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July 10, 2024 - Jim Bakker Show
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The Jim Bakker Show with Brian Bolt (FULL EPISODE)
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Special Guest Tribute 00:10:48
Hello and welcome to the Jim Baker Family Show coming to you from the village of Morningside, USA, nestled in the beautiful Ozark Mountains.
Today, our special guest is the lead pastor of City Reach Church in Whittier, California, Pastor Brian Bolt.
Our co-hosts today are Marty Sella Woodall and Mondo de la Vega.
And now, live from Gray Street at Morningside, USA, here's your host, my husband, my dad, Ricky Baker.
Hey, you're watching Jim Baker's PTL Television Network.
It's exciting you chose to tune in with us today.
You're not going to want to touch that dial.
We have Pastor Brian Bolt in the building with us today.
So we want to thank you for my neck of the wood.
All the way from where Mondo was.
Hey, come on, Mondo.
You have some good days and some bad days in Los Angeles.
Man, I tell you what, 26 years ago was the last time I was in East LA.
And I got to tell you something.
I wasn't a good boy back then.
Mondo is a legend in East L.A.
Oh, man.
I go back.
I wrote a book talking about my days in East LA and downtown LA.
And I want to tell you something.
I'm glad you're there.
We need good pastors.
Well, God is moving there.
So it is powerful.
There is revival happening in Southern California.
So I know a lot of people have written California off for good reason, but God is moving.
Come on.
Amen.
The Lord is moving.
Come on.
I have to interrupt you, Ricky.
I'm sorry.
Listen.
Today is Ricky's birthday.
Come on.
Happy 27 years old, Ricky.
Incredible.
And I just, I woke up this morning and I had people reaching out to me saying, cow, Ricky, happy birthday.
But, you know, truly as a family and as your sister, you know, I am the oldest, so I can say this.
Well, Mondo's the oldest.
Well, yeah, I think I'm the sisters, though.
You know, I'm the sisters.
That's right.
We have our own, our own place as sisters.
But I just want to say, Ricky, you know, with all of our viewers watching, how proud we are of you.
Thank you.
And the fact that you have said yes to God.
You know, that's something that dad has taught us our entire life is whatever you do in life, just say yes to God and see what he will do.
And so we want to thank you on behalf of our family, our partners, for you saying yes.
You've stepped into this role while dad's been recovering and recuperating.
You're doing an incredible job.
But thank you for allowing the Holy Spirit to lead you, guide you.
And we are, we do.
I believe this was my heart.
I'm like, Lord, we are going to reach this generation.
That's right.
We are.
That's right.
They will be saved.
And so we're excited, but we do want to say happy 27th birthday, Ricky.
He looks like he's 16.
I felt 27 waking up.
I ran a marathon.
We ran a marathon over the last week.
And Mondo, you were there to support it.
I wasn't running.
No, he was supporting.
He was in there.
I ran from the cops too much.
I ain't trying to run no more.
Hey, when my knees started hurting, my feet started hurting.
I said, this has never happened before.
Oh, my goodness.
Ricky is a special man.
That's right.
But you were a special little boy when you came into our lives.
I still remember the very day that Ricky came into our lives and you changed our lives forever, Ricky.
And we got so many stories.
You were so cute.
You were just an amazing.
Remember, were that's right.
No, I'm kidding.
You were a little boy, meaning your heart, yet you were found in a very difficult place in Arizona, crack house, surrounded by drugs, gang members, and crime.
God took care of you.
God led you to where you are today.
Today, you're an amazing husband.
You're an incredible father.
And you're an amazing brother, man.
I am so proud of you.
And thank you for allowing us to, you know, just guide you in some ways because you trust us, but we trust you.
And you've become an incredible man of God.
And I want to tell you, we're so proud of you.
Keep going, man.
Don't stop.
And thank you for serving this great nation, Paul America.
Amen.
Appreciate it.
It's an honor.
You know, I have a funny story about one of the first interactions I ever had with Mondo.
You know, Mondo had a little tiny truck.
It was like a Silverado, wasn't it?
A Chevy something.
It was a, I don't even know what it was.
It was a tiny truck.
So I'm telling you.
It was just a little two-seater truck.
You can't tell the line.
I want to say that.
I was four years old and I got in his truck and I said, man, it was a Chevy S10.
Is this your truck?
He goes, yeah, this is my truck.
I said, man, you need a bigger truck.
I had it all decked out.
It was lowered.
It was bumping us.
He was doing a little bit of East LA.
But I love that we've always been able to be vulnerable with each other.
But I want to thank you guys.
You guys have watched me since Pastor Jim Baker adopted me at the age of four years old.
He had put us immediately on the television.
You guys have seen us grow up through the good, the bad, the ugly.
You guys have stood faithful with the PTL television network, with the Jim Baker family show.
So I want to say thank you who are watching our viewers, our partners, our supporters.
You guys are the reason that we can continue to broadcast the gospel around the world.
You know, this time is always a good time.
It always kind of lines up with Father's Day and always lines up with the 4th of July.
So I'm very happy to be born in the month of June.
And I want to say this.
This is one of the last shows you're going to be watching where you have the opportunity to come be with us here in person for the 4th of July event.
Mondo, you're going to be preaching.
We have Bishop Ron Webb.
He's going to be here preaching.
We have Pastor Philip Cameron's going to be here.
Pastor Todd Rogers out of Arkansas.
He's going to be here.
This is going to be a packed out house of good gospel ministry.
We have Pastor Joe Campbell.
He'll be here as well.
We want to thank you.
He's the pastor of Morningside Church here at Blue Eye, Missouri.
But it's going to be a powerhouse time.
Three days.
We're going to be celebrating 64 years of ministry.
Pastor Jim Baker has been doing, and we have been a part of some of those years.
But we're going to go back.
We got a special tribute that I am working on with Ben on the history of how this ministry got started all the way to where we are now.
Now, you can't tell dad now.
Don't be writing him.
Don't be emailing him.
Asking him.
Do you know what?
No, don't tell him it's a surprise.
He does not like surprises.
But we got a surprise for him because he's been through a lot the last four or five years.
And I want to tell you something.
