almighty god. this is your night for a divine appointment with god. >> announcer: now, campmeeting! [praising, applause] >> ossie: you have found campmeeting! campmeeting is a outreach of inspiration ministries and believe it or not... it's here for you. it's a moment in time where god is here, ready to meet you at the point of your need. we're in 127 countries, 1.2 billion people can see our signal. but right now, right there in your living room, right there in your hospital room, right there in your hotel room, this is for you. this is a moment, a window of time, god has set up, ordained, predestined, just for you. right now, you're, you're wondering, "what are you talking about?" this is a difficult time in our

economy, in our country, in the world. and god has a word, for this moment, for you. you may be facing some very difficult circumstances. you may be climbing some incredible mountains. broken relationships... job loss... health, sickness, disease has riddled your body. your family's walked away from the cross. you're climbing some mountains. but tonight, tonight, god has set up a window, a moment in time where he can reach in and step into your circumstances. here at inspiration ministries, we're broadcasting from the city of light. it's our 93-acre campus, located just south of charlotte, in indian land, south carolina. we've been open since march of this year, and it's been an incredible privilege to see people come to our campus, and

experience god in a new way. but tonight, is very special. you know, in your life, as you've grown up, there are people who have become dear to you because you see 'em a lot. you've been around 'em a lot. you ever notice that the people you're closest to, you start acting like? you start talking like 'em. they start influencing what you do and how you dress. well, the man that i'm about to introduce to this campmeeting, and inspiration ministries platform has influenced me, my life personally. i know david and barbara cerullo, a lot of our team, our staff, our ministry, because he has helped us understand a very key principle, that if you listen tonight, you will receive something special. this principle can change how you live, how your grandchildren live, how their children live. it'll change your history and your legacy. right now, it's with great pride

and joy, on behalf of david and barbara cerullo, and all of us here at inspiration ministries, we welcome to campmeeting, dr. mike murdock. [cheering, applause] ♪ ♪ there is nobody ♪ there's nobody ♪ there's nobody ♪ like you ♪ ♪ there's nobody ♪ there's nobody ♪ there's nobody like you ♪ ♪ sweet holy spirit ♪ sweet holy spirit

♪ there is nobody ♪ there's nobody ♪ like you if i was sitting there in your home, and you said, "mike, what's the, what's the greatest day of your life? what's the day that you would trade for every other day?" i would tell you, "july 13, 1994." was a wednesday morning, at 7:00 and that was the day that i fell in love with the person of the holy spirit. he is not wind. he moves like wind. he is not fire. he purifies like fire. he is not water. he cleanses like water. and he certainly is not a little white bird, called a dove. he's a person. he's a person. he's the only person capable of being contented with you. he's the only person you're required to obey your entire lifetime. he is to us, what jesus was to the 12 disciples.

what jesus is to your salvation, the holy spirit is to your prayer life. one of the greatest things, and david and barbara, are you there? can you hear me? are you there? >> david: i can hear you mike. yes i can. yes. >> barbara: hello. >> david: not only can i hear you, but boy, can we, boy can we feel the sweet presence of the holy spirit as you're ministering in song. it's thick over here. you know, mike, if i could just slip this in before you start ministering any more, i just want you to know that... and i want our viewers, and those there at the city of light to know, a few weeks ago, i had the privilege of spending a couple of days with you there at the wisdom center in dallas, and while we were together... just, maybe out of the blue, you stood up and you came over and you laid hands on me and began to pray. and spoke a word of prophecy and you said, "david, there's something you've been praying

about and you don't have the answer. but i'm gonna tell you that the lord is saying to me, that before this week is over, your answer's going to come." and i thought to myself, "sure." but i'll tell you what, mike, i want you to know, before the week was over, god answered that prayer that i've been praying for a long time, and i just wanna thank you. thank you for being faithful. thank you for speaking that word over my life. and i know you're gonna speak a word over the lives of millions of people tonight as they're watching. and i believe that that same word that came to pass in my life, is going to come to pass in their life tonight, as you bring the word of the lord. so i'm so glad you're at campmeeting. i wish i was there to hug your neck. but we can feel his presence here and i know it's thick there in charlotte, at the city of light, and the presence of god is all around the world, right now. those of you that are watching in your home, just open your

