Jim Bakker Show - When God Calls Your Name
Aired: 2022-10-03
Duration: 03:08


=== Vision of Heaven (03:08) ===

[00:00:00]  You had this vision, I believe, at the International House of Prayer, one of the first times you went to heaven.
[00:00:05]  Can you talk about that?
[00:00:07]  Oh my goodness, it was the very first time.
[00:00:09]  It's still one of my most favorite because in that vision, I got to go to heaven and I saw Jesus.
[00:00:18]  I want to tell you, when I saw him, I knew him.
[00:00:21]  Jesus is the chief among 10,000.
[00:00:26]  Jesus is the darling of heaven.
[00:00:28]  And when you see him, you understand that the maker made you with a plan and a purpose.
[00:00:36]  And while I was in heaven, God himself rewrote who I am.
[00:00:41]  You know, I went to heaven, Pastor.
[00:00:43]  I was suicidal.
[00:00:46]  I was struggling with all kinds of things.
[00:00:49]  And God knew right where I was.
[00:00:52]  And he was willing to come and get me right there.
[00:00:55]  And that's who he is.
[00:00:56]  He wants to come and get you and bring you into his heart.
[00:01:01]  And when he said my name, the king of glory said my name.
[00:01:06]  He said it with so much love.
[00:01:07]  Lori, we have an amazing name, the two of us.
[00:01:10]  And when he said my name, he said it with so much love and affection.
[00:01:16]  And I knew, I knew that I must be important.
[00:01:20]  And I'll skip to the part that really was the clincher for me.
[00:01:24]  You know, God wanted me to give him my pain, but I didn't know how to give God pain.
[00:01:29]  I thought he must want cigarette smoking.
[00:01:31]  And I was smoking three and a half packs of cigarettes a day.
[00:01:35]  And so I thought, no, I can't do this.
[00:01:38]  There was a part in the vision where he turned himself into like a movie theater.
[00:01:43]  And I was watching Jesus dance with this bride of his that he loved so much.
[00:01:50]  And I watched it and I watched it and I watched it.
[00:01:52]  And the more that I watched, I took in every detail of it.
[00:01:57]  These eyes of fire that are so in love with his bride.
[00:02:02]  And he would dance her.
[00:02:03]  And as the darkness would come and try and touch her, his eyes turned into a fire that would push back this darkness.
[00:02:13]  I realized something.
[00:02:15]  I need to be loved like that.
[00:02:20]  There's only one thing that I need, and I need Jesus Christ to love me just like that.
[00:02:27]  And when I looked at her ankles, I realized it is me.
[00:02:32]  It is me.
[00:02:32]  And you know what?
[00:02:33]  Once I knew how much God loved me, it's easy to give God everything.
[00:02:39]  It's like I can trust him.
[00:02:41]  You know, I can't trust anybody the way that I can trust Jesus Christ.
[00:02:46]  And when he put his forehead to my forehead, he rewrote what I think about myself.
[00:02:50]  And you know what I think about myself now?
[00:02:53]  I'm important.
[00:02:54]  I'm needed.
[00:02:54]  I'm wanted.
[00:02:55]  I'm loved.
[00:02:56]  I'm special.
[00:02:57]  I am the bride of Christ.
[00:02:59]  And so can you be too.
[00:03:03]  If you'll give everything, you got to give everything to the King of Kings.
[00:03:07]  Oh, it was awesome.