I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE LONELY ANYMORE.

THIS PERSON IS INSIDE OF ME!

Announcer: NEXT, BOB AND JULIE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

UNTIL THEY EXPERIENCED THE TEACHING

OF PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS.

FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE BEST TEACHING

I'VE EVER HAD ON THE HOLY SPIRIT

-- I'VE EXPERIENCED EVER!

HE'S BEEN THERE ALL ALONG

AND I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO MANY YEARS.

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I THOUGHT WOW! IT CHANGED MY LIFE!

Announcer: STAY TUNED AND MEET THE GOD YOU'VE MISUNDERSTOOD,

THE GOD YOU FEARED, AND THE GOD YOU'VE NEVER KNOWN.

James: THANK ALL OF YOU.

YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS AUDIENCE...

AND I KNOW YOU ARE TOO.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU

TO LIFE TODAY.

WE'VE HAD ROBERT MORRIS,

OUR PASTOR AT GATEWAY CHURCH,

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.

YOU COULD BE WATCHING

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

AND WONDER, WHERE IS GATEWAY?

IT IS A CHURCH THAT'S

A LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS OLD

AND WE'RE HITTING 20,000 A WEEK

ON THE WEEKENDS

DURING THE SUMMER.

AND SO WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE

WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE HITTING

DURING THE WINTER MONTHS

AND THE FALL OF THE YEAR

AND THE SPRING;

IT IS GOING TO BE VERY SPECIAL.

YOU SAY, "WHY ARE

SO MANY PEOPLE COMING?"

THEY SEE THE GOD MOST PEOPLE SAY

I NEVER KNEW -- CHURCH PEOPLE!

-- THE GOD THEY NEVER KNEW,

THE HOLY SPIRIT,

THERE IS THE TRINITY.

YOU STUDY THEOLOGICAL TRUTHS

AND BIBLICAL TRUTHS,

GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON,

GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

BUT FATHER, JESUS...

HOLY SPIRIT?

AND YET JESUS SAID,

"I'M LEAVING AND SENDING HIM."

WELL, OUR PASTOR TEACHES THAT.

HE'S TAUGHT A SERIES RECENTLY

AND HE TAUGHT IT VERY DIRECTLY.

AFTER TEACHING TO 20,000 PEOPLE

WHO COME EVERY WEEKEND SERVICE

AND THEY'RE THERE

OVER THE WEEKEND, HE TOOK IT

INTO A SMALLER SETTING

WHERE HE COULD TALK TO YOU.

WELL, OUR PASTOR

IS HERE WITH US.

I WANT YOU TO WELCOME

ROBERT MORRIS,

PASTOR OF GATEWAY CHURCH.

Robert: THANK YOU.

James: PASTOR, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH

BETTY AND I LOVE YOU

AND APPRECIATE YOU.

WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS

FOR A LONG TIME.

WE'VE REALLY WORKED

AS CO-LABORERS -- YOU'VE BEEN

ON THE MISSION FIELDS,

YOU'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD

WITH US -- YOUR CHURCH HAS BEEN

SINCE YOU STARTED THE CHURCH,

THE STRONGEST SUPPORTER

OF OUR MINISTRY OF ANY CHURCH

ON PLANET EARTH

AND I THANK GOD FOR THAT.

ROBERT HAS NEVER BEEN SELFISH.

HE'S NEVER SAID STAY AWAY

FROM ANYBODY THAT

MIGHT HELP YOU.

HE'S SAID, "HEY, I WANT

TO INTRODUCE YOU

TO THESE PEOPLE.

THEY WILL HELP YOU WITH

THEIR MISSION WORK."

THAT'S BEEN HIS ATTITUDE.

GOD BLESSES THAT ATTITUDE.

THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT

THAT MAKES A PASTOR LIKE THAT.

WELL, WE HAVE A COUPLE HERE

THAT WENT AND HEARD

THIS TEACHING, NOT ONLY HEARD IT

IN THE BIG SERVICE,

THEY WENT AND LISTENED TO IT

IN THE TEACHING

AND THEY GOT THE BOOK.

AND GOD IMPACTED THEIR LIVES.

BOB AND JULIE ROTH,

WOULD YOU WELCOME BOB AND JULIE?

I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.

WE HAD DINNER TOGETHER.

WE'VE SPENT TIME TOGETHER

TALKING TO ROBERT.

YOU LISTEN TO ME OPEN TONIGHT.

I'M PRETTY EXCITED. RIGHT?

[Laughter]

I'M PRETTY PUMPED.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS ISN'T JUST PERSONALITY.

I AM ZEALOUS FOR THE TRUTH

OF GOD AND THE LOVE OF GOD

FOR PEOPLE, AND WHAT THIS MAN

TEACHES IS THE TRUTH

IN THE WORD OF GOD.

NOW YOU WENT AND JULIE,

I'VE MET YOU.

YOU'RE PRETTY OUTGOING.

