Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15 and the title of today's post,

Releasing the Prophetic Destiny of a Nation.

Paul had a thorn in the flesh that plagued him for years of his life. No one knows for sure what it

might have been. I was born with a thorn in the flesh, my elder brother, Tim. From my earliest days,

I have had to endure hardship from him as he took my lunch money, bullied me, teased me,

and always blamed me when the two of us got into trouble.

Now I find myself having to correct his flawed messages and lack of discernment.

Undaunted, I have allowed this to make me a better person.

In the 1980s, God decided this thorn was insufficient. So he brought another into my life,

Chuck Pierce. This thorn grew until it reached fullness on our 50-state tour.

No one had ever interrupted my messages to insert their prophetic words and insights

until he came along.

The first time he did so, the first time he did so at our first state, New Mexico.

Chuck gave me no warning. Unbeknownst to me, he had asked for a microphone to keep with him on the

front row while I spoke and for it to be left on so he could control when it was live or muted.

I was under a heavy anointing in my message, making a brilliant point when Chuck felt led to prophesy.

He did not wave at me, stand up and wait for me to finish my point, or give any other warning.

He simply turned his mic on and from his seat began to prophesy.

At first it scared me half to death.

Then euphoria flooded me for a second as I thought God was speaking from heaven, endorsing my brilliance.

Shock and confusion quickly followed as I realized it was Chuck.

If you must help me with my points, I pleaded after the service,

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