Taking Charge of Your Life

SPOT  OPENER

SPKM BILL NORDSTROM From the campus of Oral Roberts University and the City of Faith Health Care Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, today with special guests, Houston pastors, Dusty and Rhonda Kemp.  Now the Oral Roberts Ministry presents Richard Roberts.

SPKM ORU SINGERS  SONG Turn_it_around

SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Well, give the Lord Jesus a good handclap. (Applause)  Hello, everybody.  Welcome to Richard Roberts Live. I understand we have a big tour group, Elsie’s tour group from, is it Seguin, Texas, is that right?  Stand up and let us give you a good handclap.  Give them a good handclap.  (Applause)  Look at those red hats.  God bless you for being here.  Enjoy yourself here at ORU today and at the City of Faith and the Healing Outreach Center.  And if you just tuned in, you’re tuned in to a miracle program, not because of us, but because of the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Son of the living God.  I believe in the healing power of God.  I believe in miracles. (Applause)

Let me ask a question, how do you stand against the tricks and strategies of the devil?  Well, let me give you the answer from the Apostle Paul in Ephesians, chapter 6, when he says, “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles (or the tricks or strategies) of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.  Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day.  And having done all to stand, stand therefore, having your loins gird about with truth and having on the breastplate of righteousness and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.”  And that means you can walk over the devil’s roughest territory. “Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.  And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.”  That means praying in the Spirit, praying in tongues, then praying in your own language, in English.  “And watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.”   What’s he saying?  He’s saying that you and I can put on the whole armor of God and we can withstand all of the fiery darts of the evil one. What does that mean to you and me?  It means we win.  It means we win, in the name of Jesus.  (Applause)  When we put on the whole armor of God, we win.  When we stand fast in the name of Jesus, it means we can be victorious over the devil’s roar, whether it’s, whether it’s the devil’s roar of sickness or disease or the devil’s roar coming against your finances or coming against your family or your home or coming against your marriage or coming against your business or your job or coming against you with some relationship, it means we can stand in the name of Jesus and put on the whole armor of God and we can win over the situation. (Applause)  Now that’s good news.  You turned on this program today and say, well, I wonder what’s going to happen.  I’ll tell you what’s going to happen.  We’re going to give you good news, good news that you can win.  You don’t have to be down, you can be up, in the name of Jesus. And the ORU Singers and I want to open this program with a song that comes right out of Paul’s writings in Ephesians on putting on the whole armor of God.  So here it is, “Put on the Whole Armor of God.” Put your hands together, everybody.  This is for you.  (Singing “Put On The Armor of God”) (Applause)  That means we win.  Stay tuned for a message coming just for you.  COLLEGE WEEKEND

SPOT  YOU CAN BE FREE

SPOT  (Applause)

SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Hello, Lindsay.  (Howdy)  Joining us today are Larry and Melva Lea. Give them a good handclap.  (Applause) Larry and Melva, pastor of the Rock on the Rock in Rockwall, Texas, church of 11,000 members.  Are you still having five services on Sunday to get all the people in?

SPKM LARRY LEA That’s right, Richard, five services.  Five services on Sunday.

SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS And Larry is also called of God to be the dean of the seminary here at Oral Roberts University.  Larry, understand we have the largest enrollment in the history of the seminary.  Say a word about it.