>> PETER: WHATEVER YOU THINK
OF THIS BIBLE, THIS BOOK
DOES GIVE RECORD OF GOD
INTERVENING MIRACULOUSLY IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES. HUGE
CHANGES HAPPENING. WELL,
WHAT ABOUT TODAY?
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
>>Announcer: GOD'S LOVE
ELEVATING, ENERGIZING,
EMPOWERING. MIRACLES HAPPEN
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE
LOVED. PETER YOUNGREN HAS
COMMUNICATED GOD'S LOVE WITH
MILLIONS FROM EVERY RELIGION
AND CULTURE. GET READY FOR
YOUR ULTIMATE LIFE BECAUSE
YOU ARE LOVED.
>> PETER: THANK YOU FOR
TUNING IN TODAY. GET READY
FOR AN EXCITING PROGRAM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
SUPERNATURAL. THE WORD
"SUPERNATURAL" IS NOTER AND
HE IS IN THE BIBLE, BUT
THERE'S ANOTHER TERM,
ANOTHER PHRASE, IF YOU WISH,
IN THE SCRIPTURE THAT IS
QUITE COMMON, IT'S SIGNS,
WONDERS AND MIRACLES. AND
SO YOU COULD SAY THAT THOSE
WORDS IN COMBINATION WOULD
BE EQUIVALENT TO THE
EXPRESSION SUPERNATURAL.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR
TEACHING YESTERDAY THAT
SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES
ARE FOUNDATIONAL. IT'S NOT
AN AB ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S
NOT A RARITY. IT'S NOT
MEANT TO BE FOR A SELECT
GROUP OR SOME SPECIAL SAINT,
BUT IT'S MEANT TO BE
REGULAR, NATURAL, IF YOU
WISH, IN-- AMONG BELIEVERS
AND SO SIGNS, WONDERS AND
MIRACLES ARE FOUNDATIONAL.
THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
JESUS, HIMSELF, WHO WAS SUCH
A GREAT, ELOQUENT SPEAKER,
SUCH A GREAT TEACHER. HE
NEEDED MIRACLES AND IN FACT,
IT SAYS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
THAT JESUS WAS ACCREDITED.
. HE WAS PROVEN FOR
MIRACLES AND THE GREAT
THEOLOGIAN, PAUL, WHO COULD
HAVE SAID, WELL, I HAVE A
MINISTRY CALLING TO WRITE
BOOKS BECAUSE HE WROTE MUCH
OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BUT HE
SAYS, I WAS SO KEEN THAT I
DIDN'T COME TO YOU IN
CORINTH AND JUST GIVE YOU
PERSUASIVE WORDS AND HUMAN
WISDOM AND GREAT IDEAS AND
THAT YOU ARE ALL EXCITED
ABOUT MY GREAT TEACHING
ABILITY. HE SAID, I WANT TO
A DEMONSTRATION, SOMETHING
VISIBLE, SOMETHING
NOTICEABLE THAT COMES FROM
THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT YOUR
FAITH WOULD NOT BE IN THE
WISDOM OF MAN BUT IN THE
POWER OF GOD. WE STARTED
LOOKING AT THIS, HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS, SO MAYBE
YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED
ANYTHING SUPERNATURAL.
WELL, THESE PROGRAMS THIS
WEEK AND I'M GOING TO GO
INTO IT NEXT WEEK AGAIN,
IT'S HERE TO OPEN OUR EYES
AND SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT
ME?
COULD IT BE THAT GOD WANTS
TO HELP ME SUPERNATURALLY?
WELL, LET'S GET TO THE
CONTINUATION OF THE TEACHING
RIGHT NOW AND THEN I'LL GET
BACK TO YOU IN A FEW MINUTES
AND SHARE SOME SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN WE'LL
CONTINUE TEACHING TODAY HERE
WE GO. THE GOSPEL IS
INCOMPLETE WITHOUT MIRACLES.
HERE'S WHAT PAUL WROTE TO
THE ROMANS IN CHAPTER 15:18
TO 19. I WILL NOT DARE TO
SPEAK OF ANY OF THOSE THINGS
WHICH CHRIST HAS NOT
ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH ME IN
WORD AND DEED TO MAKE THE
GENTILES OBEDIENT IN MIGHTY
SIGNS AND WONDERS BY THE
POWER OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD
SO THAT FROM JERUSALEM AND
ROUND ABOUT TO ALIRCA, WHICH
IS WHERE ALBANIA IS TODAY, I
HAVE FULLY PREACHED THE
GOSPEL OF CHRIST. SO PAUL
IS SAYING, WHEN I PREACH THE
GOSPEL I PREACH WITH WORD
AND DEED. WE UNDERSTAND
WORDS. WHAT WERE THE DEEDS?