AND BOB, YOU LIVE WITH

PRETTY OUTGOING HERE.

Bob: YES, AMEN.

James: YOU ALL WENT

TO THIS SEMINAR.

I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU, DID WHAT

ROBERT SHARE IN THIS SEMINAR

BLESS YOUR LIFE?

Julie: IT BLESSED ME SO MUCH

THAT I COULDN'T SIT STILL

WHILE YOU WERE SPEAKING.

I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT

OF THERE AND SHARE IT,

IT WAS SO GREAT.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS I REALIZED

THAT THAT PERSON THAT YOU

TALKED ABOUT WHILE WE WERE

IN THE SEMINAR AND ALSO

IN THE BOOK, I REALIZED

IT REALLY WAS A PERSON WITH

A MIND, A WILL, AND EMOTIONS

LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT,

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES A PERSON

A PERSON.

BUT WHAT REALLY ROCKED MY SOUL

WAS GOD CHOSE THAT PERSON

TO LIVE IN THIS TEMPLE

-- THIS TEMPLE!

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I SAW

MY CONNECTION TO THE ALMIGHTY.

I MEAN HE'S BEEN THERE ALL ALONG

AND I'VE BEEN LONELY

FOR SO MANY YEARS.

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN

I THOUGHT, WOW!

IT CHANGED MY LIFE.

FROM THAT NIGHT

AND THAT SEMINAR MY LIFE

HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME.

James: YOU KNOW I'M LISTENING

TO A VERY BUBBLY PERSONALITY.

IS SHE PRETTY OUTGOING?

THIS LADY, YOU DON'T HAVE

TO BE AROUND HER VERY LONG

TO KNOW SHE IS EXPRESSIVE.

YOU'RE JUST SITTING HERE

IN THE STUDIO AND SAY,

"THAT LADY IS EXPRESSIVE."

DID YOU HEAR WHAT SHE SAID?

LONELY -- HOW CAN YOU BE

OUTGOING AND BE LONELY?

Julie: WELL, I'M FROM A FAMILY

OF 12 CHILDREN.

AND ONE DAY THIS MAN AND I MET

AND HE SAID TO ME, WE WERE

WORKING TOGETHER -- FRIENDS.

HE SAID, "MARRY ME

AND FLY FREE."

I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE

THAT SOME THOUGHT.

LET ME SLEEP ON THIS, OKAY?

James: HE IS A SOUTHWEST

AIRLINES MANAGER.

THEY'LL TAKE YOU ANYWHERE!

Julie: ONLY THEN HE WAS

WITH ANOTHER AIRLINES --

HE WAS WITH THE BIG GUYS.

ANYWAY, I THOUGHT, AS LONG

AS I CAN COME HOME EVERY WEEKEND

TO MY BIG FAMILY, I'M HAPPY.

I THOUGHT, NOT SUCH A BAD IDEA,

IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT

WE'LL JUST CHANGE IT.

NO BIG DEAL.

ANYWAY, THAT'S HOW I WAS.

EVERY WEEKEND I WAS GOING HOME

BUT THAT DIDN'T SOLVE

THE LONELINESS.

I STILL FELT ALONE IN TEXAS.

WE WERE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE

WE KNEW AND THAT'S PRETTY LONELY

WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE

OTHER PERSON YOU KNOW.

BUT IT DID ONE BEAUTIFUL THING

FOR US, IT BROUGHT BACK THAT

DESIRE IN ME TO FIND THE GOD

THAT I HAD GROWN UP WITH,

THAT I'D BEEN RAISED WITH.

SO I STARTED SEARCHING

AND SEARCHING FOR THAT

AND WE FOUND THAT GOD AND

WE FOUND THAT JESUS BUT

THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS STILL

A LITTLE BIT NOT THERE YET.

SO ANYWAY, WE FOUND GATEWAY.

WE WERE CALLED TO GATEWAY.

WE'VE BEEN WITH GATEWAY FOR --

WELL, WE USED TO BE AT ANOTHER

CHURCH AND WE WOULD SNEAK

TO GATEWAY ON SATURDAY NIGHTS.

[Laughter]

WE WERE ON STAFF

AT ANOTHER CHURCH.

James: WE WON'T TELL!

WE WON'T TELL!

Julie: WE WON'T TELL ANYBODY,

WE'LL JUST TELL THE WHOLE WORLD!

WE WOULD SNEAK TO GATEWAY

ON SATURDAY NIGHTS.

AND THEN ONE NIGHT BOB SAID,

"JULIE, WE'VE BEEN CALLED

TO GATEWAY."

I SAID, "NO, WE HAVEN'T.

NO, NO!"

FINALLY I THOUGHT,

WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO GATEWAY.

AND NOW WE'RE THERE

ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.

BECAUSE WE'RE VERY MUCH

INVOLVED WITH GATEWAY.