I've never met anybody as strong as a man that can go through something, yet he knows what his mission is for this time in this season that we're in right now.
But we got a special celebration.
Make plans to be here.
This is what we want you to do.
We want you to go to the website, jimbakershow.com, and click on the banner that we have prepared there, July 3rd, all the way to the 5th.
Make plans to be here.
That's right.
And I do want to mention, first of all, if you can't make it out here to Morningside, of course, we are going to be streaming this event live.
It's going to be live during the actual event taking place.
All the services will be streamed.
We'll be showing you Prayer Mountain Chapel where incredible services are going to be happening as well.
But all day long, we're going to be going live on the network through watching on the website, jimbakershow.com.
And so if you cannot make it, but we want you to be here.
You know what I want to do?
My heart's desire is that we would be able to pack out this house.
Partners from all around the world could come and be a part of it with us to honor Pastor Jim for his 64th anniversary, to honor.
That's the thing, bringing back honor into the house of the Lord for the men and women who have pioneered.
I think of dad who's pioneered Christian television and was made a way for so many other ministries.
And so that's what it's all about.
We want to honor.
We want to honor our vets as well as we celebrate America, as we come back to the Lord.
That's our cry.
We're saying, Lord, we have to turn back to Jesus.
That is the only hope that America has.
And so come, be a part.
But as I mentioned, if you can't come, then we will be live streaming all of our events.
Just go to our website, jimbakershaw.com, and you can get more information on that.
Don't forget, Colonel David Giam is going to be here.
He's going to give a tribute, an amazing message to not only America, but her veterans.
He's a chaplain, a very well-respected chaplain in the U.S. Army.
And I want to tell you something: a man that can play a saxophone and preach.
You don't want to miss that.
This man is going to be honoring our veterans and, of course, America.
But this man is on fire.
You don't want to miss the great celebration.
Listen, America is at a shifting point that we can't retrieve.
You can't give up on California.
We can't give up on California.
I believe California has a special place in God's heart.
God has placed Pastor Brian there in other ministries.
And so many things are happening behind the scenes that you are going to learn about on today's program.
But, Ricky, I can't wait for July 4th.
It's going to be a special event.
Make plans.
As a matter of fact, call us today or go to the website and get ready to celebrate with us.
That's right.
Mondo, we have Pastor Brian Bolt here with us today.
We want to thank you again for being here.
That is great.
The PTL Television Network, the Jim Baker Family Show.
If you don't know who Pastor Bolt is, he has been a lead pastor for over 20 years and continues to have a relentless and aggressive faith to reach both the lost locally and to the ends of the earth.
I know after you leave here, you're going to be doing some work in South Africa.
You're going to be doing some work in Uganda, some work in East London, I believe you said.
I mean, you're really taking the gospel wherever you can to preach, to show signs, wonders through the power of Jesus Christ, aren't you?
Yeah, you know, we are living in the last days, and it's so important in these times that we are living in that the harvest is truly plentiful.
And it takes people that will go into the harvest field and reap this end time harvest.
Because before Jesus comes back, there is going to be a great end time harvest.
Amen.
And pockets are happening all over the world.
And it's exciting to see.
And this is just the beginning.
And I'm excited about it.
That's right.
We're living in truly the end times.
You know, I opened up my Bible to Luke chapter 21.
If you've ever seen my Bible, Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, they're like creases.
They just fall open.
But I'm telling you right now, it says, Truly, I tell you right here, when he says, watch out that you are not deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, I am he, and the time is near.
Don't follow them.
For when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be alarmed.
Indeed, it is necessary that these things take place first, but the end won't come right away.
Within Hours, Putin Warns 00:02:44
We'll see nations rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom.
There'll be violent earthquakes and famines and plagues in various places.
There'll be terrifying sights and great signs in the heaven.
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you.
Mondo, we can look at the news right now.
You can have the Bible in one hand and news reports in the other hand and realize, oh my goodness, we are living in those days right now.
Listen, let me give you just one.
Just a few days ago, Vladimir Putin issued another chilling warning to the West saying its selfishness and hypocrisy has led him to a dangerous turn of events and brought the world close to a point of no return.
He is eyeing World War III.
The decisions that America is making right now is pushing leaders like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and of course the leader of North Korea, let alone Iran, to look at the West and saying, we will attack you.
Just a few weeks before that, Russia warships nuclear submarine entered the Havana port and is clearly watching America on how he can infiltrate with missiles.
That's right.
We talked about EMP for years, and some of the great experts like the late Dr. Vincent Price has warned us that the capability of an EMP can hurt America in the first year.
Over 90% of Americans will be dead.
That's right.
Within hours, the Russian warships can listen.
This is incredible.
Because while America's worry about the court system with Donald Trump and Hunting Biden, we're watching Vladimir Putin position itself with the warships in Havana pointing missiles that within hours change America forever.
At the very same time, another power move by China is moving into dominating the world food supply.
That's right.
Listen, America is not what it used to be.
Yet, how do we get back there?
We're seeing what a nation can do by repenting when you see the president of El Salvador making moves that no other president has made in history by declaring God being the sovereign God of a nation, by declaring God's wisdom to lead a nation.
Yet our very nation is making moves that is changing the way we worship.
What do I mean by that?
Just a few hours ago, what happened in the Supreme Court?
America's Entering a New Era 00:03:07
They overturned the idea of abortion, declaring that you can still use pills to have abortion.
That's right.
Yet we have been praying against that, but America's turning into a different page.
At the very same time, we're watching earthquakes.
We're watching volcanoes exploding.
We're watching the economic system.
We're watching pandemics.
Listen, it's like watching Matthew 24 play out right before our eyes.
That's right.
Yet God has warned us through his words that these things must happen, but we're here to give you the good news.
Be prepared.
Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior.
Know that God's sovereign, mighty hand is still at work.
The Bible says that while sin abounds, much more grace abounds.
And I believe that we're entering that place of grace.
That's right.
I believe America is entering a place of repentance, Pastor.
I know you live in California.
You know, the majority, and you have to forgive me for saying this, no, the majority of the United States of America kind of looks at California.
We use them as the scapegoat to say, well, God, don't attach us to that because they see all the bad that's happening.