spirit. begin to worship the lord. get ready to receive the word of the lord from brother murdock. i believe it can, and it will, change your life completely. >> barbara: amen. >> david: bless you mike. ♪ nobody else ♪ holy spirit ♪ does what you do ♪ ♪ nobody else ♪ holy spirit ♪ does what you do ♪ ♪ nobody else ♪ can ever take your place ♪ turn my life around ♪ through saving grace ♪ nobody else ♪ holy spirit ♪ nobody else ♪ holy spirit ♪ does what you ♪ do ♪

praise god. [applause] >> that is amazing. one of the things that, is not commonly known about you mike is that you have published a lot of music. original tunes. that have flowed out of the holy spirit. you can hear, there's a palpable presence of the lord in this place right now. >> when you hurt, you write. [laughter] when you hurt, you write. and one of the things, someone says, "when did you start writing songs?" "when i started hurtin'." when you hurt inside, how many has ever hurt? if you don't lift your hand, i know you're the one bringin' all the hurt to the rest of us. but pain is a conversation. pain is a conversation about

order. and god's goal in our life is order. god's obsession is not winning souls. his obsession, if he did, if his obsession was even soul winning, no evangelist or missionary would ever die. god's obsession is not even worship. if it was, trees would sing. god's obsession is order. the purpose of an instruction is order. order is "the accurate arrangement of things." notice this tie? disorder distracts. >> ossie: that's right. >> disorder distracts. there's a reason your nose is not on top of your head. you would drown the first rain. [laughter] order produces five rewards. beauty. safety, protection. productivity.

the purpose of god in our life, and this where wisdom is so important to me. i'm obsessed, someone says, "what got you obsessed with wisdom?" i said, "bein' so stupid." and no one's had more stupid days in their life than i have. in fact, i wake up every morning, with the thought, and i really do, "what am i doing stupid right now?" there's never a day that you're not doing something stupid, it's just how soon will you find it out? and so i... >> ossie: ...early. >> yes. and i enter every day, as a learner. i'm 10% mentor, 90% protege. a mentor is a trusted teacher. a protege is a passionate learner. and i consider that learning is my calling, and i had a, my banker asked me one day, said, "what do you for a hobby?" i said, "i learn. that's what i do. i learn." he said, "i mean for a hobby." i said, "i'm a learner."

a lady one day asked me on the plane, she said, "what do you do for a living?" i said, "i... learn for a living. that's what i do. i'm a learner." i'm a learner. and i became very fascinated, as a minister's child, one of seven children. my father's 92, and 92 strong. has never been sick a day in his life. never been in the hospital. pastored seven, started seven churches and a man of great prayer. prayed 4 to 10 hours a day. a holy man. a righteous man. a pure man. an integrous man. could never catch him at a lie. he was not a dangerous man. he was a good man, and still is. but i noticed, that we were broke. he couldn't put me through bible school, $4 a day, southwestern assemblies of god bible college in waxahachie, and he had no money. and so i found out early that prayer was not the seed for

finances. and i've learned since that most people who pray a lot, don't have much money. so we know that prayer is not the secret to financial blessing. if it was, bill gates would be the number one intercessor in america, and for some reason... >> maybe not. >> he hadn't struck me that way. so i began to study the word of god, and i wanna just say this, right there at your house, i don't know what will happen to you, to your life, until i find out who you trust. i am here because i trusted the right woman, my mother. every man is trusting a woman. every man. that's how we catch guys that escape out of prison. we tap the phone of the woman they trust. [laughter] and he shows up. a man cannot stay away from a

woman he trust. and in all of my ministry, my life, somewhere my mother brought me into a persuasion that the answers to life were in, was in, all the answers were in this bible. there's 800,000 words in the bible. takes 56 hours to read it through. 1,189 chapters. and sometimes, she would not agree with my father and she would set there, and she'd say, "i don't believe him. i'm gonna try to find what god really said about that." and i would see her for hours, studying scripture, looking for the answer that she believed was there. so i fell in love with the word of god and started reading 20 chapters a day when i was 15. at the age of 23, began to read 40 chapters a day, which took me through the bible once a year, or once a month. then i began to memorize the

bible, the new testament, 2.5 chapters a day under jerry lucas. and one morning, jerry lucas, the memory expert, you know jerry, and there was 27 of us in the class, 12 hours a day, memorizing the new testament. he said, "the day will come... that you will have so much truth inside you, that when you hear error, a lie, anger will erupt in you." isn't that powerful? and i found that to be true. and there's, i began to study and notice that there was a difference between an experience with god, and the laws of god. and i realized that you could be a christian, but not know his laws. so that the fruit of that law was not experienced. every law has a different future.