BUT THE THING THAT WAS

SO BEAUTIFUL IS THAT

ONCE I REALIZED THE HOLY SPIRIT

LIVED INSIDE ME THE LONELINESS

FOR THE LOSS OF MY MOTHER

AND THE LOSS OF MY FAMILY

MEMBERS AND ACTUALLY,

THE LOSS OF THE HOME THAT

I GREW UP IN, I MEAN I DIDN'T

HAVE TO BE LONELY ANYMORE.

THIS PERSON IS INSIDE OF ME,

LIVES IN ME, TAKES CARE OF ME,

PROTECTS ME,

KEEPS ME OUT OF TROUBLE AND

GOD KNOWS I CAN GET IN TROUBLE.

[Laughter]

A LOT OF IT BUT

HE KEEPS ME SAFE.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS

HE'S DONE FOR ME IS KIND OF LIKE

WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE,

IT WOULD TAKE ALL NIGHT

TO TELL THEM.

James: ROBERT, WHEN YOU SEE

AND YOU ARE BLESSED AND AGAIN,

I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD

PREACHING AND I'VE BEEN

BLESSED TO PREACH TO

A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE

OVER THE YEARS AND UNLESS

THEY'VE REALLY HAD NOT

AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS

BUT MOVED INTO THE FULLNESS

OF THE SPIRIT

AND THE FRUITFULNESS,

THERE REALLY IS AN EMPTINESS.

YOU CAN SEE IT

IN THEIR COUNTENANCE.

ISAIAH SAID,

"YOUR COUNTENANCE TESTIFIES

AGAINST YOU."

SADLY, AND THIS IS NOT SCOLDING,

WE'VE GOT CHURCHES

FULL OF PEOPLE,

THEIR COUNTENANCE TESTIFIES

AGAINST THEM.

YOU GET TO LOOKING AT PEOPLE

WHOSE COUNTENANCE

REALLY ENCOURAGES -- REALLY,

I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS

YOU'RE ABLE TO PREACH SO FREELY

IS YOU'VE GOT SUCH

FERTILE GROUND,

YOU'VE GOT SUCH RECEPTIVE SOIL,

SO TO SPEAK, TO SOW SEEDS ON.

YOU LOOK AT THEM

AND THEY COME INTO

THIS UNDERSTANDING AND THEY HAVE

A LONGING FOR THIS.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR TESTIMONIES

LIKE THIS, WHAT DOES THIS

DO FOR YOU AS A PASTOR?

Robert: IT THRILLS MY HEART

BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH

MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

I THINK THE DEVIL DID IT.

I THINK HE GOT SO SCARED.

YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT

PERSONALITIES, JAMES,

YOU'RE OUTGOING.

BETTY'S A LITTLE MORE SHY

LIKE MY WIFE DEBBIE

THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

JULIE IS OUTGOING.

BOB IS JUST SITTING THERE.

[Laughter]

BUT I SEE --

James: WE'RE GOING TO HEAR

FROM BOB IN A MINUTE.

HE'S JUST OVER HERE

JUST WAITING.

Robert: BUT I SEE

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN BOTH OF THEM

-- YOU SEE THE PEACE AND THE JOY

AND WE ACCEPT JESUS,

WE ACCEPT ETERNAL LIFE BUT

JESUS SAID LISTEN, I'M NOT

GOING TO LEAVE YOU AS ORPHANS.

I'M GOING TO THE RIGHT HAND

OF THE FATHER BUT

I AM SENDING GOD ON THIS EARTH

WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND HE EMPOWERS US

AND HE FILLS US WITH HIS JOY

AND HIS LOVE.

SO SATAN DOES EVERYTHING HE CAN

TO GET US TO BE AFRAID

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

TO THINK HE IS WEIRD,

TO THINK HE IS GOOFY,

TO THINK THAT IF WE SOMEHOW

YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

WE'RE GOING TO ALL OF THE SUDDEN

BE OUT OF CONTROL

IN THE GROCERY STORE.

BUT IT IS JUST NOT --

[Laughter]

IT IS NOT TRUE!

SO WHAT I DID WAS I JUST TOOK

THE BIBLE AND TALKED ABOUT

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS

AND WHAT JESUS SAID

ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT.

IT'S LIKE BOB AND JULIE SAID,

"IT CHANGED OUR LIVES.

WE'VE BEEN CHRISTIANS BUT

IT CHANGED OUR LIVES TO KNOW

THE HOLY SPIRIT

AS THE BIBLE TEACHES HIM."

James: YOU DON'T HAVE A CHURCH

FULL OF STRANGE PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE SO FULL

OF THE GLORY OF GOD THAT

IT MAKES THE REST OF THE WORLD

LOOK AS BEWILDERED, LONELY,

ORPHANED -- THEY LOOK

LIKE ORPHANS.

REALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE

IN CHURCHES LOOK LIKE ORPHANS.