But Pastor, there's good happening in California, isn't there?
There's great happening in California.
And it's amazing to see that there is a remnant.
And so God has a remnant.
And it's amazing that this remnant is on fire.
And what is amazing that I'm seeing in California is the young people.
They are hungry for God.
And there is revival that is sparking all through different parts of California.
And it's amazing to see how God is using, especially the young people.
And I just got to say this real quick because I've been to El Salvador a bunch.
And I was there when the gangs controlled everything.
And what is amazing is I remember we did a crusade there and it was in a park where the gangs owned.
And they were so upset that we were doing a gospel crusade because it was demonic.
It was satanic, what they were into.
And I don't want to be, I know this is a truth-telling network.
That's right.
And I want to keep it real.
And so I watched them.
It was crazy.
They took a young man, cut off his arms, cut off his legs, put him on a tree where we were having our, we're going to have our crusade burned his body.
And they said, you're not doing it here.
And through a series of events, God made a way for us to do it there.
And over 10,000 people got saved that day in one day.
And what the enemy meant for evil.
That park was controlled by the gangs for years.
And I watched God do a gospel crusade there through our team.
And what happened was that park today, there's families, there's people that are taking their kids there, all sorts of stuff.
And I've been impressed by the president because he has put God first.
Time to Turn to God 00:10:07
That's right.
He has a radical movement.
And when you put God first, you know what I mean?
That changes the country.
That's right.
When you put Jesus first, it changes everything.
And I think we need to use him as an example for this country.
Amen.
That's right.
We absolutely do.
You know, Pastor Jim Baker, he has a video.
I want you to watch this.
This is your friend.
But he says right now, it's time to turn to God before it's too late.
What does it mean by that?
Friends, we're living in the last of the last days.
The final boarding call has been sounded.
The doors are closing, friend.
It's time that you get right with God.
Listen to this video with Pastor Jim Baker.
It's time to turn to God.
John 3:16, you need to dig it out again.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The only hope for America is to turn back to God, is to ask Christ into our heart and then pray for one another.
Amen.
We need to pray for one another.
We need to understand our country is under siege.
The enemies of our country are literally being put into our government.
Already, prayer and Bible and the cross have been outlawed on government properties.
As I've said so many times, they're making the Bible hate speech now so they can ban.
They know the Bible is the last thing that stands between them and taking over totally.
And so those who hate God, His Word, want to divide the races and make the American church powerless.
Already, pastors are feeling powerless to speak out.
But pastors, you've got to stand up.
All of us do.
We can't let them take America that was founded on the Bible, founded on godly principles.
Revelation events have started.
We've got to get into the word.
You've got to know where we're living.
The greatest war in history, the Armageddon War, is yet to come.
Be ready for what's going to come, people.
A great shaking is coming.
And God says in his word, I'm going to read 2 Chronicles 7:14.
We'll put it on the screen.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face, this is God talking, and turn from their wicked ways.
See, America doesn't think it's wicked to murder babies.
We think it's freedom.
But he wants us to turn from those ways.
And he's talking to the church.
He's talking to us.
He's not talking to the world.
But the church is doing it.
The church murders as many babies per population as the world.
Yeah, tell me about it.
Then will I hear from heaven, though, if we'll do this, if we turn from our wicked ways and repent and pray, he said, then I will hear from heaven, I will forgive their sins, I will heal their land.
That's America.
How many know America is really sick?
It's really sick.
You can have peace when the world's coming apart if you know the word of God.
The scripture teaches us that all have sinned.
That's every one of us.
That's you, that's me.
I've sinned in my life.
I made mistakes.
But you know what?
Our God doesn't fire us if we make mistakes.
Our God doesn't throw us out if we come to Him and say, God, forgive me of my sins.
And He will save you.
He will cleanse you of all unrighteousness.
And in these last days, the only safe place is going to be in the arms of God.
Yes.
And to know that you are right with God and to know that no matter what happens on earth, according to the Bible, millions will be killed in the last days.
They'll be slaughtered.
They will die for his sake.
We see them in the revelation in the courts of heaven, in the streets of heaven with God.
And they have the ones who have been martyred for God's sake.
There's perilous times coming on earth.
And it has begun, people.
This is not the America that we once knew.
They're fighting and destroying our country.
And it's happening in front of our eyes.
It's time to turn to God before it's too late.
You know, you and I were just sharing a word, Pastor.
This is 2019 before the 2020 pandemic happened.
I mean, this sounds like he's preaching a message, you know, after the pandemic happened, but it's time for pastors to rise up and take their God-given authority back, isn't it?
Absolutely.
And, you know, I'm tired of lukewarm Christianity.
I'm tired of pastors that won't tell like it is.
I think we need to put our left foot down, our right foot down, square our shoulders back like a T-rail and say enough is enough.
That's right.
I think it's time.
You know, I think it's been too long.
We've had a watered-down gospel and watered-down messages just to get people into the church.
If it takes pizza, and I'm not against pizza, obviously, I like to eat pizza, but I ain't against pizza and vanilla lattes.
But if that's why people are coming to church, they're missing it.
We got to preach the word.
That's right.
We need authority and power.
We need to change our city.
I think we've done church wrong for a long time.
And I think a lot of our generation has experienced a lukewarm brand of Christianity that does not produce transformation.
Or fruit.
Yes.
And I think we got to get back to the real deal gospel.
Amen.
And I'm ready.
I'm believing God's going to move all over planet earth in this last season.
I believe that.
You know, I had a pastor one time say, hey, if you need gimmicks to get them there, you'll need gimmicks to keep them.
I'm saying right now, you need the word to get them there and the word to keep them.
And I know God gave you a word at the beginning of this year.
Now, would you be willing to share that with our partners?
Absolutely.
And, you know, I've been sharing it everywhere I've gone.
And it was really a simple thing.
I was on a flight, a really simple few words.
And I was on a flight, and the Holy Spirit just spoke to me.
And I know it's the year of open doors, and I know God's doing so many things all over, but God told me three things.
He said, it was actually just three words, unexplainable, but undeniable.
Amen.
God says, I'm looking for a people and a church that are unexplainable.