there's the law of loss. anything unprotected will be stolen. that's a law. that is a law. anything unprotected will be stolen from you. there is the law of reproduction. whatever you are, you create. there is the, there's the law of focus. there's the law of reward. there's the law of servanthood. very important law. that you can only be promoted by a person who gives you instructions. the only person between you and your future is the person you serve. the person you serve controls your future. do you remember when eleazar, the steward over the wealth of abraham, was searching for a wife for isaac. abraham didn't trust his son to discern the right woman for wealth. and so he sent his son, or his

servant, remember, to look for his wife of isaac. and he put a little criteria there. anything good, should be earned. qualify. and so he said, "god of abraham, my master, i want to know the woman that qualifies for the wealth of abraham and isaac. let her, not only offer me water, but let her be willing to spend six or seven hours here, watering my camels." >> ossie: qualify her. >> she qualified through servanthood. boaz said to ruth, "everybody's discussing you. they say that you treat your

mother-in-law seven times, better than seven sons would treat their mother." it is remarkable to find a woman who treats another woman good. you almost create a museum. [laughter] and he said, "everybody's discussing how you talk to naomi." now, naomi, first, she's a mother-in-law. that's quite an experience. mother-in-laws are unforgettable. >> ossie: yes. >> to have a bitter mother-in-law is truly unforgettable. she changed her name. remember that? she changed her name. "don't call me 'pleasant one,' any more. call me 'miss bitter.'" she went to the courthouse and changed her name. "call me 'miss bitter.'" but ruth saw past the hard crust. she was bitter. her two sons had died. her husband had died. she had nothing left and she's embittered.

but ruth, saw her future in that relationship. and she said, "i'm not interested in being your parasite. i'm interested in being a protege." a parasite wants what's in your hand, but a protege wants what's in your heart. the law of servanthood. i've written a book, and i wanna share it with you, there at your house, and i want you to take a pen, and i want you to write seven laws down. seven. and i'd like for you to teach them, because they're really, very powerful. there are 7 laws you must honor to have uncommon success. seven laws you must honor. now the reason these laws are so important is because these laws will decide the flow of favor in your life, because favor is not a miracle, nor a mystery. when you solve a problem, you create favor. everywhere you find favor, you

find money. money's not a mystery, nor is it a miracle. i don't pray for money, because it's not a miracle. i only pray for miracles. there are laws that work. there are laws that work. and it's important, it's incredibly important that you understand these seven laws. and i believe god's gonna give you wisdom. there's an anointing, there's an anointing even here, at campmeeting, and i don't know if the choir's feeling it. are you feeling this? there's an anointing... [applause] there's a birthing for the wisdom of god. [applause] there's a birthing for the wisdom of god. we know that wisdom is the study of difference. we know that. the difference in a countenance. the difference in people. the difference in a moment. the difference in a environment. wisdom is the study of difference. time is not a teacher, so wisdom

is not the product of years. i've met some people, 75 years old, still unsaved. 15-year-old boy saved. so gray hair don't make you smart. you can be 90 and still be stupid. smile unless you're the one i'm talkin' about. [laughter] time is not a teacher. sickness is not a teacher. the holy spirit is our teacher. we learn wisdom two ways. people and pain. god always sends a voice to correct us, and if we ignore the voice then he sends pain. mentors and mistakes. these are the seven laws that i feel like control your success. you must never forget these laws, if you want to unlock uncommon success, because your success is not up to god. there are 331 references to

"if." isaiah 1:19, "if i'm willing and obedient." leviticus 6, deuteronomy 28. the bible is not a book about destiny. it's a book about decisions. i heard a preacher preach one night, in a campmeeting, not here, but another campmeeting. and said, and he was preaching that god's in control of everything. god's in control. and everybody shouted, ran around, danced a little. slobbered, some fell. but i went to him after the meeting, i said, "what is god in control of?" he said, "everything." he said, "everything that happens was planned by god. the will of god is done on the earth and everything that happens is in god's control." how many has ever heard god was in control of everything? oh, it's a fabulous belief.