NOW THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF
GOOD DEEDS. YOU CAN BRING
BLANKETS TO PEOPLE. YOU CAN
BRING A FLOWER TO A PERSON,
BUT THE DEEDS HE'S TALKING
ABOUT HERE IS NOT A MERE
SOCIAL HUMANITARIAN EFFORT.
THAT'S WONDERFUL WHEN YOU
HELP PEOPLE THAT WAY, BUT
WHAT PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT
IS NOT FOOD DISTRIBUTION
HERE. EVEN THOUGH HE
INVOLVED HIMSELF IN THAT
SOMETIMES, BUT HERE, HE'S
NOT TALKING ABOUT FOOD
DISTRIBUTION. HE'S NOT
TALKING ABOUT PANCAKE
BREAKFAST IN THE CHURCH. HE
IS SAYING WORDS AND DEEDS.
WHAT DEEDS?
MIGHTY SIGNS AND WONDERS.
HE SAYS THE DEEDS WE MUST
HAVE ARE MIGHTY SIGNS AND
WONDERS BECAUSE WHY?
THEY MAKE PEOPLE OBEDIENT TO
THE GOSPEL. WE CAN JUST
TALK, TALK, TALK, TALK, DO
THIS, DO THIS, TALK, TALK,
TALK, TALK AND WE HAVE SO
MUCH FAITH IN TALK ALONE,
BUT YOU SEE, MIRACLES MAKE
PEOPLE OBEDIENT. I'VE SEEN
IT ALL OVER. ONE OF
GREATEST, MOST CHALLENGING
CAMPAIGNS I DID IN MY LIFE
WAS IN BALCISTAN. I DON'T
THINK ANYBODY HAS BEEN THERE
BEFORE OR SINCE, AT LEAST
NOT IN THE LAST HUNDRED
YEARS. MAYBE DURING THE
BRITISH COLONIAL ERA. THERE
WAS SO MUCH MAYHEM WHEN I
GOT TO THAT CITY. I GOT OFF
THE PLANE AND I SAW THE
NEWSPAPER WHICH WAS IN
ARABIC LETTERS, AND I SAW MY
PICTURE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF
THE NEWSPAPER AND RIGHT
BESIDE MY PICTURE WAS OSAMA
bin LADEN'S PICTURE.
[LAUGHTER]
I SAID, BUY THAT NEWSPAPER.
SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THEY
WERE SAYING. THEY WERE
SAYING NICE STUFF ABOUT HIM
AND NOT SO GOOD STUFF ABOUT
ME. THEY SAID BAD THINGS
ABOUT ME. I WAS WORKING
WITH THE CIA. THEY SHOULD
PAY ME, THE CIA. I'VE BEEN
BLAMED ENOUGH.
[LAUGHTER]
SO HOW DID WE MANAGE THERE?
I TELL YOU HOW WE MANAGED,
THE VERY FIRST NIGHT, A
BLIND MAN WAS HEALED, A
YOUNG, BLIND MAN. HE WAS
THERE WITH HIS MOTHER AND
WHEN HE CAME UP ON THE
PLATFORM AND TOLD HOW HE HAD
BEEN HEALED, HE SAID, OH, BY
THE WAY, MY DAD IS THE MAYOR
OF THIS CITY, WHICH WAS THE
CAPITAL CITY OF BALIISTAN
AND HE'S THE MAYOR OF THIS
CITY. WHEN THE MAYOR'S SON
RECEIVES HEALING. HE'S NOT
WORTH MORE THAN ANY OTHER
PERSON. BUT IT MADE PEOPLE
OBEDIENT. AT LEAST MADE
THEM CAUTIOUS. HALLELUJAH.
>> PETER: I SOMETIMES PLAY
THAT UP, YOU KNOW. WHATEVER
IT TAKES. THEY MADE THEM
CAUTIOUS. THEY ACTUALLY
THOUGHT MAYBE GOD IS WITH
THIS YOUNG GUY. WE BETTER
LEAVE HIM ALONE. THAT'S
GOOD FOR THE GOSPEL WHEN
PEOPLE THINK THAT. DON'T
MESS WITH HIM. TOO MUCH.
NOW I DON'T BELIEVE GOD
WOULD SMITE THEM IF THEY DID
MESS WITH ME, BUT I DON'T
TELL THEM THAT. AT THE
MOMENT, I SAY, LET THEM
BELIEVE THAT. I WANT TO GET
THE GOSPEL TO PEOPLE. AND
SO I COULD TELL YOU STORIES
AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT
YOURSELF. MAYBE YOU
RECEIVED A MIRACLE FROM GOD
AND IT WOKE YOU UP TO THE
REALITY OF JESUS SO IT
BECAME THE TRIGGER POINT
THAT MADE YOU OBEDIENT TO
THE GOSPEL. IT'S VERY
POSSIBLE THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE. I'M
SURE, HOW MANY RECEIVED A
MIRACLE OR HEALING FROM GOD?