And I think we've gotten so used to explaining everything to all of our critics.
That's right.
And I'm tired of explaining everything.
Amen.
And I think God is looking for some people that are unexplainable, but it will be so undeniable, the power of God.
And God told me this year, you're walking in a season of the unexplainable, but the undeniable.
Amen.
Praise God.
I mean, when God does it, that's right.
When He does it, you know, the apostles, they were unexplainable but undeniable.
Why?
Because they had the power of the Holy Spirit pumping through them.
Friends, we still have that same power with us in the church.
What do we have to do?
We have to make sure we are in good standing with God, in right alignment with his herd, that we are standing on the word of God and not the culture's word of God, friend.
It boils back down to this: if the Bible says yes and agrees with it, then we say yes and agree with it.
If the Bible rejects it, friend, then we must reject it.
You know, Pastor, I want to ask you with the current culture, what is the state of the church right now?
Because we're seeing churches pandering to the culture for acceptance instead of it being the other way around.
We're saying, Hey, we put our foot down.
No more sin, no more lackadaisical church, no more soft church.
But we're seeing a church kind of pander to the culture right now in fear of cancellation.
Oh, fear is rampant in the church of America.
And we care more about our likes on Facebook and Instagram than we do about preaching the word than doing what God says, standing on the word.
And we got to get back.
We got to get back to the foundation.
We got to get back to our roots.
We got to get back to Pentecost.
We got to get back to saying, Look, this is what Jesus says.
And if Jesus says it, that's enough.
Good enough for me.
Yeah.
But the sad thing is, we want to be popular.
And that's the world we live in.
And we've been trained to be popular, to be liked, to be this and that.
Let me tell you, you're not always going to be liked.
If you want revival, sometimes you need a riot before you get revival.
I saw Paul, he wasn't getting keys to cities.
There were riots, but then revival broke loose.
And sometimes it's not going to be the most popular thing, but it's a God thing.
That's right.
And God, God wants a move to happen.
Revival has to spark in these end times.
Amen.
And I believe it.
Amen.
With all my heart.
You know, what that you're saying is so powerful because our cities, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, just to name a few, Seattle, Chicago, Chicago.
Oh, yeah.
They're waging war on young people like never before.
People look like zombies in the streets.
The war on fentanyl has gotten out of control.
Yet, what is the answer, Pastor?
How do we answer back to the community that is dying slowly in America?
Some of the most thriving cities in America have become a drug zone more than when I and you grew up.
What is the answer?
How do we respond to the spirit of what's behind killing and the dying and the death in the streets in America?
Bed Moves Miraculously 00:03:06
Well, I think there's one answer, and his name is Jesus Christ.
That's right.
Come on.
The only answer.
The only.
Come on.
You know, and I'm not knocking 12 steps and I'm not knocking anything like that, but there is one step and it's to Jesus.
That's right.
And he can heal, he can deliver, he can break chains.
Who the sun sets free is free indeed.
And I believe too that what has happened, especially in the streets and in America, is and I heard this story years ago.
You know, I was telling you earlier before we came out, my pastor, Rod Parsley, we love Rod.
I love, I love what I love about PTL to the network is legacy.
Yeah, you guys speak to legacy.
And so I love my pastor, and I feel like I'm a part of his legacy.
He's a spiritual father to me.
And his pastor was a man named Dr. Lester Summerall.
That's right.
And then Dr. Les Summerall really had a connection with Smith Wigglesworth.
So it's a great lineage.
And Dr. Summerall was in the jungle in South America, and there was a witch doctor.
And the witch doctor was doing in all these chants and spells.
And Dr. Summerall went up to him.
He didn't say, Let me call the psychiatrist or let me call the counselor.
He just went up to him and said, Come out in the name of Jesus.
Thank you, Lord.
And the demon left.
Wow.
The man gives his life to Jesus, gets baptized in the Holy Spirit, and God moves.
That night, he goes back to his hotel room and he goes, it was actually someone's house, like a little room off to the side.
He goes there and he lays down, puts his sheets over his head.
And next thing you know, the bed starts moving.
Dresser starts moving.
The windows, the blinds on the windows start moving.
The bed goes into the center of the room, moves.
And he says, I recognize this.
He says, devil, stop in the name of Jesus.
Bed stops.
Dresser stops.
Blinds stop.
Now, I would write a book over that.
I made the devil stop, but not Dr. Semrall.
He tells the devil, get back here.
Bed starts to move.
Dresser starts to move.
Blind starts to move.
And he said, Devil, when I came in this room tonight, my bed was against the wall.
Put it back.
Amen.
The bed started moving against the wall and it stopped.
And he said, now get out in the name of Jesus.
So this is my word to this generation.
I don't think they need psychologists.
I think they need, I think they need deliverance.
And I think the enemy has got to put everything back that he has stolen.
That's right.
Everything he's stolen, put it back.
That's right.
That's my word to your partners today.
Put the enemy's got to put everything back in the name of Jesus.
Sudden Conversion Stories 00:15:15
Put it back.
You know, Pastor, there's people out there struggling with family members who have gotten lost in the awoke ideology of Marxist ideology where they're struggling with their identity, saying, well, I may have been born one way, but this is not the way I feel.
You know, it's an identity crisis here in America.
How does a grandparent, a parent, a pastor dealing with people who have these identity issues, how do they confront it?
How do they deal with it, Pastor?
Well, you know, in California, we deal with this all the time.
And what they're teaching our kids in California is absolutely demonic.
Demonic.
And it is a demonic agenda straight from hell.
And what we have to do is we have to stand up and preach the truth in love.
That's right.
And so what I tell people is this, we at our church, we will preach the truth in love.
And we say, God created male and female.
And that is the truth.
And that is God's word.
And when we encounter someone that's confused, it's a lie.
It's a lie straight from hell, just like any other lie.
And we said, you know what?
That has to be ripped out of their mind.
And they need the truth of God's word.
And they need delivered from this demonic agenda that has corrupted their mind.
And let me tell you, the enemy only comes to kill, steal, and destroy.
That's right.
But Jesus comes to give life and life abundantly.
And I'm here to tell you, I'm going to give them more of Jesus.