it's so comforting. you know, it removes the burden of decision making. i mean, god gets blamed for everything that happens that way. i said, "so everything that happens is planned by god." he said, "yes. every... god... god's in control of everything that happens." i said, "so when a man rapes a girl, we can't prosecute him because god was in control." he stared at me. i said, "if a man murders somebody, we don't put him in jail because god was in control. somebody breaks into your house. i'm sure you don't use locks since god's in control." [laughter] "if someone breaks into..." this is called the anointing of sarcasm, okay? [laughter] "if someone breaks into your house, god was in control, so you don't prosecute him." he said, "i hadn't thought about that." i said, "well, if you'll think twice, you'll be the genius in your family." [laughter]

>> ossie: it's thick. >> this book is a book about decisions. i wish, 'cause decisions decide seasons. some times are appointed and scheduled by god. most seasons of our life are decided by decisions. jesus had no intention of healing the woman who had had a blood hemorrhage for 12 years. she was not on his agenda. he was on her agenda. jesus would have never healed the blind man, had he not cried out. reaching is the proof of passion. reaching is the proof of humility.

and god won't give you anything you haven't pursued. a-s-k. ask... seek... knock. i am required to participate in my destiny. it's not inevitable, it's a possibility. "well mike, the will of god's always done." the will of god is rarely done. that's why jesus said to pray for the will of god to be done. in matthew 23, jesus looked across jerusalem, said, "how oft i would have gathered you, as a mother hen would gather her brood, but you would not, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." but they're perishing every day. i went to pray for a woman to be healed and i said, "do you believe god wants to heal you?" she says, "well, i don't really know. i think he's trying to teach me something." i said, "you believe god has put this sickness to teach you something?" she said, "yes. there's a lot he's wanting to teach me." >> ossie: oh boy. my, my. >> i said, "are you taking any medicine, trying to get well?"

she said, "oh yes." i said, "naughty, naughty, naughty. if jesus wants you sick, why you trying to get well for? you little rebel." no. and then i had to teach her, of course, that god has never used sickness and disease to teach. he uses our conscience and the holy spirit and teachers to teach. you can live a lifetime in error. i heard a minister of 20,000 people in dallas... a man who can understand greek and hebrew, a brilliant man... publicly announce on television that jesus christ does not heal today. yet, people are being healed all over the world. see, you can have a pure heart, and have a... a dumb part of your brain. there's always something we don't know. this is why i felt so impressed to share with you these seven

laws. write this down. the law of difference. the law of difference. your difference decides your importance. your difference decides who pursues you. labor to understand your difference from others. god works with the law of difference. the pharisees did not see the difference in jesus. zaccheus did. so jesus didn't spend a whole lot of time in the homes of the pharisees, but he spent time with zaccheus. jesus hung between two thieves, but one discerned his difference. in genesis, joseph wakes up one morning, as the warden of the prison sees the butler and the baker and their countenance is troubled. he sees a problem and problems are incredibly important. they're the seeds for rewards. without a problem, you don't

have a future. unless somebody has a problem, you won't have a job. the only people, the only reason people get married is they got a problem. [laughter] and so, we're in constant pursuit of someone who can solve our problem. when there's a problem, there's opportunity for significance. the entire world is full of problems because a problem is a gate to recognition. until there was a goliath, david had no future. i encourage people to always be sensitive. in all your conversations, listen for four things. listen for pain. listen for information. listen for the sound of honor. and listen for desires. until somebody hurts, you don't get a reward. because the problem you solve determines your value to another. you have no value until you solve a problem. joseph saw the countenance of

the butler and the baker and says, "you got a problem. can i solve it?" he saw difference. the blind man cried out to jesus because he knew the difference in jesus. his footsteps were different. they said, "jesus of nazareth is coming." you've got to discern your difference from others. if i say, "tiger woods," you're gonna say, "golf." if i said, "mohammed ali," you're gonna say, "boxing." if i say, "bill gates," you're gonna say, "computers." if you cannot tell me, in a single sentence your difference from others, then you have not yet discovered your difference and your success is produced through your difference. our sameness, and our similarity creates our comfort. but our difference creates our reward. you didn't marry your wife because she reminded you of your first little girlfriend. she wasn't like your first little girlfriend.