THEY REALLY -- THEY LOOK LIKE

FATHERLESS PEOPLE BECAUSE

REALLY, I THINK UNLESS

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING

IN YOUR LIFE, YOU DON'T

UNDERSTAND THE FULLNESS

AND THE HEART OF THE FATHER;

YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND

WHAT THE SHEPHERD'S LIKE.

HE LITERALLY SHOWS YOU

THAT HE IS GOING TO LEAD YOU

AND GUIDE YOU.

AND IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE

THAT THE SHEPHERD LEADS YOU

TO GREEN PASTURES

AND BESIDE STILL WATERS

AND HE COMFORTS YOU EVEN IN

THE PRESENCE OF YOUR ENEMIES

AND PREPARES A TABLE FOR YOU.

SO THIS IS A GOD OF COMFORT.

ONE OF THE GREAT LESSONS

IN YOUR TEACHING IS THE COMFORT.

YOU HAVE A HILARIOUS

ILLUSTRATION ABOUT

A COMFORTER, AND ABOUT

HOW DEBBIE WOULDN'T LET YOU

USE THE COMFORTER

WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT.

SHE WOULDN'T LET YOU TOUCH IT.

WOULD PUT IT UP AND HIDE IT

AFTER WE TAKE IT OFF THE BED.

ROBERT MAKES THE POINT SO WELL.

I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS,

AND BY THE WAY, I'M REALLY

ENCOURAGING YOU TO GET

THE SERIES.

YOU CAN GET IT ON CD/DVD,

AND ALSO THE BOOK,

THE GOD I NEVER KNEW.

NO QUESTION IT WILL BE

A BEST SELLER; ALL THE BOOKS

ROBERT HAS WRITTEN

FROM THE BLESSED LIFE TO

THE DISCOVERING YOUR DESTINY,

ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS

HE'S SHARED HAVE IMPACTED PEOPLE

OF THAT POINT.

I WANT TO ASK YOU, BOB,

NOW WE HAD FUN WITH

THE TWO OF YOU, DID YOU SEE

GOD DO SOMETHING THAT

PLEASED YOU AND GAVE YOU

A PEACE IN WHAT YOU SAW HAPPEN

TO JULIE?

Bob: YES, FIRST OF ALL I WANT

TO SAY THIS IS THE BEST TEACHING

I'VE EVER HAD ON THE HOLY SPIRIT

-- THAT I'VE EVER

EXPERIENCED EVER!

I'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME

OTHER BOOKS AND OTHER TRAINING

BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS,

THIS GOOD -- AND YES,

THERE WAS A CHANGE

IN THE BUBBLY PERSONALITY.

Robert: WAS IT MORE BUBBLY?

Bob: IT WAS MORE BUBBLY.

YEAH! YEAH!

BUT YES, I DID SEE A CHANGE

AND QUITE FRANKLY IT AFFECTED ME

AS WELL GOING THROUGH THE DVD

AND BEING IN THE AUDIENCE.

SINCE I'M THE LEADER FOR

THE VETERANS MINISTRY

AT GATEWAY, I GO OUT

AND MINISTER TO VETERANS

ONE-ON-ONE AND A LOT OF TIMES

I GO OUT AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

ENABLES ME TO MINISTER TO THEM

BECAUSE A LOT OF GUYS

WON'T SPEAK UP.

THEY SUFFER FROM P.T.S.D.

FROM BEING IN COMBAT ZONE.

I'LL GO OUT AND MINISTER

TO THEM ONE-ON-ONE.

THE HOLY SPIRIT ENABLES ME

TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THEM

SOMETIMES.

IT ALSO HAD AN EFFECT ON ME

AS WELL BY GOING THROUGH

THE BOOK AND THE VIDEO SERIES.

James: DID YOU SENSE

THAT SINCE YOU HEARD WHAT

YOU HEARD AND TRIED TO OPEN

YOURSELF UP TO FULLNESS OF LOVE

AND REALLY, THE HOLY SPIRIT

JUST GIVES US A SPIRIT OF LOVE,

WHEN YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE,

AND YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT

VETERANS AND NOT TOUCH MY HEART.

ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T

UNDERSTAND THAT...

THESE ARE THE GREATEST PEOPLE.

A HUG WOULD BE SO INADEQUATE;

A HUG TO THE WHOLE FAMILY

WOULD BE SO INADEQUATE.

I WISH THAT WE WERE ABLE

TO TELL YOU HOW --

BUT YOU'RE THE REAL HEROES.

I MEAN GOD HAS BLESSED US ALL

BUT HE HASN'T BLESSED US

WITH ANYTHING GREATER THAN YOU

BECAUSE YOU'RE GUARDIANS

OF OUR BLESSINGS;

YOU'RE THE SAFEGUARDS.

SO WHEN YOU GO IN TO MINISTER

TO THEM NOW, TO ENCOURAGE THEM,

DO YOU FIND WHAT YOU WOULD

MAYBE HAVE TO DESCRIBE

AS THE LOVE OF GOD

ACTUALLY COMING THROUGH YOU

TOWARD THEM?