So the more they get of Jesus, the more that lies got to go.
You know, we're seeing a generation overwhelmed by tarot cards, by speaking to what they believe is their ancestors from the dead or whatever it is, all demonic.
But are there still signs, miracles, and wonders for this generation?
That is what they're wondering.
Is there still a good, godly biblical move of God that's going to happen?
Or is that something that passed away with our apostles?
Absolutely not.
It has not passed away.
It is still happening in the world.
And, you know, I've dealt with witchcraft all over the world.
This year, I've been in India, I've been in Indonesia.
I've been to different places.
And I'm trying to think of all the different places I've been.
But I'm here to tell you, witchcraft is all over.
And America is flooded with witchcraft.
And it's all this stuff that seems real.
They call it white magic sometimes and all sorts of stuff.
And I'm here to tell you, it is absolutely demonic.
And what it's trying to do is come against the authority and power of God.
That's right.
And what I've learned is when witchcraft tries to do something, it doesn't work the way the power of God works.
That's right.
So I was in India and it's almost now illegal to preach the gospel in certain places.
So, I mean, you have to be really, really undercover.
And the Hindus now and kind of different sects of the Hindu religion, they're doing things now where they're holding crusades like what we would do.
And they're trying to do miracles, signs, and wonders.
But I was talking to one of the pastors there, and he said this: He goes, The thing is, when they pray for miracles, it's different than when we do.
It doesn't last.
And when Jesus does a miracle, it lasts.
That's eternal.
That's right.
You know, you wrote a book called Miracle, Signs, and Wonders.
This is a 40-day devotional.
What prompted you to write this?
Well, several things that you guys already said earlier, which is pretty powerful.
And what your dad said, you know, I think people need to get back to the word.
Amen.
So that's why I did a 40-day devotional because I think Christians nowadays do not read their Bible.
And I think, how can you have power and authority when you don't know the word of God?
I know the word.
That's right.
And the word does not return void.
That's right.
And so that's why I did a devotional.
And we started seeing miracles, signs, and wonders.
It was kind of a radical call.
Right when COVID started, the Holy Spirit told me, and it was so powerful.
He said to me, He said, I want you to go into the world and gather large crowds and preach the gospel.
I go to the Holy Spirit.
That's impossible.
That's right.
It's cool.
We're in the middle of the pandemic.
That's right.
And the Holy Spirit says, I'll make a way.
And so we started in the middle of the pandemic.
I mean, drawing crowds of 10, 20, 30, 40,000 people and mayors and governors of, we started in El Salvador.
We went to Honduras, went to different places, and we started gathering these crowds.
And God started doing miracles.
There was one boy in El Salvador, blind his entire life.
His mother brought him up on the stage.
I know we, what's amazing, we've captured all this stuff on camera.
Amen.
And so we, this boy, blind his entire life, comes up on stage in El Salvador.
And all of a sudden, what was absolutely powerful is we pray for him, and his pupil was like crooked.
And I put my eyes off of it once I was done praying, and his pupil lined straight up.
Amen.
And he goes, I can see.
And I said, what do you see?
He says, Manos, Manos.
He said, and his mom's just crying.
Praise God.
And it wasn't like one or two.
We started seeing blind eyes, deaf ears, lame walk everywhere.
And I said, I said, this is what Christianity is.
That's right.
It points people to Jesus.
And it says, Jesus does miracles, signs, and wonders.
Your God that you worship, whether it's witchcraft, whether it's a God that's made of wood or iron or steel, is not as powerful as a living God.
And I love to tell people wherever I go, Jesus is alive.
That's right.
He is alive.
Think about that.
When you say that in India, it's like, Jesus is alive.
When you say it in Africa, Jesus is alive.
He's more powerful than witch doctors, more powerful than warlocks, more powerful than witches, more powerful than the culture.
Jesus is alive.
And we've just seen God move so powerfully all over the world from South America, Central America, Africa, Asia.
And God is moving and something is happening.
And it is the end time harvest that is starting to trickle in.
That's right.
And I'm telling you, it has to come through miracle signs and wonders.
That's right.
It's going to be God just proving himself to Muslims.
I was in Indonesia.
This just got back.
And we get done having lunch.
Indonesia has 240 million Muslims.
That's right.
It is, I mean, you hear the call to prayer all the time.
So the guy I'm with, he says, look, wonderful man of God.
He goes into the prison to help disciples.
He says, these guys just got out of prison.
I'd love for you to pray for them.
And I said, well, tell me a little bit about the story.
As we get there, he says, these men were radical Islamic terrorists.
They were connected to the Bali bombing.
And he said, I've been ministering to him.
Would you pray for him?
I said, okay, let's do it.
So we get there and I start telling them about the amazing redemption plan of Jesus.
Next thing you know, they start saying the sinner's prayer with me.
I'm leading them in the sinner's prayer.
Two of them are so touched.
And they're just, I mean, just moved by God.
I tell people, God wants to save radical Islamic people.
That's right.
He wants to save everyone.
The gospel for whosoever will.
Come on.
Come on.
That's exactly what this is for.
You know, in your book, Amiracle, Signs, and Wonders, you talk about how the future depends on our expectations.
Can you tell us about that?
Yeah, you know, if we are a defeated church, if we are defeated Christians, then we can't live in the victory God has for us.
I tell people this all the time.
Jesus did not die, shed his blood on the cross, and then raise from the dead so we could have 50% victory.
That's right.
Jesus did not die and shed his blood and raise from the dead for 75% victory.
That's right.
He did not die, shed his blood, and then raise from the dead.
So we have 90% victory.
He shed his blood, he died, and then rose from the grave so we could walk in 100% victory.
And we need to rise up as the church, put our big boy pants on, put our big girl pants on.
And, you know, we have this defeated mentality in America.
That's right.
There's a weakness that has entered the church that is not the authority and power God had divinely demonstrated for us and wants us to walk in.
And it's time that we pick it back up and say, you know what?
Enough is enough.
This is a demonic agenda.
And this is straight from hell.
And God has something better.
And I'm going to walk in victory.
I'm going to walk in authority.
I'm going to walk in power.
And wherever I go, people are going to experience it.
Come on.