>> she wasn't. >> you don't go to mcdonald's because it reminds you of what-a-burger. you got to mcdonald's because it's not like what-a-burger. [laughter] i'm thinkin' of several sentences but david and barbara, i don't want you to get sued, okay? you didn't buy a honda because it reminds you of a cadillac. it wasn't like the cadillac. you must inventory your life. what has god put inside... of me that's not in others? what's the difference in others? the law of difference is very critical. what makes your business unlike another? i believe the next 24 months are critical here in america and around the world. i believe the next 24 months will be an investor's paradise. i believe when the egyptians have a problem, god's people have an opportunity. i believe when there's a problem in pharaoh's house, joseph has a chance to get out of jail. i believe with all of my heart that the next 24 months for the

believer is critically important, because i do believe that there's a difference. we're entering a difference. write this down: if you can succeed in your mind, you can succeed with your life. i consider my mind to be my greatest investment. it's more important than my house. i would never spend more money on clothes than i would my mind. i would never have more money in my closet than i would in my bookshelves. i would -- my mind's more important than my father. my mind's more important than my children. your mind's more important than your family, because if you take care of your mind, you can take care of your family. if you don't take care of your mind, you can't take care of yourself. so your mind needs three things. i mentioned this in the book, and let me tell you you three things your mind needs. first, it needs a goal.

it needs a focus. your mind is a living thing, and it needs a focus. the only reason men fail is broken focus. because if your mind doesn't have a picture of the future, it will replay the painful memories of the past. and everything you do is to correct the past or create the future. your mind must have a focus: "this one thing i do." not looking to the right or the left, joshua 1:7-8. "my heart is fixed," david said. your mind needs an instruction. your mind is not you. it wants to master you, but your mind is your servant. you must continuously remember that your mind was given to you to serve you, not to master you. this is why your mind will resent the presence of god. it's important in your home to have a secret place where you meet with the holy spirit. and every morning that you meet with the holy spirit, the first seven minutes of every day, your mind will remind you of everything you should be doing. "you forgot to call bill back."

"you're running out of milk for breakfast." "you're low on gas." your mind hates his presence. your mind needs an instruction. god gave you a mouth to conquer your mind, so your mouth tells your mind what to do, what to think upon. then your mind needs a hero. you've got to have a hero. you've got to have an example of somebody you wanna be like. paul wrote, "follow me as i follow christ." elisha saw a hero in elijah. ruth saw a hero in naomi. timothy looked at paul as a hero. joshua looked at moses as a hero. esther looked at mordecai as an advisor, as a hero. so your mind needs an example to follow. the law of the mind. i tell my staff there's three things i want in every room i enter, 'cause i believe in preparing an environment for learning. i really do. i'm a strong believer in

nurturing an environment. every house is built with a purpose. some homes are built with a purpose of a playpen and things for children. others for conversation. and my home was created for learning. i have a learning environment. i think learning. i think constantly about knowledge and information because the holy spirit is the spirit of knowledge according to isaiah 11:1-2. he's the spirit of wisdom according to ephesians 1:17. he knows everything. so i want to be a learner. now, my mind needs to be fed food. my mind is wanting to absorb, and it will pick up negative if i don't give it an assignment, an instruction. so i tell my staff, when i walk into a room, i want light, movement and sound. i want light, movement and sound. now, don't turn off every light 'cause you're trying to save 38 cents this month. leave the light on. i love sound, because what i hear determines what i feel. >> right.

>> i wanna hear. i wanna hear sounds that i love. and i like movement. i like waterfalls. movement's the proof of life. what investment are you willing to make for your mind? my mother invested in books and encyclopedias. she would pay any price that we would have an environment for a mind. i would encourage you today to invest in your mind. i bought a book one time for $84 that a young man said, "i can't believe you bought that book for $84." i said, "son, i didn't. i bought a man's life. he's 70 years old. he's a billionaire from australia." i said, "what took him 70 years, i'll know in two hours." >> ossie: hmm. that's good. >> your mind needs several things. your mind needs pictures. so you want to turn your goals into pictures. not words; pictures. pictures on the wall of your future.