LIFT YOUR HAND.
LET ME SAY. IT LOOKS LIKE
80% OF THE PEOPLE HERE.
SOMETIMES IT WAS THAT THAT
ACTUALLY MADE YOU PAY
ATTENTION. HOW MANY WANT
PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND OUR
COUNTRY TO PAY ATTENTION TO
THE GOSPEL?
WELL, LET'S NOT THINK SO
HIGHLY OF OURSELF THAT WE
CAN PERSUADE THEM AND HAVE
SUCH A NICE PROGRAM AND WE
HAVE SUCH A GREAT THING
GOING ON AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE
SUCH GOOD ORATORS AND THAT
WILL DO IT. WE NEED SIGNS,
WONDERS AND MIRACLES. NOW
I'M NOT ONE OF THESE THAT
EXALT THE MIRACULOUS. SOME
PEOPLE SAY, THEY GO FROM ONE
DITCH ON THE ROAD OVER TO
THE OTHER DITCH. I LIKE TO
STAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD. PEOPLE SAY, OH, WE
NEED THESE MIRACLES. NO,
NO, WE DON'T PREACH LIKE
THAT BECAUSE MIRACLES AREN'T
EVERYTHING. IF MIRACLES
WERE EVERYTHING, THE
ISRAELITES WOULD NEVER HAVE
DIED IN THE WILDERNESS
BECAUSE, BOY, DO THEY SEE
MIRACLES. IF ANYBODY SAW
MIRACLES, DAILY MAINTENANCE
SO IF ALL YOU NEED IS
MIRACLES, THEN THE
ISRAELITES WOULD NOT HAVE
DIED IN THE WILDERNESS. I'M
NOT GOING OVER TO THAT
DITCH, OH, LET'S KIND OF
FLOAT AROUND IN SOME GLORY
CLOUD OF MIRACULOUS THINGS.
COME ON. DON'T GET SPOOKY
ON ME PEOPLE. BUT THERE'S
ANOTHER EXTREME. OH, I
DON'T WANT TO, SPEAKING IN
TONGUES. OH, THAT'S
DANGEROUS. DON'T GET INTO
THAT. NO, NO, NO. WE NEED
CHURCH HISTORY. I'VE
STUDIED THAT. WE NEED GOOD
THEOLOGY. I'M GLAD TO TELL
YOU THAT I STUDY A LOT OF
THEOLOGY. WE NEED ALL
THOSE. THANK GOD, I
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EARLY
CHURCH FATHERS BELIEVED AND
SAID AND TAUGHT. I THINK
THAT HELPS ME. I STUDY
THEOLOGY. I'VE WRITTEN
COURSES ON THEOLOGY. BUT I
ALSO BELIEVE IN SIGNS,
WONDERS, MIRACLES AND GIFTS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE NEED
IT ALL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SO YOU SEE, THIS IS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THE GOSPEL.
THE BIBLE GIVES US EXAMPLES,
JOHN 12:37 SAYS THIS.
ALTHOUGH HE HAS DONE SO MANY
SIGNS BEFORE HIM, THEY DID
NOT BELIEVE. SO NOT
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BELIEVE
BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGN AND A
WONDER, BUT THEN IN THE SAME
GOSPEL, IT SAYS IN JOHN
2:23, WHEN JESUS WAS IN
JERUSALEM AT THE PASSOVER
DURING THE FEAST, MANY
BELIEVED IN HIS NAME WHEN
THEY SAW THE SIGNS, WHICH HE
DID. SO MANY BELIEVED WHEN
THEY SAW THE SIGNS AND IN
ANOTHER PLACE, IT SAYS,
GREAT CROWDS FOLLOWED JESUS
BECAUSE THEY SAW HOW HE
HEALED THOSE WHO WERE
DISEASED. WHEN I GET TO THE
END OF THE TELECAST TODAY, I
WANT TO PRAY WITH YOU. SO I
WANT TO JUST MAKE THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT NOW AND
THEN I'M NOT GOING TO BRING
IT UP AGAIN. SO HAVE YOUR
PAPER AND PEN READY. THIS
TEACHING IS JUST TWO CDs,
TWO HOURS, IF YOU WISH,
SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES
FOR YOU AND FOR THE WORLD.
DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT
AND DON'T STAY AT HOME
WITHOUT IT. TO GO THROUGH
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE WITHOUT
THIS VITAL ASPECT, THE
SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD
AVAILABLE ON A REGULAR
BASIS, YOU'RE MISSING OUT.
AS I SAID, WE NEED HISTORY.
CHURCH HISTORY IS IMPORTANT.
THEOLOGY IS IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS
IMPORTANT IN LIFE.
LEADERSHIP IS IMPORTANT.