And I believe the time is now.
It's now.
And I believe, Ricky, you are going to lead this generation in such a powerful way.
And I believe the power of God is all over you.
And when you speak, not one word will fall to the ground.
There is something special on your life.
And God is all over you.
And I'm excited.
This gives me hope even for our generation.
Amen.
You know, I've been saying the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
I've been saying this.
I know I sound like a broken record.
Believers, it's time that you get on your spiritual work boots.
You go pick up your spiritual tools and get out there and evangelize.
How are they going to be saved if they never hear the word of God?
How are they going to be saved if they never hear the gospel, friend?
Your life is a living testimony.
Mondo, I know people look at you and go, Who are you and what's your story?
And they can tell there's something different about you.
There's a barbershop in Branson, Missouri.
Mondo just walks into the barbershop.
They want to know his story.
He's able to minister, evangelize.
Why?
Because you walk different than you used to walk.
You talk different than you used to talk.
You're not the same individual, and they can tell.
But Mondo, I know you have story after story, or you walk into a room and people say, Hey, there's something about you that's different.
What is it?
It's the expectation that you're talking about.
Amen.
Knowing that if you believe what you believe, then God is able to do it through you.
Listen, you can't give up on people.
I remember about three years ago, a friend of mine named Pete, just to give you a quick testimony.
And I said, God, you're about to change Pete's life.
He looked impossible.
Pete in this area was one of the big drug dealers of fentanyl, getting fentanyl from China and getting it shipped and distributing it all over this area.
And I told Pete, I said, get ready because your life is about to change.
He said, I don't believe in God, man.
I don't even believe in the stuff that you're talking about.
I said, Pete, I'm expecting God to change your life, my man.
Man, it's not going to happen.
I don't even believe in God.
I'm an atheist.
I can quote the Bible more than you do.
You probably can, Pete.
I said, but you don't know about the power of the Holy Spirit.
That's right.
A year went by.
God said, Don't talk to him.
Pray for him.
Fast for him.
I wasn't telling anybody about Pete.
Yet, a few days ago, Darren was there.
Pastor Joe was preaching there.
Ricky was there.
And I'm getting ready to walk into the room, over 100 people in that business people.
And all of a sudden, I see Pete.
And I ran to Pete and I hugged Pete and I just hugged him.
And I said, Pete, I've been praying.
He said, I know you've been praying for me.
He said, The power of the Holy Spirit came into the hotel room where I was stashing the fentanyl inside of a Bible.
And I grabbed one of those and I was getting ready to take a hit.
All of a sudden, I fell to the ground and the Bible dropped and it opened to a chapter.
And he said, All of a sudden, he said, The power of the Holy Spirit hit me and I began to cry.
And I said, God, I beg you to save my life.
I don't want to die.
I don't want to go to hell.
God, touch me.
God, change me.
And all of a sudden, he said, All I can hear was your words telling me that Jesus loves me.
That's right.
Listen, it happens in America.
It happens in Africa.
It happens all over the world.
You have to believe for the most unexpected miracle.
So when I walk into a room, it's not because I'm walking in because of where I come from.
I walk in knowing that God has to move on my behalf, on their behalf, because the moment of truth is the moment you and I can walk in and be the difference maker.
That's right.
We can walk in freedom.
Absolutely.
That's right.
So I believe, I believe expecting God to do a miracle.
Listen, signs and wonders are all over us.
There was a few days ago, I said, God, I need a miracle.
I was walking my dog and my neighborhood.
I said, God, I need a miracle.
I can't do this without you.
God, I'm asking you.
I'm believing for what you're about to do.
The next day, the miracle happened.
I get a call from what I was asking for.
Miracles do happen.
That's right.
Your level of belief is the level of what you're going to receive.
The Bible says, if you can only believe, you will see the glory of God.
If all it takes is believe, then check where your belief is at in your ass because you have not, because you have not.
That's right.
And that's where a watered-down Christianity is so dangerous because it keeps the level of belief at a bare minimum.
It's putting water in the tub, but only enough to soak your feet, only enough to get just the bare minimum to say, No, brother, we need the full gospel.
Why?
Because the full gospel is bread, believer.
The full gospel is meat, believer.
The full gospel is the milk you need, believer.
You need to have the full gospel being preached to you so you can have the strength to have the faith you know you're supposed to be contending for.
Amen.
Faith in the church, faith without works is dead.
We know this is true.
Faith without action being put towards it.
We see pastors preaching and they are ministering the gospel.
There's a congregation listening.
They're going out and they're evangelizing.
And we're seeing countries being changed because of it.
We're seeing states being changed because of it.
We're seeing cities being changed because of it.
And Pastor, I want to thank you for what you're doing in Los Angeles.
A lot of pastors saw the condition.
They saw the temperature of California and said, you know what?
I believe it's my time to leave.
But, Pastor, you have stayed.
You put both your feet down.
You said, not one inch, devil.
We're not giving you another inch of our city, our state, and our nation.
I want to say thank you because not a lot of people would do exactly what you're doing right now.
Thank you.
And it's exciting because there is a remnant and there is a move that is happening.
And it's so powerful to see God moving in California, even though everything around us, what they're teaching our kids at school, the politics, everything is absolutely crazy.
In my lifetime, I never thought I'd see what I'm seeing.
But in the midst of all that, God is moving and changing lives and setting the captive free and doing a powerful, powerful, powerful work.
And I was telling, maybe it was Mondo before we came out.
In California, you know, abortion is rampant.
That's right.
And companies, corporations have brought, I mean, they're bringing people in to have abortion from other states.
And right when Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, I want you to start a woman's center and I want you to help save babies.
And we just said, you know what?
We're not just going to talk about it.
And that's what I love about the Jim Baker show.
I love about PTL Network.
Walk the walk.
Yes.
Amen.
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What I love about the Jim Baker show and PTL Network is you guys do it.
Amen.
It's not just talk.
And, you know, if all you ever do is talk it, there's no action.
Our actions speak.
And so I said, you know what?
I've been preaching against abortion.
I've been standing on God's word.
Now there's time God's asking me to do something.
And so we started this woman's center and we have a motto.
We are saving babies, baby.
