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Free Stuff! (Open Your Eyes)

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Kent Clark
Kent Clark November, 1 2015
Pastor Clark explains that their is nothing free it cost us in the long run

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This guy comes to church in dirty
clothes. He really has on messy attire. The church ladies were real upset
with this man's dress. He was very noticeable. They
all talked to their husbands at home, and the men agreed that
the pastor must ask this man to dress differently. So the
pastor next Sunday, when the man showed up for service, said
to him, your clothing is just not appropriate for our church. I would like for you to ask God
this week what you should wear next Sunday. Next Sunday, the
guy shows up wearing the same clothes. The pastor says to him,
I thought I told you to ask God what you should wear to church
today. The man said, I did ask God. Well, the pastor said, what did
he say? The man answered, God said he didn't know he'd never
been here before. All right. I don't care what
you wear here. You need the grace of God and
you're certainly welcome. I have asked the Lord to open
your eyes today and open my mouth and help me to convey what I
believe is the absolute truth and the most important truth
and message in all the world. It will be a little different
for you and some of you may have some real difficulty in deciphering. May the spirit of God give you
revelation in the knowledge of Jesus Christ today and open your
eyes. We are 373 days until we elect
a new president. I believe this will be the most
important election in the history of this country. And, of course,
when we talk about an election, we talk about people voting. I hope you're registered to vote,
and I hope you will practice voting. Those of you who are
registered and you have never voted, you can practice Tuesday. Say, well, I don't even know
what the issues are. Find out and go vote. You can
practice for next year. I personally am not sitting on
my hands wondering what we should do. I know what we must do. I
know that in the end, no matter what happens, as Christians,
we win. I know that. We sent a letter out, actually
80,000 letters. This one was written to me by
me. I got it in the mail. Dear Pastor Mrs. Clark, we pledge
our allegiance to proclaim our freedoms and sing his praises.
Pretty strong statement for grace centers. I can remember 26 years
ago when our development department was scared to death to mention
the name of God. I started writing the appeal
letters and we did get some kickback. But the truth is, I'm now writing
letters making it very plain, this is no time for indecisiveness. The question is, who's on the
Lord's side? We pledge our allegiance, proclaim our freedoms, and sing
his praises. The reality is that we have become
a nation that is not under God, but a nation that seemingly has
no room for him. We have ushered him out of our
schools, escorted him out of our homes, and hidden him in
our churches, leaving many asking, where is the beautiful America
we once knew? This Thanksgiving, millions of
Americans will be given the freedom to bow their heads and pray to
the God of our forefathers. Our God has given so much and
only desires a place in our hearts in return. Grace Centers of Hope
recognizes that God deserves his rightful place at our table. He's the foundation of everything
we do and stand for here. Whether we are feeding, clothing,
or providing shelter for those in need, God is the center of
it all. That's very true. We want people
to know that. We have put on the, maybe some of you got the
letter, hope in American Thanksgiving. There is hope. Our October appeal
letter went out, and as of yesterday, we were $18,000 over budget and
over last year's gifts. There are literally thousands
of us out there. There needs to be a voice and
must be a voice in this wilderness. Now many of you are going to
think I am most partial to a political party. I'm partial to Jesus Christ
and to the issues of scripture. But I do believe you call a spade
a spade. So when I talk about the Democrats
today, you know exactly who I'm talking about. I make no bones
about it. The Democrats are off base. And
to some degree, so are the Republicans. I just read a couple of weeks
ago, and I wrote it down, where the Republican leadership
said something like this. We want to try to avoid social
issues. They are hard issues in the upcoming
presidential election. We are afraid that social issues
might be such a hot issue, it could lead to shutting down the
government, this was a few weeks ago, and might cost us votes. Let me tell you, folks, the issue
is social issues. It's social issues. It's a sin issue. Social issues
are bad because of SIN. Greg read to us this morning.
What's the cause of all this mess? Sin. Nobody wants to talk
about sin today. I'm going to talk about it today.