BUT MIRACLES, SOMETIMES--
SOMETIMES BECAUSE THERE'S
BEEN SOME WEIRD PEOPLE THAT
TURN YOU OFF. WELL, I'M NOT
ONE OF THEM BUT PEOPLE KIND
OF DISCARD THE IDEA OF THE
SUPERNATURAL. DON'T DO
THAT. GET THIS TEACHING AND
DON'T MISS OUT ON THE
SUPERNATURAL RESOURCES OF
GOD FOR YOU. YOU HAVE THE
INFORMATION THERE, HOW YOU
CAN ORDER THAT AND IT WILL
BE A BLESSING TO YOU AND
LET'S GET BACK TO THE
TEACHING. MIRACLES, SIGNS
AND WONDERS FOLLOW THE
GOSPEL. OH, THIS IS A BIG
POINT FOR ME. LET'S READ
THE SCRIPTURE AND I WILL
TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. MARK
16. HE SAID TO THEM, GO IN
ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE
GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE AND
THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW
THOSE WHO BELIEVE. IN MY
NAME, THEY WILL CAST OUT
DEMONS. THOUGH WILL SPEAK
WITH NEW TONGUES. THEY WILL
TAKE UP SERPENTS. NOW, I
DON'T THINK THAT MEANS YOU
GO AROUND PICKING UP
SERPENTS. IT MEANS THE
SERPENT IS A PICTURE OF
EVIL, AND I WILL READ THAT
THEY WILL KNOW HOW TO HANDLE
EVIL THINGS THAT COME
AGAINST THEM. IF THEY DRINK
ANYTHING DEADLY, IT WILL BY
NO MEANS HURT THEM. YOUR
BELIEVE I'VE BEEN A
RECIPIENT OF THAT PROMISE.
THEY WILL HANDS ON THE SICK
AND THEY WILL RECOVER. LET
ME READ FURTHER. AND YOU
KNOW, DON'T EVER BE SCARED
OF DEMONS OR EVIL SPIRITS.
YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMEBODY
WITH ME IN TANZANIA,
STEPHEN, AND HE MADE AN
INTERESTING OBSERVATION. HE
NOTICED THE FIRST NIGHT IN
THE RAIN, HE SAID, DID YOU
NOTICE WHEN YOU PRAYED-- OF
COURSE, THE PEOPLE, NONE OF
THEM SPOKE ENGLISH. NOBODY
SPOKE ENGLISH. SO HE SAID,
DID YOU NOTICE WHEN YOU
PRAYED, YOU SAID IN THE NAME
OF JESUS AND YOU SPOKE TO
CERTAIN EVIL SPIRITS TO COME
OUT. HE SAID, DID YOU
NOTICE-- THEN THERE WAS LIKE
FIVE, SIX REACTIONS AND
SCREAMING, YOU KNOW, HE
SAID, DID YOU NOTICE THAT
THE DEMONIC POWERS REACTED
WHEN YOU TALKED TO THEM IN
ENGLISH?
SO THOUGH HAD ALREADY
REACTED BEFORE THE SOMEWHAT
HILLY TRANSLATION CAME. I
DEPART PAY ATTENTION TO
THAT. I WAS WATCHING THEM,
AND HE SAID THE EVIL SPIRITS
REACTED WHEN YOU SPOKE IN
ENGLISH. THE CROWD DIDN'T
REACT YET. HE SAID THE ONLY
REACTION FROM THOSE PEOPLE
WHO HAD DEMONIC POWERS AND
THEN THE TRANSLATION CAME IN
SOMEWHAT HILLY AND THE
PEOPLE REACTED. I THOUGHT,
THAT'S INTERESTING. I DON'T
KNOW. WHAT DO I KNOW?
NOT MUCH. I JUST KNOW THAT
JESUS IS ALIVE. SO DON'T
EVER BE AFRAID OF EVIL.
LET'S READ THE REST HERE.
SO AFTER THE LORD HAD SPOKE
TON THEM, HE WAS RECEIVED UP
INTO HEAVEN AND SAT DOWN AT
THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. THAT'S
THE BIGGEST THING IN THE
BOOK OF HEBREWS, JESUS SAT
DOWN IN A RESTFUL POSITION
AND THEY WENT OUT AND
PREACHED EVERYWHERE, AND THE
LORD WORKING WITH THEM, VERY
IMPORTANT. THE LORD WAS
WORKING THEM. THAT'S WHAT I
SAID EARLIER. YOU WANT THE
LORD TO WORK WITH YOU?
DO WHAT HE TOLD YOU TO DO.
GO AND PREACH THE GOSPEL.
DON'T GO FOR A MIRACLE
MINISTRY. GO FOR THE
GOSPEL&MIRACLES FOLLOW. HOW
WAS THE LORD WORKING WITH
THEM?