pictures of where you're going. if you wanna lose weight, you don't put a picture on the refrigerator of porky pig, do you? [laughter] you need pictures. you need pictures. it's important to have pictures. it's important for your mind to have conversation... self-talk. the bible calls the word "meditation," which means to mutter to yourself. meditation is a sound. meditation is not a thought. meditation is a sound. meditation means to mumble to yourself. to mutter over to yourself. to talk to yourself. so it's important i get up every morning with that romans 10:17: "faith comes by hearing... hearing by the word of god." what is faith? it's the only thing that god likes. it's the only thing that god enjoys. god does not respond to my pain.

god does not respond to my tears. god has never responded to heartache. god has never responded to anybody in trouble. he only reacts to faith. faith is confidence in god. and he says, "my words contain confidence, and when you hear something i say, faith will rise. when you hear something i say,f" faith comes by hearing. something i am hearing is deciding my faith. i have to hear something god would say. so i say what god says... so i can feel what god feels... and have the faith of god. your mind needs that. it's very critical. most people are not protecting their mind; it's more fragile than anybody's telling you. some of the greatest men on earth have lost the battle of the mind. the more creative you are the greater your struggle with your mind.

winston churchill, abraham lincoln... some of the greatest intellectuals on earth had trouble with their mind. i don't know what you're experiencing right now there at your house, on your job... i don't know if there's a fear that grows, because the only way to conquer fear is with faith. it's the only way. but your mind may be going through the fight of a lifetime. many marriages, when a thought comes into your mind about the unfaithfulness or the possibility of unfaithfulness with your partner, when you feel like you've been stripped of your significance, all of life's battles are in the mind. there's a great book that you ought to read. it's lance armstrong's book called it's not about the bike. i keep 500 books with me every day of my life. they're in my e-book reader.

and i carry these 500 books everywhere i go so that my mind can run on the track that i want it to run on. lance armstrong, the great bicyclist, incredible athlete, just incredible athlete... had cancer. he lost all interest in the thing that he loved most. day after day and week after week until there was zero passion. and the things that he had once been excited about he lost all interest in. and nobody feels what you feel. nobody sees what you're experiencing. sometimes most of us, we're calm, we look at each other, we talk, we converse... but inside, it's a volcano. we're thinking, "i hope i can keep on track. i hope my life doesn't come apart." this is why the word of god is so important. and there's three chapters that

you should write down to read aloud when your mind is in its greatest battle. the first is psalms 119, the 119th psalm. it's the longest chapter of the bible. i consider it the most important chapter in the bible. and then psalms 91: "he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty." and then psalms 37. it will wash your mind, it will renew your mind, and your mind will submit to the authority of god. when the words of god enter your mind, strength comes. the secret of strength is not determination; it's the absorption of words of god. daniel said, "he spoke, and i was strengthened." "he spoke, and i was strengthened." the third law that you must never forget is the law of

recognition. the law of recognition. write this down. everything you want is close to you merely awaiting your recognition of it. something you're not seeing is hurting you. something you don't know about is close to you. true story... did you hear about the gold rush back in the 1800s? true story... a young couple wanted to find gold, so they sold their little farm and began to go all across america, trying to -- and ended up in england, bankrupt. years pass, they decide to come back to the states. they borrowed some money, came back. they said, "we wanna see where our little farm was." they never found gold. and they couldn't get close because there were barbed wire and soldiers for the government were walking all around it. it turned out to be sutter's mill, the second largest gold reserve on the north american continent. >> ossie: oh, my lord. >> the second largest gold mine under their house. >> audience member: wow.

>> that'd make you suicidal... think that you'd gone all around the world looking for gold and there it was. >> ossie: the whole time. >> true story... in the papers. a man saw a picture frame... in like a little flea market and wanted $2.39 for it. and he didn't like the picture, but he liked the frame. so he bought it, got home... pulls out the old ugly picture, and behind it, is another arresting and very fascinating painting. he said, "this looks like an important painting." he called the museum. they said, "bring it over and we'll look at it." turned out to be a painting by a famous artist worth -- and the museum paid him $11 million for that painting that he bought for $2.39. somebody saw it and did not recognize. everything you're wanting is close to you merely awaiting your recognition of it.

