#IStandSunday

good evening I'm so sorry I couldn't be with you tonight but I'm up in Alaska campaigning to retake the U. S. Senate and

to retire Harry Reid as Majority Leader please know that I'm with you in spirit and I'm lifting each of you up in prayer is this the thank

so many of us call home now what we've seen in the past month has been remarkable first the city of Houston shocked believers across the country when

it issued subpoenas if I pass it order them to hand over their sermons hand over their notes and and

yet in few weeks we have witnessed what happens stand together in defense of religious liberty we

have seen people around the nation then the rights of pastors congregations practice their faith free

from the government and we've seen faith communities across denominations come together and like the faithful who stood with Nehemiah say

let us rise up and bill two weeks ago when the subpoenas were issued I sat down with my team and we decided we were going to bring together a

afternoon I called my pastor pastor Greg not at first Baptist and I said pastor Greg you've seen what's happened with the subpoenas he

said yes you've been praying about it all morning blessed pastor Greg we want to hold a freedom rally tomorrow at

eleven AM Thursday morning at eleven AM and I asked him can we do it at the church at that point pastor Greg began to laugh and

he said you know Ted the word tells us god has ordered our staff long before over a month earlier

pastor Greg told me he had invited pastors throughout the city of Houston come to his office I

pray for the city it sent the invitations long before the issue of the subpoena had come up simply got is put on his heart that

we need to lift up the city if used in our prayers pastor Greg was chuckling he said the pastors are coming to

my office tomorrow ten a year you know I was blessed to be able to join us pastors it ended up being over fifty pastors as

we fell to our knees and lifted up the city of Houston and I'll tell you it was incredible to hear the Pat that

the prayers of each of those pastors and the consistent prayer of all of them was lowered please use this assault on our liberty spark

revival to wake people up to wake people up to the love of Jesus to wake people up to the need to

and ethnic throughout the city gather we say Caesar I gather we said if you subpoena one pass the

result people rising up Hallelujah city of Houston had no choice but just this past week the mayor announced they

would withdrawal penis on one answer a prayer by god's great and mighty hand faith

once again remain threats are they're coming from every direction and we must remain vigilant if we speak with a resounding voice and

if we stand for religious liberty truth will prevail out of the rubble we will restore the faith so

tonight I want to thank you because it is the men and women here who have delivered a clear and resounding message to