Bob: YES, THAT'S VERY CORRECT.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY WON'T SPEAK.

THEY'LL ISOLATE THEMSELVES

OR THEY TEND TO GO INTO DRUGS

AND ALCOHOL, OR ANGER.

THE TYPICAL SYMPTOMS

OF P.C.S.D.

AND THE APPOINTMENT OF MINISTRY

IS I'M THE OUTPOST LEADER

HERE IN NORTH TEXAS,

I GO OUT AND MINISTER TO THEM

ONE-ON-ONE.

WE HAVE A GROUP AS WELL,

WE MEET AT GATEWAY CHURCH.

WE MEET THERE AND SOME GUYS

CAN'T GET TO THE CHURCH.

I REMEMBER ONE STORY,

I WENT TO MEET A VIETNAM VETERAN

WHO COULDN'T GET

TO THE GROUP MEETING.

SO I MET HIM OFF SITE

ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

WE SAT FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS

AND I THINK JULIE WAS THERE

WHEN I MET WITH HIM

AND HE CAME IN PUSHING

HIS WALKER AND ALL THIS

AND BY THE TIME HE LEFT,

HIS COUNTENANCE CHANGED.

I MINISTERED TO HIM AND

THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOWED ME

SOME THINGS THAT HE WASN'T

EVEN TALKING ABOUT.

I'M A VETERAN MYSELF

AND I TRIED TO -- WE CAN RELATE

AT THIS POINT MAN

IT'S VETS TO VETS MINISTRY.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE

WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPED ME

UNDERSTAND BUT THROUGH

A WORD OF WISDOM UNDERSTAND

HOW TO MINISTER TO HIM.

James: BOY, I THANK GOD

FOR THAT!

DON'T YOU THANK GOD

FOR SOMEONE SENSITIVE ENOUGH

TO REALLY GO OUT AND HELP?

ONE OF THE THINGS, JULIE

THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CLIP

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE

THE SETTING, JUST A PORTION;

THIS IS EIGHT SESSIONS

ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT.

BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT GRIEVING

THE HOLY SPIRIT,

AS THAT BEING AN ISSUE.

WHY DID THAT HIT HOME WITH YOU?

Julie: WELL, BECAUSE I'D NEVER

REALLY SAW THE HOLY SPIRIT

AS A PERSON

AND THAT PERSON LIVING IN ME.

I THINK THE PERSONALITY OF GOD

THAT HE CHOSE THIS TEMPLE

TO BUILD HIS HOME

AND TO LIVE IN,

AND THE PERSONHOOD,

A PERSON CAN BE GRIEVED,

A PERSON CAN BE HURT.

I STARTED THINKING OF WAYS

THAT OVER THE YEARS

I'VE BEEN HURTING HIM,

I'VE BEEN GRIEVING HIM.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HIM.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHO HE WAS.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

WHERE HE WAS.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT

IT WAS A HE.

I WAS LOOKING OUT THERE

AND UP THERE AND ALL AROUND

BUT NOT IN HERE.

WHAT HE SHOWED ME,

EVERYTHING IS IN HERE.

James: IF YOU DON'T SEE IT

THAT WAY, SEE, WHEN YOU

GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT,

I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,

IT WILL LEAD TO A LOT OF GRIEF

BECAUSE HE IS GRIEVED ONLY

BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING OUT

FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU.

SO YOU CAN QUENCH THE SPIRIT,

QUENCH NOT --

QUENCH THE HOLY SPIRIT?

IT'S LIKE HE IS SENSITIVE

OR SOMETHING, LIKE HE IS

SITTING AROUND, DON'T! DON'T!

HEY WAIT A MINUTE!

YES, HE IS A PERSON BUT

HE GRIEVES AND HE IS QUENCHED

FROM BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT

HE SO DESIRES TO DO FOR YOU

AND THROUGH YOU.

I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO

ONE OF THE PORTIONS

OF THE TEACHING.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE

HOW EFFECTIVE GOD'S GIFTED

ROBERT TO COMMUNICATE. WATCH.

Robert: RIGHT AFTER I GOT SAVED

MY FIRST BIRTHDAY CAME AROUND

AND -- JUST MY NATURAL BIRTHDAY

-- AND DEBBIE SAID TO ME,

"WHAT DO YOU WANT

FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?"

I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL TRY TO THINK ABOUT IT."

WELL, THE NEXT MORNING

IN MY QUIET TIME

THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID,

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME

FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?

ASK ME FOR SOMETHING."

SO I ASKED HIM FOR A WORK

IN MY LIFE.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, EVERY YEAR AT MY BIRTHDAY

I ASK GOD FOR SOMETHING.

ON MY 30TH BIRTHDAY,

I SAID, "LORD, I WANT TO BE ABLE

TO HEAR YOU MORE CLEARLY.