I'm going to entitle this message, I've entitled this message, Free
Things. And you'll see why. Bernie Sanders
is a socialist. He's running for president of
the United States. I didn't say he's a socialist. He says he's
a socialist. A social progressiveness, he
calls it. Hillary Clinton is as well, but
she seems to have more trouble telling the truth than Bernie. She's getting real quiet in here,
isn't it? They both have one thing in common,
socialism. Now listen very close. You say,
well, I'm not a political person. I didn't come here to hear political
stuff. Just hang on to your seat. Don't
get mad and leave till it's over. It's not over till it's over.
And I'll tell you when it's over, OK? You know what socialism is? Socialism,
and I tried to get a very simple definition, but socialism is
a way of organizing society in which major industries are owned
and controlled by government rather than individual people
and companies. You know what that means? Socialism
will take your rights away from you as an individual. Government
will get big, right? Government's everything. Communism
and socialism are in many ways similar. The removal of individual
rights and big government controlled by a few. It's the wrong way. It's not
God's way. Communism, socialism are not
God's way. The Bible would definitely be
in direct opposition to both of these forms of government.
In fact, in countries where you have these forms of government,
you will always find the church persecuted. As government has grown in America,
and especially with this administration, you have seen the beginnings
of government becoming squatters on church turf. Say, well, what
do you mean by that? I mean Obamacare. I am opposed
to abortion. I am not, for my tax dollars,
paying for abortion. Can I get an amen here? Surely
somebody else here is with me on this. Same-sex marriage. The Bible's
very clear about that. The little lady in Kentucky got
arrested for standing for God, standing for the truth of scriptures. Government moving onto church
turf. Now I know to some of you my
comments, and especially millennials, that's you who are 40 and over, Millennials have a hard time
deciding about stuff. You've gotten so used to things
happening. You don't know whether abortion
is wrong or right. Maybe your depth in scripture
is not what it should be, and so you buy into this women's
right thing. That's a ploy of the devil. working with Kyle to produce
a very short film where I'm going to show uh... some real pictures of what hitler
did and bulldozers moving bodies into this trench jewish bodies
by the thousands they're burying these jewish people that they
have gassed the government did that and now i'm gonna just come
on and look at everybody and say is this right or is this
wrong then i'm going to show a baby being aborted and squirming
on the table as they suck the brains out of the baby's head.
And I'm going to ask all of you, is this right or is this wrong? Some decisions have to be made
and some backbones have to be gotten. The church is not to be wimpy
about these things. This is the word of God. This
is God's way. I don't know, millennials, about
the X and Y kids, you have no, probably, no conviction about
government control, selling baby parts. You've been conditioned. We've been conditioned over the
years. And we are, we have gone the
wrong way in America. Entitlement. Entitlement has
free stuff. This is where the free stuff
comes in, the title of my message, free stuff. Entitlement has bankrupt
this country. This nation is $22 trillion in
debt. And if every American, man, woman,
and child paid $30,000, the rest of, for 1,000 years, $22 trillion
would not be paid. In other words, this debt cannot
be paid back. It's not going to be paid back.
And I'm going to prophesy here. I prophesy a world war because
the debt can't be paid for. And usually when we get in debt
and things get messy, we have a war so we can kill off a whole
lot of folks, eliminate debt. We're going the wrong way. Say,
pastor, you sound like Donald Trump. You know what? Let me tell you this. Why do
you think people my age are responding to Donald Trump? Because we're
ticked. We're angry. We know the bridge
is out. We know it's the wrong way. I'm not telling you to vote for
Donald Trump. I'm not telling you to vote for him at all. I'm just telling you this. Open
your eyes. I want this church to be wide-eyed
about what's happened. Some of you become so accustomed
to entitlement. It makes you angry when I talk
about it. The breakup of the family has
become very normal. You know what? I met a doctor
that I met years ago, but I met him in Comerica Bank. And he
said to me, after our conversation got going a little bit, he said
to me, Pastor, I want to give you a stat. 80% of the babies born south of 8
mile are born to a single parent. 80% and some huge number, he
told me, I can't remember what the number was, never make it
out of the hood. That's what's going on in this
country. You're looking to kids burning Baltimore, entitlement
kids. Kids that no longer say, yes,
sir, and no, sir, and yes, ma'am, and no, ma'am. Kids that don't
know manners. Kids that have no politeness. Kids that are packing guns. Kids
that are killing police officers. Something wrong in this country.