BY CONFIRMING THE WORD
THROUGH THE ACCOMPANYING
SIGNS. YOU KNOW, I GET SO
TIRED OF THIS. I TRY TO
FIND-- I REMEMBER A FEW
YEARS AGO IN SINGAPORE. I
WAS THERE WITH-- IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHAT THE DENOMINATION
WAS. A WELL-KNOWN
DENOMINATION AND WE HAD A
PASTOR'S CONFERENCE AND THEY
GOT IT IN THEIR HEAD THAT I
WAS GOING TO PRAY FOR ALL
THE PASTORS. YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU TRAVEL TO SINGAPORE, YOU
ARE 13 TIME ZONES AHEAD, YOU
ARE EXHAUSTED JUST BY
PREACHING AND THERE WAS OVER
A THOUSAND PASTORS THAT CAME
FROM ALL OVER SOUTHEAST
ASIA, AND WE WERE IN KIND OF
A SMALL STADIUM AND THEY
SAID, WE'RE GOING TO LINE
THE PASTORS UP ROW AFTER
ROW, AND YOU WILL GO TO THEM
AND IMPART A MIRACLE
ANOINTING. JUST HEARING
THIS, I GET TIRED. I SAID
ME, WALKING AROUND LAYING
HANDS ON OVER A THOUSAND
PASTORS. SOME OF THEM WOULD
BE YEARNING FOR PRAY A
LITTLE MORE OF THERE WAS A
THOUSAND AND I WOULD GO
REALLY FAST. I SAID, EXCUSE
ME, I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT.
BUT WE'RE READY TO LINE THEM
UP. I SAID, DON'T DO IT.
BECAUSE ME PUTTING MY HAND
ON THEIR HEAD IS NOT GOING
TO GIVE THEM ANY MIRACLE
ANOINTING ANYHOW. IF IT DID
SOME GOOD, I'D DO IT. IT
WON'T DO ANY GOOD. WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO INSTEAD IS
LEARN THE GOSPEL BECAUSE
MIRACLES FOLLOW THE GOSPEL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
HOW MANY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
MORE MIRACLES?
LEARN THE GOSPEL. IT'S LIKE
SIMPLE A, B, C, PRESENT WHAT
GOD IN JESUS HAS DONE FOR
THE WORLD. PRESENT THAT AND
WHEN YOU PRESENT IT, WHAT
HAPPENS?
FAITH COMES. AND WHEN FAITH
COMES, WHAT'S THE NEXT THING
THAT COMES?
MIRACLES COME. AND WHEN
MIRACLES COME, WHAT COMES
THEN?
A BREAKTHROUGH IN THAT
FAMILY OR IN THAT COMMUNITY
OR LIFE. YOU KNOW, MY
FRIEND, FROM CALGARY WAS
HERE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
SPEAKING AND HE REMINDED ME,
YOU KNOW, HE'S SO MUCH
BETTER TELLING STORIES THAN
I AM, BUT I HAVE SOME THINGS
IN MY LIFE WHERE I REALLY
LEARNED THIS. NOW I
PRACTICE IT ALL THE TIME.
AND THIS WAS IN PAKISTAN.
HE TOLD THE STORY, WE ALL
LAUGH, MAYBE YOU WON'T LAUGH
WHEN I TELL IT, IT WAS A
GREAT STORY ANYHOW. I USED
TO MORE AND I NEED TO DO IT
MORE, BUT I USED TO GO OUT
IN-- OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS
IN THESE COUNTRIES I
VISITED. AND I WAS IN
PAKISTAN, CITY OF
(INAUDIBLE), AND ONE MORNING
I SAID, OH, I WANT TO GET
OUT OF THE CITY, GET AWAY
FROM ALL THE PASTORS. GET
ME AN INTERPRETER IN THE
CAR, AND I'M GOING OUT.
ANTHONY HAPPENED TO BE WITH
ME. HE KIND OF TOLD THE
STORY OF HOW HE REMEMBERED
IT. WE WENT OUT THERE. AND
DROVE MAYBE AN HOUR. AND
THEN WE SAW AN OLD MAN WITH
A LONG, WHITE BEARD SITTING
UNDER A BIG TREE. I JUST
SAID, WELL, LET'S STOP RIGHT
HERE. IT'S AS GOOD AS ANY
PLACE. SO WE GOT OUT OF THE
CAR AND HE WAS SO HAPPY TO
SEE US. I'LL NEVER FORGET
IT. THERE'S THIS OLD MAN
SMOKING THIS HUGE PIPE
SITTING UNDER THE TREE, AND
HE SAID, WELCOME. OH,
FINALLY, YOU'RE HERE. SO I
THOUGHT SOMETHING
SUPERNATURAL, YOU KNOW,
LIKE-- HE SAID, YOU ARE AN
ENGINEER FROM GERMANY,
AREN'T YOU?