JESUS BEGAN HIS MINISTRY

WHEN HE WAS 30;

I WANT TO HEAR YOU

MORE CLEARLY."

SO ON THAT WEEKEND,

MY BIRTHDAY WAS ON A MONDAY;

ON THAT WEEKEND

I WENT TO MINISTER SOMEWHERE.

AND ON FRIDAY NIGHT

I WAS MINISTERING

AND IT WAS A PROPHETIC MEETING

SO I WAS PROPHESYING OVER PEOPLE

AND I WAS PROPHESYING LIKE

I'D NEVER PROPHESIED BEFORE.

I MEAN I WAS -- LITERALLY,

I KNEW NAMES, UNDERWEAR SIZES --

NO, I'M JOKING!

[Laughter]

BUT I JUST -- IT WAS AMAZING

HOW SPECIFIC

THE PROPHETIC WORDS WERE.

I COULD JUST LOOK AT PEOPLE

AND SEE THINGS IN THE SPIRIT.

HERE'S WHAT I THOUGHT, LORD,

YOU'RE ANSWERING MY PRAYER,

MY BIRTHDAY WISH.

MY BIRTHDAY IS MONDAY,

THIS IS FRIDAY

BUT YOU'RE ALREADY ANSWERING IT,

I CAN HEAR YOU MORE CLEARLY.

I GO BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM,

FLIPPING THROUGH THE CHANNELS

AND YOU KNOW

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY HONEST

AND TRANSPARENT WITH YOU

AND SOMETHING WAS ON TV

I SHOULDN'T HAVE WATCHED

BUT I WATCHED IT ANYWAY.

SATURDAY NIGHT

I GET UP TO MINISTER

AND OF COURSE, THE NEXT MORNING

IN MY QUIET TIME I SAID,

"LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT."

AND I ASKED HIS FORGIVENESS

AND HE FORGIVES ME --

HE FORGIVES ME,

BUT THERE HAS BEEN

A FELLOWSHIP BROKEN.

I HAVE GRIEVED HIM.

SO SATURDAY NIGHT

I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

IT'S LIKE THERE'S BRASS HEAVENS,

JUST CAN'T HEAR GOD.

IT'S NOT THAT

HE IS PUNISHING ME,

IT'S THAT I CHOSE TO WALK AWAY

FROM BEING CLOSE TO HIM.

AND SO, ON SUNDAY MORNING

I WAS JUST DREADING THE SERVICE.

I THOUGHT OH, GOD,

I'M DREADING BECAUSE OF THIS,

I CAN'T HEAR YOU, I KNOW THAT.

SO THE PASTOR SAID,

"YOU KNOW WHAT?

INSTEAD OF PROPHETIC MINISTRY,

I THINK I'M GOING TO SPEAK

THIS MORNING."

I THOUGHT, SHHEW!

PRAISE THE LORD!

THAT'S GREAT WITH ME.

[Laughter]

HE GOT UP AND SPOKE

ON GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT.

HE TALKED ABOUT WHEN

THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS TO YOU

AND SAYS, "DON'T DO THAT!"

AND YOU DO IT ANYWAY,

IT IS LIKE STIFF ARMING HIM,

AND YOU GRIEVE HIM.

AND HE SAID,

"THEN YOU EXPECT HIM TO USE YOU

BUT YOU'VE GRIEVED HIM,

YOU'VE GRIEVED HIS HEART."

AGAIN, NOT BECAUSE HE IS A PRUDE

BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEFILED

YOUR SOUL WITH SOMETHING.

SO ANYWAY, HE SAID,

"NOW, IF YOU KNOW

THERE IS A SIN IN YOUR LIFE

WHERE YOU ARE GRIEVING

THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND YOU'D LIKE TO BE

SET FREE FROM THAT SIN"

BECAUSE EVERY NOW AND THEN

I WOULD FALL TO THIS SIN,

HE SAID, "I WANT YOU

TO COME FORWARD AND

WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU."

I REMEMBER THINKING --

HERE'S WHAT I THOUGHT,

I CAN'T GO FORWARD

I'M ONE OF THE MINISTERS.

THEN I THOUGHT,

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

THEY WILL PROBABLY THINK THAT

I DON'T READ MY BIBLE ENOUGH

OR I DON'T PRAY ENOUGH.

THEY WON'T THINK

THAT IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEN THE PASTOR SAID,

"NOW I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT

IF YOU DON'T READ YOUR BIBLE

OR PRAY ENOUGH."

[Laughter]

HE SAID, "I'M TALKING ABOUT

THAT YOU HAVE A DIRTY,

YOU HAVE A VILE --."

I THOUGHT, OH, COME ON, MAN!

[Laughter]

ANYWAY, IT WAS LIKE

THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID TO ME,

"YOU STILL GOING TO GO?"

AND I WAS THE FIRST ONE.