Something, dear people, that entitlement and Washington cannot
fix with free things. Free things have not helped this
country. The greatest danger that America
faces today is government. It's true. In fact, as far as I'm concerned,
Revelation 19 talks about the great whore. I think that's religion
and government. And God's going to burn them
both up. God's going to destroy them both in the end. And I don't
want you to get depressed today. I want you to stand on your feet
and say, amen. You know what? Pastor opened
my eyes today. I saw what's happening. At the heart of socialism and
communism is a deceiving lie. Every entitlement person is in
bondage and most don't know it. Your vote is being bought. You
listen to people. I mean, I had people here when
Mr. Obama was running say to me, Mr. Obama has to win. He
has to win because I won't get my free stuff unless he does. I mean, you were pretty brave
about that, free stuff. I want to tell you this, there
is no free stuff. And free stuff... You know, something
happened in the Garden of Eden. Greg read what happened in the
Garden of Eden. And God says there's a curse. Mother Eve was
going to be confused. She was going to try to, all
of the days of her life, Females, part of the curse was they're
going to try to get out of a man what they need and never get
it. Never get it. Your desire will
be toward your husband. What does that mean? You're going
to try to get a fix from your husband and he's not going to
be able to do that. Only Jesus Christ can do that. Part of the curse, because of
sin. And Adam, you're going to work
to the day you die and you're going to sweat. That's part of
the curse. Work. Earning a living. Free stuff. What the socialist
says is, we the elite will take care of you little people. It's
not fair that all those rich people have all the money. The
wealth ought to be distributed across the board. That's what
they say. We'll do that for you. Elect
us. You'll get free food, free education, free university. I just heard Bernie say that. Everybody in America ought to
have free education. Tell me how you have a free education. Somebody's going to pay for it. There is no free stuff. There's
no such thing as free stuff. We have an entitlement program
for you. You don't have to work. We'll send you a check. We'll
send it to your house, and you can cash it at the corner liquor
store. You want your nails done? You
want to buy cigarettes? We'll get you a bridge card,
and you can sell it for 50 cents on the dollar. This is a different service today. It's where the rubber meets the
road. It's what's happening in this country. Social ills are never going to
be solved by the Republicans or the Democrats. Social ills are solved by Christ
in you, the hope of glory. When you look at Grace Centers
of Hope, I hope you don't see a flophouse. And I want to tell
you, every day I deal with people who are coming to Grace Centers
of Hope who have nothing. who have been taken captive by
the enemy, by drugs, by the pharmacia. And not only they are captive
to that, but on top of all of that, they have a sin problem.
They don't know how to say thank you. They don't know how to be
grateful. You see, you have none of that
until you're born again. Until you're born again, you
don't know how to say thank you. You think you deserve. The Bible knows nothing about
that. And you know what? On top of
that, all of this free stuff, those of you who've been sexually
abused by a brother, a sister, a mother, a father, I hear the
most horrible things. And let me tell you, I am totally,
completely, overwhelmingly convinced there is only one who can heal
a broken heart. There is only one who can solve
the problem of you being abused, sexually abused, and that's the
Lord Jesus Christ himself. All the Czechs in the world are
not going to solve that problem. I think I said this on Wednesday,
I have such admiration for some of you. I don't I only know this
and praise to Jesus Christ. I know why you're still living.