david was a master mentor, but absalom didn't recognize his father's greatness. solomon did. i wish i could tell you that if you had a fabulous mentor, someone who could -- someone comfortable with your weakness, but knowledgeable of your difference. someone who would pour themselves into you... i wish i could tell you you'd succeed. but judas and john had the same mentor. one recognized who he was. what is this you're not seeing? what is it that you don't see? what is it in your son that you don't see? what is it in your daughter that you're ignoring? what has god hidden in your mother that... you don't see? god always hides something you need in somebody you don't

enjoy... so that only the most passionate can discern the difference. write that down: "the law of recognition." there's something you're not seeing. a friend of mine was offered by his father at the age of 18 years old in florida... "i'll give you $10,000 cash or this piece of land." he said, "daddy, give me the $10,000 cash." and later, when disneyland purchased that land... [laughter] he said, "what a fool i was... to lose that $10,000." the law of recognition. everything you've ever wanted is close to you merely awaiting your recognition of it. law number four: the law of two. the law of two. satan never showed up in the garden til eve did... 'cause two

are necessary for multiplication. one cannot multiply. matthew 18:18-19 says, "where two people agree as touching anything, it shall be done." hell's greatest fear is relationship. when one falls, the other one can lift them up. jesus sent them out two by two, even in the ark, male and female. the law of two. the bible has it in a fascinating way and says, "one can put a thousand to flight, but two can put," how many? >> ossie: ten thousand. >> "two can put ten thousand." the power of covenant is profound. >> ossie: yes. >> hell's greatest fear is the protege's relationship with the mentor. satan's greatest fear is the prayer request within the hands of an intercessor.

two are better than one. there is a person that god wants to put close to you. and that relationship and that connection will create instant multiplication. it may be a boaz that sees ruth in the field. it may be like the samaritan woman who had one conversation with jesus, had a whole different picture of her future. there's somebody who sees in you what you don't see. the difference between seasons in your life is not years, it's a person. the difference in seasons is who likes you. i cannot change your life til i change who likes you. all rebecca needed to be the daughter-in-law of abraham was

one man liking her: eleazar. ruth meets boaz. they produce obed, who produced jesse, who produced david, who produced solomon, and the lineage of jesus. the difference between poverty and prosperity is a person. you are one person away -- have you heard about the law of relationship that you're four people away from any human on the earth? means that i know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody. i know somebody who knows president obama, president obama knows so-and-so. you are four people away from any human on the earth. four. god can get you anywhere he wants you in a day. in a day.

the difference between seasons is one person. do you know myles munroe? >> ossie: yes, sir. >> he and i travel a lot together to preach, and we were on our way to... ghana. so we're in england, we're at the airport and everybody's getting on the plane. he and i are the last ones. we start to get in, go on, and a man comes through the turnstiles and he says, "you know who that is?" and i said, "no." he said that's the number three soccer player in the world." i don't follow soccer, so i said, "wow." and... "'kay." and he walks over, and he hugs myles, and myles said, "i want you to meet mike murdock." and he said, "oh, i know mike murdock." he said, "i've got your books." he said, "hold on, i'll be right back." he rushes out, comes back in, everybody's on the plane. me and myles are standing, waiting to get on the plane. and he comes out with this huge bag of money, english pounds. you know a pound is like two to one. 20 pounds is like 40 dollars. 10 pounds, like 20 dollars. and he said, "i can't be around you and not give you some seed."

he starts handing me these bundles of money." >> [ossie laughing] >> whoever tells you money doesn't make you feel good is lying through their teeth. they're lying through their teeth. and so i started stuffing all these bundles of money in my pocket. you remember eddie murphy's movie? >> yes. >> 'member where... he's all swollen out? and -- was it the nutty professor or something...? and so anyway, i felt like, "man, they're gonna think i'm a drug dealer just as sure as the world..." [laughter] and so i've got all this money stuffed in pockets, and i'm walking on the plane, me and myles munroe, and the holy spirit whispers to me, "i can get money to you anywhere you are." "i can get money to you anywhere you are." i wanna say that i don't care what you're experiencing, i