That's right.
And so we're saving babies, baby.
That's right.
But it's important that the day we're living in that you stand for something.
Friend, there is no longer a middle ground.
You said it so eloquently at the beginning of the show.
It is no longer time to be lukewarm.
Why?
Because the word of God says he'll spit you out of his mouth.
You need to make sure that you are standing on the word of God.
The word of God stands for life and life.
The word of God stands for a man and a woman being married.
The word of God stands for you being born just the way you are supposed to be, knitted in your mother's room with a specific calling, a specific DNA, a specific design for your life.
Friend, I'm looking at you right now.
God makes no mistakes.
God makes no problems.
I'm telling you right now, you are who you are supposed to be.
You know, I believe this, Pastor.
I believe that this is a year, and the Lord is speaking to me at the beginning of the year, 2024 and 2025, a dual year where we are going to see Acts chapter 9 happen over and over again, where Saul was on his way on the Damascus Road, breathing murderous threats still to go capture any man, woman, or child that believes in Jesus Christ.
But what happened?
He had an encounter with Christ.
And in that moment, he realized, you know what?
This is my Lord and Savior.
There were scales put on his eyes.
He went into the city.
The scales fell off his eyes three days later.
And what happened?
He was preaching the next verse in the synagogues.
I believe there's going to be people like that where people say, hey, you know what?
Because the man of God who was taking care of Saul at this time said, God, do you not know who that is?
He's talking to God.
God, do you not know who it is you're asking me to take care of?
And believer, there might be a situation where God's telling you to take care of somebody.
You say, God, do you not know who they are?
Do you not know what they've done or what they stand for?
And God says, take care of them in this moment.
They are a critical part of what's happening in the end times, friend.
There are going to be Saul to Paul moments happening over and over and over again.
No, and that is a word from the Lord because that is powerful.
And that is what is happening.
You know, I think we have to go past the time where we just are trying to get people into the church, where we need to see life transformation.
And we can't, we've been, we've been really good at, we need conversion where people go from darkness to light, destruction to glory.
They cross that gospel bridge and their life is never the same.
And I'm here to tell you, it is happening.
And that is a word.
And God is not just saving them because it's a miracle to be saved.
The greatest miracle is the miracle of salvation.
That's right.
But he has a purpose.
That's how I'm a man.
Yes.
And he's like, I'm going to use your life.
If you will let me, if you will yield to me, I will use your life greater than you could ever imagine.
And we need to teach people, it's not just okay just to be saved.
I mean, it's great we're saved.
It's great we're going to heaven.
Yes.
But there are lost people out there.
There's people that are dying.
There's people that are hurting.
And there is a purpose we have.
That's right.
And God may have made you a great kingdom financer.
God made you maybe have a great business and you can help resource the kingdom or whatever your gifting is.
We all are part of this army that is moving forward to wreak this end time work.
Pastor, there's somebody watching right now and they're saying, hey, you know what?
I want to walk in the fullness of what God has for me.
I want to walk in authority, but I just don't know where to start.
Pastor, if you can talk to them right now, you can say, hey, this is how you get that road, man.
This is the journey you need to start taking.
Where would they start walking in authority in Christ?
You know, I preach a message and I'll sum it up real quick.
I believe God is just looking for a vessel.
In 2 Kings, it talks about there's a widow woman and her two sons are getting ready to be taken into slavery.
And the man of God says, you know, get all the vessels and start to pour the oil.
And the Bible says the oil ceased.
The oil stopped when there was no more vessels.
Amen.
The oil is never the problem.
The Holy Spirit is never the problem.
God has plenty of oil.
God is just looking for a vessel.
And God is looking for an empty, clean vessel.
And as you're empty yourself, God will pour his oil into your life.
And God is just looking for an empty vessel.
It's just that easy.
You know, we're living in the culture right now where especially during the pandemic, 2020 to 2024, we saw cancel culture at its peak.
We saw churches.
Mondo, you have a statistic that's always staggering.
It's thousands of churches closed during the pandemic.
Six to 10,000 churches.
Six to 10,000.
And only a small percentage of those churches reopened.
Am I right on that?
50%.
It's only 50%.
So imagine we lose, let's say, 6,000.
We lose 6,000 churches, only 3,000 come back.
There is a harvest still out there.
The wheat didn't cease to grow during that time.
The harvest didn't cease to grow during that time.
So there are still people out there who need the life-changing transformation of the gospel message.
And they need to see those signs and wonders to know that the power of the Holy Spirit is still active today.
Pastor, you're equipping your church to go out into the city.
I know you're in Whittier, California, but you're equipping them to go out and to say, hey, you know what?
It's not just for these four walls.
Go out and pray for the sick and they'll be healed.
Go out and cast the demons out and they'll flee by the name of Jesus.
So if a church is saying, hey, you know what, we want to get involved with something like this.
What do they need to do to start seeing the power of the Holy Spirit move in their church?
Well, you have to be intentional about raising people up and sending them out.
And you have to give them opportunity.
And it's interesting you said during the pandemic because our state took it one step further.
They told us, don't worship God.
Yeah, it was absolute insanity.
And so, but what was amazing is when you serve, so we stayed open.
And then we even had the county ask us to stay open.
So we started the food bank many years ago.
And that food bank, when the pandemic hit, everybody stopped giving out food.
They were afraid.
We kept doing it.
And they said, well, they deemed our church essential in Los Angeles County.
So they said, keep handing out food.
And I said, I said, well, I'm going to have our services.
They said, do whatever you want.
We need someone to hand out.
So we kept having service.
We actually grew during the pandemic.
And so absolutely amazing.
But you have to equip people.
You have to give them opportunity.
And you have to teach them, hey, this is how you go out.
This is how you evangelize.
This is how you share your faith.
This is how you be a light in the darkness.
And this is how God wants you to live your life.
You are a living epistle looked upon by all men.
That's right.
And we have to be intentional.
We have to take this serious.
And we have to go from that lukewarm mentality to all in.
You know what I mean?
I want to be all in.
That's right.
And, you know, I'm tired of Christians that aren't all in.
Amen.
Like, Jesus died for you.
That's right.
He saved you.
He redeemed you.