AND GOD BROKE SOMETHING

IN MY LIFE -- LISTEN --

THAT'S BEEN BROKEN

SINCE THAT DAY,

BECAUSE I HUMBLED MYSELF.

NOW REMEMBER MY PRAYER.

MONDAY MORNING, I WOKE UP

AND IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID TO ME,

AS SOON AS I WOKE UP

THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID,

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

SEE, I ASKED HIM TO BE ABLE

TO HEAR HIS VOICE MORE CLEARLY

AND WHAT HE DID WAS REMOVE

WHAT WAS HINDERING ME.

James: THE HOLY SPIRIT,

AS ROBERT HAS SAID, TOO OFTEN

IS THE GOD MOST PEOPLE SAY,

"I NEVER KNEW."

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP SAYING,

"I NEVER GOT TO KNOW HIM"

BECAUSE YOU CAN RECEIVE HIM

IN ALL OF HIS FULLNESS

AND POWER.

ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT CONCERNS ME SO DEEPLY

ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT,

THE WONDERFUL UNIFYING FORCE

AND POWER OF GOD TO BRING

PEOPLE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY

HAS BECOME A POINT OF DIVISION,

THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION,

FRUITLESS DISCUSSION AND DEBATE

TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY

OF THE ONLY POWER

THAT CAN BRING FORTH REAL FRUIT

IN A SUPERNATURAL FASHION

AND THAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT.

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

JESUS SAID HE IS SO NECESSARY,

SO IMPORTANT, THE ONE WHO WILL

GUIDE YOU TO ALL TRUTH,

WHO WILL LEAD YOU

INTO A SPIRIT OF UNITY,

WHO WILL GIVE YOU JOY

AND PEACE AND LOVE.

THE THREE THINGS

EVERY PSYCHOLOGIST

AND SURVEY TELLS YOU

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.

SOME OF THEM

WOULD CALL IT "HAPPINESS."

THE BIBLE SAYS

IT IS LOVE, JOY, AND PEACE,

AND JOY IS FROM WITHIN --

IT HAPPENS WITHIN.

OUR SON HAS WRITTEN A BOOK

ON HAPPINESS, ABOUT JOY

AND THEN EXPLAINS WHAT THAT IS.

I HAVE AN IDEA A LOT OF PEOPLE

WON'T LIKE IT.

BUT IT IS THE POWER

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

THAT GIVES YOU THIS INNER PEACE

AND THIS INNER JOY.

JESUS SAID, "I'M LEAVING

TO SEND YOU ANOTHER LIKE ME

THAT WILL LIVE IN YOU."

I MEAN THEY HAD THE TEACHER

AROUND THEM.

HE SAID, "I'M GOING

TO SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT

TO GUIDE YOU TO ALL TRUTH."

ROBERT HAS SHARED THE INSIGHTS

THAT WILL LITERALLY LEAD YOU

INTO A WHOLE NEW WALK.

NOW THE REASON I SAY

THIS IS IMPORTANT

FOR YOU TO RECEIVE,

BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO SHARE,

TO SHARE THE TRUTHS,

THE TEACHING

THAT ROBERT HAS SHARED.

HERE IS THE BOOK.

WE'RE ASKING YOU

TO SIMPLY DIAL THE NUMBER,

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

USE IT LIKE A CHECK,

MAKE A GIFT TO HELP US SHARE

THE LIFE AND LOVE OF GOD.

NOT JUST IN WORD --

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT,

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT,

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART

OF WHAT WE DO IS COMMUNICATE

THE TRUTH AND THE LOVE OF GOD

AND SHOW PEOPLE

HOW THEY CAN RELEASE IT

WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE IT

BECAUSE WHEN YOU RECEIVE

THE LOVE OF GOD

YOU WANT TO SHARE IT.

SO WE'RE ASKING YOU

TO HELP US DO THAT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE

THE SERIES ON DVD,

CD, AND THE BOOK,

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PRAYERFULLY

CONSIDER MAKING A GIFT

TO HELP US TOUCH

PEOPLE'S LIVES OF $99.

IF YOU SAY, "JAMES,

I CAN'T DO THAT

BUT I REALLY WANT THE TEACHING,"

ASK FOR IT IN THE CD

AND WE'LL SEND YOU THE BOOK,

AND WE'RE ASKING YOU

TO CONSIDER A GIFT OF $49.

WE WANT TO BE A BLESSING TO YOU

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO EXPERIENCE

THE JOY OF BLESSING OTHERS,

ENABLE US TO KEEP SHARING

GOD'S LOVE, THE GUESTS,

THE TESTIMONIES, THE TEACHING

AND ALSO TO BE ABLE

TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF THOSE

WHO ARE HUNGRY OR DESPERATE

OR NEED CLEAN WATER.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ASSIST US

SHARING THE LOVE OF GOD

WITH OTHERS.

CALL THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW

OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE

LIFETODAY.ORG

AND ASK FOR THE CD'S,

THE DVD'S, THE BOOK

OR THE CD'S AND THE BOOK,

WE WANT TO BE A BLESSING TO YOU.