[LAUGHTER]
BECAUSE HE SAID, UNITED
NATIONS PROMISED TO BUILD A
ROAD TO OUR VILLAGE LONG
TIME AGO. YOU ARE THE
ENGINEER, AREN'T YOU?
I SAID, NO, I'M NOT AN
ENGINEER. HE LOOKED SO
DISAPPOINTED. I THOUGHT HE
SAW A VISION OR SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW, HOW SPIRITUAL I
AM. I THOUGHT HE HAD A
DREAM ABOUT ME OR SOMETHING.
NO, HE THOUGHT I WAS AN
ENGINEER. SO WE TALKED AND
I SAW SOME KIDS WHO ARE
THESE KIDS?
THEY'RE MY GRANDKIDS. SO
THEN EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR FAMILY. YOU
DON'T GO IN THERE WITH THE
KING JAMES BIBLE AND YOU
KNOW, HALLELUJAH,
PROPHESYING. YOU TALK TO
PEOPLE. SAME THING WORKS IN
TORONTO, JUST TALK TO
PEOPLE. I SAID, WELL, HOW
MANY CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE?
HE SAID I GOT, I THINK IT
WAS 20 OR 22. I SAID,
THAT'S A LOT OF CHILDREN.
THEN I REALIZED HOW MANY
WIVES DO YOU HAVE?
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HARD FOR
ONE WOMAN TO GIVE BIRTH TO
22 KIDS, ARE YOU WITH ME?
I SAID, HOW MANY WIVES DO
YOU HAVE?
HE SAID, I GOT FOUR. WHAT
DO YOU SAY?
DO YOU SAY HALLELUJAH,
PRAISE GOD?
THAT'S A SIGN OF BLESSING.
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT, SOW GOT
TO GO WITH THE FLOW. WELL,
I SAID, THAT IS REALLY
AMAZING. THAT'S AN AMAZING
THING. WE TALKED LIKE THIS.
SO FINALLY, I SAID TO HIM,
YOU KNOW WHY I CAME HERE?
HE LOOKED AT ME, I DON'T
KNOW. I SAID, I CAME HERE
BECAUSE YOU AND ALL THE
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE A
PROBLEM IN THEIR CONSCIENCE.
THEY FEEL GUILTY. HE LOOKS
AT ME LIKE-- OUT OF THE
BLUE, I JUST DROPPED THIS ON
HIM. I SAID, YOU HAVE EVER
FELT GUILTY FOR SOMETHING
YOU DID?
I SAID, YEAH. THEN I SAID,
GOD DOESN'T LIKE THAT. HE
WANTS YOU TO FEEL HAPPY.
SEE, YOU GOT TO TALK TO
PEOPLE. DON'T COME WITH
YOUR CHURCH PHRASES. SO I
SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO
TELL YOU HOW GOD FEELS ABOUT
WHAT YOU FEEL IN YOUR
CONSCIENCE?
HE SAID, YEAH. SO I TOLD
HIM THE GOSPEL, HOW THE
UNLIMITED GOD CAME IN A
LIMITED HUMAN BODY. HIS
NAME WAS JESUS. AND HOW HE
TOOK OUR SIN, HE TOOK OUR
GUILT AND TOOK OUR SICKNESS.
HE WENT TO THE CROSS. HE
DIED, GOD RAISED HIM UP
AGAIN. I TOLD THE WHOLE
STORY, LIKE THE WHOLE
WONDERFUL STORY. HE'S
LISTENING AND I SAID, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS?
BY NOW, THERE WAS MAYBE 20
PEOPLE THERE. HE SAID,
YEAH. THEY ALL SAID, YEAH,
WE ALL WANT TO RECEIVE THIS.
SO I PRAYED WITH THEM AND I
SAID, NOW I'M GOING TO SEND
SOMEONE HERE TO START A
LITTLE GROUP HERE. I DON'T
CALL IT CHURCH. CAN'T SCARE
THEM AWAY. I SAID, WE'RE
GOING TO START A LITTLE
GROUP HERE. HE WAS SO
EXCITED, BUT JUST WHEN HE
SAID THAT, I HEARD A ROAR OF
A MOTORCYCLE, JUST REVVED UP
BESIDE US. AND A MAN WAS
SCREAMING LIKE A MADMAN,
BIG-- THE BIGGEST PAKISTANI
MAN I HAD EVER SEEN IN MY
LIFE. HUGE. I DON'T KNOW
HOW THE MOTORCYCLE COULD
HOLD HIM, AND THEY SAID,
HE'S-- HE'S FROM THE MOSQUE.
HE'S THE MULLAH. I'M
THINKING, OH, MAYBE HE'S MAD
AT ME, BUT HE WASN'T MAD. I
SAID, WHAT'S HE SCREAMING IN
THE LANGUAGE?
