR WHAT IS

RIGHT.”

CAN I TELL YOU?

YOU DON’T NEED TO STAND FOR

WHAT’S LIGHT IF YOU STAND IN

GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS.

GOD’LL MAKE YOU RIGHT.

HE’LL MAKE YOU RIGHT.

SEE, IT’S NOT ABOUT WHO’S

RIGHT ANYWAY.

IT’S ABOUT WHAT’S RIGHT.

IT’S ABOUT THE BLOOD.

LISTEN, GOD IS THE ONE WHO’S

GOING TO BRING THIS WHOLE

THING AROUND.

HEY, IT’S NOT IF YOU DO THIS

OR YOU SAY THAT.

IT’S ONENESS IN JESUS CHRIST.

SO, CAN I ENCOURAGE US AS A

CHURCH BODY TO NOT GET

ENTWINED IN CIVILIAN AFFAIRS?

WE ARE THE ARMY, THE WARRIORS

OF JESUS CHRIST.

WE GOT A GREATER COMMISSION.

WE’VE GOT A HIGHER CALLING.

GOD IS A FAITHFUL GOD, AND

CAN I TELL YOU?

HE WANTS TO USE YOU AND HE

WANTS TO USE ME TO USHER IN

THE GREATEST REVIVAL, THE

BIGGEST HEALING, THE BEST ACT

OF HIS GOODNESS SO FAR AND HE

WANTS TO USE US.

DON’T FALL PREY TO THE ENEMY.

DON’T FALL TO THE TRAP OF THE

ENEMY.

DON’T ALLOW HIM TO STEAL YOUR

COMMANDED BLESSING.

LISTEN, OUR HOMES SHOULD BE

UNITED.

WE SHOULD BE UNITED WITH OUR

SPOUSES, WITH OUR CHILDREN.

LISTEN, AT THE END OF THE

DAY, WE HAVE ONE GOD, ONE

FATHER, THERE IS ONE HEAVEN.

IT IS NOT DIVIDED.

THERE IS ONLY ONE, AND I WANT

TO TELL YOU I DON’T KNOW,

I’VE BEEN MARRIED 30 YEARS

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT JOEL

AND I AGREE ON EVERYTHING?

ABSOLUTELY NOT, BUT I’LL TELL

YOU, AT THE END OF THE DAY,

WE’RE STANDING IN THE SHOES

OF PEACE UNDER THE LORDSHIP

OF JESUS CHRIST.

WE’RE GOING TO LET HIM FIGHT

OUR BATTLES FOR US.

WE’RE GOING TO LET HIM MAKE

OUR WRONGS RIGHT, AND WE’RE

GOING TO STAY IN UNITY OF THE

SPIRIT WITH THE BOND OF

PEACE, AND WE’RE DEDICATED TO

THAT MORE THAN EVER BECAUSE

AS LEADERS OF THIS CHURCH, WE

HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.

THIS ISN’T THE TIME TO

NITPICK AT EACH OTHER, TO

SAY, “YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT

THAT WAY, I TOLD YOU SO.”

IT IS THE TIME TO KEEP OUR

MOUTHS SHUT, TO STAY IN

PEACE, AND UNIFY OURSELVES

FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR OUR

CHURCHES, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT’S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN US.

LISTEN, LET YOUR KIDS OFF THE

HOOK.

BE A PARENT, BE LOVING, BE

KIND, INSTRUCT THEM, BUT DON’T

BREAK THEIR BACK.

BREAK THE POWER OF DARKNESS

OVER THEIR LIFE.

YOU DON’T NEED TO BREAK THEM.

AS LONG AS YOU’RE STANDING

UNDER THE BLOOD, YOU CAN

BREAK THAT POWER OF DARKNESS

AND YOU CAN SHOW LOVE, AN

IRRESISTIBLE LOVE OF THE

FATHER.

I JUST WANT TO PRAY FOR US

RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS THE

TIME, WE GOTTA GET SERIOUS.

WE GOTTA WAKE UP.

WE GOTTA TAKE CHARGE.

YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTY OF GOD

AND THE BEAUTY OF CHRIST

JESUS AND HIS SACRIFICE WAS

THAT WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK

AND REAPPLY THE BLOOD.

WHEN WE MAKE A MISTAKE, WHEN

WE SAY THE WRONG THING, WE

DON’T HAVE TO STAY THERE.

WE DON’T HAVE TO SPIRAL

DOWNHILL, WE CAN COME BACK

AND WE CAN APPLY THE BLOOD,

AND GUESS WHAT, THAT BLOOD

STILL SPEAKS.

IT STILL FORGIVES.

IT STILL REDEEMS.

IT STILL CLEANSES.

IT STILL MAKES US RIGHTEOUS.

[CONGREGATION APPLAUDING]

>> VICTORIA: I JUST WANT TO

PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR UNITY

IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR

FAMILIES, OUR CHURCHES,

AND IN OUR LAND.

FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT WE

ARE JOINED IN OUR FAITH

TOGETHER.

FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT

YOU’RE A FAITHFUL GOD AND WE

PUT OURSELF UNDER THE BLOOD

OF JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE WE

KNOW WHEN WE ARE UNDER THE

BLOOD, THAT’S WHERE THE POWER

IS.

THERE IS ONENESS IN THE

BLOOD.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU

WILL BREAK THE POWER OF THE

ENEMY FOR US, FATHER, AS WE

KEEP OURSELF ONE WITH YOU AND

ONE WITH ONE ANOTHER, FATHER,

YOU WILL DO THE WORK FOR US.

LORD, LET US BE JUST BEACONS

OF HOPE WHEREVER WE CAN.

LET US BRING PEACE, FATHER,

TO EVERY SITUATION.

FATHER, LET US EXTEND YOUR

GOODNESS, AND YOUR MERCY, AND

YOUR LOVE TO ALL THOSE WHO

ARE LOST, AND HURTING, AND

CRYING, AND DESPERATE.

FATHER, LET US REACH A HAND

OUT AND SHOW LOVE TO THEM,

FATHER, SO WE CAN USHER THEM

SAFELY INTO YOUR ARMS DURING

THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU

ARE A GOOD GOD.

WE HONOR YOU TODAY AND WE

THANK YOU THAT WE ARE CALLED

CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD

AND THAT WE STAND IN OUR

SHOES OF PEACE IN YOUR

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

IN JESUS NAME, AND EVERYONE

SAID, AMEN AND AMEN.

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

 

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