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Something We're In Middle Of
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| What is the shaking that you see coming that the church must be prepared for? | |
| Well, we're in it now, Jim. | |
| We're in it. | |
| And, you know, what we see happening with social media and the year, thank God God told us it was the year of the voice because, you know, we need to use our voice now more than ever. | |
| Anyone who opposes people that are pro-abortion and anti-biblical marriage, they're going to be opposed. | |
| And it's not going to be easy. | |
| You know, and we have been warning for some time about the criminalization of Christianity, and it is upon us. | |
| This is not something that's going to happen. | |
| This is something we're in the middle of. | |
| And we can't be naive. | |
| You know, we can't just say, well, you know, this is the same, the same, you know, America is going to be the same. | |
| We're going to be the same. | |
| America is not the same. | |
| And we're not going to be the same. | |
| And I want to say truthfully, there's going to be a time, unless God changes something, that pastors are going to be arrested in America, just like they've been arrested in other countries. | |
| And I mean, you know, it's really interesting. | |
| We'll be in a season of great overcoming, but great opposition. | |
| We were just with some leaders yesterday from the Underground Church of the Middle East. | |
| And, you know, they're horribly oppressed. | |
| You know, they have to keep moving and making changes so they won't be arrested. | |
| Well, we in the West, we don't know anything about that. | |
| But I want to say to you, we cannot be intimidated. | |
| And I thank God you and Lori are not intimidated, that you are speaking up and you are taking a stand. | |
| I think it's also important to note, though, that at the same time they're having all of this warfare and threat against them and their lives, in the nations, these restricted access nations where they are, they're seeing a tremendous outpouring of the Spirit of God. | |
| And people are coming into the kingdom in massive, massive numbers. | |
| Yeah, I mean, for instance, Afghanistan is in the middle of a great revival. | |
| Who's talking about that? | |
| Iran. | |
| I know some people know about that. | |
| But there are many nations. | |
| They're the most oppressed nations that we see. | |
| Great, great moves of God. | |
| And I feel as this pressure and oppression comes, God is raising a generation. | |
| I think it's really Generation Z arising. | |
| And they're passionate. | |
| They're not afraid of conflict. | |
| They're not afraid to speak up. | |
| You know, they're not ashamed of the gospel. | |
| They're not afraid of martyrdom. | |
| Yeah, not afraid. | |
| Whatever the cost is. | |
| And, you know, maybe some of us have just gotten life a little too easy. | |