HE'S SCREAMING THAT HE'S
BEEN TO THE CITY. HE SAID,
HE SAW YOUR PICTURE ON A
POSTER, HE SAYS YOU SHOULD
HEAL HIS FOOT RIGHT NOW. HE
HAS A PROBLEM IN HIS FOOT.
HEAL MY FOOT, HE'S
SCREAMING.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT FOR A
LITTLE DRIVE. SEE, THIS IS
WHAT HAPPENS. YOU GET
YOURSELF INTO ADVENTURES IF
YOU START GOING WITH THE
GOSPEL. SO THERE WE ARE.
SO WHAT DID I DO TO THIS BIG
PAKISTANI MAN?
WELL, I'M DR. PETER
YOUNGREN, AND I MOVE
MIGHTILY IN SIGNS, WONDERS
AND MIRACLES. I HAVE A
MINISTRY AND I HAVE BEEN
AROUND THE WORLD. NO, YOU
SEE, WE DON'T BELIEVE
ANYTHING COMES FROM OURSELF.
NOTHING, NOTHING COMES FROM
OURSELF. I SAID TO HIM,
WELL, I SAID WELL, I'M GOING
TO TELL YOU A STORY FIRST.
IT'S A TRUE STORY. SO I
TOLD THIS MAN ABOUT THE
UNLIMITED GOD, OKAY, HE CAME
IN LIMITED HUMAN FLESH AND
TELL THE SAME STORY. AND I
SAID, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
HE SAID, WELL, I THINK SO.
ANYHOW, THAT'S THE NAME I'M
GOING TO PRAY IN, IN THE
NAME OF JESUS. WE PRAYED.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
HIS FOOT GOT HEALED AND THE
GUY IS JUMPING UP AND DOWN
AND HE SAID, I'M HEALED. I
SAID THIS IS GOOD. WE'RE
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SO THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR
CLOCKS AND REMEMBER PASTOR
ANTHONY FROM CALGARY, HE WAS
THERE. AND I SAID, WELL, WE
SHOULD REALLY HEAD BACK TO
TOWN. WE HAVE A MEETING
TONIGHT. THEN WE STARTED
TO GO TOWARD THE CAR AND
THIS PERSON COMES RUNNING
AFTER US. AND HE GRABS MY
SHIRT AND HE SAYS, DON'T GO
YET. HE STARTS PULLING ME
BACK, AND I GUESS I WAS
BIGGER THAN HIM. BUT I
DIDN'T WANT TO-- I KIND OF
WANTED TO BE PULLED. HE
SAID, YOU NEED TO GO OVER
THERE. HE POINTED ABOUT
MAYBE 50, 75 METERS AWAY.
HE SAID, GO THERE UNDER THE
TREE. THERE'S A LAME MAN
OVER THERE. I'M THINKING I
DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE
LAME HEALING ANOINTING. A
FOOT WITH PAIN AND WHATEVER,
THAT'S GOOD. LAME?
I HARDLY PRAYED THIS
MORNING. I DID A QUICKY
BEFORE BREAKFAST BECAUSE I
WANTED TO GET OUT. YOU SEE
HOW CONDEMNATION WELLED UP?
SO WE WENT OVER THERE, AND
THERE WAS A FELLOW ON THE
BED AND I REMEMBERED.
ANTHONY REMINDED ME AGAIN.
HIS NAME WAS NASSER, LIKE
THE OLD PRESIDENT OF EGYPT.
I SAID, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
HE SAID, NASSER. I SAID,
WHY ARE YOU ON THE BED?
ASK PEOPLE, DON'T JUST COME.
ASK THEM, WHY ARE YOU ON THE
BED?
HE SAID, I'M LAME. I SAID,
WHY ARE YOU LAYING ON A BED
UNDER THE TREE?
WHY AREN'T YOU AT HOME?
ASK QUESTIONS, AND HE SAYS,
WELL, MY FAMILY CARRIES ME
HERE BECAUSE I GET LONELY AT
HOME. SO I LIE UNDER THE
TREE SO I CAN TALK TO SOME
PEOPLE. IT'S SHADY HERE.
MAKES SENSE TO ME. DOES IT
MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
ASK PEOPLE QUESTIONS. SO I
SAID, WELL, YOUR FRIEND HERE
WANTS YOU HEALED. HE SAID,
YEAH, YEAH. HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD OF JESUS?
HE GOT THIS QUIZZICAL LOOK
IN HIS EYES. HE SAYS, I
THINK MAYBE HE LIVES IN THE
NEXT TOWN, BUT I--
[LAUGHTER]
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY HERE.
HE WAS THINKING I WAS
TALKING ABOUT A LOCAL
FELLOW. I THINK HE MIGHT BE
DOWN THE ROAD SOMEWHERE.