I know why you have survived the most horrendous things, things
that I can't even repeat from this pulpit has happened to you. And, and we have the answer for
those thousands out there. I was talking to Kyle about making
the film. foreknown. And basically I was
telling him, I don't want to dress it up. I don't want her
to make a nice lady. I don't want her to be a nice
lady. I want to talk about, I want to show to the world, to thousands
who are out there who have been sexually abused. And by the way, I doubt if there's anybody in
here that really deep down inside doesn't have some concept of
what's going on sexually, the abuse that's happening sexually
in this country. It's out of control. Children
that are being killed and murdered after being sold into the sex
slavery, women Trafficking in human beings. Listen, there never
has been a time in this nation when there's been more slaves.
Never. Never. Only God can solve these social
problems. Only God can solve it. And you
know what? If the foundations be destroyed,
what will the righteous do? America is on its way down, unless
we have an awakening, unless God takes control again. Free
things do not make people better. I would ask every heroin addict,
every crack addict in here, every alcoholic in here, I would ask
you, has free things made you better? Hasn't made you better. Because you don't have an arm
problem or a hand problem or a knee problem or a leg problem.
You have a heart problem. And only God can do that. By the way, just so you all know,
Everybody in here that's receiving any kind of entitlement dollars.
And by the way, I'm opposed to all entitlement, whether it's
to individuals or corporations. I don't think corporations ought
to get entitled money. I remember when my dad had a
farm and they paid him not to grow corn. I remember thinking
to myself, that's not right. That's not right. That's some
kind of entitlement stuff. Some kind of just not right. Nothing that ticks me off more
than an ungrateful attitude. I deserve free things. Let me
tell you this. All of you who get checks, entitlement
checks, you get my money. I send it up there, pay my taxes,
right? And then that bunch up there
decides to send it to you. I'm not in agreement with that. Anthropology is so messed up
because of our ignorance of theology. This world has a sin problem. This is one of the golden rules
of the Bible. If you don't work, you don't
eat. I didn't say that. God's Word
said that. You don't work, you don't eat. God said that. Work ethic, look
where work ethic has gone in this country. There are no free things. Now
that I've really messed you up, I want to talk about a free thing. There's only one free thing in
the whole massive universe and all the universe is put together.
There's only one free thing. And that's free justification.
What that means is this. That God saves you and declares
you not guilty without a cause. That there is not one single,
there is not one single thing in you that deserves God's mercy. Not one single thing. And every
one of you who are in here, including this preacher today, at the thought
of this, your hands ought to go up in the air and you ought
to do a little happy dance. That God has saved you in spite
of you. And that nothing can stop you. That you will... I'm feeling Pentecostal just
a little bit here. Come hell or high water, you
are heaven bound. You will never go to hell, there's
no condemnation. You say, but pastor, you know,
I've been through so many sexual, black, awful, horrible things. Yeah, but God declares you not
guilty. And here's kind of the, I kept
thinking all week, how am I gonna say this? It's free, and yet
it costs so much. I mean, it is a righteous justification. It is a, you are declared not
guilty on holy ground. God is not Santa Claus. Jesus
didn't come into the world to save good little boys and girls. He came into the world to be
a substitute, to pay the price, to pay the penalty, to become
sin for us. He who knew no sin, that we might
be made the righteousness of God in him. This is the message. This is the answer to America's
problems. It's grace salvation without
a cause. There's not one single solitary
reason why you and I should be blessed. I hear people talking all the
time about, arguing with me about this one thing. You still don't
get it. In fact, many of you who don't
use crack, many out there who are in some kind of religious
building today, are hearing the message, you deserved it. God
did all he could. It was your free will. You have
to. You have to do this. You have
to do that. You have to be sprinkled. You
have to be baptized. You have to hold out. You have
to endure. It's really in your hands now.
God has done all he can. I hope you stay in there working
and you know you don't drop off. No. No. You know what I thought
all week? I thought about I'm such a disappointment. You know who do? Me. I think
about how messed up I really am. And I thought, you know what? I'm just going to tell him Sunday,
you have a messed up pastor who every day, who every day falters. Every day, I have things that
I accuse myself of. And you know what? I don't have
to only accuse myself. I know they're true. I can say,
oh, wretched man that I am. In fact, I say that all the time.