GOD WANTS TO FILL YOU

TO OVERFLOWING WITH THE POWER

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

YOU MAKE THAT CALL.

AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU NEED

SOMEONE TO PRAY WITH YOU

ABOUT ANY NEED

DON'T HESITATE TO ASK

ONE OF OUR PRAYER PARTNERS,

"JOIN ME IN PRAYER

ABOUT THIS NEED."

Announcer: TO MANY PEOPLE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MYSTERIOUS,

DISTANT, EVEN CONTROVERSIAL.

THEY SIMPLY DON'T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND

WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.

INTRODUCING THE GOD I NEVER KNEW,

A DYNAMIC NEW SERIES THAT WILL HELP YOU DISCOVER

HOW REAL FRIENDSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

AND EMPOWER YOU FOR MINISTRY.

THROUGH EIGHT DYNAMIC AUDIO AND VIDEO MESSAGES,

PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS SHARES INCREDIBLE TRUTH

THAT WILL HELP DESTROY THE LIES AND MISCONCEPTIONS

BELIEVERS HAVE ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ENCOURAGER

AND TRUSTED FRIEND THAT HE IS.

USING SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE

AND HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE,

ROBERT HELPS YOU EXPERIENCE THE HOLY SPIRIT

IN A FRESH NEW WAY

TO EMBRACE THE GOD YOU MAY HAVE NEVER KNOWN.

Jack: ROBERT MORRIS' STUDY SERIES ON THE BOOK,

THE GOD I NEVER KNEW

IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING YOU'LL FIND PRACTICAL AND PERSONAL.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE PRACTICAL THAN LIFE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

OR MORE PERSONAL THAN KNOWING HIM WELL.

I LOVE IT WHEN PASTORS CAN DO THAT

AND THEN PACKAGE IT THIS WAY FOR YOU.

Announcer: CALL NOW TO RECEIVE THE GOD I NEVER KNEW AUDIO SERIES AND BOOK

WITH YOUR GIFT OF JUST $49 OR MORE,

OR REQUEST BOTH VIDEO AND AUDIO SERIES WITH THE BOOK

FOR JUST $99 OR MORE.

AND REMEMBER, YOUR GIFT TODAY

HELPS US BRING FREEDOM IN CHRIST

TO THOSE IN NEED AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS IS THE LAST DAY! PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE.

Robert: God WANTS TO TALK TO YOU PERSONALLY

AND HE DOES IT THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT.

IT ENCOURAGES US. IT'S SO ENCOURAGING!

YOU WANT TO DRAW CLOSER TO HIM,

YOU ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING

OR GET REMINDED OF SOMETHING

THAT YOU MIGHT BE MISSING

AND YOU WANT TO GET THAT BACK IN YOUR LIFE.

I GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU GET THIS DVD

AND YOU GET YOUR BIBLE OUT YOU CAN SIT THERE

AND YOU WILL LEARN SOMETHING YOU NEVER KNEW BEFORE.

Robert: BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF CHRISTIANS

WHO NEED TO SAY HELLO TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

JUST SAY, "HELLO, HOLY SPIRIT.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TODAY

FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD?"

THE THING I LIKE THE MOST

ABOUT THE WAY ROBERT TEACHES IS

HE JUST DOESN'T GRAB ONE SCRIPTURE

AND TALK ABOUT THAT

BUT HE SEES THE MOVEMENT

AND THE TEACHING OF WHAT GOD IS GETTING ACROSS

IN THE SCRIPTURE

AND HE WEAVES THOSE INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY

THAT JUST COMPLETELY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS,

SETS YOU AT EASE AND MAKES YOU FEEL CONFIDENT

IN WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

James: LET ME JUST --

I DON'T THINK PERSUASION

IS THE RIGHT WORD BUT I WANT

TO ENCOURAGE YOU, GET THE BOOK.

WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.

WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEND

THE TEACHING WHERE YOU REALLY

GET THE SPIRIT IN WHICH

IT WAS DELIVERED IN DVD AND CD.

I REALLY PRAY THAT

YOU'LL GET IT.

I WANT YOU TO JOIN US SAYING

THANKS TO BOB AND JULIE --

AND THANKS TO OUR PASTOR

ROBERT MORRIS.

VISIT GATEWAY CHURCH SOMETIMES,

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

COME BE WITH US.

IF YOU'RE IN THE DALLAS/

FORT WORTH AREA, COME BY

AND SEE US ON THE WEEKEND,

SATURDAY OR SUNDAY!

THANK YOU, FOR SHARING

THIS TIME.

Announcer: NEXT WEEK, A YOUNG MAN STRUGGLING

WITH LIFE AND RELIGION ANSWERS WITH A VIDEO POEM

THAT GOES VIRAL WITH OVER 21 MILLION VIEWERS.