SEE, YOU NEVER GET THIS IN
CHURCH. IN CHURCH, YOU GET
NICE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WITH
BIBLE IN THEIR HAND AND
NOTEPADS, BUT COME ON. WE
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S
WHY I'M PREACHING THIS.
YES, I'M GIVING YOU GOOD
DOCTRINE. I'M TALKING ABOUT
THE SUPERNATURAL IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE BIBLE, BUT
I'M GIVING US TOOLS TODAY.
DON'T GO SO FAST. DON'T
COME AND TRY TO PREACH AND
CONVINCE PEOPLE. LET THEM
TALK. SO I SAID, WELL, LET
ME TELL YOU. I DIDN'T SAY,
WELL, I HAVE A SPECIAL
ANOINTING AND I'M A SPECIAL
PERSON. I'M ANOINTED BY THE
LORD. STOP THAT DUMB TALK
ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO AND
YOUR MINISTRY. I DON'T WANT
TO HEAR IT. IT STICKS MY
THROAT WHEN I HEAR ABOUT IT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY MINISTRY
TO DEFEND. WE HAVE JESUS.
THE GOSPEL, MIRACLES CONFIRM
THE GOSPEL. THEY DON'T
CONFIRM YOU AND I. IF YOU
PRAY FOR SOMEBODY AND THEY
GET HEALED, IT DOESN'T
CONFIRM THAT YOU'RE GREAT.
IT CONFIRMS THAT JESUS IS
GREAT. IT CONFIRMS THAT HIS
GOSPEL IS TRUE. AND SO, I
SAID, NASSER, AND I TOLD HIM
THE STORY, ABOUT THE
UNLIMITED GOD COMING IN AN
UNLIMITED BODY, HIS NAME IS
JESUS, DIED ON THE CROSS,
TOOK YOUR SIN, YOUR PAIN,
YOUR GUILT, YOUR SICKNESS
AND THEN I WAS IN SUCH A
RUSH AND I SAID, NOW,
NASSER, I SAID, IN THE NAME
OF THIS JESUS THAT YOU DON'T
KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
KNOW, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
GET UP AND WALK!
DID I HAVE FAITH?
I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT. SOME
PEOPLE THINK I HAVE TO BE IN
HIS PRESENCE. WHAT YOU
THINK IS GOD'S PRESENCE IS
THE BACKGROUND MUSIC TO THE
PRAISE AND WORSHIP. YOU
THINK THAT'S GOD'S PRESENCE.
OH, I FEEL SOMETHING. YOU
SEE, MY GOD'S PRESENCE ISN'T
LIMITED TO THE RIGHT KIND OF
VIBRATIONS, TO THE SOUND
SYSTEM. I SAID, AND I DON'T
KNOW IF I HAVE ANY FAITH. I
DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING, BUT I
WAS SHOCKED. I WAS SHOCKED
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN IN THAT
BED FOR YEARS. HE JUMPED
OUT OF THE BED RIGHT THERE.
BY NOW, WE HAVE 200 PEOPLE
ON THE STREET, CLAPPING AND
SHOUTING AND NASSER IS
JUMPING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THE OLD MAN IS WATCHING AND
HIS FAMILY, AND THE MULLAH,
HE'S HEALED, AND I THOUGHT
TO MYSELF, THAT'S AN AMAZING
THING I JUST EXPERIENCED WHY
DID I EXPERIENCE THAT?
FOR ONE REASON, I WENT OUT
AND SHARED THE GOSPEL. COY
HAVE BEEN HOME IN MY HOTEL
LOOKING EVER SO SPIRITUAL,
OH, GOD, LET ME HAVE THE
MIRACLE POWER. OH, GOD, I
I'M PLEASING WITH YOU,
PLEASE GOD, PLEASE GOD. DO
IT AGAIN, GOD!
AND MADE MYSELF FEEL VERY
GOOD, AND THEN I WOULD HAVE
GONE FOR LUNCH AND NOTHING
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. BUT I
JUST WENT OUT. I THOUGHT
THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S
AMAZING. YOU HEAR PREACHER
SAYS I HAVE AN ANOINTING AND
I CAN DO THIS AND THAT. I'M
GLAD YOU CAME TO HEAR ME
BECAUSE IF I CAN DO IT, YOU
CAN DO IT. I DON'T HAVE AN
ELEVATED STATUS. IF I CAN
DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT. WELL,
MY TIME IS UP. ALL I CAN
TELL YOU IS BELIEVE WHAT
JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU AND
RECEIVE MIRACLES IN THE NAME
OF JESUS. YOU BELIEVE WHO
JESUS IS AND WHAT HE HAS
DONE. MIRACLES WILL FOLLOW.
CALL THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN. WE'LL PRAY FOR AND
YOU REJOICE WITH YOU.
REMEMBER, YOU ARE LOVED.
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