Oh, God. That's what makes grace so amazing. That's what makes it so awesome. Do you get it? Though he was
rich. Yet for your sakes, he became
poor. The foxes have their holes, the
birds of the air have their nest, but the son of man had no place
to lay his head. Oh, it must have been some great
mission he came on, it was. To save valuable people, no,
to save scuzzbags on the dunghill. wretched. And I honestly say to you today,
you want relief? You're here and you can't put
down the crack pipe. You can't stop shooting up. You're just so enslaved. There is one that can set you
free today and make life worth living. It's Jesus Christ. You're
never going to escape. You're never going to escape.
And all that Washington does is not going to give you a way
of escape. We have it, dear church. We have
the message today that America needs. We have the message. You remember in the story in
the Old Testament about the lepers. You know, they were thrown outside
the city. They were vagabonds, and nobody would come near them.
The lepers in the Old Testament and New Testament, you hear them
crying, unclean, unclean. In other words, stay away, stay
away. And they used to put them outside
the city, and they'd throw the garbage over the wall, and that's
what the lepers would eat. that go through the garbage that
was thrown over the city wall because they had been banned
outside. And one of the cities, and I
cannot recall right now, one of the cities had been besieged
and surrounded by this army. I think it was the Assyrians.
Anyway, the city, and the people inside the city were starving
to death. And these lepers stumbled up,
God delivered and chased the enemy away. You remember this
story? Chase the enemy away and the enemy fled and left all of
the food in their camp where they'd been surrounding the city,
left everything there. They escaped for their lives.
They thought they were about to be murdered by this huge army.
And there was nothing but God doing crazy stuff, right? Scared
them all away. And these lepers went into their
camp. and started eating and just enjoying
themselves. And then they said, what about
those folks in the city? And we hold our peace. That's
kind of the way I am today. What about all of the messed
up folks out there? I will not hold my peace. And
I will not sign on to what's happening in this country. I
will not sign on to a big government. I will not sign on to these things
because nobody wins. God may be giving us just a little
bit of space here. I will tell you this, and I'm
okay with this. I'm okay with this. I believe
it's our responsibility to blow the trumpet, to sound the alarm,
to see if God will revisit us. I tell God every day, since you've
been gone, this has happened. Since you've been gone, this
has happened. I read about our kids that are totally lost. The
whole educational system's messed up. And now we're killing police
officers by the hundreds now. Policemen are afraid to be policemen.
The last thing in the world I'd want to do is be a cop. Today,
in America, in a big city. I just wouldn't, I wouldn't do
that. God bless you. That's why we have on our sign
out there, God bless Sheriff Bouchard and the Oakland County
deputies. That's why we have it flashing
out there 24-7. There's something bad wrong. And you need to see
it and believe it. There's something bad wrong.
And it's a God absence. Wouldn't it be a great thing
to see in one of these services on a Sunday morning? First of
all, this place packed. And people coming to Christ in
droves. A real awakening, a real revival. Christ is all and everything
else is done, folks. It's all. You know, I'm 71 years old, and there's
not a day, probably, that I don't think, you know, this thing's
winding down. I don't know, maybe I'll live
to be 80. Maybe I won't, but that's only nine years. The fact
is, I'm on the downhill. to some degree, more than likely.
I mean, if he's going by odds, not that we live by odds, but
I'll tell you this, without any doubt, heaven is
sweeter. It looks good. But until he takes
me out of here, I'm gonna fight like hell. I'm going to blow the trumpet
in Zion. I'm going to blow the alarm. I'm going to tell the
truth. I'm going to ask you who's on
the Lord's side. I'm going to give him all the
glory, all the honor, and all the praise. I'm going to do that. One thing we all need to learn.