He pulled you out of that miry clay and set your feet upon the rock of salvation.
And we have a hard time.
You attend church once every four weeks?
Come on.
That's right.
You're not all in.
That's right.
You're just playing games.
And you know what?
I think if we want to reach the world and reach our neighbor and reach our families, we have to stop playing games.
That's right.
And we have to be all in with God.
And that, thank God for shows like this.
Thank God for networks like this that are all in.
And I am proud of shows like this because you guys are all in.
You preach the truth.
You don't hold it back.
And that's what we need in this hour.
We don't need sugar-coated Christianity.
I don't need gumdrops and candy.
I need the word.
That's right.
I need fire.
I need the power.
I want the fire of God.
It doesn't say a good message will set you free.
It doesn't say a good word will set you free.
It says the truth will set you free, friend.
If you want to be set free from the stronghold of bondage that's on your life, then you need to get in the truth.
What is the truth?
The truth is you are in identity with Christ now.
You are dead to that old person.
You are dead to that old self, those old ways.
Yes, temptation is going to come on you, friend.
Yes, the devil will actively be trying to pull you away from your faith.
But, friend, hold strong to the firm foundation.
You know what is going to happen.
We see a parable in the New Testament, Pastor, where it says, you know, there's a man who built his home on the firm foundation, and there's a man who built his home on the sandy foundation.
See, the trials and tribulations came to both homes.
There was water rising on both homes.
There was wind hitting the shutters on both homes.
They were trying to knock both homes down, but there was one that stood, and it was the one that was on firm foundation.
And I want to thank you for your kind words to the PTL network.
We appreciate you.
We stand by Pastor Brian Bolt.
We love what you're doing, your ministry.
We love Pastor Rod Parsley as well.
Come on, we love Alan Didio, another friend of yours.
We love Lester Summer, all these men that you're listening, all these men and women of God, we love and we stand by them.
And we want to thank you for supporting the PTL television network.
Pastor, I want to ask you, in this time we're living in, we're seeing cancer culture rampant.
We've had attacks of our own where they have tried to cancel this network, but God's grace alone, we are still here.
I just have to, because I'm sitting here and at the very beginning of the show, and I feel we have a few minutes before we have to leave.
But listen, if you missed the word, because I know I wrote it down immediately.
When we've gone through what we've gone through, the question that every person asks me, I do the operations behind the scenes, and every person who works with us, they say, how did you do it?
How did you make it?
How did the PTL network continue when the attacks were coming, when the credit card processing stopped for almost two years?
How did this ministry endure during those times?
And you answered that question that I've been asking the Lord, God, how did we make it?
I've asked Jesus, Lord, how did we make it, God?
But you answered it for me.
You said, because this was the year of unexplainable and undeniable.
The PTL network is unexplainable.
We can't explain it.
Come on, brother.
I can't explain why we're still here, why the Lord has allowed us, but I know that it's because of his power.
And there's times where I'm like, Lord, it's so undeniable, Jesus.
It's so undeniable that God has a plan and a purpose that as long as we continue to take that same mantle that was given by Pastor Jim to go into all the world, to use technology, to provide a platform to the voice of the prophets, that's what God has asked us to say.
Will you say yes?
Will you allow the guests to come on to preach the word, to go forth, to speak the truth in these days?
And we just continue to say yes.
But it's not just us saying yes.
It's our partners who say yes every month when you give.
That's right.
Every month when you send in your donation, every month when you partner with us, you are continuing to help us to say yes, that we would be able to provide a platform.
And so we are, you know, I will boldly ask you to partner with our ministry literally with boldness and with courage, because I know that there are people who are watching right now.
Listen, Ricky, you said it.
The Lord was leading me to this.
This is the season.
This is the hour that we are living in.
Matthew, right here, it says, the harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
But then listen to what the Lord says.
He's like, therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest that he will send out laborers into his harvest.
This is a prayer that has been going for generations and generations.
The Lord commanded them to pray for laborers.
Well, guess what?
We are the laborers.
It is us.
We are the ones that generations have been praying over and asking God and building up and raising for this moment because we believe that we are living in the last of the last days.
So that very prophetic word that he asked his disciples, he asked the people to pray for the laborers that in this time of harvest that they would rise up and they would say yes.
But that's a word for you.
It's not just a word for us who sit on this platform.
That is a word for every person who tunes in, every person who can hear the sound of my voice, the laborers, it is you that God is asking to go out to cast and to start harvesting in your communities, in your schools, wherever it is that you can make an impact.
This is a word that's not just for us.
It's for every person who is alive and living during these last, the last days.
But together, you're partnering with us that we can keep coming to your home, encourage you, bring you the truth, bring you the word that you will be able to then go forth and we together will harvest in these last days.
And so I do want to encourage you, listen, as you know, we have our monthly partners.
It truly is the monthly partners every month that help this ministry to continue, that we could pay our network so that we can keep bringing this show into your home.
And so we do have different monthly offers.
Of course, any donation will help, but we have those who have joined $30 a month and that's a dollar a day.
Think about that.
$1 a day can help expand and preach the gospel into all the world.
And so call us today, that toll-free number that's here at our ministry with our staff.
It's 1-888-988-1588.
Also, you can give through our tithely on our website as well.
That's jimbakershow.com.
That's right.
You know, Pastor, I had a man of God one time come up and tell me, he was an older gentleman.
He was giving his tithe and offering to the church.
And he said, I'm going to be honest with you, brother, my physical health is poor, so I'm not able to go out there and harvest.
But what I can do is give you the tools to go out and do it.
And believer, there are those of you out there supplying the tools for the harvest to be brought back in, friend.
And what does that mean?
You're a part of the blessing.
You reap the blessing from that.
It's not just us.
It is you who supply the tools to go out and make sure that souls are being brought into the kingdom of heaven.
Pastor, we want to thank you for being on the broadcast with us today.
Hey, if you want to get this devotional, you can go to bbworldevangelism.com.
This is a 40-day devotional called Miracles, Signs, and Wonders.
We're going to have you back for a day too.
Remember this, that God loves you.
He really does.
Bye-bye for today.
Thank you again, Pastor.
God bless you.
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