don't care what you're going through. you're not five years from your dream. you're not 17 years from your next season. years do not decide seasons. a person can create a new season in your life. you are one person away from the season you've been dreaming about your whole life. i could almost get excited there in remembering that blessing. chapter five is the law of place. write that down: the law of place. where you are matters as much as what you are. god made places before he made people. even jesus did not do well in places. that's why he left nazareth and went to capernaum. you don't belong everywhere; you belong somewhere. let's talk about that for a moment because everything god created solves a problem. my glass solves a problem. your watch solves a problem. my eyes see, my ears hear, my

hands reach, my feet walk, my mouth speaks, my mind thinks. lawyers solve legal problems. mothers solve emotional problems. preachers solve spiritual problems. lawyers solve legal problems. everything created contains an invisible instruction. the tomato seed doesn't look over to watermelon seed and say, "what do you think i oughtta do? what should i become?" it contains an invisible instruction on what to multiply, what to do. everything god makes contains an invisible assignment. you don't decide your assignment; you discover it. >> ossie: yes. >> in jeremiah chapter 1, god gave you your assignment in your mother's womb. your assignment's always to a person or a group of people. how do you know two whom you are assigned? whose pain do you feel?

whose tears affect you? whose enemies are you willing to confront? who do you long to protect? your assignment's geographical. where you are matters as much as what you are. you can be the right person, like jonah, in the wrong place... in whale university. [laughter] you can be a wrong person, like the samaritan woman, who had had five husbands, but be in the right place where she met jesus. geography really does matter. throughout the bible, every time god talks to people, he discusses the place they're to be. he told abraham, "leave your family; i've got a new place for you." "naomi, leave moab and go back to bethlehem." jesus instructed the disciples,

when you go into a place, a city, and you enter a home, test and qualify that home for your anointing and for your blessing through honor. and if that family and that house does not show you honor, take the blessing that's on you out of that place... and go where you'll be celebrated instead of tolerated." the law of place. a great pastor in dallas pastored about two hours from dallas and failed miserably, he told me. moved to dallas and exploded. he said, "mike, i am convinced that there is a place where the blessing of god is on your life." there's a place you belong. there's a place you don't belong. they brought some fish to my property. i have seven fish ponds, and

they were putting some fish in some of my ponds. they had laid them on the grassy slope. and i was looking at them, and you watch fish -- and i thought, "boy, fish... they're stupid, aren't they? look... they're stupid. can't walk, can't talk, can't fly... can't -- huh. fish." then i dropped them in the water. and when i dropped the fish in the water, their genius appeared. pwhoo, pwhoo... and the lord spoke to my heart, "when you are where you belong... you have no rivals. nobody can compete with you when you're in the center of where god wants you to be. the law of place; write that down. the law of place, 'cause money doesn't follow you. money is waiting for you at the place of obedience. money is waiting for you at the place of your assignment. you will flourish when you are

where god's assigned. in first kings 17, god tells elijah, "go to the brook. i've commanded a raven to feed you there. there." many years ago, i was sharing this some time ago. i was preaching for joel osteen in houston. joel's got a great work there, he and victoria. and his mother dodie and john had been long-time friends. i've preached years ago when i was in my 30s. i was preaching for john osteen. he had a little book called the place called there. and he mentions how elijah woke up one morning and the brook had dried up, because the place called "there" had changed. and god says, "now go to zaraphath. i've commanded a widow woman to feed you there." wherever you're supposed to be, divine prosperity is there.

money is anywhere god wanted you to be. "well, mike, there's no money where i'm at." can you get the message? picture jesus standing on the shore, and he's hollering at the... disciples, "children, have you any meat?" they said, "we fished all night and there's no fish." and jesus said, "they're not over there; they're on the other side of the boat." [laughter] provision is the confirmation you are in the place of your assignment. money is anywhere god wants you to be. it's called the law of place. got time for a couple more? >> sure you do. >> six, the law of honor. the law of honor. every sin is a sin of dishonor.

there are ten commandments, and the first four deal with honoring god. the last six deal with honoring people. the first commandment with a promise was number five: if i honor my mother and father, it would go well with me all the days of my life. i consider this wisdom key to be the most important wisdom key you will ever hear in your lifetime. >> i want to welcome all our viewers from around the world. >> david: god's called us to@

battle is the seed for territory. listening is the seed for learning. knowledge is the seed for change. but honor is the seed for access. adaptation is the proof of honor. remember when joseph was willing to shave his beard to meet pharaoh because the egyptians hated beards in those days? esther soaked in oil for 12