It's very simple. Really, the gospel is very simple. It's just that we're so blind,
we cannot see. Where's boasting? And this is
what the scripture said. It's excluded. It's excluded. Here's the way I want to live
my life. Every day, to God be the glory. Whether I eat or drink
or whatever I do, I'm not going to sit in a religious atmosphere
of humdrum. This is so exciting. Is your life exciting? Are you
like, man, I'm glad to be saved. I'm happy to know the Lord. I'm
glad to be a Christian. I win. I didn't preach this message
to depress you because I tell you without doubt, we're winners. Christian people win. God is
not going to be defeated. And for every Christian in here,
your future is great. Say, well, what if they drop
the bomb? Absent from the body, present with the Lord. Well,
what if I, what if, what if God ride off the throne? God is sovereign,
God reigns. And how about this, Christian?
How about this? And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love the Lord. You know, I am
so glad I believe that. And I know that's true. So why,
I don't know. You know, I know you're a Calvinist. I know you believe in freedom.
I know you, I'm not even talking about it that way. I'm talking
about the reality that everything that happens to me, God is so
big, so great, and so awesome. He takes it all and works it
for my good. Last week, I fell down my steady
steps, all 15 steps, right from the top. Thank God for predestination.
I got up and I said, I'm glad that's over. I don't know exactly
how it worked for my good, except you know what I thank God for?
I thank God this. In fact, it was kind of funny.
Pam ran in there. She thought I died for sure.
She said it sounded like thunder as I came down the step. You
know, I could have gone head first. You say, well, pastor,
that's such a little thing. Why are you telling this story?
Because I believe everything works out for good. You know
how I came down the step? Like a three-year-old sliding
down on his duck. Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum,
bum, bum, bum, bum. I never missed a step. And you know what? I remember
thinking as I was coming down the step, Wow, this is what kids
get out of this. It was fast. I still had my briefcase in my
hand and my phone in the other when I hit the bottom. Oh, it's good to know God every
day. Good to see him in your life every single day. Don't
get down and depressed, even with everything that's going
on. My God reigns. He's sovereign. He's big. What I wanna do is give him more
glory and watch him show himself. I've seen God literally change
this city to a great degree. I remember when it was boarded
up. I remember when they raided the mission and tried to put
me in jail. I remember when this place was
a saloon. I remember when people were jumping off the roof thinking
they could fly. I remember when the pink hairs
and the red hair and the green hairs all lined up to get in
this place. Some of you can remember when
you got drunk or got in a fistfight over there in that corner. And
now look at you. What I want you to think about
is this. There is no hope outside of Christ. We will not hold our
peace. We will sound the alarm and we
will tell the good news. And I want to say to somebody
who's probably sitting here. Sometimes I don't know how plain
to get, but. Your mother raped you. Huh? Yeah, that's happening. I hear those things. Your dad
raped you, your brother raped you, or your babysitter. Some of you guys, dysfunctional
with regard to where you are sexually because of what happened
as a child. This is real life. You understand?
Will somebody shake their head? I'm talking about the truth.
Don't you nice people throw your hands over your face and act
like these things. This is a real world. And we
have to deal with our past and those issues. And without Christ,
there's no way out. There is no way out. Our depraved nature and our flesh,
so messed up that some of those things, we don't know how to
figure that out. Now, how could I be a Christian and think back
to that and kind of enjoyed some of that? And how do you sort
all that out? Or you really don't. But one
day, one day, he's going to give you a new body. There's going
to be a new heavens and a new earth. You know what's going to be shocking
about heaven? Who's not there? And who's there? Can you imagine the thief on
the cross? He's there. How about the adulterous
woman taken in the very act of adultery? She's there. How about
Mr. uppity up and do good? He's not
there. Mr. Self-righteous, he's not
there. Mr. Pharisee, he's not there.
She's not there. Who's there? People who have
been saved by the amazing grace of God freely. So what did all that text stuff
that Greg read have to do anything? Well, shows you that man by nature
is a sinner. There are no angels born. All
of this little cute, precious thing right here has mom and
daddy's nature. And I just bet mommy and daddy
are not perfect people because there are no perfect people.
So children are born with a sinful nature and things happen in life. But Romans, after it gets through
telling us there is none righteous, no, not one. It says you have
been justified freely by the grace of God. That's the message
that must be sounded out. That's the saving message. That's
the gospel message. And that's the power of God unto
salvation. Somebody here found some relief today. Somebody here
today was comforted. Somebody here today is very angry
at me. But that's all right. You're
not the one I'm after. I'm here to comfort God's people. I'm here to blow the trumpet
in Zion and tell the little elect that has no idea they were even
elected. They're such a mess. They think
God would never love them. I'm telling you, God loves sinners,
even the chief of sinners, even the worst of sinners. And I can
tell you this. You ever thought about the invitations?
I'm almost through. The invitations of scripture. Come now, let us reason together. Who's he talking to? All those
unreasonable people. Crazy people. Come now, let us
reason together. Though your sins be as scarlet,
though you've wallowed in the muck and mobs, come to me. How
about this? Come unto me, all you that are
laboring and are heavy laden. Oh, some of you can only Barely
get through another day. You've thought about blowing
your brains out. You've thought about taking your
own life. Here's what Jesus come to me.
Are you laboring? Are you heavy laden? That's who
the invitation is to. And I'll rest you. Do you want
rest? Has it been a long time since
you've enjoyed life? You had any rest? Any peace? Has it been a long time since
you've got up and say, this is the day the Lord's made. I'm
so excited about it. I'll rejoice and be glad in it.
I'm glad to be alive. My life does not suck. I'm excited about what's going
to happen tomorrow and what God's going to do tomorrow. I have my aches and pains. but I'm watching God do the most
marvelous thing. I'm so excited. This is November
1st, right? I'm so excited. We need $300,000
this month and, and 850,000 next month. Wow. Those are going to
be great months, November and December. We need a miracle. And when we see it, You know
what? And this is nothing. We have
a great staff at Grace Center, great staff. But in our development
meetings, he's going, you better not say that, Pastor. You better
not say that, Pastor. Maybe we better take that out,
Pastor. No. No, we're not going to take
it out. We're going to say it loud and
clear. And you know what? God's people all over this state
are going to respond. It's ringing the bell. I already
know it is because it did in October. Yeah, I'm going to support
that. They want to put God back in
schools. They want to put God back in America. They want a
revival here. Oh yeah, I'm going to support
that. Sometimes we get to thinking we're just a few of us. You know
what? God has, I believe this with
all my heart, going to be more people in heaven than in hell.
So, well, it doesn't look like it. Well, don't go by looks,
you go by faith. Jesus said, I'll save my people
from their sins. He's going to do it. And you
know what? Can you think about when we get
there, the praise that's going to take place? So, I just got
an early start. When we've been there 10 million
years, we've no less days to sing his praise than when we
first began. I got to jump on it. I want to praise him today.
I'm going to praise him tomorrow. I'm going to give him glory because
he's worthy of it. Let's stand together. Praise
our God.
Kent Clark
About Kent Clark
Kent Ward Clark is the Senior Pastor of Grace Gospel Fellowship and Chief Executive Officer of Grace Centers of Hope, (www.gracecentersofhope.org) Oakland County, Michigan’s oldest and largest homeless shelter for 20 years. Over the years, his vision and leadership has transformed the ministry of Grace Centers of Hope into one of Southeastern, Michigan’s leading faith-based institutions. Pastor Clark is widely known as a speaker at Sovereign Grace conferences around the country. The Pastor’s preaching style and theological content remind us of the immortal John Bunyan. Pastor Clark believes the Lord God himself has ordained two institutions as the building blocks of a solid society. One is the “Family” and the other is the “Local Church”, founded upon the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Pastor Clark has seen the power of true assurance of salvation transform lives from despair to victory! Pastor Clark was born in Lowes, Kentucky. He has been married to Dr. Pam Clark for 36 years and they have two daughters, Shannon and Amber, who proudly serve alongside their parents at Grace Centers of Hope. Pastor Clark can be heard on the radio every morning on WMUZ, 103.5 FM, at 7:45 am and 8:45 am. He is also available to speak at various churches, conferences, and other special events.

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